Chapter 418: Don't You Know, My Imagination Is All Practiced by Brushing Questions

Jin Li shot these scenes for about an hour.

Tonight, her scenes were considered finished, half an hour faster than the schedule arranged by the crew.

During the shooting, she saw Xu Ting and Bai Jiang, but didn't have the opportunity to greet them, only thinking they came to find Director Chu to shoot scenes.

If she remembered correctly, there were very important scenes for Bai Jiang and Xu Ting in the night scenes tonight. The shooting schedule arranged by the crew for them was to shoot until midnight, and they wouldn't finish work until 2 AM at the earliest.

When Jin Li saw them, she was prepared for Director Chu to shoot halfway and then go to other places to shoot.

She was immersed in acting and didn't pay too much attention to who was directing the lens.

When an actor is immersed in a role, they have no energy to observe other scenes, and their minds will be full of the scenes of that role—

What kind of emotion she will have, what special movements she will do, what her reaction will be, how her eyes will perform...

So after Jin Li finished shooting, she found that Xu Ting and Bai Jiang were still there, a bit surprised.

And there was no change of director in the middle; Director Chu shot her scenes throughout.

Jin Li was only nodding acquaintances with Xu Ting and Bai Jiang, and didn't make appointments for meals in private. Meeting in the crew at this time, they just nodded and greeted each other.

Jin Li glanced at Chen Qin.

Chen Qin came to the crew with Jin Li, while Xiao Cheng stayed in the hotel.

Chen Qin ran over and whispered: "Originally, the assistant director was coming to sit in, but five minutes ago, Director Chu ran over and let the assistant director go to shoot Xu Ting and Bai Jiang's scenes. The assistant director was very embarrassed, but finally left."

Jin Li had a thought in her eyes and said: "You go and inquire about what happened to their shooting today, making Director Chu so angry."

Chen Qin nodded hurriedly.

Jin Li didn't want to brush "Five Three," but in order to enter the state quickly, she still temporarily decided to brush a question.

"Ready!"

Hearing the sound, Jin Li put down "Five Three" and walked to the shooting venue.

"3, 2, 1, Action!"

The board clapped, Jin Li's expression changed, she hurriedly hid in a classroom and locked the door backhanded.

The windows of this classroom were relatively high. Ruan Ruan, played by Jin Li, overlapped the tables and chairs and climbed up, looking out from the window.

In the real scene, there was naturally nothing outside.

But in the script, outside was a pile of zombies that had been infected. These zombies were very excited and crazy when they smelled the breath of living people.

Jin Li's expression was full of horror, and she screamed in fear.

This attracted the zombies outside the window, and the zombies began to frantically collide with the window.

Ruan Ruan was startled and fell back a few steps.

At this time, an accident happened.

The tables and chairs Jin Li overlapped weren't stable. Because her retreat movement was a bit big, it caused the tables and chairs to shake, and they were about to fall apart.

Jin Li was so scared she hurriedly stabilized her body, tilted her center of gravity, and tried hard to maintain balance.

This scene also made everyone else in the crew break into a cold sweat.

This wasn't rehearsed in advance!

The shaking of the tables and chairs just now was really an accident, fortunately Jin Li stabilized!

Otherwise, falling from such a high place would be miserable.

"Cut!"

After Jin Li stabilized her center of gravity, she continued to act down. Director Chu waited for her to finish acting before shouting cut.

After shouting, Director Chu went crazy at the crew's prop team.

"What's wrong with you? The artist might encounter danger in this scene, so why didn't you lay down soft mats in advance? Do you still need me to remind you? Or does the artist need to use life danger to remind you?" ===== CHAPTER 419 =====

It really isn't something an average person can learn.

Xu Ting retorted: "The calculations for math problems are so complex; how could it be possible to solve them just by imagining the steps?"

Jin Li: "You can. Don't think about the long-form problems in your head; think about the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank ones, and figure out the problem-solving logic first. When you have time to solve them, just apply the formulas, and you'll be able to solve them very quickly."

Jin Li paused, then added: "If the calculations involved in a math problem are truly too complex, you can also think about physics and chemistry. These two subjects don't have such a high volume of calculation, especially physics, which tests the logical relationships between theorems more."

Bai Jiang looked at Jin Li's earnest expression, feeling a sense of silence in his heart.

She looks like she genuinely wants to teach, but he genuinely cannot learn it.

As for Xu Ting, she already had nothing to say.

As soon as they got into the car, Chen Qin was finally able to say the words she had been holding back all evening!

