Prev
Ch. 740 / 80292%
Next

Chapter 740: Either going to die every day, or on the way to die

~14 min read 2,709 words

Doing this naturally was not without benefits.

Instead, it formed a unique rhythm, which Seeing Jin Li called "relaxation with degree."

This rhythm not only controlled the actors but also controlled the entire crew.

Originally, because of the prop incident, the atmosphere of the crew had been relatively tense, and everyone had a string tightened in their hearts, afraid of making mistakes.

If they really made a mistake at this time, and Director Zheng chose to scold them severely, it would be like a taut string continuing to be tightened, which would very likely lead to the collapse of a certain link—

For example, causing the staff/actors to have too much psychological pressure, thereby triggering physical crises and mental disorders.

But if at this time, he first encouraged and affirmed their behavior and acting skills, letting everyone's mood relax.

Subsequently, everyone could invest in work with a fuller and more enthusiastic attitude, and work efficiency would also rise.

Seeing Jin Li silently observed Director Zheng's filming method and felt she had learned something.

She had been to many crews, and every crew director's filming method was different.

Some were mainly about constant encouragement; even if you made a mistake, they would keep encouraging you.

If you acted well, they would encourage you even more.

Praising hard, giving actors a certain sense of achievement.

While others were high-pressure.

Everyone was afraid of making mistakes, focusing all their attention on doing one thing, with a string tightened.

In this situation, everyone was afraid to slack off, and efficiency naturally increased.

Director Zheng's method was to take the strengths of both, relaxed with degree, neither fast nor slow.

Of course, it might also be because he was filming a special effects movie, which was different from ordinary crews.

Ordinary crews didn't have so many performances without props, and wouldn't build so many green screens.

Seeing Jin Li personally preferred Director Zheng's filming technique, and this rhythm also made her very comfortable.

The plot originally scheduled to be filmed today was not completed, and because it was a night scene, it could only be filmed with overtime tomorrow.

But Seeing Jin Li felt that Director Zheng probably wouldn't choose to work overtime.

She already understood Director Zheng's style a bit; he was a person who paid great attention to efficiency and didn't think that working overtime could change the quality of filming.

If the actor was not in the state, then they were not in the state.

Rather than forcing the actor to act, it was better to give them more time to rest and adjust their state.

So after returning to the hotel at night, Seeing Jin Li called Sister Fang.

"Sister Fang, my itinerary announcement needs to change a bit. I feel that just joining the crew for a week, I'm afraid my scenes won't be finished."

Sister Fang asked hurriedly: "Is there something wrong with the crew again?"

She knew about the crew's prop incident.

Seeing Jin Li shook her head: "No, it might be because other actors experienced the crew turmoil. When filming started today, I felt that many actors were not in the state.

The overall efficiency is a bit slow, far from reaching the filming progress they originally set, probably only reaching half.

With this efficiency, my scenes won't be finished in a week. I don't have many solo scenes, and many times I need to cooperate with other actors."

Sui Lingfang opened the itinerary book and said calmly: "I have accepted a few brand announcements for you later, none of which are very important, so they can be pushed off.

I will clear out 5 more days for you. Can it be finished?"

Seeing Jin Li thought for a moment, "I am very confident about my scenes, but I need the cooperation of other actors.

So it doesn't depend on me, but on others."

Sui Lingfang thought for a moment: "Okay, I'll communicate with Director Zheng first.

Our contract was only signed for seven days of filming. Because the prop incident delayed two days, it is also calculated in your itinerary.

For every extra day, an extra day's work hours must be paid. I think they probably don't want to delay too long either."

And while Seeing Jin Li was filming, the tug-of-war between Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong continued.

Yan Xingdong was stimulated by Chen Lin—others were already happily trying marriage before marriage abroad, while he was still standing still.

So he summoned the courage to confess to Xi Sister Meng Ze.

At that time, Xi Sister Meng Ze was also worrying about why there were so many peach blossom lucks this year, as if they were pouring in like a swarm.

She didn't expect Yan Xingdong to confess at this time.

Xi Sister Meng Ze was a little upset and originally wanted to refuse them all, but at this moment, she suddenly thought of Seeing Jin Li's words in her mind—

Do you really have no feelings for Yan Xingdong at all?

Do you really just treat him as a friend?

Why were you so anxious before when you thought his psychological state had problems and he liked the same sex? This doesn't look like something a friend should care about.

These questions made Xi Sister Meng Ze think deeply: does she really have no feelings for Yan Xingdong at all?

