Top Star: Journey To Become A Global Star - Chapter 284

Chapter 284. Death (2)

“Xiao Rin, I already talked about it with Chief Han and he also agrees that you can’t take another project with your schedule. Are you planning to collapse from over working?”

Director Zhao quickly said hearing the word ‘Slayers’ coming out from Xiao Rin’s mouth. He already had a feeling that Xiao Rin wanted to talk about this.

But his decision was final!

“I know that, but I can handle it!”

Xiao Rin said with a weird glint in her eyes. It was like a fire was blazing in her eyes and no matter what, she won’t back off.

She had thought about it properly and there was no way she would let go of this golden chance.

“Handle? How will you do that? If you continue like this, you will be acting on IV soon!”

Director Zhao said with an expression that said he won’t budge no matter what, but Xiao Rin had come prepared.

“I won’t go to the photoshoots tomorrow or on the set if you don’t agree!”

“What?”

“I will refuse to work.”

Director Zhao stared at her in surprise. Xiao Rin would refuse to work?! That would be the worst outcome here.

Not only would the shooting halt, they would also have to give explanations to the director and the producers and what will he even say?

Xiao Rin is refusing to work because he won’t let her work on a project!

That would definitely not work and just create more trouble for him. He can’t let that happen. That’s why, Director Zhao quickly opened his mouth.

“Xiao Rin, think about what the media would write if you suddenly refused to work? We can’t hide it if you do something like that. You won’t like articles like that, right?”

“I’m fine with it. I will just not access the internet.”

Director Zhao was at a loss of words hearing that.

Celebrities refusing to work was a common thing in the entertainment industry. After all, most people can’t tolerate the schedule given to them and get frustrated with it.

That’s why, popular celebrities would just refuse to work until their agency would listen to them, but he had never thought that Xiao Rin would do something like this.

Moreover, it wasn’t because she was frustrated with her schedule. It was the opposite. She was refusing to work because he was refusing to give her more work.

It was really a strange case!

“X-xiao Rin, you can’t do this. Think about your image a bit…”

“I can do it if I want to. Just let me work on «Slayers» and I would obediently work according to my schedule.”

The little girl before Director Zhao was not a normal teenager. She was someone who won’t stop until she gets what she wants.

‘She’s really stubborn.’

Director Zhao thought and frowned. It didn’t look like he would be able to persuade her. There was only one person who could do that in this world and he was busy shooting, completely oblivious to all this.

“Why do you even want to work on it? Not like you are getting the role of the female lead. It’s just a small role that would appear in only one special episode.”

He asked, tilting his head and Xiao Rin quickly said without hiding anything.

“I want to work with Brother Ren.”

“Just that?”

“Yes!”

Director Zhao didn’t know what to say on that. It’s not like he didn’t know Xiao Rin’s infatuation with Ren, but now, he was thinking that it was more than just that.

“Xiao Rin, you know that you can’t d-”

“I know.”

Xiao Rin cut off Director Zhao and lowered her head. She thought about something for a while and lifted it up, staring at Director Zhao.

Then, she opened her glossy lips.

“I already know that I can’t do that. At least in my current position, but I would one day rise and reach the top. Then, I won’t be restricted by all these rules.”

“What will happen then?”

Xiao Rin blinked her eyes hearing that question and replied.

“I won’t let anyone concern themselves with my personal life!”

* * *

The shooting for «Slayers» was at its end and people were both sad and happy.

They were happy that they were finally wrapping up the official shooting, but it was sad to leave the set where they worked together for the past few months.

The final battle scenes were shot in many frames and even the background actors had to give their best or Director Chen Pu would bash them out.

It was particularly hard for the lead actors.

Both Na Wen and Hou Qian have to shoot many fighting scenes and even the female lead Tang Lan wasn’t spared.

Her character also has fighting prowess and she would also take part in the final battle. Still, these actors were mostly using stunt doubles for their scenes and just needed to do the acting.

But Ren was personally doing the action scenes.

It’s not like he can’t use a stunt double, but he was more confident in doing these scenes himself. Moreover, the training he took would go to waste if he just used the stunt double.

His swordsmanship has improved by bounds because of daily practice and meditation has helped him gain more self control.

The Action director was also happy with him and they had gotten close.

Like that, the shooting progressed and finally, it was the time for Cao Xu’s last scene.

“Are you confident?”

Hou Qian asked Ren during the lunch break and he tilted his head and asked back.

“Confident in what?”

“Confident in performing well in the scene. You need to give a good ending to your character. I personally think that Cao Xu is one of the best characters in the drama, maybe even more interesting than Xie Xian. That’s why, you need to give him a good ending.”

Ren smiled hearing that and nodded his head.

It was finally the time to give an end to the illegitimate wastrel. The villain that would go on to become an iconic character in the future.

Cao Xu – A crazy bastard!

“I will give him a good ending. An ending that he would be satisfied with.”

Ren muttered and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, there was a crazy look in them.

At that moment, he was not Ren, but Cao Xu.