Chapter 404: Gods Fighting, Mortals Suffering, One Mountain Higher Than Another

The floor manager answered truthfully: "Seeing Jin Li is asking for leave next Friday and coordinated with the crew in advance to see if the scenes could be moved."

"I noticed that the scene for next Friday and the scene you are filming today are in the same location, only needing a change of scenery, so I thought it would be better to move it to today."

After the floor manager finished speaking, she also realized something in her heart.

Xu Ting's attitude didn't look like she wanted to move it.

Sure enough, the next second, Xu Ting refused: "I have arrangements after I finish filming, so I won't add extra scenes. Notify me earlier next time."

Because she was prepared, the floor manager's expression was fine. She looked down at the schedule in her hand and said: "Then let's move it to next Wednesday to film. It's also the same scene. What do you think?"

Xu Ting said: "I have to check the schedule with my assistant, and I'll give you an answer then."

The floor manager put away the schedule: "Fine."

After she finished speaking, she took the boxed meal and walked out of the dining hall. She turned a corner at the entrance, but circled back to the back door of the dining hall to ask her Master for advice.

Director Chu's crew had five hundred people, and people would constantly come in and leave later, so personnel scheduling had always been a problem.

But this wasn't just Director Chu's crew that was like this; this was a problem that existed in all acting crews.

Once there were many people in the crew, the pressure of daily scheduling was high, so several floor managers would be arranged to convey the director's opinions to others at any time.

As for why not send private messages on the phone?

Sigh, there were so many messages on the phone, many people blocked group messages, or read them without replying, so he didn't know if they really knew or not.

But notifying in person was different. I notified you, and if you forget, it's your business. You can't find any excuses.

And people have two sides. When encountering things that need help on the internet, they play dumb and hide if they can.

But in the real world, when asked by others in person, due to a bit of face and moral sense, even if they are reluctant in their hearts, they will agree.

So as a floor manager, he actually preferred to communicate and deal with people in person.

As long as you are not embarrassed, then the only ones embarrassed will be others.

But on the internet, who knows if the person chatting with you every day is a man, a woman, or a dog.

Director Chu's crew arranged several floor managers. He was the youngest, only in his twenties, and was specifically brought in to learn by an old Master who was also a floor manager.

Because he was the youngest, other floor managers would teach him all kinds of errands.

No way, young people these days have no human rights. The old ones bully you for being young, using the slogan of letting you gain more experience to make you do more work.

Others see you are so young and unfamiliar, so they push down the tasks they give you as much as they can, dragging them out as much as they can.

Just these people in the crew, Shi Xiu really didn't dare to deal with them on the internet, only daring to chat with them in person and give instructions in person.

"Master, what do you think Xu Ting means? Is she going to go against Seeing Jin Li?"

Shi Xiu found the old floor manager sunbathing at the back door of the dining hall and told him the whole conversation he just had with Xu Ting.

The old floor manager's slightly closed eyes opened a slit and asked: "Does she know what scene is being filmed?"

Shi Xiu shook his head: "I didn't tell her what scene was being filmed, only that the location was the same, and that it was the scene to be filmed next Friday."

He hesitated: "Perhaps Xu Ting is very professional and has a good memory, remembering the schedule for next Friday?"

The old floor manager rolled his eyes: "You take others for child prodigies? The week hasn't even passed yet and she's already remembered the filming schedule for next week. Doesn't she need to let her brain rest?"

"And Xu Ting is a first-tier star, and Seeing Jin Li is also first-tier. Seeing Jin Li has activities she can't push away and has to adjust the scenes to film in advance. Do you think Xu Ting isn't popular, and she doesn't have other extra announcements?"

Shi Xiu smiled embarrassedly: "Seeing Jin Li has been more popular on the internet lately, and Xu Ting is relatively silent, so I was biased."

The old floor manager shook his head and reminded him: "A star's popularity is fake. Now you see Seeing Jin Li on the hot search every day, who knows what it will be like next year, or the year after?"

"Today this star is a popular red star, tomorrow a scandal is exposed and they disappear from the entertainment industry. There are too many such things."

"Don't look at how a star's popularity is on the internet, look at how this person's attitude is in the crew."

Shi Xiu nodded as if he had learned: "Understood, Master. Then I won't care about this matter and wait for Xu Ting's assistant to come and connect with me?"

The old Master shook his head: "No, you must keep this matter in your heart. You have seen that Xu Ting and Seeing Jin Li are not getting along, how do you know she will tell her assistant?"

"What if Seeing Jin Li has to leave on Friday, and Xu Ting hasn't found time to make up this scene before then? Does Seeing Jin Li still need to participate in this activity? Who counts her loss? Will Xu Ting put this pot on your back?"

