An Ning sat in the back seat, unable to suppress the smile on her lips. Chu Lan, who was in the front, saw her like this and couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
When asked, she wasn't embarrassed at all and smiled as she replied, "Someone praised my acting skills."
She turned off her phone and nodded slightly. "Well, actually, I don't really care about this kind of praise, Sister Lan. But, compared to everyone cursing me and wishing me a good death and an early exit from the industry, this kind of praise is quite nice."
Chu Lan was skeptical of her words, and just then they came to a red light, so she asked, "What are the comments there?"
The person in the back seat answered quickly, "The video on the official Douyin short video account 'Survival Countdown,' the one you found, all the comments say the same thing."
Chu Lan became increasingly skeptical as she listened, but instead of directly questioning her, she said, "Is that so? Then I'll go and pay my respects."
As she spoke, she opened the software that Anning had mentioned, and entered "survival countdown Anning" and other related keywords into the search bar. The first video that the all-powerful big data system recommended to her was the one she was looking for.
Chu Lan clicked into the comments section and, looking at the densely packed comments, began to doubt An Ning's intelligence for the first time.
Of all the comments on the screen, she couldn't find a single one praising An Ning's acting skills. How did she even notice them?
On Chu Lan's phone screen, there were only comments calling the police.
Netizen #1: "You're crazy! You scared me half to death! I'm calling the police!"
Netizen #2: "To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if this was acting, but what do you think this is? Is this a TV show recording? Is a TV show being filmed like it's really about killing someone?"
Netizen #3: "My God, this is the first time I've felt that An Ning doesn't seem like a complete idiot, but rather like a murderer. Has she really never killed anyone?"
Finally, Chu Lan saw a comment that best reflected her thoughts when she saw An Ning's actions: "Pretending to be a normal person all the time is too tiring, isn't it? Letting loose on the show? The police must be lining up for this!"
Chu Lan snapped out of his daze when the cars behind him started honking their horns frantically. He turned off his phone and slammed on the brakes.
"I looked at the comments section of the video you mentioned."
An Ning raised an eyebrow. "How about it? A lot of people are saying my acting is amazing."
Chu Lan asked, her expression complicated, "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your eyes?"
Sensing her unspoken meaning, An Ning adjusted her posture to answer Chu Lan's question in the most comfortable position, "Although at first glance all the comments seem negative, don't be hasty. Think about it, in previous videos like this, whenever I appeared on screen, didn't the comment section immediately flood with criticism?"
An Ning opened a bag of potato chips that had been sitting in the back seat of the car for who knows how long, grabbed a chip, and popped it into her mouth. "Look at the comments now," she said. "Isn't this basically saying that my acting has improved?"
"I scrolled through the comments section and there wasn't a single negative comment. Doesn't that prove that my acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds?"
An Ning's voice and the crunching sound of her eating potato chips both entered Chu Lan's ears, making Chu Lan's head spin.
She gave up on agonizing over it and nodded several times to indicate that she understood. "Yes, I agree with them. I also think your acting skills have undergone a qualitative change."
"Thank you for the compliment!"
An Ning accepted it without any psychological burden.
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They arrived at their destination five minutes before 8:30, but the parking spot was still a bit far from the location Guo Jingsheng had chosen for the opening ceremony. In order to arrive at the opening ceremony on time, An Ning grabbed Chu Lan's wrist and started running, as if she wanted to run a thousand meters in a minute.
Fortunately, An Ning was fast enough to arrive at the location just one minute before the opening ceremony was about to begin, but Chu Lan, who was being dragged along by her, was not so lucky.
She was practically dragged to the designated spot by An Ning. After Chu Lan caught her breath, she started yelling at An Ning, "You're the one who needs to rush to film! Why are you dragging me like this? I almost wore through my shoes!"
An Ning knew he was in the wrong, so he looked up at the sky and remained silent.
Chu Lan was furious at her appearance, but seeing that everyone was already standing and ready to take pictures, she couldn't disturb them any longer. She could only glare at An Ning fiercely before leaving angrily.
Director Guo Jingsheng stood in the center, with the male and female leads, who had been cast long ago, beside him. Ironically, these two leads knew each other.
They were not acquainted with the original owner.
Rather, Anning herself recognized it.
It happened yesterday.
Yes, it happened yesterday.
These two people, the male and female protagonists, were the two guests who recorded the program with An Ning yesterday.
One is Ji Yan, and the other... is Jiang Yu.
Anning had already learned the general plot of the movie beforehand, but several days had passed and she had almost forgotten it. Looking at the two people's costumes, she couldn't tell for a moment who they were playing.
But she soon found out.
Right after the group photo was taken.
One was determined to send her to jail, and the other successfully got her imprisoned.
Jiang Yu plays the victim's son, and Ji Yan plays the lawyer hired by the victim's son.
Well, they're both after me.
After reviewing the script again, An Ning couldn't help but sigh to herself.
This is amazing.
Then, the actress named Lin Ran, who had a personal grudge against her, played Jiang Yu's sister in the film.
An Ning's role in the drama is neither too big nor too small; she could be considered a supporting female character, perhaps the fourth or fifth. However, in the eyes of others, An Ning is definitely a vicious supporting female character.
But An Ning didn't care at all; she only needed to film one scene today.
That was the scene of the murder.
This location is where the movie opens, and here An Ning only needs to film the scene where the female mental patient commits murder.
That is, the scene where someone buys breakfast, suddenly pulls out a fruit knife, randomly picks a passerby, and slashes them more than a dozen times.
To be honest, An Ning is not very daring to act now. Yesterday's recording of the show really made her feel good. She is too evil now, and I'm afraid she might stab someone with a prop knife.
But the director didn't care about any of that. He just called out, "Anning, you go up there. Yes, that's it. Stand there and start walking when I say 'action.' Try to get it in one take. If you can't get it in one take, it's okay to do it a few more times..."
An Ning stood in the blind spot of the camera, her figure obscured by a large tree. She only began to take steps after she clearly heard the word "action".
A girl wearing a black hood emerged from behind a tree, walking rather quickly. An outsider might have thought she was in a hurry, but she walked aimlessly for a long time until she caught sight of a breakfast shop and suddenly slowed down, walking to the front of the shop.
"Hello, a cup of hot soy milk and two meat buns."
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