YM778.TV Chapter 151
Chapter 151
“Since Chu Xiang has yet to increase the reputation of her acting skills, we can only find so many offers and opportunities for the time being. Although we know that her current acting skills are quite decent, there are only a few individuals out there in the industry who have heard news of that. Naturally, the offers that she receives will often be similar to the previous ones that she acted as. In my opinion, giving Chu Xiang a leading role as of now would certainly backfire on her since it would not give the viewers a great impression of her. The side characters with semi-important roles, on the other hand, would definitely be a much better fit, for the viewers would not get the chance to sow more conflict. However, when the recent show that Chu Xiang partook in airs, it would prove that she does indeed have good acting skills. When the time comes, more offers would naturally roll into her hands. What do you guys think?”
The operations manager nodded in response to Uncle Dong’s suggestion.
“Actually… there are two production crews trying to get in touch with us. However, both of them are idol dramas. For the time being, I believe that we should be staying away from those shows to prevent the audience from solidifying their impression of Chu Xiang as the naive, sweet young lady in such dramas.”
After taking a look at the pay and screen time of the remaining role offers, Chu Xiang said, “I would like to accept the roles for the female detective and the senior concubine. Could you let them know that I’ll be doing both at the same time?”
Uncle Dong was serious. “You have to understand both of these offers are of insignificant roles with a small amount of screen time each. It shouldn’t be necessary for you to pay them much attention. I’m also planning to have you shoot another live broadcast. If you were to accept the offers for both roles, the schedule will certainly be far too taxing on your body.”
“Haha, it doesn’t matter. In any case, I truly believe that my workload these days is far too little. Whenever I’m looking through the comments from my fans, they’re always saying how they want to see more of my work. Besides, I’m not exactly too fond of my current leisure lifestyle either. Anyways, this web series with 16 episodes will mainly focus on the male lead, so there shouldn’t be many scenes involving my presence. As for the other one, I have a feeling that I have what it takes to grasp the true nature of the senior concubine and that the shoot will go smoothly. I’m hoping that I will be able to accept both roles and give my fans even more exciting content. Of course, if the schedule really won’t work out, then I’ll just have to settle with the senior concubine role.”
Hearing her determination, Uncle Dong waved his hand. “No worries. I’m acquainted with the directors for both shows anyway. As long as the shoots don’t get delayed, there shouldn’t be any issues. Alright, why don’t we take a look at the options for the variety programs now?”
One of the variety programs had to do with inexperienced people falling in love for the first time. In the live broadcast for this program, Chu Xiang would act as the judge, observing the budding love between the participants from the broadcasting booth. After that, she would give her point of view of love and marriage to the audience.
Unfamiliar with such a peculiar program, Chu Xiang asked in a moment of confusion, “All I have to do is observe in silence and say a few words after? Will people really be interested in watching the program?”
The operation manager chuckled. “These types of programs are pretty popular right now. That’s probably because people find it easy to relate and substitute themselves into the positions of the lovers. Of course, those lovers being celebrities are also another reason why people watch it. I believe that conversations about one’s life experiences are always a good topic to talk about as it’s something that everyone will surely be able to have their own opinion on. At the same time, you can even convey your own opinions and allow the viewers to know more about you as a person. Your words might even prove to everyone that you aren’t a woman who only chases after money, blindly getting back together with a past lover who had wronged her. What do you think?”
“It seems that your explanation is indeed the case. But since I’m not very familiar with such things, I’ll have to leave things to you.”
As someone who understood her own limits, Chu Xiang would never charge head-first into a situation without prior experience or necessary preparations. She thus decided that it would be a better idea to leave things to the professionals for the time being.
The other variety program involved six different hosts attempting to complete their assigned missions that would change weekly. Some of the missions included seat catapult, raft wars, and various more interesting activities. Filled with constant gaiety, the live broadcast naturally attracted many viewers. Since the initial female host was preoccupied with shooting two other shows, she had to take her schedule and health into consideration and decided to drop out from the program. Seeing such a great opportunity, Uncle Dong immediately recommended Chu Xiang over to the production crew.
Having seen Chu Xiang’s outstanding performance in her past two live broadcasts, the production crew did not hesitate to accept the offer.
Uncle Dong said, “I only managed to get my hands on this opportunity through my connections as many people had also been eyeing this position for quite a while now. Looking at this from the perspective of a national citizen, I would rather miss acting in one drama than to pass up the opportunity to be a host in this variety show.”
Not willing to give up on the ametuer love program just yet, the operations manager added, “In terms of variety programs, one should definitely partake in more of them if they have the time to do so. I recommend that she accept both offers.”
At that moment, Chu Xiang called Xiao Tao over and displayed her schedule on the big screen in the meeting room. Looking at the empty spaces on her agenda, she placed her thumb on her chin. “I should be able to increase my workload a little more…”
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