Chapter 479: Green Tea Suits You Well; Are You Thinking of Taking the Civil Service Exam?

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen suppressed the thoughts in her heart and first discussed with Jin Li the village head's response at the time, focusing on analyzing the expressions on his face and his corresponding behavior.

When the discussion reached its peak, the two would even gesture with their hands and feet.

This reconstruction led them to realize that they hadn't "gotten" the village head's intentions while on the scene, but instead "gotten" them after the fact.

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen said thoughtfully, "So it turns out the village head's roar at Old Hu was all thunder and no rain; he didn't want Old Hu to take responsibility at all, he was just putting on a show for us."

Jin Li smiled and asked in return, "Do you think it was really for us to see, or for my manager to see?"

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen was stunned for a moment, then understood, and was amused.

"It was mainly for your manager to see; you and I were just incidental. If your manager hadn't been there, he probably wouldn't have even bothered to put on the show."

Jin Li nodded: "Right, in the village head's heart, the manager's weight is far more important than ours."

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen didn't understand: "Why? Generally speaking, shouldn't they be more eager to please the stars?"

Jin Li: "Only in the eyes of fans would one think stars are important, but in the eyes of ordinary people, the one who holds the power of discourse is what matters."

"When I went with you, who spoke to the village head first, and who held the dominant position?"

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen understood now: "Your manager Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang looked more assertive at the time."

Jin Li smiled: "So the village head's main target to win over was Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Jie; we two were just incidental. In the future, when you are filming, you can also figure out the primary and secondary roles in the dialogue first; you must understand the situation to exert your effort."

It was only after discussing with Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen that she suddenly remembered she had seen Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen's acting before and believed her lines and the detailed portrayal of the character's demeanor were fine.

The only problem was that she sometimes couldn't distinguish between the primary and secondary.

She was a bit unclear about which person she should be addressing with a certain line, or in which direction she should exert her effort.

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen habitually looked for the camera during her performance, aiming her effort toward the lens.

But for an actor, one should instead ignore the camera, immerse oneself in the role, and speak with the character's mindset.

Actually, with Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen's talent, she shouldn't have forgotten this, but the pressure this role gave her was a bit high, causing her to focus too much on the portrayal of form.

Jin Li could see that she wanted to use formal actions to make a deeper impression on the audience.

This method is very useful for actors with average acting skills.

But for Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen, it belongs to a lower-level technique.

Every actor will usher in a transformation period during their performance; Jin Li believes that as long as Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen transitions through this stage, her performance as the village official will usher in a breakthrough.

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen realized something and looked at Jin Li quietly; the more she spent time with her, the more she felt she was a treasure.

"Jin Li, sometimes I feel you are truly a genius at acting; it seems no role can stump you."

Jin Li shook her head: "It just so happens that I have a good grasp of this village official role; perhaps it's because I have a talent for this kind of profession."

Well, the extra bonus brought by Zhong Kui was something even she might not be able to replicate; it belonged to a limited-time offer.

Even if she went to worship Zhong Kui in the future, she might not necessarily obtain the same ability.

In the evening, Ye Ye Ye Ye Weijie still learned about what Jin Li had done through Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Fang Jie and immediately expressed that he would take charge of this matter.

"The idea Jin Li proposed is very good. Through the villagers supervising and self-inspecting each other, the crew can definitely catch a large wave of paparazzi, reduce the pressure on the crew's security, and simultaneously help with poverty alleviation."

Ye Ye Ye Ye Weijie looked at Jin Li with some curiosity, feeling that this method of hers had quite the flair of a grandfather.

Plus, Jin Li had been acting very realistically as a village official recently, and she never stuttered or had an NG when it came to her scenes...

Ye Ye Ye Ye Weijie's eyes flickered slightly, a guess suddenly rose in his mind, feeling it shouldn't be very likely, but he couldn't help but quietly run over to ask Jin Li.

"You are always doing practice problems when you are free; are you wanting to get into university?"

Jin Li nodded: "Yes, I want to go to university."

Ye Ye Ye Ye Weijie: "Then after you finish university, are you wanting to take the civil service exam?"

Jin Li almost habitually nodded, but fortunately, she braked in time.

"No, who told you that? I don't want to take the civil service exam!"

Ye Ye Ye Ye Weijie said embarrassedly: "I guessed; you act as a village official so well in the crew, I thought you really had some ideas."

Jin Li was amused and cupped her hands: "Thank you for the high hopes you have placed in me, but I currently have no such thoughts. When I do in the future, I will definitely tell you."

The villagers' problems in real life were solved, but in the crew, the villagers' problems had only just begun.

The plot of the actual filming often jumps around and is not filmed in the order of the script.

