Chapter 431: First Action Scene Filming—Escape to Life

Xu Ting finished reading the chat history, lowered her head, and was silent for a while.

When she raised her head again, her expression was calm.

"I know my assistant; she isn't the type to talk about people behind their backs. Maybe she's been under a lot of pressure recently, so she had some misunderstandings about Seeing Jin Li."

Xu Ting paused and said calmly and composedly: "Or perhaps she really did hear it from someone else and was just a messenger of information."

Bai Jiang hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Some things are meaningless if said too bluntly.

The subtlety of the Chinese people only needs to be touched upon; Xu Ting would investigate the rest herself.

He couldn't possibly force Xu Ting to admit that she was blind and mistook a dragon for a treasure, right?

Anything done will leave traces. Xu Ting's assistant was spreading rumors everywhere, yet no one believed her words; presumably, others had already exposed her behavior long ago, which was why she couldn't fool anyone.

Bai Jiang changed the subject, wisely not mentioning anything related to Seeing Jin Li again.

Actually, according to his thoughts, the two of them could lower their status and communicate more with Seeing Jin Li.

Clearly, Seeing Jin Li's understanding of the script was deeper than theirs, and Director Chu was very satisfied with Seeing Jin Li's filming; she had pondered her character very thoroughly.

And the connection between the male and female leads and the second female lead was deep; Bai Jiang wanted to know how Seeing Jin Li understood the male and female leads.

Unfortunately, it was destined that this suggestion couldn't be made today.

After lunch, the two agreed to discuss the script together that night and then went their separate ways.

Bai Jiang still had to run projects in the afternoon, while Xu Ting returned directly to the hotel.

In the car, Bai Jiang asked his assistant: "Why did Xu Ting's female assistant suddenly bring up Seeing Jin Li to you?"

The male assistant said blankly: "She suddenly started this topic. I don't know why she wanted to talk about Seeing Jin Li, and she was bad-mouthing them.

I feel that Seeing Jin Li's character shouldn't be that bad, so I asked around, and I didn't expect to dig up rumors."

The assistant glanced at Bai Jiang, wanting to say something but stopping.

Bai Jiang said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't worry about my mood."

The male assistant didn't hesitate anymore and said: "I suddenly remembered something. Last time you worked with Sister Xu Ting, Sister Xu Ting's assistant also mentioned to me that the second female lead was always bad-mouthing Sister Xu Ting in private and even recorded evidence."

Reminded by him, Bai Jiang also remembered.

In the previous drama, Xu Ting was the female lead and didn't get along with the second female lead; the relationship between the two in the crew was very stiff.

He didn't know the reason at the time and only heard from the director that the second female lead had bad intentions.

Looking back now, he really wasn't sure if it was the second female lead who didn't respect Xu Ting, or if Xu Ting's assistant was spreading rumors.

Bai Jiang said: "Don't get involved in this matter, stay away from Xu Ting's assistant."

He thought for a moment and added: "I think Seeing Jin Li's assistant is quite capable; you can build a good relationship with her."

The male assistant immediately responded: "Okay, Seeing Jin Li's assistant has a very interesting personality, doesn't gossip about stars, and it's quite reassuring to be with her."

On the other side, Xu Ting sat in the car, silent the whole way, with only the female assistant talking non-stop.

When she returned to the hotel, she sized up her assistant for a long while in the room.

The female assistant felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze, lowered her head to look at her clothes, thinking if her outfit had violated any of Sister Xu Ting's taboos, not thinking in other directions.

Xu Ting suddenly asked: "How is your investigation into Seeing Jin Li's news in the crew going recently?"

The female assistant's eyes lit up, and she said eloquently: "I have already found evidence that Seeing Jin Li is bad-mouthing you behind your back. I heard it in the restroom, but unfortunately, I wasn't quick-witted enough and didn't record it at the time.

Sister Xu Ting, Seeing Jin Li doesn't respect you at all. I really don't know why a bunch of people on the internet praise her for being polite and cultured. I think she can't even compare to a single hair of yours..."

In the past, Xu Ting felt very comfortable when she heard her assistant say this.

But now, listening to it, she only felt that the assistant was honey-mouthed and sword-hearted, with every compliment hiding a secret.

This made Xu Ting very annoyed. In the assistant's eyes, was she such an easy person to fool?!

Xu Ting took a light breath, stabilized her emotions, and said lightly: "I haven't asked you, how did you find out about this news?"

The female assistant replied as a matter of course: "I heard it. In the restroom and lounge, many people discuss celebrity gossip. I heard it from other people's mouths."

Xu Ting: "So you didn't hear it face-to-face, someone personally bad-mouthing me?"

The female assistant felt a bit guilty, but soon said righteously: "I didn't hear it, but there's no smoke without fire. If they didn't say it, how could such rumors spread?

