Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Sang Zhuo's acting wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. It was only because Jiang Mingyue was so outstanding that Sang Zhuo was compared to a pile of dog shit.
The problem is, how outstanding can the female lead, Yin Manman, be in acting when she's playing the male and female leads in the same drama as Sang Zhuo?
Yin Manman and Sang Zhuo's acting skills are like the legendary Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix, their level is so high that they are evenly matched!
Sang Zhuo is currently being overshadowed by Jiang Mingyue, and tomorrow Jiang Mingyue will be going to the second group with Zhang Xin to act with Yin Manman. How can this be resolved?
When actresses and actors have scenes where one actor is overshadowing the other, they can sometimes pretend nothing is wrong because of their gender. However, if actresses have scenes overshadowing each other, it's fine if they are unaware of it, at most they will become enemies after the drama airs. The real danger is that both of them may have already sensed the overshadowing on set, and they might start fighting.
Their drama is even more special – in the TV series invested by GIGABYTE Entertainment, the female lead, Yin Manman, is not a contracted artist of GIGABYTE, but the third female lead was indeed sent by GIGABYTE.
If the female lead causes a scene because of the three actors suppressing her, how will they handle it?
Besides, would it be appropriate to talk about something like this?
The director thinks Jiang Mingyue will become popular in the future, so he just decided to add back the highlight scenes of the third female lead, Hu Lili. What should they do if Yin Manman discovers the problem of suppressing scenes and asks them to cut the third female lead's scenes tomorrow?
Thinking of the chaotic scene on set, Zhang Xin's lips twitched involuntarily, and her head began to ache.
She lowered her voice and said bluntly, "Director Liu, you're the one in charge in the crew. Just tell me, how do you plan to handle the issue of filming scenes being delayed? Just tell me, and I'll do as you say."
The issue of delayed scenes needs to be addressed, but scenes that have been decided to be added cannot be cancelled.
Director Liu's smile remained gentle, and his tone was unchanged, but his eyes conveyed agreement as he spoke.
He directly pointed out a clear path for Zhang Xin: "Today, Yin Manman was trying to curry favor with Jiang Mingyue, that young master of the Fu family. When Young Master Fu is around, Yin Manman is always very good-tempered and easy to talk to. Starting tomorrow, invite Young Master Fu in and let him represent the Fu family to see how our production team is utilizing the Fu family's investment."
Zhang Xin immediately laughed.
As expected of Director Liu, he has a clear understanding of things.
Yin Manman is a very practical person, or you could say she's materialistic.
She didn't dream of marrying into a wealthy family just by hooking up with Fu Qian, but even without that intention, since Yin Manman had already hooked up with Fu Qian, she definitely didn't want to show her bad temper in front of him. Instead, she hoped to be favored for a while longer and get more benefits out of Fu Qian's pocket.
So, as long as Yin Manman doesn't cause a scene on set, there are ways to deal with it later. The editing is none of Yin Manman's business. After filming is finished, she can do whatever she wants. She can release press releases to Jiang Mingyue or hire online trolls to smear that girl.
They can't control what they do behind the scenes.
"Director Liu, you truly live up to your reputation. With you around, our crew never has to worry about anything bad happening." She showered him with praise.
"Alright, you'll have to work hard starting tomorrow. Unless it's a scene that requires both of you to film together, try to finish Jiang Mingyue's scenes in the morning first. I think she's a hardworking person and won't be picky about the filming time." Director Liu carefully allocated the filming time.
Although he didn't say everything, Zhang Xin understood the meaning behind Director Liu's arrangement.
Filming in the morning and evening falls under the category of "extra hard work".
Everyone wants to sleep a little longer. As long as Jiang Mingyue's scenes are in the morning, and Yin Manman is still waiting to serve Young Master Fu, she definitely won't come over early.
This way, the two women won't see each other, reducing the chances of them arguing.
Zhang Xin and Director Liu laughed together.
*
Jiang Mingyue returned to her room and immediately dialed her mother's number, making up about the "invitation from the film crew couple" and letting Liang Shuanglan know she was safe.
Even when parents have complete faith in their children's abilities, they inevitably worry about their children's situation when they are separated from them. Jiang Mingyue's phone call with Liang Shuanglan lasted for more than ten minutes, during which she explained the situation of the film crew in great detail.
After hanging up the phone, she found a new text message on her phone from Fu Xiachuan.
"If there are any problems, you can ask Director Liu to help you solve them."
Jiang Mingyue couldn't help but smile again.
From the start of the interview, Zhang Xin was the one who consistently showed her kindness. After Fu Xiachuan mentioned "director's recommendation," Jiang Mingyue assumed he was referring to Zhang Xin, but it turned out to be Director Liu?
So, Director Liu has already reported her performance to Fu Xiachuan, and Fu Xiachuan probably knows about Director Liu's intervention.
The matter has been resolved, and Sang Zhuo has stopped bothering me. If I don't want to make an enemy, I don't need to bring it up again.
So how should one respond appropriately?
Jiang Mingyue thought for a moment and then invited the boss to come and check if the actor he had his eye on had the ability to turn into a money-printing machine: "I have scenes to film for the next three or four days. Would Mr. Fu like to come to the set to check on the filming progress?"
Whether Fu Xiachuan comes or not is his business, but Jiang Mingyue cannot fail to show the proper attitude; she must have the self-awareness expected of an artist under his management.
"Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow." A polite and restrained reply appeared in Jiang Mingyue's phone inbox before she went to sleep.
Wait, buddy, you're really coming?
Jiang Mingyue was stunned.
A CEO with hundreds of billions in assets, so free...?
*
Jiang Mingyue looked at her phone a few more times to make sure it wasn't a hallucination, then put the phone back on the table.
"I jumped for almost three hours today, which is enough. I won't do anything tonight. I'll stretch a bit to avoid looking bad before resting." Jiang Mingyue changed into her workout clothes, did twenty minutes of stretching in her room, and then massaged her calves for fifteen minutes before going into the bathroom. She carefully applied makeup remover oil to thoroughly remove all the foundation she had applied, then took a shower and did full-body skincare.
After all that commotion, it was completely dark outside.
She took out the script, sat cross-legged on the bed, adjusted her tone, imagined the shooting scene over and over again, fine-tuned the tone of the lines, and recited them from memory.
Each word was clearly uttered from her two red lips.
The crew of "Seven Stars Align" rented an entire small building to prevent paparazzi from getting in and out. The actors' quarters were arranged on the left side of the elevator on the top floor, with large suites with living rooms and bathrooms reserved for the most famous lead actors. The six large single rooms facing outwards were for several main supporting actors, while the right side was reserved for the filming crew.
According to this arrangement, the male lead Sang Zhuo and the female lead Yin Manman live on opposite sides of the innermost corridor on the left, while Jiang Mingyue's residence is separated by a room.
This hotel is not of a high standard, and the soundproofing of the rooms is not very good.
Jiang Mingyue's voice reciting her lines drifted out of the room through the crack in the door and along the walls.
The assistant, who was carrying the soup delivery bag for Yin Manman and walking past Jiang Mingyue's door, stopped involuntarily when she heard the sound. She stood outside the door for a few minutes, her eyebrows furrowing more and more, her face gradually darkening. She quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor, eager to go back and complain to her manager.
"Brother Gu, this is bad! That third female lead memorized all her lines herself!"
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