Chapter 708: Truth System of the Entertainment Industry (24)

Director Hu is merely an assistant director; his status in the industry is not high enough to arrange roles for those around him just by opening his mouth.

Yet every time he shows a troubled expression, Lou Yiling tearfully brings up her "miscarriage" to leverage the situation.

Director Hu is truly regretting it now!

Why did he ever touch this little vixen in the first place? Now he's in a real mess! She's like a piece of sticky candy; he can't shake her off no matter what.

He's also afraid that if he does shake her off, she'll sabotage him from behind the scenes.

If the tigress at home finds out about this, forget about his career going down the drain—he'd be skinned alive.

With no other choice, he can only pay out of his own pocket and pull every string he can to shove Lou Yiling into these crews and programs.

After Xie Yang entered the crew, she discovered Lou Yiling was there too, and she was instantly delighted: I'm not afraid of you coming; I'm only afraid you won't!

In the drama *Witness*, there is a short dialogue scene between the female reporter played by Xie Yang and the pregnant passerby played by Lou Yiling; after the dialogue ends, Xie Yang is to hail a taxi and have the driver take the pregnant woman to the hospital.

Lou Yiling, wearing a baggy maternity dress, supporting her lower back and sticking out her belly, gets into the taxi, and her part in the scene ends there.

Yet she feels her acting skills are no worse than Xie Meini's, so why is it that she only gets to play a bit-part extra with two lines of dialogue and three seconds of screen time, while Xie Yang is the heroic reporter who runs through the entire drama, dying a spectacular death, with a role second only to the female lead and second female lead?

She is not reconciled!

Thus, just as she gets into the taxi and is about to "take her final bow," her body suddenly sways, and she adds a bit of acting for herself.

But the taxi driver, who is playing an extra for the first time, doesn't know she is adding her own scene and thinks something has happened to her, so he instinctively turns his head to look at her.

At the same time, due to nervousness, he steps on the gas pedal, and the car zooms off with a *whoosh*.

At this moment, Lou Yiling hasn't sat steady yet, and the car door hasn't fully closed, causing her to hang halfway out of the car.

The incident happens so suddenly that no one reacts in time.

By the time they do react, they hear Lou Yiling shouting loudly with her eyes closed—

"Xie Meini!"

"Xie Meini!"

"Xie Meini!"

"..."

Xie Yang is so angry she laughs.

Anyone unaware would think Lou Yiling and she were the best of friends.

Little do they know she is trying to offload her bad luck.

She immediately uses Truth Duration.

Consequently, everyone present hears Lou Yiling's spectacular inner voice at this moment—

"Ahhh—why isn't it working again! Damn it! Why does it always fail at the critical moment!"

"Screw your mother's Broken Crystal!"

"... Why did they make me play a pregnant woman! I have no image at all; it's a waste of all the beautiful clothes I brought, so annoying! How did Hu Jian handle things! He said he'd arranged it for me, is this what he calls arranged? Playing a crappy pregnant woman who gets written off in three seconds..."

#WhoIsHuJian#

This term quietly climbed onto the trending searches that day.

Thanks to this term, the drama *Witness* became a hit before it even aired, saving the crew a huge sum in early promotional fees, and the effect was even better than if they had spent the money.

The director is overjoyed.

Although the extra playing the pregnant woman is indeed a bit neurotic, there are plenty of people in the world named Hu Jian; even though everyone is very curious about who the "Hu Jian" she mentioned is—it sounds like the person who helped her get through the back door into the crew—it is only everyone's speculation.

Besides, Lou Yiling's role wasn't decided through an audition anyway; it was just a background role, so using connections is just using connections.

The director happily gives Xie Yang a big red envelope: "Xiao Xie! When Old Lin recommended you to me, he praised your good luck to the skies. I didn't take it seriously, but now it seems you really do have some koi luck on you."

Xie Yang: "..."

Lou Yiling: "..."

