Chapter 65
Compared to now, isn't Xie Fangmin, who plays the middle-aged female lead, beautiful? Of course she is beautiful, not in appearance, but in heart.
Almost everyone in this small town knew her. Many people had admired her beauty when she was young, but they also knew that her cheating husband's money was taken away by another woman. So the once beautiful woman who had never had to work had to earn a living with her own hands. Some people gloated over her misfortune, while others watched coldly.
But she doesn't feel ashamed and still works hard to live.
The whole town always appears wet in the director's camera, with fog, heavy rain, and sometimes some thin snow. The surrounding green mountains and trees surround it tightly.
In many shots, only the snack stand of the heroine is emitting steam, and many hot foods that bring warmth to people also appear from her hands.
——She is a person who is very warm and strong inside despite her cold appearance.
So the hero in the movie has loved her deeply for a long time and regarded her as the white moonlight in his heart for so many years. So it seems natural that he is willing to give everything for her in the end.
Su Ning read the script, saw some filming clips from the director's place, and watched him move the camera with his own eyes. He roughly understood why Shen Mingzheng said that this movie has great hope.
There are so many different themes in today's love movies, with many different professions and even gods in love. However, this flashy shell will conceal the essence of love that truly touches people - the truth, goodness and beauty of the lover himself.
Perhaps the story itself does not need to be complicated. Just showing such a person being loved purely is enough to move the audience.
And this new director is really talented, the shots are very beautiful, with a pure fairy tale feel.
Su Ning looked at his name specifically, and it seemed to fit his personality: Tong Feifan. He looked quite young, around 30 years old.
Although the producer, Gaoshan Pictures, is quite famous, this is indeed a low-investment movie by a new director, the leading actor is out of date, the entire crew is obviously poor, and almost all the scenes were shot in this small town.
But low investment does not mean poor quality.
When such a director meets Ji Xue, a beautiful woman with good bone structure that can withstand movie cameras, a wonderful chemical reaction occurs.
She did not rush for the schedule, but cooperated with the filming wholeheartedly and was very attentive. Before joining the crew, she even wrote a thousand-word biography for herself, a character who lived in memories and had few lines. She carefully analyzed the psychological state of the heroine at that time, and always adjusted her performance and expression according to the director's requirements.
Ji Xue was a newcomer who hadn't acted in a long time. He asked Su Ning to evaluate her acting skills. He said that her acting skills were not particularly good, but it was unfair for a newcomer to compete with the old actors he had seen many times. However, she won because of her strong comprehension. Moreover, she really fit the role very well. With the help of her teacher, she couldn't find the position of the camera at the beginning. After the director and teacher took her around for a few times, she understood it.
After a few more takes from that position, Director Tong nodded and said "passed". He didn't talk much, and could even be said to be very taciturn. He kept wearing a baseball cap pulled down low. After Ji Xue finished performing this take, she said a few more words: "Very good, this is better."
Su Ning did not disturb him during the filming, but went up to him during this break and asked politely, "Director Tong, would you like to add your contact information?"
His identity was known to everyone present. Tong Feifan became a little shy after the performance. He glanced at Su Ning and said, "Yes, yes."
Then he looked around for his cell phone in his director's pocket but couldn't find it. Then he turned around and saw it on the small table. He looked very nervous before he reached out and added Su Ning's contact information.
Su Ning: "I hope we can have a chance to work together in the future. Director Tong has a bright future."
Tong Feifan didn't dare to speak, but just waved his hand. He thought Su Ning was being polite, but in fact Su Ning was sincere. He really gained a lot from this trip.
As a pure newcomer, Ji Xue's performance was better than Su Ning had imagined. In addition to the first shot, she also got along well with the young male lead later on.
Teenage love is not easy to film. The young male lead is not a newcomer, he has acted in several dramas of Gaoshan Pictures. He is one of the newcomers trained by the company and also a guest star. He is more experienced than Ji Xue, but when the two of them got together and before the filming started, Ji Xue leaned over and whispered a few words to him, then stared at him and smiled slightly.
Then the male actor's face turned a little red, and he couldn't suppress it. He even stuttered a little when he was speaking his lines. He wanted to look at Ji Xue, but he didn't dare to do so. He had to muster up the courage to look at her.
After taking this shot, the actor felt a little annoyed and said, "My bad, sorry, let me take another shot."
Tong Feifan shook his hand at the monitor and said, "No, this one is very good."
He didn't shout "cut" and just watched the two people continue to perform like this. He just felt that this was better.
Su Ning saw more.
