Super Zoo

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"Ah? Ooh..." Guo Zijian's mouth was full of barbecued meat, the oil dripping down from the corner of his mouth glistened under moonlight, slick and shiny.

This director from Xiangjiang had initially been indifferent to grilled skewers; Xiangjiang has many late-night snacks, mostly soups and stews, and barbecues are extremely rare. It's commonly believed that barbecues can cause cancer. After being dragged here by Suming and eating a few skewers of wild boar meat prepared by Hong Feifei, he threw caution to the wind, forgetting all about carcinogens and hygiene.

When Suming mentioned it, Guo Zijian nearly jabbed the skewer into his mouth in surprise.

The cast had already been assembled, and the script was written—they were all set to start filming. And now Mr. Su was proposing to switch out the 'female lead' for a 'child'.

Wasn't that too capricious?

Guo Zijian had never encountered such an investor before.

Changing actors is common in the film industry, where investors often demand that the chosen actor be replaced with someone of their choosing, sometimes even after the entire film had been shot, necessitating many scenes to be refilmed.

But throughout his years in the industry, Guo Zijian had never encountered an investor who wanted to 'change the role' itself.

Changing the role is not the same as changing the actor. Replacing a young, beautiful female lead with a cute little girl would completely alter the film!

Replace Wang Zuxian in "A Chinese Ghost Story" with a little girl... Replace Zhu Yin in "A Journey to the West" with a little girl... Replace Karen Mok in "God of Cookery" with a little girl... Replace Weng Hong in "The Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty" with a little girl... Replace Shu Qi in "********" with a little girl...

Oh, MY, GOD! What kind of bizarre styles are those? Who could watch those films?

"Suming, repeat that..." Guo Zijian widened his eyes and stared at Suming, asking unclearly.

"Why the hell does brother-in-law want to change the actor?" Nangong Huang was the first to object. The female lead was supposed to act with him, the male lead—there would definitely be love scenes, holding hands, kissing, maybe even some passion.

If a little girl takes the role, what would that make it? A creepy uncle movie?

Tony continued to mind his own business, blissfully skewering meat. He pulled on a big skewer, leaving a bare bamboo stick behind in his mouth.

Suming said, "Here's what I was thinking: you said before that the female lead in this movie is just a vase, with not much screen time, right?"

"Yes," Guo Zijian nodded and said, "But they are in a romantic relationship..."

"Then we'll just make some changes," Suming said. "Since she's just a vase and barely appears on screen, the love story isn't the focus or selling point. Using a young, beautiful female lead would only distract the audience."

Guo Zijian didn't say a word, stuffing his face with meat while contemplating and looking at Suming, signaling him to continue.

"I'm thinking of changing it up completely, using the charm of a cute little girl instead. It might have an even better effect," Suming continued.

"But this would mean changing the script accordingly." Guo Zijian started to object to his own point, "Oh, it's no problem, making changes to the script is easy, really simple."

"Where are we going to find a cute little girl? It's too late to hold auditions now," Nangong Huang said dejectedly.

Guo Zijian knew what was up. He nodded towards Suming, "Suming, bring the girl for a screen test tomorrow."

"OK!"

...

At Zhao Yun's home.

Zhaoqian's eyes were about to pop out: "What, Chengcheng is going to be in a movie? Suming isn't joking with us, is he?"

"Suming might always be joking around, but he never kids about serious matters," Zhao Yun shrugged, "He said it's a small production, just an investment of tens of thousands, and he can afford it. It must be true."

"So that means..." Zhaoqian hugged Chengcheng with joy, kissing her cheek hard, "Haha, my daughter is going to be a star!"

"Mom, calm down, will you!"

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Chengcheng vigorously wiped her cheeks and then knitted her tiny brows, counting on her fingers, looking very troubled as she said, "Everything is much more complicated than you think! I need to take time off for filming, find an agent, and even start a Weibo. Who knows, I might even get involved in scandals in the future. Wang Xichen will definitely spill the beans that the chubby kid in the third class likes me. Oh no, look at the name you chose for me, Dad, I might even have to come up with a stage name…"

Zhao Yun: "..."

Zhaoqian: "..."

...

In the following days, the children in first grade, class three of Yangchuan City Normal University Affiliated Primary School all heard about the legend of Zhao Chengcheng being in a movie.

"Is that true or false?"

"It must be a lie!"

"Movie stars are the ones who shoot movies, and Zhao Chengcheng is not a star."

"But her dad is rich!"

"What does it matter if he's rich? Yue Tao's mom is an artist!"

"Exactly, Yue Tao has won awards in the city, and there's been no talk of him making movies. Zhao Chengcheng must be lying!"

"Yes, definitely!"

A little boy with four stripes on his badge, wearing his red scarf impeccably, along with a few peers, stopped Chengcheng at the stairwell.

"Zhao Chengcheng, I heard you're going to be in a movie?" A chubby kid following behind asked with his face raised. Boys developed later than girls in primary school, and the chubby one had to stand on a stair to be just barely tall enough to see eye to eye with Chengcheng.

Chengcheng glanced at him and said, "Chai Xiaofei, how can you fly if you're that chubby? Do you want me to recommend you for a Flying Pig role?"

The chubby kid: "..."

"Zhao Chengcheng, even now, you continue to lie and deceive, it breaks my heart!" The boy with four stripes looked deeply aggrieved as he said, "As a Young Pioneer, lying is wrong. If you keep going down this path, you'll end up on a dark road!"

"Yue Tao, are you sick or something!" Chengcheng waved her hand dismissively, "Move out of the way!"

Yue Tao put on a serious face: "Chengcheng, I've always had high hopes for you, but if you remain oblivious, I certainly won't vote for you for the position of language representative this term!"

"Yue Tao, you're so childish, I don't even want to talk to you!"

Chengcheng rolled her eyes and pushed her way through the crowd, not looking back as she walked forward.

"Chengcheng, wait up, I want to have a word with you alone." Called 'childish', Yue Tao's face didn't look too good, and he followed after her, unwilling to let it go.

Chengcheng pointed to the sign for the girl's bathroom overhead and shouted, "If you take one more step forward, you're nothing but a creepy... "

The boy with four stripes hastily stopped.

"Immature…" Chengcheng pouted her little mouth and walked into the girl's bathroom.

Several kids remained at the doorway, exchanging glances. Yue Tao, who had been repeatedly accused of being 'immature' by someone his own age and challenged on his strongest suit, looked so upset that his face turned a bit pale.

"Yue Tao, are you okay? Zhao Chengcheng is too delicate. How could she talk to you like that?" A girl with shoulder-length hair came over to console him.

"Haha, why would anything be wrong with me?" Yue Tao sighed deeply, trying to sound profound: "Lies will always be exposed one day. I really was trying to save her."

"Never mind her, let's go to KFC," the long-haired girl said with a smiling face.

The rivers and lakes are everywhere.