They definitely said it. Sister Xu Ting, I really feel it's not worth it for you..."

Xu Ting looked at her assistant deeply and said: "Next time, don't worry about how others are spreading it. You should manage yourself first. What I want is for you to hear Seeing Jin Li bad-mouthing me face-to-face, not hearing Seeing Jin Li bad-mouthing me from other people's mouths."

The assistant didn't take it to heart and nodded randomly on the surface.

In her heart, she was thinking, how is that possible!

Seeing Jin Li's assistant watches her like a thief. Let alone getting close to Seeing Jin Li, even if she sneaks to the set where Seeing Jin Li is filming, she will be watched by her assistant.

Anyway, Xu Ting only wants a result and doesn't pay attention to the process. At worst, next time she'll say she heard it with her own ears, just didn't record it.

Chen Qin returned to the hotel in the evening and immediately reported her work to Seeing Jin Li.

"Our order is relatively large. The shop owner heard it was you who ordered it, so he immediately called the headquarters to apply for a batch of co-branded products. He guarantees that whether it's paper cup holders or other posters and sticker merchandise, they will be allocated to us according to the order quantity."

Seeing Jin Li smiled, put down the "Five-Three" in her hand, and slowly twirled her pen.

"Well done. You are becoming more and more like a general."

Originally, she wanted to hand this matter to Sui Lingfang, but Chen Qin took the initiative to take it over after knowing about it, wanting to try to see if she could do it. Seeing Jin Li naturally had no objections.

She hoped that while she was becoming better, the people around her could also become better together, which made Seeing Jin Li feel happy.

She turned her head to look at Driver Xiao Cheng, knowing that she had been interested in racing recently, so she said:

"You were sent by Sister Fang to protect me, pick me up, and take care of me along the way. It's been quite hard recently. After I finish filming 'Dawn,' I'll take you to the racing track to see if you can drive a race car."

This week, she had been undergoing special physical training. The trainer not only watched her training but also watched her diet; every day's menu was specially made.

It wasn't easy to let the crew find another chef to cook for her and increase the extra dining burden, so her meals this week were all made by Driver Xiao Cheng.

Chen Qin could also cook, but she had other important things to do, so she handed it over to Driver Xiao Cheng entirely.

In terms of daily life care, Driver Xiao Cheng was more attentive than Chen Qin.

Driver Xiao Cheng's eyes brightened slightly, and she said with a smile: "Sister Seeing Jin Li, it's not hard for me."

She paused and said eagerly: "When will you finish filming 'Dawn'? Can those racing tracks really let non-professionals drive race cars?"

Seeing Jin Li smiled, "According to the current progress of the crew, I should finish all my scenes in one month. As for racing, I'm not sure about this. I still have to ask others. Don't worry, I'll try my best to let you drive a race car."

The next day.

Seeing Jin Li began special effects filming.

In the previous week's physical training, she had a large number of training movements that required wearing a motion capture suit, and she was already very used to the scene of running around with about 7 pounds of equipment on her body.

Wearing a motion capture suit and trying to make various movement angles that she wouldn't normally make really required more effort.

However, Seeing Jin Li had been praying every day recently, and the divine power transmitted by the gods through Wi-Fi allowed her to hold on for a day or two without any problems.

So today's filming, under the infusion of divine power, was not a big burden for her.

Director Chu didn't know what he was thinking, but he seemed full of confidence in Seeing Jin Li.

For the first special effects shoot, he arranged a high-difficulty shoot where she needed to wear a motion capture suit and constantly shuttle and climb in the building.

Seeing Jin Li was filming here, while on the opposite set, Bai Jiang and Xu Ting were undergoing physical training.

While training, they watched Seeing Jin Li's performance.

Originally, their training ground wasn't here, but Director Chu temporarily arranged for them to train here, wanting to stimulate them with Seeing Jin Li's performance.

Seeing Jin Li had already put on the motion capture suit, her hair had been cut short, heroic and spirited, more suitable for survival in the apocalypse.

In addition to the special clothing, she also had a safety wire hanging on her body; this was to prevent her from stepping into the air when jumping on the rooftop and accidentally falling, so that she could still have a wire hanging.

But even so, the filming was still very dangerous.

Because the interval between the rooftops built was relatively short, once she stepped into the air and Seeing Jin Li fell, even with a wire hanging, she might hit the built scene while swinging in the air.

The force of this swinging collision was enough to make a star's body unable to bear it.

So don't think that stars are enjoying themselves when filming; stars are quite prone to accidents when filming action scenes.

Director Chu stood next to Seeing Jin Li and told her the scene preset one more time.

"In the movie, I will render these scenes into high-rise buildings. You are looking for supplies in an abandoned building, and then you are forced to the rooftop by zombies.

This building's rooftop is eight stories high. To avoid the zombies, you can only jump from this building's rooftop to another building's rooftop, until you jump to the third building's rooftop.

