Saw An Opportunity

When An Wen looked through the rest of the popular topics, she noticed that five out of the twenty most popular topics were related to Calming the Cosmos. Another two of the topics were related to Qing Sha.

[Which actress in the entertainment industry is suitable for the role of Qing Sha?]

[Please cut the role of Goddess Qing.]

The marketing department had already listed several female actresses for the role of Qing Sha, but many people left comments such as "you've stolen my goddess", "my goddess has been kicked aside", and "the marketing department should not do such unacceptable things".

Various parties were arguing about this character because they felt that the actresses were not good enough.

An Wen saw an opportunity for herself. This television drama would be very popular because the original work already had a large following. The male lead was also an actor with a large fanbase. If the female lead became popular, she would receive many jobs and be highly praised by the public.

If she managed to distinguish herself through this drama, it would be equivalent to taking a shortcut to stardom.

This was an extremely risky role, but An Wen was almost certain that she was not the only person who saw this opportunity.

Noticing that many people had mentioned the director's name throughout the popular topics, An Wen looked up Ye Qiaofeng and found that he had over forty million fans. The reason for that massive following was discovered when she visited his Weibo page. Ye Qiaofeng was a young and handsome male director.

The Original Host had been the type of person who was only interested in her studies. An Wen needed to search for this information because there was no information about the entertainment industry in her memories.

To learn everything about her goal, An Wen decided to start from the beginning. She looked for information about Ye Qiaofeng and read through his Weibo page until it was 11 o'clock.

Though Ye Qiaofeng was only twenty-eight years old, he had already won the Eagle Award for Best Director with Smoky Flames of War. Through his adaptation of the wuxia classic, Pair of Swords, he had also won the Hua Tian Award for Best Director and made a group of actors famous. 

The female lead in Flower Fairy, directed by Ye Qiaofeng three years ago, had become a highly praised actress, becoming known as the Eagle Goddess and the Queen of Television. Ye Qiaofeng was bold enough to think outside the box when it came to television dramas and was famous for being a television drama director who would often change his style to produce exceptional work.

Since he was so handsome, it was not surprising that Ye Qiaofeng had so many fans.

While looking through his Weibo profile, An Wen discovered an extremely important detail. She discovered that Ye Qiaofeng loved to read and that there were many old posts about Calming the Cosmos.

In order to fully understand the character of Qing Sha, she decided that starting tomorrow she would read the original version of Calming the Cosmos.

Initially, An Wen had planned to get into an acting college and receive professional training before she entered the entertainment industry. However, she could not let such a rare opportunity and role slip away from her.

The next day, she read the novel while the other students in the advanced class were studying. During recess, while the other students were revising, An Wen continued to read. She even read it on her handphone while she ate.

Fortunately, the students in the advanced class were very disciplined. These hardworking students would study on their own, without supervision from the teachers. Nobody noticed that An Wen was reading a novel throughout the entire day. Furthermore, nobody would believe that she had spent an entire day reading a novel when the other students on the honors board were struggling because the monthly exams were just around the corner.

Novels that catered to men were remarkably long. As a result, An Wen could not finish reading the novel within a day. It was not surprising that someone on the list of top topics had said that he spent four years reading this novel.

The story was rather interesting as it had an engaging plot, and it caused her emotions to fluctuate. The fascinating novel stimulated and excited An Wen as she read on. 

After eating dinner and taking a shower, An Wen continued reading the novel on her handphone and kept reading until she felt so tired that she placed her handphone beside her and fell asleep.

The next day, An Wen realized that she had only read a quarter of the entire book despite spending all of yesterday poring over it. If this pace was maintained, she wondered when she would finish reading the novel and finally start analyzing Qing Sha's character.

It would be impossible for her to analyze every single character and scene. It was also impossible for the drama to contain everything. If it did, the television drama would need to have over a thousand episodes.

With that, An Wen decided to quickly read through the original text to get a rough idea of it. She would slowly analyze Qing Sha's character. Novels that were written for a male audience were usually filled with monster-fighting scenes. Qing Sha did not make many appearances because she was only present when she was needed.

As a result of implementing the quick reading strategy, she finished reading the novel in three days by skipping several parts that were solely about fighting. 

An Wen's eyes were sore every day from analyzing the characters as well. Before long, the monthly exams had arrived without her realizing it.

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