Chapter 775

But what director, when letting actors film, has the first scene be standing in military posture?

Director Chu's intention to give a show of force was too obvious, making many actors who wanted to complain not dare to do so.

Everyone knew very well that at this time, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; whoever dared to stand up and resist would be made an example of.

They were stars, after all, with status in the industry, or they had decent connections; where would they want to be scolded by Director Chu in front of everyone?

Don't stars have dignity?

Even if they weren't scolded in front of the audience, being scolded in front of their peers was still embarrassing.

Under the pragmatism of these actors, everyone honestly endured two days of military posture training without a single person complaining.

Although the process wasn't what Director Chu had expected, he was satisfied with the result.

These actors were quite smart; not a single one stood up to oppose him.

It was worth the time he spent from the crew's filming schedule to set aside two days for military posture training; it could be considered as twisting everyone's somewhat distracted minds into a ball, having at least a bit of "drama soul."

On the third day, Director Chu officially started filming.

Every actor's response was very swift, not daring to slack off.

Actors also look at the director to gauge their behavior.

If the director provides a relaxed atmosphere, the actors will also be relaxed.

If the director provides a tense atmosphere, the actors won't dare to be too slack.

During the training of the first two days, the rest time was very short, so Seeing Jin Li didn't take out a book to read.

And when it came to official filming, the other actors finally saw her consistent operation in the crew—

Reading while filming!

She could also seamlessly connect emotions; one second she was reading, and the next second she could quickly switch to the filming state.

When filming, her emotional mobilization was very full, and the switching speed was almost impeccable; she didn't look like a person, but more like a emotionless filming machine.

Currently, they were filming relatively simple scenes, so it wasn't yet clear how powerful Seeing Jin Li's state of switching emotions was.

In simple scenes, other actors also considered themselves capable of being distracted.

Those people whispered privately with their assistants or managers.

"I feel like Seeing Jin Li is a bit pretentious. If you're going to film, film properly; she's holding a book and reading every day."

"Is this a persona created for Seeing Jin Li by Chenxi Entertainment?"

"Isn't it said that Director Chu is quite strict with actors when filming? She doesn't read the script when she's not filming, but reads books instead; doesn't Director Chu say anything to her?"

There were many actors in the crew who were collaborating with Seeing Jin Li for the first time, and they were all very curious about her.

There was no help for it; the dramas Seeing Jin Li filmed before were either niche or too high-end, and other actors couldn't get in touch with them.

So this time, being able to film and collaborate with Seeing Jin Li was a rare opportunity.

Bai Jiang was also the male lead of the second installment. He was busy filming and didn't notice the rumors in the crew; instead, his assistant was quite sharp and heard them privately.

The assistant told him those rumors when Bai Jiang was resting.

Bai Jiang heard this and tugged at the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Those people are quite naive. Director Chu and Seeing Jin Li have already collaborated on one drama; how could he not know Seeing Jin Li's abilities?

Director Chu can tolerate Seeing Jin Li's behavior, naturally because even Director Chu believes that Seeing Jin Li can handle it; whether it's reading books or solving problems, it won't affect her filming state."

You have to know that when Seeing Jin Li was filming the first installment of "Dawn," it was before the college entrance examination.

At that time, she was solving problems crazily; whenever she had a break, she would keep solving, solving, solving.

He didn't know what Director Chu was thinking, but anyway, just looking at those densely filled exercise books made him feel a bit suffocated.

But the cruel reality also told him one thing.

Some actors are truly talented in acting.

Not the kind of experiential actors who are like geniuses, but those who are very powerful in emotional immersion and switching.

Such actors don't necessarily have stunning performances, but they excel in stability.

For example, Seeing Jin Li; she is so stable that she can bring every scene's performance to an excellent level.

As for wanting to go a step further to "unity of person and drama," that really requires a flash of inspiration.

Even experiential actors need inspiration to produce excellent performances.

No matter how powerful an experiential actor is, they cannot achieve "unity of person and drama" in every scene.

So Seeing Jin Li's state is already very powerful, which many actors are unable to reach.

Xu Ting was also because she couldn't accept that Seeing Jin Li was so excellent, which is why she was a bit obsessed and kept wanting to target her.

Others thought she was showing off, but Bai Jiang felt she was truly strong.

And he was certain that such a person, even if she didn't pursue an acting career but engaged in other industries, could also do very well.

The assistant asked: "Then do we need to tell Seeing Jin Li about this rumor, or take action to curb this rumor?"

Bai Jiang thought for a moment and shook his head.

