Then, Arima Kana turned around once more, looking at Duanmu Huai, and then reached out her hand with a smile.
"The performance was great."
"So was yours."
Duanmu Huai took Arima Kana’s hand and chuckled.
It wasn’t until this mont that the others around started clapping. No matter what, seeing the male and female leads work so seamlessly was a great start for the entire cast and crew!
After this impromptu scene, the atmosphere among the crew relaxed significantly. Initially, everyone had so worries about potential problems, but seeing that there was no issue between the male and female leads, the rest shouldn’t have much to worry about either.
Once the filming ended, Duanmu Huai, having returned to his usual state, found Arima Kana, and the two went to a café to chat—since they’re underage actors, they aren’t allowed to work past 9 PM, so pulling an all-nighter like adults is out of the question.
"I knew you were a good actor, but I didn’t expect you to be this good."
"It’s simply that this role suits my personality. If it were so pretty boy role, I wouldn’t have taken it."
Faced with Arima Kana’s complint, Duanmu Huai remained composed, as he was stating a fact. Unlike other actors, Duanmu Huai didn’t possess great acting skills and usually only takes roles similar to his own personality. This made things easier, so technically speaking, Duanmu Huai wasn’t really a qualified actor—but he didn’t care.
"Ah, that reminds , I’ve read so online critics who’ve said you only play typecast roles......"
"I knew those idiots would say that, but I couldn’t care less about their nonsense. No matter how much they talk, it doesn’t affect in the slightest."
Duanmu Huai sipped his coffee, sneering at the notion.
"Eh? You don’t care? Seeing people criticize you online wouldn’t feel good, right?"
"I barely go online."
"Ah, now that you ntion it, you don’t even have a LINE account...... You really don’t search yourself online?"
Arima Kana had seen so interviews with Duanmu Huai and knew he wasn’t interested in the internet. In the internet age, idols and celebrities typically have LINE accounts to serve fans and as channels for communication.
But Duanmu Huai was unusually old-fashioned, with no LINE account of his own, not even a personal website, just an email used by his agency.
"There’s no need to worry about the nonsense of those people online."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand dismissively.
"The idiots online might be loud, but that doesn’t an there are a lot of them. I don’t care how they view , as long as it’s not hurting my earnings."
"Wow... If you posted that online, you’d definitely get flad. It’s a good choice you don’t go online."
Hearing Duanmu Huai’s dismissive comnts about online critics, Arima Kana took a sharp breath, imagining the backlash if he said that on his LINE account.
"I suggest you also stop paying attention to that nonsense. With your free ti, why not watch so cat and dog videos? It’s better than seeing people criticize you."
Duanmu Huai said this while carefully sizing up Arima Kana.
"But you...... Earlier, when I saw the sample film, I thought you hadn’t acted in so long that your skills had deteriorated beyond recognition."
"Huh? You watched the sample film!?"
Hearing this, Arima Kana reacted as if stabbed in the chest, leaning back.
"For the sake of my reputation, I must clarify that it wasn’t my true skill level. The co-actors there were just terrible, weren’t they? If I didn’t fit in with them, I would have been replaced! The aim of that drama was to make those models famous, not !"
"That’s also correct."
Duanmu Huai understood Arima Kana’s situation. As an actor without power or influence, Arima Kana... was indeed quite pitiful.
"By the way, it seems like you don’t have an agency now?"
Duanmu Huai clearly rembered that during introductions earlier, everyone ntioned XX agency, while Arima Kana simply introduced herself with no further detail.
"Your manager is your mom, right? I don’t think I saw her today......"
"My mom has returned to the countryside."
Arima Kana lightly interrupted Duanmu Huai’s question, staring at her coffee, continually turning the cup.
"Now it’s just left here. But don’t worry about money— I earned quite a bit as a child star beforehand."
"Why don’t you join i PRO?"
"Huh?"
It’s undeniable that Arima Kana was taken aback when she heard Duanmu Huai’s invitation.
"i PRO? Isn’t that your agency?"
"That’s right."
"You want to join?"
"Absolutely."
"But, why? Are you pitying ? If that’s the case, I can’t accept. I have my pride too!"
"Once this drama is finished, you’ll definitely beco popular."
Duanmu Huai didn’t care for Arima Kana’s rationale and simply continued.
"By that ti, if people find out you don’t have an agency, many will co looking for you. So I want to strike first, and sign you on before the drama ends."
"Um......"
Facing Duanmu Huai’s straightforward response, for a mont, Arima Kana didn’t know what to say.
"Are you that sure I won’t ss up this drama?"
"How would I know? But didn’t the director choose you? If the director believes in you, then you should be fine."
"...... Hmm...... is that so......"
Arima Kana reached out, scratched her cheek, and turned away, slightly embarrassed.
"Since you’ve decided, let’s go sign the contract now."
"Wait, I didn’t say I’ve decided. I only said I’d consider it!"
"All right, all right, you can think about it on the way."
"What do you an think about it on the way...... this concerns my major life decisions, I should at least ponder it for a few days...... anyway, I won’t sign! No matter what you say, I’m not agreeing that easily!"
Arima Kana was determined; even though she’s currently free, getting pulled into signing a contract like this was unacceptable. Even if she’s not selling big now, she was a forr child star and needs to hold onto so dignity!
"Boop."
"Welco to i PRO, Arima Kana."
"........."
Staring at the signed contract in front of her, Arima Kana went completely blank, then squatted down with her head in her hands.
"Ah...... I swore I wouldn’t sign, so why isn’t my body listening!"
"See, I told you."
Watching Arima Kana squatting in front of him, Duanmu Huai silently shook his head.
So easy to trick......
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