[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress":3,"chapter-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-127":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Plagued by bad reviews, but the top actress!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1734188,2218,"Chapter 127 - 127 He Likes Xia Weibao","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-127",127,"\u003Cp>Chapter 127: Chapter 127 He Likes Xia Weibao\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao talked until her lips were nearly falling off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang absolutely refused to agree, “Allure” was his life’s work, and he wouldn’t make a mess of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they painted a very rosy picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xu, think about it, the role of Li Qingguo couldn’t possibly be completed by one person, but you did it. That’s something to be proud of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s definitely a huge selling point, and even saves on advertising costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides, what kind of acting skills does Ruan Jiajia have? Can she compare with Shanshan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just give it a try. If it doesn’t work out, we can always hire another actor later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think you might need to go back to the mental hospital for a while,” Xu Jiayang said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lose three hundred pounds in two months? Are you slicing pork, miss?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was somewhat speechless, “Director, don’t you think Shanshan has lost some weight these past two days? I guarantee she can slim down within two months!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang looked Lu Huashan up and down, indeed, she had slimmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had noticed it this very morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he was resolute, “No, it would delay the shooting. The production doesn’t have enough funds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: , updated on ɴ0νǤᴑ.сο\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that if it could be done, it would certainly be a major highlight, but there was no money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No money at all!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll put up the money,” Lu Huashan quietly raised her hand, “I’ll invest ten million, and we’ll replace Ruan Jiajia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Xu Jiayang revealed a smile like a mother hen, grasping Lu Huashan’s hand, “You’re a good actor. Work hard on losing weight, and we’ll wait for your return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Xu, what about your pride!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang declared, what’s pride? He’s now so poor he can’t even afford the actors’ boxed meals; can pride fill your stomach?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been dissatisfied with Ruan Jiajia; had he not been so cash-strapped, he would have agreed to Xia Weibao’s suggestion right from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was perfect timing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the risks, he was never afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he dared to use Xia Weibao, what was there to fear about waiting two more months?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Jiajia was replaced, and the replacement was so baffling that it made her livid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for who would play Li Qingguo in the later part, it was to be kept a secret the whole way through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was going to be a huge selling point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure that Lu Huashan’s weight loss plan went without any issues, Xia Weibao assigned Xiang Chu to personally monitor her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made little friend Xiang Chu extremely happy; his master was finally going to teach him medical skills!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard about Xia Weibao’s plan, he became so excited that his eyes shone, and he lost sleep for several days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A four-hundred-pound fatty slimming down to a double-digit weight in two months would definitely be a miracle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a benefit for all the fatties!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about it was thrilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While excited, Baby Xiang Chu’s sense of crisis grew; his master was getting more and more awesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to guard against Hepburn, or else she would definitely try to steal his master!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original filming schedule had changed, and the pace was moved up a lot, leaving the entire “Allure” cast struggling beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially because Xu Jiayang’s demands were incredibly strict, so much so that many people made a voodoo doll in his likeness, stuck his photo on it, and pricked it daily to relieve stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dammit, it’s just a web series, and you’re applying Oscar standards? How is anyone supposed to live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan was the most exhausted, as they were rushing to shoot all her scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Xia Weibao…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was also very tired, but no amount of fatigue could ever stop Her Majesty from gaming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day after work, the first thing she did was whip out her phone to play games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hualiang came back, what he saw was her standing on the sofa, one foot on the backrest, tapping away at her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days, Boss Lu had been in a bad mood, his mind filled with Yang Li’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He liked Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>",719,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","d59d55888f15039fb2e2938974c6e7c960fef5cd2b4afbb21ac77159142946eb","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-128","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-126",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]