Just like idols need that special attractive star image, actors also need it. Ji Xue’s most outstanding feature is not her beauty, but that her beauty is compatible with her co-actors and they complement each other. To be more practical - it’s the sense of couple.
Ninety-five percent of the roles that young actresses take have love scenes. Beauty is not rare in the entertainment industry, and there are too many people who claim to be "beautiful alone", but there are very few couples who can complement each other with their rival actors. But this is indeed Ji Xue's natural characteristic, and she didn't deliberately do anything, it's just a habit.
This kind of physique is simply a bloody attribute in the entertainment industry, it is impossible not to be popular.
However, Ji Xue, who has a strong sense of CP with everyone, now seems to have no intention of falling in love at all. She is focusing her efforts elsewhere.
It was December and the temperature in the town where the filming took place was very cold, almost below zero. However, Ji Xue's costume was a thin ordinary school uniform, but she didn't seem to feel the cold at all when she walked there. After the director said OK, she walked over with her arms folded and a "hiss".
Su Ning went up to her and put a coat on her. She even laughed and joked: "Boss Su put the coat on me personally. I am so honored."
"Why are you still talking about this at this time?" Su Ning said, "I'll ask my assistant to bring a few more baby warmers and hand warmers."
I have to endure the hardships for the sake of the play, but I can't freeze to death either. I didn't bring enough with me before.
Ji Xue said: "I'm fine, this is how filming works."
She also wondered why Su Ning had to come here today. This movie had so many twists and turns, and there was bound to be resentment in the crew. She was a newcomer and a substitute, and Su Ning's presence at least guaranteed that she would not be looked down upon.
Because she could feel the other person's sincerity, she had to be more serious.
This director is good, and the whole crew is focused on their work. They are a down-to-earth team. After a while, the young actor came over, a little embarrassed, and stuffed a hand warmer into Ji Xue's hand.
Su Ning saw it all: …
He felt that he had underestimated her charm outside.
The whole team is very friendly, and there are assistants and teachers here. Su Ning stayed here for a day and then went back with peace of mind.
The company has a meeting tomorrow, and he and Shen Mingzheng have developed a habit of going home as long as they can make it if they are on a business trip.
It was already midnight when he got home. Shen Mingzheng was still waiting for him on the sofa. When he heard the door open, he came over and skillfully helped Su Ning take off his coat. He asked him, "How was the shoot?"
"It's good," Su Ning said, "That place was really cold and humid, but I feel warm now that I'm back in Haicheng."
The two men leaned against each other and chatted in low voices. Su Ning mentioned Ji Xue's performance to him and praised her a few words. He felt that she was really attractive and needed a bodyguard now. Then he planned to take a simple shower, but Shen Mingzheng held him and refused to let him go to the guest room.
In Su Ning's eyes, he said confidently: "Unfortunately, the shower in the guest room is broken today, baby, you should use mine."
Su Ning: "Who broke it?"
Shen Mingzheng told the truth: "I broke it."
He doesn't lie.
After these two people came back from Rongcheng, Su Ning rarely slept in the guest room, except for the past two days when Shen Mingzheng went too far, so he went back and had two days of peace.
Later, after sufficient investigation and research, Su Ning believed that excessive indulgence was absolutely not okay and suggested making a plan to have sex twice a week. Later, the two of them communicated fully and after searching many actual examples and combining their own situations, they tentatively decided on three times a week.
Shen Mingzheng raised objections, saying that since we had agreed to practice, we should practice more, but his objection was rejected by Su Ning.
They are not like kings who do not attend court early in the morning. Even on weekends, they still have to work. It is not easy to handle the affairs of three companies combined.
"I won't do anything today. I promise to be obedient," Shen Mingzheng promised, "I just can't sleep without you."
Su Ning asked him: "Then how did you sleep before?"
"Forget it," Shen Mingzheng said, "I can't go back anyway."
They are already a serious couple, and he would feel very aggrieved if they sleep separately. Su Ning couldn't stand his tantrum, so he stayed in the master bedroom. The door of the guest room was not even opened today.
Shen Mingzheng knew that he was tired after rushing back, so he did nothing as he promised. He just hugged Su Ning and watched him slowly fall asleep.
Su Ning has very long eyelashes, and he stared at them for a long time.
And she looked so well behaved with her eyes closed. Looking at other things, she was wearing new pajamas bought by Shen Mingzheng, her hair was soft, and the smell of her shampoo and shower gel was exactly the same as her own.
He fell asleep very quickly, but Shen Mingzheng looked at him and was reluctant to let him fall asleep.
