Professional Stand-in, With an Hourly Salary of 100,000

71 - It's Not What You're Thinking!

Still, Ji Fanyin approached him without any issues and passed him a cup of cheese foam cherry tea.

He Shen thanked her as he took the drink. He popped a straw in and began drinking right away. It was interesting how even though he was holding a cup of commercial milk tea, he was able to make it appear as if he was in a solemn tea ceremony.

Ji Fanyin passed the other cup to Zhang Ning, who was busy chatting with the director about the filming progress. As she took out the last cup of milk tea for herself, she asked He Shen, "Is this your first time on this set?"

He Shen shook his head. "It's my second time."

"You had your reservations when I first showed you the script." Ji Fanyin turned her gaze toward the bustling crowd as she spoke. "Now that you have been to the set twice, what do you think?"

He Shen fell silent. He subtly tilted his head toward Ji Fanyin, hoping to look at her expression through his peripheral vision.

"There's no need to look at me. That's right, I'm bragging right now," said Ji Fanyin gleefully as she tried to poke her straw into her cup. "You said that it'll be hard to find a suitable female lead and realize my script. You can take back your words now."

"... That newcomer is pretty skilled," He Shen replied objectively. "The movie will be better than I expected."

It took several tries, but Ji Fanyin finally managed to get that annoying paper straw in. She honestly couldn't understand how others were able to poke those flimsy paper straws through the plastic cover in a single try.

She raised her eyebrows and remarked, "That newcomer has already signed to our work studio."

He Shen sipped on his milk tea as he replied with a "Mm."

A young actor holding onto a skewer happened to walk by the two of them. He was visibly startled for a moment, before greeting the two of them with a smile, "Teacher He. Miss Ji, you're here again."

Watching the young actor's departing silhouette, He Shen suddenly remarked, "He wasn't that awkward when he met me earlier on."

Ji Fanyin calmly replied, "It might be due to me rejecting his self-recommendation."

He Shen: "... Such things are actually not that common in our industry."

"Who are you trying to hoodwink here?" Ji Fanyin scoffed.

Using sexual favors to make deals was nothing new. It was even more common in the world of glamor and glitz that they were in.

Zhang Ning happened to wrap up her conversation with the director then. She walked over and interjected, "He's speaking from his own experience. I mean, just look at him. He's obviously the inflexible, conservative type. It'll take a fox demoness to devour a monk like him!"

He Shen wasn't happy with her choice of metaphor, and he voiced his displeasure aloud with two concise words, "Zhang Ning."

Zhang Ning sipped on her milk tea, ignoring his protest. "Babe, you're acquainted with Chen Yunsheng?"

Ji Fanyin nodded. "It's a small world."

Zhang Ning bit on her straw and smiled. "Yeah, the world is pretty small. I've helped you ask about Cen Xiangyang. His filming hasn't been going smoothly recently. He seems to be in an irritable mood recently. Everyone is speculating whether he's in a slump."

"Is that so?" Ji Fanyin thought about what could get Cen Xiangyang down.

I wonder if Ji Xinxin has contacted him yet.