Peninsula: The Best Actor Starts from an Idol Battleground

Chapter 93 Zhi En: You two were indeed in the bedroom...

In Li Zhixing's bedroom, Jessica went in and immediately lay down on the bed.

The soft, elastic, and dry mattress gently lifted her up.

Jessica let out a comfortable hum.

Li Zhixing's eyes twitched as he watched.

"Hey Jessica, get down right now, don't get my bed dirty."

He then tried to pull her down.

"If you won't lower it, I won't lower it."

Jessica started acting spoiled, even pulling the blanket over herself and twisting and turning to avoid Li Zhixing's hands.

"Oh, this is my bed."

Li Zhixing was extremely annoyed.

Jessica glared at him, annoyed.

"How dare you say that? Mom is just biased. I can understand giving you the biggest bedroom."

"I only bought you such a good mattress."

Neither Krystal nor I have any.

Li Zhixing rolled his eyes.

"How many times a year do you two actually come back to stay?"

Seeing that Jessica refused to come down, Li Zhixing gave up on chasing her away.

He rolled Jessica up in the blanket and pushed her directly to the bedside.

Then I lay down on it myself.

However, she was lying on the other side of the bed.

He closed his eyes wearily.

"Say what it is quickly."

"Get out of here right now."

"I need to rest for a while."

The bedroom fell silent.

Jessica remained silent.

Li Zhixing only felt the mattress next to him move a few times, and then Jessica's fragrance came over.

Li Zhixing subconsciously sniffed the air, then opened his eyes in surprise.

But he found Jessica lying next to him, her face very close, staring at him.

You could even feel the heat from Jessica's breath.

Startled, Li Zhixing dodged to the side and grabbed a pillow to shield himself.

"Hey Jessica, what are you doing?"

"This is your home, you better control yourself."

"Otherwise, I'll have to call Auntie over."

Jessica, however, gave a strange look and moved closer.

"Go ahead and yell, the room's soundproofed anyway, Mom won't hear you."

Li Zhixing raised his hand and pressed it against her large forehead.

"Just be normal."

Jessica rolled her eyes at him and slapped his hand away.

She carefully observed his complexion and asked with some concern, "Have you been sleeping poorly again lately?"

"Why am I so tired?"

Li Zhixing paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I've been sleeping surprisingly well lately, it's just that the filming intensity has been a bit high these past two days."

"You'll be fine after a short rest."

Jessica was relieved.

Then, he suddenly reached out and touched Li Zhixing's face.

"I've always been curious, even though you're a stunt double and exposed to the elements every day, why is your skin so good?"

"I've never seen you have pimples."

"Hmm—it's quite smooth."

Li Zhixing finally couldn't take it anymore.

He suddenly sat up straight and slapped her hand away.

"No, what's wrong with all of you?"

"Do you really enjoy touching people's faces that much?"

Li Zhixing hit the slap a bit too hard this time.

Jessica was about to explode when she suddenly grasped the key point, and her eyebrows shot up.

"What do you mean? Who else touched it?"

"None of your business!"

Li Zhixing rubbed his face in annoyance.

"Are you alright? If not, get out of here."

Jessica ran the name through her mind, but still couldn't guess who Li Zhixing was talking about.

Could there be other women he doesn't know about?

Jessica was a little upset.

She glanced at Li Zhixing's face again, feeling even more annoyed.

Is it better to be a little ugly?

What I was initially hesitant about has now become even more resolute.

Jessica sat cross-legged on the bed, arms crossed, and asked, "Hey, Li Zhixing, how about signing with our company?"

Li Zhixing was stunned for a moment, then said speechlessly, "What are you talking about in your sleep?"

"You want me to sign with your company?"

What makes your company so appealing that I would want to sign with you?

Jessica was annoyed.

"Oh, our company is one of the largest entertainment agencies in Korea, is it really that bad for you?"

Li Zhixing scoffed, "No matter how big your company is, it's still a music company. What does it have to do with me, an actor?"

What kind of development opportunities can your company offer me?

"And who told you to deliver this message?"

"It's President Kim Young-min."

"Um?"

This was somewhat unexpected by Li Zhixing.

He had assumed he would be the head of SM's acting department.

Unexpectedly, it was the president of SM Entertainment.

Given Kim Young-min's status, it's unlikely he would personally make a request for such a minor actor.

Do you have such high hopes for yourself?

Or is it because of the LGG GMV incident that he wants to get revenge on himself?

That would be too unbecoming of me.

Seeing Li Zhixing fall silent, Jessica moved closer to him and tempted him, "The president said that if you're willing to sign with the company..."

"Contract length, basic benefits, signing bonus, etc., can all be negotiated at a level no lower than that of other companies."

"In addition, our company is preparing to produce the next TV series, 'Paradise Ranch,' and we can directly cast you as the second male lead."

