Chapter 40 Love Not That Deep
After several seconds, the most inconspicuous playwright beside them finally spoke: "Miss Ji, your performance was truly remarkable, almost as if you were truly heartbroken! But, since you mentioned you’ve read the novel ’Choked Love,’ how do you perceive Gao Yangyang?"
The playwright of this drama was also the author, newly venturing into screenwriting, still polite and courteous toward people and affairs.
Her attitude was gentle, and Ji Niandong took a breath before responding: "A currently popular actress, enjoying success, intertwined with someone in the entertainment industry, life’s almost perfect, but suddenly her boyfriend betrays her, seeks pleasure elsewhere. She was once on top, but suddenly falls to the bottom!"
"You have constantly described her experiences! As a woman with a strong sense of self-esteem and not wholly completely in love, your performance was just right. However, the Gao Yangyang I created is different; she appears glamorous in public, but behind closed doors, she is always anxious that the splendor she owns might suddenly leave her. She is actually a sensitive woman, lacking security, because she knows Yu Tong feels only obligation and habit towards her, so when she first realized Yu Tong might have fallen for Chen Xiaoke, she chose to pretend not to know. Eventually, things escalated beyond control... She asked Yu Tong if he loved her during this part, and this was her final hope. In the end, as the two broke up, she would probably lose control in hysteria!"
Everyone listened quietly as the playwright continued: "But your performance revealed the disappointment and unwillingness of being betrayed by a lover, yet lacked that collapse and despair!"
The assistant director then chimed in: "Moreover, Miss Ji, your command of lines needs improvement. Your gaze is fine, but you seemed slightly nervous while rehearsing your lines."
This meant she was an actor with great potential; what the future held for her was uncertain!
But now, she was full of flaws, and acting was about embodying the soul of the role, yet she performed as herself, affecting others, but always lacking something.
Ji Niandong’s heart was full of gloom; in five years, she never considered anything about the entertainment industry, so was there really no way out?