Zhang Ying felt something was off as she listened. Why was Director Wei so biased towards Xu Yanyu?
Director Wei, unaware of everyone's thoughts, was still looking at the script, muttering to himself, "Liu Jing's part can be kept, and the next part, which connects to the previous one, should also be kept..."
Others were difficult to talk to, but Xu Yanyu was afraid of what they were hearing.
Didn't they say they were going to change the main storyline?
How come the changes eventually circled back to her character?
As Director Wei continued to mutter more and more, Xu Yanyu quickly put down her water glass and walked towards the direction where the crowd was gathered.
The others moved around to make room for each other, giving Xu Yanyu the seat closest to Director Wei.
Xu Yanyu leaned closer to look at the script.
Goodness, half of the plot that Tao Mimi added on this A4 page has Liu Jing's name on it.
Director Wei read relatively few lines.
Xu Yanyu's lips twitched involuntarily.
If she really acts according to this script, does she even need to live?
In the blink of an eye, Director Wei had already filmed several more shots.
She quickly stopped Director Wei from continuing to hook, "Director Wei, I don't think you can do this!"
Zhang Ying, who was standing next to her, nodded repeatedly.
Yes, this can't go on.
Director Wei looked up blankly at Xu Yanyu, "What's wrong?"
“Because I can’t!” Xu Yanyu replied decisively.
"Yan Yu, you can definitely do it! I believe in you." Tao Mimi squeezed in, excitedly raising her fists.
Director Wei was so moved by Tao Mimi's passion that he nodded in agreement.
Xu Yanyu covered her head and sighed, "This time it really won't work! I was hoping to take one evening to go for an interview."
As soon as Xu Yanyu said this, everyone's eyes turned to her.
Given Xu Yanyu's current popularity, does she still need to go for an interview?
Director Wei immediately sensed a sense of crisis, "You want to conduct an interview? What kind of interview?"
He's itching to get his hands on it again; looks like he'll have to do a few more shots of Xu Yanyu.
Xu Yanyu said helplessly, "A director I know introduced me to a movie audition opportunity. That director will be coming to S City in a few days."
I couldn't refuse his kindness, so I went to see him, but I wasn't even sure I'd be able to meet him.
Xu Yanyu had no other choice but to reveal this to everyone.
I only received this news today.
Her filming schedule is too scattered, so if she needs to take leave, everyone will have to adjust their filming schedule to accommodate her.
Director Wei is now in a dilemma.
Xu Yanyu is extremely busy during this period, and if she asks for a few hours off, he doesn't know what to say.
Duan Nianzhuang and Chang Xuan, who were standing nearby, looked at Xu Yanyu with some envy.
See how beneficial it is to have a wide network of connections?
While everyone is filming together, Xu Yanyu's next job is already scheduled.
Director Wei patted his head. "You can take leave, but your scenes will still need to be increased."
Xu Yanyu quickly said, "Director Wei, adding scenes is fine! But you also have to consider the broadcast time of the TV series!"
Look at all that's been added now, will it even make it to the broadcast schedule?
These words made Director Wei feel very uncomfortable!
Yes, he also has to time it perfectly with the TV broadcast schedule.
"Sigh! But Tao Mimi revised it very well!" Director Wei flipped through the script again, feeling reluctant to delete any part.
Xu Yanyu shrugged, "Then please arrange more scenes for Sister Ying and Brother Chang! Anyway, I only have so much time!"
Chang Xuan and Zhang Ying looked at Xu Yanyu with some gratitude.
Yan Yu is truly straightforward in her words and actions.
"I can't find any that can be deleted," Director Wei said, perplexed.
At this moment, the assistant director reached out and snatched the notebook and pen from Director Wei's hand.
Xu Yanyu took two steps back and moved closer to the assistant director.
She pointed, "This part can be deleted!"
Director Wei and Tao Mimi quickly joined the assistant director, and then they saw the pen easily cross out a scene featuring Liu Jing.
"No! This part can be kept!" Tao Mimi pleaded.
Xu Yanyu reminded her, "This part is a bit redundant!"
Director Wei sighed, as if it were somewhat superfluous.
Xu Yanyu continued, "If you want to change the main storyline, add more interesting details to the love story between the female lead and the male lead."
Chang Xuan nodded, "Yan Yu is right."
Xu Yanyu then pointed out several more scenes involving Liu Jing and suggested that the assistant director delete them.
All her thoughts are based on the perspective of television dramas.
She knew that Tao Mimi's added storyline was also very good, but the filming time was limited. If she didn't make any cuts, the later production would only become shoddy in order to rush the work.
This would actually be a waste of a good TV series.
Duan Nianzhuang looked at Xu Yanyu with admiration.
If he were Xu Yanyu, he couldn't have given up so many on-screen scenes like Xu Yanyu did.
Not only him, but many celebrities in the entertainment industry scheme and fight for screen time.
In the film crew he used to work for, there were many people who were placed there by the female lead or investors, and they used their power to force the director to change the script.
They drastically increased their own screen time while heavily cutting out the scenes of outstanding supporting characters.
He had never seen an actress like Xu Yanyu who complained about having too many scenes.
Even Zhang Ying admired him at this moment.
"The Legend of the Immortals: Fallen Flowers" is already a predictable hit drama, and may even be the top drama of the year.
According to Director Wei's revised plan, the more screen time Xu Yanyu gets, the more opportunities she will have to appear on screen for the audience.
However, Xu Yanyu's willingness to give up so many opportunities to appear in the drama was something she hadn't expected.
Director Wei patted the assistant director on the shoulder, "That's about enough. Streamline Yan Yu's shots, but you can still keep the good ones."
Xu Yanyu glanced at the remaining shots; she figured she could manage to film them all.
So he stopped interrupting.
Even the assistant director couldn't cut any more.
It's all because Tao Mimi's later script revisions were all quite good.
He reviewed all the plot details again and remarked, "Everyone still has to work overtime! Seventy percent of the lines have been changed, and there's a lot to memorize."
Xu Yanyu didn't take memorizing lines seriously; she had already memorized quite a few lines from just a few glances.
"I can memorize it tonight!" Duan Nianzhuang looked up and assured everyone.
Chang Xuan chimed in, "Me too."
Zhang Ying, standing to the side, gritted her teeth and said, "I can memorize it right now!"
Xu Yanyu was startled; Sister Ying was too curvy!
Chang Xuan and the other person were also surprised.
This makes them seem a bit unenthusiastic.
Duan Nianzhuang turned his gaze to Xu Yanyu, fearing that she might also recite it immediately.
Xu Yanyu caught Duan Nianzhuang's gaze and comforted him, saying, "I'm not in a hurry. I can just memorize it before filming."
Duan Nianzhuang's lips twitched.
This kind of comfort is worse than no comfort at all.
Xu Yanyu's ability to memorize lines is unmatched by him.
Director Wei stood up and shouted, "Mr. Zhong, do you think we should re-record 'SPL' two or three more times?"
I took them next door to revise the script, leaving the space for you.
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