Transmigrated into the Film Emperor’s Death-Seeking Fiance

This chapter was translated by Daed and proofread by lynn to be hosted on Foxaholic.com only. Thank you.

Part of my September contest entries, which I lost momentum for but am still part of nevertheless.

I did this instead of working on my essay…
Edit 10/19/20: Name of the movie character Meng La changed to Meng Luo.
Last edited 7/13/21.

Early the next morning, Guan Mei appeared before Yan Qing Chi and took him towards the audition site. There were three people auditioning this time; they were all people who were recommended by Director Wang’s close acquaintances. Yan Qing Chi was third in line. This spot wasn’t very ideal. If there was anyone within the first two auditionees who performed remarkably well, then Yan Qing Chi would pretty much be eliminated.

Yan Qing Chi raised his head to check out who he was up against. It would have been fine if he hadn’t looked, but he was sincerely shocked with just a glance. Why was Wei Lan here too?!

Guan Mei followed his gaze and looked over, “What, you two know each other?”

Yan Qing Chi thought about it, “Well, I guess you can say that.”

“You guess?”

Just as Yan Qing Chi was pondering over how to answer her, Wei Lan turned his head around and saw him.

“Yo, so you also came to audition.” Wei Lan said as he made his way over to him.

Yan Qing Chi could only helplessly reply, “Yep.”

“Jiang Mo Chen recommended you?”

“Mn.”

“Hey,” Wei Lan wrapped an arm around his neck and leaned in close, asking in a low voice, “You really got married with Jiang Mo Chen?”

Yan Qing Chi remembered, previously he had only told the other man that he was married.  However, he didn’t go into detail about who he was married to. So, “How do you know that it’s Jiang Mo Chen?”

“Jiang Mo Chen himself told my brother. Otherwise, even if I was beaten to death, I wouldn’t even believe that Jiang Mo Chen actually got together with you. Is he ‘blind’? Or did he purely do it for your looks?” 

Yan Qing Chi helplessly questioned, “Is it really okay for you to put down the person in question right in front of them?”

“Am I not stating the facts?” Wei Lan looked at him. “Otherwise, which aspect of you can be compared to Jiang Mo Chen? Family background? Talents? Or personality? Only your face matches up with him.”

Yan Qing Chi thought about it and stated seriously, “I think that my talents and personality aren’t bad either.”

“The talent of not being able to do anything and the personality of bad-mouthing others behind their back?”

“There’s an ancient expression that says, ‘if a tree is taller than the rest of the forest, the wind will definitely cut it down’.1 You might not believe it if I say it, but I’m only purposefully suppressing myself.”

Doubt was written all across Wei Lan’s face, “Oh, then the chance to show your true self has come. You don’t need to suppress yourself for this audition, do you?” 

Towards his words, Yan Qing Chi gave no reply.

Wei Lan shook his head and clicked his tongue, “Before this, I’d been worried that I might not get the role. Now that I’ve seen you, I feel like my chances are much higher.”

“That might not be the case.”

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 “Sure, then let’s make a bet. If you succeed in your audition, then I’ll completely erase my past misgivings towards you and acknowledge that you have outstanding talent and a decent personality. But if you don’t, and I succeed, then,” Wei Lan gave him a look, “you have to accompany me to a meal with my brother.”

Yan Qing Chi protested, “……I did bad-mouth you behind your back before in the past, but you don’t need to eradicate me so thoroughly.”

“My brother is a proper businessman now. What are you scared of?”

“Now?” Yan Qing Chi repeated.

Wei Lan shot him a broad grin, “Relax, with Jiang Mo Chen as your backer, he won’t do anything to you.”2

Yan Qing Chi was completely bemused as to how he came to ‘lay in the Wei brothers’ muddy water’.3 He was about to open his mouth to speak when Wei Lan whipped out his phone, tilted his head, and took a picture of the two of them.

“What are you doing?”

“It’s rare that we meet, so I took a picture to commemorate the occasion.”

“It can’t be that simple.”

His words had just fallen when someone came to get Wei Lan for his turn. Wei Lan immediately shoved his phone into his pocket, “Bye bye, wait for me to pick you up to eat.”

Yan Qing Chi face-palmed. Hurry up and leave. Shoo, shoo.

Up until Wei Lan left and Yan Qing Chi sank down into a seat did Guan Mei finally open her mouth and remind him, “You know that Jiang Mo Chen is the shadow boss of Nan Cheng, right?”

“I know.”

“So, even though I am your manager, there are some matters that I am required to report to him.”

“Such as?”

