Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Falling for Ye Xian
“Ning Xiner is just a terrible character, always ruining the relationship between the male and female leads, framing and scheming against the good people. Now netizens are all cursing me. They absolutely hate me, wishing I would disappear from the show sooner. I really don’t know what to do…”
She was so serious about this role, tried so hard to perform well in this drama, why did all her efforts yield these results?
Jiang Xin had researched Ye Xian online before.
She debuted at the age of fifteen and has been acting for about eight or nine years, yet she was never widely recognized. After successfully portraying a malicious supporting role in a major IP, her scope of roles was limited. Since then, whenever there was a script for her, it mostly involved morally corrupt supporting female characters.
People like her are at a disadvantage. In the colorful and competitive entertainment industry, who wouldn’t want to be the most radiant red flower instead of settling to be a mere backdrop of green leaves?
“Do you feel pity for yourself?”
Ye Xian, holding the script, squatted on one knee in front of her.
Jiang Xin’s heart skipped a beat as the handsome face gradually enlarged in front of her eyes, “Isn’t it true?”
“But I think Ning Xiner is even more pitiable than you.”
“Pitiable? What a joke. She is the most malicious person in the entire drama.”
“But no one likes her, the male lead doesn’t, the female lead doesn’t, the netizens don’t, and even the actress playing her role doesn’t like her.”
With that said, Jiang Xin’s expression froze for a moment, and she turned her face slightly, “She’s just a flat character.”
“That’s exactly why no one likes her.”
“What do you mean?” Jiang Xin frowned, puzzled.
“It’s because you treat her as a flat character that you can’t bring out her soul. Who would like an empty shell?
Although Ning Xiner is a malicious supporting character, she is also a person with feelings who bleeds and feels, whose every change has a reason, and every misdeed is justified.
You need to portray why she turned bad, her internal conflict and struggle during the process, and the pain and despair of being unloved to make the audience empathize. Only then can they be moved by and understand her actions.
But you, you just follow the script, being bad for the sake of being bad, existing just to highlight the main leads. You portrayed her as a soulless tool; can you blame everyone for disliking her?”
After these words, Jiang Xin looked stunned, gazing at Ye Xian.
She, an actress who had debuted for nine years and was somewhat of a senior in the entertainment industry, was actually critiqued on her acting by a member of a young idol group, and it made sense to her.
His critique was incisive, every word striking home.
“But it’s already gotten to this point. Ning Xiner has completely turned evil, and what she does later will be even more excessive. There’s no turning back.”
“How can there be no turning back? Haven’t I come?”
“You? The audience already hates Ning Xiner so much. Why would they want to see her love story? Adding this storyline might just make them more annoyed.”
Ye Xian smiled, “The audience just doesn’t like to see Ning Xiner engaging in those manipulative schemes. But that doesn’t mean they don’t want to see a sweet romance. And…”
Ye Xian touched her head and carefully sorted her disheveled hair strand by strand.
“Get in the right mindset as Ning Xiner, leave the rest to me.”
The youth’s face was focused, his actions gentle, his eyes curving into a fond smile that made Jiang Xin’s heart pound furiously.
What was happening to her? After so many years in the entertainment industry, having met many high-quality men, why was her heart racing for this young boy whose features hadn’t yet fully matured…
“Remember, viewers won’t love someone who doesn’t even love themselves.”