She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 1140 - 918: Super Star 92 (Five Thousand)
Zhou Zhou listened to Hua Yan’s detailed account, and instead of getting angry, he laughed.
"I never thought there’d be a day when even Queen Meng gets overwhelmed, hahaha. No wonder she’s suddenly doing something so out of character for her status. It seems your acting has threatened her, putting pressure on her, leading to frequent mistakes!"
"Put more bluntly, it’s clear that when the acting duel ought to be at its peak, someone couldn’t match your performance. The contrast becomes obvious. However, she’s too embarrassed to repeatedly tell everyone that she’s not in a good state today. So she found an excuse for herself to step down, although this excuse seems outlandish to others. Yet it fits her usual overbearing behavior as Queen Meng. Look, now she’s driven you away, and today’s scene is left unresolved, isn’t it?"
After listening, Hua Yan merely let out a soft ’heh...’ to express her sarcastic disdain.
"So what Brother Zhou means is that if my performance was a bit weaker, she might not have picked a fight with me?"
Zhou Zhou knew full well about the overt and covert struggles in the "Nine Layers of Heaven" crew. The most unfortunate person had to be the male lead Nanya, since besides her, he had the most scenes with Queen Meng. After this incident, she further understood how tough it was for the male lead, also proving how ruthless this man was on himself. Endurance, after all, is a commendable realm.
"If your performance was weaker, and especially if your looks are superior, some people wouldn’t allow the crew to have a woman more beautiful than her. I had this concern when taking this role, but the production team is strong, and the director is renowned in the industry, so I thought such an opportunity is rare. Now I understand why so many major and minor actresses didn’t want to compete for this role, and it ultimately landed on us. Even with your recent surge in popularity, without a bit of luck, you’d never have encountered such a good script."
The biggest advantage of everyone at "Jingling" company is their clarity. Whether it’s the boss, agents, or artists, everyone knows their position and value. So when Zhou Zhou realized the situation, Hua Yan self-mockingly said.
"What should we do now? The contract is signed, and breaching it is not an option. But I’ve clearly fallen out with this woman. What should I do next? Bite the bullet and keep filming? Lower my standards? No matter what I do, feeling oppressed is inevitable. What I fear is that even if I concede, she still won’t let me off."
"Go to the hospital first. We’ll discuss the rest in person."
After hanging up with Zhou Zhou, the director’s team personally came to inquire about Hua Yan’s situation. They couldn’t not ask, especially since they only came after Queen Meng left. Even though Hua Yan isn’t even a minor actress, the crew needs the popularity. Even if they didn’t care, they still had to put on a show.
So when Hua Yan saw the crew’s perfunctory, as-if-routine greetings, she laughed.
"My agent is coming to pick me up shortly. How my face is, we’ll need to see after a hospital visit. I’m sorry for delaying the crew’s progress. Thank you for your concern."
The crew awkwardly touched their noses and left. Hua Yan swiped VB, feeling uneasy, and accidentally came across a certain queen’s Weibo with over eighty million followers. The selfie was clearly taken in a nanny car, with an ’I’m the queen, who do I fear?’ demeanor, accompanied by a short phrase.
"[Rare early finish today, going for a SPA later to properly nourish my ’blackened’ delicate skin.]"
Blackened? Who blackened you? Say it’s nourishing, but it’s actually cleansing, right? Why finish early today?
Each sentence here harbors deep implications!
Truly the matriarch of the entertainment circle, this fearless queenly demeanor makes people grit their teeth in hatred, yet helpless against her!
Today she hit someone because the crew required it, and getting slapped twice was unexpected for her. She never imagined it would come so shamelessly, leaving her completely stunned at the time. When she came to her senses and checked her left cheek, it was swollen high. Two slaps, her right hand hit harder, leaving the left un-swollen but with a scar instead. This was indeed a heavy-handed move.
"Yanyan, are we just going to endure this humiliation?"
He just graduated from university this year, a Beijing native, two years older than her, chubby and particularly cute, with a good temper, most importantly caring, having studied to be a nutritionist, chosen specifically for her by Liang An. Her parents are a Five-star hotel chef and a pastry chef, so she grew up eating well and never managed to slim down.
