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Green Tea Villainess [Fail]

Translator: Xiao Wentian

Editor: Kirishima Ririka

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　　Chapter 8

　　That night the staff of the crew worked overnight to edit and upload makeup photos of 《Sheng Xian – Ascension of the Immortals》, a TV series adaptation based on the well-known webnovel that had its own traffic, immediately a large number of fans forwarded the crew’s Weibo’s post.
　　
　　The male lead and female two and three were already a little famous young stars, only the female lead wass a new face.
　　
　　As soon as the debut was picked out as the main female character, many people began to wonder about the identity of the actress Zuo Bian.
　　
　　Unfortunately, no matter how they search her identity, they couldn’t, she’s mysterious as if she came out of nowhere.
　　
　　At this time, a well-known gossip forum, titled 《Shock! SX crew’s heroine and female second had an argument on the set! The reason is… no way–!?》
　　
　　1C: TS Which department do you learn to be UC[1], what shocking material quickly say it ah, we’re waiting to eat melon[2] damn it.
　　
　　2C: Pics or I don’t believe it. [eats melon]

　　Then the TS immediately posted a slightly blurry photo. In the photo Chang Wenshi was full of anger while she was pointing and scolding at the girl who was sitting in front of the makeup mirror, even in the bad lightning and blurry low res picture, the girl’s delicate and beautiful face was undamaged.
　　
　　5C: I can’t help but shake the thread a bit. This actress is really good looking and I don’t care if she couldn’t act! I’m already done licking the screen! I can lick because of this face![3]
　　
　　6C: Wake up upstairs sister, shouldn’t you be more curious about what Chang Wensi was yelling for? Chang Wenshi is a famous chili pepper with bad temper, she disliked everything, I don’t know why she got pissed off again.
　　
　　TS: Here comes the main event, Chang Wenshi scolded this little fairy for stealing her brother’s girlfriend.
　　
　　8C: TMI!!!! That’s a bit too much information!
　　
　　9C: Where’s the big thing, nowadays, aren’t young lady prefers to be with another young lady ?
　　
　　10C: LET’SBIAN! [Starry Eyes]
　　
　　Originally it was a thread about female stars tearing up drama, as a result of the owner’s shared pics, it turned directly into couple shipping building, and someone’s hand even quick to write up some fanfic.
　　
　　Because of this, the popularity of the Seng Xing XianXia drama was driven high, no matter what the quality of the drama that finally came out, there wouldn’t be shortage of topic.
　　
　　The bad tempered little chili pepper who scolded the super newcomer who robbed her sister-in-law, when ones think about that picture, it would definitely create creative sparks.

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　　　　The next day the crew officially started filming, yet the actor Xu Ruisheng arrived late.
　　
　　Xu Ruisheng was the latest popular youth, acting skills are average but the popularity was high, the fan base was also very strong.
　　
　　Xu Ruisheng greeted everyone and started shooting, the first scene was the second female and male lead’s rival act. After all, Zuo Bian was an inexperienced newcomer, director Chen didn’t dare to let Zuo Bian started shooting directly, so he made Zuo Bian to watch how the seniors will act…
　　
　　Zuo Bian was watching very carefully, and she was making notes in her notebook as she watched. Before she came here, she had been getting the knowledge from 555 to learn more about filming, knowing that acting also requires skill.
　　
　　Zuo Bian hasn’t acted in the camera all day, and has been learning, director Chen also tried his best to pass on his knowledge to Zuo Bian, hoping that Zuo Bian could grow up as soon as possible.
　　
　　When the male lead, Xu Ruisheng, finished his part today, he asked Zuo Bian if she wanted to have dinner with him tonight and acted against each other. [4]
　　
　　It’s a rather obvious hint, but how could Zuo Bian possibly understand, she straightforwardly said, “My mom says I can’t dine casually with random strangers.”
　　
　　Xu Ruisheng’s expression stiffened for a moment, and such a short answer made him feel humiliated.
　　
　　”Why would Miss Zuo reject me with such a clumsy reason, If you don’t want to, you can say it straight.” Xu Ruisheng still maintained his fake kind mask.
　　
　　’555. Why is he talking to himself, is there something wrong with my answer?’
　　
　　Zuo Bian would be away from home and do filming. Du Yundong is very worried about Zuo Bian. One of her many instructions was for Zuo Bian not to eat with random strangers, and Zuo Bian was just telling the truth…
　　
　　【Stay away from him, host. This man has a bad mind. I’ll hack into your phone system to call you, you can pretend to answer the phone and is busy.】
　　
　　‘Okay.’
　　
　　Buzz-
　　
　　Zuo Bian picked up the phone as naturally as possible, “Hey, I know, I’m coming over. Sorry ah, I suddenly had something to do, so I’ll leave first.”
　　
　　Xu Ruisheng looked at Zuo Bian’s departing back, a smirk tugging at his face.
　　
　　Xu Ruisheng got into the car parked a short distance away, in which his agent, Lu Deng, frowned at the phone screen.
　　
　　”I couldn’t take any useful pictures, this newcomer was cautious.”
　　
　　”Come what may, there’s always a chance to take useful photos.”
　　
　　Lu Deng raised his head and said, “Chang Wenshi is the daughter of the Chang family, and it’s not good to move her. With that temper of Chang Wenshi, I’m afraid we won’t be able to please her if we bind her and fried CP.
　　
　　”But this newcomer was different, she has no fans, nor foundation. By the time the TV drama hype is finished let the marketing numbers guide these rumors to the netizens, saying that the heroine is sleeping with the drama execs to get the role. We got the drama more fired up and got our hands clean.”

