Xia Wanyuan had rarely cared about this. It was only now that she knew that there was so much news online. “The news online is not true. The audition results are not out yet.”
“Sister Xia, you’re too humble.” The staff teased Xia Wanyuan with a smile. “Your acting skills are so good. It would be strange if the director didn’t choose you. You’re the pride of China. When the time comes, you must show off your acting skills in front of the foreigners and let them know that China has many good actors.”
The staff were too enthusiastic. Xia Wanyuan could not explain to them, so she gave up and focused on filming.
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When Lu Li arrived at the company, she received a morning of training with a group of young and beautiful girls. The training content was mainly to tell them how to be a streamer who could attract fans to send gifts.
Lu Li felt that there was something wrong with what they were taught, but she did not dare to say it.
At noon, it was time for lunch. Seeing that everyone was walking out, Lu Li was a little puzzled. “Didn’t we pay the training fee? Didn’t they say that they would be in charge of the food?”
A young lady who was training with her looked at her mockingly. “What are you thinking? They’re not even willing to give us a sip of water. How is it possible they’ll be in charge of food?”
“…” After training for the entire morning, Lu Li was already hungry. Now that there was no food, she could only take out the steamed bun she had bought yesterday. The soaked steamed bun was wrinkled, but it was still food.
Lu Li was not picky. She sat in her seat and slowly ate.
To her, it was already not bad to have steamed buns to eat. After all, in their village, it was not easy to eat such white steamed buns.
However, in the eyes of others, that was not the case. The people who worked in this company had seen many different people and were used to looking at the dishes. Everyone noticed Lu Li, who was eating steamed buns at the side. Looking at her clothes, everyone gave each other a look.
Today’s filming ended early, so Xia Wanyuan went to Lu Li’s company in advance.
Parking the car by the roadside, Xia Wanyuan sent Jun Shiling a WeChat message.
When Jun Shiling was not busy, he would always send Xia Wanyuan a message first. Sometimes it was a sentence, sometimes it was an emoticon. When Xia Wanyuan saw it, she knew that Jun Shiling was not busy now.
Jun: You didn’t let me pick you up today.
Xia: I’m bringing the little girl to the hotel. Why do you want to come?
Jun: Why can’t I come?
Xia: You’re fierce, the young lady will be afraid of you.
Jun: …
A smile appeared on Xia Wanyuan’s face. Just as she was about to continue sending messages, she looked up and her gaze froze.
Lu Li’s company was completely transparent, so she could clearly see the scene inside.
Now, Lu Li was carrying a pile of documents that were even taller than her. The middle-aged woman walking in front even patted Lu Li’s head from time to time, looking like she was saying something very seriously.
Even from so far away, she could feel Lu Li’s grievance. Xia Wanyuan put away her phone and got out of the car.
“Are you a pig! What use do you have?!” The supervisor pinched Lu Li’s arm unhappily. “You’re so stupid. Don’t participate in the training tomorrow. Tomorrow, go straight to the live-stream and let the audience send you gifts. If the gift amount tomorrow doesn’t reach 50,000, see how I deal with you.”
“I don’t know how to broadcast. I don’t want to go.” Lu Li had been here for a day and knew that although this looked like a legitimate film company, it was actually on the border of the live-stream industry. Many streamers under them wore very few clothes to attract the audience to send gifts.
“Hey, do you remember the contract you signed? Stop playing the pitiful game with me.” The middle-aged manager looked at her in disdain. “You don’t want to broadcast? If you don’t want to broadcast, then pay me the penalty fee now. After that, go wherever you want.”
