Strategy to Conquer the Vicious Female Supporting Character [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 2

Qi Lin only felt a flash of white light in front of her eyes, and the scene around her changed completely.

The hospital room instantly turned into an office corridor, surrounded by a dozen or so young and beautiful girls, all dressed stylishly and wearing exquisite makeup.

Judging from how all the girls were subtly or openly focused on the sounds coming from behind a certain door, Qi Lin quickly figured it out — this was an audition site for a female role.

So… this is probably an entertainment industry story?

[403: Transmitting relevant data for this mission world…]

The system’s data transfer was fast — information instantly flooded into Qi Lin’s mind.

The original character she transmigrated into is named An Xiaoxiao, a recent university graduate. Because of her stunning looks, she caught the attention of a talent scout and signed with Yingda, a top entertainment company, becoming a female celebrity.

The male lead is Gu Fei, the CEO/President of Yingda — arrogant, domineering, and a total playboy. During one of his office fling sessions with his sexy secretary, An Xiaoxiao accidentally walked in on them. From that moment on, Gu Fei took an interest in her.

An Xiaoxiao, with her “white lotus”¹ personality, stood no chance against someone like Gu Fei, who’s had endless experience flirting with women. With just a few sweet nothings, some roses, and a couple of acting roles, he moved her so much that she agreed to be his girlfriend.

However, during Gu Fei’s pursuit of An Xiaoxiao, he was still entangled with several female supporting characters. The plot went like this,
Gu Fei cheats with one of the female side characters -> the female lead catches them and breaks down, crying and wanting to break up -> Gu Fei sweet-talks her and gives her gifts and roles to win her back -> the female side characters get jealous and try to sabotage the female lead -> the female lead ends up miserable and isolated -> Gu Fei swoops in to help and kicks the female side characters aside -> the female lead is touched and forgives him.
Eventually, Gu Fei dumps all the female side characters and loves only the female lead wholeheartedly.

And An Xiaoxiao, who originally had good looks and acting skills, under Gu Fei’s overwhelming resources and promotion, eventually won the title of Best Actress. According to the author, it was a “double win in love and career,” and the novel ends with the grand wedding of newly crowned Best Actress An Xiaoxiao and wealthy CEO Gu Fei.

Qi Lin: “…”

Did this female lead just following the same plot over and over, leveling up as if it’s a game?

But honestly, this kind of plot is easy to remember. Just swap out the names of the female side characters and the film titles and you’re good to go — pretty friendly for a newbie host like her.

Right now, the story point Qi Lin was at is right after Gu Fei became interested in An Xiaoxiao. With a wave of his hand, he gave her an audition slot for the second female lead in “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin,” a historical film heavily backed by Yingda. An Xiaoxiao was here for that audition.

Hmm, good — she hasn’t agreed to date the scumbag yet. Breaking up is way harder than rejecting someone in the first place.

Though the character setting is… a bit much, the novel’s internal logic is actually pretty decent. For example, Gu Fei’s initial feelings toward An Xiaoxiao were just for fun, so of course he wouldn’t immediately hand her top-tier resources. Instead, he only gave her an audition opportunity. After all, Gu Fei is still a businessman — handing a major role in a high-budget movie to a complete rookie would be bad for both box office and reputation.

In the original plot, An Xiaoxiao, who had talent for acting but no actual experience, really did fail the audition. Just when she was feeling down, Gu Fei immediately came over to comfort and encourage her, even gave her gifts, greatly increasing An Xiaoxiao’s favorability toward him. You could say this President Gu was quite scheming.

But now that An Xiaoxiao has been “switched out,” Qi Lin’s lips curled up slightly.

Among the missions assigned by 403 were “Let the female lead become independent and strong” and “Stay away from scumbag men.” These could be roughly summarized as the ‘career line’ and the ‘romance line’. From the “career perspective”, An Xiaoxiao had already signed a ten-year contract with Yingda. She absolutely couldn’t afford the penalty for breach of contract right now, so Qi Lin had only one path, stay at Yingda and build her acting career.

So with such a great opportunity like “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin,” how could Qi Lin possibly let someone else have it?

403, having fully accessed all of Qi Lin’s thoughts in her mind, “……”

This new host is really impressive! It hardly needs to explain anything anymore!

[Qi Lin: 403, do newbie hosts get any perks for their first mission?]

Since speaking out loud to communicate with the system would definitely be inconvenient, Qi Lin asked 403 in her mind based on what she had read in system novels.

