Chapter 181

Jiang Yuqian giving Li Qian such a hard time in front of Lu Yan He and Wang Yunfan without any explanation was something Lu Yan He truly hadn't expected.

But the matter Jiang Yuqian mentioned was not making a mountain out of a molehill.

It was just, why lash out at Li Qian at this time?

It was as if she deliberately wanted to make Li Qian lose even more face.

Lu Yan He had such doubts in his heart.

Li Qian's face was very ugly, and the atmosphere was silent for a time.

Only Jiang Yuqian finished the shrimp porridge in front of her slowly, looked up at everyone, as if only then realizing the atmosphere was a bit tense, and smiled brightly, saying, "I'm done eating. Are you guys done? If you are, go back and rest early."

Lu Yan He and Huang Kai naturally nodded immediately.

As soon as she returned to her room, Li Qian screamed twice in anger, venting the fury she had been holding in for a long time.

"Knock, knock!" A knocking sound rang out.

"Who is it?" Li Qian asked angrily.

"Me." Wang Yunfan's voice came from outside the door.

Li Qian went to open the door, face stiff, and said, "What are you here for?"

Wang Yunfan smiled, looking somewhat shameless, "I knew someone would be furious after coming back and probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, so I came to check."

Li Qian's eyes were blazing, "You talk nicely now, but when Jiang Yuqian was humiliating me just now, why didn't you say anything?!"

"What could I have said at that time? I didn't know the situation. Should I have stood up and denied it directly?" Wang Yunfan defended himself helplessly. "I knew you wanted to fight for the lead role back then, but I didn't know you actually went and sent paintings and wine. It's normal for her to be angry now that she knows about this."

"You're still speaking for her? Whose classmate are you anyway?" Li Qian's tone immediately rose, "Get out!"

The look of helplessness on Wang Yunfan's face deepened.

"If you drive me away now, there won't be anyone left to listen to you vent," he said.

Li Qian glared at him and scolded, "Who wants you to listen to me vent?"

"Calm down. You played a big trick on her behind her back. Her reaction today is actually considered mild. If she decides to undermine you or retaliate behind your back later, what can you do?" Wang Yunfan said.

Li Qian: "Am I a fool who only knows how to stand there and take a beating?"

Wang Yunfan: "To be honest, I didn't know she knew about this before, but now I know she has known for a long time. Yet she didn't stop you from acting in this play. Otherwise, if she had interfered, would you have even been able to join the cast?"

"Maybe she only found out in the last two days, otherwise why would she come out today?" Li Qian curled her lips, "You actually naively thought that after she knew I snatched her lead role, she would still be willing to act in this play with me? How is that possible."

Wang Yunfan didn't know what to say for a moment.

She had said everything.

"So you knew it yourself," he could only say that in the end.

"Ugh, so annoying," Li Qian said irritably.

The next day, at 9:25 AM, Lu Yan He arrived at the hotel entrance on time, waiting for the shuttle bus to the set.

As it turned out, he ran into Wang Yunfan.

Wang Yunfan came out of the hotel with his assistant, saw Lu Yan He, and asked, "What are you standing here for?"

Lu Yan He saw Wang Yunfan, nodded at him, called out "Brother Fan," and said, "Waiting for the bus."

Wang Yunfan asked, "Going to the set?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Get in my car, I'll take you there; I'm heading over anyway," Wang Yunfan said.

Lu Yan He hesitated for a moment.

"Don't hesitate, let's go."

As they were speaking, the car coming to pick up Wang Yunfan arrived, a black van.

Before Lu Yan He could even refuse, Wang Yunfan had already brought him into the car.

"Why be so polite with me," Wang Yunfan said after pulling Lu Yan He into the car, "We'll be acting together in the future."

Lu Yan He could only say, "Thank you, Brother Fan."

Lu Yan He wasn't familiar with Wang Yunfan, but what happened last night made him feel awkward facing both Wang Yunfan and Li Qian.

"You must have been quite uncomfortable with those words yesterday, right? She's just like that, a bit thoughtless, and speaks without thinking," Wang Yunfan said. "But I'm her college classmate, I've known her for many years, her nature isn't bad, don't take it to heart."

Lu Yan He didn't expect Wang Yunfan to come to talk to him about this.

He looked at Wang Yunfan with some surprise, hummed, and said, "Actually, she wasn't wrong, I understand."

Wang Yunfan: "Are you really angry? Oh, let's be more broad-minded."