Before speaking, she took several deep breaths, then said: "Sister Jin Li, that conversation you just had with Sister Xu Ting was just like a palace drama on TV.

You were pushing and yielding in your speech; why do I feel like she really wants you to admit that you are very excellent?"

Jin Li recalled it, and also felt there was such an implication.

She pondered for a moment and asked: "Could it be that she wants to see me looking proud? If she praises me and I accept it, she can then take the opportunity to ask how I honed my acting skills, and at that point, I wouldn't be able to refuse to talk about it?"

Chen Qin nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Yes, that's exactly the feeling! You ignored her conversational leads several times and kept praising her acting as better than yours; I saw that she didn't even know what words to find to retort to you."

Jin Li smiled indifferently: "It seems she eats soft but not hard. Once my tone softened, she didn't know how to set me up."

But that was all there was to it.

She is only the second female lead; she has many scenes filmed with the male and female leads, but many of her character's plot points involve the male lead, and there are very few scenes filmed with the female lead.

Whether Xu Ting finds her pleasing to the eye or not won't cause her any difficulties.

Even if it's the male lead Bai Jiang, she isn't afraid of offending him or him holding a grudge against her.

This play has Director Chu sitting in charge; who would dare pull whiskers on a tiger's head?

Chen Qin shared the news she had gathered, finally stating the main point: "Bai Jiang and Xu Ting are both unwilling to let the assistant director film their more important scenes, so they all ran over to Director Chu.

But Director Chu doesn't know what's going on; he just won't go back to film them. Director Chu persuaded them a few times, and seeing they wouldn't leave, he just let them stay here and watch you film."

I secretly ran to see the assistant director in Field A halfway through, and his face was also very gloomy and ugly. I think Bai Jiang and Xu Ting are going to offend the assistant director!"

A flash of contemplation crossed Jin Li's eyes, and she sighed: "This assistant director is a bit humble!"

Chen Qin: "Yeah, a bit pitiful, having their face slapped like that by the male and female leads."

Jin Li said pointedly: "They have their eyes set on the fact that Director Chu controls this drama and the assistant director has no say, which is why they are so blatantly ignoring the assistant director."

Chen Qin asked in confusion: "But they are still the assistant director after all. For some unimportant scenes, Director Chu will hand them over to the assistant director to film. Aren't they afraid the assistant director won't put effort into filming them?"

Jin Li said indifferently: "The assistant director wouldn't dare do that. Director Chu is a veteran; not only is his fame great, but he also has real substance in his hands.

Whether a director films with heart or not, and whether they have captured the actor's best state, he wouldn't be unable to judge. If the assistant director dared to do that, Director Chu would be the first not to spare him."

Chen Qin understood: "So they are doing it on purpose, picking the soft persimmons to squeeze, not afraid of offending the assistant director."

Jin Li was noncommittal, instead turning to instruct Chen Qin: "In the future, when you see the assistant director, be a bit more polite, and notify me first as soon as the assistant director gives any instructions."

Chen Qin's eyes were full of confusion; just a moment ago they were chatting about the assistant director being useless, how did Jin Li suddenly start valuing the assistant director?

Jin Li said: "They don't value him, but I can't afford not to. My film and television experience is too shallow, and the assistant director has directed more scenes than I have filmed; we still need to respect him."

Chen Qin understood, "Fine, I guarantee that when I meet the assistant director, I'll be as enthusiastic as a flower."

Jin Li couldn't help but laugh: "Don't be too enthusiastic."

Chen Qin chuckled.

Returning to the hotel, Jin Li went to wash up first.

After coming out, she originally wanted to do her 'Five-Three' study books, but when she picked up her phone, she found that Sui Lingfang had called her twice.

It was just that she was in the shower and didn't answer them.

Opening WeChat, Jin Li found that several brand managers she had added but never contacted suddenly sent her messages, asking if she was free recently and wanting to chat with her about endorsements.

If she really didn't have time to go to the brand's side to chat, they could also send someone to the set to talk to her.

Jin Li:?

She didn't reply to these managers, but instead called Sister Fang back first.

Sister Fang answered quickly and asked her: "Jin Li, did any brand managers go to find you?"

Jin Li nodded: "Yes, not just one, but several, all first-tier brands. Why are they suddenly so enthusiastic?"

Sui Lingfang said helplessly: "It's all because Fang Fei used your name to release a magazine for public sale, and the results achieved were very eye-catching, driving the growth of sales for Fang Fei's entire product line.

Other brands analyzed this traffic war between Fang Fei and Huayun, and all believe that you played a very critical role in it.

