By the time Xu Chen's team released solid evidence of Zhou Kai's wrongdoings, the matter had already become largely irrelevant to Xia Zhiyi.
Rather than discussing how Xia Zhiyi, a newcomer with no prior work, landed the third male lead role in Director Mu's new film, most netizens prefer to follow gossip that has already been confirmed. This way, they don't feel the emptiness of uncertainty about whether they've actually heard anything.
When Xia Zhiyi arrived at the film set the next morning, she overheard the crew members whispering about Zhou Kai during their break. They all smiled kindly at Xia Zhiyi.
The atmosphere was just as harmonious as yesterday.
"Good morning, Director Mu." Xia Zhiyi greeted Director Mu with a smile, then looked at Zhao Ziwang was squatting to the side eating a steamed bun. "Good morning, Brother Zhao."
This morning's scenes were his scenes with Zhao Ziwang, which were Yan Yan and Fu Mingyang's scenes together. The other scenes were scheduled for the afternoon.
"Good morning." Zhao Ziwang raised his hand in greeting, finished the bun in his hand in a few bites, stood up and went to put his arm around Xia Zhiyi's shoulder.
Director Mu then spoke up, " Xiao Xia didn't invite Fu Mingyang for her morning exercise today?"
Upon Xia Zhiyi glanced discreetly at Zhao Ziwang, whose body was slightly stiff, touched her nose, and said to cover up her mistake, "Ah, I accidentally forgot."
Director Mu snorted softly, glanced at Zhao Ziwang, and said nothing, "If Fu Mingyang is overweight, he'll have to bear the consequences."
Zhao Ziwang quickly laughed it off, " Director Mu, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I actually exercise every day, otherwise I would have lost my abs long ago, wouldn't I?"
Director Mu glanced at him. "Your agent will definitely be coming to the set next week. If your body fat percentage isn't up to standard, and your agent tries to get you to go to the gym, I won't give you the green light."
At that point, he'll probably have to work out between filming sessions. In the end, it's Zhao Ziwang himself who will be exhausted, Director Mu will never let Zhao Ziwang delay his own schedule.
Zhao Ziwang: "... Hey, weren't you supposed to come at the end of November?"
Then, without waiting for anyone else's reply, he calculated the dates himself and exclaimed in shock, "Ah! It's already the end of November! I have a performance in December, this won't do!"
After saying that, he jumped up, looked left and right, and finally looked at Xia Zhiyi, then pounced on her. " Xiao Xia! Teacher Xia! You study martial arts, right? Do you have any quick weight loss methods? Or any magical medicinal baths that will make you lose weight just by soaking in them...?"
As soon as these words were spoken, several pairs of eyes turned towards the crowd that had been watching the commotion – if there were something so good, they would want it too!
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
Xia Zhiyi's lips twitched, helplessly saying, " Brother Zhao, I think it's easier to just dream about these things."
If their world were a mid-level or high-level martial arts world, then it would be somewhat possible. After all, worlds with mid-level or higher martial arts are generally martial arts, fantasy, or have supernatural abilities or apocalyptic settings. The materials of the world are different, and there might actually be similar things or abilities.
Oh, the interstellar setting is also a world of advanced martial arts.
Unfortunately, Xia Zhiyi was born in a world with low-level martial arts and rapid technological development, but clearly, the miraculous medicinal soup that Zhao Ziwang hoped for did not exist.
As for whether Xia Zhiyi can massage someone until they lose weight, just like she did yesterday...
Xia Zhiyi: "If you're not afraid of pain, Brother Zhao, I can use some techniques to help you burn fat quickly, but that wouldn't really be called pain, it would be more like agony."
Zhao Ziwang was just joking and deliberately being mischievous, but he was stunned when he realized that Xia Zhiyi actually had a solution.
Then, he tentatively asked, "How much does it hurt?"
Xia Zhiyi thought for a moment, "It's probably only slightly better than giving birth."
Zhao Ziwang: "..."
As a man, he may never understand the pain of childbirth in his entire life.
Therefore, Zhao Ziwang didn't quite understand the extent of Xia Zhiyi's pain Xia Zhiyi this analogy, and he remained lost in thought.
Someone in the crowd gasped and whispered, "That must be quite painful."
Xia Zhiyi her head slightly, her gaze lingering briefly on the middle-aged woman before she smiled at Zhao Ziwang, "Would you like to try it?"
Zhao Ziwang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "No, no need. Actually, I'm quite afraid of pain."
And he was really just joking; he didn't actually want Xia Zhiyi to help him lose weight.
Xia Zhiyi upon hearing this, her eyes crinkling into a smile, "Alright then, if Brother Zhao changes his mind, he can always come to me."
He is quite helpful.
Director Mu glanced at Xia Zhiyi again but didn't say anything. He cleared his throat and said, "Alright, Xiao Xia, have you had breakfast? We're about to start filming. You two go touch up your makeup."
In this scene, both Fu Mingyang and Yan Yan had just finished a mission and had some scratches on their bodies, so the makeup artist needed to help with their makeup.
Xia Zhiyi: "I've eaten. I'll go find the makeup artist now."
Zhao Ziwang: "Me too, me too."
Yesterday afternoon, Director Mu arranged several scenes for Xia Zhiyi to work with the other actors in the crew, allowing everyone to witness Xia Zhiyi's true acting skills. As a result, everyone here has a basic understanding of Xia Zhiyi's acting abilities—at least his Yan Yan is completely flawless, Director Mu found very satisfying.
Of course, because of the similarity between Yan Yan and Xia Zhiyi, many people still think that Xia Zhiyi is just naturally outstanding. Only the veteran actors sitting on the sidelines watching the show noticed something fishy.
While Xia Zhiyi and Zhao Ziwang were getting their makeup done, Director Mu sat down in his usual spot and exchanged a glance with the veteran actor who was holding a thermos of goji berries.
The veteran actor remarked, "This Xiao Xia doesn't seem as well-behaved as she appears."
Director Mu smiled and said, "No, he's just a good kid. Nobody said good kids can't have bad intentions, right?"
The veteran actor chuckled and said, " Xiao Zhao was really scared just now."
Veteran actor. "Hey, tell me, was Xiao Xia's method just now real or fake? I couldn't tell if he was acting or telling the truth. You were close enough, could you tell?"
Director Mu hesitated for a moment, then said, "My rational mind tells me it's fake, but Xiao Xia can't judge based on my years of experience, so I'm not entirely sure either. Anyway, it looks real to me."
Veteran actor. "How about letting Xiao Zhao give it a try?"
Director Mu: " Xiao Zhao got upset when he heard it hurt. Fine, whether it's true or not, as long as we know Xiao Xia has real skills, that's enough."
The veteran actor chuckled twice, slowly took a sip from his thermos, his eyes darted around, and as if he'd thought of something, he chuckled again.
Director Mu glanced at him, then silently moved his chair to the side—where did this pervert come from? Stay away.