So what if I work with celebrities?

"Huh? He has a girlfriend?" Zhang Liren asked curiously. "Who is she? Tell me!"

"It's Hu Huizhong, the female lead in 'Joyful Encounter'!" Brigitte Lin sat on the sofa angrily.

"Really?" Zhang Liren's eyes blazed with gossip. "I told you they were having an affair, but you wouldn't believe me!"

"I just... I was overthinking it!" Lin Qingxia said.

"Qingxia, these days, what outstanding man isn't a womanizer? Xu Zan is handsome, talented, and a big boss. I heard he's even caught the eye of Ilizarov. What girl wouldn't like him?"

"What, you like it too?"

"I'm different..."

Lin Qingxia reached her hands under her armpits and said, "I think you're just saying one thing and meaning another!"

"Haha, no way," Zhang Liren naturally has a boyfriend. "Stop fooling around. Hey? What movie did he ask you to film?"

"Dream of the Red Chamber"

Zhang Liren leaned against the table, holding a cup of coffee, and looked her up and down in surprise. "With your round face, tall figure, and peach-shaped bottom, how could you possibly play Lin Daiyu?"

"It's Jia Baoyu!" Brigitte Lin exclaimed, looking at her figure in the mirror. "Do I really have such a great figure?"

"Isn't Jia Baoyu a boy?"

"Do you know Jia Baoyu?"

Zhang Liren rolled her eyes. "Hey, hey, hey, unlike you when you were in school, I don't have a reading disability. I really love reading novels. Can a grown woman like you really play Jia Baoyu? Are you kidding me?"

"No way, Hsu Tsan may be a womanizer, but he's really good at making movies." Brigitte Lin sighed, sat on the sofa, and took a sip of coffee. "It's so bitter, didn't you put any sugar in it?"

"I really can't see how Taiwan's number one innocent girl can play a man!" Chang Li-jen was not optimistic.

Since co-starring with Brigitte Lin in "Outside the Window" in 1972, more than three years have passed, and in every film she has played, she has portrayed a beautiful woman. Newspapers and magazines have been praising Brigitte Lin's appearance.

Xu Zan actually cast her as Jia Baoyu, a man. Although Jia Baoyu is a refined gentleman, he is still a man after all.

"I don't know either, but he just made me act," Brigitte Lin said.

"Who will play Lin Daiyu? Hu Yinmeng? Lin Fengjiao? Tien Niu?" Zhang Liren counted the beauties from Taiwan in her mind.

"Sylvia Chang!"

"Huh? How could that be? She's so beautiful..." Zhang Liren's expression changed. "Do you think it's because she's having an affair with Xu Zan?"

Upon hearing this, Brigitte Lin's expression changed, and she loudly retorted, "What does it matter to me whether they're having an affair or not!"

"How can it be okay?" Zhang Liren analyzed for her. "Look, even if they weren't related, with your looks, would you have any problem playing Lin Daiyu? Or at the very least, you could play Xue Baochai, right?"

"You don't know, men are easily swayed by words. A few sweet nothings from a pillow talk and they'll give you anything you want."

"Did you whisper sweet nothings in your boyfriend's ear while lying next to him?" Brigitte Lin asked curiously.

"Oh dear, are you talking about me?"

After leaving her best friend Zhang Liren, Brigitte Lin kept thinking about her friend's words: she didn't think she was good enough to play Jia Baoyu, and that the industry was full of unspoken rules, and that actresses couldn't get good roles without sleeping with men.

My best friend Zhang Liren is planning to marry a rich man, so she will retire from the entertainment industry and stay at home to be a wife and mother.

Yes, Xu Zan has Hu Huizhong, and maybe Zhang Aijia too. At this moment, Lin Qingxia thought of Qin Han again, who has a wife but still wants to get involved with other people.

No man is any good!

Lin Qingxia didn't go home, but instead went to visit Song Chunshou. She owed a large part of her success to Director Song.

"Hey? Qingxia, what brings you here?" Song Chunshou opened the door, surprised to see her. "Please make yourself at home, I'll make you some tea."

"No need, no need, I'll do it!" Brigitte Lin immediately followed and made tea for Director Song.

