Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 205 Chapter 215 [The Most Beautiful Woman in Taiwan VS The Most Beautiful Woman in the Mainland]

Xiao Qiang possesses all the features of a beauty: an oval face, widow's peak, watery almond eyes, and a cherry mouth, with a very classical charm.

In addition, she has not had plastic surgery yet, her face is full of collagen, and with her wavy hair, she gives the public the image of an urban beauty.

It was also the first time that Li Yishu saw Xiao Qiang in her youth. Looking at her pretty face, he couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Qiang's blooming period was so short.

If Xiao Qiang today is only divided by age groups, she is indeed worthy of the reputation of the most beautiful woman in Taiwan. But a few years later, when she played "Lin Shiyin" in "The Little Li Flying Dagger" in 1999, Xiao Qiang was no longer as pure and moving as she was before.

Things got even worse after the millennium. Not only did the title of the No. 1 beauty be snatched away by Kurosawa-sensei, but the surgeries she had on her face made her entire face look saggy, with over-filled apple muscles and an inexplicable sense of swelling, as if she had been punched dozens of times. In the end, she was completely reduced to the face of an internet celebrity.

Seeing Xiao Qiang coming over to toast, Lai Shengchuan beside him introduced her with a smile: "Director Li, this is Xiao Qiang, the most beautiful girl in our island."

Xiao Qiang smiled sweetly: "Director Lai is too polite. I don't deserve to be the most beautiful woman. Sister Qingxia and Sister Aijia are both prettier than me."

Hearing this, Qingxia and Zhang Aijia smiled but said nothing. The ambitions of the current generation of actresses are mostly written on their faces.

"Tsk tsk, my movie is incredible."

Li Yishu glanced at Xiao Qiang with a smile, then glanced at Qingxia and Zhang Aijia beside him: "A great beauty that is hard to come by in fifty years, the most talented woman in Taiwan, and now there is another most beautiful woman in Taiwan. People who don't know would think I was filming The Deer and the Cauldron."

"Haha!" Zhang Aijia couldn't help laughing out loud: "Director Li, have you forgotten that there is the most beautiful woman in the mainland?"

Hearing this, Li Yishu remembered Chen Hong. She had seen her when she came to the hotel before. She looked around and saw Chen Hong, who was sitting at the table in front, walking towards her with a glass of wine.

When she arrived at Li Yishu's table, Chen Hong smiled and nodded slightly to Qingxia, Zhang Aijia and others.

Then Chen Hong suddenly frowned, glanced indifferently at Xiao Qiang beside him, and deliberately took a step forward to stand in front of her.

Then Chen Hong looked at Li Yishu with a smile on her face and said, "Director Li, thank you for giving me the opportunity to play a role. I'd like to toast you."

"Drink less, we still have to film tomorrow." Li Yishu smiled and took a sip of red wine.

After taking a big sip of red wine, Chen Hong blushed and said, "Director Li, I don't usually drink. This is just to thank you, Director Li, so I'm just drinking a little bit."

"Well, it's better not to drink." Li Yishu nodded.

After drinking, Chen Hong had no intention of leaving. Instead, she stood there and started to get close to Qingxia, Zhang Aijia, Lai Shengchuan and others.

Several people also knew that Chen Hong got into the crew through Li Yishu's relationship. In addition, the agency Chen Hong signed with was founded by Qiong Yao. Qingxia and Zhang Aijia were both Qiong girls, so naturally they had a better impression of this younger generation who took over the role of Qiong girl.

Xiao Qiang, who was left out, was so angry when she saw this scene. She was clearly the first one to arrive, but now not only was she overtaken, she was also directly ignored.

Of course, it was not just because Chen Hong deliberately blocked her view, but also because of that contemptuous and indifferent look just now. The main reason was that the role that originally belonged to Xiao Qiang was snatched away by Chen Hong!
Lai Shengchuan's casting is still very reasonable. The person who was originally chosen for the role of the school belle was Xiao Qiang. As the number one beauty in Taiwan today, Xiao Qiang's image and temperament, if she puts on a student uniform, she deserves the title of school belle.

However, Chen Hong, through Qiong Yao's relationship, went directly to find director Li Yishu, and achieved overtaking, replacing Xiao Qiang's role as the school belle.

The role of the school belle has less than six or seven minutes of screen time at most, and it is a marginal role. Generally speaking, few popular actresses come to play this role, and even if they do, it is just a guest appearance.

Take Xiao Qiang for example. She now plays the leading female role in all the TV dramas she appears in. The reason why she chose to play such a small role is that the company wants Xiao Qiang to go the movie route.

At first, Xiao Qiang didn't know who replaced her. Although she was very upset, let alone her, even the agency behind her would not cause trouble for Li Yishu.

But later, when Xiao Qiang found out that it was Chen Hong, the most beautiful woman in the continent, who replaced her, she felt mixed emotions.

You know, Xiao Qiang is known as the most beautiful woman in Taiwan. If the person who replaced her was another actress, perhaps Xiao Qiang would not have any thoughts and would just lament that it is not easy to get into the entertainment industry and that there are human relationships everywhere.

But the person who snatched her role away was Chen Hong, so the meaning was different.

The most beautiful woman in mainland China snatched away her role as the most beautiful woman in Taiwan, and this role was that of a "school beauty". Once the news got out, people who didn't know about it would think that the most beautiful woman in Taiwan was not as good as the most beautiful woman in mainland China.

