Chapter 420

Xu Ting was very depressed filming today.

When filming ended at night, it had already reached 10 o'clock.

But she didn't want to go straight back to the hotel; her mood was a bit irritable. She sat in the car staring out the window for a long while, just in time to see Jin Li's car driving away.

When the car was no longer visible, Xu Ting asked lightly in the car: "Do you think Jin Li's acting is better than mine?"

Both the driver and the assistant lowered their heads, not daring to look up, silent as cicadas in winter.

This kind of question cannot be answered; if answered poorly, one might lose their job.

Xu Ting didn't wait for their answer, nor did she care. She took out her phone and scrolled for a long time; there was no trending search for Jin Li on it.

This made her mood slightly better.

Although Jin Li was very low-key on set, leaving as soon as she finished filming and not lingering too long, she couldn't see her often either.

But outside of the play, Jin Li had many trending searches.

Even if Xu Ting hadn't felt the pressure brought by Jin Li on set before, the pressure from her popularity outside the play was everywhere.

Now it was good, Jin Li's trending searches were gone, but as a result, she felt pressure on set instead.

Xu Ting darkened her face and sent a message to Bai Jiang, asking him out for a late-night snack.

After sending it, she told the driver: "Drive to Mingdeng Tavern."

Bai Jiang had not been out of the crew for long when he received Xu Ting's message.

Tonight, the male lead's scenes were solo scenes, requiring wire work. He was hung in the air for almost an hour, and after stepping onto the ground, he felt like his bones were about to fall apart.

Seeing Xu Ting's message, he didn't reply immediately, but after sitting in the car, he specifically asked his assistant: "Tonight, Group B filmed Xu Ting and Jin Li's scenes. Did you receive any news?"

After saying this, he checked the overall filming schedule for all actors; the scenes Jin Li and Xu Ting filmed tonight weren't high-difficulty scenes.

Why did Xu Ting look so emotionally unstable?

In the past, when collaborating with Xu Ting, whenever she asked him out for a late-night snack, it was to complain to him about things on set.

Bai Jiang believed this time would be no exception.

The assistant said in a low voice: "I watched from the sidelines at Group B for a while and saw Xu Ting being lectured by Director Chu."

"Xu Ting was lectured?" Bai Jiang was very surprised, "For such a simple scene, how could she be lectured?"

Assistant: "I overheard a bit; it seems Director Chu was dissatisfied with Sister Xu Ting's expression handling. Where it needed to be restrained, it wasn't, and where it needed to be expressive, it wasn't. She completely misinterpreted the character's personality and psychology."

The assistant added in a low voice: "I only watched for a while, afraid of being discovered, so I came back quickly. But later I heard from the Group B staff that Xu Ting's state was very poor, and almost every line she delivered had to be taught by Director Chu."

Bai Jiang seemed to understand something and shook his head: "For such a simple scene, she shouldn't have made such low-level mistakes. It seems Jin Li has put a lot of pressure on her."

If he went to eat a late-night snack this time, he might hear Xu Ting's complaints about Jin Li.

Bai Jiang sometimes couldn't understand; Jin Li was just a junior, and Xu Ting had been in the circle for so long, why be afraid of a junior?

Could it be that she really had the idea of continuing to be Director Chu's female lead for the next play?

That's not realistic.

Bai Jiang's mindset was very laid-back.

He knew that sometimes one should yield when it's time to yield, rather than holding on tightly, which only makes people dislike you.

And in this drama, Xu Ting is the undisputed female lead; what does she have to be afraid of?

Just because she's worried about being surpassed by a junior, she becomes anxious and hesitant, to the point of losing her original standard?

Bai Jiang didn't want to indulge such an Xu Ting. The two weren't close friends, just having collaborated many times, so their relationship was a bit more familiar than with other stars.

He sent a rejection message back to Xu Ting.

Bai Jiang told the driver: "Just drive back to the hotel."

Jin Li returned to the hotel, and after washing up, it was a bit late, reaching her usual bedtime.

But she thought about it and decided to force herself to stay awake, starting a live stream to make a mind map for chemistry.

Before going to bed at night, she was used to studying for a while; if she didn't study, she would feel uncomfortable all over.

Fans were shocked by Jin Li's live stream again.

【The live stream time today is very fragmented; it seems she's been busy all day!】

【If Jin Li goes to film, she always squeezes in live stream time. The shortest live stream she ever did was ten minutes, which was during a break while filming on set!】

【Wow, she's actually making a chemistry mind map; is the math one already finished?】

Jin Li saw this comment and replied: "I am reviewing layer by layer based on the content, not just reviewing one subject alone; that's not conducive to memory."