“Wei Lan seems to be very eagerly attentive to you.” Guan Mei noted with a serious expression on her face, “Wei Lan’s nickname as the ‘Little Bumper Car Prince’ in the industry is so because he holds an apathetic attitude to everyone who is not his friend. If there was anyone who provoked him, he would directly call them out on it. Yet he mentioned wanting to have a meal together with you and Wei Xun. You know who Wei Xun is, right? Then you ought to know Wei Xun’s position in the Wei family. Even some of Wei Lan’s friends have never met Wei Xun before.”

“So?”

 “So, even if there comes a day that CEO Jiang’s head has a grassland on which ten thousand horses may gallop across, I do not wish that it happens while you are in my care.”4 

Yan Qing Chi was speechless, “……I think you might be overthinking it.”

“I hope that is the case.” Guan Mei smiled.

Yan Qing Chi didn’t know whether to cry or to laugh. Were all women this sensitive? He shook his head and sent a WeChat message to Jiang Mo Chen: 【I bumped into Wei Lan. He’s also auditioning, and he exchanged a few words with me. I feel like he still plans to use me to anger his brother. Guan Mei was frightened and worried that I will ‘green’ you until you have a grassland growing on top of your head.5 So I’m giving you a heads-up.】   

Jiang Mo Chen: 【……Got it.】

Yan Qing Chi waved his phone at Guan Mei, “See? I told you that you were overthinking it.“

Guan Mei didn’t look at his phone. She was astonished by the high efficiency of his “walk the talk“ attitude. This artist is quite different from the rest……

 Seeing that his manager didn’t say anything else, Yan Qing Chi planned to close his eyes and rest for a while.

In the end, his eyes had just closed shut when his phone’s notification alert went off again. Yan Qing Chi opened it and read Jiang Mo Chen’s message: 【Good luck in the audition.】

Yan Qing Chi smiled, returned a “muah” in response, and put his phone away.

On the other side, Jiang Mo Chen stared at the pink heart-shaped bubble that the little raccoon spat out, beside it bounced three distinct pink large characters——Muah.6 BANG! Jiang Mo Chen swiftly slammed the phone down on the table. Right now, he deeply felt that his spouse liked him. Not only did the other man like him, he also liked to flirt with him! Everyone’s male here, what are you flirting for?! Can’t you focus on your work?! Bam7!

After a while, Wei Lan finally appeared once again before Yan Qing Chi. His face could be considered to be calm, his expression inscrutable. “Go on, it’s your turn.” he said.

Yan Qing Chi thanked him and didn’t ask any questions. He walked out of the room, knocked on the door to the neighboring room, and entered.

There were only three main examiners in this audition: Director Wang, Assistant Director Zhang, and Scriptwriter Liu. Yan Qing Chi walked in and the makeup artist took him over first to try out the makeup. Because the role in the script was a university student, and Yan Qing Chi was also at the age of a fresh college graduate,  the makeup artist only drew some simple strokes to suppress his striking looks and add some freshness and purity to his image.

The scriptwriter gave him a simple description of the episode——Meng Luo encountered the police downstairs. Due to his father’s death, the police conducted an inquiry of him. Meng Luo quietly answered with a refined and polite demeanor. Afterward, he returned home. He entered the house, walked into his bedroom, then opened the window. When he saw that the police were interrogating other people downstairs, Meng Luo’s face was very calm. He even propped up his chin as he watched them apathetically. Then he closed the window, but when he lowered his head, a smile slowly formed across his lips.

It wasn’t actually that difficult to act this part. What was difficult was that Meng Luo’s identity was not only a normal university student and the victim’s son, but he was also the real murderer behind the whole case. In this segment, Liu Meng hoped that he could display Meng Luo’s quiet and reserved behavior in front of others, while simultaneously building the foundation for the twist and the final reveal of his true identity as the real murderer. 

Yan Qing Chi nodded. It was just that this part was truly too mundane, so much so that it lacked any impact. The only significant point was that smile at the very end. As Yan Qing Chi listened to the scriptwriter go over the lines, an idea slowly formed in his mind. 

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Footnotes

Meaning that if he stands out too much, he will easily be struck down/draw other people’s attention in a bad way.The Chinese here was “给你撑腰”, which literally means “help you support your waist”. It means that he is supporting him, protecting him, etc. This is a phrase meaning that he’s gotten involved/dragged into a messy situation. Or into their chaotic affairs.So when you cheat on someone who you are in a relationship with, that means you put a green hat on them. If you are promiscuous and engage in several affairs while in a relationship, often the other person’s head is described to have a grassland on top (because it is so green from how much you’ve cheated). The ‘green’ here being slang for cheating.I found a similar WeChat animated sticker (can only give you a still screenshot of it). If you want to look it up, it’s 萌二小浣熊  (Cute Two/Second Little Raccoon). WeChat Little Raccoon “Muah” Sticker:
I presume this is supposed to be the sound effect of JMC flipping an imaginary table or something.