"No need. Those people won't give up until they hit a wall. The current filming tasks are still simple, and the scenes are ordinary. When we get to the more important scenes later, they will understand the gap between Seeing Jin Li and them and let the facts speak for themselves."

"Besides," he paused, "Seeing Jin Li probably doesn't need our help. Even if she knows about these rumors, she might not care."

Seeing Jin Li indeed didn't care.

Chen Qin had been mixing in the crew with her for the past few years and had gained experience, so she quickly learned about the rumors spread by those actors.

She also told Seeing Jin Li, and Seeing Jin Li didn't care.

"Let them say whatever they want. Director Chu didn't say I couldn't read books, so I can read in the crew, and those people aren't filming with me all the time."

Rumors stop with the wise.

This drama takes a long time to film, and time reveals a person's heart.

It has only just started filming, and all kinds of rumors are flying everywhere.

Seeing Jin Li listened casually and didn't take it to heart at all.

She was previewing the content for the next semester.

According to the filming progress of "Dawn 2," it definitely wouldn't be finished within the two months of summer vacation.

It's normal for a movie to film for three or four months, and some big productions might even film for about half a year.

"Dawn 2" is a special effects film; it's estimated it won't take half a year, but four months is necessary.

By the time she finishes filming, school will have long since started. If she wants to keep up with the progress, she must preview in advance.

After the summer vacation, she will be a junior.

Junior year is a relatively special node; the knowledge taught in school gradually decreases, and many students will start looking for internships and other jobs outside of school.

If they don't want to find a job, they will also decide to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination in their junior year.

Seeing Jin Li doesn't need to find a job; as for the postgraduate entrance examination, she isn't sure.

The postgraduate entrance examination for liberal arts subjects has no difficulty for her; she can consider this matter in her senior year.

Days passed one by one.

The paparazzi hadn't leaked the news of Seeing Jin Li entering the crew yet, but Seeing Jin Li's fans were the first to break the news that Seeing Jin Li must have entered the "Dawn 2" crew.

The reason is very simple.

Seeing Jin Li hadn't livestreamed for a while!

Netizens all discussed on the internet:

【Before, when she didn't livestream, it was because she entered a crew and filming was too busy, so she couldn't livestream.】

【Or she signed a crew confidentiality agreement; even if she returned to the hotel, she couldn't livestream, for fear that the actor would let something slip!】

【Seeing Jin Li studies every time she livestreams and doesn't chat with us much; she won't let anything slip.】

【Then she must have entered a crew with a very high level of confidentiality.】

【Case closed, it must be "Dawn 2"; the director already announced that Seeing Jin Li is the female lead of "Dawn 2."】

【Speechless, are those paparazzi even capable? We have already exposed the crew, but there isn't a single piece of news on the internet; the paparazzi aren't even as well-informed as us!】

Because of the confident leaks from Seeing Jin Li's fans, the news "Seeing Jin Li has entered the 'Dawn 2' crew" quickly hit the hot search.

"Dawn 2" has a dedicated publicity department, and every actor signed a confidentiality agreement. The publicity department originally wanted to wait until they were halfway through filming to secretly publicize it.

They didn't expect that just after filming started, the news was leaked.

It wasn't the actors leaking the secret, but the actors' fans who were too sharp; they guessed it as soon as they guessed!

The publicity department reported this matter to Director Chu. Director Chu pondered for a while and simply let them start the publicity in advance.

"Seeing Jin Li's schedule is too fixed; if she doesn't enter a crew, she livestreams on the internet on time, so the day she doesn't livestream, netizens know she entered a crew."

Director Chu continued: "The only drama she has publicly accepted is "Dawn 2"; netizens will only guess at us."

"Continuing to cover it up is useless; it's better to take advantage of the situation and hype it up. This is traffic that arose naturally; it didn't waste our publicity resources, so let's go with the flow."

Although it was leaked by fans in advance, disrupting the rhythm of the publicity, it was also a good thing.

This proves that Seeing Jin Li's traffic is high, and many netizens have always been searching for news related to her, which conversely also shows that the traffic for "Dawn 2" is equally high.

Without officially starting publicity, it hit the hot search first, full of potential!

Who wouldn't want a hot search delivered on a silver platter?

The hot search on the internet was raging, and on the set of "Dawn 2," Seeing Jin Li also ushered in an opportunity to show her strength.

This is a sci-fi special effects film, and there will be no shortage of fighting scenes.

Although the female lead's public role is a researcher, as a clone carrying one of the best genes, her fighting instinct is innate.