"You're such a busy person, aren't you? Has filming wrapped up for 'Kung Fu Love'?" Director Song asked, pouring tea leaves out of the box and looking up.

"Filming has wrapped." Brigitte Lin remained silent.

Song Chunshou could tell that the girl had something on her mind, so he smiled and said, "Have you run into a problem? Tell me about it, and I'll help you think of a solution."

"Director Song, Xu Zan asked me to film a movie, it's about Dream of the Red Chamber. He doesn't want me to play Lin Daiyu, he wants me to play Jia Baoyu instead. I don't know if I can do it, or if it will be a good fit," Lin Qingxia said sullenly.

"Dream of the Red Chamber?" Song Chunshou didn't expect Xu Zan to make a film on this subject. Ever since this kid debuted, every film he's made has become a focus of study for directors in Taiwan.

The idea of ​​returning to eighteen years old in "Miss Granny" showed these screenwriters that it is not limited to time and space.

The series of coincidences in "Destiny" made them realize that movies don't need a strong plot; they just need to attract the audience.

The intense, bloody, and explosive war scenes and explosions in "The Eight Hundred Heroes" can be directly incorporated into the film.

"Qingxia, when it comes to movies, no one can predict what the audience will like. If it hits the mark, it'll be a huge hit; if it doesn't, it'll lose money."

"When I chose you, besides Qin Han's opinion, the main reason was that you stood there, beautiful yet with a touch of melancholy, which perfectly suited the character."

"While Jia Baoyu may be a good friend to young ladies in the inner chambers, he is inevitably eccentric and strange in the world, attracting ridicule and scorn from all quarters."

Song Chunshou quoted a line directly from the book, and seeing that Lin Qingxia didn't understand, he said bluntly, "You're not really suitable. After all, there's a difference between men and women, and your temperament is more like that of a fairy."

After seeing Brigitte Lin off, Director Song received a call from an old friend inquiring about Hsu Tsan. He said frankly that Hsu Tsan was a generous person with unique insights into filmmaking, and that her filming techniques had reached an internationally advanced level.

"Oh? Hsu Tsan asked you to act in this movie? That fulfills your wish!"

"I've wanted to film this for a long time. It's those guys from Shao's company. By the way, he recommended a lot of celebrities. Can you tell me about their characteristics?" Li Hanxiang said.

Song Chunshou thought of Brigitte Lin, but it turned out that it was Li Hanxiang who was directing. He had thought that Xu Zan would be doing it himself.

……

Lin Qingxia was on her way home when her mother returned from grocery shopping, and she quickly took her away.

"No need, no need, Xiao Ni, you don't have any scenes to film today?" Lin's mother asked.

"Filming wrapped up the day before yesterday," Brigitte Lin said.

"Then you can stay at home and keep your dad and me company," Lin's mother said.

"Sigh, I have to go to Hong Kong. I accepted a role in a movie with Xu Zan, and I need to audition there!"

"Oh? That's so far! Can't we stay in Taiwan? Do you want me to go with you?" Lin's mother launched into her interrogation mode, asking very detailed questions: Who's going? By boat or plane? How many days? Where will they stay? Who will they be meeting?

"Mom!" Brigitte Lin interrupted, "I'm going to film 'Dream of the Red Chamber,' do you think I can play Jia Baoyu?"

"Who? Jia Baoyu?" Lin's mother chuckled. "How can a woman like you play a man?"

"Can't I act?"

"With your delicate skin, how can you play a man? Are you mistaken? Xu Zan asked you to play Lin Daiyu? No, you're too healthy, you'd be more suited to playing Xue Baochai," said Lin's mother.

"Who will play Xue Baochai?" Lin Lixia asked as she opened the door.

"Go study! You're everywhere. I think you'd be perfect for playing Wang Xifeng!" Lin's mother said with a laugh and a scolding.

While Lin Qingxia was picking vegetables in the kitchen, her mind was already elsewhere. She had never been sure about playing Jia Baoyu. In recent years, the roles she had played were all similar, mostly women in love. Suddenly playing a famous character made her a little unsure.

She has acted in period dramas before, such as the female ghost in "The Ghost in the Ancient Mirror", but this is her first time playing a man.

"Sigh, I hope I won't get criticized by the audience?"