"That person is really lucky; Yingjie directly selected him to act."
"You're so good-looking and you still have that kind of luck. Those legs and that face, I really love them."
"Do you think she's an Alpha or an Omega? I can't tell."
"That height must be Alpha's, right?"
"It could also be a Beta. But I mainly think it will be interesting to watch her act opposite Chen Liuying later."
"Chen Liuying has been trained by Sister Ying for several months, and her acting skills are better than those of a dog on the street. Newcomers... their acting skills are worrying."
"What a waste of that face."
"..."
They quickly washed their hands and went out, and Liang then pushed open the door to the cubicle.
She felt incredibly lucky, always overhearing random things in the bathroom.
Liang Shi rolled up the script and put it in her pocket. The pocket of her suit was shallow, so she could barely put it in. She washed her hands and took it out.
A few seconds later, Chen Liuying walked out of one of the cubicles.
Liang Shi: "..."
What a small world!
However, Liang Shi didn't talk to her. They weren't on the same wavelength and weren't familiar with each other. She just quietly washed her hands. When Chen Liuying came over, she pushed her to the side, causing her script to fall to the ground.
Liang Shi frowned. "What are you doing?"
"Sorry," Chen Liuying said coldly without even looking at her, "I didn't see it."
Liang Shi turned off the tap, not wanting to cause trouble, so he bent down to pick up the script, only to have Chen Liuying step on it.
A moment later, she lifted her foot again, looked down at the script on the ground, and said, "Tsk, sorry, I didn't see it."
Liang Shi looked at the footprints on the script. There were already water stains on the ground, and Chen Liuying's feet also had them. Now, large water stains had seeped into the paper, smudged some of the words.
Although Liang Shi had a good temper, she was also a soft persimmon that could be easily manipulated. She raised her head and asked in an unfriendly tone, "Are you blind?"
Chen Liuying: "...I've already apologized, what more do you want?"
"Then I'll kill you and apologize to your corpse, okay?" Liang Shi scoffed. "You have no magnanimity at all. What are you doing in the entertainment industry?"
Chen Liuying: "..."
"You haven't even entered the entertainment industry yet, and you're already spouting nonsense," Chen Liuying sneered. "You really think too highly of yourself."
"What's it to you?" Liang Shi retorted.
She picked up the script, flicked the water off it, and splashed water all over Chen Liuying.
"What are you doing?" Chen Liuying said, "Are you crazy?"
"If you know I'm crazy, don't mess with me." Liang Shi was slightly taller than her and looked at her with disdain. "Even if you don't know what I used to be like, Bai Weiwei does, so don't try to bully a madwoman, understand?"
Chen Liuying was taken aback, then scoffed, "Just a piece of trash who's never even acted in a single play, and he really thinks he's a big shot?"
Liang Shi stared intently at her.
"If it weren't for your acquaintance with Zhao Xuning, would Zhao Ying have chosen you?" Chen Liuying sneered. "Just someone with connections."
Liang Shi raised an eyebrow. "So what? If Bai Weiwei hadn't promoted you and used her connections to pave the way for you, would you be where you are today?"
Fearing she hadn't hurt him enough, Liang Shi paused and added, "She's just a freeloader."
These words really hit a nerve with Chen Liuying, who immediately cursed and raised her fist to swing at Liang Shi, yelling, "You son of a bitch!"
Liang Shi easily resisted; her strength was no match for Liang Shi's.
Liang Shi looked at her with a cold smile, "If you want others to respect you, you have to do something that makes them respect you first."
"You!" Chen Liuying glared at her angrily.
Liang Shi gently pushed her arm away as she was forcefully exerting force. "As for whether I can act or not, we'll wait and see."
Chen Liuying's wrist was in dull pain.
When Liang Shi came out, he encountered Bai Weiwei. The two kept a distance, and she did not go up to greet him, but just nodded from afar and left.
//
With limited time and a heavy workload, the director only gave Liang Shi half an hour. He then briefly watched her and Zhao Ying rehearse their lines, and, finding that she recited the lines clearly, considered it acceptable. He then had someone do her makeup and hair.
Makeup for modern dramas is easy to do, and Liang Shi has a good foundation, so it was done in less than ten minutes.
Because the camera tends to wash out makeup, I applied an extra layer of foundation, making my skin tone one shade lighter than before.
Liang Shi previously wore light-colored lipstick, but to highlight her villainous aura, she was given a 999 shade, a bright red that exuded a powerful presence, and her suit was changed to black.
A black suit and a white shirt create a striking contrast.
When her makeup and styling were finished, the director privately told Zhao Ying, "Regardless of her acting skills, she is quite well-suited to the role after being dressed up."