　　Xu Ruisheng irritably pressed the phone, “I thought there was a backing behind that newcomer, but it turned out that she was a really soft persimmon, I don’t want to fail.”
　　
　　Lu Deng smiled slightly and said, “Don’t worry about that, I didn’t find out which family’s daughter that newcomer is, I guess she was relying on her good skin to attract people. How could the Gold Backer chose a trinket over us? I’m afraid she’ll get bored soon.”
　　
　　”I’m relieved then.” Although he said so on his lips, Xu Ruisheng was still inexplicably uneasy.
　　
　　Of course Lu Deng couldn’t check Zuo Bian’s identity, with his position, he could only see what others wanted to show him. And unfortunately, he misguided Zuo Bian’s identity.

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　　Zuo Bian had just walked a short distance away when she met her manager, Zhuo Jing, “Xiao Zuo, sorry, I just got called away.”
　　
　　”I just met Xu Ruisheng, he said he wanted to have dinner with me.” Zuo Bian wasn’t stupid, she could sense that Xu Ruisheng was strange, so she chose to tell the trustworthy people around her about it.
　　
　　Zhuo Jing was arranged by her parents, so she should be reliable.
　　
　　Zhuo Jing quirked her eyebrows at the news, “Xu Ruisheng… Xiao Zuo, you should try to keep your distance away from him in the future, so that you don’t be bound and get your blood sucked.”
　　
　　”Okay, I’ll remember.” Zuo Bian didn’t know what binding and blood sucking meant, she planned to look it up on the internet later.
　　
　　Just like 555 said, this world’s internet was really convenient, and all you needed to have was a cell phone.
　　
　　After finished shooting, at the evening, Zuo Bian searched with her phone. She has learnt a lot of internet slangs and words. She wasn’t that proficient on it yet, but at least she knew about it.
　　
　　 At nine o’clock, Zuo Bian received a QQ call from Qin Tian. “Do you want to come over to my house tomorrow? There are a lot of games at my house, we can party all weekend!”
　　
　　”Ah, I’m shooting a film right now, so I wouldn’t be able to visit your house tomorrow.” Zuo Bian guiltily said.
　　
　　”!!! Shooting! Are you making a TV show or a movie? That sounds awesome!” Qin Tian’s little face was red with excitement, he immediately held his phone da da da da da was sounding as he ran to Qin Ai’s study.
　　
　　Zuo Bian heard the sound of footsteps and Qin Tian’s progressively faster breathing coming from inside the phone and asked, “I’m shooting a TV show, are you running, Little Tian?”
　　
　　”Uh-huh! Big Sister Zuo I’ll come visit you tomorrow, okay?”
　　
　　Zuo Bian subconsciously wanted to say yes, but remembered that the director had said that unrelated people couldn’t just walk around the set easily.
　　
　　”As much as I’d love for you to come visit me, it seems like you can’t easily enter here.”
　　
　　”It’s okay lah, I have a big sister, my big sister is the greatest.” He finally stopped, he stood in front of the study and knocked on the door, “Big Sister, big sister, are you there, your lil’ cutie pie Tian wants to see you!”
　　
　　It didn’t take long for the study door to be opened, Qin Ai was dressed in a white robe, her eyes were tired, “What is it.”
　　
　　”Big Sister, I want to see Big Sister Zuo tomorrow, she said she’s shooting a TV show, I have never seen how a TV show is filmed.” Qin Tian lifted his face to look at Qin Ai with a sweet smile and bright eyes, as if he was certain that she wouldn’t refuse him.
　　
　　Qin Ai’s brain flashed Zuo Bian’s face, and after a moment of silence, she replied, “Yes.”
　　
　　”Oh yeah! Big Sister Zuo, my big sister said yes! We’ll see you tomorrow!” Qin Tian happily said to Zuo Bian on the phone.
　　
　　Zuo Bian was also happy, “Ummm, I’ll wait for you guys to come visit me!”
　　
　　”It’s only nine o’clock, big sister Zuo let’s play a game! I haven’t used up my two hours of gaming today. Ah- Big Sister, put me down!”
　　
　　Qin Tian fluttered his short legs, and he was picked up by Qin Ai like a little chick.
　　
　　”Don’t you have to see your big sister Zuo tomorrow, why don’t you go to bed early, how long do you want to play?” Even though Qin Ai’s voice sounded good, to Qin Tian’s ears, it was simply a demonic whisper.
　　
　　Qin Tian slumped his head and said mournfully, “Alright, goodnight big sister Zuo, I’m going to bed.”
　　
　　”Goodnight, go to bed early. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
　　
　　Zuo Bian hung up the call with Qin Tian.
　　
　　【I didn’t expect the big devil’s little brother to be a little cutie pie, this contrast is really big. But this is good, host, you and the heroine will have a chance to meet again!】
　　
　　Zuo Bian clenched her fist, “Yeah! I’ll take advantage of this opportunity!”
　　
　　【Review the Green Tea manual again before you go to bed, it might come in handy tomorrow.】
　　
　　”Okay.” Zuo Bian sat up straight, solemnly flipped open the Green Tea manual and read it aloud, as if she was reading some remarkable book.
　　
　　As she was reading, Zuo Bian shook her head and sighed, “The contents of this little manual are really subtle, although now I can read every word on it, but there are some sentences I can’t understand.”
　　
　　555: 【…….】
　　