Lou Yiling is so angry her mouth is twisted.

It was clearly her who made the crew go viral, so why did the credit go to Xie Meini? What does this have to do with Xie Meini? If he was going to give out a red envelope, he should have given it to her!

Come to think of it, why did she blurt out her inner thoughts back then? This situation has happened more than once; what exactly is going on? Could it be that when a person is scared to death, they lose their sanity?

At this moment, she receives a call from Director Hu.

"Xiao Lou, let's just let it go this time. In the future, don't mention my name in front of others; our relationship really shouldn't be known by outsiders."

Lou Yiling may be ignorant, but she knows the gravity of the situation, and since this wasn't her intention anyway, she responds sweetly: "I understand, Director Hu, I will never speak carelessly again."

Almost seamlessly connecting with *Witness*, just as that one wrapped up, the campus idol drama *Bright Summer* began filming.

Xie Yang plays the female lead's best friend, and Lou Yiling plays the second female lead's best friend, who is also the male lead's cousin; the two also have a scene together.

After the script reading, Lou Yiling discovers that not only does Xie Yang have more screen time than her, but her character is also very likable, unlike her own, who plays a vicious supporting character who only gives bad advice to the second female lead, only to be scolded by the male lead later and sent abroad to study in tears, finishing her role before the drama is even halfway through.

Lou Yiling is not reconciled. By chance, she scrolls past a netizen raving about how a vicious supporting character, if played well, can overshadow the female lead, and she gets restless and decides to add her own scenes again.

"NG!"

"Xiao Lou, your expression is not on point!"

"NG!"

"Xiao Lou, watch your blocking!"

"NG!"

"Xiao Lou, what is wrong with you? You can't even say this one line of dialogue well?"

Lou Yiling: "..."

She is so aggrieved she is about to cry.

She thinks her expression management is quite good! Her profile is her best angle; is there something wrong with facing her side to the camera while delivering lines?

What is wrong with her blocking? It was just showing a bit more of herself on camera! Although she is a supporting character in the whole drama, this scene should logically be about her, so what is wrong with moving like that?

And the lines—she is a Southerner, so isn't it normal not to distinguish between front and back nasal sounds? Is it necessary to be so pedantic? Has Xie Yang mastered them?

Listening carefully, Xie Yang could actually distinguish between the front and back nasal sounds.

Lou Yiling became even more infuriated, and seizing an opportunity, she shouted "Xie Meini" at Xie Yang three times.

Xie Yang: "Rebound!"

Lou Yiling: "..."

She rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, I have a Black Crystal that can transfer bad luck, do you?

However, the next second, her mouth started blabbering uncontrollably again:

"Director Chen only knows how to bully newcomers! He specifically picks on my faults to criticize. All this talk about facial expression management, blocking, and lines—he thinks I'm not professionally trained, right? But are the lead actress or the second lead professionally trained? They were just propped up by capital, as if I don't know... And he praises them for being hardworking, my foot! These two sluts come back later and later every night; I'm afraid they've crawled into someone's bed..."

Before she could finish, the director's assistant covered her mouth and dragged her off the set.

But with so many eyes and ears on set, those who were quick had already pulled out their phones to secretly record the audio.

Although the director repeatedly ordered that it not be spread, paper cannot wrap up fire, and this recording eventually spread anyway.

The backgrounds of the lead actress and the second lead were deeply dug into by the sharp-eyed netizens; and sure enough, quite a few problems were unearthed. Not only were their personal conduct flawed, but their agency's accounts were also unclear.

Now it was a mess; it had escalated from personal conduct issues to financial accounts.

The production crew of "Ming Xia" had to halt filming for reorganization.

The director was terrified of Lou Yiling's mouth and simply deleted all of her scenes.

Lou Yiling: "..."

Suddenly associating this with Xie Meini's "Rebound," her pupils constricted: Could it be that Xie Meini also possesses the ability to transfer bad luck? Otherwise, how could all of this be explained?