A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1219

Chapter 1219: Chapter 826 Trouble Chapter 1219: Chapter 826 Trouble “Bang!”

Duanmu Ai pushed open the main door of the rehearsal room and saw Kujikawa Rise sitting on the floor while another woman in a gym suit stood in front of her, glaring fiercely.

“Don't be too pleased with yourself. You only got this role by becoming popular. You should put your heart and soul into it. I came here especially to guide you and you're not even grateful?”

Facing the woman's accusations, Li Shi gritted her teeth and stood up with the help of a handrail next to her.

“Thank you for your advice, but I don't think this role should be performed the way you envision it. I have my own ideas!”

“What did you say? You're just a mere idol…”

Hearing Li Shi's reply, the woman's face turned crimson, and she raised her hand—-but then Duanmu Ai caught it.

“What do you think you're doing?”

“Who are you?”

Seeing Duanmu Ai, the woman's expression turned even uglier.

“This is our internal matter. Outsiders shouldn't interfere.”

“I'm Miss Kujikawa's assistant. I certainly can't just stand by.”

Duanmu Ai grasped the woman's wrist and began to apply pressure. The specifics came to Duanmu Ai as she entered the rehearsal room, Alice had explained them. Simply put, the woman, thinking she had some experience, wanted to dictate how Li Shi should perform. Initially, Li Shi was obedient, but the woman became increasingly overbearing and even pushed her from behind while Li Shi was preparing, which caused Li Shi to scream.

The woman claimed it was just to get Li Shi into character…

Ah, why are conflicts between women so troublesome?

After hearing Alice's explanation, Duanmu Ai was speechless. Men are better; if they see something they don't like, they just roll up their sleeves and fight, win or lose. Unlike women, who always like doing these underhanded things. Duanmu had encountered similar situations in other cities before. Women, if they don't like you, won't tell it to your face, and will instead play tricks behind your back. By the time you find out and get angry enough to hit them, they put up a shocking “how dare you hit me” expression.

Honestly, Duanmu Ai had never encountered such a situation in games before. Who knew real-life women could be so troublesome?

You start the trouble, and it's wrong for me to hit you?

Is that even reasonable?

Honestly, it was only after logging into a lesser account that Duanmu Huai realized, this seemed to be some sort of unwritten rule among women. Simply put, if the parties involved can't get along, they won't come to blows unless the conflict escalates to face-tearing proportions; otherwise, they generally trip each other up in private.

Ah, thankfully, the girls in our Tribunal are less troublesome, at least they don't have so many petty minds.

Hm… or is it possible they're doing it behind my back, and I just don't know about it?

Probably not.

Duanmu Ai silently tossed this thought aside and looked again at the woman in front of her. The latter was glaring at Duanmu Ai menacingly, her face dark.

“Let go of me! You're just a petty assistant and you dare treat me like this, believe it or not, I can make it impossible for you to survive in this industry!”

Oh really?

Hearing this, Duanmu Ai exploded.

My newly learned martial arts, should I tolerate this insult?

The next moment, the woman screamed as Duanmu Ai had her pinned down on the floor. Not only Kujikawa Rise was stunned, but the other actors nearby were too shocked to speak.

“Say that again? Who did you say couldn't survive?”

“You, let go of me!! How dare you treat me like this, I'll make sure you pay!”

Tsk tsk tsk, why are women always like this?

Hearing the woman's outraged yell, Duanmu Ai sighed inwardly. Having heard the whole story from Alice, your earlier tactics with Kujikawa Rise involved tripping her up and shoving her around, even almost causing her injury. But now that it's your turn, you instantly change your face?

Uh… maybe according to the rules of women, I shouldn't have punched her in public, but should've ambushed her when she was alone?

Such a hassle…

Duanmu Ai helplessly rolled her eyes and finally let go. The woman struggled up from the floor and glared venomously at Duanmu Ai.

“You're dead! I'll make sure you're completely ruined! No one can save you! When the time comes, even if you beg me, I won't let you off!”

Ah, here we go again.

Duanmu Ai sighed silently. Many women like to make threats to your face. If you make a threat, not hitting you doesn't mean I'm afraid of you.

You talk tough, but you can't withstand a real fight, and then flip it around to complain that hitting you was wrong.

Isn't such a big mouth meant to be hit?

Was it wrong then?

Might as well let Alice take care of her…

Just as Duanmu Ai was considering whether to act, the woman had already dashed towards the door, where Yoko Hasezawa was standing. Seeing the woman charging at her, Yoko Hasezawa was so scared that she quickly stepped aside.

“Get out of my way!”

The woman glared fiercely at Yoko Hasezawa and then reached out to push her. Although both were women, the slender Yoko Hasezawa clearly wasn't a match for the other woman and immediately lost balance and fell backward. Fortunately, at that moment, Duanmu Ai had reached her, pressed her shoulders, and prevented her from falling.

