Fortunately, Lulu Mollen left not long after.
At night, an exhausted Liu Jia bought bags and bags of gifts and went to visit Director Li and Producer Huang. In her plan, currying favor and flattering those who were beneficial to her was the first step she would take.
Although Director Li and Producer Huang barely paid attention to her and looked down on her, they still saw her and accepted the gifts she brought. To Liu Jia, this was undoubtedly a "stimulant."
Even though she was currently mired in mud and in a sorry state, this situation could not last a lifetime. As long as she endured humiliation, was willing to work hard, suffer, and invest heavily, she, Liu Jia, did not believe she would remain impoverished and miserable forever.
When the day came for her to turn her fortunes around, she vowed to personally push that hypocritical and affected bitch Shi Xin Xin into the abyss.
If possible, she wished she could drag Shi Xin Xin down to hell.
Most importantly, she wanted to personally tear off the mask Shi Xin Xin wore, shatter it completely. Let Yue Ran see this woman's true face. Let the entire society, the entire entertainment industry, see Shi Xin Xin's true face.
She refused to believe that Shi Xin Xin would still be able to make a living in the entertainment industry then. Heh, let her get out from wherever she came from.
These cruel and extreme goals were Liu Jia's entire spiritual support these past few days. Whenever she wanted to give up, whenever she felt tired and weary, she would motivate herself with these "goals."
In these past few days, Liu Jia had visited over fifty directors, producers, agents, and leaders of major companies. Anyone who was "beneficial" to her, she had visited them all.
To be precise, it wasn't "visiting" but flattering.
Although some people disdained to see her and refused to accept her gifts, and some people met her but openly mocked and insulted her with harsh words,
Liu Jia was not discouraged. Gritting her teeth, she took step by step towards her "plan."
Just as Liu Jia felt she was close to success, something "happened" again. Her scenes in this drama were finished. This was originally a perfectly normal occurrence. However, this matter was far from as simple as it appeared.
If she hadn't stumbled into the post-production team that day, she would never have known that the director had asked the post-production team to replace her face.
She roared at the post-production staff, "What are you doing? Why did you replace my face? Why?"
The post-production staff replied without looking up, "How should we know? This was Director Wang's order. Go ask Director Wang yourself."
Liu Jia felt bewildered and wronged. She knew that although she was just an insignificant supporting character in the drama, she had still given her all to act. It could be said that she hadn't been careless or made any mistakes.
After the "incident" she had before, she was already ruined. She had finally obtained the opportunity to play a supporting role in this drama through Wang Wan San.
This opportunity was hard-earned and extremely precious.
But now this opportunity had vanished into thin air? Had this hard-earned opportunity slipped through her fingers like this? She had clearly held onto it tightly. Why did this happen?
Why was this happening to me?!
Without further thought, Liu Jia ran to find Director Wang. At that moment, Director Wang was on set directing that day's shoot.
This drama was gradually nearing its end, and the current scene being filmed was crucial, one of the highlights of the entire production. Therefore, Director Wang and all the actors on set were tense, fully immersed in the filming.
Liu Jia's appearance was like a stone suddenly dropped into a calm pool, instantly creating ripples.
"Director Wang, there are some things I want to clarify. My acting isn't bad, and I performed decently. Why did you ask post-production to replace my face?" Liu Jia said breathlessly.
Director Wang glanced at her sideways, waved his hand dismissively, and said, "We're busy here. Unimportant matters can be discussed after filming is done."
What? Unimportant matters? Liu Jia was stunned for a good half a minute after hearing Director Wang's words! Had she heard correctly? Director Wang considered this matter of hers to be unimportant?
This was truly a great irony!
If it were her former self, she would never have swallowed this insult. But now? She had reached a dead end, and being in the crew was already an extremely hard-won opportunity.
She suddenly understood that no matter how angry, how furious, or how wronged she was at this moment, she could not fall out with Director Wang. No matter how wronged or angry she felt, she had to calmly discuss it with Director Wang.
Liu Jia calmed her emotions and then said in the gentlest tone, "Director Wang, have I done something wrong? Why was my face replaced by post-production? If my performance wasn't good enough, I'm willing to reshoot."
Just then, a sharp female voice suddenly rang out, "Reshoot? Are you joking? You have nothing to do all day and have time to reshoot. We're busy and don't have time to accompany you!"
"That's right, you're already ruined and have nothing to do, but we're still busy!" someone chimed in.
The surrounding gazes were like knives and needles, wounding Liu Jia all over. But she still held her head high, unwilling to leave.
Director Wang didn't even look at Liu Jia. He waved his hand impatiently.
"Is replacing your face that important? Didn't I pay you? Get out of the way, can't you see we're busy filming? Also, you should know perfectly well why I wouldn't use your face! If I used your face, I'd be afraid this drama's reputation would be ruined by you!"
"Exactly! This woman is really in the way!" Lulu Mollen's voice sounded from the side.
Liu Jia, who had been patiently trying to talk to Director Wang, felt like a volcano about to erupt the moment she heard his words.
She could no longer stand it and shouted, "What do you mean? Weren't you supposed to give me this role? You're breaking your promise and going back on your word! What do you think you are, just a third-rate director! Whether I'm in it or not, no one watches your films! That's it then, I, Liu Jia, don't care for it!"
Saying this, she kicked the camera placed nearby with all her might. The camera stand was directly kicked askew, and it crashed to the ground with a clang.
Almost the next second, a powerful force pushed her to the ground.
When Liu Jia regained her senses, she had already lost her balance and fallen onto the ground, sprawled and dishevelled.