"Second male?"

Li Zhixing looked utterly bewildered.

"Is this considered a condition?"

"Are you crazy?"

"Ji-won Nona's company came to me with the condition that she would become one of the male leads in the movie."

"And it's a big-budget production exceeding 10 billion."

"How dare your company president say such a thing?"

Jessica panicked.

"The president also said so."

"If you can boost your popularity further with 'IRIS,' the company might consider casting you as the male lead."

Li Zhixing shook his head again.

"Just listen to these words and forget about them. Any promises not put in a contract are just empty words."

"And even if it's the male lead, I wouldn't consider your company."

Jessica was somewhat disappointed.

Why?

"Is our company really that bad?"

"The company doesn't have many male actors to begin with. If you go there, you'll definitely be treated as an ace and given special attention."

"Good film and television resources will definitely be allocated to you first."

Li Zhixing said dismissively, "What good resources can SM possibly get?"

"If they could really get good resources, would they go to the trouble of making it themselves?"

"Don't listen to your president's nice talk, there's absolutely no way I'll get the male lead role in 'Paradise Ranch'."

"Your company simply can't bear to let go of the popularity of its existing idols."

"We won't put in a lot of effort to train an actor from scratch."

"What your company really wants to do is the idol business, using the popularity of existing idols to promote film and television projects, without caring whether the person is actually suitable for acting."

"Ever since SM Entertainment cast Jung Yunho as the male lead in a drama, I've lost all hope for your company's film and television productions."

"If this mindset doesn't change, SM Entertainment's film and television productions won't succeed."

"Similarly, your own actors won't have much of a future either."

"SM Entertainment doesn't train actors at all."

Jessica argued, "But wasn't Yoona a very good actress?"

"He also won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Newcomer."

Li Zhixing sneered.

"Don't you know whether that newcomer award was won based on ratings and popularity or on acting skills?"

"That movie you starred in earlier this year, 'Cinderella Story,' with Kwon Sang-woo, flopped. Hasn't that woken you up yet?"

"Is Yoona still getting acting roles?"

"Instead of honestly starting over as a supporting actress and honing her acting skills, she's single-mindedly looking for leading roles while also trying to balance her idol career. Dream on!"

Jessica fell silent.

Yoona has certainly participated in role auditions in the past few months, but she has not been successful even once.

When he first received the Best New Actor award, many projects came knocking on his door. SM Entertainment carefully selected the projects before finally settling on the drama he would be working with Kwon Sang-woo on.

But after "The Prince Who Turns into a Beggar" flopped, they basically stopped receiving any more scripts.

Even though Kwon Sang-woo had many problems with that drama, the outside world attributed all the low ratings to Yoona.

The failure of a drama almost completely offset the bonus brought by the newcomer award, and the impact was even greater.

Seeing Jessica's depressed expression, Li Zhixing thought he had gone a bit too far.

He then raised his hand and poked her.

"Alright, I know what I'm doing."

"If your company contacts you again because of me, just ignore them."

"Don't let it affect you."

Jessica felt a little itchy where she was poked.

She twisted her body and glared at him.

"How could it affect me?"

"Can you keep refusing to sign with the company?"

"Supporting roles are fine, but many lead roles are reserved for our own artists when our company produces projects."

"Either you rely on connections with established talent agencies to get roles."

"You have nothing, what will you do in the future?"

Li Zhixing said nonchalantly, "Let's just take it one step at a time."

"What if I'm just lucky?"

"What if one day, great directors like Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook come along, holding scripts and begging me to play the male lead?"

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"Pooh."

"I think you're the one talking nonsense."

Jessica rolled her eyes at him, then her mood plummeted.

It seems that the idea of ​​bringing Li Zhixing into SM Entertainment has failed, given how much this guy dislikes his own company.

And what he said does seem to make sense; SM Entertainment didn't seem to be helping him that much.

But that means I can't keep an eye on him often, and who knows how many women he'll be attracting outside.

Jessica recently heard that Lee Ji-hyeong and Kim Tae-hee have a particularly good relationship.

On set, the two even often joked around.

She's only been on set for a short time? Are all the top beauties in Korea this unreserved?

Of course, she didn't know that Lee Ji-haeng and Kim Tae-hee had actually known each other for a long time.

Seeing Li Zhixing lie down again, looking like he couldn't be bothered to talk anymore, Jessica was furious.

My hands are itching too!

So she decisively pounced on him, kneading Li Zhixing's face with both hands.

"You're so annoying, so annoying!"

"Hey, Jessica, what are you doing?"

Li Zhixing was completely bewildered by her rubbing, not knowing what had gotten into her again.

"Get down, get down!"

"I did it."

Just as Jessica was on top of him and Li Zhixing was struggling below, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.

Zhi En peeked in.

"Oppa, the drama is about to start, you—"

"What are you doing???"