A high school senior couldn't possibly spend all day reviewing only math and not other subjects.

Reviewing all subjects together also keeps the brain from being so fatigued.

When students face some very difficult problems they can't figure out, they can put them aside first and review other subjects to shift their brain.

Who knows, maybe while shifting, you'll suddenly have an inspiration for that problem?

For the chemistry mind map, Jin Li does the overall structure first and then the details, writing out the framework of knowledge points and the high-frequency test points for the college entrance exam, and then filling in specific reaction equations and calculations.

First, modular organization, dividing templates according to textbook chapters, in the order of: Matter Structure and Periodic Law, Principles of Chemical Reactions, Elemental Chemistry, Experiments and Calculations...

In this organization, Jin Li also sorted out the high-frequency test points together.

Redox reactions in chemistry, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, etc., are all enduring test points.

Everyone admires math because math is the foundation of all natural sciences. Engels once said: "The role of mathematics in mechanics is 100%."

Mr. Ren, the founder of a certain company, also once emphasized: "Its technological breakthroughs rely on the support of more than 700 mathematicians."

So saying math is the universal language of all science is not wrong.

People who are good at math can use calculus to describe motion in physics (like Newtonian mechanics) and use matrices to express quantum states. They can also calculate reaction rates in chemistry through equations (like the Arrhenius equation) and analyze molecular behavior using probability models.

And in the current education system, mathematical ability directly reflects cognitive potential.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) uses mathematics as a core indicator for measuring educational quality, and breakthroughs in physics/chemistry often take mathematical breakthroughs as a prerequisite, such as calculus promoting the development of classical mechanics.

Jin Li worked hard on math, supplemented her foundation, and has a great advantage in logical ability and problem decomposition. At this time, making a chemistry mind map is like swimming happily in an ocean of knowledge, handling various knowledge points with ease.

The breakthrough in math has also led to successive improvements in her ability in physics and chemistry.

Like some students who put all their effort into studying math in their first and second years of high school, while physics and chemistry are just looked at casually, only reviewing seriously in class and doing the homework assigned by the teacher, without spending extra effort to improve the latter two subjects.

But their grades in the latter two subjects aren't bad; this is the feedback from mathematical thinking.

Jin Li wrote more and more smoothly. She originally only intended to write for half an hour, but accidentally stayed up late and wrote for an hour.

In the end, it was only when Chen Qin was scrolling through her phone and found that Jin Li was still live streaming that she had to push the door open to remind her it was time to rest, and Jin Li stopped with lingering interest.

She discovered that learning can also be addictive!

When you understand all the knowledge points and almost all problems can be solved, perhaps everyone will be fascinated by learning.

Could it be that this is the feeling of a top student when studying?!

Jin Li understood a bit why those top students could hold a book and study for a dozen hours without stopping.

Others only think top students are being intense.

But top students are actually just enjoying it!

The next day, Jin Li had scenes in the morning, but no scenes in the afternoon or evening.

She looked at the latest schedule sent by the floor manager and found that her filming schedule had been adjusted by the crew.

It wasn't adjusted to be more, but adjusted to be even less than before.

Jin Li specifically asked the floor manager: "Why are the scenes I need to film adjusted to be even fewer than before?"

The floor manager didn't understand either, saying vaguely: "It's not just your scenes that have decreased; Xu Ting and Bai Jiang's scenes have also decreased. This was ordered by Director Chu."

Holding this doubt, Jin Li watched the scenes being filmed; her own scenes hadn't come up yet.

Just observing for a few minutes, she understood a little.

Director Chu is filming more meticulously!

This doesn't quite fit Director Chu's style. She had been working with Director Chu for more than a week and knew he wasn't a director who liked to nitpick details.

As long as the actor's performance was roughly okay, he would pass it.

Now that Director Chu wants to nitpick details, it's obvious that the actor's performance made him feel it was a bit lacking, so he had to intervene.

The scene Jin Li observed was Xu Ting's, and she watched Xu Ting film for half an hour quietly before leaving.

Xu Ting, on the contrary, was distracted by her watching, slow to enter the state, and ate several NGs.

After Jin Li left, Xu Ting finally entered the state and passed that scene before Director Chu could scold anyone.

Xu Ting finally passed the filming, and during the break, she went to find her assistant, saying nervously: "Go find out if Jin Li has been bad-mouthing me?"

The assistant was stunned, "Bad-mouthing? What bad-mouthing?"

Xu Ting glared at her, and the assistant jumped, quickly reacting and saying: "Okay, okay, I'll go find out now, I'll record the whole thing!"

