Chapter 704: The True-Speaking System of the Entertainment Industry (20)

Xie Yang wanted to applaud her!

This ten seconds of Truth Duration was well spent!

Not only did it make Lou Yiling admit to her plastic surgery, but it also offended the female lead of the production!

Hahaha!

Xie Yang felt as if her mammary glands had cleared up quite a bit.

Lou Yiling, on the contrary, felt as if her entire being was blocked.

Not only did she suffer a slap for nothing, but she also lost face in front of Xie Yang, which made her fly into a rage from shame.

She gripped the Black Crystal tightly and stared at Xie Yang, shouting "Xie Meini" three times in a row, hoping to offload the bad luck on her body.

However, the Black Crystal seemed to have no effect again.

As soon as she returned to the set, she was sarcastically berated by the female lead and her manager.

The director was no longer as polite to her as he had been at the start, and in the subsequent filming, he cut most of her scenes.

Lou Yiling felt terrible.

She finished the day's filming in a daze, returned to her residence, and turned the Black Crystal over and over in her hands.

"What on earth is going on!"

"Why is it still not working?"

She decided to try it on someone else.

Thus, during the next day's filming, she deliberately caused some minor trouble and then quickly shouted the names of other actresses within her field of vision three times.

Throughout the day, not only did she not get scolded by the director, but she was even patted on the shoulder and praised for her good performance when they wrapped up.

On the other hand, those few actresses whose names she had shouted, including the female lead, all suffered minor accidents to varying degrees—

Some had their Props suddenly break mid-shoot; some were filming perfectly fine when their tongues suddenly tied, leading to frequent retakes and scoldings from the director; others were even unluckier, getting hit and injured by Props while moving into position...

Looking at it this way, the Black Crystal was still having an effect.

Then why did it never work whenever she wanted to offload misfortune onto Xie Meini?

Lou Yiling could rack her brains and never guess—"Xie Meini" was actually already gone, and the person standing in front of her now was Xie Yang. Shouting "Xie Meini" at Xie Yang naturally could not work.

Conversely, the Energy Crystal had been thwarted twice, and its connection with Lou Yiling was no longer as stable as before.

But she did not know this yet, and was single-mindedly wanting to make Xie Yang taste the experience of having bad luck offloaded onto her.

However, because she had gossiped about the female lead behind her back and nearly been benched by the director after he found out, she hadn't dared to run around blindly lately and was honestly filming on set.

Perhaps the director felt the set had been a bit unsettled lately, with one person getting injured or another nearly having an accident, and seeing that she was perfectly fine, he felt she had some "koi luck" on her, so his attitude toward her improved quite a bit.

In addition, the original third female lead was hospitalized due to injury and unable to resume filming for a short time, so the director simply made some modifications, and Lou Yiling consequently gained quite a few more shots.

She felt smug, and only then did she have the heart to pay attention to Xie Yang, wanting to see which production she was working as an extra in.

One look, and she was almost blinded by jealousy.

Since when did Xie Meini latch onto a major director of serious dramas? She was actually playing the sixth female lead in a major IP drama?

What right did she have!

Wait! Why was she still setting up a stall to sell snacks on set?

Could it be that she used this trick to win over the director and the lead actors?

Lou Yiling thought she had seen the truth.

This day, taking advantage of the moment when several well-known first and second-tier actors were chatting and laughing around Xie Yang's small stall waiting for Bobo Chicken, she deliberately approached and said in a familiar tone:

"Nini, you actually know how to make Bobo Chicken? When did you learn? How come I didn't know? You aren't just fooling people, are you?"

Seeing no one pay her any mind, she paused and continued:

"Stop messing around! If you can't find other work for the time being, I can help you introduce some. The production next door is hiring temporary handymen; the work is a bit hard, but you can make one or two hundred a day, which adds up to a decent amount in a month. You shouldn't learn from those internet celebrity stall owners; they might have real skills, but don't I know your cooking? When we were at home, the maid always cooked for you; when have you ever cooked! And weren't you selling handmade soap on the Walking Street before? Why did you suddenly switch to selling Bobo Chicken? Even if the handmade soap business isn't doing well, you shouldn't just jump from one whim to another..."

"Hey, what kind of way is that to talk to a young girl? Xiao Xie's cooking is incredibly good."

"Exactly! I'm actually hoping Xiao Xie keeps having these whims, otherwise where would I get to eat such authentic Bobo Chicken? Oh my, I've been missing my hometown's food so much! Xiao Xie, can I have this portion first?"

"Oh, sister, didn't we agree on first come, first served? Why are you taking the chance to cut in line!"

"Hahaha! I'm just dying of cravings."

The actors, assistants, and various staff members waiting for the Bobo Chicken to be ready were chatting and laughing, completely ignoring Lou Yiling's tea-flavored remarks.

Some even squeezed her away from the stall: "If you're not buying, don't block the way! By the way, you aren't from our production, right? Then sorry, Xiao Xie's Bobo Chicken is supplied to our own production first! You can wait until we're done buying."

"Don't wait! There isn't even enough for us internally! If you're really craving it, go order takeout or go to the Snack Street to buy some."

"The Bobo Chicken on the Snack Street isn't as good as what Xiao Xie makes."

"Shh—don't say that! Haven't you noticed people from other productions have been hanging around here lately? Do you think there aren't enough people sharing it already!"

"..."

Lou Yiling was furious.

Who was dying of cravings!

Who would want to eat something made by Xie Meini!

She felt ashamed, angry, and stifled.

She couldn't understand why Xie Meini was so popular that even selling Bobo Chicken could attract first and second-tier veteran actors to support her.

What she couldn't understand even more was—why the Black Crystal didn't work on Xie Meini; where exactly was the problem?

"Xiao Lou, where did you go? I've been looking for you to rehearse lines but haven't seen you."

The male lead of the web drama was named Cheng Jiekun, seven years older than Lou Yiling, and was the nephew of the drama's producer.

If not for his blood relationship with the producer, given his average looks, it would be difficult for him to be a male lead in the current entertainment industry where "looks are justice," even if it was just a low-budget web drama.

Precisely because he was "royalty," even though he didn't understand acting at all, he could still be the male lead; even though he always harassed actresses or assistants and other staff members intentionally or unintentionally, no one dared to say anything to him, let alone offend him.

Lou Yiling was no exception.

"Brother Cheng Jiekun." She greeted him with a charming smile, "I saw a middle school classmate at the neighboring film crew and went over to say hello. By the way, Brother Cheng Jiekun, my middle school classmate is super pretty. If you have any good scripts later, remember to introduce them to her."

"Oh?" Cheng Jiekun asked with great interest, "Your middle school classmate is also acting here? Which film crew is she with?"

"She is a graduate of the art school next door, graduating this year just like me. She has had many experiences as an extra before, and now she has joined that Qing Dynasty drama crew next door."

"Yo! That's a big IP!" Cheng Jiekun clicked his tongue in admiration, "To catch Director Hu's eye, one has to be not just pretty, but also have some acting skills."

"Oh my, Brother Cheng Jiekun, are you saying my acting skills are bad?" Lou Yiling felt a tightness in her chest and coquettishly stamped her foot.

Cheng Jiekun laughed with satisfaction and tried to take advantage of her, but Lou Yiling dodged him: "Brother Cheng Jiekun, my classmate's family background isn't very good, and she even sells Bobo Chicken in between filming. I want to go support her, why don't you come with me?"

"Sure."

Cheng Jiekun loved to take advantage of girls who were pretty but had ordinary family backgrounds; girls like this wouldn't dare to make a scene even after being taken advantage of.

However, this time, he was about to meet his Waterloo...