Chapter 7 (2/2)

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The entertainment industry was an arena where people competed for fame and benefits. It was normal for one to lick the boots of the higher-ups and bully or belittle the less successful. One would get used to it in time.

However, she had not experienced any of those things since she had received help the moment she had entered the entertainment industry.

They were belittling her acting skills?

That would be determined when the filming process start later.

Her acting skills were said to be of ‘encyclopedia-standard’, meaning that they were good enough to be accorded a place in an encyclopedia. This was a direct slap to her critics’ faces for belittling her.

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When Ling Sheng was done with makeup and dressing, she continued reading the script.

The drama was called “The Legend of Empress Xiao Xian”.

The script was good and had a strong plot. It was one of the rarest high-quality period dramas, and the female lead was the main selling point.

It talked about the magnificent, legendary life of female lead Xiao Wenjun. The drama detailed her tedious efforts to climb up the social ladder, from her initial role as the guilty minister’s daughter who was sent to work as a military prostitute at the border to getting sexually intimate with the Emperor. This allowed her to secure an enormous amount of wealth and eventually the title of Empress.

Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou died, resulting in the young prince’s succession. The new emperor was motivated and worked hard to bring peace and prosperity to the country, ruling for twenty years.

The strength of Big Zhou also increased, as he became the head of three countries, achieving the aim of a unified rule in his lifetime.

Ling Sheng felt that the female lead’s character was dynamic, nuanced, and solid. If it was acted out well, claiming a big award would not be a problem.

Given Luo Xin’s acting skills, it was unknown whether she could play the role well. However, that was a problem she did not have to worry about since she was not the female lead in this book.

Her character in this book was a diabolical female supporting character called Bai Jinfeng, who had been born in a lower-income family. Bai Jinfeng, who used to be a bandit before, saved the female lead.

In the previous episodes, both had been equally pitiful and poor and neither of them had revealed her true nature.

Later, when Xiao Wenjun rose up, she got the emperor to give Bai Jinfeng a title as well. She wanted to imitate the story of Er Huang and Nv Ying and be sisters with her for life. [The term ‘sisters’ may not always refer to biological sisters. In this case, it is used to describe two extremely close friends whose relationship is almost equal to or better than that of biological sisters.]

No matter what the emperor bestowed upon Xiao Wenjun, Bai Jinfeng would also have a share.

However, Bai Jinfeng’s true nature revealed itself gradually. When she saw her sister slowly rising up despite their initial equal status while she could only enjoy what she had due to her sister’s charitable generosity, jealousy eroded her rationality and she started plotting against her.