Yin Chengjue’s past life was a complete joke.
The star he personally groomed not only betrayed him but twisted the knife when his company was on the brink of collapse.
Reborn, he vowed ...
"It's time to prepare for the next scene." In the short time that followed, Director Mo had finished watching the replay and pointed out a few things that Rong Yu needed to pay attention to: "Jing Sheng, you are a ghost now. Your body is cold, your limbs are stiff, and your skin is pale and bloodless. These are the initial signs. You need to intentionally or unintentionally show these signs so that the audience can notice that something is wrong with you and then deduce at some point that the real ghost is not Jiang Qing, but you."
"So what is the performance in the middle stage?" Director Mo asked, and without waiting for Rong Yu's answer, he continued: "The ghost here is set to be able to pass through walls freely. In the process of chasing the murderer, in order to catch up as quickly as possible, you unconsciously pass through walls. Your body is not like a normal person when you run, because you are the real ghost. You are floating and running, but you yourself cannot feel it."
Director Mo has a habit of treating the actors as characters in the play when he is directing them, so he calls them by the names of the characters.
Seeing that Director Mo and Rong Yu were discussing the scene, Yin Chengjue didn't want to disturb them, so he wandered over to a distant camera position to see how the other shots were going.
Upon seeing that it was Yin Chengjue, the cameraman readily made way for him and prepared the playback for Yin Chengjue to see.
Besides the replay of the previous scene, there were other video replays, which Yin Chengjue watched one by one.
Because it's a supernatural film, a lot of special effects need to be done in post-production, so what we see now are just fragmented scenes, making it hard to tell which scene is being filmed.
As Yin Chengjue was still trying to recall which part of his story the video corresponded to, he felt something tug at the corner of his clothes.
Yin Chengjue looked down and first saw a beige plaid suit, then met a pair of big eyes.
"Um, Mr. Yin, hello. I... I'd like to see the playback from this camera angle. Is that alright?" The man lowered his head, nervously fiddling with his fingers, looking very cautious.
Yin Chengjue instantly lost the will to continue watching. He took a few steps to the side and headed to the other side of the set, where Li Qiao and her group of teenagers were. Although Yin Chengjue's main purpose was to visit Rong Yu on set, he also wanted to check on the other artists from Huansheng Entertainment in order to avoid arousing suspicion.
So, basically, the advantage of casting our own artists in this movie is that it allows him to perfectly explain that he's just visiting a group of people on set.
"Um, Mr. Yin, could you wait a moment? I think we had a little misunderstanding before. Could you let me say a few words?" Mingqian, who had said she wanted to watch the replay, followed closely behind.
Yin Chengjue's brows furrowed instantly. He raised his hand, pressed his knuckles, and they cracked.
Mingqian, who wanted to grab Yin Chengjue's hand, was speechless.
In that instant, he recalled the image of Yin Chengjue choking him, and the suffocating feeling of being close to death made his hair stand on end, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
“I don’t want to hear it,” Yin Chengjue said coldly.
Mingqian had already taken a step back in fright, but then, as if remembering something, she gritted her teeth and mustered her courage to say, "But I want to explain. That night, it was because I was drugged. I was dizzy and didn't know how I got there. I really don't know what happened. I was framed. I was wronged!"
If it weren't for the fact that there were many people coming and going here, and that speaking too harshly would make people who didn't know the situation think that he was being bullied, and that they would ignore him and turn around and leave, and he was worried that Mingqian would follow him all the way and cause misunderstandings, Yin Chengjue would have turned around and left long ago.
Yin Chengjue suppressed his impatience and said, "What does this have to do with me? It's not like I framed you."
Mingqian said nervously, "But I'm afraid you'll misunderstand me..."
Yin Chengjue: "There's no need."
Mingqian's eyes lit up: "So, does this mean President Yin has forgiven me?"
Yin Chengjue: "What I mean is, whether there's a misunderstanding or not, it's unnecessary and unimportant. You can leave now."
Mingqian's smile froze instantly, and tears welled up in her large eyes, as if she could cry at any moment.
A passerby noticed Mingqian's tearful expression and assumed something had happened, so he couldn't help but glance at Yin Chengjue. Yin Chengjue, noticing this, turned around and glared at her before quickly leaving as if he hadn't seen anything.
Yin Chengjue watched the person leave, but his mood was far from good.
Why didn't he realize in his past life that Ming Qian was so annoying? He had clearly thrown Ming Qian out last time. If she had any self-respect, she wouldn't be coming back to him now.
Yin Chengjue finally couldn't hold back any longer and turned to leave, but Ming Qian quickly circled around in front of him and opened her arms to block his way.
"Mr. Yin, are you so impatient to listen to my explanation? I just don't want any misunderstandings between us."
As he ran, tears welled up in his eyes and instantly streamed down his face, smudged his eyeliner.