Shi Xiu twitched the corners of his mouth: "Gods fighting, mortals suffering. I'm just an ordinary floor manager. Then what should I do, Master?"

Before, he could still pretend to watch the show, but now that his Master said this, he was really anxious.

The old floor manager closed his eyes again and said in a relaxed manner: "Don't be anxious. Xu Ting refused the temporarily added scene without even looking at it, which is enough to show she doesn't like Seeing Jin Li."

"If that scene is very important, and you can't wait for her assistant on Monday, contact her again. If she still refuses to give an answer, then let the director come out."

Shi Xiu said helplessly: "But on the contrary, that scene is not important at all."

"Seeing Jin Li only plays a supporting role in the crew, her scenes have always been very few, filming only one or two scenes every day, and those scenes can be finished in five minutes at the shortest and half an hour at the longest."

The old floor manager smiled: "If it's not important, isn't that even better? Since it's an unimportant scene, it doesn't matter whether it's filmed early or late, or even temporarily working overtime is no problem."

"This is not a big deal, it just depends on what Xu Ting thinks. If you really can't grasp it, then go find the director."

"For you, wanting to influence Xu Ting to make a decision is too difficult, but for the director, it's just a matter of one sentence. Director Chu's control in the crew is still very strong."

He had been in the crew for decades, having been in big crews and small crews.

He had seen the director as the absolute controller in the crew, grabbing everything, even buying a boxed meal every day needing his signature and consent.

But he had also seen directors who were not like directors, but rather like servants doing chores, with stars being more like directors than him, saying one thing and doing another in the crew.

Some stars, when joining the crew, would even specifically bring a screenwriter, fearing that the screenwriter wouldn't change her scenes to be highlight enough!

The old floor manager said slowly: "Young man, you are still far behind. First, gain some experience in this crew."

Shi Xiu saw that his Master didn't care at all, so he felt relieved. Perhaps things were not as bad as he imagined.

His Master was still knowledgeable, and what he said was right.

Isn't it just a ten-minute scene? There is no difference between filming early and filming late.

What the floor manager didn't know was that Xu Ting returned to the hotel during her lunch break and took out the script to see what Seeing Jin Li's scene was next Friday.

After flipping through it, Xu Ting was a bit disappointed.

She thought it was some important scene, but it turned out to be a quarrel between Ruan Ruanruan and the female lead Su Yuxuan.

If filmed quickly, it might be finished in ten minutes, which made her not even have the interest to drag it out.

If it were an important scene, she wouldn't mind letting Seeing Jin Li "be nervous."

The assistant saw her flipping through the script and asked curiously: "Sister Ting, why are you looking at next week's scenes? Do you want to adjust some time?"

It was October, which was also a vigorous marketing month for many stars. In these last few months of the year, everyone was trying hard to hit their KPIs.

She saw Xu Ting push away many invitations with a lot of weight in order to film Director Chu's drama, and she felt a bit heartbroken.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a drama filmed by Director Chu, Xu Ting definitely wouldn't have accepted the drama in October.

Xu Ting said: "It's not that I want to adjust the time, it's that Seeing Jin Li is asking for leave next Friday and wants to move the scenes forward. The floor manager came to me today and wanted to film today, but I refused."

The assistant subconsciously frowned.

People are just like this. When they need help, they feel that others helping is a matter of course, and when others need help, they feel that others are getting in their way.

But the assistant also knew that in the crew, moving some scenes forward to film, moving some originally scheduled scenes backward, adding scenes midway, changing scenes on the spot... were all normal.

The assistant asked: "Is the scene important?"

Xu Ting shook her head: "Not important."

She said with lack of interest: "Find a time to tell the floor manager, I have time on Tuesday, let him move it to Tuesday."

She felt that this kind of low-level competition was meaningless.

What she was worried about now was that Seeing Jin Li had caught Chu Chenliang's eye, and her highlight moments in this drama were more than hers, leaving her, the female lead, empty.

She had finally fought for Director Chu's drama, and she wasn't going to sacrifice herself to fulfill others!

But who would have thought that plans couldn't keep up with changes.

Without needing the floor manager to ask repeatedly, and without needing Seeing Jin Li to come out repeatedly, Director Chu moved the scenes for Seeing Jin Li and Xu Ting on the spot by himself!

In the crew, because it was impossible to ensure that every actor was in a good state, the time for filming each scene was difficult to estimate.

When all actors were in a good state, difficult scenes could be finished within half an hour.

When actors were in a bad state, even very simple scenes could drag on for an hour.

Therefore, in the crew, it was impossible to fix the time to get off work every day. If you finish filming early, you get off early; if you finish late, you get off late.

The only thing the director could do was not forget to give overtime pay during overtime hours.

And today, every actor's state was quite good. After finishing the originally scheduled scenes, there was still half an hour left.

