Scheming

It was true that Xia Ran's looks were not inferior to Yu Ge's, and her figure was even better. In addition, she was the type of person who did not put on weight no matter how much she ate. Yu Ge was extremely envious of her.

"No, no." Xia Ran looked like she did not want to ever consider such an aspect. "I just want to see you become famous. Besides, I feel a sense of accomplishment after personally making you a big star." Xia Ran liked to be a manager and worked behind the scene. She enjoyed her job and did not like to appear on stage or in front of the camera.

"Oh, right." Xia Ran took out a script and contract. "This is a drama that I accepted for you. Take a look. If there's no problem, we'll go sign the contract and start filming next week."

"Okay." She had an independent personality, which matched perfectly with Xia Ran's straightforward and capable personality.

Yu Ge roughly read the script and the contract before signing the contract on the same day. A week later, she took Xia Ran's new assistant, Xiao Chen, and Xiao Tao to City G to shoot the movie.

The movie was called Half a Generation of Youth. It was the first show by the famous new director, Li Cheng. The screenwriter was also a famous screenwriter, Wan Hong.

Yu Ge played Ji Meng in the movie. Although the role was not a big deal and could not be compared to the second female lead, Ji Meng was the only female villain in the movie. She was also the general who was killed by the emperor, if she acted well, she could be very outstanding. Moreover, Yu Ge had worked with this director before.

After Yu Ge put on her makeup and changed into her outfit, she was ready to put on her acting mode. The filming was about to begin. However, she did not expect that Yu Qian would be there as well.

Yu Qian immediately acted as if she did not know her. "This must be teacher Yu Ge, who plays the villain, General Ji Meng. Hello, I'm Yu Qian."

Yu Ge's lips could not help but twitch.

The director immediately introduced, "Yu Ge, you're here! Yes, this role suits you very well. Come, this is Yu Qian, who plays Meng Jue. The two of you should get to know each other better."

The female lead? Yu Ge was shocked. Yu Qian was a designer, so how could she know how to act? Would she be able to play such an important role as the female lead?

Yu Ge looked up and saw that the director had already run away. He seemed to be arguing with the screenwriter with a very bad expression.

It made sense. The new director had hired a great screenwriter for his first-period drama. His goal was naturally to become famous overnight. However, now that Yu Qian had appeared, surely something sketchy was going to happen, right?

Yu Ge let Xiao Tao check and found out that Qin Hao had increased his investment to become the biggest investor in this drama. He had specifically asked Yu Qian to be the female lead, so the director had to oblige. 

Yu Ge could understand the director's frustration and anger at having his art tainted by money, but there was nothing he could do. In the end, he was just a worker in the entertainment industry. And in the entertainment industry, money made everything go round. Without the support of money, pure art was difficult to achieve.

After knowing that the female lead was Yu Qian, Yu Ge became even more cautious in the production team. All the items that she needed were handled by Xiao Tao alone, and she did not dare to hand them over to her.

After the scene ended, Xiao Chen sent Yu Ge back to the hotel that the production team booked. When he saw Yu Ge, he said excitedly, "That slap just now was so cool. It was like you embodied the female general herself!"

"It's just a script. There's no need to take it too seriously." Yu Ge had a scene with Yu Qian today. The female lead that Yu Qian played was Empress Meng Jue that had been reborn. After Meng Jue was reborn, she thought that the person who had killed her in her previous life was the daughter of the general, Ji Meng. Therefore, she tested Ji Meng, who had followed her father into the palace.

Taking advantage of the script, Yu Qian originally wanted to hit Yu Ge, but she was discovered by Yu Ge and silently retaliated.

Yu Ge was, after all, a trained actor and had four years of acting experience. How could a noob like Yu Qian, who only knew how to follow the script, be a match for her?

"Oh no, this is bad. Quick, look. Someone posted the video of you hitting someone while acting on the Internet. It's already trending."