Once inside the ward, everyone fell silent again.
With her hair shaved, Yan Honglian lay helplessly on the small hospital bed with her eyes closed.
There were five or six IV bottles hanging above her head, which was heartbreaking to see.
Xu Yanyu looked at Director Wei and the others who were standing guard beside her, but dared not utter a sound.
She was hesitant about whether to lead everyone downstairs, as they had arrived at an inopportune time.
Just then, Director Yan Honglian opened her eyes. "Yan Yu, you're here?"
"Director Yan, I'm sorry! We disturbed your rest." Xu Yanyu quickly stepped forward.
"I can't sleep. I had some things to tell you, so it's good that you're here."
Yan Honglian struggled to get up.
The director and assistant director next to her quickly stepped forward to help her lean against the headboard.
Xu Yanyu also went over to lend a hand.
At this moment, the wig that had been covering Yan Honglian's head slipped off her head.
Han Meng gasped and quickly covered her mouth.
Xu Yanyu picked up the wig and put it back on Yan Honglian's head.
"No need. There's no need for it now." Yan Honglian raised her hand to refuse, but accidentally pulled on the IV tube connected to her arm.
"Okay." Xu Yanyu obediently put the wig aside.
Yan Honglian looked at Xu Yanyu with a kind expression and said, "Yanyu... even if I don't go to the film crew anymore, you must finish filming the movie."
"Huh?" It wasn't Xu Yanyu who spoke, but Yu Yajing.
Director Yan looked up at the others and waved to them, "Come over here too."
Everyone obediently walked forward.
Yan Honglian said again, "Please... even if I'm not here, you must make sure the film is well made."
Xu Yanyu said firmly, "We will. Director Yan, please take good care of yourself. We are waiting for you to come to the crew and guide us."
"We will!"
"I will film and act well."
Others echoed this sentiment.
Yan Hong shook her head and laughed, "I know my body well. It's a pity my movie is only two-thirds finished..."
"However, I asked Director Zeng for help. His shooting style is somewhat similar to mine. He will take over my work from now on."
The assistant director standing to the side trembled slightly, "Sister Yan, I'm sorry! It's my fault."
It wasn't that the assistant director was useless, but rather that he felt timid when he thought that this was Director Yan's last film.
His directing skills were still insufficient; he was afraid of ruining Sister Yan's last efforts.
Director Wei turned his head to the side; his eyes were already bloodshot.
He flew here overnight last night.
Xu Yanyu nodded, "No matter who directs, we will put our heart into it."
"I don't have much time left... The doctor said it might be this week, or it might be next month..."
The medication isn't working for me anymore. Cancer still hasn't been conquered.
Yan Honglian sighed softly.
She turned her head and looked somewhat forlornly at the gray sky outside the window.
Xu Yanyu clenched her hands, unsure of what to say.
Before anyone could respond, Yan Honglian said weakly, "Let me tell you about my original intention in wanting to make this movie."
"A few years ago... I got sick. During my treatment, I met a fellow patient."
She had late-stage ovarian cancer. She told me... she had conceived five times.
The first sum of money was used to build a house for her family; the second was for her brother's wedding; the third was for her brother's wedding; and the remaining two were given to her husband.
"She also had two children of her own, a daughter... who followed in her footsteps. And a son, whose wife may also be doing the same thing."
"It is terrifying when a woman's uterus is reduced to an object."
“I know my movie may not be shown in China, and I also know that some of you think I’m doing something pointless.”
"But some things have to be spoken out, exposed... If everyone remains silent, where is justice?"
"I've always felt that film is also literature, it's art... and as practitioners, we need to express the truths in our hearts."
"Hmm..." Xu Yanyu replied in a hoarse voice.
Han Meng and the others couldn't help but show expressions of gritted teeth.
Thinking about the roles they played, and combining that with what Director Yan just said.
They finally understood what Director Yan was insisting on.
Director Yan was very weak. She only spoke briefly with Xu Yanyu and the others before lying down weakly.
As the painkillers wore off, she gritted her teeth and groaned in pain.
"You should go back..."
Yan Hong squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.
At this moment, the nurse came over and changed her medicine bottle.
The medication was administered in a strong dose, and it reacted very quickly.
Yan Hong didn't even make a groan afterward; her hand just twitched weakly.
The nurse then said, "Is there anything else you need to tell me? Please do so as soon as possible..."
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