This was the first time in the life of young Miss Ni Jia that she was filming on a set, and she was playing the female lead. Even without her agent's reminder, she would put in all her effort to act well.
In just half a day, she went through the process of reshaping her Taoist heart and was so frustrated by so many NGs that she began to doubt her life.
At the beginning, Jing Yujun would remind her what was wrong and what was lacking, but later on he just had a gloomy face and didn't say a word.
It was already past noon, but the director didn't give any orders, so no one dared to eat and they all continued to work on an empty stomach.
After another NG, Jing Yujun gave Ni Jia a stern reprimand and asked him to take a ten-minute break before continuing filming.
The little girl apologized to the people around her and hid in a corner crying silently. Her performance was not good, so everyone in the crew had to accompany her to perform again and again. She felt that she had wasted everyone's time and failed everyone's efforts, and she was very sad.
Besides, she was hungry. She was really hungry! Usually, she had to study and practice her body shape. She ate in the staff cafeteria. She knew how to control herself. Her agent, Li Zhaonan, also trusted her and didn't control her much.
This time it’s different. It’s the heroine, so Li Zhaonan is extremely concerned and repeatedly reminds her to keep in shape.
She only ate a small bowl of oatmeal with milk in the morning, without even a spoonful of honey. Even for her sandwich, the assistant only cut a small half for her, without even any salad dressing!
The more Ni Jia thought about it, the more she felt wronged, but she couldn't cry too hard. Although the director asked her to be without makeup, she didn't need to worry about makeup, but if she cried too much, it would be obvious in her eyes.
She tried her best to hold it in.
The other side shouted "Start shooting" again, and Ni Jia immediately adjusted his expression and walked over.
Fortunately, this time the director shouted “Cut” and the words immediately following it were no longer “do it again” but “save one take”.
After the second time of "keeping one line", Ni Jia suddenly got the idea, and his acting skills and emotions gradually improved.
When the light outside was almost wrong, Jing Yujun finally said mercifully, "Cut, pass!"
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief and started running to get their lunch boxes like hungry wolves.
Ni Jia ignored his assistant's dissuasion and ate the whole box of rice without leaving a single grain, then burped with satisfaction.
The weather was good today, and after dinner, Jing Yujun asked everyone to rest, called Ni Jia over, talked about the play, and then waited for the sunset and filmed another scene.
Ni Jia passed this scene with just two takes. Jing Yujun was obviously satisfied with her and gave her a stamp of "promising talent", and it is expected that the subsequent filming will be much easier.
Tao Huayu came back from the construction site and stopped by to see Liu Wangxue.
Liu Wangxue had the lunch box in her hand and was about to open it when Tao Huayu held her back.
"My mom has already called Aunt Gu and Lao Xu. Why don't you all come to my house for dinner tonight?" He listed a series of dishes, "My brother-in-law has also baked the chestnut cookies."
Liu Wangxue immediately put the lunch box back.
Tao Huayu didn't avoid people and didn't lower the volume, so Jing Yujun heard it. He also silently put the lunch box back.
Jing Yujun also heard from Du Yunkai that Tao Huayu's brother-in-law was a very good cook, so he tactfully expressed his intention to have a free meal.
Originally, Tao's mom and dad wanted him to invite the director over as well, but they were worried that the director was too arrogant and they wouldn't be able to invite him.
Tao Huayu said he would give it a try, but when he came to the crew and heard that there were night scenes, he didn't ask. Unexpectedly, Jing Yujun wanted to go himself, oh, this is great.
Liu Wangxue laughed and complained: "I think Mr. Du is a big leaker. Director, how come you can hear everything from him?"
Jing Yujun waved his hand: "We are good brothers, we can talk about anything."
Then everyone who was having dinner received a notice that tonight’s night show would be moved to tomorrow.
The director said that everyone was tired in the morning, so they should have a good rest tonight and start work early tomorrow and work hard.
Everyone happily finished their lunch boxes and packed up their things: "Let's go! Let's go to town for another meal!"
Jing Yujun told his assistant the time to pick him up, and then walked back with Liu Wangxue and Tao Huayu.
Not long after they walked out, they saw Xu Qingsong coming with three others.
It’s been almost a whole day since they last saw each other, and the three of them miss Liu Wangxue so much.
Gua Gua flew very fast and rushed to Liu Wangxue in an instant, landed on her shoulder, and rubbed her neck.
Pengpeng was running towards us with Xiaoci on his back, facing the sunset, with a smile on his face.
It seemed to have forgotten Xiaoci's existence, and in excitement it pounced directly on Liu Wangxue, knocking Xiaoci to the ground in an instant.
The cat rolled on the ground, stunned for a moment, then climbed back onto Bongbong's back with an angry look on his face and started hitting the dog on the head.
After Liu Wangxue finished rubbing Xiao Ci, she reached out and took Xiao Ci into her arms. The cat was still waving its fist towards the dog.
Pengpeng jumped twice with light steps, wagged his tail vigorously, and looked very proud.
Xiao Ci retracted his claws, nestled in Liu Wangxue's arms, and glared at it.
The rat on my shoulder was trying to imitate human laughter, but it failed to imitate it well and ended up quacking like a duck: "Quack, quack, quack! Quack, quack, quack!"
It made the four adults laugh out loud.
Most families in the village are like Tao Huayu's family. Even if they have built new houses, they still use wood stoves.
At this time, under the red sky of sunset glow, wisps of smoke drifted over the village. Walking on the path, it was like being in a colorful oil painting.
Jing Yujun was thinking in his mind that he should ask the photographer to take more empty shots as these scenes could not be wasted.
Along the way, many families were already eating, some had small square tables under the eaves at the gate, and the whole family sat together, while others were carrying bowls, moving small chairs or stools out, or sitting on wooden stakes at the gate, and chatting with neighbors next door.
When he saw Liu Wangxue and the others passing by, he greeted them and politely invited them to eat together.
Once they walked away, the topic naturally turned to the crew.
"I went to see it this morning. I don't know what kind of play it was. The little girl was so pitiful."
"After all, she is a celebrity, how can she be pitiful?"
"I didn't mention the star, I just said the girl played by the star..."
After hearing the general plot, I said: "How is it possible? How can there be such parents in this world? Which child is not the apple of their eye?"
The old man said, "That's because you haven't seen it. Guoren's son-in-law, Huayu's brother-in-law, has parents like this. The girl in the play at least finished high school, but Xiangrong didn't finish high school and was forced to drop out by his parents..."
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"That director looked really fierce! He kept asking that little girl to reshoot all morning."
"Same in the afternoon! Oh, poor thing, it's really hard to do any work."
"But I saw that Huayu and Xuxu got along well with the director. Didn't they even go home together for dinner?"
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I've been very interested in AI painting recently. Does anyone have any easy-to-use software to recommend? I want to make this group of adults as well (●''●) In addition, Xiaoci is a blue-gold gradient, which needs to be modified. Alas, at present, I can only make this with the built-in Edge browser...
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