Strategy to Conquer the Vicious Female Supporting Character [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 5

The manager was stunned.

Dong Zheng was a woman of action. As soon as she agreed, she walked straight over to Qi Lin. “Follow me.”

“Thank you so much!” Qi Lin gave a particularly sweet smile.

After all, although the great Film Queen had a fully functioning brain, it automatically lost ‘about 180 IQ points’ whenever something involved Gu Fei.

For someone as cold and passive as the Film Queen, how could she possibly pass up a chance to see Gu Fei?

So just as the beautiful secretary was getting anxious enough to go look for Qi Lin herself, she found Qi Lin strolling toward her with an air of ease and calm.

And walking in front of her was none other than Film Queen Dong.

Beautiful Secretary: “……”

What on earth is going on?!

Gu Fei had indeed been annoyed by Qi Lin’s tardiness, thinking this woman didn’t know what was good for her. But when the company’s top star and heiress of the Dong family, Dong Zheng, showed up, he couldn’t afford to get angry. Instead, he had to smile and tell the secretary to pour tea for them.

The beautiful secretary was so furious she could barely control her facial expression. She didn’t dare show any attitude towards Film Queen Dong and obediently poured her tea. But when it came to Qi Lin, she couldn’t hold it in. She deliberately slowed down her movements and tilted her head, revealing her fair neck to Qi Lin.

Qi Lin had just been silently criticizing the girl — Is she trying to seduce me because she suspects I’m a lesbian or something? — when she immediately noticed the dark red hickey on the girl’s neck. 

Qi Lin: “……”

Oh. So this was a flex.

Unfortunately for her, Qi Lin felt absolutely nothing inside. In fact, she kind of wanted to laugh.

Girl, watch yourself. From that angle, not only can I see it — so can the Film Queen.

As it turned out, Miss Beautiful Secretary was truly a textbook example of a brainless villainess side character. Not content with screwing up once or twice, she even went so far as to “accidentally” knock over the teacup, sending the scalding hot tea straight toward Qi Lin’s thigh.

Instead, the tea ended up spilling all over the genuine leather sofa in the CEO’s office.

Thanks to an early warning from 403, Qi Lin narrowly dodged it.

“Oh no!” The tea hadn’t landed on that b1tch after all. The beautiful secretary was seething with frustration, but she still had to act innocent and alarmed. “I didn’t mean to! Miss An, are you okay—”

“Gu Fei.” Dong Zheng’s cool voice cut off the secretary’s exaggerated performance. “This artist ran into me alone at the front desk. She said she couldn’t find your office.”

Gu Fei’s expression changed slightly.

The beautiful secretary’s face turned completely white.

That one sentence revealed too much — like why Qi Lin had been alone, and why she couldn’t find the CEO’s office.

After all, Gu Fei had clearly given instructions for the secretary to bring her in.

The beautiful secretary had completely collapsed on the floor.

She knew — it was over for her.

Qi Lin never expected that the first minor boss from the original plot would be directly eliminated by the ultimate boss.

…Was the film queen really that angry about those kiss marks?

With things blowing up like this, Gu Fei had plenty to deal with, so chasing after Qi Lin would have to wait. He acted as if he hadn’t noticed the secretary slumped on the ground — the same one who had been in close, intimate contact with him just a few hours ago — or the genuine leather sofa ruined by boiling water. Smiling, he said, “Who would’ve thought you two were truly fated to meet? Let me introduce you — this is Dong Zheng, the great film queen. Xiaoxiao, you must recognize her, right? She was the ‘female lead’ in “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin”. Dong Zheng, this is An Xiaoxiao, a newly signed artist at the company. Her acting is quite good — Director Song noticed her during auditions. She’s been cast as the ‘second female lead’ in “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin”. You’ll be working in the same production team from now on. If Dong Zheng has time, she could offer some advice to her junior. Xiaoxiao, make sure to learn as much as you can from Film Queen Dong.”

Qi Lin wanted to facepalm and sigh deeply. Never mind how calling her “Dong Zheng” in full while dropping the surname for “Xiaoxiao” made the contrast so obvious — just the blatant favoritism in President Gu’s tone was enough to get her into trouble! Film Queen Dong, please don’t take it to heart! I can explain later!

Dong Zheng was briefly taken aback, then turned her head to glance at Qi Lin. “You’re playing Nan Zhi?”

Qi Lin was also stunned.

That blank, slightly confused, slightly serious expression… looked way too much like her wife, Ji Huaixu!

Qi Lin obediently nodded. “Yes, that’s right!”

A thoughtful look flickered across Dong Zheng’s eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

Then the movie queen turned and left without another word.

Qi Lin: “…”

This sudden, unpredictable behavior… is mysteriously similar to Huaixu too?!

Once the early production work was mostly complete, the official promotional campaign for “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin” began in earnest. As a major IP adaptation, the original novel had a huge fanbase, and the film attracted high attention. As soon as the cast list was announced, it stirred widespread discussion.

Among a group of well-known stars and veteran actors, the name “An Xiaoxiao” stood out like a sore thumb.

It didn’t take long for internet users to dig up everything about her — an outsider with a college degree, newly signed under Yingda, and with no previous work to her name.

EvenTheNameIWantedWasTakenSoMad:

– This Miss An… is a total newbie? Must have a powerful background, huh.

dihshi: 

– Used the unspoken rules to climb up — disgusting.

GardeniasGrowInTheSouthernLand:¹

– WTF, what is An Xiaoxiao doing here?! With that typical influencer face, she’s supposed to play our senior sister?! As a fan of the original novel, I seriously want to slap a physical copy of “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin” onto her face!

LoveZhengForLife: 

– Honestly, just thinking about our Zheng having to be in the same cast as some no-name like her makes me feel awful…

IsEatingIceThickOrNot?: 

– Those calling her an “influencer face” — maybe go get your eyes checked? Still, while this newcomer is so cute that I could stan her just for her looks, when it comes to playing Nan Zhi… emmm… did she and Film Queen Dong switch scripts by mistake? Dong suits Nan Zhi better, and she suits He Weimian more, no?

OniiChanQiuDouMaDai: ²

– Just a passerby here, but for those saying the roles were switched — maybe consider their billing and popularity level? Is there any domestic actress who can actually compete with Film Queen Dong?

BrotherDidYouPostOnWeiboToday?: 

– While y’all are busy fighting over the female lead and second lead, I’ll just grab our male lead (our brother!) and run~

YuFamilyIsPoor: 

– With such a star-studded cast, yet all the comments are about axx (An Xiaoxiao)? Don’t tell me there are no paid commenters — I’m not buying it.

While scrolling through Weibo and reading the comments, Qi Lin thought:
“There’s no way there aren’t paid commenters, either.”

But there probably weren’t that many.

As for why she was topping the comment section in popularity —
Well, that was mostly due to her female lead halo, of course.

Oh, and that {“Charm Enhancement Spray”} helped too.

These nearly all negative comments didn’t affect Qi Lin’s mood. On the contrary, she actually felt oddly warm and familiar, recognizing several usernames who had frequently appeared in the original novel.

The harsher they hate her now, the more loyal they’ll be as fans later. 🙂

She put away her phone, picked up the “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin” physical novel and script filled with notes, and went back to studying.

Though she already had top-tier acting skills now, if she couldn’t truly understand the original character, the performance wouldn’t be all that successful.

As an actor, your work is what speaks for you.