[403: Yes, Host!]

[403: After completing both the “career and romance lines” in each world, the host will receive {10,000 experience points} for ‘each line’, totaling {20,000 EXP}. These can be used to purchase items in the system shop. For first-time mission hosts, the {20,000 EXP} reward for a perfect dual-line completion in the first world can be ‘advanced’ ahead of time. If the mission is completed successfully, there will also be an ‘additional bonus’ of {‘10,000 EXP’}. If the host fails to perfectly complete both lines in the first world, the advanced EXP must be repaid in later missions — with an extra penalty of 10,000 EXP added.]

[403: If the host is unable to repay this debt after ‘three consecutive worlds’, they will be erased.]

Qi Lin nodded. Sounds pretty decent, and not overly exploitative — much better than the worst-case scenario she had imagined.

[Qi Lin: Alright. Has the <20,000 EXP> been credited to my account? If it has, open the system shop so I can take a look.]

[403: Understood, Host.]

A game-like shop interface immediately appeared in Qi Lin’s mind, full of all sorts of items — beauty boosters that show up in almost every system novel, charm-enhancing sprays, various maxed-out skill capsules, foods from different worlds… it had everything you could think of.

After scanning through the options, Qi Lin chose a [ ’Maxed Acting Skill Capsule‘ ] worth 10,000 EXP and a [ ’Charm Enhancement Spray’ ] also worth 10,000 EXP, using up her entire <”20,000 EXP”> advance.

Acting skill was the strongest foundation for an actor’s career, while charm was a key standard for a celebrity’s popularity. 403 couldn’t help but sigh — the host really knows how to spend every point of EXP where it matters most!

[403: Both items have been purchased. Would the host like to use them now?]

[Qi Lin: Leave it for now, wait a moment.]

While Qi Lin was familiarizing herself with the various settings, several actresses had already completed their auditions. Now, aside from Qi Lin, only three actresses remained waiting in the corridor.

An Xiaoxiao was last in the audition order. Qi Lin stood up and walked to the restroom at the other end of the hallway.

There was no one else in the restroom. Qi Lin looked into the mirror above the sink and finally saw the face of the female lead. It matched the original description perfectly — delicate features, fresh and sweet.

No wonder the male lead, Gu Fei, who had seen countless beautiful women, was instantly interested in her at first glance.

Qi Lin smiled at the mirror, and the small dimple on her left cheek appeared—especially cute and harmless.

[Qi Lin: 403, use {– “Maxed Acting Skill Capsule” –} and {– ”Charm Enhancement Spray” –}.]

Inside the audition room, the judges sitting at the panel were already a bit bored.

“The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin” was a big commercial film production, and there were all sorts of hidden deals behind the scenes. Although there was still one audition left, the role of the second female lead had long been decided. The remaining candidates were just there to make up the numbers.

Looking at the last candidate, An Xiaoxiao’s file — oh, a complete unknown, a total newcomer. No one even bothered to greet her specially. Just go through the motions and be done with it. The panel members had already started smiling and chatting among themselves, making plans for dinner.

At that moment, the door was pushed open.

Qi Lin stepped in, wearing a light apricot-colored short dress and high heels.

Almost all eyes on the panel were immediately drawn to her.

Clearly it was an ordinary outfit, but on this girl, it somehow exuded an otherworldly charm — so striking that people couldn’t look away.

Qi Lin confidently walked to the center of the room, gave a graceful bow to the panel with a smile,
“Hello, teachers. I’m number 18, An Xiaoxiao. I’m here to audition for the role of Nan Zhi.”

Her voice was sweet and pleasant, like silver bells ringing under the eaves in the wind.

The director was the first to recover. Though this girl was extremely eye-catching, Nan Zhi — the second female lead in “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin”— was a cold and ruthless character. Someone with An Xiaoxiao’s sweet appearance didn’t seem suitable.

Still, the procedure had to be followed. The director nodded slightly,
“You may begin.”

A staff member quickly brought over a prop sword for Qi Lin.

“Thank you,” Qi Lin said with a smile.

The staffer, a young woman, was so charmed by her pretty smile that her face turned red and she quickly stepped aside.

Qi Lin took the sword, nodded slightly, and adjusted the tassel. When she looked up again, it was as if she had transformed into someone else. The harmless, adorable smile on her lips was now full of mockery. She raised an eyebrow, and her eyes seemed to hold a layer of ice,

“Feng Tianyang, you think you’re worthy?”