Chapter 95: Adding A “scene Of Intimacy”
Xuan Xia caught sight of Lu Mindan heading straight for her out of the corner of her eye, and thought to herself, no way, is Ni Feifei a jinx?
Is Lu Mindan really coming to deal with her?
……Oh, no. Lu Mindan’s target is Ji Ziyao.
“Brother Ji.” Lu Mindan rushed up to Ji Ziyao, but her voice made people’s skin crawl.
Everyone around was drawn by Lu Mindan’s voice, their gazes all turning to her in unison.
Even the makeup artist responsible for Xuan Xia couldn’t control her hand from shaking. Luckily, Xuan Xia had already finished her makeup and was getting her hair braided, otherwise the makeup would definitely need fixing.
“Sorry, Teacher Xuan.” The makeup artist, afraid of pulling Xuan Xia’s hair, quickly apologized.
“It’s fine.” Xuan Xia didn’t mind at all; she was busy watching Lu Mindan too.
Oblivious to the reactions around her, Lu Mindan stood in front of Ji Ziyao and called out to him again in a fawning tone.
Her attitude was clearly different from before.
“Go ahead.” Ji Ziyao spoke with a gentle smile.
Only after Ji Ziyao responded did Lu Mindan continue: “Brother Ji, do you have time?”
Watching Lu Mindan’s pleading expression, Xuan Xia really wanted to call Ni Feifei back to take a look.
She figured Ni Feifei would probably want to see it more.
Ji Ziyao pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: “I’m actually pretty busy these next couple of days.”
Lu Mindan’s expression changed slightly, but remembering her purpose, she quickly switched back to that sweet, cloying voice. “Then has Brother Ji had breakfast? How about we go grab some now?”
Ji Ziyao shook his head with a wry smile. He originally wanted to refuse again, but then thought that if he didn’t go along with her, Lu Mindan might keep using that voice to annoy him.
To avoid being further annoyed by Lu Mindan and to stop others from continuing to watch the show, Ji Ziyao finally nodded and agreed to Lu Mindan’s breakfast invitation.
Watching Ji Ziyao and Lu Mindan leave together, Xuan Xia wondered curiously, could it be about that business she mentioned last night?
What kind of business catches Lu Mindan’s eye so much that she’s willing to set aside her pride?
Xuan Xia was curious, but not that curious.
Being curious about others is better spent taking care of herself first.
Like with Ni Feifei just now, for example.
If she could keep her mouth shut more, the female third lead role wouldn’t have been snatched by Lu Mindan.
……
Today’s filming had no intentional delays from Lu Mindan, so the morning’s progress went smoothly and orderly. Xuan Xia didn’t have to wait in the waiting area much.
Plus, with Jiang Feng rehearsing the scene with her before shooting started, their scenes passed in one take.
So Xuan Xia received another round of praise from Director Pan.
Director Pan was even starting to look forward to the night’s night scene.
Tonight’s night scene was a real-location shoot, depicting the male second lead, walking on thin ice, reuniting with his white moonlight in a dream.
On a lonely long street, the physically and mentally exhausted Chu Zheng wanders all the way to the riverbank. At the top of the vermilion-painted wooden arch bridge ahead, a woman’s silhouette slowly turns her head—it’s his white moonlight, Xiang Ye.
The two gaze at each other from afar, the surroundings silent. The next second, Xiang Ye reaches out a hand to him and says: With you forever.
With those words, countless red sky lanterns suddenly rise from the other side of the bridge.
Red lanterns filling the sky, the beauty long gone, and the lonely, destitute man.
This is a scene that’s beautiful even just imagining it.
So Director Pan decided to use a real-location shoot no matter what; post-production couldn’t satisfy her pursuit of beauty anymore.
“Xiang Ye, looking forward to your performance tonight.”
Director Pan was just short of saying outright: I hope you perform well tonight too, don’t waste the props team’s effort on all those red sky lanterns.
Jiang Feng felt the same.
“I’m really looking forward to tonight’s night scene. See you tonight.”
Xuan Xia: Okay okay okay, now the pressure’s on me, huh?
“See you tonight.”
Xuan Xia casually said goodbye to Jiang Feng on the surface as she went to remove her makeup, but inwardly she’d already decided to practice a few times in front of the bathroom mirror back at the hotel.
When she returned to the makeup room, Lu Mindan was already getting her makeup done, but her face was full of chill, like she’d been dead for days.
The moment she saw Xuan Xia, her eyes immediately loaded up with countless flying daggers, all aimed at Xuan Xia.
Xuan Xia: Bounced back.
“Sister Dan…” The makeup artist helplessly called to Lu Mindan, hoping she’d relax her facial expression, otherwise the makeup wouldn’t look natural.
Xuan Xia stopped looking at her and went to the changing room to take off her costume.
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The night scene was set for 9 p.m.
Because if it started too early, the sky wouldn’t be dark enough, which would affect the lantern release effect.
Xuan Xia finished her makeup and styling before 8 p.m. and arrived at the film set waiting area.
Since it was a real-location shoot, the film crew had cordoned off an outdoor spot at the film base as the film set.
Just looking at the setup already gave the feel of the scene described in the script.
Xuan Xia had just finished looking at the set when Jiang Feng arrived.
Compared to his black robe styling that morning, tonight he was wearing ochre-colored clothing.
The color made his skin look even fairer, and he was strikingly handsome.
Jiang Feng’s smile couldn’t hide his excitement, and his eyes lit up when he saw Xuan Xia.
Her outfit tonight was a similar color scheme.
Standing together with him, they almost looked like they were about to perform a wedding ceremony scene.
Maybe both of them picked up on that vibe, and they couldn’t help but smile at each other.
The screenwriter happened to be passing by with Director Pan. Seeing this, they both stopped and commented on the pair.
“Come on, let’s rehearse the scene roughly first.” After the initial amazement, Jiang Feng switched back to Teacher Jiang mode.
“Okay. Teacher Jiang, come on.” Xuan Xia was just thinking of having Teacher Jiang check the results of her hard practice back at the hotel.
With the two of them like this, anyone unaware watching would probably think they weren’t rehearsing but about to arm-wrestle.
Onlooker Ji Ziyao: “…”
This Jiang Feng… hiss, hard to say.
……
Time quickly reached nine o’clock.
Everyone got into position, and with the slate clapper, filming officially began.
Xuan Xia stood in her mark, took a deep breath, and slowly turned her head toward the camera, following the feeling from the last rehearsal.
Under the bridge, the hesitant figure had drawn near.
Red clothing, black hair, and those eyes full of sparkling starlight.
Xuan Xia naturally extended her hand and delivered the line to him: “With you forever.”
As the words fell, she caught sight of red lights slowly rising in her peripheral vision.
The scenery behind her must be beautiful, but perhaps not as beautiful as that man’s eyes under the bridge, Xuan Xia thought.
Several seconds passed.
Finally, as if satisfied, Director Pan called to cut.
“Cut! Extremely, extremely, extremely… good.”
Director Pan used several “extremely”s to express her satisfaction.
Xuan Xia immediately dropped her hand and let out a long breath, but then grew curious about what the scene had looked like.
She planned to go to Director Pan to review the playback.
Halfway there, Director Pan raised her megaphone and said without reservation: “Leads, come over. We need to add a scene.”
Add a scene?
Add what scene?
When she reached the director, Xuan Xia learned that the screenwriter had suddenly gotten a spiritual light after seeing her and Jiang Feng together.
They wanted to add an “intimate scene.”
I hate my clumsy hands!!! Missed the midnight deadline!!! Aaaah, going crazy!!!