This building is only three stories high. After the earthquake, the building became a bit crooked, the angle is tilted, and then you climb down along the diagonal of this building."

Seeing Jin Li looked at the scene that had already been built in front of her; the so-called "rooftop of the building" was replaced by high platforms built with iron frames.

Staff members stood on the high platform jumping around, testing the stability of the frame.

And under the high platform, that is, on the ground, soft mats were laid out.

If Seeing Jin Li really accidentally stepped into the air and fell, not only would there be a wire for protection, but there would also be soft mats on the ground for shock absorption.

Besides that, soft mats were also laid on the high platform. After Seeing Jin Li jumped between the high platforms and landed, she had to make a rolling posture; this was to unload the impact force.

Because Director Chu was filming a special effects movie, he had very strict control over the details.

Director Chu said a bunch of precautions and added: "Take your on-site filming as the standard. If it's very difficult to do the movements I said, don't force it, so as not to hurt your body."

Seeing Jin Li nodded: "Don't worry, I understand."

There was no stunt double on site; everything was filmed by Seeing Jin Li, but she didn't need to imagine the movements throughout.

Before filming started, she had repeatedly watched the simulated filming on Director Chu's side.

How a person jumps to rolling and landing, and then jumps again, and what effect the director wants, Seeing Jin Li had already remembered it all.

"Three, two, one! Action!"

The director shouted with a megaphone.

Seeing Jin Li was still silently thinking about a math problem in her mind, but after hearing the sound, she raised her head again, her eyes clear.

A prompt sound rang out on the scene: "Zombies have arrived at the hallway, constantly hitting the main door, and the doors and windows are being banged loudly."

Ruan Ruan, played by Seeing Jin Li, stood on the edge of the rooftop, first looking down, scared into retreating several steps.

So high!

If she jumped down from such a high building, she would definitely die!

She turned to look at the main door, clutching an iron rod tightly in her hand, but if the zombies smashed the door open, she would also die under the siege of so many zombies.

Ruan Ruan looked around in a panic. What should she do? What on earth should she do?

A prompt sound rang out: "Look around, approach the edge of the rooftop."

Seeing Jin Li followed the prompt and ran to the other edge of the rooftop, quickly discovering a rooftop with an interval of about two meters.

This rooftop was lower and smaller than the one she was on, there were no zombies on the rooftop, and she didn't hear any movement coming from there.

Ruan Ruan swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. Amidst the vibration of zombies hitting the door and the roaring of zombies, she closed her eyes, reached out to cover her ears, and a sense of despair rose in her heart.

She didn't want to jump, and she didn't want to be bitten by zombies.

Ruan Ruan squatted down, wanting to curl herself up like a turtle. If only the zombies hadn't discovered her...

A prompt sound rang out: "The zombies broke the window."

A crisp sound of a window breaking came, and Seeing Jin Li's body trembled violently.

"The zombies smashed through the window and limped toward you."

Ruan Ruan was so scared that her body trembled again, muttering to herself: "I don't want to die, I can't die, I don't want to die... Even if I die, I don't want to become a zombie!"

She gripped the iron rod tightly and suddenly ran toward the zombies. Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes. Is she going to fight the zombies?

However, when she was one meter away from the zombies, Seeing Jin Li threw the iron rod in her hand, smashing it into another corner of the rooftop, making a crisp "clanging" sound.

The zombies were immediately attracted by the sound and turned to walk in the direction of the iron rod.

Seeing Jin Li took this opportunity to turn and look at the edge of the rooftop, her expression determined as she ran to assist, stored power, and then jumped hard!

The onlookers couldn't help but hold their breath, feeling a sense of thrill and excitement.

Can Seeing Jin Li jump down?

Will she be successful?

Won't Seeing Jin Li get hurt?

Many people had this thought flash through their minds, and then they saw Seeing Jin Li jump to another low high platform, but the jump amplitude wasn't large enough, and she was hanging on it with half her body.

The impact force struck instantly, and Seeing Jin Li only felt that her chest was very painful, very painful!

It must be said, fortunately, she wore a motion capture suit; the heavy clothing unloaded part of the impact force, which instead formed protection for her.

The director nervously shouted with a megaphone: "Quick, quick, quick, go help Seeing Jin Li up!"

But as soon as the director's words fell, Seeing Jin Li, who was hanging on the edge of the high platform, moved.

She felt that her body should just have been impacted by the force, but she wasn't injured, and she tried to move her hands.

Her body could still move!

So she maintained this posture, let herself climb onto the high platform with difficulty, and rolled onto the high platform.

She looked up at the sky, breathing heavily in her chest, and turned to look at the rooftop on the other side.

The zombies there were roaring, longing for fresh flesh and blood.

And she, having escaped a disaster, escaped to life. ===== CHAPTER 432 =====