TopShort lead role — $550/day, 6 days, typical micro drama pace

Booked a lead through a WeChat casting post for TopShort. $550/day for 6 shooting days. The pace was what you'd expect — 15+ pages daily, rarely under 12 hours. Meals were provided but basic (bento boxes). The crew was mostly Mandarin-speaking so if you don't speak it, communication can be tricky — I'm bilingual which helped a lot. They paid via direct deposit within a week of wrap, which is faster than most. Scripts came in daily, sometimes rewritten the morning of. Standard micro drama stuff.