The Rebirth of a Top Star

Xiao Ju's gossip wasn't exciting enough for Shen Nanqiao.

As a result, Shen Nanqiao couldn't muster any interest.

The head office boss came to inspect the entertainment company; everyone has been busy with their work lately.

Xiao Ju went back and helped out for a few days. Shen Nanqiao thought about it and realized that the head office was Song Shiyuan.

It's not the end of the year, why are you conducting inspections?

Shen Nanqiao was so engrossed in the conversation that she didn't want to leave. Now, whenever she heard news about Song Shiyuan, her first reaction was to ask Xiaoju to tell her the details, and she didn't even want to listen carefully.

It was truly my loss that I never had the opportunity to join a production crew like this before.

The only memory I've completely forgotten is that I'm still in this company, and that I still need to face Song Shiyuan when I return from this paradise.

Xiao Ju relayed her message and went back to their little house to start tidying up. Although there wasn't much to tidy up, Xiao Ju was afraid that Shen Nanqiao might remember something and ask her again, so she simply found something to do.

Shen Nanqiao was indeed caught off guard and never expected this move until the very end.

Shen Nanqiao sat contentedly in someone else's courtyard until the very end before returning home in the evening.

I hadn't gone to sleep yet when my phone rang at 11 o'clock. It was the director who created a group chat and announced: "Meet at the village chief's house at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Shen Nanqiao knew this was a test, and she wasn't sure if she would have another chance to see the main stars tomorrow; they might even be acquaintances.

Filled with anticipation, Shen Nanqiao slept soundly.

As expected, they woke up late the next day. Xiao Ju hurriedly led Shen Nanqiao to the village chief's house, and Shen Nanqiao walked very fast the whole way.

The advantage of living alone is peace and quiet, and you don't have to consider other people's schedules. The disadvantage is that Shen Nanqiao is prone to being late.

Because of its remote location, it is the furthest place from the village chief's house.

Every time Shen Nanqiao thinks of the words "village chief's house," she can't help but smile.

The director doesn't like the reality show format; otherwise, those words would be practically legendary in variety shows.

But so far, only Shen Nanqiao understands this joke. Life is really meaningless.

At times like these, Shen Nanqiao thinks of her old friends.

If they were there, they would have already burst into laughter without even saying a word.

Shen Nanqiao pushed open the door to the village chief's house, but to her surprise, she saw someone staring at her as soon as she opened the door.

Everyone brought their small stools and sat in the yard. This was the scene Shen Nanqiao saw as soon as she entered the door. It was a bit like a village meeting or movie screening late at night, with everyone sitting in rows.

The sun hasn't fully risen yet, and Shen Nanqiao can only feel the warmth.

She found a seat at the back and sat down casually. She looked around and saw only one unfamiliar face, but it was definitely not the main character.

Shen Nanqiao recognized her; she was a good friend from the past. She had been struggling with this on the way here, and now she had unexpectedly run into her. Shen Nanqiao hadn't really noticed her before; she had also been in this movie.

Wang Ruoqi sat quietly in the first row, next to the director, without even turning around to look at Shen Nanqiao when she arrived late.

She is so quiet and gentle.

Shen Nanqiao didn't need to close her eyes to recall that summer night in bed, where the two of them hid in the air conditioning and counted on their fingers, figuring out which male celebrity in the entertainment industry had the best physique.

They are not at all the same as the person in front of me now.

Shen Nanqiao resisted the urge to rush up and call her name. At present, no one in the industry probably knows that her real name is Wang Xiaotong.

Observing and waiting for things to develop is Shen Nanqiao's favorite tactic.

The director merely glanced at Shen Nanqiao's lateness without saying anything. After another ten minutes, he finally spoke: "Everyone is here today, let's begin."

Shen Nanqiao confirmed again and again that there were indeed no male or female leads.

The entire drama revolves around the scenes of the male and female leads, not to mention Shen Nanqiao, the main female supporting character, who spends the entire time acting opposite the female lead.

Now there aren't even any real people. At the beginning, you had to imagine the environment and plot yourself. Now the difficulty has been upgraded to imagining the actors who will be acting opposite you?

Shen Nanqiao stared blankly at the script she had been repeatedly memorizing yesterday.

She really didn't know how to behave.

Aside from memorizing all my own scenes and the scenes involving the other person, I didn't prepare anything else.

As the director started looking for people to come forward and perform, Shen Nanqiao became afraid, just like when she was a student and was afraid of being dragged onto the stage by the teacher to perform a topic she was not good at.

Taking advantage of being at the back, Shen Nanqiao shrank back as much as possible. Xiao Ju had already gone to play with the assistants who had come with her. They seemed to be quite obsessed with a little game lately.

Shen Nanqiao had already started thinking about skipping class and letting her imagination run wild.

Suddenly, I heard the name Shen Nanqiao.

That was a familiar voice.

Shen Nanqiao stood up. The director, who was sitting in a low chair, looked at her with a smile, as if he had seen through everything.

She was helpless; she couldn't refuse.

As she dawdled forward, the young actors who usually chatted happily with her about gossip now kept their distance to avoid being dragged along by Shen Nanqiao, watching her move forward with schadenfreude.

You know what, it really did feel like going to school.

Standing beside the director, Shen Nanqiao finally looked directly at Wang Ruoqi's face.

As always, she was radiant and beautiful, and Shen Nanqiao couldn't take her eyes off her. The director, standing beside her, reprimanded Shen Nanqiao: "I didn't bring you here early so you could stay up all night chatting with my actors about gossip. Now it's time to show your true talent."

Shen Nanqiao was surprised that the director knew everything. She smiled shyly and did not refute him.

This event was actually created because of my own actions. Listening to the explanations from the staff who came with the director, I realized that in the past, everyone would compete openly or secretly, but now there is absolutely no barrier between us.

Shen Nanqiao laughed and tossed the script, which she had already read so many times that it was almost white, to the director. It was covered with her own annotations.

Although we talked a lot about gossip, we didn't neglect our work at all.

The director opened Shen Nanqiao's script, which was full of annotations about tone and attitude. It was such a thick script, and while others hadn't even read half of it, Shen Nanqiao had already studied all of her scenes with her co-star.

Following that is the female lead, who has the most screen time.

Shen Nanqiao didn't know who was playing the role. In her imagination, the female lead was the kind of person who was decisive and efficient, with a smile on her face, but who could pick up a gun and kill any threat in the next second.

Shen Nanqiao often felt she couldn't keep up with the pace of the script because she was too much of a saint.

Shen Nanqiao plays the role of a noble young lady. On her first day here, the director gave Shen Nanqiao some extra help, saying, "You just need to find your feeling on the red carpet, and everything will be fine."

Shen Nanqiao is very smart and knows what kind of person she is.

The director casually flipped to a page, where Shen Nanqiao had marked a long passage of dialogue with a green highlighter—her most important monologue.

What a coincidence!

Shen Nanqiao watched as the director's hand had long since found this page, keeping it pressed in place until now, when it was finally turned and made public.

He was all smiles, saying, "What a coincidence! You should give it a try."