Chapter 16: I Want to Act in a Movie

Right now, Ling Xiaoli was sprawled across her living room sofa like a salted fish that had been sitting around for years, waiting for the company to contact her about terminating her contract.

She hadn’t expected to receive a call about the contract termination anytime soon. Instead, a WeChat message from Luo Zhaoyin arrived first.

—Little Cutie: Xiaoli, you’re being so mean!

Ling Xiaoli was startled. What happened? She quickly replied.

—Ling Xiaoli: Uh, what’s wrong? [Confused meme]

—Little Cutie: You had such an exciting contract termination livestream and didn’t even tell me! Do you still consider me a friend? [Right Hmph.jpg]

Ling Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought someone had badmouthed her to Little Cutie. What a scare!

—Ling Xiaoli: I was just afraid it would affect you. Now I’ve accomplished what I needed to do, and your song got promoted too. Isn’t that great?

—Little Cutie: Hmm… Thanks! By the way, a friend of mine said Director Hu’s new movie is recruiting actors. Do you want to audition together?

Luo Zhaoyin was genuinely grateful to Ling Xiaoli.

Ling Xiaoli had taken care of her in so many ways during last night’s performance.

Even though Ling Xiaoli was terminating her contract with the company today, she had still gone out of her way to promote Luo Zhaoyin’s new song. The contract termination controversy had even pushed the song’s already strong popularity to an entirely new level.

And yet, from beginning to end, Luo Zhaoyin hadn’t been able to do anything for Ling Xiaoli. She felt deeply guilty and decided that Ling Xiaoli was a friend she absolutely had to keep!

Ling Xiaoli froze when she saw the WeChat message.

A movie?

It took her a second to remember the original plot.

According to the storyline, Ayin would soon act as a major supporting female character in a certain movie. Calling it the second female lead wouldn’t be wrong either. A little incident would also happen during the production.

The female lead, who had always been at odds with Luo Zhaoyin, accidentally saw Luo Zhaoyin’s computer.

She then stole her musical score, deleted her original draft, and casually gave it to an internet celebrity, asking only that the celebrity register the music copyright first.

And that internet celebrity, by coincidence, was the original Ling Xiaoli.

In the original novel, Luo Zhaoyin had to go to great lengths to prove that the song belonged to her, suffering quite a bit of injustice in the process.

But now, thanks to her 2.0 version of Ling Xiaoli, the new song had already been officially released.

Still, what if that female lead came up with some new tricks?

No, she absolutely had to stay by Ayin’s side and keep an eye on things!

Nobody was going to bully her precious Little Cutie!

Besides, as long as she participated in this movie, she would remain part of the storyline for quite some time.

She wouldn’t have to think of ways to increase her screen time herself!

She was going. Absolutely going!

Anyone who tried to stop her would have to answer to her!

—Ling Xiaoli: Sure, sure! I’ve always been really interested in acting! Let’s go together when the time comes~

—Little Cutie: Great! It’s a deal, then. Keep tomorrow afternoon free and wait for my message!

Ling Xiaoli put down her phone and began recalling the plot related to this movie.

First, she had to make sure she got selected. How could she protect Ayin if she failed the audition?

The movie Erlang Opens the Mountain was a version of the mythological story about Erlang Shen splitting the mountain to save his mother.

The story was simple and not particularly profound. To attract more viewers, the filmmakers had even found Erlang Shen a “girlfriend.”

It was basically a mythological popcorn blockbuster packed with special effects.

So Ling Xiaoli now had to consider a very important question.

And that was…

What could she play?

Luo Zhaoyin played Erlang Shen’s mother, the Jade Emperor’s younger sister, the Third Princess.

After the movie was released, Luo Zhaoyin was hailed by movie fans as the most beautiful Third Princess. Later, even her fans adopted “Third Princess” as an affectionate nickname for her.

The female lead, who harbored ulterior motives toward Luo Zhaoyin, naturally played Erlang Shen’s “girlfriend.”

So, were there any other female characters?

Ummm… How was she supposed to know? The book never said!