"I said, it's not important." Yin Chengjue tried hard to recall, but he didn't think he had ever given Ming Qian a kind look in his entire life. Was it that Chang Yue's money wasn't appealing enough, or that Feng Changheng's love wasn't enough? Why did she have to come along and provoke him?
"But this is very important to me!" Mingqian seemed to realize that it wasn't appropriate for her to cry in this place, so she quickly wiped away her tears haphazardly with both hands.
Behind this camera position was a grove of trees, and no one was going into it. Yin Chengjue wanted to leave, so he took a few steps toward the filming location, but Ming Qian stopped him. In this situation, Ming Qian had her back to the filming location, while Yin Chengjue was facing it.
Behind Mingqian, staff members rushed around, busy setting up the next scene, while the actors memorized their lines. For a moment, no one noticed that someone was crying.
Yin Chengjue was initially puzzled as to why Ming Qian dared to act up here, but when he looked up and saw everyone's busy figures, he instantly understood that Ming Qian had come here after careful consideration.
With her back to those people, Mingqian wiped away her tears after crying, leaving only a pair of red eyes. When the next scene began, as soon as Mingqian stepped onto the stage, wouldn't everyone see her?
When the time comes, all you have to do is ask, "Did anyone see Mingqian standing with whom just now?" Someone will definitely see Yin Chengjue standing here. After all, there are so many people and so many eyes. They can't see Mingqian's expression with her back to them, nor did they pay attention to what Mingqian said, but they can see Yin Chengjue's face.
A face that looks extremely grumpy.
Yin Chengjue began to reflect that he had indeed been blind before. Otherwise, how could he have found someone like Ming Qian adorable? If Ming Qian had put all that effort into honing her acting skills, she wouldn't have needed to climb the ladder through these means.
However, what Yin Chengjue didn't know was that in his previous life, he used all his power to pave the way for Ming Qian. Even if there was a thorn in the road, Yin Chengjue would remove it, making Ming Qian's journey smooth. Naturally, Ming Qian didn't need to spend her time on other things. In this life, Yin Chengjue just watched coldly. Ming Qian had no power or influence. Feng Changheng, whom she had previously latched onto, was now too busy to take care of himself and even had to ask Ming Qian for money. Chang Yue, whom she later climbed onto, was a playboy who wouldn't stay with Ming Qian for long. Ming Qian was bound to run into walls, stumble, and fall everywhere.
When you get hurt and suffer, you naturally learn to scheme and take advantage of your strengths.
Yin Chengjue was too lazy to say anything more to Mingqian. He simply told her to "get lost" and strode towards the crowd.
Mingqian called out a few times from behind, but as expected, wary of the large number of people, she did not follow.
Yin Chengjue went around to Li Qiao's side, greeted the five boys, and then went to Wei Hai to ask him about his recent situation as a matter of routine.
Wei Hai had actually secretly gotten married, and his wife was a man. Only Wei Hai's assistant knew about this before, and even his former agent was unaware of it.
Yes, because the man who got his marriage certificate with Wei Hai is Wei Hai's assistant.
Yin Chengjue knew this because he had dealt with Wei Hai's secret marriage in his previous life.
At the time, Wei Hai was photographed by the media kissing a man in a car, and the photos were posted online. Only then did the company learn about the incident and hurriedly deal with it.
It was because of this incident that Yin Chengjue witnessed once again the scene of an artist falling from a great height to the bottom and being trampled and cursed by thousands of people because of coming out as gay.
Most of those who insulted him online were Wei Hai's fans.
Although Yin Chengjue handled the matter properly and Wei Hai did not leave the entertainment industry, he was severely damaged and it took him a long time to recover.
It was precisely because of this that when Huansheng Entertainment later fell into crisis, Wei Hai remained unmoved by other companies trying to poach his artists, and he sneered at those artists who left after paying breach of contract fees.
"What are your plans?" Yin Chengjue asked.
Wei Hai immediately understood what Yin Chengjue meant. He was shocked when Yin Chengjue pointed out the problem between him and his assistant that day, because they had kept it a secret very well and had always been very discreet in public. Even their previous agent hadn't noticed, but they never expected that Yin Chengjue would find out.
Yin Chengjue's suggestion at the time was for Wei Hai to find another assistant, otherwise the two of them would be together all the time, and they would definitely be discovered because of an uncontrollable impulse, just like in their previous life.
"We'll be careful," Wei Hai said.
The implication is that she doesn't want to work separately from her current assistant.
Wei Hai watched Yin Chengjue cautiously, afraid that Yin Chengjue might get angry and forcibly break them up.
His expression was so obvious, it was as if he had the words written all over his face.
Yin Chengjue's lips twitched as he read: "I'm not that heartless. If you insist on doing this, you should consciously reveal to your fans that you have someone you like during this period, then further reveal that that person is not in the industry, and then further show off your wedding ring, so that your fans can have a psychological buffer."