A few days ago, they were still filming the issue of the courier point in Chitang Village; the plot of the solution hadn't been filmed yet, but today, according to the scene, they had to film the plot after it had already been solved.

At this time, Chitang Village had successfully held a live-streaming sales event to help farmers. Led by the village committee and due to policy reasons, even if the people at the courier point were not very willing, they still agreed to come over for a run.

Furthermore, because the villagers revealed their true feelings during the sales, it actually moved the courier who was watching from the sidelines.

After the courier packed the day's orders, he even bought two boxes of fruit on the way back, indicating that he would always support them.

Live-streaming to help farmers only solved the problem of fruit flooding and difficulty in selling.

This is a superficial problem that is easy to solve.

And the long-term problem of Chitang Village, in the final analysis, is poverty.

Because of poverty, the local customs are tough; the villagers might have internal conflicts, but they are united externally.

The university student village officials, in order to revitalize the economy of Chitang Village, thought and thought, and finally decided to create some beautiful scenery to become an internet-famous check-in spot.

Even if it couldn't become an internet-famous spot, at least when tourists from other places came to Chitang Village, they would have a place to take pictures.

"I think the environment of Chitang Village is very much like a scene from some horror movies. Why don't we imitate large amusement venues elsewhere, play real-life NPCs in horror movies, and issue identity tags to every tourist who arrives?"

The crew was filming, and Ye Dao's camera was pointed at Ma Ma Ma Mingqi.

Perhaps because he had been scolded by the director too much, Ma Ma Ma Mingqi finally had some state in this filming and did not make some mistakes that were fundamentally unnecessary.

The village official played by Wang Wang Wang Hongdou denied it without thinking: "No, other places have things to play and visit, and you can play all day without stopping. What does Chitang Village have?

Besides, who will act as the real-life NPC? You explain this to the villagers and let them do it according to the script; can they do it? Also, who writes the script? Who maintains the site?

I think it's better to invest in a murder mystery game than to do this real-life NPC thing. I see that many houses in the village are naturally murder mystery game locations; they can be used after some renovation."

Xie Luo Luo Yingying, played by Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen, denied: "Murder mystery games won't work; Chitang Village has no money. Investing in a murder mystery game would cost at least one million; even if it's not that expensive in the countryside, it would still cost a large sum.

Moreover, murder mystery games require a lot of machinery and often need people to maintain them; I'm afraid the villagers don't want to spend this money at all."

Liu Liu Yuan Liu Liu Yuan Xiaoxiao, played by Jin Li, said: "So we have to think of a way that saves time, effort, and money; the investment shouldn't be large, and it can be preserved for a long time after completion."

Wang Wang Wang Hongdou muttered: "Why is this village so poor!"

Ma Ma Ma Mingqi echoed: "If it weren't poor, would it be your turn to come and provide support?"

"Cut!"

A long video segment was filmed. Ye Dao looked at several cameras and only supplemented some footage before filming the next scene without stopping.

The actors and the director gradually got along well; even new actors could keep up with Ye Dao's rhythm.

Everyone was a young actor and adapted to the rest rhythm relatively quickly.

If they were replaced by older actors, no matter how much Ye Dao didn't want to, I'm afraid he would have to adapt to the old actors instead.

There was no way around it; if they weren't given enough rest, some old actors just couldn't get into the state.

Seeing that their filming was going smoothly, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang turned and went elsewhere.

Seeing her leave, Ma Ma Ma Mingqi felt slightly relieved, and his whole person became a bit lazy.

During these few days of filming, Jin Li's manager was always staring at him, making him feel a bit guilty.

He, who was originally not serious, had to become serious, for fear that this manager would casually say:

"Director, your eye for choosing roles is not great; how could you choose such a trashy actor."

The feeling Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang gave him was that she could really say such things.

Wang Wang Wang Hongdou glanced at him and said slowly: "I don't know who did something wrong and is afraid of being held accountable."

Ma Ma Ma Mingqi frowned and said angrily: "Wang Wang Wang Hongdou, can you wish me something good? Where did I provoke you? What are you being sarcastic about?"

Wang Wang Wang Hongdou turned her head away. There were so many people in the crew, and everyone was watching under the public eye; she was not afraid that Ma Ma Ma Mingqi would do anything extreme.

"I didn't say anything; how did I touch your sensitive nerves again? Ma Ma Ma Mingqi, I think you should drink a bottle of green tea; green tea suits you very well."

Ma Ma Ma Mingqi was about to say something when Wang Wang Wang Hongdou suddenly said again: "Keep your voice down; don't disturb Sister Jin Li and Sister Xu from resting."

Jin Li and Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen:...

Thank you, we have already been disturbed.

The two felt awkward and stood up to hide further away.

