Director Wei glanced at the others and said, "You all seem to be quite free. You must have all memorized today's lines. Why don't you memorize tomorrow's lines as well?"

Chang Xuan and Duan Nianzhuang almost vomited when they saw the several bound booklets that Director Wei took out.

I've never experienced anything this tough, not even during my college entrance exams!

Xu Yanyu stepped forward and quickly took her own script.

Memorizing lines is a piece of cake.

The others looked at Xu Yanyu with a mixture of envy and admiration.

How can there be such a big difference between people?

Next, everyone memorized their lines for a while, and then Director Wei herded them to film the scene like ducks.

Director Wei ignored the heads of the crowd, which were hanging low as if they had contracted a plague, and their blank stares.

Holding a megaphone, he shouted loudly, "Work as soon as you open your eyes, work as soon as you close your eyes, work as soon as you close your eyes, even if you're dreaming about eating! You guys are the best at getting promotions and raises!"

Chang Xuan and Zhang Ying exchanged a glance. "You can't use the production team's donkey like that, can you?"

The assistant director raised his arms and shouted along with Director Wei, "Go! Go! Go! Everyone's awesome! Promotions and raises, fame and fortune await!"

Duan Nianzhuang was young, strong, and energetic; he could work for three days and three nights without sleeping.

After being persuaded by Director Wei and the assistant director, he immediately responded to the call: "Director, I can start now! I'm full of passion and want to throw myself into the career I love right away."

"Good, good, everyone should learn from Nian Zhuang." Director Wei praised him by name.

At this moment, even the donkey in the production team would shout, "Director, we can start filming! I'm itching to get started, I wish we could act until the treetops tonight!"

"Director, let's start right away! My fans are still waiting to see the show." Zhang Ying felt both bitter and sweet.

Xu Yanyu shook her head and sighed.

See, that's how the workplace becomes so competitive.

She stepped forward and asked, "Director, can I still leave at 2:30?"

She realized that she couldn't leave now.

Director Wei waved his hand and said, "Yan Yu has always been a key member. If they perform well, I'll let you go on either of these points!"

With just a few words, Director Wei shifted the focus of the conflict to the people themselves.

The others couldn't afford to be spurs on either side, so they all put in their best efforts to make the film a success.

Director Wei nodded repeatedly, then turned to the assistant director beside him and said, "I knew it! We need to give everyone a pep talk before we start filming from now on."

Look, we haven't had to reshoot many times all day; everyone did a great job.

"Then I'll find a few more quotes for you when I get back tonight, and hopefully we can get more people involved." The assistant director thought Director Wei's idea was good.

At 2 PM, Wei Dong's phone alarm went off.

He raised his hand and shouted, "Alright! Yan Yu, you go ahead and get back to work, everyone else, keep going!"

Chang Xuan looked at Xu Yanyu, his envy almost palpable.

He so wished he could go to the interview now.

The sun was so scorching that he was sweating buckets.

My throat was parched, and I still had to rack my brains to recall the lines I had memorized.

Zhang Ying sat down on the ground and looked up at Xu Yanyu.

She endured a lot of hardship while filming, but these past few days have truly been the most difficult.

It would be nice to be able to go for an interview like Xu Yanyu, and even just take a break.

Duan Nianzhuang stared longingly at Director Wei, wishing that Director Wei would also let him leave.

Xu Yanyu took out her phone and glanced at it.

Director Wei kept his word and really made her leave at 2 o'clock.

Xu Yanyu looked at everyone and said, "Thank you all for your understanding. I'll be going now."

Director Wei waved his hand, "Go quickly! If you get there early, find a place to enjoy the air conditioning, and it would be best if you could take a nap."

Everyone: You can tolerate the air conditioning, but you can even take a nap?

Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, Xu Yanyu removed her makeup, changed her clothes, and left the film crew.

It's still quite early before my interview with Director Yan.

Xu Yanyu made a phone call to Director Zeng to get another update on the situation there.

The phone was answered after only two rings.

"Yan Yu, have you finished filming your scenes for today?" Director Zeng was as enthusiastic as ever, and spoke up before Xu Yan Yu could even speak.

Xu Yanyu replied, "We just finished filming. Director Zeng, I'd like to ask you about Director Yan's situation."

After fiddling around for a while, Director Zeng continued, "I told you before that this movie probably won't make much money because it's an art film."

However, there are actually quite a few people vying for this film. You young actors might feel that you haven't heard of Yan Honglian having any breakout films in the last ten years or so.

Actually, she's quite a good director. If you want to break into the entertainment industry, working with her is more effective than working with other people.

Although her movies weren't hits, the actors who starred in them all became famous later on.

Director Zeng practically told Xu Yanyu that Yan Honglian had a very strong network of connections.

If a movie isn't a hit, why do the actors become famous later?

It was all thanks to Yan Honglian's network of connections that he got such a good opportunity.

Xu Yanyu felt that Director Zeng's worries were unnecessary.

She's not short of money; she can easily earn a lot by singing a song or doing a live stream.

However, she hesitated about wasting almost a year to join a film crew just for the sake of some connections.

She replied, "Director Zeng, does the second female lead have many scenes?"

Director Zeng instead asked, "Don't you want to look at the female lead?"

I've seen some of your materials from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Fallen Flowers," and your acting isn't as bad as people say. You could try playing a lead role.

"The female lead will take up a lot of time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it," Xu Yanyu explained.

Director Zeng nodded. "Alright then. Yu Jingya is also going to audition for the lead role today. I was going to give you a few more instructions."

Now you're saying you don't want to compete for the female lead role, then forget it.

Xu Yanyu remained silent for a while before she realized what was happening.

Yu Jingya was the female lead in Zeng's previous film, and she is Zhang Yubing's senior colleague in the same company.

Before Xu Yanyu could reply, Director Zeng continued, "Yu Jingya has learned her lesson this time. Instead of filming Bai Xinjin's movie, she's trying to get the lead role in Yan Honglian's film."

Xu Yanyu asked curiously, "Is there any inside story behind Director Bai's film casting?"

It turns out that everyone, regardless of age, has a bit of a gossip streak.

Xu Yanyu's words opened up a floodgate of conversation for Director Zeng.

"Hey, there are a lot of twists and turns in there. Bai Xinjin was actually there for Yu Jingya that day, but it seems that Yu Jingya's company wanted to promote Zhang Yubing."

I don't know what was discussed afterward, but it was tentatively decided that the female lead's role would be given to Zhang Yubing.

Then, because you played the role of Liu Jing, another actress named Xi Rubao appeared and took over Bai Xinjin's lead role.

"It's a good thing I didn't push you into Bai Xinjin's film crew that day, otherwise there would have been a lot of trouble."

Finally, Director Zeng didn't forget to summarize his own approach back then.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yanyu summarized the whole story.

So because he unintentionally took on the role of Liu Jing, it created a butterfly effect, causing Zhang Yu to lose the female lead role.