Chapter 42: Old Tian Is Right

To summarize today’s filming in four words: ups and downs.

When Yu Feihong filmed the shots after the sequence was adjusted, she was handy and performed completely beyond her level.

But after finishing those, it was inevitable to film the meal scene where she had NG’d countless times before.

At first, everyone thought Yu Feihong had finally gotten the hang of it; she acted as easily as drinking water or eating, with no difficulty at all. Some of the veterans on the crew even recalled the Li Xiaoran of the past.

They couldn't help but click their tongues in wonder.

However, Yu Feihong refreshed everyone's perception once again; it was one repeated NG after another!

Cao Yang was stunned for a long time. Big sister, what did you experience in your immersion? Did you enter a fake scene or something?

In the end, unable to suppress his anger, Cao Yang started berating her directly.

"Yu Feihong, what is wrong with you? Do you know how to be happy? If you can't do suppressed excitement, can't you even manage a smile? You tell me, how much of everyone's time have you wasted? Smile, smile, is it really that hard to just smile? Who are you pouting and glaring at!"

Actually, this shot really wasn't difficult; it only required pushing the plate—this was being pushed to the male lead behind her husband—and then showing uncontrollable happiness on her face, even a laugh would do.

How simple.

But as soon as Yu Feihong pushed the plate, she would immediately put on a bitter, deep-seated look, as if she had truly suffered a great grievance, gritting her teeth, simply unable to smile.

Yu Feihong also felt that there was something wrong with her, a serious illness at that.

As soon as she saw Wu Qihua, her mind was filled with images of them slapping each other in her dreams, and the anger in her heart could not be suppressed; she just couldn't help wanting to hit someone.

Therefore, when filming the scenes of confrontation with Wu Qihua, she was quite immersed, filming with ease, and it was simply effortless.

Yu Feihong hadn't even said anything after being scolded when someone stood up to protest.

"Director Cao, I don't think you're right. Sister Feihong can't smile, perhaps she has some unavoidable bitterness. You shouldn't scold her either. As a director, you should care about why Sister Feihong is like this..."

Liu Ye was still rambling on when he was interrupted by assistant director Li Mingyi.

"Liu Ye, shut up. The director is explaining the scene to Feihong. Why are you interrupting? Come over here quickly, let's go over the scene."

Then, Li Mingyi wrapped his arm around Liu Ye's neck and dragged him away by force.

Li Mingyi didn't know Liu Ye well, and he was truly afraid that this guy was a hothead. If he interrupted for no reason just now, what if Cao Yang scolded him for being meddlesome and he started arguing with Cao Yang in return?

That would be a massive disaster.

How to handle it?

Fire him? Then he would have to find a new male lead, which would greatly affect the filming schedule—a pile of troublesome matters.

Don't fire him? Then what about Cao Yang's authority as a director? How would he manage the crew in the future?

After Liu Ye was dragged away, the whole set was terrifyingly quiet; no one dared to speak.

"He’s immersed in the role. Influenced by the plot, he really thinks of himself as a protector of women."

Tian Zhuangzhuang said this; he said it on purpose, wanting to resolve the awkwardness at hand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, he heard a girl whisper along: "Today, the lighting technician made a joke to Che Xiao, and Liu Ye heard it. He almost got into a fight with the lighting technician."

Of course, it wasn't as simple as just a joke.

Dong Xuan and the other two were all students. Although it wasn't their turn to film yet, they came every day to learn.

The cause of the matter was very simple: the lighting assistant told them a few dirty jokes, which was a very common occurrence on set.

Dong Xuan and the others were fine; they were students from the Beijing Film Academy, so the crew staff limited themselves to joking with them and telling some dirty jokes to amuse them.

If it were other special guests or minor supporting roles, let alone joking around in private, there were plenty of people who would directly get handsy.

Even so, basically no one dared to speak up. They had worked so hard to get a role, how could they dare to offend the crew staff? At the time, Liu Ye was nearby, heard these dirty jokes, and directly rebuked the lighting assistant for not respecting women, leaving the other party unable to back down.

The lighting assistant didn't say anything at the time; Liu Ye was the male lead, and he didn't dare to offend him easily.

Who knew Liu Ye would be relentless, forcing him to apologize to Che Xiao and the others, which almost led to a physical altercation.

After Cao Yang privately understood the sequence of events, his head was spinning.

Damn it, after the immersion experience, not a single one of them was normal.

Yu Feihong was fine; as long as she wasn't filming, she could laugh and talk with Wu Qihua without any problems.

But as soon as filming started, oh boy, it was like she had a deep-seated hatred for Wu Qihua; she couldn't squeeze out a single smile.

Who knew what she had experienced in her immersion.

Liu Ye was even more mysterious. The day before, he was still deeply trapped in *Lan Yu* and couldn't pull himself out, but after the immersion experience, he exited *Lan Yu* quite cleanly and decisively.

It was just that his object of immersion had changed to *3-Iron*. In reality, he would subconsciously protect women, becoming a "hothead" in the eyes of others.

Combining this with Li Xiaoran's situation, Cao Yang finally summarized a little bit of a pattern.

!

Li Xiaoran was the most deeply immersed, to the point where she couldn't distinguish between the play and reality.

Liu Ye's immersion had a slight impact on reality, not deep. This was actually easy to solve; he estimated that after a month of rest, he wouldn't be affected anymore.

Yu Feihong's immersion experience did not affect reality; it was limited to when she was filming, and even then, not entirely.

The reason Li Xiaoran was too deeply immersed was that Cao Yang himself had played too hard, almost causing her mental state to collapse. After one immersion experience, she couldn't quite distinguish between the play and reality.

Liu Ye's situation should be that he had already been immersed in *Lan Yu* before, and his mental state was fragile, but not to the point of collapse.

Yu Feihong was completely a counter-example. It wouldn't work without playing a little bit. Just look at Yu Feihong and you'll know; he didn't even know where her immersion experience had gone—it was completely chaotic immersion.

Summary: next time he added an immersion experience, he must play a little bit, let the other person's spirit be affected and fluctuate, but it couldn't be too deep—just a little better than Liu Ye's situation would do.

The problem now is, what to do about this counter-example, Yu Feihong?

Where she was super-godly, she was truly super-godly; where she was trash, she was truly trash.

Should he add another immersion experience and try?

Cao Yang couldn't help but feel a little tempted. Could Yu Feihong be considered to have mental fluctuations now?

Should be, right?

Hmm, looking at her reaction when filming, it should be.

Then should he try it?

Try it!

Cao Yang convinced himself.

Old Tian approached mysteriously and whispered: "I've analyzed it. There is only one possibility for Yu Feihong's situation."

"Hmm?"

Old Tian, what have you analyzed again?

"She's getting old, her comprehension is poor, she's too stupid, not as good as Liu Ye, or perhaps you explained the scene too little to her, and she didn't fully understand."

"Ah?"

Old Tian, you can't just talk nonsense.

"With Yu Feihong in this state, it probably won't be filmed today either. You explain the scene to her again later, just explain this later part, and see the effect tomorrow."

"This... alright."

Cao Yang didn't even know how to explain it. What was this? If he added another immersion experience for Yu Feihong tonight, and she performed like a god tomorrow...

Sigh, Old Tian, it's not that your little brother intended to set you up...

(End of chapter)