Chapter 1299
Chapter 1299: So This Is Miss Xia
Tang Yuan swept a cold glance at her female assistant, and she was so shocked she clammed up instantly.
“We can get the director here,” she ordered arrogantly. “But he’ll have to fire that Jin-something girl.”
Since this wretched girl dared to take a seat, then her friend would have to pay the price for her!
At this point, Xia Yingluo was actually no longer pissed. She smiled and continued sitting in that chair.
Before the director came, Jin Ling’er was brought here first. It was the assistant director, and he was now telling Jin Ling’er off. “Hurry and apologize to Sister Tang! Don’t you bloody bring any trash you like here, how unrefined!” If it was Tang Yuan’s friend who was here to visit, she wouldn’t be treated in this way even if she dressed sloppily and behaved inappropriately. That was the stark difference between a superstar and a newbie.
Jin Ling’er was stubborn. “Yingluo isn’t just any trash.”
She and Xia Yingluo were of the same kind, they were very protective of each other.
The assistant director was enraged. “Idiotic trash!”
It was no surprise that he’d get angry. This role was initially meant for another girl, but Jin Ling’er came in halfway, brought in by the director Fang Wei personally. According to him, the Du Group just engaged this actress and she was “suitable for this role”, so she deserved a chance.
The Du Group was the producer of this film and the assistant director did not have much say against them. But that was when Jin Ling’er got into his bad books.
Xia Yingluo eyed him coldly. “What’s your name?”
“Are you even fit to ask for Director Zhou’s name?” Xiao Li spoke up proudly.
Xia Yingluo sneered. She couldn’t be bothered to waste her energy on them as she waited for the overall director to arrive.
The overall director rushed to the scene and asked, “What’s going on?”
“Brother Fang,” Tang Yuan slowly started. “Calefares nowadays really don’t know their place. Not only are they bringing in all sorts of miscellaneous friends, but they’re also even taking my seat. What’s the point of keeping such people, just fire them.”
The director frowned a little. He realized that Tang Yuan was upset with Jin Ling’er and that unknown girl.
If it was just another calefare, he would definitely act according to Tang Yuan’s wishes. But Jin Ling’er wasn’t just anyone, she was specially mentioned by Du Zheng. He remembered Du Zheng’s words exactly: “Give her a role that suits her. Oh, and don’t make things difficult for her.”
The first line was already surprising. Why would a busy man like Chairman Du give a hoot about a new and unknown actress? The second line was even more surprising for Fang Wei, who had been in this industry for long enough to sense something weird about it. Given Chairman Du’s quiet and professional nature, it was practically impossible to hear him instruct them to “not make things difficult” for someone. Jin Ling’er was probably the first. Fang Wei hurriedly did a background check on Jin Ling’er and was surprised once again—
This girl was just an average trainee at Imperial’s training camp.
What was it that Chairman Du saw in her, that he’d personally poach her and allow her to make an early debut?
He dug further and found out—to his surprise—that it wasn’t Jin Ling’er’s background, but rather her powerful good friend. She was close friends with Skyart’s Li family’s daughter Xia Yingluo! It was said that the entire Li household treated this daughter like a precious gem. So, since she saw Jin Ling’er as a good friend, it should be no surprise that Jin Ling’er could join the Du Group even with an average score!
Now that he understood this, Fang Wei dared not make things difficult for Jin Ling’er.
He even picked a pretty good role for her. Although she was no lead actress, her minor role gave her great opportunity to show her talent.
If she had not made Tang Yuan angry now, Fang Wei would’ve considered his plan perfect.
He was taking a while to respond and Tang Yunan was getting annoyed. “Brother Fang, why aren’t you saying anything?”
Only then did he snap back to reality. Rather than looking at Tang Yuan, he looked at the girl who was sitting on that chair unapologetically. Although she was in simple clothing, she was very beautiful, and she exuded a wonderful aura. Moreover, she wasn’t the least bit fazed by the big shots before her. She simply didn’t seem like a girl from a simple household.
Fang Wei could feel his eyelid twitching. Something felt wrong.
He asked that girl politely, “Excuse me, you are?”
The girl looked at him with an insincere smile. “You’re Fang Wei?”
“Yes.” Fang Wei was cautious. He did not want to say anything wrong.
Tang Yuan was getting frustrated. “Brother Fang, you’ve such good temper. But why do you have to be so polite to an insensible girl?”
Fang Wei scolded her internally. Tang Yuan don’t you dare drag me down with you. It’s not about having a good temper, but rather this girl here could be someone neither of us can afford to offend! Before Tang Yuan continued making more mistakes, Fang Wei tried his luck. “May I ask, are you Miss Xia?”
This time, it was Jin Ling’er who widened her eyes. This Director Fang was really good, he actually managed to guess Yingluo’s identity? He was always so fierce and domineering on set, but he was oddly courteous to Yingluo. Could he have known her identity from the start?
Xia Yingluo narrowed her eyes. “You’re smart.”
Fang Wei could feel himself breaking out in cold sweat. It really was her! It was said that Li Lei doted on his wife and children to bits, and it was pretty obvious from the way Second Young Master Li Rui acted. There were less rumors about this little princess here, but seeing her sitting posture and demeanor, she probably wasn’t anyone to trifle with. “I didn’t know you were coming, apologies for the lack of respect.” Fang Wei smiled as widely as he could and hurriedly added, “You should’ve given us a notice that you were coming, I could’ve sent someone, no, I could’ve gone to pick you up.”
The crew members and Tang Yuan were all stunned. Who exactly was this Miss Xia? She actually turned Director Fang into a polite and compliant man!
Xia Yingluo was sitting cross-legged and dangling a leg as she spoke, “Pick me up? It’d be good enough that you don’t chase me out.”
With that, she swept a glance across Tang Yuan and the rest.
Tang Yuan felt a bad omen. “Brother Fang, who’s this?” A true film queen indeed, she was already smiling while speaking to him. “Hurry and introduce her to us.”
Fang Wei glanced at Xia Yingluo, and only cleared his throat after seeing that she didn’t object to it. “This is Miss Xia Yingluo from Skyart Entertainment, Mr. Li Lei’s only daughter. Tang Yuan, hurry and say hi to Miss Xia.”
Tang Yuan almost let out a gasp, while many others were in shock as well.
From the way Fang Wei spoke, they’d guessed that this girl was probably somebody from a good background, but they never would’ve expected her to be of such high status. Skyart’s Li Lei’s only daughter! Everyone knew that Big Boss Li doted on his family immensely. For all they knew, just a few words from this girl could send the whole crew of them to hell!
What was she doing here?!