CHAPTER 485: CHAPTER 476: FILM QUEEN 43 - EXTRA UPDATE FOR WAN SHANG REWARD BY LI YING

"Hahahahaha!"

On the nearby chair, a man dressed in a suit with handsome features and eyes filled with sparkles was laughing so hard he leaned forward and backward, tears nearly coming out.

The man slapped the back of the chair, laughing as he said to Jin An, "Haha, I can’t take it, my stomach hurts from laughing. This new little artist you signed is too funny! Pretending to be a man and playing gentlemanly manners, are you kidding? A man’s gentlemanly manners can’t just be messed around with—doesn’t she know it’s actually the ultimate guide to picking up girls? Oh my gosh, too hilarious, hahaha!"

Splat!

The laughing man was silenced by the folder that Jin An slapped onto his face. The man blinked his beautiful eyes and looked at Jin An whose expression didn’t look good, saying, "Come on Young Master Jin, do you really have to be so protective? I’m just teasing her a little."

Jin An threw the folder he slapped on the man’s face onto the table, lifted his hand to push up his glasses and looked at the man coldly, saying indifferently, "She’s wonderful!"

The man was stunned, restraining his laughter and looking at Jin An with particular confusion, "No way, Young Master Jin, are you actually praising someone? Did the sun rise from the west? Aren’t you always dismissive of entertainers in the show business? I remember that the movie stars you personally brought to fame never got such high praise from you, did they?"

Jin An looked softer as he watched Ning Shuangshuang, who was clumsily rejecting a girl’s confession and then fled helter-skelter in the surveillance video. He spoke with less of his usual coldness, "She’s not vain, not greedy, willing to work hard, can endure hardship, and is very kind." Jin An paused for a while, thought deeply, and added, "She’s wonderful!"

The man raised an eyebrow, looking at the screen where Ning Shuangshuang was awkwardly spinning in circles in the stairwell. Thinking about Ning Shuangshuang’s performance over the past month at his company, she was diligent, didn’t have an arrogant attitude, and could have a conversation with anyone. Especially since Ning Shuangshuang was now an A-list star, comparing her to other A-list celebrities he knew before, Ning Shuangshuang was indeed a rare breath of fresh air.

With this in mind, the fact that his otherwise highly critical friend gave such high praise to her wasn’t strange. After all, after monitoring for a month, even he, who used to be indifferent towards female stars in the entertainment industry, had come to appreciate this girl. If Ning Shuangshuang’s character was indeed so good, it was no wonder his friend with high standards would praise her so lavishly.

Ning Shuangshuang had worked in this company for a month, possibly due to the makeup artist’s skilled Makeup Technique, coupled with Ning Shuangshuang currently being identified as a man. Despite many people encountering Ning Shuangshuang daily, no one had identified her true identity!

Since the absurd confession incident, Ning Shuangshuang decided to resign from the company. One reason was that she had completely mastered how to act like a man; another was that she genuinely feared another girl might confess to her.

Ning Shuangshuang was a woman not into women, so it was better not to have girls waste their time on her. Wasting someone else’s time is a sin, and Ning Shuangshuang didn’t want to continue taking opportunities from men.

After quitting to go home, having learned how to perform as a man, Ning Shuangshuang started practicing scenes between Lian Mushi and his sister Lian Xianxian in front of the mirror.

Since Lian Mushi and Lian Xianxian were two completely different personalities, Ning Shuangshuang frequently had to switch states while acting. One moment she was the brilliant, gentle, and elegant Lian Mushi, the next a scheming and cunning Lian Xianxian.

This constant switching of male and female traits left Ning Shuangshuang feeling like her brain was going to explode. Because she was deeply immersed in the roles, frequently moving in and out of character, changing gender mindsets, Ning Shuangshuang felt like she was mentally splitting apart.

As Ning Shuangshuang became increasingly skilled in acting out the sibling drama between Lian Mushi and Lian Xianxian, this feeling deepened. Ning Shuangshuang felt she had developed a split personality disorder, with one personality being a man, and the other a woman, both freely switching in her mind!

Ning Shuangshuang thought this state wasn’t bad; it’s just right for this drama. Accompanying Ning Shuangshuang, Jin An felt rather anxious. He used to love artists who were diligent and hardworking, but for Ning Shuangshuang, he often wished she would put in less effort and care more about herself.

Just like now, seeing Ning Shuangshuang, one moment acting as a man, then a woman, Jin An couldn’t help but feel regret and thought he shouldn’t have given Ning Shuangshuang this script!

Ning Shuangshuang’s current state was rare and valuable for actors—discarding one’s own mood entirely to wholly embody the character’s emotions. This is something actors dream but seldom achieve; every movie star experiences it, the difference lying in the depth of immersion.

Yet this state was also terrifying because, often, when filming was over, actors couldn’t separate themselves from the character, affecting their normal lives. Jin An had seen many stunning artists’ lives affected due to deep immersion, with some actors even developing depression and committing suicide.

Jin An was really afraid that Ning Shuangshuang would end up in the same situation, watching her transform into a man again, speaking to the mirror, his heart tightened.

Jin An had an urge to take Ning Shuangshuang to a psychologist immediately to rid her of such an eerie state resembling split personality and to absolutely stop filming this project.

Yet Jin An merely thought about it. He witnessed Ning Shuangshuang’s hard work for this drama. He knew Ning Shuangshuang would never allow herself to quit halfway. All Jin An could do was nervously book the best psychologist, planning to take Ning Shuangshuang to see them right after the filming ended.

Before filming, they had to shoot promotional photos as usual. Jin An drove Ning Shuangshuang to the shoot himself. On the way, Ning Shuangshuang sat in the passenger seat, maintaining Lian Xianxian’s gloomy expression. After a while, she switched to Lian Mushi’s elegant demeanor.

Jin An frowned, feeling very uneasy; he regretted giving Ning Shuangshuang this role. Seeing Ning Shuangshuang immersed so deeply, he inevitably worried once again about what to do if she couldn’t detach from the character after filming?

Not just Jin An felt this way; even Director Fang Jian was surprised at Ning Shuangshuang’s state. Especially when Ning Shuangshuang donned male attire with makeup, standing casually, she embodied a gentleman so perfectly that no feminine trace typical in female stars acting male roles remained.

When Ning Shuangshuang changed into women’s clothing, her aura instantly switched to Lian Xianxian’s femininely soft yet slightly gloomy demeanor.