58 Small things on the set (part of the plot)

When filming started, Song Qixian saw for the first time that directors can have two faces.

Before filming "Fantasy Fairy Tale", Song Qixian had met three directors in total, all of whom were famous directors, over 50 years old, and naturally had a sense of authority.

Director Qiu Mingsheng was the youngest director Song Qixian had ever encountered. Given his unusual personality when they first met, Song Qixian was initially a bit concerned about whether he could manage such a large crew.

It was not until the filming started that Song Qixian realized that one cannot judge a director by his appearance alone.

After filming started, Director Qiu changed his "approachable" demeanor and his expression turned from sunny to gloomy. After an actor made the same mistake several times, his expression turned from gloomy to torrential rain.

"How many times have I taught you? Even a pig isn't as dumb as you! Please stop wasting everyone's time. I beg you to think about it carefully. If you keep going like this, I'll replace you."

The actress being criticized was a guest actor, playing a marketing employee. Originally, she was a background character, but was forced to fill in for another speaking role that recently made headlines in the legal news.

The actress's lines were a bit choppy, to the point where dubbing was the only way to save them. But this crew was already taking a cut of the lead actor's pay, so how could they possibly put in the extra effort for a minor, unknown character?

So although Song Qixian sympathized with Director Qiu, he also knew that his anger was justified. The filming location cost a day's rent, and if the filming was not completed within the specified time, the loss would be huge.

But the situation got worse after the actress was scolded. Song Qixian didn't need to look back to think that Director Qiu must be brewing a storm.

Just as Song Qixian was about to step forward and suggest that everyone take a break, Kong Xiaomei touched his shoulder and signaled him not to take any action yet.

As expected, Director Qiu got angry and furious, planning to replace the special actor. It wasn't until the assistant director rushed over and pulled him away that the situation came to an end.

Song Qixian breathed a sigh of relief and then turned his puzzled gaze to Kong Xiaomei, the nuna who was four years older than him.

Putting aside the character in the drama, Kong Xiaomei in reality is a rational and intellectual girl. When she wears black-framed glasses, her eyes sparkle with wisdom.

Kong Xiaomei smiled gently and said, "When my senior brother gets anxious, no one can stop him. Xiao Song, don't rush up to him if it's not your business in the future. It's easy to get hurt by mistake."

Song Qixian nodded thoughtfully, and then he looked worriedly at the actress who was squatting in the corner crying after being scolded.

Kong Xiaomei followed his gaze and said, half comfortingly and half consolingly: "This is something she has to face. None of us can help her."

Song Qixian asked his assistant to bring a glass of cold water to the actress who was crying so hard, and then he found a place to continue memorizing his lines.

During the first two days of filming, everyone was being scolded, including Song Qixian. Compared to others who would always show a moment of indignation when being scolded, Song Qixian adapted well.

Thanks to his work experience in previous years, Song Qixian would subconsciously empty himself when being scolded, as if his subconscious mind was helping him avoid harm from the outside world.

Afterwards, Song Qixian recalled how he felt when he was scolded, a vague feeling that was hard to describe.

Fortunately, he had a good understanding and would not make the same mistake twice if he got it wrong the first time. Therefore, he was scolded the least.

Now, he had to take advantage of this rare break to think carefully about how to shoot the next scene.

Zheng Xingwen watched coldly as the woman from the marketing department bullied Xu Ruien. He waited for an opportunity, for Xu Ruien to beg for mercy or help. Then, he could come to save this woman like a god descending from heaven.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Ruien didn't beg for mercy. She calmly picked up the wet phone and called the police. Then she locked the door herself, not allowing anyone to leave.

While waiting, she inadvertently met Zheng Xingwen's gaze, who was secretly watching her from a few doors away. What she didn't know was that Zheng Xingwen was trembling all over at that moment, his heart filled with excitement.

Song Qixian finished reading this plot with a frown. The more Zheng Xingwen read it, the more he felt something was wrong. After finishing this drama, his acting style would not turn in a weird direction, right?

The 19-year-old Song Qixian actually has only a vague understanding of Zheng Xingwen's role positioning. He can understand Zheng Xingwen's affection for Xu Ruien, a high-quality woman, but he cannot empathize with her.

Because no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Zheng Xingwen's feelings for Xu Ruien were not just simple affection, but there was something mixed in that he could never understand.

Song Qixian's troubles were soon resolved.

Kong Xiaomei wandered over to him and saw his frown, so she said, "Is there anything you don't understand? Why don't you tell me and we can talk about it. You'll understand after a while."

Song Qixian showed her that paragraph, and Kong Xiaomei immediately understood where his distress came from.

Although 23-year-old actor Kong is acting for the first time, his understanding of drama is better than many people. After all, he is also an actor who graduated from an orthodox directing major.

After just two days of getting along, Kong Xiaomei roughly understood the personal situation of this brother who was four years younger than her but had been working for several years.

He had probably never been in a relationship before and was quite unfamiliar with it. Naturally, he had no idea what a relationship between a man and a woman, with a woman as the lead, was like.

Kong Xiaomei admired the young man's pure mind and body. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Is there anything you particularly like? You can't live without it."

