Meng Jingwei pouted, her voice tinged with disappointment. She chatted with Ji Lanfeng for a few more sentences before hanging up the phone.
After all, it was her first time officially joining a film crew to act. With no prior experience and no acquaintances on set, Meng Jingwei was indeed a bit nervous.
Getting out of the car, she put on sunglasses and a mask, fully geared up as she headed to the film crew.
Yancheng was the largest film city in China, a place Meng Jingwei had never visited. She called the director and, following his directions, eventually found the crew near the Dongning Palace.
“Who are you? We’re filming here, you can’t come in.”
As Meng Jingwei was about to enter the set, she was stopped by a staff member.
She immediately explained, "I just contacted Director Li. I'm an actor in our crew."
"An actor?"
The staff member glanced behind Meng Jingwei, "You're alone?"
Normally, actors arriving for filming, even without their agents, would at least have one or two assistants. Meng Jingwei appearing by herself made people a little suspicious.
"I didn't bring an assistant. I'm alone. My name is Meng Jingwei," Meng Jingwei replied, sensing the staff member's doubt.
Before coming to the set, Qing Muye had asked her if she wanted an assistant. However, Meng Jingwei felt that as a new actor just joining the crew, bringing an assistant would only make her seem overly ostentatious and attention-seeking.
"Alright, you can come in."
After the crew staff let her in, she took a look around the set and discovered that an opening ceremony was underway, with many people gathered. Meng Jingwei just glanced, assuming they were all main actors and it had nothing to do with her. She turned to find an empty spot to rest.
However, in that brief glance, she saw a familiar face – Su Meiyi!
Meng Jingwei couldn't help but be taken aback, "She's here too?"
She had met Su Meiyi when she was a model at Lv Sen's Huayu Media. Su Meiyi was the top star at Huayu Media, and she disliked Meng Jingwei, constantly making things difficult for her. Once, during a fashion exhibition in Country C, Su Meiyi made her act as a personal assistant and accompany her abroad.
At that exhibition, she met Ji Lanfeng. Su Meiyi, unaware that she knew Ji Lanfeng, asked her to get an autographed photo from him, even betting that if she couldn't get one, she'd have to pay 400,000 yuan. To her surprise, she smoothly got the autographed photo. Ji Lanfeng even publicly embarrassed Su Meiyi because of her. In the end, Su Meiyi had to pay 400,000 yuan.
Their feud was thoroughly cemented that day.
Later, when Qing Muye staged a fake breakup with her and threatened to make her unable to find work, Meng Jingwei, out of desperation, went to a 4S dealership to sell cars. At that time, Su Meiyi, who had hooked up with a wealthy man, came to the 4S dealership where Meng Jingwei worked and took a liking to a three-million-yuan car. Su Meiyi shamelessly accused Meng Jingwei of disrespecting customers and forced Meng Jingwei to slap herself, saying that if Meng Jingwei slapped herself a few times, she would buy the car.
At that time, Meng Jingwei didn't know that Qing Muye was forced to break up with her by the old man. So, for the sake of livelihood and to sell the car, she slapped herself hard. Su Meiyi then recorded the video and posted it online, but the video was quickly suppressed. However, Su Meiyi had to go through with buying the sedan, allowing Meng Jingwei to earn over 100,000 yuan in commission. For over 100,000 yuan, taking a few slaps was incredibly worth it.
"Oh my god, it's my goddess Tang Wanxing! She's so beautiful."
"She's been retired from acting for years, and finally she's back to filming. So happy."
"She has such great charisma. I really hope I can be as amazing as her someday."
"Look, Tang Wanxing is standing with Su Meiyi. She completely overshadows Su Meiyi into nothingness."