After Rebirth, I Become Popular in the Entertainment Industry - CH 30

Gu Jiuci heard Shan Qikun talk about a cameo with him. After thinking for a while, he said, “It’s not impossible, but I want to have a rivalry with Xiao You.”

“What do you think is pretty beautiful.” Shan Qikun mocked.

“Otherwise, what am I going to do?” Gu Jiuci said calmly, “Anyway, I will give you a cameo if this requirement is met. If I’m not satisfied, then forget it.”

Shan Qikun couldn’t, so he had to tell Director Wang of this request. As soon as Director Wang heard this, he immediately said, “Isn’t it easy? Then give Xiao Gu a role to play with Xiao Tang.”

“But,” he wondered, “Did Xiao Gu and Xiao Tang know each other before? Why does he want to play against him?”

“Maybe he looks good.” Shan Qikun said.

Director Wang: ……

“Then Xiao Tang’s luck is pretty good,” Director Wang said with emotion. “It’s cooperation again. You’re cooperating with Xiao Gu. When this drama comes out, I don’t know if other people can be popular. He will definitely be popular.”

Shan Qikun felt the same way. After talking to the director, he sent a WeChat message to Tang Ziyou and said about it.

Tang Ziyou frowned when he saw Shan Qikun’s WeChat and said reluctantly: [Does he have to play against me? I don’t want to act with him.]

Shan Qikun: [This is the only condition for his guest appearance. Director Wang has been thinking about his guest appearance for several days, so you feel wronged, but just give it a go, okay.]

Shan Qikun: [This is for the sake of drama.]

That’s right, but Tang Ziyou always felt uncomfortable.

After that conversation, the relationship between him and Gu Jiuci eased a lot.

He let go of his grievances and Gu Jiuci let go of entanglement.

When the two people met occasionally, they could say hello, saying that the weather was good today.

However, it was only that.

Now that Gu Jiuci suddenly proposed to play a rivalry with him, Tang Ziyou felt that it was unnecessary and didn’t want it.

But of course, the crew wouldn’t listen to him for this kind of thing. After all, Gu Jiuci could be a friendly guest star in a TV series. This kind of opportunity couldn’t be sought, so how could the crew give up.

Shan Qikun comforted: [Thinking about it to the advantage, he has a rivalry with you and I also have a lot of rivalry with you. What does this mean? Surprisingly, your attention is only high when the drama is broadcast. You will use him as a stepping stone, learn his acting skills, rub his heat, step on him to soar, not also pleasant!]

Tang Ziyou: …alright.

Tang Ziyou comforted himself and reluctantly accepted it.

Director Wang and Cheng Feng discussed with each other that evening. They wanted to choose a suitable role for Gu Jiuci. However, most of Tang Ziyou’s opponent scenes were on Shan Qikun. The opponent scenes with other people were either too few or the opponent’s persona was too poor.

Gu Jiuci’s coffee position, it was rare to have a friendly cameo. It would definitely not work if the person was too poor and too small. Director Wang felt a little lost.

It was Cheng Feng that suddenly thought of something. Her eyes lit up, “I know which role to give him.”

“Which one?”

Cheng Feng smiled, “Do you remember Sheng Feiguang’s heart demon?”

Director Wang understood in an instant, “You want Gu Jiuci to act as his heart demon, so that the mental activities of Sheng Feiguang in the original setting can be shown through lines with Gu Jiuci, instead of adding a monologue later.”

Cheng Feng nodded, “Yes. And the heart demon is born from the heart. As long as there is emotion, the heart demon will inevitably be born. In other words, this setting can be big or small, which can be worthy of Gu Jiuci’s identity.”

“It’s just that, he can only shoot a rival scene with Tang Ziyou alone.” Director Wang said, “In this play, only Sheng Feiguang has had a heart demon.”

Cheng Feng nodded, “That’s true, but this is the role I think is the most suitable for him at the moment, so you can ask Gu Jiuci to see if he agrees.”

“Okay.”

Gu Jiuci didn’t expect that Director Wang could arrange such a role for himself. He would play with Tang Ziyou throughout the whole process. He couldn’t ask for it without worrying about other people. Wasn’t it good that it was exactly what he was been looking for?

