Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 30 Hit with a Stick, then Offer a Sweet Date

Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Hit with a Stick, then Offer a Sweet Date

After finishing the scene, He Jinxia raised her head and stretched out her hand to wipe her eyes. Her tears immediately disappeared, and if not for her reddened eye sockets, she wouldn’t have looked like she had just cried.

The next second, her crisp voice broke the silence of the room, "Director, screenwriter, I have finished my performance."

This statement snapped the screenwriter and director out of their contemplation. Xiao Xiuxiu glanced at Dong Qiin, who was frowning silently, and said, "Mmm, we have seen your performance. We need to discuss it with the director. You can go back and wait for the news for now."

He Jinxia nodded, turned around, and left.

After He Jinxia and Luo You had both left, Dong Qiin and Xiao Xiuxiu began a heated discussion.

In the car, Luo You asked, "How do you feel, do you think you’ve got it?"

He Jinxia turned her head towards the glass window, watching the high-rise buildings flashing by outside. She recalled Xiao Xiuxiu and Dong Qiin’s reactions after her performance and her expression suddenly became intense.

"I’m not sure," she said after a while.

Luo You’s brow furrowed, his voice unconsciously softened, "Was the performance not good?"

He Jinxia shook her head and honestly replied, "I don’t know."

Luo You’s expression changed. Even though he was confident in He Jinxia’s acting skills and truly believed she was currently the most suitable actress for the film’s lead role, the making of a movie would experience numerous difficulties before filming commenced, with various forces at play.

In the end, securing a movie role isn’t always about an actor’s skill, but rather the outcome of a behind-the-scenes contest among various capitalists.

Thus, until the contract is signed, no one could guarantee securing a role in the movie.

He sighed deeply, "For now, we can only wait."

He Jinxia merely hummed in response, then reached out to gently trace her finger over the transparent window. There was something she hadn’t shared with Luo You; what he considered to be a unique selling point might be seen as worthless by the film crew.

With such a strong background, the female director could throw huge amounts of money into the project. Without any unique selling points, various media journalists would still scramble to find some for her coverage—they never lacked trending searches.

In the director’s eyes, she was just like any other ordinary female star—oh, perhaps the director was even less satisfied with her, disliking her for not being chubby enough.

At this thought, He Jinxia’s expression slightly embarrassed. Truthfully speaking, any girl chubbier than her likely wouldn’t dare to continue in the entertainment circle, let alone have the capability to make it into the second tier. Not even the third tier was likely within such a girl’s reach.

He Jinxia had managed to enter the entertainment industry because she sang well and was lucky, and another important factor was that four years ago, she was just slightly chubby!

Following that, Luo You and He Jinxia waited an entire week without receiving any notice from the film crew. Luo You went from being full of anticipation to feeling utterly dejected and calm.

Fearing that eating nutritional meals might affect He Jinxia’s current image and be detrimental to filming, Luo You had paused her dieting plan. After waiting fruitlessly for a week, he called He Jinxia to start on the nutritional meals.

He Jinxia agreed, and both tacitly avoided mentioning the matter of the film crew.

However, fate always enjoys playing jokes on people.

Just after Luo You had hung up the phone with He Jinxia, director Dong Qiin called from the other side, finalizing the details for He Jinxia’s entry into the film crew.

The result of these events was that He Jinxia’s freshly prepared nutrition meal had been coldly ignored for just a minute when Luo You urgently called her to hurry to the company for a meeting.

The next day, Luo You packed off He Jinxia to the film crew, bustling her off without a moment’s delay.

It was the same office building, the same third floor, but this time, it felt different.

The third floor wasn’t empty anymore; it had been cleaned and arranged with several office scenes, strong lamps, sunshades, and other essentials all fully prepared.

The crew was no longer just the director and the scriptwriter; it now included nearly fifty people, including director’s assistants, script supervisors, cinematographers, lighting technicians, and others.

"Actually, I am quite dissatisfied with you," the makeup artist said to He Jinxia as she fixed her makeup, when the director suddenly came over and spoke.

The timing chosen by Dong Qiin was cunning, as He Jinxia was in a state where she couldn’t open her mouth. Any change in her facial expressions due to speaking would likely ruin the carefully crafted makeup.

Dong Qiin continued, "But Xiuxiu has been recommending you to me all along, she thinks your acting bursts with power, which I recognize, and I had to admit your talent in acting when I saw your performance in theater."

Suddenly changing her tone, she said coldly, "But that doesn’t change the disappointment you brought me during your last audition!"

"Do you know, many actresses spend their lifetimes trying to break into the film industry without success? For making a movie, the director and the script are the primary elements, funding and location come next, and whether it can be released is the third," she explained.

"Every year in Hua Country, thousands of directors make movies, and thousands of films are produced, but only a few hundred get shown to the public. I can least guarantee that the movies I make will definitely be screened in cinemas."

"This is a very rare opportunity," Dong Qiin’s sharp eyes fixed on He Jinxia as she emphasized each word, "But I didn’t sense any seriousness from you!"

"The acting you showed that day didn’t even reach half the level of your stage performance!"

Softening her voice, Dong Qiin patted her on the shoulder and spoke earnestly, "Jinxia, it’s not that your acting was bad, but your performance lacked Spiritual Energy, and that very energy affects the entire aura of ’Chen Xiaohui’."

"I don’t need rigid imitation, which results in a character lacking soul. What I want is your understanding of the character, a full commitment," she stated.

"Next, the crew will arrange a nutritionist for you who will monitor your physical condition all the time. Also, I will have you spend half a month in a lower company to understand firsthand how miserable it is as a chubby girl ostracized at the workplace," she added.

Dong Qiin’s eyes slightly curved, smilingly saying, "Keep it up, I believe you can do it!"

Watching the director’s fading back, He Jinxia had only one thought in her mind—

You have the guts to say it when I can talk, huh!

Taking advantage of someone’s vulnerability is no heroic deed!

She inwardly smiled bitterly; was the director giving her a hard time but also offering consolation?

But it had to be said, Dong Qiin truly had the incisiveness of a director, pointing out all her weaknesses.

He Jinxia lowered her gaze, her face calm but her heart ignited with a fighting spirit. Her fist clenched slightly, she believed that this would certainly not become her drawback!

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