If Fang Fei hadn't relied on you to open up the market, but used another star, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been such good results.

So those brands want to follow suit and replicate Fang Fei's success, one after another throwing olive branches at you, but they can't give the weight of a China region spokesperson, so I have already rejected them."

She had received some internal news that these brands might be planning to contact Jin Li first, break through Jin Li's defenses, and then have Jin Li talk to her.

Sui Lingfang was just about to give Jin Li a heads-up, not expecting that Jin Li had already encountered it.

Jin Li said: "My endorsements all follow a boutique route; it's not good to add too many more, as this will affect my endorsement value. If it's not an endorsement with significant weight, I don't intend to take it."

Sui Lingfang had the same thought.

Some stars win by quantity, but that has no future; once their popularity drops, the number of endorsements will drop, and they will also be abandoned by first-tier brands.

But for a route like Jin Li's, it's different: quality over quantity, growing together with the brand.

Even if Jin Li's popularity drops in the future, the brand will continue to have Jin Li endorse them for a long time.

Because Jin Li has already become a symbol of the brand's image.

Whenever anyone mentions Jin Li, they will think of a certain brand; this is the advantage of long-term cooperation.

Sui Lingfang: "I feel these brands are in a very fanatical state toward you right now, as if they treat you as a life-saving straw that can help them hit their KPIs. This kind of emotion is very uncommon."

She pondered for a while and said: "I think we can push for certain collaborations during this period while their emotions are running high."

Jin Li asked curiously: "What kind of collaboration?"

Sui Lingfang smiled: "Co-branding."

Jin Li didn't quite believe that brands would lose their minds and open co-branding deals. Stars have to meet very harsh conditions to open co-branding deals; was Sister Fang thinking too big?

Sui Lingfang explained: "It's not co-branding with the main brand. It's very difficult for the first-tier brands managed by the company to open co-branding deals; they often have to achieve particularly good results in a certain field to do so.

To be honest, the chances of stars opening co-branding deals with first-tier brands aren't great, not even as good as champions and rising stars in the sports world."

She kept refining her sudden idea.

"But what if it's co-branding with second or third-tier brands under a large company? There is a lot of room to maneuver, and the difficulty will also drop significantly."

Jin Li thought about it, "I won't consider third-tier; third-tier are basically miscellaneous brands, unless the quality is good but they are niche and unknown, which is why they are defined as third-tier. Otherwise, I want to open second-tier co-branding deals as much as possible."

Sui Lingfang: "I also suddenly had this thought. Right now, those brands are desperately wanting to cooperate with you.

I have already clearly rejected them on my end, but they still won't give up and have come to find you. I don't know what other ways they will use to contact you later, so it's better for us to seize the initiative."

Jin Li said firmly: "If we can get a co-branding deal, I have no problem with it."

Who would have a problem with money?

Sui Lingfang said with a smile: "I also have good news to tell you: the exclusive product line produced specifically for you by Duomi—the lightweight foundation—has already entered the testing phase.

Originally, Duomi wanted to put it into production quickly, but after the scandal broke out about Yamei and Li Xunfang not having enough time for human testing, everyone in the makeup and skincare field is now in a state of self-preservation.

Many brands are holding a cautious attitude toward newly launched products, constantly doing tests, just for fear of following in Yamei's footsteps."

Jin Li asked casually: "How is Li Xunfang doing now?"

Sui Lingfang: "Not very well."

Three simple words, understated, and not saying much more.

But these three words were enough to make Jin Li feel that Li Xunfang was probably truly in a bad spot this time.

Li Xunfang's situation recently has indeed become even worse.

With the cooperation with Yamei blowing up, the most wrong thing she did was to shift the blame to Yamei too quickly, making Yamei willing to risk a breach of contract just to ruthlessly expose her, the spokesperson.

Yes.

In the wrangling with Yamei, Li Xunfang's team was very subtle in shifting the blame.

The team didn't explicitly state that Yamei's products had problems and that Li Xunfang was deceived; they just used some ambiguous words to guide fans to think that way.

On the contrary, it was Yamei's exposure that truly damaged the image of Li Xunfang, the spokesperson.

So it wasn't that Yamei wanted to sue Li Xunfang; that was just an excuse Yamei specifically made for the outside world to see, targeting Li Xunfang.

Instead, it was Li Xunfang who wanted to sue Yamei; Li Xunfang wanted to sue Yamei for breach of contract.

If it were just this Yamei incident, Li Xunfang would still have the confidence to shake it off.

But unfortunately, it wasn't just Yamei; other products she endorsed also blew up!