　　In fact, these contents were found from the Internet and then adapted, Zuo Bian who was an ancient human wasn’t be able to understand completely is totally normal.
　　
　　Afterwards, 555 heard Zuo Bian said: “This green tea manual is concise, practical and effective. 555, I will study hard and apply it whenever I could.” she said. “New life is hard to come by, and I won’t fail you by letting you giving it away for free!”
　　
　　555 is getting more and more guilty by what Zuo Bian has said. This life wasn’t given by it, but now it could only accept it as if it was the truth.
　　
　　【Go for it, host! I’m cheering for you! This green tea manual is indeed too deep for you now. I will give the host hints in due time.】
　　
　　”Thank you so much! 555.”
　　
　　The more 555 are thanked, the more it felt guilty, ‘Woo woo woo woo, I will definitely treat the host better in the future!’
　　
　　After a dreamless night, Zuo Bian woke up early. Today, Zuo Bian would finally act her first scene, which Zuo Bian who played female main character and a few junior apprentice siblings alongside the untrustworthy alcoholic master to join Qing Yun – Noble- Sect, and encountered annoying Chi Mu Feng -red eyed bees- on their way.
　　
　　This was the kind of scenario when being blown hard by a blower and then special effects editing would be added later.
　　
　　Originally, the director was worried that Zuo Bian, as a newcomer would NG[5] a couple of times for a first time shot without a physical object. but surprisingly Zuo Bian did well.
　　
　　This was due to the fact that Zuo Bian was a cultivator and has been through similar scenes before, so it’s an effortless performance.
　　
　　Zuo Bian’s acting wasn’t as good as the professional actor[6], but it is closer to the real character, since she was a cultivator before.
　　
　　Zuo Bian heard that Hu Mioufu, who was a professional actor, can’t always find the right feeling. Zuo Bian taught Hu Miaofu a few tricks, and she was able to pass this scene soon. But the director was already looking at Hu Miaofu in displeasure. Hu Miaofu kept bowing and apologizing, saying that it was her fault for delaying everyone’s time.
　　
　　Hu Miaofu has an innocent look, and her teary-eyed appearance looked especially pitiful, as if she has been bullied badly.
　　
　　Male second felt pity for Hu Miaofu and took the initiative to comfort her during the break. Hu Miaofu smiled with tears in her eyes and said, “Senior Zhong you are so kind, thank you.”
　　
　　Hu Miaofu, a little white flower who looked weak, could especially arouse Zhong Xin’s protective desire.
　　
　　”But Miss Zuo doesn’t seem to like me very much, when we were filming… no, nevermind.” Hu Miaofu shook her head with a forced smile.
　　
　　However, the more Hu Miaofu did this, the more Zhong Xin was certain that Zuo Bian had made things difficult for Hu Miaofu when she was filming just now.
　　
　　”Xiao Fu, I believe in your acting skills, you couldn’t have made so many mistakes for no reason, it was definitely that Zuo Bian who did something to you right???”
　　
　　Hu Miaofu shook her head, but the glittering tears kept rolling down as she shook her head, seeing that she was clearly wronged but still endured strongly.
　　
　　”I heard that that Miss Zuo is a newcomer who was promoted by the investor, and I don’t know what tricks she used. In terms of acting skills how can she compare to you, a professional actor? If it wasn’t for the backer behind her, she wouldn’t be able to act at all!”
　　
　　Although Zhong Xin’s looks were good, there wasn’t much to highlight in terms of personality or acting skills, with no background nor connections, his roles were often changed for various reasons, so the kind of person he despised the most was the one who had a backer who brought money to the group.
　　
　　”Senior Zhong you don’t have to say that, actually, actually Miss Zuo’s acting skills are okay.” Hu Miaofu paled and weakly ‘defended’ Zuo Bian.
　　
　　But Zhong Xin’s eyes were disdainful, “Acting with such a person is simply a waste of time.”
　　
　　”Senior Zhong thank you for your comfort, you’ve really been good to me, I don’t know how to thank you.” Hu Miaofu looked at Zhong Xin, making it hard for Zhong Xin to look away.
　　
　　After a fifteen minute break the next scene was about to start, this time it was Zuo Bian and the second male, just a simple conversation, it wasn’t difficult.
　　
　　But every time Zuo Bian spoke, Zhong Xin would shout impatiently, “Director Chen, Zuo Bian’s words are so bland, I can’t hear the emotion at all!”
　　
　　At first Zuo Bian thought that she really wasn’t acting well enough; after all, she was still inexperienced, and it was normal that she would fall short in controlling her emotions.
　　
　　But the number of times he was nitpicking, no matter how slow Zuo Bian was, she could sense that something was wrong.
　　
　　”Mr. Zhong Xin, are you a repeater? Why do you always say the same thing?” Repeater was a new word that Zuo Bian had learned last night from the internet, and she put it to use for today’s Zhong Xin.
　　
　　Zhong Xin’s face turned pale, while Chen Gui turned his head to hold his laughter. Clearly Zhong Xin was making things difficult for Zuo Bian, and Director Chen was also a human being, how could he not see that?

