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Chapter 65 Making Things Difficult: No Connections, No Backing

"The female lead in the film next door was suddenly replaced, and filming has been suspended," Song Mingkai said, his tone quite casual.

It's common in the entertainment industry to suddenly change actors before filming starts or after many days of shooting.

Xu Miao asked curiously, "Who's the female lead in the next room now?"

Song Mingkai lowered his voice: "Fang Ziqing."

Jiang Li and Song Qing had no expression.

The expressions of the others around them varied.

Song Mingkai continued, "I heard that Fang Ziqing took all the makeup and costumes that Fan Quan originally did for the Ru Meng Ling production team and took them to the neighboring production team. Her company even increased its investment."

"That's normal, Fang Ziqing's agency is very powerful."

"Yes, if it weren't for Director Wen's upright character, and our good fortune with the Qin family and Feng Xiao, Sister Jiang Li probably would have..."

The speaker hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Fang Ziqing's backer is not only Luo Wei, a rich second-generation, but also her management company.

Her boss is Du Yue, the eldest daughter of the wealthy Du family and a well-known real estate agent in the industry.

He is renowned in the industry and has very shrewd methods.

Even several international movie stars who left Xia Kingdom and entered Zhongzhou had worked under Du Yue for a period of time.

If it weren't for the fact that "Like a Dream" is now backed by the Qin family and Feng Xiao...

It's estimated that Jiang Li will be blacklisted by Du Yue.

Jiang Li understood the meaning behind her words, and twitched the corners of her mouth with a hint of meaningless sarcasm.

Many people dared not discuss this matter too much, fearing they would get into trouble, and quickly dispersed to train.

Song Mingkai shrugged: "Anyway, she went to the film crew next door, it has nothing to do with us."

He had just finished speaking when he suddenly realized something and his eyes widened in shock.

He turned to Song Qing in a flash: "Sister Qing, Fang Ziqing took Fan Quan's things to the film crew next door, what are you going to do?"

You can't have two costume and makeup artists working on one show.

Jiang Li's eyes turned slightly cold as she looked at Song Qing.

The latter smiled calmly: "The production team hasn't informed us what to do yet. I estimate that once Fang Ziqing joins the team tomorrow, there will be a solution. If they terminate my contract, I will focus on doing the makeup and styling for 'Like a Dream' and it won't affect anything."

Song Mingkai breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt that Fang Ziqing was bringing bad luck to the film crew next door.

The drama next door is also a highly anticipated period drama, and it will inevitably have some overlap with "Like a Dream".

It's obvious they're about to have a showdown.

At this moment, the martial arts instructor called Song Mingkai over for training.

He greeted Jiang Li and Song Qing and left immediately.

Jiang Li put his arm around Song Qing's shoulder and whispered, "Call me if anything happens."

Song Qing laughed: "What could possibly happen? There are so many people around, she wouldn't dare to go too far."

Jiang raised an eyebrow.

……

Early the next morning.

When Song Qing arrived at the film set, the director and all the main actors were already there.

As usual, Song Qing applied makeup to the other actors according to today's filming schedule.

A commotion suddenly arose from the doorway.

The woman in the lead was exquisitely made up and had elegant manners.

Her eye makeup is sharp, giving her a strong presence.

She wore an extremely expensive designer women's suit that accentuated her beautiful figure.

The woman is standing next to Fang Ziqing and her agent.

The director hurried over, his face full of flattery: "President Du, Agent Chen, Ziqing, Teacher Fan, you've arrived."

The scale of the operation was enormous.

The actors who were getting their makeup done hurriedly stood up and went over to say hello.

Song Qing and several assistants also went over.

Everyone in the crew stopped what they were doing and, as if welcoming an inspection by leaders, focused their attention on Du Yue and Fang Ziqing's group.

Du Yue didn't stay here for long; she was just there to support Fang Ziqing as she joined the production team.

She chatted briefly with the director, then raised her hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, director. It was a pleasure working with you."

Du Yue was polite, but her aura remained aloof and superior.

The director bowed slightly, his posture extremely humble: "Mr. Du, you're too kind."

Du Yue smiled, turned around and said something to Fang Ziqing, then left the film set with her agent and assistant.

The group escorted them to the door before returning.

Fearing that it would take too long, the director immediately ordered everyone to get to work.

As Fang Ziqing passed Song Qing, she slowly stopped, looked at her, and said arrogantly, "Did you think I would kick you out after I joined the crew?"

Song Qing turned to look at her, but didn't say anything.

Fang Ziqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

Song Qing's face was expressionless, and her tone was indifferent: "If Teacher Fang has nothing else, I'll go do the makeup for the other actors first."

Fang Ziqing crossed her arms and said, "Put on my makeup first."

Song Qing looked at her with some surprise.

Wasn't Fan Quan her personal makeup artist?
Why would she ask me to do her makeup?
……

The cast and crew of "Like a Dream".

Jiang Li changed into the crew's training clothes and went to the training ground.

Wen Chi and the assistant director walked towards her.

“Jiang Li,” Wen Chi said, “The concept art for all the main characters on Feng Xiao’s side is finished. We’ve asked to take a look this afternoon to see if there’s anything that needs to be changed.”

Jiang Li nodded: "Then I'll ask Song Qing to come over this afternoon."

Although Song Qing wasn't in charge of the costumes, she was the makeup artist and would definitely come over to participate in the makeup and styling.

Wen Chi nodded: "We can coordinate with Song Qing's schedule. The female lead of the film crew next door just joined the crew, so she's probably quite busy."

“Okay.” Jiang Li took out her phone, her beautiful, pale fingers tapping the keyboard as she sent a message to Song Qing.

