"Where did the director find this person? She stumbles over her lines as soon as filming starts, she's like a block of wood, how am I supposed to act with her?"

"Actor Xiao has been staring at us the whole time. Could it be that she really climbed to the top by clinging to his coattails? With that foxy face, is this just her true self...?"

"Director Zhang has his own plans. Let's see if he gets angry after she has too many takes. Let's just wait and see!"

Bi Xie took a few deep breaths, trying his best not to look at Xiao Jingyi.

Zhang Shu frowned, but didn't show much displeasure.

He knew An Xie was a newcomer, so he didn't have high expectations for her from the beginning. This one NG was within his expectations.

"Let's do it again!" Zhang Shu waved his hand, and the group of people who were still talking on set immediately fell silent and got into their own mode.

"Little beggar! Hand over the steamed bun!"

"This is our territory! Where did you come from, you savage?! You look like a ghost!"

At the foot of a wall on the street, several beggar children were punching and kicking a little beggar whose face was covered in dirt and yellow mud.

The little beggar, his face covered in yellow mud, kept his head down and his arms crossed over his chest as if protecting something. His thin back was being kicked and shoved by several beggars with sticks and broken bowls, leaving countless muddy footprints, but he didn't utter a sound.

It had rained a few days ago, and the roads were muddy. My shoes were covered in mud. The beggars who were hitting me saw that the little boy on the ground was easy to bully, so they got even more excited and rubbed all the mud from their feet onto the little beggar's clothes.

Some of them stomped on the little beggar's face and maliciously shoved the mud from their feet into the little beggar's mouth.

This kind of detail wasn't mentioned at all in the script; it was entirely a prank on Bi Xie by these people.

But Zhang Shu didn't yell "cut".

The little figure on the ground struggled for a while, constantly retreating, constantly yielding, and constantly turning her head to avoid it, but the laughter and shouts of beating and cursing above her head kept swirling around, constantly testing the limits of her endurance.

The hand on the ground slowly clenched into a fist.

The frail little man trembled as he was beaten, like a fish forced to be slaughtered, having lost all will to live.

In the distance, one camera was focused on the one-sided beating, while another camera adjusted its angle to focus on Bi Xie's subtle expressions and movements.

The little beggar's face was black and yellow, extremely dirty, but his eyes were clear and bright, now filled with anger, even the corners of his eyes were red.

"Ah—", the little beggar suddenly screamed, his voice sharp, like the scream of some animal that had lost its mind.

She grabbed a beggar's leg with both hands and started biting, scratching, and nibbling at him, ignoring the kicks and punches coming at her face and body.

That attitude was as if even if he were to be killed, he would still peel off a layer of the enemy's skin!

The beggars who had been mocking and bullying the little beggar were now wailing in pain from her unreasonable and disruptive beating, but the sticks they used on the little beggar were even more merciless, as if they wanted to beat the crazed little beggar to death...

Zhang Shu, who had been staring at the camera, suddenly glanced at the film set. His expression was neither excited nor expectant. He then sat up straighter.

She reached out and tugged at Xiao Jingyi, who was reading the script to the side.

Xiao Jing was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at Zhang Shu, who said, "Did you secretly give your girlfriend some acting lessons? She performed better than I expected. I knew it! How could your girlfriend, Xiao Jing, be just a pretty face?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jing's face instantly darkened.

Looking at An Xie on set, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "She's not my girlfriend."

Zhang Shu was quite familiar with Xiao Jingyi, and seeing his serious demeanor, he couldn't help but tease him. Now that he was in the mood, he continued, "An explanation is just a cover-up. If she weren't your girlfriend, wouldn't you have sent her a lawyer's letter long ago, given all those rumors online? For a newcomer like her with no background or resources, wouldn't you, the great actor Xiao, be able to crush her with just two fingers?"

Zhang Shu winked and laughed, "At first I didn't understand why you wanted me to give some characters to players of Feixian Taoyuan as a bonus, but now I understand. Oh, and... you deliberately called me to ask me not to give the female lead role in the Anxie unit, probably because you were afraid she would leave as soon as filming was over, right?"

Zhang Shu had an "I understand, I understand" expression on his face, completely unaware that Xiao Jingyi's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

The man narrowed his eyes, his long, dark eyes looking at the little beggar on the film set who was biting and hitting like an angry little lion. The anger in his heart suddenly vanished when he saw the bruises and swelling on her face.

After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Jingyi got up with an unreadable expression and walked towards the lounge.

Director Zhang glanced back at him and called out a few times, but Xiao Jingyi did not respond.

The script supervisor rushed over, and Director Zhang didn't have time to think about why Xiao Jingyi left in such a hurry. He quickly started to have people set up the second scene and let the actors from the previous scene take a short break.

Film crews are places where people are treated differently depending on their status. Apart from a few main actors and actors with higher profiles who have their own dressing rooms and makeup rooms, everyone else has to share the same dressing rooms and makeup rooms.

For extras like Bi Xie, "resting" is really just finding a shady spot to drink some water and wipe away sweat.

The mud and grime on Bi Xie's face couldn't be wiped off. On such a hot day, sweat mixed with dirt got into his eyes, causing them to swell, sting, and feel uncomfortable. He couldn't wipe them with his hands either, because his hands were dirtier than his face!

She found a spot and used her own small fan to cool her neck. She glanced at the extras resting nearby, her eyes half-closed.

She remembered it; two little bitches had just deliberately stepped on her face and even tried to shove their feet into her mouth.

What kind of actress is this "movie star's girlfriend"? She didn't gain anything at all; she just suffered losses!

unlucky!

"Everyone to your positions!" After a break of more than ten minutes, the script supervisor started shouting through a megaphone.

This scene depicts "Fei Niang" recognizing "Hong Ou's" fox-human identity, feeling both surprised and delighted. She recalls the happy days she spent with the fox clan in the mountains and quietly sheds tears.

However, due to her awkward situation and the thought that she herself was in danger of being trapped in the mire, she did not take "Red Lotus" with her. Instead, the powerful young man who coveted her beauty gave her some silver.

Several extras pulled a magnificent prop carriage, and Zhang Jingchu, who played "Fei Niang," and Ji Jing, who played "Yuwen Qianyu," were already sitting inside.

Like Wang Manni, Ji Jing comes from a wealthy family.

However, Ji Jing's family business is not mainly in the entertainment and film industry, but in the catering industry. Over the years, with the financial support of his family and the creation of his public image, Ji Jing can now be considered one of the more popular young actors in the entertainment industry.

"Click!" The script supervisor slammed the clapperboard and shouted, "Action!"

A magnificent and luxurious carriage slowly drove through the streets, with a sign that read "Yuwen Mansion" hanging on one corner of the carriage.

Many people, upon seeing the sign, immediately showed fear and stepped back.

The saying "a dog relies on its master's power" and "a fox borrows the tiger's might" perfectly describes this scene. The coachman from the "Yuwen Mansion" had an arrogant and domineering air about him, showing no regard for the common people, and driving his four horses with a whip crack.