Chapter 71: The reserved and affectionate male lead versus the evil red-haired male supporting character...
Shi Wei only learned about the two princes' role as her supporting characters shortly before filming began.
She cautiously sought King Sklag II's opinion, first disclaiming any responsibility: "...I knew absolutely nothing about it, you can't blame me!"
"What did I say to you?" His Majesty asked leisurely, with a slight smile.
Shi Wei was taken aback. It was almost an open secret that Similan liked her. As for Cyril, Shi Wei had always felt that he was nothing special to her, but Similan kept saying that Cyril had dirty thoughts about her.
Moreover, Shi Wei discovered that His Majesty would also intentionally control the distance between her and Cyril, and this wariness even exceeded that of Similan, who was openly closer to her.
I don't understand.
But since she had asked for permission and he had given his approval, she couldn't say anything like "both of her sons had been seduced" later.
Although the script was drastically altered, it's still essentially a melodramatic love triangle story.
She didn't quite understand why Cyril wanted to join in the fun. Similan bluntly said about this kind of thing, "He's always been like this since he was little. Every time something good happens, he pretends to say he won't fight with his brother for it, but he always says one thing and does another. It's disgusting!"
Shi Wei was speechless. If he said that, the rift between the two brothers would only grow wider. The more people who followed them and the more stakes they had, the less room there would be for them to hold back when they fought.
She could only change the subject and compliment him, saying, "But speaking of which, I used to think you were handsome with blond hair, but I didn't expect you to be so handsome with red dye."
The young and handsome second prince was indeed influenced. He shook his bangs, raised an eyebrow and said, "That's right, don't you know who I am?"
"Sorry I'm late." The door to the dressing room opened automatically, and a clear, pleasant laugh startled the two of them. Shi Wei, who was leaning back in her chair, opened her eyes wide and stared at the person who had entered.
The second prince's face darkened, and he angrily said, "Why did you dye your hair too?"
Cyril wore a black uniform, her long hair tied into a high ponytail with a white ribbon, the ends of which were dyed dark blue, and a few strands of her bangs were dyed royal blue, making her look very neat. She had a silver flower-shaped communicator clipped to her ear, made of the same material as her belt, which shone brightly under the lights.
Shi Wei was stunned for a while, then Cyril smiled at her, and she couldn't help but cover her chest.
My god, that's so handsome!
Despite only having dyed some of his hair and changed his clothes, Cyril's demeanor completely changed. His usual attire made him look holy and noble, but today's outfit added a touch of coldness and ruthlessness to him. Especially when he wasn't smiling, he looked aloof yet dashing.
Judging from this, he bears at least a 70% resemblance to his father.
Although everyone says that Similan's personality is more like His Majesty's, Similan's appearance is completely inherited from Queen Eve, while Cyril's appearance is more like his father.
Cyril glanced at his hair and answered his brother's question calmly, "It was the director's requirement."
Similan's face was tense, and he was furious: he was 100% sure that this guy dressed up like this on purpose to steal his thunder.
This is a misunderstanding about his brother.
After speculating on His Majesty's suggested revisions, Jing Chen cleverly incorporated current events into the character designs of the male lead and supporting male character, changing them to the way they are now—
A reserved, noble, and aloof black-haired, blue-eyed, deeply affectionate male lead versus a philandering, promiscuous, and lying red-haired, evil male supporting character.
The general plot is that the pure, kind, and intelligent female lead and the male lead were originally a perfect match, but due to their vastly different family backgrounds, they faced opposition. The female lead went to another planet to devote herself to science and focus on her career. When the female lead achieved success and met the male lead again, the wicked red-haired male supporting character suddenly interfered, using information gaps to cause misunderstandings between the two leads. Then came all sorts of melodramatic scenes—love-hate relationship, coercion, three-person relationships, philosophical debates about whether love and desire can be separated… After an unprecedented catastrophe, the evil male supporting character reaped what he sowed and died, while the righteous male lead won the heart of the beauty.
Shi Wei flipped through the latest version of the script and was taken aback. This was quite different from the green baby version she had seen before. Although the intimate scenes below the neck had been forcibly deleted by the emperor, who had the power to review the script, a lot of battle scenes had been added, and even required several real fight scenes.
The two princes readily accepted the new script. Shi Wei looked at Cyril with concern. His physical strength was not as good as Similan's. Would he get beaten to a pulp if they really fought?
