Chapter 39: I Am Still Me

"Liu Ye, come to my room tonight; I'll explain the scene to you."

Cao Yang said to Liu Ye, who was about to leave.

Everyone in the crew who heard this was shocked, and then many old hands continued their work as if nothing had happened.

Che Xiao covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes full of surprise and disbelief. She looked at Cao Yang, then at Liu Ye, and finally at Dong Xuan, who was also shocked.

Cao Dao is actually that kind of person?

Liu Ye was also shocked. In the film industry, everyone knew what it meant when a director said he would explain the scene to an actor in his room at night. What were they teaching?

Teaching you how to vocalize better, teaching you how to have more expressions on your face...

"Cao Dao, you misunderstood, I'm not..."

"Sister Feihong, you come too."

Cao Yang interrupted Liu Ye and said to Yu Feihong, who was on the side.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief, and perhaps some secretly felt regret. In the film industry, there were all kinds of people with all kinds of hobbies, and the composition was quite complex.

At night, Cao Yang analyzed the script for the two of them again, especially the characters they were each playing and what kind of psychological transformation they needed.

These things had actually been explained thoroughly to them, but tonight he had to add an "immersion experience" for them. One was to deepen their understanding of the characters, and the other was to pave the way for their transformation tomorrow.

When their acting improved tomorrow, everyone would think it was because the director gave them special coaching and that the director taught them well.

After the two left, Cao Yang immediately opened the trash... Baby System.

Host: Cao Yang

Current Reputation: 412,342

Available Reputation: 412,342

Immersion Experience: +0

Film being shot: *3-Iron*

Male Lead: Liu Ye

Female Lead: Yu Feihong

Reputation grew by about 60,000. Was it because of the domestic box office?

Still didn't know the reason. The broken system didn't have any hints or explanations.

Forget it, don't worry about this for now. Let's exchange for two immersion experiences first.

Host: Cao Yang

Current Reputation: 412,342

Available Reputation: 212,342

Immersion Experience: +2

Film being shot: *3-Iron*

Male Lead: Liu Ye

Female Lead: Yu Feihong

Very good. Cao Yang didn't hesitate to add one for Liu Ye and one for Yu Feihong. Take off, my best male and female leads!

At night, after Yu Feihong fell asleep.

In a daze, half-dreaming and half-awake, she remembered that she seemed to be married. Her husband was a wealthy businessman, and his business was very large.

She remembered that when they first got married, her husband was still good to her, but not long after the marriage, he revealed his true nature. He was abusive, sadistic, perverted, and often didn't come home at night.

Yu Feihong was stunned. Did she love him that much? When did she become so good-tempered, able to endure domestic violence and abuse without a word?

She only hated herself for being blind and finding such a thing.

She was just regretting it when her husband returned, sat there, and stretched out his feet.

Yu Feihong instinctively walked over, squatted down, and was about to change her husband's shoes like she did every day.

Suddenly, she felt a jolt. What was she doing? Why did he have the right to make her change his shoes? She wasn't his slave!

"What are you doing? Hurry up."

Her husband moved his feet, signaling her to hurry up.

Yu Feihong's anger flared up. What was wrong with her? Why had she been so obedient to this bastard for so long? And he dared to abuse her!

Damn him!

She had grown up without ever suffering such grievances. You're just a small-time businessman, what are you? How dare you treat this lady like this!

Yu Feihong, oh Yu Feihong, you were truly blind to marry such a person, and to endure such abuse from him for so long!

The more she thought, the angrier she got. Yu Feihong reached out and "slap!" gave her husband, who was waiting for his shoes to be changed, a slap in the face. Then, feeling it wasn't enough to vent her hatred, she backhanded him with another big slap!

Her husband was clearly stunned, as if he had crashed, staring at her with wide eyes.

You still dare to glare at me!

You motherfucker, I've grown up, who has ever dared to bully me like this!

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

She slapped him seven or eight times in a row.

Only at this moment did her husband seem to suddenly wake up and slap her back.

Yu Feihong was also stunned. You motherfucker, you still dare to hit me!