This fight is a fighting scene where unknown invading creatures invade the laboratory.

Not only does Seeing Jin Li have to participate in intense fighting, but other researchers also quickly switch to defensive mode after realizing the laboratory has been invaded, showing exquisite fighting skills.

But because Seeing Jin Li is the female lead, all eyes are focused on her.

So the focus of this scene's filming is also on Seeing Jin Li.

This is her first fighting scene in the crew, and also a fighting scene that makes other actors feel shocked.

In this fighting scene, Seeing Jin Li showed off her flexible physical talent, and all kinds of beautiful, high-difficulty movements were handled with ease!

Her fighting is a bit flashy, but behind every elegant movement, there is a hidden murderous intent!

The onlookers saw her martial arts scene and had a feeling of scalp numbness.

They couldn't immerse themselves in Seeing Jin Li, because they knew they couldn't make these movements at all.

Instead, they immersed themselves in the unknown invading creatures being wiped out by Seeing Jin Li.

It was simply a one-sided slaughter, a brutal killing!

"Hiss—isn't she on a wire? How can she do it without her expression distorting?"

"Did you see that? She can even smile! Under this high-pressure state, her physiological reaction can still allow her to make a smiling movement; it's too powerful!"

"It's as if every inch of joints, bones, and muscles can be controlled by her..."

"Such beautiful and crisp movements; it's a pity not to film martial arts dramas. No wonder when filming the first installment of "Dawn," Director Chu faced reporters' interviews and said he wanted Seeing Jin Li to film martial arts dramas!"

This actor still remembered what Director Chu said to the media—

"If any actor can carry the new generation of action films, I think that actor is Seeing Jin Li."

At that time, he only thought Director Chu was blowing smoke about the actor so that "Dawn 1" could get more traffic.

Now that he entered the crew, he realized that Director Chu was telling the truth.

As long as actors who have seen Seeing Jin Li's martial arts scenes won't deny this point.

After much difficulty, a wonderful, dangerous, and hearty martial arts scene was filmed, and other actors couldn't help but walk to Seeing Jin Li's resting place, wanting to ask her how she filmed it?

As a result, Seeing Jin Li just took off the wire, and the next second, she picked up a book to read.

Her expression was calm; if it weren't for the fact that her forehead and arms were sweating a lot, it would seem as if what she just filmed wasn't a martial arts scene, but a literary scene with little emotional fluctuation and little physical exertion.

Other actors exchanged a look, and a touch of admiration flashed in their eyes.

"If this is really a persona, I can only say it's too professional!"

"Powerful, no need to say more!"

Some actors felt Seeing Jin Li was too pretentious, but the martial arts scene just now was too shocking, making them not know what to say for a while.

However, this martial arts scene was just a beginning.

After filming the first martial arts scene, Seeing Jin Li only rested for ten minutes before she had to film a literary scene.

The makeup team helped her change clothes while helping her deal with her makeup.

Seeing Jin Li closed her eyes; since she couldn't use her eyes to see, she let Chen Qin hold the textbook and read it.

Chen Qin has great wisdom, and the content she read was very fluent.

Maybe she couldn't understand the ideas in the book, but her years of experience living near the Daoist temple gave her a unique charm when she read.

After the makeup team finished, Seeing Jin Li took the book and continued to read.

She didn't read for long, just for two or three minutes, when the floor manager notified her to go film the next literary scene.

Receiving the instruction, Seeing Jin Li put down the book, and when she looked up again, she was that fresh and refined researcher.

Other onlookers:...

As soon as the clapperboard sounded, Seeing Jin Li continued filming the literary scene.

She was proofreading various data in the laboratory, talking to other researchers, with a cold face, carrying rigor and calmness.

An actor whispered: "It's only been ten minutes since the fighting scene ended, and she can get out of the state so quickly and return to calm. If it were me, I guess I would still be panting."

"So she wasn't pretending to be cool, but really has this strength. The state switches so quickly; how much time can be saved? How can this be compared?"

There is no comparison, absolutely no comparison!

The rapid switching between movement and stillness made these actors convinced.

From now on, whenever any actor questioned why Seeing Jin Li always held a book to read during filming, other actors who understood the reason would explain for Seeing Jin Li instead.

"What do you know? She has strength, so she relies on reading to quickly calm her mood and switch states!"

"You think it's pretentious? If you have the ability, you can pretend too; I'm afraid you can't even understand what's written in the book!"

"If you can quickly switch states and save the crew a lot of filming time, not only can you read books, but you can also sing and draw; you can pretend however you want!"