Chapter 59: Chapter 59: The Pure Jade Starlet Is Not to Be Messed With 9

Ah Chen moved freely on the wires, fighting with the Immortal Silk, which seemed to understand her commands. Wherever she aimed, it struck, and she completed the difficult moves with ease.

Even the gestures for the Immortal Technique she performed seemed particularly realistic, far better than what was originally staged, as if the Immortal Technique was meant to be like this.

Beautiful, almost like it’s real.

Jiang Zhenxing felt excited inside. Even a love story between immortals and demons seemed like it could become something big.

The other actors below glanced at each other; they had all underestimated Du Chen.

A scene of a drunken fairy, the whole crew was worried.

“Look at this, these are all scenes of people getting drunk, with some performed by veteran actors in the industry. Use them as a reference, but remember, you’re a fairy. When you’re drunk, you shouldn’t look like a sloppy drunkard; you need to look elegantly intoxicated,” Jiang Zhenxing said while touching his head, filled with concern.

Has she ever been really drunk before? Can she pull it off?

“What are you peeking at?” Shi Wei asked Mu Kejie, who was stretching his neck with a rare look of eagerness.

Mu Kejie scratched his head: “That’s the ’Immortal Demon Love’ crew over there. Just heard from people in the group there’s a scene where a fairy gets drunk, and everyone’s pretty worried that Du Chen won’t get into character. After all, she’s known to be someone who can’t get drunk easily.”

Mu Kejie didn’t think the description was exaggerated. After all, she drank Li Junchun under the table and remained calm—if that’s not being hard to get drunk, what is?

Hearing this in the group made him curious as well.

When he had some free time earlier, he went to see one of Du Chen’s action scenes, and it was truly impressive.

Because of his cousin, he was mostly in contact with veteran skilled actors, and naturally held a bit of a low opinion towards stars who acted in idol dramas, mainly because many didn’t perform well. But after watching Du Chen’s action scene, he realized he shouldn’t be overly prejudiced.

In this industry, no matter the type of actor or star, there are those who work hard and those who don’t.

“Brother Shi, shall we go?” Mu Kejie scratched his head, not suggesting to go watch, since he could see it once the film is out, and his cousin probably wasn’t interested.

“Let’s go have a look then, so you won’t be itching with curiosity.” Shi Wei’s tone was rather indifferent, as if he was only willing to go for Mu Kejie’s sake.

Mu Kejie didn’t overthink it, naturally happy to go and see.

They arrived just in time; Ah Chen had already started acting. She was holding a wine cup, drinking cup after cup, savoring the clear aroma of liquor as her eyes turned blurred and even her cheeks reddened a bit.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhenxing scratched his thigh; his worries were unwarranted.

“Is it real liquor?” Shi Wei frowned slightly.

The actor nearby whispered, “Teacher Xiao Chen requested it. She said water is tasteless, too bland.”

The cake is too sweet, and the water too bland? Shi Wei didn’t quite understand her taste.

The speaking actor realized Shi Wei was standing next to him, quickly covered his mouth to stop from exclaiming, and lowered his voice: “Hello, Teacher Shi.”

Shi Wei responded with a nod, “Hello.”

After which he spoke no more, and the actress dared not speak further as well, not wanting to annoy anyone.

Teacher Shi had the demeanor of an old cadre, usually treating people gently but wasn’t soft-natured. Those who had tried to approach him with ulterior motives for publicity before didn’t fare well. Moreover, he disliked being hit on by females.

Shi Wei seemed not to notice the movements of the actress beside him, his gentle gaze fixed on the person raising a cup and drinking to the moon.

For a moment, he almost believed she was truly drunk and shouldn’t drink anymore.

But he soon remembered she was the one who could drink Li Junchun under the table—how could she be drunk after just a few cups?

She was acting.

Everyone knew she was acting.

Yet everyone felt a kind of illusion, as if it had truly happened.

She was that person in the play, and that person was her.

