Lu Jingchu pointed to his phone, showing Shen Shiqing the message he had sent.
【Lu Jingchu】: I'll take you out to eat after the show.
[Shen Shiqing]: Okay, I'll wait for you.
Lu Jingchu got up to prepare for filming, while Shen Shiqing continued to study the script and prepare her makeup and styling. The two did not have any scenes together today.
Shoot separately in different scenes.
Lin Man looked in Lu Jingchu's direction, and the two nodded to each other as a greeting.
Just now, were Lu Jingchu and Sister Shi exchanging glances... um...?
Hmm, is this something I can say?
Okay, no, I'll just have to hold it in.
Shen Shiqing was preparing to start filming. Before filming began, he had another discussion with the director, who nodded frequently, expressing his approval.
As soon as filming began, Shen Shiqing quickly got into character, while Qin Shiyue, a newcomer, was clearly still in the zone.
Filming resumed, and Qin Shiyue was still a little nervous, taking a while to get into character.
To ensure the smooth progress of filming, the director gave him some more pointers on the scene, and Shen Shiqing also rehearsed the scene with him for a while, offering some minor tips.
Once he had made some adjustments, the director finally resumed filming.
Of course, the filming went very smoothly this time, and Qin Shiyue made almost no mistakes. However, since it was her first time acting, her acting skills were still a bit raw.
However, he is quite perceptive, Shen Shiqing thought.
Filming is progressing normally.
On the other side, Lu Jingchu's court scenes were also filmed. This scene with Xing Jianan was perfect, and the director praised it highly, and the staff also raved about it.
Since it's a scene between professional actors, the quality is guaranteed.
The director was very satisfied. He asked for their opinions and quickly filmed another scene while the iron was hot.
This scene also went very smoothly, and the director was more relieved than anything else. He had found a good actor and felt no pressure at all.
He really likes her because she doesn't act like a diva, doesn't put on airs, acts diligently, and doesn't cause trouble.
The assistant director has finished filming the scenes between Shen Shiqing and Qin Shiyue, and now they're starting to film the scenes between Wen Xinran and Xia Chun.
Xia Chun plays a cunning princess whose birth mother was a palace maid who died in childbirth. Raised under the tutelage of the kind-hearted Empress, she harbors great ambition. While outwardly gentle and obedient, she is actually vicious, secretly poisoning the Empress and constantly sabotaging the female lead's path to advancement. Seeing Princess Zhaohua growing closer to Sangyu, she also plots to harm Princess Zhaohua.
All the bad things she did were because she loved her elder brother, the Crown Prince. She couldn't bear the Crown Prince being with the lady-in-waiting Sang Yu, and her heart gradually became twisted, ultimately leading to a tragic end.
She only had eyes for a love that didn't belong to her, forgetting herself.
This character has done all sorts of bad things and is somewhat insane; he's a character you can both love and hate.
If you perform well, the role can boost your career, and you might even reach new heights. But if you mess up, you'll have to fend for yourself.
The characters created by the screenwriter are three-dimensional, but how to interpret them depends on the actor's skill.
Wen Xinran is a professionally trained actress with some acting experience. In addition, she is an ambitious person, so she takes this role very seriously.
Xia Chun is different. She only got into the cast and got the role by currying favor with the sugar daddy, and she doesn't care about the role as much as ever.
In the past, filming involved simply reciting numbers and moving her mouth, occasionally using green screen technology, and using a stunt double for difficult scenes, since she had a sugar daddy backing her up.
This time, however, she wasn't in an ordinary film crew, and Director Jiang wouldn't indulge her.
The scene that the assistant director was in charge of filming had already gone through multiple takes, making him extremely frustrated.
Wen Xinran was alright; she made relatively few mistakes and had a very good attitude.
But that Xia Chun was really giving him a headache.
He didn't believe the rumors about her when people in the industry said she was a bad person, but after seeing it with his own eyes today, he had no choice but to believe it.