Xu Ting's expression finally eased a bit.

When the assistant found Jin Li's scene, she found that she was already filming.

Jin Li's scene was filmed by the assistant director, and it wasn't as stumbling as Xu Ting's performance; she performed very smoothly.

This scene was filmed as the scene of just entering the apocalypse, where Ruan Ruanruan faces zombies for the second time, and these zombies are very clean, without bloodstains, just with somewhat ferocious expressions.

Ruan Ruanruan gathered her courage, holding a stack of money in her hand, and said nervously to the zombie walking slowly toward her: "Junior, I recognize you; you always did tasks for me here before."

"I'll give you money!" She exaggeratedly raised her hand, wanting to let the junior see the money in her hand clearly.

As a result, because she was too nervous, her hand was unsteady, and the money in her hand fell to the ground.

Ruan Ruanruan: "Uh, the money fell."

She looked down at the money, and the zombie walking slowly also stared straight at the money.

Ruan Ruanruan felt there was a chance, her eyes lit up, and she pulled another stack out of her pocket:

"I still have money. This money is what I saved by scrimping and saving; I took a great life risk to get it. I'll give it all to you, just walk away, okay? Don't come over anymore, this is my last bit of money."

She respectfully placed the money on the table and then slowly retreated.

The junior slowly moved to the table, pausing for several seconds when passing the stack of money, as if considering something.

Ruan Ruanruan felt there was even more of a chance, and took another stack of money out of her pocket, "I still have money. This money is what I got from my best friend; it was very hard to get. This is my last bit of money; I'll put it on the ground, don't chase me."

Zombie Junior:...

The silent silence on the scene seemed to turn into an accusation.

Ruan Ruanruan immediately took out a few more stacks of money from her pocket and placed them on the ground, raising her hands to swear: "This is really my last bit of money; I didn't lie to you, I gave you all my money."

The zombie junior was angry; every time she said it was the last bit of money, she could still take out money.

The bloodthirsty reaction overwhelmed his remaining reason, and he chased Ruan Ruanruan ferociously.

"I don't have money!"

"I really don't have money!"

Ruan Ruanruan ran while scattering the money in her pockets to prove what she said was true.

All her money was given to him!!!

But every time she pulled from her pocket, she could pull out a stack of money, and her clothes had inner pockets, outer pockets, and her pants had front pockets and back pockets.

Scattering to the end, Ruan Ruanruan herself was tired, wailing: "How much money did they give me, why do I still have money? Did I really think that was my last bit of money?!"

"Cut!"

The assistant director nodded with satisfaction, only letting Jin Li reshoot a few shots, and this scene passed.

Xu Ting's assistant watched the whole thing, only feeling that Jin Li's performance was very smooth.

Compared to Xu Ting, she performed very well.

The assistant thought about it and specifically walked to another more remote corner, taking the initiative to say to a staff member: "Jin Li's acting is quite good; this scene was filmed very smoothly."

Not every staff member recognized her as Xu Ting's assistant; the crew flow was too large, and some had never been responsible for Xu Ting's scenes.

A young girl who looked relatively young nodded and said: "Yeah, the acting is better."

The assistant specifically said: "It's just that her character isn't very good."

Young girl: "Ah?"

The assistant lowered her voice and said: "Haven't you heard? Jin Li bad-mouthed Xu Ting behind her back, scolding Xu Ting for having bad acting and always having NGs."

The young girl was stunned: "I haven't heard that; could you have mistaken it?"

The assistant said confidently: "No mistake, I saw Jin Li saying it to her assistant with my own eyes, saying it beside the nanny car outside. She thought there was no one around, but I accidentally heard it."

The young girl said hesitantly: "I really didn't expect Jin Li to be such a person."

Jin Li was still filming, and Chen Qin, besides taking care of her, was also looking around the crew.

Looking at this, she saw Xu Ting's assistant chatting happily with the staff in the crew.

Seeing their expressions, Chen Qin always felt they were like those classmates who used to gather together to bad-mouth others.

Chen Qin specifically walked in front of them, and before Xu Ting's assistant could leave, she quickly stopped her: "Assistant Xu! Don't go!"

Xu Ting's assistant walked faster.

Chen Qin rushed over in one step and grabbed her hand. Her movements were not polite, but her expression was smiling:

"Assistant Xu, I remember you; you are Xu Ting's assistant. How do you have time to come and watch Jin Li's performance today?"

The young girl on the other side heard Chen Qin's deliberately amplified voice, and her face instantly became a bit strange.

Xu Ting's assistant is saying Jin Li scolded Xu Ting, and also said she heard it with her own ears?

What kind of divine development is this?