Asean in Love

The day of casting for new actors was approaching. Princess and Lingtang rented an apartment in a high-rise skyscraper with 180 apartments in the city of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia today, although the richer elite lived there, Princess could live well paying rent thanks to the silver hairpin that was her source of income, but now she wanted a leading role actresses for many reasons, once she becomes a famous actress in the 21st century she will be a powerful woman and not just a princess with nothing but a title. China's Song dynasty had a good trade and diplomatic policy with the Bali kingdom, and the princess as the daughter of a Kang dynasty merchant entrepreneur who did business in the Bali kingdom lived in abundance in her young days, well-educated and beautiful, she was a princess whose future smiled because she had a luxurious life guaranteed by family merits and success in business affairs. As a princess, she learned a traditional dance that only princesses are allowed to perform in front of emperors in ceremonies. So for the casting audition, she decided to train Lintang how to perform the Chinese princess dance. Knowing music and notes, she also knew how to play instruments, and even Balinese instruments were no different from the Chinese lute, an instrument played by respectable families.At the casting, the director will choose the actors, and the audiocom princess and Lintang will have to show all their skills in order to be chosen, but the main actor has already told them that this casting is only a procedure, they will be chosen because they have no competition from other candidates, and they two are ideal for that role because they had problems with the previous actress when she got sick with corona and they couldn't find a replacement, so the filming took longer than they had planned before .The Kang dynasty princess trained Lintang well, the two of them got along very well as if they were best friends, and the princess had many plans for the future that she couldn't tell Lintang yet, but meeting Lingtang was precious to her for many reasons which we will understand during the story.That is why the princess wanted with all her heart that Lintang would get the lead role and attract the love of the main actor Sri Rinota whom Lintang was very much in love with.Thinking of the two of them she would forget about her sadness and separation from her husband, when her power gets stronger she will try to go back to the time before she changed her destiny because now she has found out everything and it is not too late as long as she believes in it. Here in the future, she gained knowledge and truth that would help her change the situation and save the king from death. She knew that they had then prepared a cunning scenario for the king of Bali to seize his power and invent a legend for the people that the goddess had turned the king into a stone statue, it was all a well-designed farce, which only she could change destiny when she went back in time before that.The city of Jakarta today is the center of ASEAN, the people and nations of countries in Asia want to live in peace and tolerance, exchanging trade and culture just like in the past. The city of Jakarta is a modern city, almost the most populous place in the whole world, where different peoples live in harmony and unity, Indonesia is a country that has been pursuing a policy of non-alignment for years, it was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, and President Sukarno advocated a common position with Cina about the concept of geographic regionalism and unity among the peoples of the region, the position on the peaceful resolution of conflicts, it was at a time of constant tension and fear of nuclear war. The countries of South and Southeast Asia like Indonesia were the first to start this movement, trade and economic cooperation was created with the aim of achieving world peace and independence and mutual connection.A few years later, in 1967, ASEAN was founded with the aim of economic and cultural exchange and maintaining peace in Southeast Asia, and ASEAN + 3 are additional members such as China, China and Indonesia today , just as in the 12th century, strengthened business ties with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and agreement on free trade, which lowers tariffs and enables easier trade exchange and the flow of goods through the ASEAN Maritime Corridor.The tradition of placing Chinese coins during rituals for prosperity has been retained by many countries in ASEAN, thus combining the traditions and customs of the ancient Balinese as well as Buddhism and Hinduism.In the midst of a global economic crisis and food shortages, Indonesia wants to help by producing more energy and agricultural products thanks to its successful irrigation system and terraced rice and pepper fields which was invented in Bali Kingdom, this will develop a strong, sustainable movement to educate about successful food production and empower people to fight poverty. "Lintang, tomorrow we are going to audition for a casting in a series about the Balinese kingdom in the 12th century, I have to tell you a secret plan.I just recently found out that I got pregnant, I have a husband, but we are separated at the moment and later I want to join him when I give birth here because you have good hospitals and doctors here in Jakarta.That's why I have to ask you to play the main actress role instead of me, what was the original plan of the main actor Sri Rinota, but tomorrow he will only take us to the audition and will not be present during our performance for the female lead. The main director herself doesn't care if I or you get the lead role, he just looking for the best actress for that important role in the series itself.""So you think we should switch identities, I should be you and you should pretend to be me, it's just like the game play in animation movies?"The princess assured:"That's good for you too, you'll be everyday next to the main actor you've had a crush on for a long time, even some intimate scenes like kisses, as a married woman I have my own principles and morals, I would never kiss another person besides my own husband," princess Kang explained to her. "All I want is to keep my pregnancy here so that the baby is born alive and healthy, and I can compliment you in acting scenes that are difficult for you to do like the Chinese princess dance and playing the instruments from China."Lingtan was still thinking about the proposal."Listen to me, Lintang, " the princess continued, "there is another reason.I'm afraid that the director will reject me because I don't speak Balinese properly, and you have a perfect accent and speak several dialects.While you're filming, I'll take care of our apartment so everything's neatly organized in the closets, go grocery shopping, and cook for you, plus I can still afford to pay the rent for the apartment, and you keep your royalties from the film series for yourself, let it be your wedding dowry so that you can live well in the future.You could of course rent a cheaper apartment outside the city, but It would be far from the center where the hospital is, and here you are close to the movie production studio, so we won't be late in the city crowds because in Indonesia there is not a sufficiently developed network of modern urban roads and bridges like in China."The princess didn't have to persuade Lintang anymore, everything was perfectly clear to her, and what meant the most to her was that she would be with the main actor Sri Rinota every day during the filming."OK. However, the most difficult role will be for us to switch our roles before the audition. If the main actor is present, we should find a way to let him out of the studio before we switch roles and our clothes."The princess thought for a while,:"Don't worry, we'll just go to the dressing room to change clothes, make-up and roles, when we come back no one will notice the difference, we won't talk in front of the main actor because only he would notice the difference in our speech.So let's invite the lead actor to pick us up 30 minutes early, and we're purposely not going to wear our audition costumes, so that'll be an excuse to go to the dressing room to change and put on makeup.Great, now I'm going to change the shape of your face with a face tightening technique with a mask that you will keep during the night because you have a rounder shape, with that little natural correction your face will be narrower like mine in the morning, don't worry it's just for the audition, I like your features and the shapes are more beautiful than my facial features," the princess had a plan for later, when she returns to the ancient kingdom of Bali. When reading history books in the Jakarta library, the princess learned that the kingdom of Bali will be ruled by a queen regent for 20 years after her husband Pangus.The kingdom of Bali will be ruled by a queen of unknown name and origin as the regent of a minor son, so when they go back in time they could switch roles again, it's all for the benefit of the kingdom of Bali and that her son be king and the kingdom lives in prosperity and peace as during her husband's time."Come on Lintang, you have a chance to call the actor to come pick us up tomorrow before I put the correction mask on you?"Lingtang called the actor but he invited them to dinner, of course they couldn't refuse, there was a beauty menu with lots of collagen on the menu and they ordered it much to the delight of the lead actor who watched them enjoy the specialties of the best restaurant in Jakarta, the actor did not regret the money, and the director promised him a bonus.