“What happened here?”

Just then, a rough voice, akin to that of a bear, sounded, and a man wearing a cap and a vest appeared, looking sternly around. Seeing the man, the woman's expression changed immediately.

“Director, they bullied me…!”

Tsk tsk tsk, worthy of being an actress, she changes faces faster than flipping a book.

Looking at the woman who had looked fierce just a moment ago, but was now crying so pitifully like a fragile flower ravaged, Duanmu Ai was also amazed in her heart.

“What exactly happened?”

The director in front of her appeared to be a mature man. He scanned the room before speaking again. Under his questioning, however, the other actors seemed somewhat afraid to speak, keeping their heads down in silence. To Duanmu Ai's surprise, even Kujikawa Rise remained quiet… You are the victim.

Forget it; if she won't speak, I will.

Duanmu Ai didn't feel like watching this farce continue any longer and spoke up directly.

“I am Miss Kujikawa's assistant. I was waiting outside when I heard Miss Kujikawa's scream from inside the rehearsal room, so I went in to check. I saw that lady attempting to assault Miss Kujikawa. I intervened, and she began crying and accusing us of bullying her, saying we would regret it. That's what happened.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, director!”

Upon hearing the man's question, the woman lifted her head, nodded vigorously, and then turned to point at Duanmu Ai and Yoko Hasezawa.

“I wanted to leave, but they even tried to stop me, not allowing me to leave this place. It's hard to imagine what they were planning! Director, I'm just a minor actress…”
Who was bragging about being a big shot just now and threatening that we wouldn't survive in this industry??

“Ah, I see, I will handle this matter.”

The director seemed quite adept at dealing with such situations. He calmed the crying woman, telling her to go and rest before she left. After she was gone, he looked around with a cold scoff.

“Why waste time on such trifling matters? Don't forget, we're tight on schedule this time. If you're not willing to work, you might as well leave right now!”

“………”
At that moment, the director did show a bit of directorial authority. The other actresses were too scared to speak, while Duanmu Ai crossed her arms and simply stared at him coolly–she wasn't an actress; why should she care about this director?

“You two, come here!”

After scolding the other actors, the director spoke to Duanmu Ai and Yoko Hasezawa, then turned and left. The two had no choice but to follow him out of the rehearsal room and into a nearby office. Then the director closed the door, sat down on the sofa, sighed deeply, removed his sunglasses, and looked at Yoko Hasezawa.

“Are you okay?”

“I'm fine, Dad.”

“………”
Hearing this, Duanmu Ai was speechless.

Well, well, turns out the director is Yoko Hasezawa's father? Yoko did mention once that her father worked as a director at the TV station…

“That's good. Ah, it's almost showtime and yet you create such drama for me, really troublesome. It's hard to understand the dynamics, but this is better than having issues on stage.”

Muttering to himself, the director then looked at Duanmu Ai.

“Hello, Miss Duanmu, we're meeting for the first time, aren't we?”

“Do you know me?”

“You were on my program before, remember?”

“……You mean that episode on 'Astute'?”

Duanmu Ai had only been on that particular program, so she remembered it well.

“Exactly. I must say, you're quite bold, and thanks to you, our viewership increased significantly after that. It's rare to find someone who can express such pointed insights in this world. How about it? Are you interested in joining the entertainment industry? Since you're working as an assistant, you might be considering it.”

“That's just a part-time job.”

Duanmu Ai had never planned to enter the entertainment industry and quickly refused.

“I'm only responsible for looking after Miss Kujikawa until the end of this month; I have no plans to join any entertainment industry.”

“That's really a pity…”
Hearing Duanmu Ai's response, the director shook his head, then changed the topic.

“But that means you'll still be an assistant till the end of the month, right?”

“………”
How come I have a very bad feeling about this?

“Let me clarify, I can't sing, dance, rap, nor can I play basketball.”

“That's alright, you only need to play a role, just recite a few lines.”

“Lines?”

“Yes, the previous person… she's no longer suited for the stage. I understand her approach, she indeed became involved with stage plays a few years before Little Lishe, but unfortunately, she's mediocre and not very popular. I was quite worried she might mess up during the performance. Now that she's done this, we might as well send her packing. The issue now is that it leaves a spot open…”
“Why not let another actor fill in?”

“Everyone's schedules are set, and we currently can't just change things.”

“Why not just find another staff member, why me?”

“Your demeanor fits the role perfectly.”

“…What role do you want me to play?”

Looking at the director, who seemed very excited, Duanmu Ai was speechless.

“It's simple. I hope you can play that legendary angel who brings wisdom and hope to humans–'D'!”

“………Huh?”

Chapter end

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