"Go ahead." Su Zhiyi made a cheering gesture. "Good luck."
Gu Yumo reluctantly kept looking back as she walked away.
"Sister Zhiyi, you have to watch me."
"I will."
"Don't watch Xia Xu, watch me."
"Sure, I'll definitely watch you, and only you."
Receiving her idol's blessing, Gu Yumo confidently entered the set with Xia Xu.
Su Zhiyi stood outside the set, watching from afar as Xia Xu and Gu Yumo performed inside.
Both Xia Xu and Gu Yumo were fairly new actors. Xia Xu had previously played the male lead in a drama and had some experience.
Gu Yumo was taking on the role of the female lead for the first time. Before that, she had only played supporting roles. Add to that the first day of shooting, where she hadn't gotten into the groove yet, so she was inevitably a bit nervous, with quite a few NGs, but her acting was still passable.
"You're always like this, facing all dangers alone!"
"I'm not talking to you anymore!"
Gu Yumo shook off Xia Xu's hand, squeezed out a tear at the corner of her eye, turned away, and avoided Xia Xu's gaze.
"But..."
Xia Xu murmured, wanting to reach out and comfort Gu Yumo, but reason made him harden his heart. He didn't say another word, dropped his hand, and turned to leave.
"Cut!"
The director shouted again, pointing at Xia Xu with his script rolled into a tube.
"Xiao Xia, your expression needs to be richer. You're leaving your loved one to go to war on the frontier, and you might never come back. It's not like you're going for a stroll. Why are you so calm?"
"You need to show that conflicted and reluctant emotion. Make the final turn more decisive, with a big movement that lifts the hem of your clothes. Understand what I mean?"
Xia Xu scratched his head sheepishly. "Got it, Director Zhou. Let's do it again."
The two returned to their starting positions and began the scene again.
"You're always like this..."
Su Zhiyi watched the two good-looking stars act, enjoying the scene and secretly learning from their acting skills.
Light footsteps sounded beside her. Someone approached and stopped next to her.
"You're Su Zhiyi, right?"
The man's voice was deep and clear, as if it came with a built-in sound card—a standard CEO voice, good enough to go next door and work as a voice actor for another production.
Su Zhiyi's ears tingled, and her attention shifted from the lead couple. She instinctively looked to her side.
It was Gu Yu.
"Yes, hello, President Gu." She raised the corners of her lips slightly, her eyelashes lowered.
"No need to call me President Gu," Gu Yu said indifferently.
"Then..." Su Zhiyi spoke cautiously, "How should I address you?"
"Gu Yu." Gu Yu added, "And you don't need to use honorifics with me."
These rich people really were strange.
Su Zhiyi obediently responded, "Mm."
Gu Yu didn't correct her polite but distant address again. Instead, he naturally started chatting with Su Zhiyi.
"I often hear my sister talk about you. She says you're a very good actor."
"It's my honor to be appreciated by President Gu and his sister."
"No need... Forget it." Gu Yu's dark brows furrowed slightly, finally turning into an almost inaudible sigh.
He took out a black-gold business card from his pocket and handed it to Su Zhiyi. "This is my card."
There were few people around them, and most of the staff were focused on the lead actors on set, so no one noticed what was happening here.
Su Zhiyi took the card from Gu Yu.
She first looked down at the matte-textured card, then looked up at Gu Yu, meeting his eyes. Her beautiful eyes blinked, full of confusion.
"What does President Gu mean..."
She blinked slowly. Thinking it over, she roughly understood what Gu Yu meant.
Gu Yu, for some reason, when he met Su Zhiyi's lively and clear eyes, a subtle change appeared in his expression.
He turned his face away, and from where Su Zhiyi couldn't see, the tips of his ears were faintly red.
It seemed... like shyness?
"My sister likes you a lot. She's always wanted you to join our company."
His voice remained calm.
"If you want to join Starlight Entertainment, you can contact me."
The president of Starlight Entertainment himself came to poach an unknown D-list star who had no acting skills, no status, no background, only good looks?
Who would believe that if it got out?
Su Zhiyi was shocked that the president of Starlight was personally trying to recruit her, completely unaware of his unusual behavior.
Her desire to switch companies stirred, and her red lips parted. Subconsciously, she wanted to agree.
But she held back the words.
Think about her unfair contract, think about the liquidated damages for breaking it...
"Thank you. I'll seriously consider it."
Su Zhiyi gave a neutral answer, but in her heart, she had already ruled out the idea of switching jobs.
Earlier, the movie king had tried to recruit her to Starlight, and now the president of Starlight himself was also trying to recruit her.
These rich people... why were they all so eager to poach her?
What was so special about her? Weren't they afraid that after paying the sky-high liquidated damages to the unscrupulous company, she wouldn't be able to pay it back even if she worked for them for ten lifetimes?
These rich people really didn't know how to do business.
"Okay, cut! This one passes."
"Where's Su Zhiyi? It's your scene."
The director called out loudly, looking around the crowd to find Su Zhiyi.
He spotted Su Zhiyi standing with Gu Yu and waved his hand at her.
"Here!"
Su Zhiyi answered loudly, her spirits lifted. She silently recited the lines she would have to say.
She smiled at Gu Yu, pressing her lips together. "I'm going to act now, President Gu. Talk to you later."
Gu Yu opened his mouth as if to say something else, but stopped himself, finally settling on a simple word.
"Okay."