The Villain's Contracted Lover

80-81

Chen Jin, who had the title of Film Empress for a few years, was almost 35 years old. Many others in her age range would either move into the drama realm or work toward Hollywood. Chen Jin, for some reason, perhaps due to a lack of realization of her own age, signed three contracts meant for young idols and were still play college stupid with a pony tail when she was the age of their mothers.

That had caused her to lose a lot of her fans and they even turned around to bash her, calling her "child demon", for her still trying to pretend to be a young girl when she was no longer one.

That and there had been very few good young idol shows lately so after three terrible ones, her reputation slipped even further.

Chapter 81 - Love You ("Mu ZhenYu, you are spellbound by these two foxes!") (2)

And now she has to feign delicate when she was posting on Weibo and called out Jiang YueXian specifically? What was up with that?

Xu WanZhi clicked into Jiang YueXian's Weibo through that comment and noticed that Jiang YueXian did not respond to her at all nor did it look like he intended to.

What was with these two?

As Xu WanZhi was mulling over it, her cellphone rang and it was Xiao Yuan.

"Hi, WanZhi-jie, guess what just happened?" Xiao Yuan's voice quivered a little, like she couldn't control her excitement – what good news did she have?

Xu WanZhi's mood was affected by Xiao Yuan and she was starting to get excited as well. "What is it?"

"Fang-jie just gave me a call and told me that Director Jiang sent over an invitation for you to attend the audition of his new movie 'Plainness'!"

"Director Jiang? Which Director Jiang?" Xu WanZhi paused for a second then slowly asked out loud what she was thinking, "Do you mean Jiang ChenXi?"

"Yes! That Jiang ChenXi! Killer of film festivals and hoarder of all big awards, that one!"

Xu WanZhi felt that a firework had lit up above her head with a loud "BANG!"

It has been a while since she had seen a script that she liked. Never would she have guessed that after staying dormant for a few days, a script had fallen from the sky and smacked her right on her head.

"'Plainness' is also a period drama, focusing mainly on families. Words had it that Director Jiang invited you to the audition because he had seen your performance in 'Blossoming Us'. It's just the role of a female supporting character, but still... congratulations, WanZhi-jie!"

After Xu WanZhi hung up the phone, she started looking through the information on Jiang ChenXi's 'Plainness' sent over by Xiao Yuan. The script was not very thick, but screenwriter's ability was undeniable. The screenwriter of 'Blossoming Us' had already done a good job at combining emotions with the change of eras but this screenwriter of 'Plainness' did an even better job. Just a few simple words were sufficient to wheel someone in from the beginning and keep someone's attention to the very end.

This script was everything that Xu WanZhi wanted a script to be. She looked at the audition information and filming time and that's when she realized that the timing of 'Plainness' and 'Blossoming Us' overlapped perfectly.

Meaning that she'd have to make a decision between the web show and the movie.

Problem was, 'Plainness' was just an audition invitation to her. There were other competitors. Participating in the audition did not mean she'd definitely get the role. And, even if she did, it was just the role of a supporting character. There were also a lot of unforeseeable factors when it came to a movie. With some editing, she may not have very much face time left as a supporting character.

As far as 'Blossoming Us' was concerned, it would be a new beginning for her. With the exception that some of the actors were still up in the air, the production team would be the same team as before. And her, as the best selling point, would play a very big role in the show.

For someone else, perhaps they'd go with 'Plainness' without much hesitation. But, after giving it more thought, it wasn't an easy decision to make.

After finishing reading the information from Xiao Yuan, Xu WanZhi went back onto Weibo to read more about online commentaries on 'Plainness'. She read a few different articles before she realized that the male lead had more or less been decided to be Jiang YueXian. And many sources revealed online that those who'd be auditioning for the roles of female lead and female supporting characters included many film empresses, first tier actresses, and also the one who had been very active in front of her recently – Chen Jin.

This time, Film Empress Chen would be auditioning for the role of female lead. In addition, her fans had already spoken up for her that she was the best candidate for the role and that she'd come out of her funk and shine.

Xu WanZhi chuckled when she read that. The news of her being invited to the audition hasn't gotten out yet, otherwise, the Chen's braindead fans would be stepping on her to make their idol look good again.

That being said, Xu WanZhi started to get an idea about it: Chen Jin, as a 30-something senior, suddenly paid attention to AiAi Fox's Weibo and @Jiang YueXian to butter up to him. That was a tell-tale sign that Jiang YueXian was most likely going to be the male lead in the movie and have a certain amount of input on who'd play the role of the female lead. That was why Chen Jin was eager to butter up to him.

Xu WanZhi stared at the computer screen, her chin on her palm. After half a second, she finally decided on choosing 'Plainness'.