After watching Qin Yiran for a while, Jiang Ning noticed that Yan Keyi's acting style was very different from her usual demeanor.
Normally, Yan Keyi is rather reserved, only appearing more natural in front of certain people. However, in most situations, she maintains a rather distant relationship with others.
However, in the play, she can connect with the character and also get closer to other people. Jiang Ning sees this as a good thing.
Jiang Ning also hopes that Yan Keyi can maintain this kind of relationship with others off-screen in the future.
"Cut! That was great. Keep it up. Makeup artist, touch up your makeup. Teacher Qin, get ready."
Perhaps knowing Jiang Ning was watching, or perhaps because Yan Keyi was in excellent form, she nailed the scene in one take without any problems. Watching Yan Keyi's performance, Hu Yiming grew increasingly satisfied.
Jiang Ning spent the entire afternoon with Yan Keyi on set. She watched Yan Keyi filming, offered comfort and encouragement during her breaks, and generously praised her.
By the time the show ended, it was almost nine o'clock.
Hu Yiming had been too busy to greet Jiang Ning before, but now that he was done, he came to say hello.
Yan Keyi's performance did surprise him, but he was even more grateful to Jiang Ning for agreeing. He knew that if she hadn't agreed, Yan Keyi probably wouldn't have come.
"Miss Jiang, you've come to see Xiao Yan."
It's truly remarkable how close these two sisters are. They brought the person over in the morning, and then came back in the afternoon, worried that the person might be mistreated.
"Director Hu, I hope I'm not bothering you."
Jiang Ning greeted Hu Yiming as he approached.
"I won't bother you, I won't bother you."
The film crew and Jiang Ning didn't actually have any business relationship, but because Yan Keyi was there, Jiang Ning specially counted the number of people in the crew and ordered coffee.
Thanks to Yan Keyi, everyone got a drink. As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to him," and coupled with Yan Keyi's good personality and her tendency to avoid offending anyone, everyone's impression of her improved even further.
"Miss Jiang, our crew is having a team-building event tonight to celebrate the official start of filming for 'The Long Spear.' Would you like to join us?"
The crew had planned this event today, and since Yan Keyi is the second female lead, it would be somewhat inappropriate for her not to appear. However, Jiang Ning had specifically come to find her but was disappointed, which also seemed a bit odd. So Hu Yiming decided to invite Jiang Ning as well.
"Let's go together. You'll be happy to have Xiaoyan with you."
Jiang Ning had initially thought that since she wasn't part of the film crew, it might be inappropriate for her to go along, but since Qin Yiran had spoken, Jiang Ning decided to go with her.
Before they officially went to eat, some crew members were still wrapping up, so Jiang Ning accompanied Yan Keyi to remove her makeup. While waiting, they noticed Li Ying lingering outside Qin Yiran's dressing room.
Jiang Ning glanced at Li Ying, but didn't give her any extra attention.
"Why aren't you going yet? Do you even know who you've offended?"
Perhaps noticing that Jiang Ning had taken notice of them, the person next to Li Ying launched into a tirade against her, practically pushing her forward if she didn't move.
Like being forced into it by her agent, even though she didn't want to, she had no choice but to walk in the direction of Yan Keyi and Jiang Ning.
"Director Jiang, I'm sorry. I was blind before. I shouldn't have laughed at you."
Li Ying only thought Yan Keyi was some kind of younger sister of Jiang Ning's relative, and didn't think in that direction. However, after learning Jiang Ning's identity from her agent, she was forced to apologize.
"The person you should apologize to is not me."
When she heard her address him as Director Jiang, Jiang Ning knew that she was aware of his identity. Although she was well-known, she rarely showed her face, so it was understandable that Li Ying didn't know who she was at first.
But she didn't know that someone would eventually find out, and sure enough, someone came to apologize.
However, Jiang Ning didn't care what these people thought of her; what she cared about was their opinion of Yan Keyi.
"I'm sorry, Yan Keyi. I shouldn't have looked down on you just because you're a newcomer."
Her own agent was watching her intently from the side. Even if Li Ying didn't want to apologize, she had to do so for Jiang Ning's sake. Otherwise, given Jiang Ning's reputation in the industry, if she offended her and Jiang Ning wanted to get back at her, she was afraid she would never be able to get any good jewelry or luxury brand endorsements again.
Yan Keyi was still removing her makeup and couldn't make any big movements. However, she could still hear everything that was happening around her.
Yan Keyi knew very well that Li Ying was only apologizing because of Jiang Ning's influence. If Jiang Ning didn't have those kinds of status and reputation, she wouldn't have bothered to bow down.
Yan Keyi actually disliked this kind of fawning and belittling behavior, but since she already knew that Li Ying was this kind of person and wouldn't have a deep relationship with her in the future, she figured it was better to avoid trouble and didn't want to make enemies, so she verbally forgave her.
Only after receiving Yan Keyi's forgiveness did Li Ying dare to look at Jiang Ning.
"Director Jiang, it was my artist who was being disrespectful and offended your sister. I hope you will forgive him for his rudeness."
After Li Ying apologized, her agent stepped in to smooth things over and made Li Ying bow to Jiang Ning again.
"I only handle design, not marketing. Whether or not we can secure an endorsement depends on whether she fits the meaning of our work, not on my personal opinion."
The reason Li Ying's agent was in such a hurry to bring Li Ying over to apologize and admit her mistakes is because her team has recently been in talks with their company about a new collaboration. They currently have two candidates in mind, the other being Li Ying's rival.
They wouldn't be in a hurry to fall into the hands of anyone else, but if they fell into the hands of their rivals, they would probably be ridiculed to death. That's why they came to Jiangning as soon as possible.
Jiang Ning could roughly guess the reason for these things, after all, she came in to deliver that sample.
Admittedly, Jiang Ning doesn't handle publicity, but she is the chief designer after all. If she says she doesn't like it, the publicity department will definitely consider her opinion.
But now that they have received Yan Keyi's forgiveness, Jiang Ning will not deliberately bring it up. As for whether she can secure the endorsement, that will depend entirely on her own abilities.
Only after receiving Jiang Ning's words did Li Ying's agent dare to leave with her. As they departed, they could still faintly hear her agent berating her.
"Yiyi, now no one should dare to gossip about you anymore."
Jiang Ning patted Yan Keyi's head. She was actually really scared at first because she didn't have any connections in the entertainment industry and wouldn't be able to protect Yan Keyi. But it seems that she's doing alright now.
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