Huayu 16: I Became the Dream-Fulfilling Master for Young Actresses

Jiang Jiajun glanced around the conference room, saw that everyone was present, clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention to him, and said:

"Everyone arrived quite early, but the crew is still missing one person, as everyone knows."

She just happened to arrive today, so let's all welcome her.

As soon as he said that, everyone's attention was drawn to him.

They were indeed very curious about the actress who would play Huang Rong, since she hadn't even auditioned before being cast.

Jiang Jiajun immediately called to his assistant, asking him to bring Li Yitong in.

Jiang Jiajun did this not to promote Li Yitong, but mainly to enhance the cohesion of the crew and make the subsequent filming process go more smoothly.

Then the meeting room door was opened again, and Li Yitong walked in, wearing a light blue cotton shirt and white high-waisted cropped trousers.

She had a classic oval face, delicate and youthful features, fair skin, a clean and lively temperament, a straight and elegant nose, and naturally pink lips.

Her long hair was tied in a low ponytail, and her posture was upright and graceful, showing the elegant figure of a dancer.

After Li Yitong entered, everyone's eyes turned to her.

Meng Ziyi stared intently at Li Yitong as she walked in, wanting to see what kind of person Chen Xingzhou had recommended.

Looking at it now, it's not all that great.

So what if she looks like she has a better figure?

But the front isn't very big, so what's so good about it?

After Li Yitong appeared, the system panel immediately appeared in front of Chen Xingzhou's eyes:

[Ding! Female celebrity Li Yitong detected.]

[Current wish: To play Huang Rong well, to live up to the trust placed in me by the recommender and the production team, to strive to keep up with everyone's pace, and to avoid being looked down upon.]

Chen Xingzhou had anticipated this wish, and it wasn't too difficult to fulfill.

He then looked up at Li Yitong.

In his previous life, Chen Xingzhou met her around 2024. He was 29 years old and she was 34.

But she is only 26 years old now.

At the age of eight, Chen Xingzhou felt that Li Yitong in front of him was both naive and vibrant, a version he had never seen before.

In 2015, Li Yitong's outstanding performance in the audition for "Demon Girl" caught the eye of Yu Zhengyi, who immediately cast her as the female lead, Nie Qingcheng, thus officially launching her acting career.

However, at this time she hadn't received much attention yet, and had only become somewhat familiar to the audience.

She truly gained attention after playing Huang Rong in the 17 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

At this very moment, a flood of speculation from netizens began.

Some netizens questioned whether she "brought her own money to join the cast," arguing that it was illogical for a dancer to be cast as the lead actress.

However, she later won the "Annual Newcomer Drama Star Award" at the China TV Drama Quality Ceremony and the "Annual Drama Newcomer Award" at the iQiyi Screaming Night for this role, successfully responding to the doubts.

But it still didn't shake her off the label of "resource-backed actress".

In 2018, while Zhao Liying was pregnant and taking a break from acting, Li Yitong took on a series of roles and was rumored to be Zhao Liying's "personal body double," using these opportunities to rise to fame.

What truly propelled her to stardom was her role as Meng Yu, the female lead in the 2023 drama "Raging Storm," who played the first love of the male lead, An Xin, and a brave and righteous reporter.

Her original voice acting and emotionally charged scenes have been praised by the audience, and she has been hailed as "Meng Yu's Godhood".

However, from 2015 to 2023, for a full eight years, she remained relatively unknown and even endured constant criticism and doubt from netizens.

But in this life, with Chen Xingzhou by my side, everything will be different.

Just as Chen Xingzhou was thinking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist.

He grinned and turned to look at Meng Ziyi beside him.

Seeing her hand on his waist, Chen Xingzhou raised an eyebrow and whispered, "What are you doing?"

"Hmph! What do you think?" Meng Ziyi raised her chin at Li Yitong, her jealousy barely concealed.

After observing Li Yitong for a while, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Chen Xingzhou staring at Li Yitong out of the corner of her eye, and immediately became jealous.

You say you don't know them?! Who would think of someone they've only met once like that?!

What's with that look in his eyes?!

So for some reason, she immediately reached out and hit Chen Xingzhou.

Seeing her expression, Chen Xingzhou couldn't help but smile.

Is he jealous? But he won't tolerate it.

"What? Mind your own business?" Chen Xingzhou's eyes held amusement as he deliberately leaned closer. "Ziyi, you wouldn't happen to have feelings for me, would you?"

"I...I didn't!"

Meng Ziyi then realized that her actions had indeed crossed the line. A blush spread from her ears to her cheeks, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand.

"I'm just upset because you're not following the rules and you're looking at other people!"

Just as she was about to continue her rebuttal, Jiang Jiajun's voice introducing Li Yitong interrupted her.

"This is the actress who plays Huang Rong. We'll be filming together from now on, so you can get to know each other first."

After introducing Li Yitong, Jiang Jiajun also introduced the other actors present to her.

When Chen Xingzhou was introduced, Li Yitong cast a curious glance at him.

Seeing his handsome face with its sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Did you say the two had met once before?

But given how good her memory is, she shouldn't be able to forget someone who looks so striking, right?

It's not that she's obsessed with looks or anything, it's just that Chen Xingzhou's face is really outstanding, and she should be able to forget him after seeing him just once.

But she couldn't ask now and could only wait and see.

After Jiang Jiajun finished his introduction and Li Yitong took her seat, he clapped his hands again and said:

"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's begin today's script reading."

"Today's main focus is on familiarizing ourselves with the script and getting the character's tone right. Don't be too reserved; feel free to share any ideas you have."

The script reading began immediately.

After everyone else finished, it was Chen Xingzhou and Li Yitong's turn.

The scene they were to read aloud was: [Guo Jing was about to leave for the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in Jiaxing to complete his duel when he suddenly saw Huang Rong].

At this time, Guo Jing had been with either his master or his mother since he was a child.

He was a little apprehensive about traveling alone this time.

Thinking of Huang Rong, who had saved him not long ago, he whispered his apologies to Huang Rong to his beloved little red horse.

Just then, Guo Jing suddenly turned his head and saw Huang Rong not far away. He immediately ran to her excitedly.

Chen Xingzhou glanced at the script, his lips twitched slightly, but he immediately calmed down and got into character.

He looked at Li Yitong sitting not far away, his tone filled with sincerity and excitement:

"Brother Huang, thank you for teaching the Four Devils of the Yellow River a lesson. We're practically brothers who've been through thick and thin together."

Then he scratched his head, looking somewhat awkward but earnest, and said, "How about... we become sworn brothers?"