Once Shen Xuanrun and Little Li had finished unpacking everything in the dorm room, Sister Chen returned.
Sister Chen looked displeased. She sat down on the sofa in a huff and started complaining about Huang Shuangru.
"Hmph! She actually called me an old hag! She said I was thirty and dressed like a girl in her twenties, trying to look young. I'm furious! ... (Another thousand words omitted, as before.)"
Shen Xuanrun rolled his eyes inwardly. Why do I get the feeling you're actually very happy, Sister Chen? (눈_눈)
Little Li and Shen Xuanrun both chose to ignore her.
One busied themselves preparing lunch, while the other busied himself memorizing his lines.
After a day of rest, filming began.
As soon as Shen Xuanrun walked onto the set, he spotted Zhao Honghui beside the director.
Although Zhao Honghui was relatively old, he was only thirty-five, an age when he was still in high demand.
Shen Xuanrun had spent all of yesterday in the dorm room reading the script and memorizing his lines. Today was his first time seeing Zhao Honghui apart from when he had auditioned.
Zhao Honghui glanced at Shen Xuanrun without a trace of friendliness. He knew his age wasn't quite right for the role, but he had still come to try out. He truly hadn't expected Shen Xuanrun to snatch it away.
He had acted opposite him six months ago. His acting couldn't be called bad-only atrocious.
Once he learned that the investor was Gu Weichen, who was very close to Shen Xuanrun, he understood. In all likelihood, this was another actor the investor had shoehorned in.
But he still couldn't understand. Director Zhang, Zhang Cheng, clearly valued acting skills and had never accepted actors forced on him by investors. Why had he done it this time?