Similan saw her expression and felt a surge of hatred, determined to beat Cyril to a pulp. He might not be able to beat his father, but he could certainly beat this guy.
The two princes went to film their scenes together. The tense atmosphere in the dressing room was already quite convincing, so the assistant director immediately had them film the fight scenes.
Jing Chen and Shi Wei sat in the control room. Shi Wei pointed to a scene in the middle of Act 5—this scene was a minor climax. The female lead and the male supporting character were being intimate, while the male lead was right outside the door. Unable to bear it any longer, the male lead broke down the door, beat up the male supporting character, and then took the female lead away. She said somewhat awkwardly, "Can this be broadcast? Don't broadcasting stations have 'green penis' regulations? They can't broadcast any intimate scenes below the neck."
Jing Chen shifted his gaze from the monitor to the script, saying casually, "Why can't it be broadcast? It can't be broadcast below the neck. It's just some casual kissing and hugging. There's no nudity. Don't worry, it's all filmed using camera tricks... Although there are two intimate scenes in this scene, it's not a real three-person scene, so it's not against the rules."
Shi Wei felt that he was unreliable, and that if she really filmed it the way he did, her butt would suffer after someone watched the film.
“Then you’re suspected of promoting multiple tagging,” Shi Wei disagreed, saying, “Scientifically speaking, the coverage of secondary tagging depends on the matching degree. It’s not something you can just tag randomly for fun. If you post it, you’ll get criticized.”
Jing Chen laughed: "I understand what you mean, but there are so many Alphas and Omegas in this world, and everyone's life is so long. Who can say that the first one they meet will be the last?"
"Promoting multiple marking will be labeled as promiscuity, but is promoting lifelong fidelity really a good thing?" Jing Chen asked rhetorically.
Shi Wei turned her head slightly, feeling as if she was getting to know this young man for the first time. She had always thought that he had asked her to film this movie just to get in touch with her, but she didn't expect that he had his own ideas.
“Although I’m a Beta and can’t understand the special attraction between Alphas and Omegas, isn’t marriage and dating all about the person?” Jing Chen leaned back in the hover chair and spread his hands. “At least that’s how we Betas are. We won’t stop loving someone just because the compatibility isn’t high enough, nor will we become someone else’s possession just because someone has given us a kick. What I want to tell Alphas and Omegas is that when it comes to relationships, we should be brave enough to try, but also brave enough to give up.”
Not all high compatibility leads to happiness, and not all love lasts forever.
Shi Wei understood what he meant and sighed: "No matter which country or organization, they are all encouraging A/O couples to get married to increase the birth rate. They wish they could move the marriage registration office to the gate of the university, and even more so, they wish they could build the divorce application office in a black hole. Everyone is pursuing a high degree of compatibility. So many people rack their brains to achieve a high degree of compatibility, as if a 100% compatibility means a lifetime together, as if once an A/O couple gets married, they will never change their hearts."
Is that really the case? Match rates do fluctuate. Although the base value doesn't change, each AO couple experiences a 20% to 30% fluctuation. Many AO couples deliberately boost their match rates, planning to get married once the value stops increasing—as if this makes their love seem more solid. The conversation with Jing Chen was quite pleasant. This young man seems genuinely passionate about his work, with very strict requirements for filming, leaving Simanan rolling her eyes in exasperation.
Fortunately, the casting was excellent, and the scenes between the male lead and the supporting male lead were full of sparks and brilliance.
Shi Wei's assessment was—it didn't seem like acting.
The two brothers were clearly genuinely emotional when they fought. The fight was extremely intense, seven parts emotion and three parts acting – they needed acting skills to mask their ferocious expressions of wanting to strangle each other.
Shi Wei's role is very simple. This promotional video portrays the Omega female lead in a very typical way: smart, hardworking, kind, and sincere; physically weak but mentally strong; she has an ordinary side as well as an outstanding side.
This makes it easier for the audience to immerse themselves in the story. Overly sophisticated settings can deter viewers and have the opposite effect.
However, Alpha male characters are different; they are the epitome of intense competition and visual spectacle—this has always been the case in Omega-oriented scripts.
Shi Wei always gets her scenes filmed in one take. She has received some training from the Security Bureau, so she can handle this kind of simple role-playing with ease.
However, filming scenes with the two princes was not so smooth.