Once Jin Li rested, she picked up a "Five-Three" book again and started doing practice problems.

She had to take the high school academic ability exam in February next year, and she had been doing simple basic problems recently to avoid making mistakes.

Moreover, Ye Dao's filming rhythm was fast, and there wasn't much rest time, so doing basic problems that didn't require much brainpower was the best.

Even if Jin Li had the ability of "half the effort for twice the result," she was worried about being called to film suddenly while solving a difficult problem, getting stuck in an awkward position, and adding to her frustration.

In the past, she could do difficult problems to focus her thinking and switch out quickly when doing things because there was enough time left in between.

But with Ye Dao's style of having to start filming in just a few minutes, it wasn't suitable to do so.

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen looked at Jin Li; she could now ignore her heroic posture while doing problems and was no longer afraid that chatting with her would affect her.

"What do you think of the actor Wang Wang Wang Hongdou?" Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen asked.

Jin Li was doing problems and replied without raising her head: "Her personality is very straightforward, she dares to speak the truth, but she is also very easy to offend people."

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen: "This girl's temper suits my taste; I only found out a few days ago that she just graduated from university and was spotted by Ye Dao while playing a bit part, so she came over to perform."

Jin Li smiled lightly and turned a page of problems easily.

"No wonder; it turns out she is unpolished and dares to say anything."

She suddenly thought of something and asked interestingly: "Then what about Ma Ma Ma Mingqi? Is he also a new actor? Wang Wang Wang Hongdou has been roasting him."

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen shook her head: "Ma Ma Ma Mingqi's family has a little capital, but it's not very wealthy; he can only play the fourth male lead in marginal dramas. He has already played the fourth male lead in five dramas, each of which was a small production without a single splash."

Jin Li was curious: "Isn't she worried that Ma Ma Ma Mingqi will make things difficult for her?"

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen smiled: "He's not a figure who can cover the sky with one hand; how can he just ban someone as he pleases."

She said regretfully: "The company I'm in isn't very good either, otherwise I would really like to pull Wang Wang Wang Hongdou into the company. Individual actors cannot do without the help of a company in the early stages of development."

Jin Li thought for a moment and said, "If you really think highly of her, I'll go talk to Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang and see if the company is hiring any newcomers for acting."

She paused, then added, "But given the style of Chenxi Entertainment, it might not necessarily suit her. This company is better for retirement than for striving."

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen asked curiously, "Really? I think Chenxi Entertainment's development over the past few years has been quite good. Didn't they just establish an idol department recently, wanting to push some trainees out?"

Jin Li said, "It's just an attempt by the company. From what Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang says, they're only giving a bit of resources and then letting them race; whoever can make it to the end gets the best exposure."

Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen sighed, "How cruel. With so many trainees, only a few can debut. And even after finally debuting, you realize that even then, there's a huge amount of competition."

She thought for a moment and added, "I don't know what that girl's thoughts are either. If it's too much trouble, forget it; I just feel like this person is to my taste."

Jin Li smiled indifferently, "It's just a matter of a single sentence; there's no trouble at all."

"Jin Li, Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Xu Wenwen, Ye Dao is calling you to film!" the voice of a production assistant came from afar.

The two of them walked back to the filming location together.

At the same time, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang also arrived at the village chief's office.

This time, she still encountered villagers in the office; the village chief was instructing them to patrol properly, saying that the film crew had paid them wages and they shouldn't let them down.

The villagers' voices were full of vigor and high spirits: "Understood! We will guard the film crew well and ferret out any paparazzi trying to fish in troubled waters!"

"Woof woof!" A villager had brought a dog, and the dog also barked along.

The village chief smiled and told them to go to work; today was the first official day of patrolling.

The departing villagers ran into Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang, who was waiting outside. These villagers all looked at her gratefully, and each one came up to express their thanks.

"You're a staff member from the film crew, right? Your crew's director is really quite good!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely not fail the task and will guard the film crew well!"

"No more words, if you have any problems in the future, just come find me!"

The last one to come out was Old Hu. When Old Hu saw Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang, he said with a face full of shame:

"I'm sorry, it was my fault yesterday. I shouldn't have argued with the village chief; I was the one who was wrong. Since the film crew is still willing to use me, I will definitely do my best and not let the crew down!"

The corners of Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang's mouth twitched slightly, and she nodded with a cold, aloof expression.

"Do your work well."

Old Hu left in high spirits.

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang felt speechless inside; she had actually considered making Old Hu pay compensation yesterday.

She just felt that the matter wasn't that big after all, and that a reprimand would suffice.

She hadn't expected that the situation would remain the same, yet Old Hu had transformed from someone who broke the rules into someone who followed them, and was even full of gratitude toward her.

The ways of the world are truly unpredictable.