The Stand-In Went on a Rampage with Her Acting Skills

Lin Zhao spent three years working as a stunt double in Hengdian. She took the hits, while someone else got the close-ups. She memorized the lines, while someone else claimed the credit.

Then, after someone stole credit for a scene, she bonded with an "Immersive Acting System." The price was that after every major scene, she had to spend half an hour recovering in a corner, trading a migraine for one shot.

From then on, she risked her life in one performance after another, rising from stunt double to low-budget web dramas, from variety shows to the big screen. When a director told her to play the pitiful, innocent girl as written in the script, she challenged him on the spot: "The script says it's fake. What I'm saying is real. I'm done playing by these stupid rules." The whole internet called her a resource-backed star with awkward acting, so she livestreamed her original audition footage and promptly sued the marketing accounts. The smear campaign was over by the end of the day.

Her secret identities came to light one after another: inheritor of an intangible cultural heritage, secretly a top student, behind-the-scenes mastermind... Netizens asked, "Sis, how many more surprises do you have?"

The male lead? He's there to hand her an entry pass, not climb the ladder for her. She said it herself: dating slows down your sword-drawing speed. She'll think about it after she wins Best Actress.