She would NG as soon as filming started, couldn't memorize her lines, and barely managed to deliver a few clear lines. Her facial expressions were terrible, with her facial features all over the place. After failing to film properly, she would throw a tantrum and frequently yell at and hit her assistant.
The assistant director could only say that he hadn't seen such a nasty and arrogant artist in many years.
He's already like this now that he's not a big star; if he becomes a big star in the future, he'll be so arrogant.
It's fortunate that their production team is very good at keeping things secret. If it got out, they would not only be criticized, but the production team would probably also be implicated.
The assistant director immediately made a judgment in his mind—this is probably a risky artist.
With filming stalled on the assistant director's end, he had no choice but to contact Director Jiang.
Xia Chun was quite adept at judging people by their appearance. When she saw Director Jiang arrive, she started to put on airs, and her acting skills at this moment were much better than when she was filming.
The assistant director was amazed. Xia Chun's facial expressions were completely different from before; her control over her expressions was simply divine. She could change her expression in a second and become extremely attentive.
But just now, when I didn't see Director Jiang, my face was sour, but now, I'm smiling brighter than the sun.
It was eye-opening, but also somewhat disjointed.
Xia Chun immediately tried to curry favor with him, but Director Jiang wasn't buying it and ignored her completely.
They just had her rehearse a scene with Wen Xinran, and filming will continue later.
“Chun Chun still needs to pay more attention. Director Jiang is quite strict. If the filming isn’t done well, we’ll probably have to keep filming,” Wen Xinran said casually.
"Oh, Ranran, don't worry about that," Xia Chun said with a smile. "What can they do to me?"
“But this will delay the staff from getting off work. Let’s focus more on filming and get off work earlier, what do you think?” Wen Xinran continued to tug at her, the two of them not acting at all.
"Why should I care about them? Didn't the crew pay them? What's wrong with asking them to wait for me?" After saying that, he glanced sideways at the staff and extras next to him, looking down on them with an arrogant and condescending attitude. He didn't lower his voice at all, making sure that everyone around could hear him.
"Chun Chun, don't say that. Everyone is working hard, please be more understanding." Wen Xinran pretended to look around before speaking gently.
"Why should I be considerate of them?" Xia Chun said impatiently. "Who do they think they are to compare themselves to me? Humph." As she spoke, Xia Chun sat down arrogantly to the side, having her assistant fan her, bring her water and food, and occasionally cursing loudly.
The assistant habitually lowered his head, not daring to reply.
Wen Xinran quietly apologized to the staff and extras around her.
"I'm so sorry everyone, Chun Chun is just like that, please don't take it to heart. I apologize on her behalf. I've ordered afternoon tea for everyone, it will be delivered soon, please remember to pick it up." She finished with a sweet smile.
Then he turned and left.
She deliberately slowed her pace, so that she could hear everything the people behind her were saying.
"Who does Xia Chun think she is? She acts like a diva every day, as if she's so high and mighty."
"These 208s, don't be so arrogant. If you hadn't pulled me back just now, I would have slapped her."
"No way, I heard she has connections. I'm afraid you'll lose your job later, it's not worth it."
“Look at Sister Xinran, she’s nothing like her. She even apologized to us. Xia Chun should be the one apologizing.”
"You said they're good friends? How come there's such a big difference between them? I suggest that Teacher Wen stop hanging out with Xia Chun, lest she betray you one day."
"That's right, but Teacher Wen is so gentle, and she's also very dedicated to her acting. I really like her."
"Actually, it's not surprising to talk about backstabbing. Look at that live stream the other day, she even dared to openly steal her sister's boyfriend. I think Song Zhihuai and Teacher Wen are mutually in love, but that bitch Xia Chun still had to interfere. She's so annoying!!!"
Listening to the comments behind her, Wen Xinran's eyes were full of confidence.
You brainless idiot, you think you can fight me? Give me a break.
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