I Became Hugely Popular After Becoming A Cannon Fodder Star

Chapter 005

“The role is first.” Ji Li didn’t care about it at all. “What beggar is white and clean?”

Zhang Ming was a face con. He originally had a good impression of Ji Li’s face. Now that he saw Ji L’s seriousness about the role, the good impression score in his heart was soaring upwards. “You are so exquisite that it is difficult for me.” He joked while looking at the other person’s white and smooth skin. “Still, I promise that I will turn this little immortal into an ugly beggar.”

Ji chuckled.

It should be like this.

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By the time Ji Li changed into his costume, it was already 10 o’clock. After finishing his styling, Zhang Ming rushed to apply makeup for the other group actors.

No one had come to call Ji Li to the scene. He saw that it was getting closer to the shooting time in the notice so he simply grabbed his script and went out, intending to wait directly at the shooting site.

Then hunger pains came from his stomach. Ji Li crouched on the ground, silently enduring it.

He didn’t think about going to relieve it using the warm water in the thermos out of fear it would affect his dry lips. Shooting was about to start and he couldn’t give up all his efforts here.

It wasn’t until the period of discomfort disappeared that Ji Li struggled to get up. He was numb from the long squatting. Combined with the delirium and dizziness caused by hunger and he uncontrollably fell forward.

Ji Li didn’t have time to make adjustments so he instinctively covered his head with his hands. The pain of falling to the ground didn’t appear as expected. Instead, he ran into someone.

“Are you okay?” The low voice hit his eardrums. “Be careful when you walk.”

“I’m sorry.” Ji Li was taken aback and hurriedly retreating, standing up firmly. He raised his eyes and saw the superior figure opposite him.

The other person’s height was 188 cm just based on a visual inspection. His appearance with makeup was extraordinary. He wore a costume headgear and his long hair that was like ink was tied back with a gorgeous gold and copper crown. He looked capable, free and easy.

The man wore an ordinary, black short-sleeved shirt. He hadn’t changed into his clothes yet. Even so, the strong figure under the clothes was obvious and he exuded a natural, powerful aura.

In an instant, Ji Li recognized this person as Qin Yue. In the original novel, the other person was a legend standing at the top of the entertainment circle.

The protagonist Ji Yunqi had collaborated with him in his first film and television work.

After the assessment that day, Ji Li had searched the Internet for the movie ‘The Awakening.’ and he had a better understanding of Qin Yue. The other side’s acting career could simply be called divine in the Chinese entertainment circle. His vision when choosing scripts was extremely keen.

After the release of the movie, all the movies he starred in were the box office champion of that period. There was a saying in the film and television circles: the person who can surpass Qin Yue is probably only Qin Yue himself.

This time, the movie ‘Country and the World’ was invested and produced by Qin Yue himself. The preliminary preparations alone took nearly a year and a half. It was said that after it started, all the actors involved in the filming were powerful, traditional actors.

However, the crew’s confidentiality measures were extremely good. So much time passed but there was hardly a whisper outside. This made the hearts of netizens’ itchy. It could be seen that the crew really wanted to make a movie, rather than relying on excessive marketing to gain popularity.

This time, Qin Yue was playing General Song Yi, the older brother of the beggar Song Zhao. Ji Li’s three rival scenes were all against this person. Ji Li admired the strong deep in his bones. He loved to work with actors like Qin Yue even in his original life.

It wasn’t that he looked down on new actors. It was that acting paid attention to compatibility between characters’ auras and experienced actors were more efficient at cooperating.

Ji Li thought of Qin Yue’s superb acting skills in that movie clip and was suddenly looking forward to the next shooting.

The ‘little beggars’ face was dark and dirty but the eyes looked extremely smart and bright. Qin Yue looked down at him and felt an indescribable sense of familiarity.

“Qin Yue, why did you stop here?” Qi An approached and saw a stranger beside Qin Yue. “Are you a group actor? How did you get here?”

Before Ji Li could reply, the scene affairs person hurriedly ran over in a panic. “Ji Li? Where are you going instead of staying in the dressing room?” Then he saw Qin Yue and his words instinctively slowed down. “Brother Qin, you are…”

“Hello, I’m Ji Li.”

“Get ready to shoot. The director is calling for you. Hurry up.” The scene affairs person remembered business and urged. Ji Li nodded when he heard this and ran toward the studio with his backpack. Since he and Qin Yue had rival scenes, he would have a chance later. There was no need to be in a hurry right now.

“Brother Qin, I’ve found the person so I will go back first.” The scene affairs person said.

“Yes.” Qin Yue glanced sideways at Ji Li who was running away. The familiarity from those eyes still lingered in his mind.

The next second, he saw Qi An suddenly pat his forehead. “I was wondering why this name was so familiar! It turned out to be him!”

The beggar who could make the scene affairs person come over to call him personally definitely wasn’t as simple as a group performer.

Qin Yue made a guess. “It should be Song Zhao’s actor.”

“Yes, but I’m not talking about that.” Qi An hooked an arm around his friend’s shoulder and explained, “The assessment video sent by Director Wang Zhang a few days ago. I also watched it privately…”

Qi An was an agent and had the ability to know people. He felt the trainee in the video had potential and privately investigated the other person’s information. “Ji Li… this name is rare.” Qi An glanced at his friend and jokingly reminded, “Teacher Qin, you probably didn’t expect it? The trainee you favored and the new actor not favored by you are actually the same person.”

Qin Yue’s eyes shook slightly as he finally understood where that subtle sense of familiarity came from. He shook off his friend’s hand and glanced over lightly, “Let’s go and watch the shooting scene.”

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