Director Chu waved his hand and moved the scenes temporarily!

He stopped Xu Ting, who was preparing to get off work, and said: "It just so happens that you and Seeing Jin Li are both here, and there is still some time left. You film one more scene, which is the scene scheduled for next Friday. Let's film it in advance."

Xu Ting was stunned and reacted quickly: "But didn't Seeing Jin Li finish filming long ago? She went back, right?"

As soon as the words fell, Seeing Jin Li's crisp voice came: "Director, I'm here. Were you just calling me?"

She walked out with a smile, holding a "Five-Three" practice book in her arms.

Everyone then discovered that after Seeing Jin Li finished her first scene in the afternoon, she didn't leave the crew, but curled up under a tree to do problems.

She didn't live stream during this time period, and coupled with the fact that the location of the tree was remote, many people didn't see her.

Director Chu said: "Yes, there is still time. You film the scene for next Friday first. Hurry up and change clothes and do makeup."

The two changed into modern clothes, which was convenient and fast.

The makeup for the female lead played by Xu Ting was cold and light, emphasizing the literary and rational sense in her bones, and doing makeup had always been fast.

On the contrary, Seeing Jin Li's rich girl makeup was a bit troublesome, but Seeing Jin Li had a good skin foundation, and makeup artists loved to do her makeup, and the action of applying powder was not slow.

After the makeup was done, there were still five minutes before the filming time mentioned by the director, so Seeing Jin Li held the script and started reading.

The plot was very simple. She glanced at it and felt it was not difficult. After thinking about it, she decided to do problems to concentrate her state first.

On the other side, Bai Jiang, who had finished filming with Xu Ting before, didn't leave, but stayed in the crew to watch.

Bai Jiang also brought his assistant, and Bai Jiang asked him in a low voice: "Why did the director move their scene for next Friday to today?"

The assistant said: "Seeing Jin Li's assistant chatted with me at noon, saying it was because Seeing Jin Li was going to participate in March Sky's concert rehearsal next Friday. March Sky invited her to be a guest, and they will hold this year's first concert in Shanghai on Saturday."

Bai Jiang raised his eyebrows: "Actually a guest for March Sky's first concert. This group is super popular in the music circle and has been popular for several years!"

The assistant nodded crazily: "My sister asked me a few days ago if I could get tickets for March Sky's concert. She couldn't grab tickets, even if she asked a scalper, she couldn't grab them. It's too popular."

Bai Jiang observed Xu Ting's expression again. Xu Ting held the script and came to the filming scene, waiting for filming.

He had worked with Xu Ting and knew that she preferred to close her eyes and rest during the waiting period, or brew her state, and rarely held the script in her hand.

As actors, they had all memorized the script lines in advance, and could remember them by glancing at them.

So according to his observation, when Xu Ting held the script in her hand to prepare, it was often because her mood was relatively irritable.

Fearing that mistakes would occur in the subsequent filming, she had to hold the script to watch, forcing herself to enter the state.

Bai Jiang's expression moved. Why was Xu Ting so irritable?

In the crew, it was common for directors to change and add scenes on the spot. He thought Xu Ting was used to it long ago. Could it be that there was a hidden reason?

He saw Xu Ting's assistant next to her, gave a look to his assistant, and said in a low voice: "Go and inquire with Xu Ting's assistant. Xu Ting should have some problems."

Not only was Bai Jiang curious, but Chen Qin was also very curious about what was going on.

Seeing Jin Li was doing problems, and Chen Qin didn't dare to disturb her, so she also ran to listen to gossip.

The three stars' assistants sat together, and Xu Ting's assistant first said sarcastically:

"Your star has such a big attitude. At noon, Sister Ting refused the floor manager's arrangement because she had something to do today and wanted to leave early."

"You went directly to the director and let the director arrange it. Then what is the use of the floor manager? In the future, just let the director do the crew scheduling."

Chen Qin was originally a bit dissatisfied, but why did this sound more and more sour?

Her mood suddenly improved, and she said with a smile: "Don't push everything onto my star. We were still waiting for the floor manager's reply, and didn't even know which day it was arranged to film."

"After Sister Seeing Jin Li finished filming in the afternoon, she originally wanted to return to the hotel, but the assistant director suddenly stopped her and told her not to rush back to the hotel and stay in the crew for a while."

"Sister Seeing Jin Li then stayed here to do problems. Who knew it was to move scenes?"

"If your star has any dissatisfaction, then vent it to the director. Our Sister Seeing Jin Li didn't do anything, she is just more valued by the director."

Chen Qin had been an assistant for a year, and had seen people who stepped on the high and flattered the low in the entertainment industry, and also understood some assistants' and stars' mentalities.

When fighting with others, she knew how to stab people where it hurt the most. ===== CHAPTER 405 =====