Cannon Fodder Stand-In Becomes Popular in the Entertainment Industry [MTL]

Ch 20

Chapter 20

Li Manzhen only found out what happened during the day after finishing work that night. After getting the phone, she couldn't wait to go to the corner and called Shen Mozhou.

However, she did not get through Shen Mozhou's phone number and only contacted his assistant.

I also accidentally overheard a conversation between the director and the producer in the corner.

Director: "Li Manzhen does not have enough understanding of the role of Ji Mengge, nor is she naive enough. It's not that her acting skills are not good, it's just that she is no longer a girl at her age, and the vicissitudes in her eyes cannot be hidden. The more she wants to act, okay, the harder she push, the more inconsistent the performance becomes. I really can't direct for a whole day."

Producer: "Having said so much, do you think I don't know what you mean?"

Director: "Brother and I are telling the truth from the bottom of our heart. You have been in this industry for more than 20 years. I don't believe you can't tell whether Li Manzhen is suitable for this role?" 

The producer smiled and said, "You don't know, either. You know that I have been in this business for more than 20 years. I changed actors in the middle and how many scenes had to be reshot. I know the losses better than you. Do you think I got my money from generous scraps?" The director asked angrily: "The film has a bad reputation, if you can't sell it at a good price, why don't you settle the bill?"

The producer was silent for a while, smoking silently.

Director: "Just tell me which one, Yuyao or Li Manzhen, is more suitable?"

Producer: "Is there any need to ask? But..." He hesitated to speak.

Director: "I know what you are worried about. It's just that Li Manzhen was brought in by Mr. Shen, and you don't want to offend Mr. Shen."

Producer: "You know the truth. This is the rule in the industry. Investors cannot be offended casually."

Director: "Have you seen the news about Mr. Shen today?"

Producer: "Yes."

Director: "I heard someone who knew the inside story revealed that Mr. Shen was furious and called Mr. Shen back to his old house and took him back. With the power in his hands, he even sent his illegitimate son back to China overnight, intending to hand over the business in Mr. Shen's hands to this little Mr. Shen." 

The producer said seriously: "You mean..."

Director: "SL Entertainment is about to change. Now Mr. Shen is not the one talking about everything. There is room for negotiation."

Producer: "Okay, you can shoot other people's scenes these days and let Li Manzhen rest for a few days. Let's wait until I finish negotiating with SL Entertainment."

Li Manzhen heard that her hands and feet were cold in the corner and she was shaking with anger.

She thought that because she worked hard on her performance and stayed up late rehearsing, the director and producers could see her progress, but she didn't expect that they would go to great lengths to squeeze her out.

Not so easy!

If she can't take the photo, Yuyao can't even think of taking the photo!

Li Manzhen returned to her room in the hotel and immediately called Yuyao's agent.

Wu De didn't know that the boss was about to be replaced, so he was respectful to Li Manzhen at this moment.

He greeted diligently: "Good evening, Miss Li."

Li Manzhen's voice was cold: "Does Yuyao have any work arrangements tomorrow?"

"The C family's endorsement shoot is scheduled for tomorrow."

Li Manzhen squeezed her palms.

She is about to lose her position as the heroine, and Yuyao has to go to C's house to film GG. The most annoying thing is that this endorsement was given away from her.

She almost broke her silver teeth with hatred and said: "I don't want her to go to C's house to shoot GG, do you understand what I mean?" "What do you mean?" 

"I want her to disappear temporarily, there is no way to pick her up." You have no time to shoot endorsements, so don't appear in front of me again!" At the end of the sentence, she shouted uncontrollably, sweeping her hand across the dressing table, and the cosmetics on the table fell to the floor.

Wu De was frightened by her for a moment, and then he quickly thought of an idea and said, "Don't worry, I know how to arrange it, and I will definitely satisfy you." 

*The next day, Yuyao just dozed off in the nanny car and woke up When I arrived, I found myself in a deserted suburb.

Yuyao looked out the window at the beautiful view of fertile fields, and she reasonably suspected that wicked wanted to kill her to silence her.

She put the blindfold on her chin, glanced at Wu De coldly, and said, "I have to remind you, you may not be able to beat me." 

"I'm awake, I forgot to tell you that our schedule has changed temporarily. Let's not go take pictures of C's family for now."

"Really? Why didn't you tell me before?" Yuyao narrowed her clear eyes slightly and stared at Wu De.

Wu De's eyes were wandering. Of course he didn't say anything because he was afraid of Yuyao's resistance. He could only trick people into getting into the car first, and when he got to the destination, he would no longer be able to let her go.

"I also received a notice from C's family on the way, saying that I can't take pictures of you today, so I had to temporarily arrange a job for you."

 In fact, it was he who called to push forward the schedule for C's family, and a group of people stayed there. I stayed up all night to prepare for today, just so that the shooting could go smoothly. Then suddenly a phone call came saying that the person was not coming, which made their person in charge very angry. It was also because of Yuyao's face that the other party tolerated it and said they would make an appointment next time.

This incident will definitely affect Yuyao's future cooperation with the C family, but he doesn't care about this. The instructions of the future landlady are more important.

Wu De did something immoral, and when Yu Yao stared at him, he felt inexplicably panicked, feeling like he had been seen through.

He cleared his throat and continued: "Don't worry, I won't arrange work for you randomly. This program is absolutely positive and will greatly improve your image. You will know the benefits of this program when you come back from participating. Now."

What Wu De didn't say was that this program was called "Project Changing Stars," and it was a program about star transformation.

Because criticism of celebrities is increasing day by day on the Internet, there are endless topics such as "it's too easy for celebrities to make money", "idols have no artistic ethics", "actors are harming the country" and so on.

So the program team made a plan to transform celebrities, allowing them to give up their halo and join a poor family to experience the life of the lower class people for a week.

The program team will carefully select some celebrities with controversial topics and attract them in the name of changing their image. Regardless of what the parties involved think, usually as long as the artist is invited to the program, the company will be happy to follow it.

In order to attract attention, the program team will arrange some very hard physical work as much as possible. Picking up garbage and carrying bricks are considered simple tasks. Some people will also be arranged to clear sewers and dig coal in mines.

What fans see is idols actively changing their image. This is an inspirational variety show.

What the anti-fans saw was idols suffering hardships and getting embarrassed. This is a comedy variety show.

Both parties please each other and make the program prosperous.

Wu De inquired and found out that the theme of this program was going to the countryside and that she would have to stay in the mountains for two weeks. She would definitely suffer a lot during these two weeks.

Through the rearview mirror, Wu De saw Yuyao with tender skin and tender flesh in the back row, and thought that she would not have enough to eat on the show for the next week, and would have to be exposed to the sun and rain, and work hard.

Will she still look like a human being at the end of the week?

When the time comes, her face will be sallow, her skin will be dark, and she may not even be able to answer announcements. After being raised at home for a few months, not many people will remember her when she comes out.

This is the price she pays for offending the boss lady!