The management companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan like to idolize celebrities and give them nicknames, such as the Four Heavenly Kings, the Four Queens, the Little Asian Tornado, etc.

The reason why Xiao Qiang has been very popular in Taiwan in the past two years is that her agency helped her to create the nickname "Treasure Island's No. 1 Beauty".

If she is suppressed in momentum by Chen Hong, the most beautiful woman in mainland China, how can she continue to stay in the entertainment industry with the nickname of the most beautiful woman in Taiwan?

Originally, Xiao Qiang's status as the No. 1 Beauty was not very high. Among the Taiwanese actresses in their twenties, there were a lot of them with outstanding looks, such as Chen Derong and Xu Ruoxuan who went for the pure style; Ye Quanzhen who went for the sexy style; and Tian Li who had the standard of a strong character.

Precisely because her title of "Taiwan's Most Beautiful Woman" was a little unsettled, Xiao Qiang discussed it with her agent and decided that the best way was to have some scandal with director Li Yishu.

In those days, it was not as difficult to accept female stars' scandals as it is now. This was because female stars' fans were all male, who were relatively rational and restrained. Generally, only when male stars had scandals would female fans go crazy and cause all kinds of social problems.

Of course, if the rumor could become true, Xiao Qiang would probably wake up laughing in her dreams.

It's a pity that although it was a good idea, Xiao Qian learned that there was a dinner party today and that Li Yishu was treating, so she dressed herself up beautifully. Before coming, she discussed with her agent for a long time how to approach the big director.

But who would have thought that Chen Hong would come out again! !
Xiao Qiang was so angry at the moment. It was just the wrong occasion, otherwise she would definitely yell "Fuck it!"

Li Yishu tilted her head and glanced at Xiao Qiang, whose face was flushed. She guessed that she was probably in a bad mood at the moment. In order to make the next filming harmonious, she picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Xiao Qiang, let's have a drink and act well next time."

"Director Li, please rest assured. I will definitely act well."

Xiao Qiang's face was filled with excitement. She didn't expect Director Li to actually talk to her on his own initiative. She quickly took the glass of red wine and drank it all in one gulp.

But because he drank too quickly, he choked and sprayed the wine all over Chen Hong's back, and even the hair on the back of her head was stained with a lot of red wine.

"what!!"

Chen Hong also felt her back getting wet, and her hair was a little wet. When she touched her hands, they were all covered with red wine. She immediately turned around and glared at Xiao Qian fiercely: "What are you doing!"

"I'm sorry, I...I didn't mean to do that."

Xiao Qiang covered her mouth and pretended to be aggrieved, but she was actually very happy in her heart.

Even though she didn't mean it, Xiao Qiang still felt relieved after spraying the other person with red wine.

At this moment, Chen Hong's brows were furrowed, and her slightly trembling eyelashes could not hide the anger in her eyes, and her lightly bitten lower lip revealed that she was trying hard to control her emotions.

Seeing her like this, Li Yishu was really afraid that the two women would fight, so she immediately said, "Okay, okay, it wasn't intentional."

"Yes, Director Li is right. It's just a misunderstanding."

As Zhang Aijia spoke, she quickly stood up and walked over to pull Xiao Qiang away.

She had seen fights between female stars in the circle before, and if these two people started fighting, the crew would probably become famous instantly.

Qingxia also stepped forward and took Chen Hong's arm: "Come on, I'll go to the bathroom with you to deal with it."

The other crew members who were eating and drinking nearby, although they had no idea what was going on and didn't know who had the conflict, when they saw Chen Hong and Xiao Qiang being taken away separately, they immediately guessed that it was the two who had the conflict.

"I'm sorry, Director Li, this..."

Lai Shengchuan was extremely embarrassed. He was the executive director, responsible for coordinating the actors and arranging the crew. From the scene just now, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Xiao Qiang and Chen Hong didn't get along.

Li Yishu smiled and said, "It's okay. This is not your fault. They don't have many scenes anyway. We can just shoot them all in one go."

In fact, he was somewhat responsible for this matter. If Li Yishu hadn't replaced Xiao Qiang's role, the situation just now probably wouldn't have happened.

But that’s how the entertainment industry is.

Xiao Qiang had nothing to do with him, but it was Qiong Yao and Chen Hong who came to him in person to ask for the role and agreed to work together on a TV series, so he had to give her this face.

At a dining table in the corner, a reporter from Next Weekly who had sneaked in saw this scene. He was immediately overjoyed and secretly took several photos with his camera. Then he started to eat and drink contentedly.

Originally, this reporter from Next Weekly thought that there was no hot news at the launch party and was wondering how to make up a story, but he unexpectedly saw a big event.

The most beautiful woman in Taiwan VS the most beautiful woman in mainland China!

It’s a pity that the two did not fight each other. If they had, it would have been a huge news topic.

Although there was no fight, the reporter still took pictures of Chen Hong's back being splashed with red wine as she left the scene. Xiao Qian also left with a smile on her face, which were also captured on camera.

With these two photos, the weekly magazine will definitely sell out.

He has even thought of the title for the cover of the new issue of Next Weekly.

"The Most Beautiful Girl in Taiwan VS the Most Beautiful Girl in Mainland China!"

(End of this chapter)