"What? Slap you?" Just as Lin Yang expected, Zheng Linzhou looked at him as if he were crazy when he heard this request for more screen time.
No matter how many years he's been a director, all he hears are stories of people who are at odds with each other and then use their power to add scenes of slapping others. Who would add scenes of someone else slapping them?
This kid has great acting skills, but I'm afraid he has some mental issues.
So, following his previous fatherly gaze, Zheng Linzhou this time revealed a look of pity to Lin Yang.
Under the pressure of the pitying gazes directed at her, Lin Yang forced herself to make up a reason for adding this scene: "Director Zheng, I've been studying the script, and I've discovered that, to increase dramatic conflict, we can have Emperor Jingyuan turn from love to hate, and in a fit of anger, slap Yang Zhi..."
The more Lin Yang embellished her story, the softer her voice became, until eventually she couldn't even listen to herself anymore.
If it weren't for wanting to go home, who would make such a stupid request?
Waaaaah, Director, look closely! I'm not crazy, I'm being forced by the system. Don't believe me? Just blink!
“Lin Yang, our movie is mainly about love between great nations. Personal love and such are not our main theme!” Zheng Linzhou paused, then said in a softer tone, “It’s good that you have your own ideas about the script, but we still have to stick to the main theme.”
Well! I was rejected as expected!
Who would agree to such a strange request?
Lin Yang lowered her head dejectedly, her disappointed expression impossible to hide.
Although she is a looks-obsessed person, it's nice to have a handsome guy like Xu Chengzhi by her side. Whether he's a jerk or not remains to be seen.
But she still longed to go home, back to the life that was rightfully hers.
She's been here for over ten days, and Xu Chengzhi is a difficult person to approach. The system is also issuing bizarre tasks.
Most importantly, her mission progress is still at 0!
"However, I will consider your suggestion. I will send this idea to the screenwriter for her reference and see if it can be added." Zheng Linzhou saw Lin Yang's disappointment and felt a pang of pity. He changed the subject and rekindled Lin Yang's hope.
Upon hearing this, Lin Yang's dejected face immediately brightened, and her eyes lit up. "Thank you, Director Zheng!!"
My heart is pounding and my hands are trembling! Bring on the slaps!
Looking at Lin Yang's radiant smile, Zheng Linzhou couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
What a pity, what a pity. It seems like there's something really wrong with his brain. He's so happy even though he's filming a scene where he gets beaten up.
...
The scenes in the afternoon went well between Lin Yang and Xu Chengzhi; they were mostly completed in one take, without taking up much time.
However, in the only scene where Xu Chengzhi and Nie Wei worked together, they had to do several takes because Nie Wei couldn't memorize her lines.
"Cut—" Zheng Linzhou had lost count of how many times he had called a halt. "Nie Wei, use your brain. You can't just memorize it, can you? Tell me how many times you've mispronounced this word. Do you know how much of our progress you've slowed down because of you?"
Zheng Linzhou became increasingly angry as he spoke, rolling up and crumpling the printed script in his hand until it was in a terrible state.
Nie Wei's face turned pale from the scolding, and her arrogant mouth seemed to be sealed shut, unable to utter a single word.
Lin Yang didn't need to participate in this scene. He just found a spot, plopped down, and didn't even bother to put anything down.
He rested his elbow on Duan Tiantian's shoulder and held a fan in his other hand, blowing it towards her face.
The location offered a good view, and Lin Yang could see Nie Wei's face turning pale and then flushed, which she found amusing.
When she was mocking her before, Nie Wei wasn't like this at all; she kept chattering away. Now she's like a mute. The contrast is really funny.
This also dissipated half of her previous frustration.
As the saying goes, evil people will always be punished by other evil people.
If Lin Yang can't deal with Nie Wei, can't we wait for someone else to punish her?
Lin Yang was engrossed in watching the play when she suddenly felt an itch on her arm. Not wanting to miss any of Nie Wei's subtle expressions, she unconsciously scratched her arm to stop the itch.
"Sister Lin, why do you have so many bumps on your hands?" Lin Yang's scratching caught Duan Tiantian's attention. She turned her head and gasped.
The sleeves of the robe were wide, and most of Lin Yang's arm, which was draped over Duan Tiantian's shoulder, was already exposed. There were bumps on her left and right, all red and swollen, indicating that the mosquitoes that bit her were quite venomous.
Looking down, I counted: one, two, three...
Holy crap! I have at least ten bumps on both arms combined! And they're incredibly itchy!
"Sweetie, did you get bitten? It's so itchy, waaaaah! Are we not even allowed to watch the excitement these days? I have to get bitten by a mosquito as punishment!" The more Lin Yang scratched, the more red and swollen the bump became.
Duan Tiantian looked down at herself; her arms and bare legs, exposed by shorts, were nowhere to be found, not even a bag.
"No, Sister Lin, I remember now! Sister Wang told me before she came that you have a special constitution, and mosquitoes only bite you in the summer. She even joked that whoever follows you doesn't need to bring mosquito repellent." Duan Tiantian said as she looked down and started rummaging through the bag she was carrying.
After searching for a long time, they pulled out a bunch of useless things, but they couldn't find the anti-itch lotion that Wang Rui had repeatedly told them to apply.
"Sister Lin... I'm so sorry! Please punish me. I forgot the medicine that Sister Wang asked me to bring. I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry!" Duan Tiantian looked at her empty backpack after searching it, and her face flushed with apology. She bowed her head to Lin Yang and said sorry several times.
"It's okay, you can buy it for me later. It's just getting some anti-itch lotion. We're almost done with work anyway, I can bear it a little longer." Lin Yang ruffled Duan Tiantian's fluffy hair, not pursuing or condemning Duan Tiantian's negligence, but instead comforting her.
Duan Tiantian looked up, tears welling up in her eyes, fluttering her thick eyelashes, before finally falling.
"Sister Lin, I'm so sorry, I'll definitely pay attention next time!" This was Duan Tiantian's first job after graduation, and she must have felt very guilty and remorseful for any shortcomings she had made.
Lin Yang suppressed the itch and tried her best not to scratch the sores. She smiled nonchalantly and continued to comfort Duan Tiantian, "Hey, it's okay. At worst, you can tell the mosquitoes to stop biting me and bite Nie Wei instead."
"Please, mosquito, don't bite my sister Lin, go bite that wicked woman Nie Wei instead!" Duan Tiantian stopped crying and prayed earnestly for Lin Yang.
Oh my goodness, Sweetie is just too adorable. Please allow Lin Yang to burst into laughter for a while.
On the other side, Nie Wei and Xu Chengzhi finally managed to get through the scene successfully after ten consecutive takes.
"Cut—" Zheng Linzhou shouted into the loudspeaker, "Okay, that's enough for today, we can call it a day. Everyone has worked hard today, the investors said they'd like to treat everyone to dinner at the Huayi Hotel later, to give everyone a good meal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was greeted with cheers from everyone present.
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