CHAPTER 393: CHAPTER 118: THE DILEMMA OF ’90S AND ’00S BEAUTIES—SUCH A BLISSFUL FRUSTRATION

The rest is unclear.

After all, she was too far away, and she didn’t have super hearing.

As she turned around, the man smiled at her and left.

"Hmph!"

"Sister Yiyi, who was that?" The young girl was quite the gossip.

"Just a bastard." Of course Jiang Yiyi couldn’t tell the truth.

She just indulged herself in a bit of venting, then went to rest in the shade.

An hour later.

Shooting continued.

However, the filming switched from the lead actress to a stand-in.

Now Jiang Yiyi felt stuck, as she couldn’t handle all the curious and gossiping eyes around her. Turns out this ’damn bastard’ had told the director to find a stand-in for her without her knowing.

She walked up to the director and said in a negotiating tone, "Director, actually, I don’t need a stand-in. The weather isn’t cold, and getting in the water is not a big deal."

The director replied in an official tone with a smile, "No worries, you just rest on the side for a bit. This scene doesn’t have much to shoot, it will be done quickly.

As soon as the stand-in’s scene is done, it’s your turn. Don’t worry."

But he thought to himself: My dear, please don’t make things hard for a small director like me. This is an order from the sponsor, how could I not comply?

The director was unyielding.

And his reasons were legitimate.

Jiang Yiyi couldn’t do anything but return.

Her young assistant said, "Sister Yiyi, isn’t it a good thing to have someone go into the water for you? Why do you look unhappy?"

"Hmph! Good thing? Look at how everyone is looking at me." Jiang Yiyi was exasperated.

The young assistant lifted her head, glanced around, then returned her gaze and said, "Sister Yiyi, why are they all looking at you with such strange eyes?"

At that moment, a spirited woman in her thirties, still retaining her charm, walked over.

She was the renowned agent Wang Mei, whom the company had poached from another firm, known in the martial world as Sister Mei.

Having heard about this situation, she hurried over.

Upon hearing the young assistant’s naive comment, she couldn’t help but laugh, thinking how young she must be to say such a thing.

"Your Sister Yiyi is easily envied. If they casually post it on news platforms, saying your Sister Yiyi is acting like a diva, no amount of words can clarify it later."

An experienced agent immediately saw the potential risks in this situation.

"Sister Mei, you’re here." Seeing Wang Mei, Jiang Yiyi felt a bit relieved, finally having someone who could give her advice.

"Yes, what exactly is going on? Tell me everything." Sister Mei asked.

"This..." Jiang Yiyi didn’t know how to explain, or rather, she didn’t really want to say.

Noticing her hesitation, Wang Mei suddenly realized something and asked in a low voice, "Is it inconvenient to say?"

"Yes." Jiang Yiyi nodded.

"If it’s inconvenient, then let’s not talk about it. I’ll handle things here for you, follow up properly later."

Wang Mei displayed the decisiveness of a top agent.

This made the young assistant beside Jiang Yiyi look at her with starry eyes: A capable woman, indeed.

What followed was Sister Mei demonstrating textbook crisis management.

First, she apologized to everyone: saying because our dear Yiyi was unwell, she couldn’t go into the water today and needed a stand-in, thus wasting everyone’s time and sincerely apologized.

Upon hearing this, everyone realized she wasn’t being a diva, she was just feeling unwell, so they all expressed understanding.

The strange look in their eyes disappeared.

Of course, a few still held doubts.

So, Sister Mei employed her second trick: sending someone to buy lots of iced drinks and chilled watermelon, making sure everyone could have a cold drink and a piece of cool watermelon while filming in the blazing summer. Naturally, their mood improved, and with a good mood, past issues were also let go.

Finally, she conservatively used the third trick: for lunch and the afternoon meal, an extra large chicken leg was added to everyone’s box meal.

This way, even the most petty people wouldn’t target her.

If someone still wanted to complain, others in the crew wouldn’t agree to it.

On the way back that night.

Jiang Yiyi gave a thumbs up, "Sister Mei, you’re indeed a top agent, amazing."

The young assistant sitting next to her looked full of admiration: "Sister Mei, I want to ask a somewhat presumptuous question, I wonder if I should ask it."

"Go ahead." Wang Mei replied with a smile, knowing this girl meant no harm, and at this moment, she reminded her very much of herself when she first entered the entertainment industry.

"The first two tricks already solved Sister Yiyi’s crisis, why use a third one? Isn’t it a bit excessive?"

Her question was actually the same as Jiang Yiyi’s, she just felt a bit embarrassed to ask, after all, the person was there to solve her problem.

"Haha..." To her surprise, Sister Mei burst out laughing.

What does this mean? Jiang Yiyi was a bit puzzled.

Wang Mei stopped at a certain point, pulled the young assistant’s hand, and said to Jiang Yiyi, "If you want to know why, then go ask him, I actually don’t know either."

With that, Sister Mei pulled the assistant away, leaving Jiang Yiyi standing there somewhat dumbfounded.

What is going on?

"What, haven’t seen me in a bit and don’t recognize me?"

A familiar figure appeared before her.

Well!

Seeing this person, how could she not understand now.

This was all a play he teamed up with Sister Mei to put on.

And the only one who didn’t know, the lead actress in this drama, was her, playing the fool.

Sun Dasheng came over, patting her on her round little head, "What, you’re still mad?"

"Hmph!" Jiang Yiyi turned 90 degrees, not wanting to see his face.

"Oh, this little temper, you’re a bit like that character you played, Liu Xigua." Sun Dasheng pulled her into his arms, and then gently stroked her back.

He comforted her, saying: "Alright, I didn’t mean to keep it from you. Didn’t you just complain to me yesterday about not getting along well with the crew, as if they were intentionally distancing themselves?

So, after today, do you think everyone’s impression of you has changed?

Isn’t there an effect?"