Young Master, Don't Make a Scene, I'm Just an Extra

Si Luyun, king of short-drama second male leads, has lost his job in the age of AI and cost-cutting. Then he receives a job offer from the world's richest man.

An award-winning director, a screenwriter whose every word is worth its weight in gold, a historical-style park built across an entire city, and a transmigration world brought to life by hundreds of thousands of extras...

All to cure the trillionaire's only son of a strange illness?

What kind of illness requires staging a plane crash so the young master believes he's transmigrated to ancient times before he can be cured?

None of that has anything to do with Si Luyun. He's just the young master's sidekick, the one who says, "Young master, you're finally awake! Madam was worried sick!" after he wakes up from his transmigration.

Even a sidekick can have big dreams.

Si Luyun is determined to prove that human acting and human emotions can never be replaced by AI!

Director, screenwriter, investors, everyone watching: look at me! See my struggles, my anger, my tears! See how decades of hard work and dedication make me just as good as AI!

And so...

When the young master is punished by his father, the sidekick throws himself over his master's body, holding him tightly and sobbing with red-rimmed eyes as the sticks rain down on him. He wants to show the hidden cameras the small man's most genuine resilience and undying loyalty.

Even the coldest, hardest heart is melted by those burning, pure tears.

When the young master is hunted by his enemies through the night, the sidekick bears the cold and carries him through icy water until dawn.

When day breaks, the young master wakes to find the young man, with his dark hair and eyes, drenched to the skin. His skin is as white as snow, yet he smiles at the rising sun.

In that moment, all the world's splendor, every flash of lightning and glistening dewdrop, pales beside the expression on his face.

When the young master is placed under house arrest in the villain's manor, the sidekick is called upon to change into women's clothes.

Green ribbons, pink flowers, a painted flower between his brows: he looks so vividly lovely that a lustful man pins him to the bed. The man is about to kiss his bright red lips when two large white steamed buns tumble out of his chest.

The young man's clueless, pitiful look is enough to make even a lecher laugh despite himself.

Si Luyun: A good actor learns to find ways to make a scene stand out, even if the script doesn't call for it. You can add a little creative touch when appropriate. Emotional details and genuine feelings are what AI can never replicate.

The other extras: Get a grip, will you?! Are you trying to win an Oscar or something?!

Later, Si Luyun learns three things.

First, the young master's incurable illness is homosexuality.

Second, the young master has fallen for him.

Third, the young master's father is impressed by his acting. He offers him five hundred million and orders him to die in the young master's arms, preferably in a gruesome way, so the young master will suffer bloody nightmares every night.

"It was all a grand dream, and now there's no one left."

"Once you've completely vanished from his dreams, he'll be fully cured and return to his normal life."

1. A scheming man with money but no love x an adorably clueless extra devoted to the art of acting. Both are virgins; one-on-one romance.

2. A short story. A little angst near the end, but sweet, sweet, sweet all the way through.

Theme: Human emotion is a treasure AI can never match