When filming scenes with Similan, Shi Wei would always burst into laughter. She didn't know why, but it was fine when watching on the monitor, but when she was filming herself, she couldn't help but laugh whenever she saw that red hair.
It's really strange. Yi Lan has a similar hair color, so Simanlan should be playing herself, but Shi Wei always feels something is off.
In particular, she had to suppress the urge to laugh while filming those heart-wrenching, tragic love scenes with Similan.
The Second Prince himself quite liked this kind of plot. There was a reason why he could get along with Yi Lan in private. The two had similar personalities. It was just that Shi Wei's repeated laughter wore down his handsomeness and patience.
Similan gripped the girl's neck; with just a slight twist, this Omega would die, and he would never have to worry about her leaving him again.
Her resentful and angry eyes were so piercing as she struggled and said, "Even if you kill me, I won't stay... in this cage, to be your little cat or dog... cough cough! I will never... love you!"
“What’s so great about him!” Similan was no less angry than her, and roared, “If he really loved you, why was he engaged to that noble lady?”
"That's still better than you, a kidnapper!"
“But you clearly said you loved me, you said it…” Simanan was repeating his lines for the third time when he saw Shi Wei purse her lips. Having already done countless takes, he immediately realized she was about to burst out laughing again. He pinched her cheek hard and then lowered his head to kiss her.
"Cut!" The director knew that Shi Wei was about to break character, so he had no objection to Siman's impromptu performance and had the staff start tidying up the props to prepare for the next scene.
Although it was a camera trick, Similan's heart still raced quite a bit. As a result, Shi Wei didn't react at all. After the director yelled "cut," she held her stomach and kept laughing.
It made him very frustrated.
As for her scenes with Cyril, Shi Wei really had a headache. For some reason, her expression was very stiff.
When filming intimate scenes with Similan, as long as she held back her laughter, the effect was acceptable. With some post-production editing, adding filters and music, it still had that feeling of a tragic love story. But with Cyril, no matter how the director instructed, her physical reactions were very stiff.
Cyril was still comforting her. Shi Wei knew it was her fault. She felt extremely awkward whenever she touched the other person's body, even if she held hands with him through gloves.
This is strange. It's not that she hasn't had contact with Cyril before. When she had vision problems before, she mistook Cyril for King Sklag II and even held hands with him happily for a long time.
I don't know why, but now I feel resistant to filming.
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◆A true heiress and spoiled princess & a true director with a love-struck uncle◆
Director Xue, who usually only makes art films, has condescended to take on a TV series.
It's still the palace intrigue dramas that he hates the most.
The reason is simple: they gave too much.
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The producer is an old acquaintance, the main actors are his old friends who are award-winning actors and actresses, and the supporting actors are newcomers he has mentored. It's not bad.
Until that princess syndrome suddenly appeared on set.
He began to feel depressed.
The producer assured him confidently, "She's just a little girl! She can't possibly understand the script. She's just someone sent by the copyright holder to make a cameo appearance... She won't affect your filming at all!"
Then that annoying guy changed the script on the very first day.
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But he had no choice; everyone indulged her.
Xue Zheng tolerated it, coldly watching this girl rewrite the script.
The absurd thing is that this show became a huge hit in the end, completely outperforming all other shows airing at the same time.
Xue Zheng couldn't understand it, but it didn't matter. He had gained both fame and fortune, so it wasn't a loss.
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Then he encountered that princess syndrome again.
He changed his script again.
They even mocked him for not adhering to traditional male virtues.
What does it mean to violate male virtues? She's always swooning over those male actors!
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But it seems that he has fallen for her.
Before he could figure it out, the girl started having a scandal with the male lead.
Xue Zheng said sternly, "The male and female leads need to promote the show. Your behavior will affect the promotion of this drama. Stay away from him."
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The brat rolled her eyes: "That gossip even said you were having an affair with the female lead."
Xue Zheng was extremely agitated: "How long are you going to keep bringing this up! I have nothing to do with her!!!"
She looked at him with an innocent smile, but her words were incredibly malicious: "I don't care. If you have no problems, why are you the one being gossiped about? You're the one who should be reflecting on your actions."
This is blaming the victim!
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●Not from a non-double-family background, age difference 10+, HE (Happy Ending)
●The protagonist is a beloved character, doesn't get married, and children take their mother's surname. Male protagonist fans, please don't enter!
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