"Slap!"

Yu Feihong slapped her husband again.

"Slap!"

He hit her back.

"Slap!" She slapped him.

"Slap!"

He hit her back.

"Slap..."

Yu Feihong sat up from the bed with a *whoosh*, gasping for air, feeling like she was about to explode from anger.

She subconsciously covered her face with both hands, jumped off the bed, and ran to the bathroom to look in the mirror. Fortunately, fortunately, it was just a dream; she was scared to death.

"It seems I had too many NGs today and was scolded too many times by that bastard Cao Yang. Thinking about it during the day, dreaming about it at night; I even brought the heroine into my dream."

Yu Feihong muttered to herself, and then she started to worry again. How should she act? Emotion? Eyes?

"I think I acted quite well, so why didn't it work? Acting in TV dramas before was always like this, and I never saw the director say anything. Hmph, it must be that Cao Yang's requirements are too harsh; maybe he wants to give me a warning."

!

Yu Feihong lay back on the bed. Sleep, sleep, why think so much?

After she fell asleep, she started slapping her "husband" again.

Liu Ye rode his motorcycle, hanging flyers on doors one by one. If the flyers were still there after a few days, he would open the door and live there temporarily.

Then he would help the hostess of the house do laundry, mop the floor, and clean up. If there were damaged items in these empty rooms, he would help repair them.

He felt this was like a family conflict; he had to repair the existing problems through repairs.

Playing in the world, never tiring of it.

Until one day, he entered an empty room, but it wasn't empty. The hostess had been abused by her husband and hadn't left the house for many days.

He immediately felt pity. After the master of the house returned, he beat him up severely.

He could see that the hostess's heart was as dead as ash, full of despair.

It couldn't go on like this. He felt he had a mission to save her.

So, he "eloped" with the hostess. He wanted to enlighten her, make her recover, make her stand up, make her independent.

He took the hostess in and out of different empty rooms, to feel the life trajectories of different room owners.

Slowly, the hostess gradually untied her heart's knot, gradually became cheerful, gradually became strong.

However, he felt it wasn't enough; it was still missing a little bit.

Finally, the bit he was waiting for came: he and she were suspected of murder and taken to the police station.

The police notified the heroine's husband.

The heroine's husband bribed them, had him sent to prison, and the heroine was taken away.

He wasn't afraid, just as he felt he was playing in the world.

In prison, he achieved enlightenment!

He felt he had sublimated. His mission was to protect women; he was the protector of women!

Dong Xuan, Wen Zhengrong, and Che Xiao chatted about today's events in the room again.

"Cao Dao's requirements are so strict. I think Sister Feihong acted quite well, but Cao Dao actually felt it wasn't good enough. Oh no, oh no, when it's my turn, I'll definitely be scolded to death by Cao Dao," Che Xiao said with lingering fear.

Dong Xuan nodded and echoed: "Cao Dao is indeed very strict. We've been watching the hit TV drama *Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind* these nights. What do you think of Li Xiaoran's acting in it?"

Wen Zhengrong hesitated but still said: "To be honest, after I watched her *On the Beach at Night Alone*, looking at *Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind* again, I'm a bit disappointed. The acting gap is a bit large."

"Yes, yes, I was wondering if it was my own problem. I didn't expect you to feel the same way."

"I heard Li Xiaoran was chosen by Cao Dao to shoot *On the Beach at Night Alone* right after she finished shooting *Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind*, but how could the acting be so different..."

Che Xiao followed up.

Dong Xuan whispered to the two: "Is it possible that Cao Dao is strict with actors and guides their acting, which is why Li Xiaoran's acting was raised so much?"

"I think that makes sense. Otherwise, one person's acting couldn't be so different in such a short time."

"Yes, yes, look at Li Xiaoran's interviews. Reporters praise her acting and intentionally belittle Cao Dao, saying Cao Dao was lucky to meet her. Li Xiaoran has gotten angry several times."

"So, Cao Dao being strict with actors makes sense. We must perform well."

"Mm-hmm."

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