Han Meng and Yu Jingya felt that the effort and reward were disproportionate, and that the production team was still exploiting the actors.
Xu Yanyu, on the other hand, was already familiar with this work rhythm.
I was even busier filming "The Legend of the Immortals: Fallen Flowers" than I am now.
That day, Xu Yanyu sat in a corner flipping through a script.
The film has now reached the middle of its runtime.
The scene we're filming today is very important.
Xu Yanyu plays Lin Wei, who has dropped out of school and becomes a five-month pregnant woman in order to earn one million yuan.
She was assigned to a residential building by the organization.
Besides Lin Wei, there are nine other pregnant women here.
Ma Chunhua, played by Yu Yajing, is also a pregnant woman and lives in the same apartment building.
Xu Yanyu sorted out the plot while drinking the hot milk tea that Shaofei brought her.
She touched her stomach; she had now reached the weight Director Yan had requested.
Suddenly, Yu Jingya's complaining voice came from the side again.
"Why memorize lines? What's the point of memorizing them?"
"The plot of this movie is too sensitive; it's impossible for it to pass censorship! In the end, it might not even have a chance to be released!"
"Director Yan is really stupid. He could easily make more money with any commercial film than this one! Making this is a thankless task."
...
It's no wonder Yu Jingya said that; Zhang Yubing's film directed by Bai Xinjin is already in its final stages.
The internet is full of advertisements for that movie right now.
Although Zhang Yubing played a supporting role, her status in the company rose due to the film's huge success and promotion.
Compared to her junior sister Zhang Yubing, Yu Jingya is much more low-key.
She increasingly felt that she had chosen the wrong path and shouldn't have taken on Yan Honglian's film for such a small connection.
Han Meng, who was sitting not far away, sneered: "If you don't memorize your lines, don't drag everyone down when we're filming!"
As Han Meng spoke, her eyes involuntarily and cautiously glanced in Xu Yanyu's direction.
Xu Yanyu has almost become the tyrant of the film crew during this period.
Not only did Director Yan Hong dote on her, but even the assistant director would sometimes ask Xu Yanyu to help with some problems.
Han Meng frowned again when she thought of this.
Let's rush the schedule if we want, just finish filming as soon as possible and get away from that big devil Xu Yanyu.
Yu Jingya retorted without hesitation: "What nonsense are you talking about? I..."
Xu Yanyu looked up at Yu Jingya.
Yu Jingya caught Xu Yanyu's gaze, and all her words stuck in her throat.
This is so frustrating, so incredibly frustrating!
Okay, she'll memorize her lines, and memorize them well!
Hurry up and finish filming this movie and leave!
"Hahaha..." Han Meng laughed gleefully when she saw this scene.
The only fun thing about being on this set is watching Yu Jingya when she can't even utter a fart.
Xu Yanyu turned slightly to the side, her gaze shifting to Han Meng.
"Ha...cough cough cough..."
Han Meng was so frightened that she gasped for breath.
Xu Yanyu shook her head, ignoring them.
These two have been at loggerheads lately, and it's impossible for them to get along amicably.
As long as they don't affect the filming schedule, Xu Yanyu doesn't bother with them.
Xu Yanyu lowered her head again to look at the script.
I watched for another hour.
Xu Yanyu frowned slightly and asked Shaofei, who was sitting next to her, "Didn't you say we'd start work at nine? What time is it now?"
"It's already 10:13! Let me check yesterday's notice... it said we'd start work at 9:00!"
After reading the notification on her phone, Shaofei replied to Xu Yanyu.
"What's going on today? Director Yan usually can't wait to start work early."
Xu Yanyu stood up and walked towards the staff who were adjusting the equipment.
Yu Jingya didn't complain until Xu Yanyu had walked away, "She's the only one who's enthusiastic. She's not happy about being able to rest a little longer?"
"Have you finished memorizing your lines? Instead of wasting time gossiping behind people's backs, you should hurry up and memorize your lines. Try to get it right in one take and finish filming early!"
Han Meng replied leisurely.
In the later parts of the filming, she actually had far fewer lines.
She was happy to see Yu Jingya make a fool of herself.
On the other hand, Xu Yanyu didn't get any useful information from the staff.
Just as she returned, she encountered a somewhat troubled assistant director.
Xu Yanyu hurriedly asked, "Assistant Director, why haven't we started filming yet?"
The assistant director glanced at his watch and sighed, "We'll have to wait for Director Yan. She's on her way now."
After hearing what the assistant director said, Xu Yanyu didn't ask any further questions.
About half an hour later, everyone heard the assistant director's call.
"Get ready, get ready, filming is about to begin!"
Everyone walked toward a small apartment next door.
That's the filming location for today.
When everyone saw Yan Hong sitting in a wheelchair at the top of the stairs, even the director was stunned.
As filming progressed, everyone noticed that Director Yan Honglian was getting thinner and thinner, and guessed that she was ill.
I saw her in pretty good spirits just the day before yesterday, I really didn't expect that she would have to use a wheelchair now.
Xu Yanyu looked at Director Yan Honglian, whose cheeks were already sunken.
Even in a wheelchair, her back remained perfectly straight.
Xu Yanyu quickly said, "Director Yan, shall I carry you up?"
This old residential building does not have an elevator, and their filming location was on the third floor.
Obviously, Director Yan, being in a wheelchair, couldn't get up there.
Yan Honglian heard the voices coming from afar and guessed that it was Xu Yanyu and the others.
She awkwardly turned her wheelchair, trying to change its position.
But before she could exert any effort, the pain intensified, and a wave of nausea washed over her.
"vomit……"
"Ugh...cough cough...ugh..."
She bent down, covered her mouth with one hand, and then tried to turn her back to pick up the vomit bag placed behind her wheelchair.
"What? What do we do? What do we do?" Han Meng was terrified!
Despite her various personality flaws, she still felt a pang of sadness seeing Director Yan, with whom she had spent so much time, fall ill like this.
Yu Jingya panicked and threw the script in her hand to the ground.
Xu Yanyu quickly stepped forward and helped Director Yan pull the bag behind him.
She opened her arms and moved closer to Director Yan.
Director Yan then released her grip and vomited violently, "Ugh..."
The assistant director and the assistant who had been following Director Yan all along rushed downstairs at this moment.
"Sister Yan... are you alright?"
"Director Yan! I shouldn't have left you here alone to go upstairs and put your things away."
Both of them spoke in a hurried tone.
Han Meng gritted her teeth and whispered, "What exactly is Director Yan's illness?"
No one answered her; everyone's attention was elsewhere.
After a while, Director Yan finally looked up.
Xu Yanyu took out a tissue from her pocket to wipe away Director Yan's tears and the liquid from the corner of her mouth.
Director Yan then sighed and said, "Don't worry, help me up."
Too much time has already been wasted today; if we don't start working now, we'll be busy until very late again.
The assistant director said, "Then I'll carry you up!"
"Let's go!" Director Yan nodded.
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