Lu Yan He smiled, thinking to himself, it wasn't that he wasn't broad-minded; being humiliated to his face and then keeping it in his heart made him the one who wasn't broad-minded?

This Wang Yunfan also had issues; he seemed enthusiastic and sincere, but the moment he opened his mouth, he told others not to be angry or mind things. Lu Yan He silently drew an 'X' over his name.

Today, the staff on set all noticed that Li Qian's state was not right.

In the play, Li Qian played Jiang Yuqian's workplace colleague and friend. Although the play had only just started filming, the two had already clashed in several scenes.

Everyone was in this line of work; whether an actor's acting was good or bad could be seen from the basics in one or two scenes.

Li Qian and Jiang Yuqian were not necessarily evenly matched, but on the surface, neither would be obviously suppressed.

But today, who knew what was wrong with Li Qian; she was constantly NG-ing.

Luo Yuzhong was getting angry, called a pause, and called Li Qian over.

"Qianqian, what's wrong with you today?" Luo Yuzhong asked. "You don't have any eye contact with Jiang Yuqian at all; this scene is unwatchable."

Li Qian also knew where her problem lay; it was being exposed by Jiang Yuqian yesterday, clarifying the previous matter of snatching the lead role, which made her feel guilty.

She had been in a huge rage in the hotel yesterday, but today, meeting Jiang Yuqian on set, she felt so guilty that she didn't even dare to make eye contact with her.

Li Qian was somewhat uneasy and said, "Sorry, Director, it's my problem, I'm not in a good state today."

Luo Yuzhong said, "We won't film you in the next scene first, you adjust yourself. But you have a lot of scenes to film today, don't make us wait too long."

"Okay," Li Qian nodded immediately. "I'm really very sorry, Director."

Luo Yuzhong knew Li Qian's usual acting level and just assumed she was really not in a good state today.

There was no help for it; an actor's state fluctuates and cannot always be maintained at the same level.

Li Qian walked to the side, found a corner nearby, and wanted to silently adjust her state.

She suddenly saw Wang Yunfan and Lu Yan He walking over from the front.

"You walk around yourself, I'm going to prepare," Wang Yunfan said, leaving Lu Yan He alone.

Lu Yan He hadn't even had time to say "Thank you, Brother Fan."

Perhaps because he didn't really buy his act in the car and hadn't let go of last night's matter, Wang Yunfan's attitude toward him became cold after getting off the car.

This was Lu Yan He's first time properly coming to a filming set.

This was a studio shoot, and in front was an environment set up like a cubicle office.

Many people were sitting or standing inside, all actors; some actors had someone helping them touch up their makeup.

He curiously examined the surrounding environment. Well, it was much messier than he imagined; there were boxes, equipment, and people coming and going everywhere, somewhat chaotic.

"Yan He, you're here." Assistant Director He Xun passed by with a stack of photos in his hand, saw Lu Yan He, and patted him on the shoulder.

Lu Yan He only had time to call out "Brother Xun" before seeing He Xun walk away in a hurry.

Very busy.

Lu Yan He saw that most people were walking in a hurry.

Filming wasn't happening on set; everyone was busy with their own tasks.

Lu Yan He wanted to find a place to stay, but felt there was nowhere good to stay.

He suddenly saw Jiang Yuqian appear from the side, followed by a few people.

Lu Yan He's face lit up, and he originally wanted to go say hello to her immediately, but before he could even lift his foot, he saw someone go up with things and start communicating with Jiang Yuqian.

Everyone on set was busy; not many people were idle, except for the actors at their respective spots.

They also didn't move around, just looking at their phones at their spots or chatting and laughing with the people next to them.

All of this was very fresh to Lu Yan He.

From time to time, someone would greet him and call his name, but Lu Yan He didn't know them himself, so he could only respond with an awkward smile.

A few minutes later, someone suddenly shouted, "Prepare for the next scene."

The atmosphere on set changed, and the somewhat noisy set gradually quieted down.

Lu Yan He quickly retreated to a corner.

Luo Yuzhong sat behind a monitor, surrounded by quite a few people.

Next, a series of sounds like counting off appeared: "Camera ready," "Lighting ready," "Actors ready," one after another, very quickly.

When the sounds ended, Luo Yuzhong picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Alright, action!"

Someone clapped the slate in front of the camera.

Jiang Yuqian was wearing a black professional suit, holding a stack of materials in her hand, walking into the cubicle set with an expressionless face, pulling out a chair at a workstation, and sitting down.

At this moment, Lu Yan He didn't even need to hear her speak to feel that she was full of anger.