　　He was turning a blind eye on this, since the scene being filmed wasn’t some kind of fighting and hanging on wires.
　　
　　”Zhong Xin, your state is a bit off today, pay attention and adjust your mindset.” Director Chen spoke up, the subtext was for Zhong Xin to restrain himself.
　　
　　”Once again, let’s start.”
　　
　　At this time, the field service received a call, and he whispered something to Director Chen before taking two assistants with him to pick them up.
　　
　　The investor had come to inspect, and they had to show their best.
　　
　　There are only two investor in this drama, one is Zuo family and the other is Qin family.　

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Author: Is it long today?

Ririka: WTF over 4k words in a chapter RIP. Also FL will appear next ch, and obligatory MC acting like Green Tea and FL doing face slapping plot. Also apparently MC’s new TV drama is both co-invested by her family and her future wife’s family. Next up is Asura.

XWV: So we’ll see Fake Green Tea Zuo Bian vs Real Green Tea Hu Miaofu. I’m surprised she turned out to be Green Tea pretending to be White Lotus… While MC is White Lotus pretending to be Green Tea. Ah Btw Xu Ruisheng’s name meant Somewhat Lucky Life – well, you scum, your life won’t be lucky anymore if you tried to harm MC, huh! Hu Miaofu means Hu – Wonderful Lotus …. …. huh, surprisingly fitting.

Footnotes:

[1] TS: Thread Starter, UC: Under Cover, the F is referred to the Floor, where 0F is the TS, 1F aka 1st Floor is the First Comment, etc. The thread are being referred as building. anyway I changed 1F to 1C (comment)
[2] Eats Melon: When ones sees a big event, equivalent to Western’s Eat Popcorn idiom
[3] Lick the Screen Meme, someone/something that’s so good that you want to lick it through the screen. This is an expression of worship, so netizens already loved MC’s face!
[4] Yep, this scumbag wanted to cp (couple) with MC just cos they’re both leads. Huh Dream on! …. Ew, reading more, he’s actually the worst!
[5] NG: No Good, the scene needs to be retaken.
[6] Professional actor: people who studied acting for a profession

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