"Let's wait and see," Zhao Ying said. "We'll try anything, even if it seems hopeless."
She filmed the two scenes with Chen Liuying first. Before the official filming started, the two had to rehearse their lines, but Chen Liuying's performance was not very cooperative.
When rehearsing lines, he was also lazy and unfocused, which was completely different from Liang Shi's performance. Liang Shi read his lines without any emotion, just like he was reading aloud a text, and he would pronounce every word very clearly.
The director asked Chen Liuying to pay more attention, but Chen Liuying scoffed, "Why don't you talk to the person opposite you? She's just reading a textbook; how can I possibly have any passion?"
“You’re the senior, you should mentor her,” the director said. “Have you forgotten how Zhao Ying mentored you? You can guide someone in a play.”
Chen Liuying didn't refute, just said, "Oh."
Although he agreed, it was merely a lip service.
The director was furious and silently cursed himself eight hundred times: "If he ever uses internet traffic again, he's a pig!"
They're all bad actors with terrible tempers.
However, he wasn't entirely at ease with Liang Shi either, so he could only reassure her, "Just do your best in your performance, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"Okay, thank you, director," Liang Shi said politely.
The first scene filmed was the water-splashing scene. Because a junior employee brought in a wrong document, the female executive was so angry that she picked up the water in her hand and splashed it on the junior employee, soaking his shirt. Then there was a long speech, which required a sharp and imposing tone.
The director was worried that Liang Shi wouldn't be up to the task, so he didn't pour water into the cup beforehand, saying he would try it once filming started.
He never expected to get it right in one take; he'd be grateful if he could get something decent after ten takes.
As filming drew near, everyone present became tense and began whispering among themselves.
"Can it really work? The newcomer's lines are worse than Lu Ci's."
"Even less impressive than Chen Liuying, who just started acting."
"I think the newcomer is going to get completely crushed by Chen Liuying in a bit."
"As a senior, isn't it normal to crush newcomers? What's there to brag about?"
"Given Chen Liuying's temper, the newcomer would probably be scolded to death."
"Light a candle for her."
"..."
The assistant asked Zhao Ying, "Sister Ying, can she really do it?"
"I don't know," Zhao Ying said honestly. "That face is definitely photogenic."
Assistant: "..."
The director, sitting behind the camera, looked slightly nervous, but he had prepared himself mentally beforehand, so he told the script supervisor to get ready to begin.
The on-site sound recording and video recording are all ready.
In the distance stretched an endless grassland, where Liang Shi sat under a shed to cool off.
Soon, Chen Liuying appeared on camera, saying, "President Qian, here is the information you requested."
Liang Shi took off his sunglasses, glanced at her casually, pinched the corner of the document with two fingers, looked at her, and said his first line: "Which department are you from?"
Chen Liuying: "Marketing Department."
Liang Shi smiled dismissively, looking down at the document, but then frowned and threw the document at her. "You can't even get the simplest document wrong, what kind of job do you have?"
"No, Mr. Qian, this is the one you asked me to get..."
"You dare talk back?"
Liang Shi picked up a glass of water and splashed it at him.
...
Liang Shi hadn't acted in a long time, and he was a little nervous when facing the camera, so he couldn't bring out his full acting skills.
But this is enough.
When she acted opposite Chen Liuying, she didn't lose at all, and even portrayed his arrogant and domineering nature, especially in her eye acting.
The director was quite shocked. After she finished the scene, he yelled "Cut!" and then kept clapping. He also had the staff touch up her makeup and the props fill the cup with water.
The director shouted through a megaphone, "Liang Shi, just stay in this state, act well, and try to get it in one take! Liu Ying, your attitude was a little too harsh just now, be softer, be more pitiful. Okay, we'll adjust and then shoot the actual take."
After one practical experience, Liang Shi had a good grasp of that technique.
After the paper was thrown at Chen Liuying, it scattered like flower petals all over the floor. "Is this how you do things? You've been with the company for three years and you still can't even pick up the wrong document!"
...
Everyone clenched their fists during this scene, especially when Chen Liuying silently squatted down to pick up the documents, and Liang Shi stepped on her again.
The high heel pierced the paper hard.
Liang Shi frowned and said, "A good-for-nothing who can't do anything deserves to have a miserable life."
She read her lines in front of the camera with intonation and emotion, lowering her voice as if she were speaking to everyone in front of the camera, creating a strong sense of immersion.
After she released her foot, she picked up a tissue and wiped her hands slowly and deliberately.
The paper brushed against her slender fingers; in the camera's view, she was a stunningly beautiful villain.
...
It's unclear who started clapping first, but then the audience erupted in applause.