Thirty-six:
With the funds in place and the actors in place, "A Page of Love Poems" officially resumed filming. Chu Cheng wanted to fire the assistant director, but the director and Jiang Nan both pleaded for him, and the assistant director apologized again. Chu Cheng thought about it and felt that he had looked down on Ji Qingzhou, but now he had to approach Ji Qingzhou and greet him attentively. This change from being indifferent to me in the past to being enthusiastic about me now seemed good, so he warned him a few words and didn't hold on to the previous matter.
The photographer took a new set of photos of Ji Qingzhou, as well as a couple photo of him and Zhou Ling. Zhou Ling had a good impression of Ji Qingzhou when they were acting together before, and now that he was promoted to the male lead, she not only did not feel uncomfortable, but congratulated him generously.
Chu Cheng watched their interaction, and suddenly seemed to remember something, so he turned to Zhou Chengfeng and said, "Give me Ji Qingzhou's script."
Qian said cleverly, "I'll get it."
Zhou Chengfeng was puzzled, "Why are you reading Ji Qingzhou's script?"
Chu Cheng looked at Ji Qingzhou as he put his arm around Zhou Ling, saying nothing.
When it was Chu Cheng's turn to take the final photos, the photographer was obviously much more nervous, but fortunately Chu Cheng was very cooperative and did whatever the photographer asked, so the photo shoot went relatively smoothly.
After taking the final makeup photos, the two went to have lunch together. Ji Qingzhou remembered that Chu Cheng had a scene in the afternoon, so he wanted to practice with him after lunch. As a result, as soon as he opened his mouth, Chu Cheng said, "No hurry, let's do your thing first."
"What's my matter?" Ji Qingzhou was puzzled.
Chu Cheng looked at him and sighed, "Zhou Zhou, you are so happy now. You play the leading role, hugged by women, kissed on the face and forehead, everything. The only thing missing is that you are asked to drive directly. Isn't it happy?"
Ji Qingzhou thought it was something else, but it turned out to be this. He looked at Chu Cheng with a smile on his face, but he couldn't help laughing. "It's not my request. This is what the script says. The script is also adapted from the original work."
"But now you are the one who benefits."
"Then there's nothing I can do."
"You can't do anything, but I do." Chu Cheng smiled, "I'll go find the screenwriter later and tell her that hugs are allowed, but kissing scenes are not allowed—any kissing."
Ji Qingzhou: ...
Ji Qingzhou felt that it was inappropriate to tamper with the script without authorization. "Chu Cheng, you know, I'm an actor, and actors will always encounter this kind of drama."
Chu Cheng sneered, "Did I invest money just to watch you kiss and kiss other women in front of me?"
Ji Qingzhou pulled his arm helplessly and advised, "They are all fake."
"Isn't it you who is kissed?"
"Dad..." Ji Qingzhou tried to play the emotional card.
However, his sponsor was very tough this time. "Dad told you before that you are not allowed to fall in love too early! But you, let's put aside whether you are in love or not. You are actually thinking about kissing other women in front of your dad. Now you are not shy anymore and you are open. You are willing to sacrifice for your work."
"But, wouldn't it be bad for the show if you tampered with the script without permission?"
"Will this drama fail if it doesn't have kissing scenes? I've seen any of Yu Anyi's idol dramas never have kissing scenes, but the ratings and click-through rates are still quite high."
"I'm worried that if you do this, the crew will think you're interfering too much and will have a bad opinion of you."
"Do I need their good comments?" Chu Cheng felt that Ji Qingzhou's worries were totally unnecessary. "I am an investor. Investors are the financial sponsors. It's ok for them not to be filial to me as a father, but they dare to give me a bad comment. Are they crazy?"
Ji Qingzhou felt that he was right. Besides, Chu Cheng’s background was there, and the people in the crew really had no way to deal with him.
"Okay then. I'll listen to you."
"From your tone, it seems you feel sorry?" Chu Cheng asked him.
Ji Qingzhou looked at him and asked in confusion: "How did you hear that I was sorry?"
"'Okay then', listen, what a reluctant three words."
Ji Qingzhou: ...
Ji Qingzhou felt that his father was probably a reader comprehension expert, and he could even analyze the regret behind these three simple words!
"Were you good at questions like 'What was the author feeling when he wrote this sentence?' Your reading comprehension score must be very high, right? Top of the class? Full marks!"
Chu Cheng said modestly, "A few points will still be deducted."
"How can I lose points?" Ji Qingzhou felt that this Chinese teacher was terrible. "You can hear my regret from my simple words 'Okay'. Is there anything else you can't analyze? You are simply a master of reading comprehension, the king among kings, the strongest king!"
Chu Cheng smiled and said, "Don't you feel sorry?"
Ji Qingzhou sat upright and spoke righteously, fearing that he would interpret it into new ideas, and said in a clear and loud voice: "No regrets."
Chu Cheng looked at him with a smile. Ji Qingzhou asked him, "What was my mood when I said this? Please answer, Mr. Chu."
"Don't you feel any regret at all?"
"No," Ji Qingzhou turned to look at him, "I was afraid that you wouldn't believe it, so I made up other meanings."
Chu Cheng laughed loudly. Ji Qingzhou looked at him speechlessly. Chu Cheng put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Okay, it's good that you don't feel sorry. I'll talk to the editor about this in a moment."
Ji Qingzhou nodded, "Yeah."
Chu Cheng thought for a moment and said seriously, "But let me make it clear first. This is not only the case for this drama, but also for the dramas you take on in the future. I don't allow any intimate scenes. Hugging is already my biggest concession. As for the rest, it's best if there are none. If there are any, I will ask Zhou Chengfeng to talk to the screenwriter and have them delete it or change the script directly."
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