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Chapter 188 - 153: Cousin, This Script Isn’t What I Expected

After receiving the notice, Lin Leqing didn’t waste any more time with her cousin. She called a car and hurried back to the Jinmao Building, arriving at Second-Life Star.

Li Muchen wasn’t an employee of the company, so she went straight to the reception room to wait. Lin Leqing, on the other hand, went to find Sister Hong.

"You’re here?" Sister Hong smiled when she saw her and handed her the script that Ximeng had just delivered. "This is the script the boss prepared for you. Study it well. The boss is going to shoot the video for you tomorrow. He has high hopes for you and wants to promote you on the story-focused account track. Don’t disappoint him!"

"Don’t worry, Sister Hong. I’ll study the script carefully." Lin Leqing nodded immediately after taking the script.

She would definitely study it carefully. After all, she also wanted to become her senior’s Miss Cheng, and become as famous as Jiang Xiaobai and Yinyin, adored by all.

As for the online rumors that her senior had a "casting couch" for his Miss Chengs, she didn’t believe them. It was all just jealousy, slander against her senior.

Her senior was definitely not that kind of person.

She and her cousin had been here for so long, and she’d never seen her senior ask either of them out or even hint at anything.

After taking the script, she immediately opened it for a look, and then she froze.

Her cousin had been saying all along that a script for a short video would surely be a joke.

But now that she saw it, it was completely different from what her cousin had imagined.

The script had detailed scenes, characters, and dialogue.

The script had a full 18 scenes, and what’s more, each scene had corresponding dialogue and performance notes.

’Even minor supporting actors in a movie probably don’t get scripts this long.’

Moreover, she realized that Sister Hong had said "story-focused account," which didn’t seem to be the "short video" she and her cousin were thinking of.

’So, did my cousin complain all that time for nothing?’

Lin Leqing left Sister Hong’s office and immediately went to the reception room to find her cousin. She wondered if the news about this script and long-form video would be enough to make her cousin stay.

Just by looking at the script, it was clear that this "story-focused account" would definitely be a way to showcase one’s acting skills.

「In the reception room.」

Li Muchen was also on WeChat, chatting with someone nicknamed ’Sister Ai’.

Sister Ai was a kind friend she’d met back when she was an extra, one who had given her a lot of guidance and encouragement.

Li Muchen: "Sister Ai, get this, isn’t it hilarious? An influencer company is going to film a short video for my cousin, and they actually ’meticulously prepared’ a script!"

Sister Ai: "At least your cousin gets a script. I’ve been a lighting stand-in for so many years. I finally managed to land a few female roles, but the shows never got popular. Now I’m back to being an extra. It’s been ages since I’ve even touched a script."

Li Muchen: "That’s just your bad luck, Sister Ai. If you hadn’t been hit by a car and hospitalized back then, that role in *The Princess Consort’s Promotion Record* would have been yours, not that arrogant woman Chen Yaoyao’s. You would have been the one to blow up."

Sister Ai: "It’s all about timing and fate. Maybe it’s just not my time to shine yet. But hey, remember to tell me what a script for a 15-second short video looks like."

"Don’t worry, Sister Ai. I’ll definitely give you all the details," Li Muchen quickly replied.

She was curious herself, so when she saw her cousin walk in with a script, she immediately went over to ask, "Have you looked at the script?"

"Yeah! But it seems to be different from what you were thinking, Cousin," Lin Leqing said as she handed the script over.

Li Muchen took the script from her cousin’s hands. When she opened it and saw the contents, she froze for a moment too.

’This script has so many scenes, and so much dialogue!’

She said in disbelief, "You can film all this in 15 seconds? Are you kidding me?"

Lin Leqing quickly explained, "Sister Hong mentioned something about a ’story-focused account.’ It’s probably not a short video. I was in such a hurry to show you the script that I didn’t get to ask what a ’story-focused account’ is. But you can tell from the name. A video for a ’story-focused account’ must have a story."

Li Muchen’s curiosity was piqued. She immediately took out her phone and started searching on Tiao Yin.

She didn’t find any information about ’story-focused accounts’. Instead, she found that Tiao Yin had given some influencers permission to shoot 60-second long-form videos.

This feature allowed the video length to increase from the original 15 seconds to 60 seconds, a significant increase in duration.

Lin Leqing found this news too and said, "Cousin, this 60-second permission must be for shooting the ’story-focused account’ videos, right?"

Li Muchen frowned and said, "But with 18 scenes and all this dialogue, even 60 seconds shouldn’t be enough. When filming a normal TV drama, a segment like this would take at least a few minutes, maybe even longer."

"I guess so," Lin Leqing also nodded.

This made both of them extremely curious.

Clearly, at this point, they had no idea what "tight pacing" meant.

"Cousin, this should be able to showcase acting skills. Senior has been wanting to invite you, so why don’t you consider it?" Lin Leqing was still speaking up for her senior. Naturally, she also wanted her cousin to stay and strive together with her.

Her senior had not only said he could make her famous, but that he could make her cousin famous too. She had complete faith in him about this; after all, there were several girls her senior had already propelled to stardom.

"Let’s see how they shoot this video tomorrow." This time, Li Muchen, surprisingly, didn’t refuse as decisively and firmly as before. After speaking, she looked at the script again with curiosity and began to study it.

...

It wasn’t Chen Jincheng’s first time in Xilin District. He drove in, familiar with the route.

This time, he headed straight for the underground parking garage.

After entering the district, Jiang Xiaobai, in the passenger seat, looked at him coquettishly. "Boss, do you think this passenger seat can fit both of us? Wanna try?"