Even while seated, Ming Shu exuded an air of superiority, her eyes filled with arrogance and sarcasm. "Speak properly, my sister."
Below was Minglan, shivering from the icy water, her carefully styled hair all matted together.
The light blue cheongsam she was wearing was now stained with large patches of water.
Ming Shu glanced down at him.
Tsk.
The splash was a bit off-center, so her fake buttocks weren't very noticeable.
Minglan curled up to hug herself, head down, teeth chattering as she said, "I...I want to be like my cousin."
Standing on the high platform, he was admired by thousands.
"That's more like it."
Ming Shu glanced at her leisurely and smiled.
He stood up from the sofa, knelt down in front of Minglan, and gently lifted her chin with his clean fingers.
The glistening water droplets hanging on Minglan's chin slid down her slender fingers.
One laughed freely, while the other panicked like a frantic deer.
"Only with ambition can you become the next me."
"Card--!"
Director Dai called for a stop.
Before Qin Yueling could react, Xu Zhaozhao shook her hand dismissively and pulled out a handkerchief from Ming Shu's bag to wipe her hands.
Qin Yueling saw all of this, but she couldn't explode in front of everyone, and her body trembled even more violently.
Director Dai walked past the various props and stood in front of the two men, his face calm.
He only said "Cut," but not "Pass."
Xu Zhaozhao wiped her fingers and stood obediently.
Like a student who has made a mistake and is waiting for the teacher to criticize them.
After all, this was her first time acting in a movie. Before transmigrating into the book, she was just a nobody in the entertainment industry, barely even an extra, let alone acting in a movie...
"Director Dai..."
Qin Yueling greeted him with a trembling voice, which seemed to give off a pitiful vibe.
Director Dai nodded, which was his way of responding to her.
The next second, Director Dai's gaze indeed fell on Xu Zhaozhao.
"you,"
Director Dai only said one word, and Xu Zhaozhao immediately clenched her handkerchief tightly. Then, Director Dai's gaze shifted to her handkerchief...
Xu Zhaozhao immediately let go again.
His gaze didn't leave her. "Go get a solid red manicure. Your fingers are a bit too plain; they're missing something."
"Okay, director, I'll definitely change it...!"
Xu Zhaozhao blurted out the words she had recited in her mind hundreds of times.
A riddle came up on the spot: "Change, change the nail polish color!"
Director Dai's expression softened somewhat, and he nodded.
Xu Zhaozhao rarely gets her nails done, simply because she's too lazy to do it. Her nail beds are long and rounded, and they look beautiful.
"So we have to film this scene again?!"
Qin Yueling's sharp questioning tone drew everyone's attention.
She hadn't dealt with it yet; her assistant had just draped a bath towel over her, her hair was sticking to her face, and her expression was somewhat distorted.
Noticing the strange looks from the crowd, she quickly adjusted her expression and took a deep breath.
"Director Dai, is it really worth wasting the entire crew's time to reshoot just because of a manicure?"
Director Dai paused for a moment.
"Everyone in the crew wants to make a good movie."
“A small detail can determine the success or failure of a movie. I hope you can be more understanding, Yue Ling.”
"Understanding?!"
Qin Yueling lost control of her emotions again, "I was soaked to the bone by ice water, and now we have to reshoot just for a manicure, how can you expect me to be understanding?!"
Her tone was anything but friendly, which immediately froze the atmosphere.
"Unless this water-splashing scene is cut, I will not agree to reshoot it!"
Since things have already escalated to this point, Qin Yueling doesn't mind making things even clearer.
She didn't want to experience the humiliation of being splashed with water by Xu Zhaozhao again.
On what grounds?!
They're clearly the same kind of people, so why is Xu Zhaozhao considered superior to her?!
After saying that, Qin Yueling pulled the bath towel around herself tighter and went to her rest room with a cold face.
Director Dai's expression also wasn't very good.
He's not a director with a good temper to begin with, and if the other person hadn't been an actor he really liked, he would have already spoken out passionately.
Xu Zhaozhao hung her head, clutching her innocent-looking handkerchief: [Speechless.jpg]
"Go get your nails done first, then I'll talk to her."
When Director Dai's words came, Xu Zhaozhao felt as if she had been granted a pardon.
She knew, of course, that Qin Yueling didn't want to be splashed by her, but the most intense part of the scene was that segment.
If you're not going to delete it, you might as well delete the whole scene.
If Director Dai prioritized the quality of his work, he wouldn't have agreed to delete it.
Gaa gaa gaa!
Po Qin Yueling's second reservation!
Xu Zhaozhao sat down happily on the sofa next to her, waiting for the nail technician that the production team had arranged for her.
She arrived shortly after, with all the necessary tools, and decided to get a solid red manicure.
This wasn't Xu Zhaozhao's first time getting a manicure, but it was the first time she had her nails done while wearing a full face of makeup, a cheongsam, and 8-centimeter high heels.
For a moment, she had the illusion that she was a warlord's wife from the Republican era getting her nails done.
The nail technician was very skilled; she applied the nail polish quickly and evenly.
Xu Zhaozhao placed her hand under the fill light, and the halo formed on her nail surface was extremely beautiful.
Jennifer De Goodies!
Just as I was about to take out my phone to snap some nice photos, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the director was approaching me.
Just as Xu Zhaozhao was about to lean forward to grab her bag, she suddenly stood up.
He leaned against the wall, barely touching it.
Ouch... my legs are getting a little numb from sitting.
"Director, my manicure is done, please take a look."
Xu Zhaozhao felt a little uneasy about him, so she simply stopped looking up at him and instead stretched out her hands.
If it weren't for the fact that Director Dai was standing right in front of her, it would be as if she were being shown to thin air.
"It's so beautiful..."
That lingering, poignant tone! That sorrowful, sentimental melody!
This doesn't sound like something Director Dai would say!
Xu Zhaozhao secretly glanced at Director Dai.
She noticed that he no longer had the determined spirit he had when he was about to persuade Qin Yueling; now his face was full of dejection and listlessness.
Even the wrinkles have increased significantly.
In just half an hour, what happened?
But she was just a minor actress, yet she was interfering in the director's affairs without permission...
Just then, Director Wang, who had disgusted her that morning, intruded into her field of vision at a very inopportune time.
With her large pregnant belly, she slowly approached Director Dai and Xu Zhaozhao.
He still had that same smiling face. "Hey Zhengjun, let's talk things over. Why did you make yourself look like this?"
This time, Dai Zhengjun didn't even glance at him, his tone cold and hard.
"If you're planning to withdraw your investment, then do it now. If this movie is censored haphazardly, it won't be good. I, Dai Zhengjun, will not make this movie!"
Oh~
Xu Zhaozhao had a sudden realization on her face.
It turns out that Mr. Wang was withdrawing his investment, which saddened Director Dai.
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