“Yes, you can prepare the contract. I will ask my agent to come and sign the contract tomorrow.”

“Good, good, but the payment may be…” Director Wang hinted.

“It’s okay.” Gu Jiuci didn’t care. “Look, I don’t lack this. Just treat it as I give a face to Ah-Kun.”

“Good.” Director Wang said happily.

After he finished talking with Gu Jiuci, he called Tang Ziyou and said excitedly, “Xiao Tang, you’re really lucky!”

Tang Ziyou: ? ? ?

He quickly remembered that it should be playing with Gu Jiuci.

“Is it playing a rivalry with Gu Jiuci? Brother Shan told me about it.”

“Yes.” Director Wang said excitedly, “You will act well when the time comes. With so many people in our crew, Film Emperor Gu will play with you alone. Do you know what this means? It means that the audience’s eyes will be on you at that time. You’re so lucky!”

Tang Ziyou smiled. To be fair, this was indeed good luck. It was hard to imagine being on the same stage with two film emperors at the same time.

It was just that when the other party was Gu Jiuci, this kind of good luck wasn’t so necessary for him.

“Who is he playing?” Tang Ziyou asked.

Director Wang said with a smile, “Cheng Feng changed the script a little bit and added a role to him. He plays the heart demon, so your inner monologue will be changed at that time to play with him as the opponent.”

Tang Ziyou was taken aback, feeling as if he had misheard, “He is acting… what?”

“He’s acting as a heart demon.” Director Wang said, “You don’t have to worry about it. It won’t affect your plot and people. On the contrary, it can make your character set fuller and you won’t suffer.”

Tang Ziyou felt that he couldn’t hear anything for a moment. He only had the sentence of Director Wang in his mind. He was acting as a heart demon.

He played as his heart demon.

He unconsciously opened his mouth and refused, “Can you change the role?”

“Why?” Director Wang didn’t understand, “This is the most suitable role I think after discussing with Cheng Feng.”

“But, there is no such character in the original setting, isn’t it?”

“No, but adding this character won’t only not affect the plot, but it will also make your persona more three-dimensional. Isn’t that good?”

Tang Ziyou shook his head, “I’m just a supporting role, Director Wang. I think my current personal design is already very specific.”

Director Wang wasn’t satisfied, “What you said, whether the protagonist or the supporting role, they all serve the play. A successful work is inseparable from the protagonist’s superb acting skills and the excellent interpretation of the supporting role. The protagonist and supporting actors work hard together to make the play better, so don’t belittle yourself. That’s it.”

“But Director Wang, I…”

“It’s alright, Xiao Tang, the opportunity lies in front of you. Just seize it. Don’t be afraid. Your appearance makes me a little disappointed.”

Director Wang finished speaking and hung up.

Sitting on the bed, Tang Ziyou never expected that things would develop this way. Gu Jiuci would actually play his heart demon.

He gave a wry smile. Did he still need to play? He himself was his heart demon.

Gu Jiuci’s agent was named Qin Ge (秦歌), a very capable woman. After receiving Gu Jiuci’s call, she appeared on the crew the next day and signed the contract.

She looked at Gu Jiuci and scolded, “You said you, so many scripts were given to you but you didn’t act. I thought you saw a wonderful play. As a result, it was just a TV series with a friendly guest appearance?”

Gu Jiuci patted her on the shoulder. “Isn’t it for a friend?”

She swept around and didn’t see Tang Ziyou. She said regretfully, “I’m afraid that you want to stab your friend.”

“That won’t be true.” Gu Jiuci smiled, “Go and do something else. Don’t worry about me.”

Qin Ge couldn’t, so she had to leave the assistant to him and left by herself.

Xu Sijia, Xiang Rongrong, and Xu Wangyang were very surprised when they heard that Gu Jiuci wanted to make friendly guest appearances. They quickly asked their agents to inquire about Gu Jiuci’s role to see if he could have a rivalry with them.

As a result, all three of them were stunned at this inquiry. Let alone them, even Shan Qikun had no rivals with Gu Jiuci. His rivals were all played with Tang Ziyou.

