Tang Ling had a frown on her face "I should dedicate myself to the family?"
"Oh, you finally get it" Father Tang replied smugly "Daughters like you should be a supporting pillar for the family's prosperity, you should always prioritize the family over everything else in your life, so remove that selfishness you've been showing" he gloated
Tang Ling's hand that held on to her phone tightened, she became mildly infuriated by his arrogant attitude towards claiming her stuff "I can't pay you right now, the work I'm getting is not that much"
She inwardly promised herself 'I will not give a single dollar to this scumbag father'
"Nonsense! You're the most popular actress, there's no way you don't have any money right now, your brother said that his new high school friends were fans of yours and that you appeared in many movies within the past month, don't think you can get away with not giving us money!"
Tang Ling ignored the remarks given to her and pretended to be pitiful, creating a nasally voice that seemed she would be in tears
"Didn't you read the news recently? It was on the hot search and some famous magazines this week. I offended a big person in the business world a few days ago, directors are afraid they will be affected by me, so I only have some limited offers to act in. The company is facing severe hardships thanks to me"
"A Big person?" Father Tang asked in confusion "Who did you offend?"
"The little master of the Shen Group, Shen Rui"
"Shen Group!?" Father Tang yelled in suprise
Father Tang, a person who has no interest in news or anything that doesn't involve him directly, even knows who the Shen family is. They are the primary e commerce company within the city, even father Tang himself has bought items through their services, and this stupid girl is saying she offended the owner to that company?
"Yeah, it should still be on the hot search about how I beat him up, I sure gave him a beating"
"Even his eyes turned blue after one hit, imagine what would his face look like after the entire pummeling was over"
"Stop! Stop!"
Father Tang was really nervous after hearing the vivid description of the events from Tang Ling's mouth, every word talking about the damage she had done hit his heart
Whether he likes it or not, he is the family of this stupid girl, if the shen family chooses to retaliate against her, it would be hard to separate their family from her
Just imagining what possible attacks could come to them from the richest family in the city had his hands trembling with fright
Wouldn't alligning himself with his daughter be crazy at this point?
"It- it's fine we don't need your money right now, just don't go talking about us to Mr. Shen!"
Father Tang immediately exited the call before Tang Ling could say anymore to him
Tang Ling sneered sarcastically at the exit of the original owner's father
'What type of father is this? Which father would a really be this quick to stay clear when his daughter got into trouble?'
From this interaction, she could imagine what happened after the fall of the original owner. The family of the original owner would abandon her in a heartbeat, the only regret they would feel is the loss of a money making tool for their selfish greed
Tang Ling: "System, I feel that the original host had bad luck when hopping into the reincarnation pool, she had to end up with this type of family, alongside being the stepping stone for the female lead, what a terrible life"
[Fate can't be decided by oneself, she just had the short straw before being born, besides it's your job to make it up to her and bring her a more prosperous fate]
"You're right, it takes a genius like me to fight destiny!"
[....]
After finishing the phone call, Tang Ling saw a message from Li Qing in WeChat sent a few minutes ago
[The Treasured Sister Qing: Tang Ling, it's time to leave for the shooting of your next film, come down to the lot!]
Remembering that she had some work to do today, Tang Ling replied timely
[Big Boss Ling Eats Melons1eating melons is a proverb for enjoying the show (performed by others) for drama: My love I'm on my way! ( ˘ ³˘)♥ ]
She felt a little better looking at the message from Li Qing, some of the ill will harvested from speaking with Father Tang disappeared as she cleared her mood
After replying to Li Qing, she put her phone back into her purse and dressed up with a casual dress
She barely had time to do a quick light makeup to her face as she set off from her villa to the parking lot to meet her agent
They soon arrived at the film set location, meeting some of the staff and some other extra crew members as they walked in with a big presence
"Isn't that Tang Ling? She's just as beautiful as in the big screen"
"I always thought that a beauty filter was added to her, I was wrong"
"She deserves the title of number one beauty in the entertainment industry, so beautiful!"
"But didn't she became the number 1 hot search for beating up the Shen family's heir"
"I'm surprised that the director still used her for the role, but I still feel bad for her, she's probably experiencing a bad time"
"I would also be scared if I were on her shoes, the richest man as an enemy would scare any person off"
Tang Ling heard the whispers of the surrounding crew member, but just flexed a smile in response and walked with Li Qing to Director Yan who was sitting on his director chair next to the camera, sipping on coffee
"Director Yan, it's nice to meet you again" Li Qing greeted, extending her hand for a handshake
Director Yan stood up and placed his coffee to the side, accepting the handshake with a polite smile "Miss Qing, it's my pleasure to work with you and Miss Ling again"
The three of them exchanged some pleasentries with each other until it was time for the next scene to start, making Director Yan take his seat, while Tang Ling and Li Qing headed to the makeup room to dress Tang Ling up for her role
Director Yan looked at Tang Ling who was walking to the female cast room and couldn't help feeling what a pity it was, Tang Ling undoubtedly had top of the line appearance within the entertainment industry, but she just happened to hit the iron plate with young master Shen
Yan Jingfeng sighed regretfully at the bad luck of this actress
Director Yan talked to the assistant next to him, ordering him to send some words to some of the crew members, he had to do what was told to him by Shen Rui
Tang Ling who was ignorant of being calculated by the male lead, entered the makeup room with Li Qing, gathering eyes from everyone in the room, most of the seats were occupied, leaving only the distant corner seat open for her
Li Qing brought out her cosmetics and asked for the apparel assistant to bring out the dress needed for her first scene
As her agent was doing the preparations for her, Tang Ling remembered the role she had for this film from reading the script a couple of weeks ago
The film that she was working on is an ancient romance film set in the late Tang Dynasty period, where the male lead Ye Chen, is a prodiginal aloof prince, while the female lead Wu Xue, is a courtesan that the prince takes an interest in when he visits a brothel with his friends
Tang Ling's role in this film is the fiancee of the male lead, Murong Yin, acting as the second female lead of the story
In the original source material that the film was based on, the fans labeled Tang Ling's character as domineering, arrogant, and hateful for being the roadblock to the feelings between the leads
If it weren't for Tang Ling's own insistance to take this role, Li Qing would've fought for the female lead who was more liked and appealing to fans
Li Qing didn't understand why her artist wanted to take a role that would most likely lead to some blackwashing on the web, but Tang Ling had other ideas for this character
She read the entire source material multiple times and felt this character in particular would be more suitable for her personality and appearance, a sassy and willful noble woman, compared to the witty innocent white lotus femal lead, she felt more in line with Murong Yin
Bonus (Extras)
Tang Ling: System it's the first time being the peron who gets watched for fun
System: [I envy those who watch you for fun, the amount of time I spent watching you is more like torture]
