Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

After Miss Zhu left, Mr. Ba came back and brought the latest gossip about the Zhu family. Miss Zhu's mother filed for a divorce and started dating Miss Zhu's husband openly.

"Did Miss Zhu's father agree?" Xia Qingqing asked.

"I agree. The property is half each."

Mr. Ba looked down on Miss Zhu's father, a coward who made money by selling his wife's body.

Xia Qingqing was no longer interested in the Zhu family's affairs, so she asked Eighth Master to keep an eye on the gossip about the Zhao family. When he heard that it was a backdoor deal, Eighth Master also became interested and flew out to assign tasks to his subordinates.

In the next few days, Xia Qingqing turned down many guests, saying that she was about to return to Shanghai and wanted to have a good look around the port city.

She went to Mai Ye's crew. This future great director was a workaholic. Although the actors had not been found yet, the filming had already begun. Even Xiao Yingyue played a role in the movie, and her scenes were filmed first, and it was completed in one day.

There is a film and television base in Hong Kong City that specializes in filming. There are many crews here every day. Xia Qingqing and Mai Ye greeted them, so they were able to enter the film and television base.

The base is full of constructed scenes, which are quite simple, but countless classic film and television dramas have been filmed here. Xia Qingqing also saw several familiar faces, who will be big stars in the future, but are now just extras.

"You're playing a corpse, why are you raising your hand? Are you the only one who can act? Get lost!"

From the shed next door, there was a loud curse, which was very unpleasant to hear, and there was also a small voice explaining that he just wanted to give the corpse a little more interpretation and was not deliberately causing trouble.

But the director didn't listen at all and even scolded him for being mentally ill. What kind of performance could a minor role without any lines give?

Xia Qingqing could understand Cantonese, but the speaking speed had to be slower. If it was too fast, she would have trouble understanding it. She listened to a few sentences, didn't pay attention, and prepared to go find Mai Ye's crew.

A young boy walked out of the studio next door. He was still wearing ancient costume and his face was smeared with blood. He walked dejectedly. Xia Qingqing glanced at him, didn't recognize him, and continued walking forward.

"You got scolded again, didn't you? A minor role should have the consciousness of a minor role. Don't mess around in the future, or you won't even have the chance to play a minor role!"

The other extras advised him.

"But I don't want to be a minor character all my life."

The young boy muttered to himself, and the others burst into laughter, making fun of him for having high aspirations but a cheap life, and for having no self-awareness.

Xia Qingqing couldn't help but look over again. The boy washed his face and prepared to change out of his costume.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Xia Qingqing called him because she recognized this boy, the future comedy king and box office king.

Mr. Zou Xingxing, who only appears once in a hundred years.

"Hello, what's the matter?"

Zou Xingxing stopped and asked politely.

"Do you want to act?" Xia Qingqing spoke Cantonese which was not very standard.

"Yes, very much."

Zou Xingxing could tell that she was not a local, so he deliberately slowed down his speech and was very attentive.

"Go change your clothes first." Xia Qingqing said.

Zou Xingxing was very fast. He ran to change his clothes and ran back.

Xia Qingqing took him directly to Mai Ye's crew and asked him to give Zou Xingxing a role with lines.

In her previous life, she liked Zou Xingxing's movies very much. She laughed heartily while watching them, but after the movies ended, she would feel unspeakable sadness. Only by watching his movies could she have such feelings, and she truly understood that the core of comedy is actually tragedy.

After she was released from prison in her previous life, Zou Xingxing had already become famous, but she had read some reports about him and found that before he became famous, he had been a supporting actor for many years and had suffered countless unfair treatments. Zou Xingxing said in many interviews that he had always had bad luck and his life had always been bumpy.

Xia Qingqing wanted to give this master a chance. Maybe in this life, he could become famous ahead of time!

Mai Ye didn't know Zou Xingxing. He looked at Zou Xingxing's appearance and asked about his acting experience. When he learned that he had never acted a line so far, he couldn't help but look at Xia Qingqing in confusion.

Xiao Zhifei and Shui Lihua are both veteran actors with rich acting experience, they just can’t speak Cantonese, but that’s no problem, they can do dubbing later. Who is this Zou Xingxing?

"Just one line will do. Let him play with it."

Xia Qingqing said with a smile.

"I will try my best to act well!" Zou Xingxing was very excited. He dreamed of speaking the lines and had practiced them countless times in private, but unfortunately he never had the chance.

Mai Ye thought about it and told him a play about a psychopath, who appeared in five scenes and had three lines, but Mai Ye only let Zou Xingxing act out a small part of it.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that the psychopathic character played by Mai Ye was the only funny character in this horror film, and it just happened to suit Zou Xingxing's talent.

"Give me ten minutes."

Zou Xingxing ran to the corner to understand the role. This was such a rare opportunity falling from the sky, he had to grab it firmly and play the role well.

Ten minutes later, he said it was time for the audition.

Although Mai Ye didn't think highly of him, he still watched his performance seriously because he knew how it felt to run into obstacles everywhere. If it weren't for Xia Qingqing, he might be filming a romance movie now.

He has been caught in the rain, so he is willing to hold an umbrella for others.

But he was amazed by Zou Xingxing's performance. Although it was exaggerated, it was very suitable for the role.

Xia Qingqing watched from the side. This kind of performance is very Zou Xingxing, but not as mature as in the later movies. After all, with his experience and age, Zou Xingxing is still just a handsome young boy.

"I passed. Come to work tomorrow. The pay is 2,000 yuan."

Mai Ye didn't give him a script, just five scenes, and he just had to speak on the spot.

He gave more pay for Xia Qingqing's sake, otherwise it would have been fifteen hundred at most.

"Thank you, director, thank you, miss!"

Zou Xingxing was so happy that he kept bowing to Mai Ye and also did not forget to bow to Xia Qingqing.

"If you haven't signed with a company, you can come to my company and I guarantee you'll have a role to play!" Xia Qingqing said with a smile.

"I still have four years left on my contract."

Zou Xingxing felt very regretful because after graduating from the training class, he signed with a TV station. The students who graduated at the same time as him were all doing better than him, and some of them even played leading roles.

The TV station asked him to be a host, but offered him a very low salary, so he had to find work on his own in film crews. However, he either played a corpse or a soldier. He has not received any role with lines so far, and the money he earns is barely enough to make ends meet.

"Is the penalty for breach of contract high?" Xia Qingqing asked.

"Quite high."

Zou Xingxing said a number, which seemed astronomical to him, but to Xia Qingqing, it was just a drop in the bucket.

After all, Zou Xingxing is just an unknown little host now, and is an insignificant figure in the TV station. Liquidated damages like this are determined according to the value of the artist.

"I'll pay the penalty for you and you sign with my company, how about that?"

"I'm just a small-time actor, why did you sign me?"

Zou Xingxing didn't understand. He couldn't even play a corpse well now. Would he lose money if he signed?