Couldn’t they at least give a 10% discount, what the hell is this 9.9% discount!
Xia Shi just smiled, then took out a few scripts.
"Let’s not talk about this, let’s talk about work. I’ve turned down ’Republic of China Graceful Hero,’ not acting in it anymore.
I don’t plan to get you new roles anytime soon either, since you don’t have a representative work after your comeback, your status isn’t high enough.
’Allure’ may have been a big hit, but it’s still a web series, not enough to catch the attention of those big directors.
It’s better not to play the second female lead.
Let’s look further ahead. Once ’Despair’ is released, your fame will surely leap qualitatively!
Then, just when the entertainment industry’s beauty ranking comes to an end, we’ll seize the crown of the number one beauty!
With dual advantages, playing the lead role in a big production will not be a problem.
By the way, Director Xu, how much longer until ’Despair’ is finished with post-production?"
Xia Shi said this while looking towards Xu Jiayang.
Xu Jiayang pondered for a moment, "About a month."
Xia Shi nodded, the timing was just perfect.
She handed two scripts to Xia Weibao.
"These are the scripts I’ve picked out, casting for roles will start in about two months, and right now you don’t meet the standards for the female lead, but you will in two months.
When the time comes, I’ll help you secure an audition, you can start preparing now."
Xia Weibao took them, glancing briefly at them.
Actually, the two scripts were very similar, both telling stories of ancient emperors.
The first one was actually more suitable for her.
Because the first script’s female lead is the empress, who advocated for new policies and reforms and left a glorious mark on history.
The female lead in the second script was somewhat weaker, because she’s not a historical figure but a character written by the screenwriter for dramatic effect.
It’s like Jin Die and Bai He in ’Republic of China Graceful Hero,’ who actually had no romantic entanglement with Yuan Zhinan.
But for the sake of the movie’s watchability, some parts of the history were changed.
In the second script ’Chengtian Kingdom,’ the female lead is also a modified character.
King Cheng is also a very famous emperor in history, even more famous than Emperor Xia Liang!
Not just because he was a diligent and people-loving ruler who left behind an impressive legacy, but also because he never married.
In Huaxia’s history, there have been a total of five emperors without an imperial harem.
Emperor Xia Liang was one of them.
Though Emperor Xia Liang had an imperial harem, he only favored Empress Bao, rendering the rest of the harem practically non-existent, so later generations also say he had no harem.
The other four were truly impressive, they really didn’t have an imperial harem!
Forget the harem, they didn’t even have an empress.
Xia Weibao, while reminiscing about the history in the original host’s brain, sneered inwardly.
Couldn’t understand what was with those emperors, they were all bachelors.
Isn’t it said that men are very impulsive in that area, just look at Emperor Xia Liang and Lu Hualiang.
They think about that all day long.
"Do you think this King Cheng had some illness?"
Xia Weibao suddenly mumbled.
The three busy people all looked up at once, puzzled.
"Why would you say that?" asked Xia Shi.
Xia Weibao pursed her lips, "Otherwise, with power and status, why wouldn’t he marry a harem? Even if he didn’t want a harem, he should at least have an empress, right?
I remember history saying he never had a woman in his life, right?"
Xia Shi was at a loss for words, having never thought about these historical figures before.
Now that Xia Weibao mentioned it, it does sound plausible...
Xu Jiayang, "Actually, it’s not necessarily that the king had a disease, it could be other reasons."