Chapter 1330: Come Keep Me Company

“Hello?”

Chu Yao was rushing through a night shoot, the supporting actress had NG’ed many times, and she was quite frustrated.

She lay on the recliner letting the makeup artist touch up her makeup when her phone rang.

She wasn’t planning to answer, but picked up after a glance.

“What are you doing?” Lu Zhenzhen asked quite calmly.

“Filming.”

“Come and keep me company.”

“Huh?”

Lu Zhenzhen said, “Come keep me company, now.”

“I’m filming in Hengdian!” Chu Yao gritted her teeth to emphasize to her.

Miss Lu replied in a tone that said “I don’t care,” “I know, come keep me company.”

Had she swallowed a recorder or something?

Chu Yao, already in a bad mood from the supporting actress, had no patience to humor Miss Lu.

She rubbed her brow and cursed, “Sis, I’m in Hengdian in the Capital City, two hours away by flight.

You want me to come keep you company now?

Am I supposed to fly there?”

“Gao Zhe got a woman pregnant.

He has an illegitimate child.”

Chu Yao…

What the heck?

Chu Yao abruptly sat up, the makeup artist’s hand slipped, drawing a line of lipstick across Chu Yao’s mouth, making her hand tremble with fright.

“Sister Yao…”

“Wait a moment!”

Chu Yao waved the makeup artist away, holding onto her phone for a while without processing the news, muttering several “Damn it” in disbelief.

She simply couldn’t imagine Gao Zhe would cheat.

For a moment, she didn’t even know where to start complaining.

After holding back several “damn its,” she finally squeezed out: “Wait for me!”

Chu Yao hung up the phone and had the makeup artist come back to fix her makeup, then went to the director, “Move my big night scene scheduled for tomorrow to tonight, and give me two days off.”

The director was explaining the scene to the supporting actress, looking quite upset.

When Chu Yao approached, he was yelling so much that the veins on his neck bulged.

As soon as Chu Yao spoke, his expression instantly softened, gentler than a spring breeze.

“Will it be too exhausting to film back-to-back?”

Chu Yao: “No, I don’t need the male lead or stunt double for my scene tomorrow night, we can tighten the schedule, I need to leave.”

“It can be done, but—”

The director glanced at the sobbing supporting actress, “I’m afraid we need to wait a bit more, she can’t find the right state.”

Chu Yao glanced at the supporting actress.

The latter quickly shrank into her agent’s arms, crying for a long time, the whimpering audible within a hundred miles, yet not a single tear fell.

Chu Yao remembered her, she wasn’t even in the top three supporting roles, a newcomer forced into the cast by investors, and quite adept at causing trouble since joining.

Tonight was Chu Yao’s first scene with her, the delicate lady’s acting was as wooden as it gets, even the machine showed more emotion than her.

Chu Yao never bullies her juniors—she planned to endure and get it over with, then sleep at the hotel.

But special situations require special measures.

She grabbed the director’s hand to check the time, coldly snorted: “I don’t have time to wait for her, get me a car.”

“Sure thing!”

The director handed over his car keys to Chu Yao without a word.

This was a modern literary film, with some romantic elements, but not much—primarily focused on Chu Yao’s lead female character.

The director was well-known, his screenwriting team top-notch in the industry, aiming for an award next year, with a cast full of skilled actors.

Yet, it couldn’t prevent some inconsequential roles from being forced in by sponsors.

In this scene, the supporting actress needed to portray feelings of panic and fear, not just superficial crying and wailing; during close-ups, she had to express it through her eyes, the corners of her mouth, and every subtle facial expression.