Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

"But no matter how sweet the words are, they can't fool President Lu's sharp eyes. President Lu, you're so smart that we juniors have nowhere to hide," Hu Xiaoxiao said sincerely.

Lu Sheng shook his head with amusement. He thought he probably understood why those companies liked to hire Hu Xiaoxiao as their spokesperson. She was good-looking, had a pleasant voice, and was top-notch in her business skills.

Even he changed his opinion of her again and again.

He said to Charlie, "You guys continue your meeting, I'm leaving now."

Before leaving, he said to Hu Xiaoxiao, "Just focus on acting. The company will not mistreat talented artists."

Hu Xiaoxiao nodded obediently, "I believe in the company, and I also believe in President Lu."

After watching President Lu leave, Charlie returned to his seat, and the rest of the staff also sat down to continue the meeting.

"Xiaoxiao, President Lu thought so highly of you just now, you'd better live up to his expectations. Whether this drama becomes a hit or not depends half on you." Charlie put a lot of pressure on Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao refused to take on the responsibility, saying, "Although I am the female lead, I am just a supporting character to the male lead. The ratings of this drama mainly depend on the male lead, who has the most screen time. Mingxu is the male lead. Whether it becomes a hit or not, you should ask him."

She's not stupid. If they won't give her the lead role, why would they expect her to carry the show? What if the show doesn't become a hit, and she's expected to take the blame?

Mingxu secretly ate some melon seeds. Hearing Hu Xiaoxiao's words, he quickly stuffed the bag into his pocket and said, "Whether a drama gets good ratings or not is not up to me alone; it's the responsibility of the entire crew. Similarly, if a drama is good, the whole crew benefits. That's what happened with 'The Grandmaster.' After the drama became a hit, even the supporting actors were able to get commercial performance opportunities. So, working hard requires everyone's participation."

After working in television for a few years, who isn't a seasoned veteran?

As soon as Charlie heard Mingxu speak, he smelled a delicious aroma. His eyes widened as he stared at Mingxu: "What are you eating? Show it to me!"

Mingxu spread his hands, "Why are you looking at me? I didn't eat anything."

"I can smell the aroma!" Charlie snapped, his temper flaring. "Do you think I can't smell the fragrance of sunflower seeds? They smell so good!"

Mingxu said shamelessly, "Maybe it's because my breath smells sweet."

"Fang, you deadbeat!" Charlie walked over and expertly took the bag of sunflower seeds from Mingxu's pocket, throwing it on the table. He gritted his teeth at Mingxu with exasperation: "Look at you, you haven't lost the fat on your face yet, and you still dare to sneak some? Do you even know your own body shape? How can you act when you're this fat?"

Mingxu touched his face and said, "Actually, housewives don't necessarily like skinny guys. Being fair-skinned and chubby is quite nice. It looks cheerful. Maybe they'd like me to be a little chubby. Look at Xinghe, he's fair-skinned and has a bit of baby fat on his face. He's very popular with housewives."

“Why compare yourself to Lu Xinghe?” Charlie sat back down and warned Mingxu, “You must never be like Lu Xinghe, flirting with women everywhere. Although he has overcome this crisis, the company will not give him any important roles in the future. If an actor with a similar image comes along, he could be replaced at any time.”

He then looked at Hu Xiaoxiao and the other main actors, and said, "If you want to date, that's fine, but either don't get caught by the paparazzi, or only date one person at a time. If you don't like one, just dump him and date another. Don't date at the same time, get caught by the paparazzi, cause a serious incident like someone dying, and end up having to clean up the mess for the company. If any of my people dare to do that, I'll blacklist them without hesitation!"

He was most worried about Hu Xiaoxiao. She was beautiful and had many rumored romantic relationships. He would occasionally give Hu Xiaoxiao a warning look.

Hu Xiaoxiao was utterly baffled. "Why are you looking at me? When have I ever held you back? Of course, if you're worried I'll get too idle and start messing around, you can add more scenes for me, keeping me so busy I won't even have time to eat or sleep..."

"Shut up! You keep saying you want more scenes, I'm tired of it even if you're not."

Hu Xiaoxiao muttered to herself, "I just don't have many scenes."

She has so few scenes, yet they expect her to carry the show? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Hu Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on the martial arts instructor, her dark eyes darting around.

After the meeting, once everyone had mostly left, Hu Xiaoxiao followed the martial arts instructor and asked, "Teacher Nie, Mingxu's movements have all been designed. What about my martial arts scenes? When will the movements be designed?"

Nie Jinlong was deep in thought when he heard Hu Xiaoxiao's words. He turned around and asked, "Oh, it's Xiaoxiao. What's up?"

"I've come to ask about Murong Qianluo's martial arts performance."

Nie Jinlong frowned. "The screenwriter described Murong Qianluo's scenes as too graceful and the action scenes as too difficult. I've been having a headache about how to design Murong Qianluo's action scenes, and I was just about to talk to the screenwriter about it."

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at Nie Jinlong with bright eyes and said, "Teacher, you don't need to look for Alon, just look for me. Alon and I designed those scenes together. If you don't have any inspiration, how about I perform them for you right now?"

Nie Jinlong looked doubtful. "Are you sure you can do it? Those moves are very difficult."

"Why not? Have you forgotten how natural it was when I first filmed Zhou Bijun's scenes, suspended by wires? The fight scenes were so beautiful. I can handle all the scenes that Murong Qianluo described in the drama."

Nie Jinlong thought for a moment and said, "Then let's give it a try. I'll go call the wire stuntman over, and you can perform for me later."

"No problem." Hu Xiaoxiao perked up, determined to show her true skills and outshine the other actors' action scenes.

If other actors' action scenes are too bad, the director will give her more screen time so that the shots look better!

Upon arriving at the training room, Nie Jinlong called for help to suspend Hu Xiaoxiao on wires.

Mingxu, who was practicing martial arts in the training room, saw this and came over to watch. Other actors, who were tired from practicing, also came over to see what was going on.

They had heard that Murong Qianluo's action scenes were extremely difficult, and the martial arts director had been racking his brains trying to come up with a design. However, Murong Qianluo's action scenes were a major selling point of "The Legend of Long Yijiang," and they couldn't be cut; in fact, there needed to be more of them, which stumped the martial arts team.

Hu Xiaoxiao remembered that Murong Qianluo's weapon was a white silk ribbon, so she found a rope of suitable softness and hardness to replace it.

After being secured with the wires and seeing that the wire harness operator was ready, she displayed an ethereal, fairy-like quality as she rose into the air and flew away on the wind.

The soft rope in her hand moved with such skill and agility, like a snake emerging from its hole, or like a stream of water falling from the sky, both soft and sharp.

It even resembles a magical artifact in the hands of a fairy, exuding majesty.