Chapter 78 Thank you so much
The production team of "Novoland: The Moon" has begun filming.
This is a fictional historical drama about political intrigue, but Director Dong is strict, requiring every word, action, and even every brick and tile in the shot to reflect the most authentic ancient characteristics.
Chi Yanzhou plays the protagonist Xiao Jin, a prince who carries out a series of measures to seize the throne.
Song Shiwei plays a young and beautiful empress who has no children of her own and becomes the youngest empress dowager after the old emperor dies.
Originally, the Empress Dowager's role wasn't supposed to have many scenes, but after seeing Song Shiwei's performance during her audition, Director Dong actually changed her role for her.
Although the increase wasn't significant, the dramatic conflict suddenly became apparent.
Today, Song Shiwei is filming a scene where she has just heard that the old emperor has died.
This scene mainly features him acting opposite Xia Zhiqing.
Speaking of this, Xia Zhiqing was so angry that her eyes were practically spitting fire!
She sat in the corner, watching Song Shiwei in the dressing room, dressed in a magnificent golden phoenix robe, her hair piled high, topped with a golden crown with two phoenixes playing with a pearl, and delicate hairpins hanging on both sides.
She's clearly someone of status, but what about her?
She was dressed in a gray-pink maid's outfit, with light makeup on her face, and she was about to kneel down to the character played by Song Shiwei!
She's furious! What right does Song Shiwei have?!
She auditioned for the role too, so why was it given to Song Shiwei?
She was unwilling to see Song Shiwei get everything, and she didn't want to see her and Chi Yanzhou contacting each other privately on set.
So she begged her brother to arrange a role for her in the "Novoland: The Moon" drama series.
However, Director Dong almost never changes the cast in his films, because he carefully selects each role.
The Xia family went to great lengths, using a combination of soft and hard tactics, including threats and inducements, to finally persuade a new actress to give up her role in order to give Xia Zhiqing this opportunity.
But I never expected it to be such an insignificant character!
Filming officially began.
Song Shiwei is still playing the role of the Empress. She is lying lazily on the couch with her eyes closed, her face beautiful, like a blooming peony.
The maid beside her was carefully fanning her, her eyes respectful and not daring to glance around.
At this moment, Xia Zhiqing, playing the role of a maid, rushed in with a flustered look in her eyes and knelt awkwardly in front of the Empress.
"Click!"
Director Dong sat behind the camera with a frown, holding a megaphone and shouting, "Xia Zhiqing, you need to look extremely panicked! The emperor is dead, why do you look like you're about to steal something from the palace?!"
And what were you hesitating about when you knelt down? Didn't they have floor tiles you liked?!
There were many people in the crew. Director Dong was always strict when filming. No matter who it was, he would scold them directly if there was a problem. However, Xia Zhiqing felt that she had lost face. Her eyes were unconvinced, and she bit her lip and remained silent.
"One more time!"
Xia Zhiqing went twice more, but Director Dong was still not satisfied, and his eyes showed a lot of anger.
"Just run over and kneel down, don't overdo it!"
As Director Dong spoke, he demonstrated by kneeling directly in front of Song Shiwei.
Xia Zhiqing looked unwilling. "I don't want to kneel down to Song Shiwei!"
Director Dong's anger flared up instantly. He was already dissatisfied with Xia Zhiqing; she was incompetent, brought her own funding to the production, and was so disobedient!
"This is acting! If you can't get into character and aren't serious about the script, then get out!"
Xia Zhiqing turned around angrily to leave, but suddenly saw Chi Yanzhou watching from the side, his eyes cold and indifferent as he looked at her.
Xia Zhiqing bit her lip. "I'm sorry, Director Dong, I'll film it again."
Director Dong stared intently at Xia Zhiqing, exhaled a breath, and stormed back to sit behind the camera.
"Big sister, please be serious, I'm about to fall asleep."
Song Shiwei lay there muttering to herself, feeling tired even while lying down. She had come over at five o'clock this morning to do her makeup.
If you slaughtered pigs in your past life, you'll be five in this one.
This time, Xia Zhiqing finally managed to kneel down before Song Shiwei, bowing her head and speaking tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, no, something terrible has happened!"