The answer was negative.

She had feelings for Yan Xingdong.

So the first moment she received his confession, she was not happy, but timid, not knowing how to handle it.

She wanted to always have this friend, didn't want to lose him, so she wanted to refuse.

But if she really refused, could they still continue to be friends?

Some openings cannot be made; once opened, there is no turning back.

Because Yan Xingdong confessed on WeChat, Xi Sister Meng Ze did not reply immediately.

He didn't receive Xi Sister Meng Ze's message until a night later.

Yan Xingdong hadn't slept all night waiting for her message, tossing and turning.

He felt that his confession had failed, and he might not even be able to be friends with Xi Sister Meng Ze anymore.

It was rare for him to have such a heartbeat feeling for a girl.

This was his first love, and also the only relationship in his life. Maybe he would never meet a girl who could make his heart beat again.

Precisely because he liked her, he wanted to understand everything she liked, wanted to dig, wanted to explore, and wanted to have a common language with her.

Just as he decided to give up, Xi Sister Meng Ze's message came:

【Can we meet? I want to talk to you in person.】

In a quiet coffee shop, Xi Sister Meng Ze booked the entire floor, just wanting to talk to Yan Xingdong openly.

She really wanted to know, what exactly did Yan Xingdong like about her?

In the entertainment industry, she was not the most beautiful, and only her singing voice was worth mentioning.

But her personality was very Buddhist, not fighting or grabbing, just wanting to get off work early, a person without any career ambition.

She always felt that Yan Xingdong was not the same type of person as her.

He used to be the captain of March Sky, and his popularity in the group had always been very high.

For a boy band to reach such a point was already a miracle in the industry, a miracle that could not be replicated again.

And now he had left the team to develop individually.

He focused on dance-type variety shows and had done well. Recently, he was also busy holding concerts, with abundant physical strength, holding three shows a week without stopping.

In Xi Sister Meng Ze's eyes, he was very career-oriented.

Could a person who was both responsible and career-oriented really be together with her, a person who had no career ambition and wanted to lie flat anytime, anywhere? What could she have to attract Yan Xingdong?

But when Xi Sister Meng Ze thought about this question, she also ignored a problem.

That was, for two people who were so out of sync, Yan Xingdong had feelings for her, and she also had feelings for Yan Xingdong.

So this question was not only asking Yan Xingdong, but also asking herself—

What exactly did she like about the other party?

And Yan Xingdong, who came to the coffee shop, thought for a long time and answered her question:

"Maybe it's because you have another side that I have never possessed, which is why you attract me so deeply."

Xi Sister Meng Ze blinked and was silent for a long while.

Finally, she said: "Then let's try dating, but I require the relationship to be public, is that okay?"

Yan Xingdong was excited and said without thinking: "We can go get the certificate tomorrow!"

Xi Sister Meng Ze:...

She gave him a coquettish glare, "No, it's too fast!"

*Desperate Counterattack* crew.

Seeing Jin Li was filming daytime scenes.

Because Xiao Yue's ability could only exert its maximum effect at night, Seeing Jin Li's night scenes were more important.

And for the daytime scenes, most of them were literary scenes.

And among the literary scenes, the one with the biggest conflict was the scene where she died.

Although her scenes were few, almost every one was the essence, without redundant plots.

Every time she appeared, she could push the plot to continue moving forward.

This also led to Director Zheng attaching great importance to her scenes. Even for ordinary literary scenes, he directed the filming himself instead of handing it over to other directors.

Today's scene was a confrontation scene.

Although the scene where Xiao Yue pretended to have awakened her perception ability and saved the exploration team members in a desperate situation was not finished.

But she had to film the scene where she was brought back to the base by the exploration team, and then faced the base's interrogation to determine her level and treatment.

Although it was a literary scene, the interrogation process needed to create a sense of both tension and relaxation.

Tension was for the base auditors; they had to find out Xiao Yue's origin one by one in order to grade her.

Since it was an interrogation, there had to be the seriousness and tension of an interrogation.

Relaxation was for Xiao Yue.

She played an ignorant and innocent person, her memory was blank, and she paid the price of losing her memory when awakening her ability, like a blank sheet of paper.

She was curious about everything and wanted to touch everything.

Showing herself in the appearance of the weak could better arouse the sympathy of others.

The light in the interrogation room was dim; although it was not night, it created a feeling of night.

Xiao Yue's ability was exerted silently, hypnotizing this group of people, making them really feel that she was very pitiful.

