Since Annetta was left with nothing to do while Leo was at the film’s opening ceremony, she walked next door to see how “Concubines in the Palace” was being filmed. This drama had been a success in her previous life. In this life, she and her uncle had invested a lot of money into it. She wanted to check how the shooting was progressing while she was nearby.
It was currently not a tourist season, and there were only a few tourists scattered around outside the set, looking at the filming curiously.
Annetta joined the crowd and saw two familiar figures at the set. They were Lulu and Nana.
Lulu played a concubine called Consort Cheng. Before becoming an imperial concubine, Consort Cheng was just a palace maid and was often bullied by other palace maids.
The scene they were shooting now was a scene where Lulu’s character gets slapped by an ugly palace maid.
The actress who played the ugly palace maid did not dare to slap Lulu because perhaps Lulu was too imposing. The director called “cut” numerous times. He finally got so exasperated that he left and told the assistant director to call him after they had successfully filmed the scene.
The assistant director was not satisfied after numerous re-shootings of the scene. He scolded the ugly palace maid while saying that everyone should take a break and continue shooting later.
During the break, the crowd around them gradually dispersed. Annetta felt rather bored. Just as she was about to leave, she heard a familiar mocking voice, “How dare that hideous girl slap my sister? Did you see the look on her face when my sister glared at her? She was so scared! But if my sister had not purposely caused trouble for her and frightened her, they wouldn’t have needed to reshoot the scene so many times. Now the director has lost his patience and I think the assistant director will lose his patience soon enough, then they will chase that actress away. When that happens, my sister can recommend me to the assistant director. Even though it is a minor character, at least I get to be on screen.”
Annetta looked over and was not surprised to find that Nana had spoken.
Annetta shook her head. She never expected the two sisters to cause trouble here.
She was about to leave when she bumped into someone. The man glared at her and immediately scolded, “Are you blind? Watch where you’re going!”
The man ran away in a hurry before Annetta could say anything.
He rushed to the assistant director and said, “Deputy Director, bad news. The actress who just acted as an ugly palace maid was so upset at being scolded that she ran away. She doesn’t want to act anymore.”
“What?” The assistant director exclaimed, “Find her! How can we continue shooting this drama if she leaves?”
“But, but she’s gone. I can’t find her…” The man said in a trembling voice.
The assistant director pointed at the man and scolded, “If you can’t find her, find someone else to replace her! If the director gets angry because we can’t finish today’s scene, you and I will both suffer!”
“Yes, yes…” The man went to look for a replacement.
The assistant director was so angry that he kept muttering, “Useless thing. How could he let the actress run away?”
The man felt wronged. He thought to himself, “She ran away because you scolded her so harshly!”
“Hey! That one!” The man was gloomily about to leave when he heard the assistant director’s shout. He was shocked and thought that the assistant director was going to scold him again. Just as he was about to swallow his anger, the deputy director pointed at someone not far away and said, “That’s the one! Let her perform this scene! Hurry up!”
The man looked at where the assistant director pointed and thought to himself, “Isn’t that woman the ugly woman I bumped into just now?”
However, she was so hideous that she didn’t even need to put on makeup.
Just as Annetta was about to leave, she heard someone call her, “This young lady over here, please wait!”
Annetta looked at the man who was running towards her. It was the rude man who had bumped into her just now.
The man ran to her and said, “Our deputy director would like you to act as a character in “Concubines in the Palace.’ 500 dollars per day. Are you interested? If you are, I will bring you to the changing room to change into your costume.”
He purposely emphasized the ‘500 dollars per day’. It was a high price for such a minor character which many people would vie for. Some would rather have their face appear in the drama as their reward instead of the money. The man felt like an ugly freak like Annetta would definitely not refuse him.