Chapter 196 I'd Rather Believe It
Hu Xiaoxiao said with a smile, "Thank you, Brother An. I'd also like to ask Brother An to guide me around the set. This is my first time filming Director Qi's drama, so I'm a little nervous. I heard he's very strict. If I do something wrong, please remember to point it out before Director Qi scolds me."
Song Yan'an couldn't help but laugh. How could he not notice that Hu Xiaoxiao was nervous at all? But he continued gently, "Although Director Qi is strict, you'll find that you can learn a lot from his guidance. With your intelligence, you'll definitely benefit greatly. However, how much you learn depends on your understanding."
"I've always had a good understanding."
Jiang Yu stood aside and saw Hu Xiaoxiao's confident look, which was very playful. He couldn't help but laugh, "You can't be praised. If you are praised, you will go to heaven."
"Then Sister Yu, please praise me again and see if I can fly into the sky?" Hu Xiaoxiao said mischievously.
Jiang Yu waved his hands and said seriously, "Forget it. If you fly away, how can I find someone who can play Xie Weihua for Director Qi?"
More and more people are coming now, and almost everyone is here.
After Yuna came over to greet Mr. Lu and the director, she joined Zhu Wanwen and stood there, talking. They were both Linda's people, and their acting paths were different, so there was no competition, so their relationship was pretty good.
Xia Lu also arrived. She knew that Director Qi was superstitious, so she wore a red skirt. After arriving, she stood next to Director Qi, helping him with everything, and became half the boss.
The people in the crew were all smart people. Seeing that Xia Lu had such a good relationship with the director, they said a lot of good things about Xia Lu.
“The auspicious time has arrived!”
The host announced the official start of the ceremony and gave everyone and the media present today a general introduction to the drama "The Bund Storm", and then invited Mr. Lu to come on stage to give a speech.
Lu Shengkang took today's opening ceremony very seriously. This was the first major anniversary production the TV station had launched since he took over as general manager. This drama was also the company's largest investment in recent years.
Whether this drama can be filmed successfully depends on his work report to the board of directors.
After taking the stage, Lu Shengkang delivered a well-prepared and inspiring speech, and then invited director Qi Weiming to the stage to speak.
Compared to Lu Shengkang's eloquence, Qi Weiming was obviously not used to long speeches. He just said a few simple words and then left.
Lu Shengkang did not dare to delay the auspicious time and immediately announced the start of the worship ceremony.
The staff brought out the candles, sandalwood, and incense they had prepared and began burning the yellow paper. Lu Shengkang took a red candle half a man's height and went to the yellow paper to get some light.
He was very careful. If the candlelight could be lit smoothly, it meant that the filming would also go smoothly.
Director Qi Weiming was even more nervous than Lu Shengkang. He kept his eyes on Lu Shengkang's movements, fearing that there would be any bad signs.
There was once a film crew that couldn't light a candle no matter how hard they tried. After burning yellow paper several times, they managed to light it, but when they inserted an incense stick into it, it went out after a while. As expected, the film that crew made was a box office flop.
Fortunately, the red candle was of good quality and lit up quickly.
Lu Shengkang held the candle and bowed to Guan Gong several times, then inserted it into the incense burner in order.
The staff began distributing incense, three sticks per person. Lu Shengkang lit the first stick, then solemnly bowed to Guan Gong and the four directions of heaven, earth, people, and wealth before inserting the incense into the incense burner.
After Mr. Lu lit the first incense stick, Qi Weiming and several main creative staff members worshipped the gods and burned incense together.
Then it was the turn of the hero and heroine to burn incense——
Song Yanan and Jiang Yu took the incense and performed the ceremony very solemnly, praying to the gods to make the filming go smoothly and make the drama a big hit.
The main supporting characters were queuing up behind, waiting for the male and female protagonists to finish worshipping the gods and burning incense before it was their turn.
Although they were all supporting roles, whoever worshipped the gods first represented a higher status. If one could burn incense after the main character, he or she would be the first person under the main character. There were also many media outlets below, and they were also paying attention to this incense, pointing their cameras at them.
Those who are ambitious begin to compete for this position.
In this circle, you have to fight for everything to gain a foothold. Only by fighting can you gain status and resources.
Hu Xiaoxiao was originally standing in the front position, and Xia Lu, who was behind him, took the lead and squeezed to the front.
A male supporting actor who had originally grabbed the front seat saw Xia Lu squeezing in forcefully. Considering her senior status and Director Qi's face, he had to move aside and let Xia Lu go first.
After the two protagonists finished burning incense, Xia Lu was about to step forward with the incense in hand, but Lu Shengkang suddenly stopped her, waved at Hu Xiaoxiao, and said, "Xiaoxiao, you burn the incense first."
Lu Shengkang believed in Hu Xiaoxiao's ability to attract wealth, so he asked Hu Xiaoxiao to go first to get a good start.
Qi Weiming, who was standing next to him, had also heard that Hu Xiaoxiao was a very lucky person, so he preferred to believe it to be true rather than not. He acquiesced to Lu Shengkang's arrangement and asked Xia Lu, who was moving forward, to step back.
When he was young, Qi Weiming didn't believe in these things, but after filming more movies and experiencing some things that could not be explained by science, he believed in these things more and more as he got older.
When Hu Xiaoxiao heard Lu Shengkang's words, she went up to worship the gods and burn incense without any hesitation.
It would be strange if she would let go of such a good opportunity to secure a high status.
Only Xia Lu was stunned, a look of shock on her face. It turned out that Hu Xiaoxiao's backer was Mr. Lu! No wonder she lost to Hu Xiaoxiao! Also, are shady dealings so blatant these days? Don't they even try to hide it?
Xia Lu looked at Qi Weiming in disbelief again: Aren't you always the most upright, fair and strict? Why do you always listen to Lu Shengkang?
However, Qi Weiming had no time to pay attention to Xia Lu. He was concentrating on the worship ceremony, watching everyone worship and burn incense, not wanting to let them make any mistakes.
Xia Lu was so stunned that even Hu Xiaoxiao hadn't recovered from his shock after he finished worshipping the gods and burning incense. Yuna, who was behind him, quickly went over and started burning incense after Hu Xiaoxiao.
Seeing this, the other male supporting actors also rushed forward.
Originally, the order for which group would burn incense at which time was arranged, but Xia Lu broke the rules first, and then Lu Shengkang suddenly called Hu Xiaoxiao over, and all of a sudden, everything went haywire; whoever got there first got to burn incense.
Fortunately, everyone knew the rules and didn't dare to mess up. Although there was some fighting, it didn't seem chaotic and was still quite orderly.
After worshiping the gods, the red cloth was removed. Several main creative staff members went up and said auspicious words together, and removed the red cloth from the camera.
The last part was cutting the roast pork. Lu Shengkang and Qi Weiming held the knife together and cut the roast pork into several portions, distributing them to everyone to take home and eat.
The roast pig for worshipping gods was pre-ordered a few days ago. It was just roasted and delivered this morning, and it still exudes an enticing aroma.
Hu Xiaoxiao had been eyeing the roasted pig for a long time, and when dividing the pork, he specifically chose the most delicious part.
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