I really like him.
Shen Mingzheng kissed him gently on the eyes. Su Ning was asleep so he couldn't feel it. He just moved in his sleep and leaned closer to him.
He was already very satisfied with this.
Su Ning did sleep well that night, and after waking up he got used to Shen Mingzheng's good morning kiss while brushing his teeth. After taking this first step, he became more and more accustomed to each other in every aspect.
But as everyone knows, Shen Mingzheng's biggest rival in love is Su Ning's job. Now that he has officially signed Ji Xue, Su Ning has more things to pay attention to.
After Ji Xue had reshoots for a few days, the movie "Old Love Letters" also began to release some behind-the-scenes footage. After all, it wasn't long before the release date, and even if there wasn't much money, the necessary publicity still had to be done.
Not many people paid attention to the movie before. The two peaks of attention were because Shu Miao became famous and Liao Yuansi got into trouble and the movie was affected. But after Ji Xue started to be promoted, the media data obviously increased significantly.
No one doesn't like to look at beautiful women, let alone a beauty of Ji Xue's level.
Tong Feifan's shots are beautiful, and some clips of the interaction between the young male and female protagonists are edited in. The handsome man and beautiful woman are even more pleasing to watch. Because of the attention, the audience also saw more content about the movie.
"It's actually Xie Fangmin, my childhood goddess. She's been out of the entertainment industry for more than ten years. I didn't even know she was filming a movie."
"It looks pretty sweet. Let's go to the cinema and watch it sometime."
"Hey, wasn't Shu Miao officially announced to be in this movie? I was looking forward to it, why did they suddenly change the cast?"
What Su Ning had worried about before finally happened.
Although both teams were informed and the film company issued a statement that the cast was replaced due to schedule reasons, which was very decent in all aspects, once the matter was noticed, the dispute was inevitable.
I don’t know if they were marketing accounts or just passers-by, but they posted a few messages saying “This person looks more like Xie Fangmin” and “She is indeed prettier”. These people didn’t even know Ji Xue’s name, but fans couldn’t stand it.
After a while, words like "riding on the popularity" and "it's just relying on the beauty camera, the real person is not that good" came out.
Su Ning had reminded Ji Xue about this before. No one can completely control public opinion. Shu Miao is very popular, but Ji Xue does not have many loyal fans. The attention she currently receives comes from passers-by who occasionally like her posts and check out the beauty filter. Naturally, such people would not confront other fans for her.
Ji Xue didn't care and said to Su Ning: "It doesn't matter. This kind of quarrel will pass after a quarrel. I just want to focus on filming."
She hasn’t even registered and verified her account on social networks yet, and she’s too busy joining groups to have time, so even if someone scolds her, she doesn’t really notice it.
But the development of this matter is not that simple.
As the future daughter-in-law of the Lu family, Lu Fei had brought her to meet many people. It was impossible for anyone who had seen Ji Xue's face not to recognize her. So after the "role change" incident became a hot topic, people who were eager to watch the fun soon recognized her and even added fuel to the fire.
"It was all good at first. This person has turned from a sparrow into a phoenix and flown to a branch, but I heard that the Lu family is planning to cancel the engagement."
"It is said that it was because of something... he was not behaving himself outside."
"Now he's acting. Tsk, I wonder who he's hooking up with and how many people he wants to deceive with this face."
This time, even if Ji Xue said it was okay, Su Ning couldn't bear it anymore.
He couldn't just let his artists be smeared like this. He would spread obscene rumors about pretty girls. It was getting more and more excessive!
But when Su Ning talked to Shen Mingzheng about the media's attitude, he also asked the artist management department to collect evidence and prepare to sue for slander and defamation. However, there were people who could not help themselves more than he did.
Lu Fei has verified accounts on several social networking platforms. He only posted some very official messages before, but now he has posted screenshots of several of the most popular accounts, as if he suddenly came alive.
"These few, prepare to receive lawyers' letters."
"There are still a few young men out there who are secretly spying on you. Don't think I can't recognize you just because you are posting a different picture online. If you don't honestly delete and apologize, I will call your father and talk to you."
"She only had less than five minutes of screen time in the entire movie. She fought for it herself. Is it worth it for you to chase her around and scold her? Is it that difficult to just act in a scene?"
"Also, who told you to cancel the engagement? I didn't agree to cancel the engagement."
When Su Ning saw it, he was still frowning and talking to Shen Mingzheng on the phone about this matter. In just a few minutes, Lu Fei had quickly output a lot of content, and his fighting power was extremely strong.
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