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The sudden vibration woke Zhang Liwei up from her sleep.
She groggily reached out from under the covers, grabbed her cell phone on the bedside table, pressed the power button, and turned off the preset power alarm.
The room was dark with the curtains closed, and only a faint light came through the gaps in the curtains. Zhang Liwei lay quietly on the bed for a few minutes, until her brain and body were fully adapted to the state of being awake. She slowly got up and put on her clothes.
She was already in her twenties. Although she was young and beautiful, she was still old. If she didn't start taking good care of her skin now, she would have to wait until she was thirty.
Zhang Liwei cherished herself very much. She had learned how to take good care of herself early, and always faced her work with the best mental and physical state.
And it was precisely this that made her stand out from many competitors, giving her a precious opportunity.
The TV series she was filming was called Autumn in My Heart, and she played the role of Cui Xinai.
He was a character that people hated dearly.
After washing up in the bathroom, Zhang Liwei spent a full hour to finish her morning care. She applied a facial mask, nourished her eyes, and deeply cleaned the oil in her pores …
As a professional actress, makeup was essential before filming, and all kinds of cosmetics accelerated the aging of the skin. If she didn't take care of her skin in advance, it would be irresponsible.
But few people were like Zhang Liwei, who got up an hour earlier to do her maintenance.
After the maintenance, she changed into sportswear, left the room, and ran downstairs to the gym to work out.
When Zhang Liwei appeared in the restaurant, it was already 7: 30 in the morning.
Most of the cast and staff of the crew were already having breakfast in the restaurant. They would set off for the set before 8 o 'clock to start the day's filming.
And in the restaurant, there were not only the crew of Autumn in My Heart, but also other teams, so it was very lively.
This was Jinling Film City's Village, an apartment-style hotel for the various crew members to stay in. Although it was not as luxurious as a real hotel, it had a superior location and complete facilities.
Since the official opening of Jinling Film City, there had never been less than three crews stationed in the Village, even during the New Year.
"Good morning, Miss Zhang!" "Good morning, Sister Li Wei!" "Good morning, Sister Li Wei!"
Seeing Zhang Liwei, many people greeted her. Some of them were not from Autumn in My Heart.
But they all knew her, and some of them even wanted to help her get breakfast.
From these people's eyes, Zhang Liwei saw envy and jealousy.
She had never received such treatment before.
Zhang Liwei was 25 years old this year and graduated from Shanghai Film Academy. She had been filming since she was 19 years old and had also taken on a few small commercials. However, she had always been unknown and had not played any important roles.
After graduation, she came to Beijing with her friends to work hard and signed a contract with a second or third-rate agency. After a few years, the best role she got was only a supporting actor. Not many people could recognize her on the street.
Some of her friends who came to the capital couldn't hold on any longer and changed careers. Some even got married. Only she silently clenched her teeth and persisted, working and studying hard.
Then, the dawn of life suddenly appeared!
Even now, Zhang Liwei still had a surreal feeling — she was red.
It was like a summer storm, coming too fast and catching people off guard.
Strictly speaking, it was Autumn in My Heart that became popular. The ratings of the latest episode actually reached 0.55%, showing disdain for all the similar TV series in the country and becoming a hot topic on the Internet.
Before filming this TV series, Zhang Liwei's V fans on Waves blog were more than 500,000.
On the surface, this number of fans seemed okay and could barely be counted as a small V, but Zhang Liwei knew very well that most of the fans were bought by the agency, which was the so-called zombie fans.
Usually, her blog post would only have a few dozen comments, at most a few hundred.
But now, the number of her blog fans had soared to 1.2 million, and they were all real fans.
Yesterday afternoon, Zhang Liwei posted a behind-the-scenes photo during the break of filming. Last night, there were tens of thousands of likes, more than 10,000 shares and more than 10,000 comments. It was completely different from before!
To be honest, before Zhang Liwei took on the role, she really didn't dream that she would start to become popular and her status in the industry would soar before the TV series finished filming.
The only thing that was a little depressing was that there were a lot of people scolding her in the blog comment section.
Of course, it wasn't that Zhang Liwei's character was bad or that she had done something bad, but the character she played was too hateful.
Everyone was scolding Zhang Liwei's character, Cui Xinai.
Even Zhang Liwei herself was speechless about her character after reading the entire script.
But as an actress, Zhang Liwei not only had to show the characteristics of the character, but she also had to dig out the character's inner heart.
