The Personal Bodyguard of the Female CEO

"No need." Lin Shiyan’s expression stayed perfectly calm.

"Wife, oh mighty wife, aren’t you just making things hard for yourself here? I know you’re awesome, but can you even act?" Wang Dadong’s face looked completely screwed up.

But very soon he had to concede.

Because the Female CEO’s acting was way too good.

She was basically on par with a professional actress.

Of course, Wang Dadong wasn’t bad at all either.

His performance was utterly Divine, perfectly embodying the character in every aspect.

It’s not that their acting skills were insanely refined.

It’s just that...

Damn, Lin Shiyan was literally playing a female CEO herself, and Wang Dadong was playing a super special forces guy protecting the female CEO...

How the hell could that not be Divine?

Plus, the script they used was directly taken from a small scene in Full-time Bodyguard.

The female CEO gets kidnapped, Wang Dadong faces off against the thugs, and in the end, relying on his professional skill, he subdues the thugs and rescues the female CEO.

After that round of acting, everyone was totally convinced.

They were just like professional actors.

The key thing was, Lin Shiyan’s face value was off the charts; just standing there made all the actresses present look dull by comparison.

"I’m just an amateur, and I can do this. So why can’t you do even better?" When the performance ended, Lin Shiyan swept her gaze over everyone present with full-on queenly aura.

Wang Dadong’s facial muscles were twitching like crazy—wife, this is blatant cheating...

When it comes to acting, you really are an amateur, hell, basically a complete outsider.

But as a female CEO, you’re as pro as it gets.

The group of actors all stayed silent.

"They’re just supporting roles anyway, no need to be this strict, right? I think quite a few of them are pretty decent." Even some of the people from the production company couldn’t stand watching anymore.

Lin Shiyan was being as picky as if she were casting the male and female leads.

"Yeah, I think they can all act pretty well."

"That’s exactly the problem." Lin Shiyan said lightly.

Being able to act is... the problem?

The two people from the production company were a bit dumbfounded.

Picking actors—aren’t you supposed to pick the ones who can act?

Or are you trying to pick the ones who can’t act?

"That’s not what I mean. What I think is, if you want a show to feel natural, then the performances have to feel natural. Don’t you think they’re ’acting’ way too hard?" Lin Shiyan said.

The two production company people were both speechless.

Of course they knew how important natural acting was.

But to act naturally—hell, even among the top stars, only a handful can really pull that off.

Let alone these regular actors.

"How about this, wife, we go check out the sets. There are tons of undiscovered newbies over there." Wang Dadong suggested.

Actually, the actors who came to audition for Full-time Bodyguard may not be famous, but they were still a notch above those Low Level actors hustling on the front lines of various sets, rushing wherever they were short on bodies.

At least these guys had managed to get the info on this audition location.

After all, casting calls aren’t public. If you can get the location details, it means you’re at least doing okay in the circle.

Whereas those truly Low Level actors can only linger around the sets; if they’re lucky, they might score a gig as background extras, and if they’re not, they literally play corpses.

Forty yuan a pop, plus a boxed lunch.

Still, this is the road that many newbies have to walk on their way to success.

No fame, no connections—everything can only rely on yourself.

Thinking it over, Lin Shiyan felt it made sense, so she nodded.

But there were way too many people doing bit parts on set; trying to pick suitable actors out of this crowd would be even harder.

"Hey, you, yeah you, come over here. Yes, I mean you, that woman! We’re short one extra here." Suddenly an impatient shout rang out.

The voice was a bit deep, a middle-aged man’s.

When Lin Shihui turned around, that man was immediately stunned.

He hadn’t expected to see such a gorgeous nobody on set.

"Nobody," also called a passerby—someone with absolutely zero name recognition.

The guy was a veteran of the Martial World; after a brief moment of being dazed, he quickly snapped back to normal.

He’d been hanging around sets for so many years; what big star hadn’t he seen? As for beautiful ladies, he was long used to them.

It’s just that this was the first time he’d seen a nobody this pretty.

Wang Dadong was just about to say they weren’t actors, but Lin Shiyan directly agreed.

"We’ll split up; that way we’ll have more chances." As she left, Lin Shiyan tossed a line back to Wang Dadong.

Splitting up was fine by him—easier to hit on girls that way.

Hearing Lin Shiyan’s words, the middle-aged man immediately confirmed his guess.

Wang Dadong and Lin Shiyan were most likely a couple, here in Hengdian to struggle in the Martial World together.

He’d seen loads of little couples like that.

Most of the time, it ended with the girl sleeping with some director, skyrocketing to fame, then breaking up with her boyfriend; the guy would get a payout.

They called it a "consolation fee," but in reality it was hush money.

To keep him from talking about their past relationship.

What can you do? In the entertainment industry, it’s just easier for women than for men to make it.

Especially beautiful ladies.

Shooting Wang Dadong a sympathetic look, the middle-aged man led Lin Shiyan away.

Wang Dadong continued playing talent scout, seeing if he could discover anyone with potential.

Suddenly, he felt someone pat his shoulder.

He turned around to see a shifty-looking short guy grinning at him.

"Something you need?" Wang Dadong asked.

"Bro, I’ve got a stand-in gig. Wanna do it?" the short guy said.

Then he added, "It’s all bed scenes!"

"Is the actress hot?"

"Hot, insanely hot!"

"I’m in, of course I’m in!" Wang Dadong hadn’t expected such a sweet deal; he agreed on the spot, didn’t even ask about pay.

As long as the actress was pretty, who cared about pay?

"Director Wei, I’ve found you a guy." The short man led Wang Dadong over to a bald man around fifty.

Director Wei glanced at Wang Dadong. "Mm, his build is about the same as the male lead’s. With makeup it should work. Take him to makeup, have the actress get ready."

At first, Wang Dadong was pretty happy, but once they started putting makeup on him, he began to feel seriously screwed.

And once he found out what he was actually supposed to play, it felt like ten thousand alpacas thundered through his heart.

Damn, it really was a bed scene.

A scene lying on a bed.

Because he was playing a patient at death’s door, lying there with a ventilator!

Just fuck my life.

Lying on the bed, Wang Dadong silently hurled a Curse on the short guy’s entire family.

But when he saw the actress, he instantly felt a lot better.

The actress was actually pretty gorgeous, and on top of that, she was a second-tier star!

Second-tier stars already count as fairly successful actors.

Of course, what got Wang Dadong really pumped was that apparently there was even a kiss scene in the script!