“Are you deliberately making things difficult for Sister Wen?” Lin Yinyin immediately stepped forward to defend Wen Yusui.
The head of the extras sneered. “So what if I am? Don’t think having someone backing you makes you so special! Newcomers have to learn the rules when they join a production. Doing a little more work is also a way to toughen your character. If you’re unhappy about something…”
She leaned toward Wen Yusui with a smug expression and continued in a low voice, “Endure it!”
Wen Yusui didn’t show the slightest reaction. She simply said, “Are you standing this close because you want me to get a good look at the pimples on your face?”
“Hahaha…” Lin Yinyin couldn’t help bursting out laughing.
“You!” The head of the extras was furious. “Go change your clothes right now and stand over there!”
Wen Yusui casually picked up a piece of clothing. Before turning around, she looked at the head of the extras and added, “You’ve been in this business for so long, yet all you’ve managed to become is the head of a bunch of extras. I really don’t know what you have to be so proud of.”
“Exactly! You’re not even worthy of being Sister Wen’s understudy!” Lin Yinyin also grabbed a random outfit and followed behind Wen Yusui. “Sister Wen, wait for me! I’ll go with you!”
The head of the extras was so angry that she stood frozen in place, glaring viciously at Wen Yusui’s departing back.
She remembered the assistant’s instructions: Give Wen Yusui more difficult jobs. There was no need to worry about He Yanzhou.
“Just you wait!” the head of the extras gritted out through clenched teeth. “You offended him, so don’t even think you’re going to have an easy time!”
Wen Yusui and Lin Yinyin stood under the blazing sun for an entire hour.
“You don’t have to stay with me. She’s only targeting me.” Wen Yusui spoke to Lin Yinyin, who was cursing angrily beside her.
Lin Yinyin looked righteous and indignant. “I, Lin Yinyin, am nothing if not loyal! Since I’ve decided you’re my Sister Wen, I’ll definitely stand on your side! Sister Wen, don’t worry. I have a feeling you’re going to become a huge star someday! When that happens, we’ll come back and give her a good slap in the face!”
“…” Looking at her carefree expression, Wen Yusui couldn’t help laughing. “Sure. When the time comes, I’ll give you the honor of slapping her.”
Lin Yinyin nodded furiously.
“Sister Wen, you can also tell President He. As long as he steps in, that head of the extras definitely won’t dare make things difficult for you anymore.”
Wen Yusui refused. “I don’t want to trouble him. Besides, this isn’t really a big deal.”
She had been deliberately made things difficult for more than once or twice.
She could endure even the most spiteful and malicious people for years, let alone a mere head of extras. Someone like her couldn’t stir up even the slightest ripple in Wen Yusui’s heart.
Of course, Wen Yusui’s patience had its limits.
As for when she would strike back, that depended entirely on her mood.
“What are you two talking about? Don’t you know we’re filming right now?” The head of the extras stormed over and accused them.
Wen Yusui didn’t even spare her a glance.
This only made the head of the extras even angrier. She was just about to step forward and shove Wen Yusui when Wen Yusui turned and gave her a cold, intimidating look.
Lin Yinyin stood to the side, provocatively watching her.
The head of the extras hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to push her anyway.
The instant she reached out her hand, however, the assistant director impatiently shoved her aside.
“Do you have nothing better to do?”
“No, Assistant Director! It’s because these two have been chatting the whole time. I was worried they would affect the filming schedule, so I came over to teach them a lesson.”
“Do you teach people lessons without regard for the situation? I didn’t see them chatting. All I saw was you looking for trouble! And how are you even the head of the extras? These two are so beautiful, yet you put them at the very back. Is there something wrong with your eyes?”
Lin Yinyin immediately perked up.
“Assistant Director, you really have an eye for things! Our head of the extras just can’t stand beautiful people. If you hadn’t come over, the two of us probably would have been buried back there forever!”
“What nonsense are you talking about?” the head of the extras snapped at Lin Yinyin. “Assistant Director, I put them there because they look good but aren’t useful. They’ll slow down the filming process. And if they’re too beautiful, they’ll steal the spotlight. Putting them there is the most appropriate arrangement. Assistant Director, we’ve worked together for so long. Don’t you know me?”
The assistant director hesitated after hearing her explanation.
Lin Yinyin was just about to argue again when Wen Yusui spoke.
“Assistant Director, you’ve worked with her for so long, but you probably really don’t know her.”
The head of the extras and the assistant director both turned to look at her.
“She’s been struggling in this industry for years, yet in the end, all she can do is manage a group of extras. She’ll never stand in the center of the camera’s frame. Do you really think someone like that has any professional judgment? And how much of what she says do you think is actually credible?”
The moment those words came out, the head of the extras’ face turned deathly pale.
Every word Wen Yusui had said had struck straight at her weakest point.
She had struggled and scraped her way through the industry for years, yet she was still standing exactly where she had started. She thought that having a tiny bit of authority in her hands meant she could manipulate newcomers, and that she could even control their futures.
That was why she had agreed without hesitation when that assistant approached her.
She had underestimated the woman standing in front of her.
Wen Yusui looked easy to bully, but in reality, she was deeply guarded. She might remain silent, but the moment she opened her mouth, she could always shut her up completely and leave her utterly humiliated.
“Wen Yusui!” she shouted through gritted teeth.
Her voice trembled slightly, and her face was completely devoid of color.
Standing nearby, Lin Yinyin looked at the head of the extras’ pale, humiliated face and felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
As expected of Sister Wen!
Every word was absolutely devastating!
The assistant director, standing nearby, couldn’t help showing a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
He had heard about this head of the extras long ago. It simply had never concerned him, and he couldn’t be bothered to interfere. After all, they were only insignificant background extras.
But today, this woman had delivered a direct hit with a single sentence—and had thoroughly offended the head of the extras in the process.
What would she do next?
Judging by her completely calm expression, she didn’t seem worried at all.
Interesting.
He said sternly, “You two, go change your clothes and stand at the front. I want to see just how professional you really are.”
Hearing the assistant director’s words, the head of the extras clenched her fingers tighter and tighter, her chest feeling painfully stifled.
In the end, she could only turn away unwillingly.
She grabbed a bottle of water and gulped it down, trying to calm her furious emotions.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
Who would have thought that after only a few mouthfuls, she would choke badly on the water?
She pounded her chest and coughed violently before sitting down on a nearby chair.
“Ah!!!”
Another scream rang out.
For some inexplicable reason, one of the chair legs snapped, and she fell straight onto the floor.
The extras watched her miserable state and all quietly burst into laughter.
One bout of bad luck after another made the head of the extras increasingly miserable.
But she blamed all of it on Wen Yusui.
She glared in Wen Yusui’s direction and secretly swore that she would find a way to humiliate her and, more importantly, drive her out of this place!
However, before she could put her plan into action, another piece of bad news arrived.
“You’re fired.”
The head of the extras stood frozen in place, holding the termination notice handed to her by the legal department.
This string of bad luck was way too bizarre!