There was no expression on Jiang Yuqian's face, but just like that, she could make people feel her emotions overflowing from her body.

A somewhat chubby woman next door poked her head over and asked, "Xiao Guan, what's wrong with you? Did Manager Huang bully you again?"

"No." Jiang Yuqian remained expressionless. After saying this, she turned to look at her, "Sister Lan, I have something to do today and need to leave early, can you cover for me for a while?"

Sister Lan nodded immediately and said, "Sure, go ahead. But, Xiao Guan, are you really okay? I see you're not right at all right now."

Only then did Jiang Yuqian sigh lightly, "I'll tell you later, Sister Lan."

After she finished speaking, she stood up again, picked up her bag, and walked away in a hurry. When she left the office, some emotions finally appeared on her face, revealing irritation and anger.

"Alright, cut!" Luo Yuzhong was on set, called out, and beckoned Jiang Yuqian over, "Not bad, Yuqian, let's do another take. Your rhythm was a bit rushed just now. When Sister Lan asks you what's wrong, pause for a moment, have a reaction. Your response just now wasn't as fast as a stress reaction."

Jiang Yuqian laughed, nodded, "Okay, I'll pay attention."

Lu Yan He was astonished to hear the conversation between them.

Is this acting?

When he watched on set, he felt Jiang Yuqian had already acted very well and had completely drawn him in, yet Luo Yuzhong could immediately point out where Jiang Yuqian still had flaws and needed to correct them.

The key was that it was pointed out very accurately. When he didn't say it, Lu Yan He didn't notice, but once he said it, Lu Yan He felt it really was like that.

They filmed another take afterward, and it was a direct pass.

A transition scene was filmed just like that, and it actually took almost half an hour from start to finish.

A scene might only present as one minute, or even thirty seconds in the film, but in reality, filming, adjusting lights, setting the stage, actor rehearsals, re-filming, etc., various reasons would cause the actual filming time to be much longer.

Because the plot is connected, it couldn't be deleted.

After a scene was filmed, Jiang Yuqian went to sit on a folding chair with her name written on the back to read the script.

The next scene was still hers, but it was between her and Li Qian.

The scene that wasn't filmed smoothly just now was now continuing to be filmed.

Li Qian also came in with her assistant; who knew where she had gone just now.

She gave the script in her hand to her assistant and walked toward Jiang Yuqian.

Jiang Yuqian saw her coming, raised her eyes with some surprise, and revealed an expression of "what's the matter."

Li Qian took a deep breath and said, "I apologize to you."

The place where Jiang Yuqian sat was a quiet area, and there was no one else around, only Jiang Yuqian's own assistant sitting nearby.

Li Qian suddenly apologizing made Jiang Yuqian somewhat surprised.

Li Qian apologized and turned to leave.

Jiang Yuqian hadn't even had time to say anything.

"..."

Jiang Yuqian looked at Li Qian's back, which had a sense of "fleeing in panic," and smiled as she lowered her head.

Ten minutes later, the staff on set had finished the set design and filming environment for the next scene, and someone came to ask Jiang Yuqian to wait for the scene.

Jiang Yuqian got up, handed her script to her assistant, and went to her position.

This time she sat directly at her workstation.

"Action!" Following Director Luo Yuzhong's order, Li Qian walked in.

She walked gracefully toward Jiang Yuqian until she stopped in front of her workstation and said, "Guan Zhu, Manager Huang wants you to go over for a moment."

Jiang Yuqian raised her head with some surprise and glanced at her, "Manager Huang wants me?"

Li Qian raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said, "Yeah, go quickly, don't keep him waiting too long."

Jiang Yuqian stood up immediately and looked at her desk.

"He... what does he want with me, do you know?"

Li Qian crossed her arms over her chest, shook her head, and said, "How would I know that? You'll know once you go yourself."

She patted Jiang Yuqian's arm and turned to go back to her own workstation.

At this moment, Li Qian's aura was clearly stronger than Jiang Yuqian's.

Lu Yan He had read the script and quickly thought of where this scene was. Originally, this scene was when Guan Zhu had just entered the company, but as soon as she entered, she was set up by Manager Huang; it was the beginning of Guan Zhu killing it in this company.

Li Qian was already in the company at this time, with more seniority and experience than Jiang Yuqian, so it was normal for her aura to be stronger than hers.

Just as Lu Yan He was thinking this, he suddenly heard someone nearby whisper, "Li Qian's state is finally right, otherwise I don't know how long we would have been filming today."

"Yeah, I was already prepared to finish work very late today."