Song Shiwei didn't open her eyes, still propping her head up as if she were dozing.
"The Emperor has passed away!"
The Empress suddenly opened her eyes, sat up from the couch, her delicate brows furrowed tightly, "What did you say?!"
Xia Zhiqing trembled in fright, and her voice became even softer.
"His Majesty has passed away. Last night... afterwards, the Emperor felt somewhat weak, but unexpectedly he passed away this morning."
The Empress's eyebrows shot up instantly, her jade fingers gripped the edge of the couch tightly, her eyes were filled with anger, and her aura was terrifying. She raised her hand and slapped the maid hard across the face.
"You worthless wretch! I told you to serve the Emperor properly, but you indulged in sensual pleasures and caused him to die?!"
Song Shiwei was completely immersed in the role, her eyes filled with a mixture of anger and disdain, her haughty and aloof demeanor making everyone feel suffocated.
But Director Dong yelled "Cut!"
Song Shiwei's expression hadn't changed immediately; she still frowned, looking down at Director Dong with a questioning tone.
"What's wrong?"
Director Dong's face stiffened, and he was slightly surprised. He had almost been shocked by Song Shiwei just now!
"Xia Zhiqing, why did you dodge so quickly! Song Shiwei's slap hasn't even landed on your face yet!"
"I'm scared!"
"As an actress, you don't even have this much skill? You're afraid of everything, what kind of acting are you? You should just go home and be a rich girl!"
"The young lady thinks acting is easy."
Chi Yanzhou spoke coldly. He had no scenes to film this morning, but he came here on purpose to see Song Shiwei.
Surprisingly, Song Shiwei, who usually seems carefree and unreliable, is actually very talented in acting.
Unfortunately, Xia Zhiqing kept disrupting the schedule, frequently cutting scenes, which easily affected her co-stars' emotions, as it was very difficult to repeatedly get into and out of character.
Xia Zhiqing pouted in grievance after being scolded by Chi Yanzhou, but then she saw him hand Song Shiwei a bottle of water. Her jealousy surged wildly, and she disliked Song Shiwei even more.
Song Shiwei took the water and asked in a particularly carefree manner, "Son's here? How was Mother's scene just now?"
She was referring to the name used in the play.
Many people in the crew are quietly observing the situation, having seen the trending topics a few days ago. Now, nobody knows what the relationship between the two is.
However, only Song Shiwei dared to say such things in front of Chi Yanzhou, which shows that their relationship was indeed extraordinary.
"Shut your mouth and focus on your acting!"
Chi Yanzhou was utterly speechless.
They filmed several more scenes of Xia Zhiqing being beaten. Xia Zhiqing either hid behind her or closed her eyes beforehand. They had to cut the scene several times, and Song Shiwei's arm was practically smoking from all the swinging.
"Hey lady, this is just a feint, we're not really going to hit you, what are you afraid of?"
Song Shiwei rubbed her joints, feeling like half of her arm was about to dislocate.
Director Dong's face grew increasingly dark as he berated Xia Zhiqing round after round. Miss Xia looked wronged and innocent, as if the entire crew was bullying her.
"Xia Zhiqing, if you can act, then act; if not, get the hell out of here!"
Director Dong is furious! A simple scene has taken him all morning to film and he still hasn't passed the test!
"Director, leave it to me, let's do it again!" Song Shiwei called out.
The camera was repositioned, and just as Xia Zhiqing finished her lines and was about to receive a slap from Song Shiwei, she was suddenly kicked hard in the left shoulder. Completely unprepared, she immediately fell to the ground.
"You bastard, I'll teach you..."
"Okay, pass!"
Director Dong clapped his hands happily. The impromptu performance just now was excellent. Song Shiwei's expression and demeanor were very well captured, and Xia Zhiqing's movements were also very natural because she didn't know what was going on.
"Song Shiwei, are you sick in the head?!" Xia Zhi shouted angrily.
Song Shiwei stood condescendingly in front of her, looking down at her with haughty eyes, and she smiled slightly.
"I'm sorry, but your performance was so bad that I had to help you this time. You're welcome."
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