This scene was filmed for half an hour and passed quickly, but it didn't mean the quality was not high.

Every question, every confrontation, even the onlookers could feel the tension and confrontation in this scene.

"Cut!"

Director Zheng's last "cut" came, and this scene finally passed.

Seeing Jin Li immediately switched her emotions and went to read a book elsewhere, while the other actors were surrounded by other actors, asking what it felt like to act with Seeing Jin Li.

These actors were relatively young and were newcomers inserted by major film and television companies.

Using young actors as base interrogators to interrogate Seeing Jin Li seemed unreasonable, because everyone's feeling about interrogators was generally relatively profound.

But this was in line with the setting of *Desperate Counterattack*.

In the book setting, most people who awakened abilities were young, with stronger plasticity, so they took on heavy burdens early, maintained the operation of the base, and explored outward.

And many middle-aged and elderly people without abilities had long been eliminated in one disaster after another.

The actor acting against Seeing Jin Li said: "There were several moments when I didn't dare to look at Seeing Jin Li, so I was called 'cut' by the director.

She is really amazing; she completely brought me into the situation at that time. She is like a boss behind the scenes. I can detect her terror, but I have to obey."

This feeling was the feeling in the play—

The interrogators in the base had already detected Xiao Yue's abnormality, but Xiao Yue's ability gradually infiltrated their thinking, hypnotizing them.

So after a struggle, they all believed Xiao Yue's statement:

She was a pitiful person who was helpless after the apocalypse, and because of the awakening of her ability, she also lost all her memories, as simple as a blank sheet of paper, and the base could focus on cultivating her.

An actor recalled the performance just now and said very firmly:

"Only by acting with her can you feel the feeling of being crushed by her acting skills. Many scenes look like they don't need acting skills, but actually, they are very much needed."

Others looked at each other, Seeing Jin Li's acting skills, were they already this good?

Even Director Zheng was discussing Seeing Jin Li's acting skills with the screenwriter.

Director Zheng sighed more than once in private: "If it weren't for Gu Cheng insisting that she play Xiao Yue, I would have wanted to arrange the role of the biggest female villain for her. This role needs strong acting tension, and the scenes are many.

If she encounters a suitable actor, she will act very brilliantly, and it is very possible to win a Best Supporting Actress award."

The screenwriter said: "But have you ever thought, if Seeing Jin Li plays the biggest female villain, then who should play the role of Xiao Yue, the white moonlight?

Not every actor can be so relaxed with degree. She has completely figured out Xiao Yue. On the set, she is Xiao Yue."

The screenwriter paused and continued: "My idea is the opposite of yours. I think it's great that Seeing Jin Li can play Xiao Yue. She brought the Xiao Yue I imagined to life."

In the screenwriter's heart, Xiao Yue should be like what Seeing Jin Li played.

Weakness was just her protective color; she actually didn't want to live long ago and had seen through this world.

She just used the opportunity of saving Yan Chu to let herself die.

Yan Chu only discovered that he liked her at the moment Xiao Yue died.

But for Xiao Yue, did she really like the male lead?

In the novel, Xiao Yue went offline too fast, and the only way she could cultivate feelings with the male lead was those three life-and-death crises.

Yan Chu didn't give up on her, so she never gave up on the male lead either.

Xiao Yue must like the male lead, but this liking should not exceed death. With her ability, moving toward death was actually the result of her own choice.

She wanted to end herself.

The character the screenwriter wanted to present was this kind of idea.

When actors get the script, everyone's understanding is different.

At least the screenwriter believed that Seeing Jin Li completely understood this character, which was why she performed completely in line with his imagination.

The screenwriter said very firmly: "The Xiao Yue played by Seeing Jin Li will definitely be recognized by the public, and no one can surpass it!"

Seeing Jin Li didn't know about the discussion between the two in private.

She finished filming literary scenes during the day and had to continue rushing night scenes at night.

It sounded very busy, but her scenes were not heavy.

By comparison, Gu Cheng's scenes were heavy; he was almost filming every scene.

He wanted to find Seeing Jin Li to chat, but didn't have time, and could only chat with Seeing Jin Li on WeChat when he was free.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but complain: 【What a miserable male lead, either going to die every day, or on the way to die.】

Seeing Jin Li: 【O(n_n)O】 ===== CHAPTER 741 =====

◈

End of Chapter

Prev
Ch. 740 / 80292%
Next
Prev
Ch. 740 / 80292%
Next