Although Cui Xinai was bad, she was also a girl who lacked love and longed for love. Most of her actions were due to psychological imbalance, but she wasn't bad to the core. Her spirit of fighting hard in a lonely situation was also worthy of praise.
It was not easy to grasp the propriety, and it required high acting skills.
Zhang Liwei held the script and read it over ten times. Fortunately, she could often discuss with the author and understand the character's thoughts. Then, she could play the character with real life instead of being a programmed acting robot.
It was this hard work and perseverance that allowed her to win the recognition of the director, her colleagues, and many fans!
After choosing two eggs, a glass of milk, and a few pieces of bread from the buffet table, Zhang Liwei found an empty seat and sat down.
Halfway through the meal, a middle-aged woman hurried over to them.
She hurriedly greeted, "Liwei!"
Zhang Liwei raised her head and saw the woman. She smiled, "Sister Dai, have you had breakfast?"
The makeup artist sitting next to Zhang Liwei was almost done with her meal, so she voluntarily gave up her seat.
The middle-aged woman thanked her profusely and sat down to talk to Zhang Liwei in a low voice.
Sister Dai was Zhang Liwei's agent.
Zhang Liwei had changed agents twice, and Sister Dai was the third one assigned to her by the management company.
Zhang Liwei actually didn't like Sister Dai very much.
Sister Dai was an old official in the management company that Zhang Liwei had signed with. She was shrewd and snobbish. She had four artists under her management, but she rarely asked about Zhang Liwei. Not only was Zhang Liwei the least famous among the four, but she also didn't deliberately flatter her.
Zhang Liwei got the role of Cui Xinai because of her own hard work and luck. It had nothing to do with Sister Dai.
Zhang Liwei even knew that when Qian De came to choose, Sister Dai really wanted to recommend someone else.
But in the end, she won.
It was said that Sister Dai was angry because of this and said some unpleasant things in the company.
When Zhang Liwei first came to Jinling, Sister Dai didn't follow her. She didn't even have an assistant with her.
Everything changed after the premiere of "Autumn in My Heart".
When the ratings of "Autumn in My Heart" exceeded 0.3%, Sister Dai personally came to Jinling and brought a personal assistant with her.
Most importantly, Sister Dai's attitude changed a lot. She was no longer high and mighty, especially after the ratings exceeded 0.5%. It was like she was a completely different person. She was kind and flattering.
Zhang Liwei secretly felt that it was funny and a little sad.
But she didn't get carried away because of this. She didn't order Sister Dai around to take revenge for the cold treatment she had received in the past.
In the entertainment industry, it was normal for a good person to take the lead. Sister Dai's performance was understandable. At least when she got the role, Sister Dai fought for a good contract for her.
Even if the other party could get a commission from the contract.
Zhang Liwei knew that Sister Dai must be worried that she would change her agent after she became popular.
At least for now, she didn't want to change her agent.
Of course, Zhang Liwei wouldn't tell Sister Dai what she thought.
She felt that she really had some of Cui Xinai's temperament.
Sister Dai ran over in the morning to tell Zhang Liwei a piece of good news. A very famous clothing brand was interested in signing an endorsement contract with her.
The brand liked her potential and appearance, and was interested in signing a two-year contract.
The conditions were quite good.
Zhang Liwei quietly listened to Sister Dai while eating breakfast. Then she said, "Sister Dai, let's put this aside for now. I think the ratings of" Autumn in My Heart "can still increase!"
If it was half a month ago, even if the price was only half or lower, she couldn't wait to sign it.
But now, the other party was "picking up".
Sister Dai was speechless.
She didn't expect Zhang Liwei to be so calm. She originally wanted to give the latter a surprise.
Sister Dai found that she knew too little about Zhang Liwei.
Zhang Liwei was far more mature and rational than she thought. She had her own opinions and wouldn't be manipulated by others.
She suddenly had a feeling that she was about to lose the treasure!
Zhang Liwei didn't care about what Sister Dai thought. After she ate her breakfast slowly, she called her assistant and took the bus rented by the crew to the set.
Today's shooting task was very heavy. They had to rush to many places in a row.
After getting off the bus, Zhang Liwei quickly found two familiar figures. Her face suddenly bloomed with a charming smile, and she rushed over to say hello.
"Sister Fei, Teacher Lu, hello!"
In the crew of "Autumn in My Heart", apart from the director, Zhang Liwei respected the two people in front of her the most — Lu Chen and Chen Fei 'er.
Especially for Lu Chen, her gratitude came from the bottom of her heart!
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