The assistant director couldn't help but say, "Didn't the other team bring Fan Quan? Why are they keeping Teacher Song around?" Logically speaking, if Fan Quan had joined the crew, Song Qing would probably have been fired immediately.

Wen Chi also found it strange.

……

After preparing everything, Song Qing took her assistant to Fang Ziqing's private dressing room.

As I walked to the door, I received a message from Jiang Li.

Jiang Li: [The costume concept art for the drama "Like a Dream" is finished. Want to come over and take a look this afternoon?]

Song Qing frowned slightly: "I'm not entirely sure about the time today. Fang Ziqing has a lot of scenes to film, and she asked me to do her makeup."

Jiang Li: [Director Wen said he'd accommodate your schedule.]

Song Qing: [Okay, I'll message you when I'm done here.]

Jiang Li: [Hmm.]

Song Qing put away her phone and pushed open the door to the dressing room.

Fan Quan was also inside, chatting with Fang Ziqing.

"Yan Yan went to Zhongzhou to visit her teacher. She said that when she and Young Master Yu hold their wedding, her teacher will also attend, and she will introduce us to her teacher then." Fang Ziqing was in a very good mood.

He was texting Chu Yan on his phone.

Fan Quan also said with a smile, "Then we'll wait to drink her and Young Master Yu's wedding wine."

"Teacher Fang," Song Qing greeted Fang Ziqing, "I'll do your makeup now."

Fang Ziqing ignored her and continued chatting with Fan Quan: "There's a movie in Zhongzhou that invited Yan Yan to have a cameo role. Her work should be back soon."

Song Qingchao's assistant glanced at it, and the two of them arranged the items.

Fang Ziqing was still playing on her phone when she started applying makeup.

“Teacher Fang, please look up,” Song Qing said softly.

"Looking up is tiring," Fang Ziqing said with a smile. "Why don't you kneel down and do my makeup?"

Fan Quan smiled, glanced at Song Qing, and his expression was extremely contemptuous.

Song Qing's assistant's expression changed instantly, her eyes filled with anger: "You..."

Song Qing tugged at her hand to stop her, looking at Fang Ziqing with a cold expression: "What does Teacher Fang mean by this?"

Fang Ziqing didn't say anything.

Her assistant smiled slightly: "Ms. Song, you can't expect a big star like Sister Ziqing to accommodate a stylist like you, just kneeling down to do her makeup."

Song Qing's gaze turned cold.

"You've gone too far! I'm going to tell the director," Song Qing's assistant said, unable to contain herself any longer, and turned to leave the dressing room.

Fang Ziqing curled her lips into a smile, remaining motionless and fearless.

Fan Quan leaned against the dressing table, seemingly enjoying the spectacle.

Song Qing grabbed her assistant's arm and shook her head at her.

It's no use. Even though Du Yue personally brought Fang Ziqing over, the director still has to consider Fang Ziqing's feelings.

Song Qing gripped the makeup brush in her hand tightly. After a few seconds, she finally bent down, knelt on one knee, and began to apply makeup to Fang Ziqing without saying a word.

Fang Ziqing raised her gaze from her phone screen and looked down at Song Qing: "That's right. From now on, Teacher Song, you can kneel down like this to do my makeup. It'll be more convenient for both of us. What do you say?"

Song Qing pursed her lips and said softly, "Please don't move around, or you'll make a mess."

"That's your problem." Fang Ziqing's smile faded, her voice turning sarcastic and condescending. "If your drawing is messy, it's because your skills are lacking. What does it have to do with me? If you can't do it, you can terminate the contract."

Song Qing is highly skilled in the industry and commands high prices, so the penalty for breach of contract is naturally even higher.

She didn't say anything, but just knelt on the ground and quietly did Fang Ziqing's makeup.

The assistant was so angry that she gripped her makeup tools tightly.

Fan Quan glanced down at Song Qing and scoffed.

In recent years, Song Qing has become a dark horse in their circle, and is extremely popular.

Many industry insiders have praised Song Qing's makeup and styling as superb.

She even stole many of his clients.

Without connections or powerful backers, one is still at the mercy of others' humiliation.

……

Two hours later.

Fang Ziqing's makeup is finally done.

When Song Qing got up, her knees were hurting terribly, and she almost fell. Her assistant quickly caught her.

The next second, Fang Ziqing stood up without warning, holding her phone, and bumped into her shoulder without even looking up.

Song Qingren lost his balance and was hit hard, falling to the ground.

My elbow hit my elbow so hard that my whole arm started to go numb.

"Sister!" The assistant rushed to help her up.

Fang Ziqing and Fan Quan had already left the dressing room without even glancing at her.

The assistant looked at Song Qing's elbow, which was scraped, swollen, and bleeding, and her eyes reddened: "Sis, is your arm okay? Should we go to the hospital?"

Song Qing shook her head, propped herself up with her other hand, and said through gritted teeth, "It's nothing, no need to go to the hospital."

"They've really gone too far!" the assistant gritted his teeth.

Song Qing took out a band-aid from her makeup case, her expression remaining cold and indifferent, and she remained silent.

Her assistant helped her put on the band-aid, her eyes filled with anger.

……

Fan Quan helped Fang Ziqing tidy up her clothes and headdress.

He glanced towards the dressing room.

Song Qing's assistant helped her out.

When Fang Ziqing bumped into him, Song Qing fell quite hard.

Fan Quan lowered his voice: "Ziqing, don't go too far. It won't look good if things get out of hand."

Fang Ziqing sneered: "Then she'd better be more discerning and not mess with me."

After saying that, Fang Ziqing turned around to take pictures.

Thank you for your support.

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