Chapter 61: The first scene

Shen Jingjing shook her head gently upon hearing this and sighed: "Mom isn't worried about this. Playing games, which boy doesn't play? Xingxing is already considered to have saved me enough worry; he never had these hobbies before."

"Mom is afraid that he will really want to be a professional player in the future. You say, can this be stable?"

"Look at you studying astronomy, Ali studying acting; those are real knowledge and real skills for the future. But can playing games be the same? If he didn't study well, it would be fine, but you say his grades are so good, and in the end, he went to play games. What a pity!"

Shen Ci naturally understood her mother.

To be honest, she herself recalled everything her younger brother had suffered, and from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want her younger brother to choose the road of e-sports again.

But if this was what her younger brother truly liked and loved, she would still do her best to help him. Those opportunities he once wanted but never got, those stages he wanted to stand on but never did, she was willing to help her younger brother realize them.

At least this time, she didn't want her younger brother's life to be full of regrets again.

But the premise of all this was that he must be admitted to university.

"Mom, don't think of e-sports as so unbearable. Now the Olympic Games have added e-sports projects, and some universities have also opened e-sports majors. Professional e-sports is now a job, and this job is not simple. It's not that whoever can play games can do it." Shen Ci explained patiently to her mother, trying to resolve her prejudice against the e-sports industry.

Professional e-sports is the industry with the most intense survival of the fittest. Very few people can successfully stand on the world stage, and everyone is worthy of respect.

Shen Jingjing looked at her daughter and asked hesitantly: "Do you mean you support Xingxing in becoming a professional player?"

"I am passively supportive." Shen Ci explained: "It means that Xingxing's choice is the most important thing to me. If he likes and insists on playing professionally, then I support it. But I won't take the initiative to support him in choosing this road."

Shen Jingjing curled her lips helplessly and sighed: "Mom is old and may really not be able to understand these things. Mom just hopes that the three of you can be admitted to university steadily, and it will be enough if you have stable jobs in the future."

"I don't oppose Xingxing playing games, but if he wants to be a professional player in the future, I don't agree either."

It was normal for a mother to have such considerations. Shen Ci nodded gently: "I know, Mom. But it's too early for us to say these things now. I asked Xingxing yesterday, and he himself said that the most important thing now is the college entrance examination, and he wants to apply for the Computer Science major, which shows that his mind is not on professional e-sports yet."

"We don't need to think so far ahead for him. Let's see after his college entrance examination results come out."

Shen Jingjing nodded upon hearing this. With her eldest daughter by her side, she always felt at ease.

And today was also the start-up day of "Destiny as Phoenix."

"Hengdian Film and Television Base," the start-up ceremony had just ended, and the scene was busy.

"Lighting, sound recording, and camera positions, make the final adjustment. We will shoot the first scene in half an hour!"

"B-group second scene set construction, move faster. After the first scene is shot, transfer to the second scene immediately."

"Clear the scene in ten minutes, all departments hurry up and get in position!"

Because it was a big production, there were nearly a hundred staff members on the scene alone. These people seemed disorganized when they were busy, but in fact, they were orderly because they were all very professional teams.

At the end of September, the weather was hot. The group performers were all looking for shade around to wait for the scene, and only the leading team and supporting roles had dedicated dressing rooms.

Dressing room No. 9 was a collective lounge for key female supporting roles, and Xu Zishan was among them.

She could now be sure that Shen Li was one of the main roles because Shen Li appeared on stage with the creative team at the start-up ceremony just now.

And she could only watch from afar.

As expected, Shen Li did not appear in the same lounge area as her, but she was still not sure who Shen Li was playing.

Dressing room No. 3, Ren Jia was sticking on a wig, holding her mobile phone to brush the day's crew material hot search.

"Why didn't the official blog post my material?"

Ren Jia muttered with dissatisfaction, then looked at her assistant Xiaoya: "What's going on with the publicity department? The road-show material of the male and female leads is on the top of the hot search, what about my material?"

Xiaoya hurriedly said: "Jiajia, don't be anxious. The start-up ceremony just ended, and Xu Junhuan and Song Yuner are on the first hot search again. The internet heat is saturated. We should choose to avoid it at this time. It will be better to wait for their heat to fade before posting."

Ren Jia nodded after reacting: "You are right, can't be anxious. Then you tell the publicity team to post my and Bai Yu's material and stills in the next group."

"Fine, the publicity team is our company's; they will definitely prioritize you."

Ren Jia listened and felt useful, couldn't help but show a triumphant smile.

Dressing room No. 4 next door was Shen Li's dressing room.

Shen Li herself was very surprised that she would have an independent dressing room.

Although she was the fourth female lead, she was a newcomer after all. According to the rules of the industry, the highest configuration should be a dressing room for two or three people together.

And the teacher who did her makeup today was Wen Xuan again.

It wasn't a coincidence this time, but Wen Xuan took the initiative to ask to be Shen Li's makeup artist, too lazy to serve those female stars with many problems.

She was happy to be relaxed by doing makeup for a little beauty with a good foundation.

After the makeup and hair were completed, the first scene of the male and female leads was being shot. After the field control teacher knocked on the door and entered, he informed: "Prepare for the second scene of 'Hua Xixi', go over and walk through the scene with the actors first."

Shen Li stood up upon hearing this. This was her first scene, and she was almost completely bare-faced.

Because she had to play a group scene in the room after "Hua Xixi" fell into the water, and she needed to lie on the bed for this scene, so she didn't need makeup, only the makeup effect of pale face and lips.

The superior foundation matched with such a weak and pitiful makeup styling directly filled the "broken feeling" of the character.

So much so that everyone who saw her after she left the dressing room couldn't help but look twice, and their eyes were full of undisguised amazement.

The original author and one of the screenwriters, Chu He, guessed that she was "Hua Xixi" at a glance when she saw Shen Li appear, and couldn't help but laugh and sigh: "This is simply 'Hua Xixi' walking out of the book."

Coming to the second scene area, most of the actors were already in position. When Xu Zishan saw Shen Li appear from the side, the anxiety that had been hidden in her heart finally died at this moment.

Shen Li is "Hua Xixi"!

And she is playing her maid!

The script director gathered the actors with lines in the second scene tightly and began to command and dispatch on the spot.

"Director calls action, Hua Xixi coughs weakly, body shivering, Ayu kneels to admit her mistake and beg for mercy, everyone read your lines."

"Hua Madam angrily scolds the servant for not protecting the master well, Hua Xixi feels sorry for the maid and pleads for her, Ayu kneels and kowtows to beg for mercy, everyone read your lines."

"Old Madam is anxious to sell Ayu, Ayu kneels and kowtows to beg for mercy while slapping herself and crying that she was wrong, everyone read your lines."

After Xu Zishan heard this scene, she felt that the sky had fallen. She didn't want to act anymore!

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