Song Qixian frowned and said, "Yes, I did. I used to like a comic book very much. In order to keep it, I dug a hole in the yard and hid it."

Kong Xiaomei then enlightened him: "Why do you like it so much? What do you feel when you see it?"

Song Qixian said slowly, "Whenever I look at it, my heart is filled with ripples, my face turns red, and I wish it could only belong to me, and no one else could ever see it."

Kong Xiaomei nodded, "So compared to how you feel about Xu Ruien, what's the difference?"

Song Qixian narrowed his eyes and subconsciously defended himself: "Rui En is a person, I shouldn't look at her like an object."

Kong Xiaomei spread her hands, speechless. But Song Qixian understood what she meant in an instant.

Zheng Xingwen probably didn't think of Xu Ruien as a person. He placed his own feelings for objects on her.

After understanding this, Song Qixian suddenly became enlightened.

He was too narrow-minded. He shouldn't have found logical support for Zheng Xingwen's affection. Zheng Xingwen was also a person with psychological problems, and he shouldn't be viewed with common sense.

When Qiu Mingsheng came back, he skipped the actress's scene, and everyone understood that she had been abandoned.

The camera was still aimed at the male and female protagonists, and it happened to be filming the scene that Song Qixian had just realized.

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Xu Ruien tripped and fell, someone did it on purpose.

She lay prone on the mirror-white floor, her knees aching like needles. She seemed to hear all kinds of laughter, mostly from those idle old ladies with nothing to do.

Her good colleague Xiuyuan hurried to help her up, but Xu Ruien refused. She clapped her hands and stood up on her own.

Most of her colleagues were busy with their own things, and only a few paid attention to what was happening on her side.

Xu Ruien stood in front of Zhiyu and said, "You did it on purpose."

Zhiyu crossed his arms and gave a fake yet sweet smile: "Sorry, I didn't see you."

Here it comes again, here it comes again. Xu Ruien doesn't understand why every time she arrives in a new environment, there are always people who make things difficult for her?! She's already giving them face!

Zhiyu left triumphantly, but Xu Ruien couldn't swallow this anger. Feeling sorry for not being able to push people, she went to the bathroom to fix her injured knee.

She left in a hurry and forgot to bring her cell phone, which was left on her workstation.

When Xu Ruien came back again, she couldn't find her mobile phone at her workstation, so she turned her gaze to Zhiyu who was not far away.

Zhiyu looked provocatively, as if saying, what can you do?

In a flash, Xu Ruien suddenly thought of a place not far from the toilet where the cleaning lady's bucket was placed.

Sure enough, Xu Ruien found his lost cell phone in the bucket.

Xu Ruien, who had retrieved the phone, wiped it over and over with a tissue. Xiuyuan handed him a tissue and explained, "Ruien, I don't know why your phone was there. No one passed by your workstation just now..."

Xu Ruien remained calm throughout and did not make a scene as some people thought.

I wiped the phone clean, but it still wouldn't open.

She stood up suddenly, and the chair made an extremely unpleasant "squeak" sound when it hit the floor, which made many colleagues who were still working overtime frown.

Before they could cast condemning glances at the culprit, Xu Ruien stood up and shouted in a powerful voice, "Who did it?"

She raised the water-soaked cell phone, and when no one answered, she asked again.

Zhiyu and his group kept looking at Rui En with the look of watching a good show, expecting that she could only be furious and helpless.

Unexpectedly, the next moment Xu Ruien politely asked Xiuyuan to borrow her cell phone and made a call.

"Hello, police? I suspect someone has vandalized my property. Yes, there's surveillance. Room 22, XX Floor, XXXX Building."

She actually called the police! This was something no one expected.

Does she know what calling the police means?

But Xu Ruien not only dared to call the police, she also dared to stop everyone from leaving.

She was guarding the door and politely said to the colleagues who wanted to leave, "I'm sorry, you can't leave yet. You can only leave after the police come and clear you of suspicion."

The colleague was furious: "Xu Ruien, do you know what you are doing to your senior?"

Xu Ruien clasped his palms together and said, "Senior, you still can't leave."

It was already eight o'clock in the evening and there were not many people left in the marketing department.

Some people turned their eyes to the only leader present—Zheng Xingwen.

Zheng Xingwen's expression showed no emotion, and he didn't help anyone, but he didn't leave either.

The police arrived quickly and checked the surveillance cameras as Xu Ruien had requested. Unfortunately, the surveillance camera next to the toilet was a blind spot, and the surveillance cameras in the office area were not easily accessible.

A colleague started to grumble, "So we can leave now? Ryan, you're really serious."

During the stalemate, Zhiyu came out to mediate: "Oh, okay, okay, it's my fault. Ryan may have a grudge against me. Ryan, I'm sorry, but I really didn't touch your phone."

Xu Ruien's eyes turned cold, and the police also said that if there was no other evidence, then the matter could only be mediated privately by them.

Seeing that things were almost done, Zheng Xingwen took action.

"As for evidence? I have it. I have photos and videos. I wonder what kind of evidence you need?" His eyes swept across Zhiyu, who was obviously panicking, and finally stopped at Xu Ruien.

But he was still disappointed, because there was no gratitude in Xu Ruien's eyes, but rather, vigilance?