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The next day, Wen Yan received a notice to return to the film crew.
She and Jiang Wanwan arrived one after the other.
The director personally came to greet me as soon as I joined the film crew.
Wen Yan was very happy to see the director return.
Wen Yan congratulated the director: "Director, it's so great that you're back. It shows that the production team still has some sense and knows who to win over and who not to keep."
However, the director's expression after hearing this was indescribable.
He raised his chin in a certain direction, and Wen Yan saw Fu Yiqing, who was already dressed in a costume, lying on a chair playing on his phone.
Wen Yan and Jiang Wanwan were both somewhat surprised to see this.
"What's going on?" Wen Yan and Jiang Wanwan exchanged a glance, then looked at the director.
"Wasn't she replaced? Why did the production company invite Wanwan here? Are they just playing with her?"
"No, that's not what the producers meant. Wanwan will still play the role of Consort Li. As for Fu Yiqing, she wasn't kicked out. She's just had her resources downgraded and is now playing the role of Princess Hejing."
Princess Hejing is another important female character in this drama, with her screen time second only to the two main characters.
"What happened to the actress who originally played Princess Hejing?"
"They're out."
"Okay." Wen Yan frowned slightly and looked around.
Seeing this, the director also scanned the room with Wen Yan: "Who are you looking for, that actress? We already told her not to come."
Wen Yan could have guessed this outcome.
She shook her head: "No, I wasn't looking for her, I was just looking around."
Actually, she was subconsciously looking for Qin Yulong's figure just now.
If someone were to ask her why she sought him out, she probably wouldn't be able to explain it herself.
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With the change of actors, many scenes have to be reshot.
But the director and most of the actors were professionals, and everyone quickly got into character.
Wen Yan and Jiang Wanwan both delivered solid performances, and the director was also very good at communicating with the actors, resulting in most takes being completed in one take.
They enjoyed their performances, and the director had a great time filming.
Fu Yiqing, who had a past conflict with the director and had been recast three times, was quite emotional.
Although the director didn't intentionally make things difficult for her, she still didn't receive any praise even if she got it right in one take.
Compared to this, Fu Yiqing felt extremely unbalanced, and that dissatisfaction even spread to Jiang Wanwan.
She felt that Jiang Wanwan had stolen her role, and she had been holding a grudge with nowhere to vent it.
And today's performance gave her that opportunity.
In the early episodes, Consort Li, played by Jiang Wanwan, is a palace maid. In one scene, she is whipped by a drunken princess.
Although Jiang Wanwan had a board on her back, it still hurt a bit when the whip actually struck her.
When filming these kinds of scenes, the other actors usually try to avoid making mistakes, otherwise each reshoot will only cause harm to the actor being hit. Everyone would be aware of this.
But Fu Yiqing didn't; she had to do several takes for a whipping scene.
Jiang Wanwan tolerated it the first three times, after all, everyone makes mistakes.
But Fu Yiqing was still like this on the fourth time.
The director couldn't sit still any longer: "What did you do, Miss Fu? This is a riding whip, not one of those long whips. Is it really that hard to hit this short whip accurately?"
"If your aim is this bad, then don't bother filming. Let someone else do it. I don't film faces. You can go to the side and observe and learn, okay?"
Seeing the director defend Jiang Wanwan, Fu Yiqing felt even more displeased.
"Director, isn't that a bit unprofessional of you to say that? This shot isn't suitable for editing. I don't think there's anything wrong with my aim; it's just that my facial expression management at the end wasn't very good, which is why I wanted to reshoot it. This is how I show responsibility to the crew."
"Responsible to the crew?" The director was so angry he laughed. "Do you really not know how much time you've wasted for the entire crew? Ridiculous. You don't need to reshoot; that take is good. Get ready for the next scene."
"No, we can't go through that."
Just as Fu Yiqing was feeling dissatisfied, another voice spoke the words she wanted to say.
It turned out to be Jiang Wanwan.
Both the director and Fu Yiqing were surprised.
Under the two puzzled gazes, Jiang Wanwan stood up.
She walked step by step to Fu Yiqing and directly took the riding whip from her hand.
"You know what? The one you just filmed was really bad. But I think the problem wasn't with your facial expressions, but with how you whipped yourself."
Fu Yiqing found Jiang Wanwan's behavior strange: "Just talk, why are you so close to me? Give me back the whip."
"No, that won't do. I'd like to give you some pointers. I'm very good at whipping, and I'm going to demonstrate for you. See that pillar? I can whip it for you."
"Turn around and look. You're not going to turn around, are you? Well, then I'm going to."
Jiang Wanwan likes to take revenge on the spot; if Fu Yiqing doesn't move, she will.
Quickly circling behind Fu Yiqing, Jiang Wanwan lashed out with her whip across the back.
"Ah!" Fu Yiqing exclaimed in surprise, caught off guard.
The entire crew was stunned. Was Jiang Wanwan really that fierce?
Jiang Wanwan remained unfazed: "What are you yelling about? Did I yell after you hit me four times? Remember this feeling, use this kind of force when you slap me. By the way, Director, you said that take was good, right? Do we need to reshoot it?"
Director: "…………No need." Well done!
"That's great, we can move on to the next one."
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