Chapter 854: Chapter 853 Time-Based Billing

The makeup artist stepped forward to touch up Shen Zheng’s makeup–today’s filming for him was almost finished.

Xie Yurou had been waiting for quite a while, but her scene hadn’t come up yet, and Director Jiang had scheduled it for later in the day. In the past, when filming TV dramas, which director would dare to push her scenes to the back? As soon as she arrived on set, she made sure she was given priority to shoot her scenes first, making everyone else wait.

Xie Yurou felt somewhat choked up, but when she thought about how pivotal this was for a leap in her career in the entertainment industry, she decided to endure it.

When she had first seen the script for Picture City, Xie Yurou secretly rejoiced that she had landed the role of the cool and calculating Empress Liang.

The character Qiao Xiaren was just full of points to criticize–weak and incompetent, a perfect example of a ‘holier-than-thou’ harlot, the kind that society currently ridiculed the most.

Although, later in the story, Di Ge did indeed ascend the throne, the first half of the movie was enough for the audience to be disappointed and scoff at it.

But the role of Empress Liang was quite wonderful–dark and arrogant, she was sure to win plenty of favor with the audience. As she thought about it, a smile curved at the corners of Xie Yurou’s lips.

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Yin Family

Yin Li returned home with Jia Rong, whose face was haggard from her recent miscarriage.

The miscarriage had been quite damaging to her health, but for some reason, Jia Rong kept insisting on being discharged from the hospital. Perhaps the lost child had left a psychological shadow on her, making her fearful of being reminded of anything related to that child.

Yin Li, having no other option, had processed her discharge so that Jia Rong could recuperate at home.

“Pingping, ask sister Jiang to prepare the medicine. Have your mother drink it later,” Yin Li instructed Yin Ping as he looked at the extremely pallid Jia Rong.

Yin Ping nodded but, after a long pause, couldn’t help but ask, “Dad, there’s something I want to ask you. Yesterday, I saw sister with a man…”

Yin Ping’s hesitant manner inevitably made Yin Li think the worst. He didn’t need to hear it to know–it was definitely that unworthy daughter mingling with disreputable men!

“Don’t talk to me about her disgraceful actions!” As soon as Yin Ping mentioned Yin Xiaobai, Yin Li became very irritated. It didn’t need saying; she must have done something out there to embarrass him.

“Dad, sister didn’t mean to upset you on purpose.” Yin Ping successfully smeared Yin Xiaobai’s name once more before saying, “I saw her getting quite close to Mu Nian. Dad, do you remember the Mu Family’s second son?”

“Mu Nian?” Yin Li was momentarily taken aback, “Of course I remember the Mu Family’s second son. Wasn’t he driven out of the Mu Family and went to M Country five years ago? How could he be getting so close to that girl Yin Xiaobai?”

“I don’t know.”

Listening to Yin Ping, Yin Li’s attitude softened considerably, “You’re saying that wayward girl has been getting close to Mu Nian?”

After confirming with Yin Ping, Yin Li felt somewhat shocked and also a bit complicated.

How could this be? Hadn’t the two of them broken off all ties years ago? Could it be that Mu Nian couldn’t forget Xiaobai and came back to rekindle old flames?

The Mu Family had gone through a lot over the years. Three years after Mu Nian was expelled from the family, the eldest son died in a tragic car accident. The eldest son was supposed to be the pillar of the Mu Family, but with his untimely death, Mu Nian became the only one left.

Now that Mu Nian had returned to the country, the Mu Family was surely his alone to command. The four great families had formed a balance in the Capital, but now many eyes were coveting their position, including the Yin Family.

If he could win over the Mu Family, the Yin Family’s power would certainly be strengthened.