When she said this, she didn't look at Shao Guangji. Instead, she looked down at her hands.
How fortunate that Shang Yechu in her previous life was a fool, unable to see the disdain hidden beneath Director Shao's gentle demeanor. That Shang Yechu was also a good actress; she shouldn't have known all this.
Shang Yechu was filled with disappointment towards Shao Guangji.
She didn't really hold onto the past disagreements. It was perfectly normal for Shao Guangji to object to changing the Heavenly Emperor from a man to a woman; he thought Ye Chu was uncultured, and while Ye Chu was a little annoyed, she didn't blame him. Educational discrimination was global, not unique to Shao Guangji; as for the unpleasantness during filming, professional actors would simply forget about it.
But in that instant, Shang Yechu discovered this: Shao Guangji looked down on comedians. It had nothing to do with their professional abilities; he simply looked down on the genre itself.
A director who does not judge artists based on their professional skills and ethics, but discriminates against them because of their acting school.
Shang Ye Chu respected Shao Guangji because of his strong professional skills, his fairness towards actors, and his directorial ethics. Now that she discovers he isn't as ethical as she imagined, that respect naturally fades, just like it did with Xu Hanwen and Zheng Bohan. And because she respected Shao Guangji in both her lives, this disappointment, akin to a fan turning against him, is even more severe than her feelings towards Xu and Zheng.
Although Shao Guangji didn't understand why Ye Chu was so agitated, he sensed her disappointment. And within that disappointment, there seemed to be a hint of resentment directed at her, as if she were using the situation as an excuse.
It's unclear what Ye Chu is taking her anger out on. Shao Guangji doesn't believe he's been mistreating the actors; he stopped the scene after Song Yuchen's performance went poorly after two takes. Ye Chu's scene that morning went smoothly too. That young lady from Meta Pictures did come last night…
Shao Guangji slowly asked, "Are you and Song Yuchen on good terms?"
Shang Yechu never expected him to ask such a question, and for a moment she almost didn't know how to answer. After a long while, she said, "I get along well with everyone in the crew."
According to Shao Guangji's understanding of Shang Yechu, this sentence is equivalent to "unfamiliar".
Shao Guangji nodded and then asked, "Are you a comedian?"
Shang Yechu was speechless. She had just told Shao Guangji that she had no experience in comedy performance, and she couldn't very well contradict herself. She could only suppress her anger and say, "I, I'm not. It's just that I—"
"So, which comedian did your idea represent?" Shao Guangji asked. "Did the King of Comedy tell you this in a dream?"
Shang Yechu was furious. She should have brought Su Ge to the film set and shown Shao Guangji what a director's nemesis was.
"Does it matter who I represent?" Shang Yechu retorted. "I don't know if the King of Comedy will appear in my dreams, but he certainly won't."
Shao Guangji's facial muscles twitched slightly.
“If this is a farewell performance, and not what you call a ‘vicious woman’s revenge,’” Shao Guangji began to turn back to the monitor, “then why would a comedian jump off a building? What does a suicide attempt have to do with comedy?”
“Well,” Shang Yechu said carefully, “my teacher told me…” Shao Guangji interrupted, “Zheng Bohan?” Shang Yechu shook her head and said, “It was Teacher Qi Ming. She said that everything in performance must interact with the environment. This environment includes the environment itself, and naturally, it also includes the times.”
Shao Guangji nodded and said, "Teacher Qi is a good actress. I have worked with her before."
"Teacher Qi also praised you," Shang Yechu said casually, racking her brains to think of a reason. "It wasn't written in the script, but there must be a reason why a comedian would choose to perform on the rooftop of a towering building. For example, does she think the audience would like to see her jump off a building? But why would someone think the audience would like to see them jump off a building? Even in the context of a future world, it's hard to explain... The technology has developed too bizarrely."
Shang Yechu was lost in her own world, muttering to herself. The assistant director reminded her over the walkie-talkie, "Director, break time is over."
Shao Guangji said, "Let's rest for another ten minutes."
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