[R18] These men are poisonous – “These Men Are Poisonous” Chapter 36 [English]

Chapter 36 Heroine

“You… want me to play the heroine?”

Zuo Ning looked at the four men in the living room in disbelief, thinking that they were all crazy.

Because she provoked Qiu Yibai to death last night, she woke up this morning with almost no good spots on her body. Everywhere was sore and painful, and she couldn’t even lift herself up.

After finally being served by Qiu Yibai, he came to the original villa studio after cleaning up. Before he could ask about the new progress of the role change, he saw Qiu Yimo and Yu Haonan appearing together.

What’s even more frightening is that they actually said that they wanted Zuo Ning to play the role of Jiang Chunxin, and Qiu Yibai and Gao Xia seemed to agree.

“Are you kidding me?” Zuo Ning could no longer care about his personal disputes with these people. “I’m not an actor. I’ve never studied acting. Even someone with a major like Jiang Chunxin can’t act well. How could I possibly do it?”

“Have you forgotten what is Jiang Chunxin’s biggest problem?” Qiu Yibai looked at her seriously. “Her appearance and temperament are very suitable, but the acting marks are too heavy and over-acted, which makes her look extremely unnatural. I don’t know if you referenced yourself when writing this heroine, but it is undeniable that you and her are very compatible.”

Seeing Zuo Ning give a low and bitter smile, Qiu Yibai continued: “As you know, the focus of this drama is only on family and work. Although Fu Yun is the heroine, her role is not many, and it is basically in the ‘family’ aspect. The performance is not difficult. As long as it is natural, it is already a success.”

“Naturally? Do you think it’s natural for me, a twenty-five-year-old person, to play the role of a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl?”

“There are many thirty-year-olds in the industry who still act seventeen or eighteen, and not all of them are bad. Jiang Chunxin is only one year younger than you. You have seen her previous appearances, and there is no sense of incompatibility.” Qiu Yi rolled his eyes with pride, “Baby, in appearance, you are even more outstanding than her. You should have this kind of confidence, right?”

Seeing he calling her affectionately in public, Zuo Ning felt a little uncomfortable: “Then I can ask, who asked me to play this heroine?”

The three men looked at Yu Haonan unconsciously. Yu Haonan’s eyes were deep and showed no emotion. He only said lightly: “Both Mr. Qiu and Director Qiu think what I mentioned is good.”

Qiu Yibai added: “Actually, when you were in Gao Xia’s room yesterday, I received a call from my brother. I originally wanted to mention this to you, but after you came back, we didn’t… and then we forgot about it.”

The last thing he said was originally ambiguous, but he mentioned Gao Xia, which inexplicably escalated the ambiguity, causing Qiu Yimo and Yu Haonan to glance at Gao Xia at the same time.

Qiu Yibai was still focused on the character and seemed not to realize this. He only continued: “Ning Ning, you probably don’t know that the first time I saw you, I felt that you were very similar to the heroine in the book, but I didn’t think much about it at the time. After all, this type of character is very common in movies, TV series and life.

Later, when I decided to change roles, I also considered you, but you were not from the industry. I guessed that you had no plans to develop in this area, so I didn’t ask you. It wasn’t until my brother said it yesterday that I seriously considered it. In fact, you can give it a try.”

“You are right, I have never wanted to enter this circle, so you should find someone else.”

Qiu Yibai still refused to give up: “Not even this one play? Didn’t you say that this book is special to you? Shouldn’t you be more happy if you are allowed to complete the characters you wrote in person?”

Zuo Ning bit his lip: “Yes, it is very special. Just because it is special, I don’t want to act. Qiu Yibai, don’t say that I have never acted. Even if I have the acting skills to perform well, I am not willing to do it.”

Seeing her resolute attitude, Qiu Yibai did not dare to say anything more. Instead, Yu Haonan stared at her and said solemnly: “Why is this book special to you?”

This is the tone of interrogating a prisoner again!

Zuo Ning was already worried, and now he was even more rude when he spoke to him: “Because this is my transformation, and because this is the first business war novel I have written, are you satisfied with your answer to Director Yu? I would also like to ask Director Yu, what does it mean to replace your own woman with asking me to star out of nowhere?”

She seemed to have eaten gunpowder, but Yu Haonan was not angry. He just lowered his eyes and was silent for two seconds, and said calmly: “I have nothing to do with Jiang Chunxin. We were just ordinary friends in the past. Now, we are not even friends anymore.”

Of course Zuo Ning would not believe such nonsense, but she was too lazy to pay attention to he now, and just looked at Qiu Yimo steadily: “If I insist on not acting, what will Mr. Qiu do?”

Qiu Yimo said expressionlessly: “You are not an artist of the company, no one can force you, just make your own decision.”

“Okay, then I can tell you the answer now, I don’t…” Looking at Qiu Yibai’s somewhat disappointed look, she couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment, then changed her words, “Can you let me think about it?”

Qiu Yimo said: “Okay, the actress for the heroine is still in the screening stage and can’t be decided at the moment. You can think about it slowly. However, you’d better cooperate with the audition, because there is a possibility that you really can’t play. After all, everything just said was just a suggestion.”

“Okay.” Zuo Ning answered simply this time. If she was eliminated as soon as she auditioned, she wouldn’t have to think about anything anymore.

Assistant director Zhang sent the script over. Qiu Yibai carefully selected it, turned over one page and handed it to Zuo Ning: “Try this part. You have no acting experience, so you don’t need to force it to be too complicated. This part is just a simple crying scene. As long as you can get into the scene and cry, and the emotions are in place and it looks natural, then it will be no problem.”

Zuo Ning looked at the script. After the company encountered a crisis, Fu Cheng worked nonstop for three days and finally fell ill. His younger sister Fu Yun took care of him at home.

Qiu Yibai continued: “Gao Xia is very good at stimulating the emotions of the opponent actors. It should be easier for you to play this part with him. Don’t be nervous. It’s your first time filming, so you don’t have to worry about the camera. I can control these. Just integrate your emotions and restore the scene in the play according to your own understanding. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t matter, we will find another actor.”