Xu Sijia didn’t understand, “What exactly is Tang Ziyou’s identity? Qu Wenyi protects him and Shan Qikun takes care of him. Now add another Gu Jiuci and all of his opponent plays are with Tang Ziyou. Is he the invisible protagonist?”

Xu Wangyang was also very dissatisfied. In the play itself, apart from Shan Qikun, he should be the most eye-catching. But now that Gu Jiuci was added, the opponent plays were still with Tang Ziyou, which invisibly elevated Tang Ziyou’s position. It also reduced his enthusiasm.

Xu Wangyang wasn’t reconciled and went to see Director Wang in person.

Director Wang had a headache, “Gu Jiuci is a heart demon and you have no heart demon in your role. I can’t impose a heart demon on you, right?”

“I think it’s okay.” Xu Wangyang said, “Yang Haoying can’t love Xiao Liu and produces a heart demon, isn’t it normal?”

Director Wang: ? ? ?

“How do you shoot it later?” He asked, “The plot has changed a lot?”

Xu Wangyang frowned, “Then you can’t just let Tang Ziyou and Film Emperor Gu have a rivalry, so am I still the second male?”

“Of course, you are. Your role hasn’t changed. You still have intersections with the male lead and the female lead.”

“But I also want to play a rivalry with Teacher Gu.”

Director Wang said helplessly, “Xiao Xu, who doesn’t want to play a rivalry with Teacher Gu? Not only do you think, but Xu Sijia also thinks, Xiang Rongrong also thinks, but there’s no way. Teacher Gu likes this role and this role only has the rivalry plays with Tang Ziyou, so don’t think about it, just play it well.”

Xu Wangyang was dissatisfied, but had nothing to do and could only leave temporarily.

For a while, Tang Ziyou became the most envious role of all actors.

“You can take Shan Qikun and Gu Jiuci, even the female lead doesn’t have this treatment. His role is too buggy.”

“Yes, what is his fate? It’s great.”

However, Tang Ziyou, who was envied by everyone, wasn’t as happy as everyone thought at this time. He was holding Cheng Feng’s newly revised script and reading him and Gu Jiuci’s rivalry.

Cheng Feng obviously liked this character that was especially changed for Gu Jiuci, so she gave him a complete storyline.

Out of jealousy towards Xiao Liu, Sheng Feiguang doubted himself and Fu Yongsi’s mentorship. His mind was unstable and his heart demon was born.

The heart demon was a demon, without a name, no ownership, remaining in the world. He fed on the love, hatred, greed, anger, and ignorance of all things. He lured Sheng Feiguang into a demon and wanted Sheng Feiguang to become his own puppet.

But who knew that Sheng Feiguang didn’t become his puppet even if he had become a demon because of the life-saving heart clock left by Fu Yongsi. The heart demon was surprised that Sheng Feiguang’s willpower was so strong, but because of this, he increasingly wanted him to become his own puppet.

He followed Sheng Feiguang and accompanied him through everything, saving him and harming him, helping him and laughing at him.

In the final battle, Sheng Feiguang was injured to save Fu Yongsi. Before he died, in order to prevent Fu Yongsi from recognizing and finding himself, he left the battlefield and hid in a cave behind the cliff.

He leaned against the stone, knowing that he was about to die, hoping that the heart demon could turn him into ashes after he died so that Fu Yongsi would never find his traces.

The heart demon looked at him, reluctant to give up, but still fulfilled his wish.

He personally cremated Sheng Feiguang and put himself into a deep sleep.

—He was the heart demon. The demon was born from the heart. Sheng Feiguang was dead, naturally he couldn’t exist alone.

Tang Ziyou looked at it and sighed.

The costume director quickly tailored the clothes for Gu Jiuci and the stylist also customized the corresponding hair crown for him.

Director Wang made some adjustments to Tang Ziyou’s scenes and brought the enchantment that was originally scheduled to be filmed in the later stage to the front to match Gu Jiuci’s time.

Many people in the crew were envious of Tang Ziyou, but Tang Ziyou himself still looked like an ordinary person and didn’t show the joy he deserved at all.

This world was full of drama. Tang Ziyou was reading the script and suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He walked over to open the door and saw Gu Jiuci outside the door.