Chapter 56: Another Misunderstanding

"I can't hear what they're saying clearly!"

Liu Yifei hurriedly changed locations several times, but the signal was poor, and the clarity of the manual monitoring was too low.

Su Chang was sharp: "I know, Dong Jie must have come to ask about the female lead in Lu Kuan's movie!"

Liu Yifei deeply agreed, feeling quite dejected inside.

To say she didn't want to fight for that role would be impossible; she was also an actress in the entertainment industry, and even if her experience was still shallow, how could she not know the value of an opportunity?

Now, even with her eyes closed, she could guess who would get the role—that detestable lecher Lu Kuan!

Boss Lu was bewildered at this moment; he was just teasing the first generation of the "Flower of Evil."

How did the situation turn into her wanting to develop a "base" for herself here?

He had forgotten his status as a transmigrator, and the natural information gap created a huge chasm between the two.

He certainly knew Dong Jie's character, but she still considered herself a delicate flower rising from clear water, not wanting to be ravaged so easily.

Dong Jie looked as if she had suffered a great grievance; tears fell like golden beans, and she kept wiping them away with the back of her hand.

Lu Kuan quickly adjusted his strategy—you really are putting on a performance of *The Western Chamber*.

He was just about to dismiss the "White Lotus" so he could continue writing the script and drawing storyboards.

Suddenly, a noise came from next door! It gave them both a huge fright!

It turned out that little Liu hadn't been paying attention and had bumped her elbow against the wall, wincing in pain, and in her panic, her knee had hit the TV cabinet.

The loud thud startled the "White Lotus" Dong, who had been too deep in character.

"What was that sound?"

Dong Jie grabbed Lu Kuan's arm in a panic, taking the opportunity to pull his arm toward her body.

Lu Kuan sneered; it must be those two little girls. Consider it an assist—it was the perfect chance to get rid of this toxic woman.

"Hmm... you should go back first."

He gestured toward the room next door.

Dong Jie understood in a second and also woke up a bit; if this got out, her reputation as a "jade maiden" would be ruined, so she fled in a panic.

The next day.

"Little Liu, why are your dark circles so heavy today?"

Lu Kuan was refreshed in the morning. The training course for Liu Yifei had reached the physical form section, and to avoid suspicion, he had called Liu Xiao to supervise.

He felt today's Liu Yifei was a bit strange and lacked the spirit to bicker with him, so he went straight into the morning exercises.

"The first movement: Cat-Cow Stretch."

Lu Kuan demonstrated on the yoga mat first, but to his surprise, Liu Yifei looked disgusted and refused to imitate him.

Boss Lu didn't care if Liu Xiao was present or not; he put on a stern face and lectured, "What's wrong with you? Who said they could endure hardship and weren't afraid of being tired? Is this movement really that difficult?"

Jiang Qinqin, Fan Bingbing, and Dong Jie from last night.

Little Liu, who hadn't even entered the circle yet, had already seen the ugliness of the industry through him, even if there were some misunderstandings in all this...

Lu Kuan thought she was throwing a tantrum and explained patiently, "Training serves the performance. This movement helps the performer understand their center of gravity, spinal movement, and muscle stretching; it's also a great movement for loosening the waist."

Seeing Liu Xiao chime in to agree, Liu Yifei reluctantly lay down on the mat, specifically adjusting her direction so her head faced Lu Kuan...

Finally, after enduring the awkward morning exercises, Liu Yifei was sweating profusely, her eyes avoiding Boss Lu at every turn.

This is too hard for me!

The morning shoot began quickly, and Lu Kuan's scenes were nearing their end; he was now sitting beside Li Dawei, watching the actors' performances.

Liu Guoquan suddenly asked, "Little Lu, do you think the style of our film needs some adjustments?"

She knew Lu Kuan's assessment of Zhang Yimou's script, and she also knew that the new film with a ten-million investment was a script he had written himself.

Regarding the script, Liu Guoquan believed Lu Kuan's artistic attainments were sufficient to evaluate *Golden Powder*.

"Director Liu, actually, there's something I haven't found convenient to say, but I think the style of our entire show is disjointed!"

Li Dawei and Liu Guoquan looked at each other: "Little Lu, elaborate."

"First of all, the version of the script Director Dawei is using is, at its root, following the path of a Korean idol drama. Am I wrong?"

Li Dawei nodded; it wasn't strange that someone of his level could see that.

Jin Yanxi in the novel *Golden Powder* had been significantly adapted, turning into a complete playboy in the TV series, rather than the secular character with critical implications from Zhang Henshui's pen.

And the two main female characters in the novel were both around twenty-three or twenty-four, but in the TV series, they had become the fourteen-year-old Liu Yifei and the twenty-something Dong Jie.

(End of chapter)