The scene of the drunken fairy ended, and Ah Chen’s eyes cleared immediately, being the quickest to snap out of character besides Jiang Zhenxing.

Jiang Zhenxing didn’t actually want to exit the scene so quickly, but as the director responsible for the whole set, he had to focus his energy to remain rational.

When Ah Chen walked over to Jiang Zhenxing, everyone else snapped out of it.

Ah Chen saw Shi Wei from a distance, just nodded at him, and entered the dressing room. The next scene was someone else’s, but in the meantime, she needed to touch up her makeup.

“Really impressive,” Mu Kejie said, “Brother Shi, she’s not inferior to those veteran actors you usually deal with, right?”

That’s what he thought, anyway.

Shi Wei said, “Not inferior.”

How did she manage to be both drunk and sober?

Shi Wei furrowed his brow, taking steps outside, feeling like he shouldn’t have come.

Since their formal acquaintance at a previous event, her silhouette kept appearing in his mind. No matter how he tried to control it, he couldn’t shake her off.

He came to act, interested only in the script.

He never thought about getting involved with anyone in this industry, especially not someone like Du Chen, who had countless fans and a public image of a national sweetheart.

Dealing with her would inevitably come with heaps of trouble.

He had no such intentions, and neither would she.

“Ah, knew that Brother Shi wasn’t interested in these,” Mu Kejie said with a bit of regret, having heard that more spectacular action scenes were upcoming, but they wouldn’t get to see them today.

Shi Wei paused briefly, then quickened his steps.

He truly wasn’t interested.

Yet his mind seemed a little out of his control, repeatedly recalling the scene where she was drunk, unable to deny that she looked beautiful.

Two months later, the entire crew of Ah Chen wrapped up filming, and ’Immortal Demon Love’ went into post-production.

At the wrap party, everyone was jittery, fearing Ah Chen would insist on toasting them.

When she said she wanted to drink lemon water, everyone cheered and brought over a large jug of lemon water.

Lemon water is great, appetizing, and won’t intoxicate.

A wrap party without alcohol was a first for all attendees, and they were quite happy.

“Teacher Xiao Chen, let me toast you.” An actor stood up, acknowledging that it was due to Teacher Xiao Chen’s action guidance that he could perform so perfectly.

Teacher Xiao Chen was truly amazing, practically an all-rounder.

Ah Chen raised her glass of lemon water and clinked it, taking a sip.

Everyone was holding lemon water, so they boldly stood up to toast Ah Chen, since it wouldn’t make them sick from drinking.

Over at Ah Chen’s side, everything was cheerful and harmonious, but things weren’t going smoothly with Xuan Yanrui.

He did get resources from Zhang Chaoming, but once he joined the crew, it was nothing like he imagined. The crew was filled with those who brought investments, each with impressive backgrounds, and they particularly targeted him, as if he had wronged their ancestors.

Being a newcomer, Xuan Yanrui’s acting could only be considered passable.

The other actors not only had backing but also skills, causing trouble for him even without overt confrontation, leaving him in a sorry state.

The director was quite dissatisfied, bluntly stating that if he didn’t improve, even as Zhang Chaoming’s protégé, he wouldn’t be shown any favor. If he couldn’t perform, he’d be relegated to a minor role.

Xuan Yanrui was unwilling to take a minor role, having paid a great price, doing a minor role would be a huge loss for him.

For the sake of his future, he decided to approach Zhang Chaoming.

“I’ve given you the role, and if you can’t handle it, do you expect me to kick out all the other actors?” Zhang Chaoming mocked, “You wish.”

“Do you really think I, Zhang Chaoming, can single-handedly dominate this industry?”

At this, he moved closer, patting Xuan Yanrui’s shoulder: “I can’t control that crew, but I can still get you more resources. But Xiao Xuan, you also have to show some ambition.”

Xuan Yanrui found the hand on his shoulder disgusting, but chose to compromise for the sake of fame.

Zhang Chaoming’s smile deepened, yet it was filled with coldness.

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