“I don't know what she's coming for either. She just said she wanted to come over and have dinner together tonight, but there's nothing much to eat with her. You two go have hot pot with Li Liang and the others tonight..."
Qin Wei said, and looked at Li Liang again. Li Liang said it was no problem.
Zhou Fang was in a very good mood and happily finished the rest of the mousse cake. Qin Wei also took a small cake for each of them, and then asked Li Liang to accompany them. Li Yan came over and knocked on the door. She got in the car and went back to the studio with Li Yan.
There were originally two more scenes to shoot in the afternoon, one of which was with Hong Dou, but Douzi Ge had a fever today and went to the hospital with his aunt, so this scene could only be postponed.
Due to the schedule, the scene with Guo Yuyang was moved up.
Li Yao had already rushed back and did what he said he would do, watching on set the whole time. From the time he came back until now, he had been frowning and hadn't given Guo Yuyang's team a kind look.
His team tried to get along with Li Yao several times and expressed their desire to cooperate, but Li Yao didn't say a word to them.
Now the two were standing opposite each other on set. Guo Yuyang's assistant kept avoiding Li Yao's eyes, scared to even lift his head a few times.
Guo Yuyang was holding the script and reading it with no heart. His mind was all on Qin Wei. Even his eyes looking at her were gentler than usual.
The fans were right, he felt that when he looked at Qin Wei, his eyes were especially charming.
Indeed, one can't hide the eyes when loving someone.
Similarly, one can't hide the eyes when hating someone.
"Is it appropriate for you to stare at me like this?"
Qin Wei hugged the script and looked at the actor who was getting into character, and asked.
"Are you free tonight? I want to take you out for dinner. I haven't seen you these days and feel like there's a lot I want to say to you..."
Qin Wei recited in her heart:
[Don't scold him, for the crew, look at the big picture, look at the big picture, look at the big picture...]
Then she said to him:
"Let's rehearse our lines. The sooner we finish shooting, the sooner we can wrap up. It's too hot in the studio, making me irritable."
"Oh, okay, okay, I want to wrap up soon too!"
Only then did Guo Yuyang rein in his heart a bit and stare at the script, reading the unfamiliar lines over and over again before rehearsing with Qin Wei.
During this time, Li Yan, as the director's assistant, kept standing behind the director, fanning Yao Director while watching the two people still rehearsing on the monitor and sighing.
Yao Director was also very helpless, saying to Li Yan:
"Do you really want to kick Yuyang out, huh?"
Li Yan pretended to be stupid:
"Ah? No, what are you talking about Director Yao? I don't really understand..."
"I really want to kick him out."
Now there were no outsiders around, and Yao Director dropped his smile.
"What a dumb thing, stupid and not hardworking, his mind completely on the actress, trash."
Hearing Yao Director scolding him like this, Li Yan also gained more confidence, lowered his voice and leaned in:
"Director, what's the point of this then?"
Yao Director patted the chair next to him and told Li Yan to sit down, pointing at the monitor and saying to Li Yan:
"Thanks to this trash, we can't start shooting for a while. During this time, I'll give you a lesson. Little Li, you're still young, it's good to have ideals, but you still have to recognize this circle.
Filming is an art, but art also needs money to support it. Shooting a TV series burns a lot of money. It's hard to start filming without investment, otherwise it'd be even more terrifying to run out of funds halfway through, and the previous money would be wasted. At times like this, investors are needed. Investors have a say and can stuff people into the crew. That's why there's the saying of bringing your own money to join the crew!
Some actors in this crew are really carefully selected by us, but some are just private goods brought in by investors. This trash is one of them. Qiqi promoted him and invested this amount in us."
As he spoke, Yao Director secretly gestured a number with his hand,
"A lot! So I can't always scold him too much either.
I can tell you and Qin Wei get along pretty well. Persuade Qin Wei to endure it and keep the peace. This kind of thing happens often in other crews too. Believe it or not, you'll know after staying in this industry for a while."
After he finished, it was about time, so Yao Director took the walkie-talkie and notified each department to get ready to start shooting.
Li Yan was still slowly digesting Yao Director's lesson, feeling that in the end, even the best drama has to bow down to money. Those principled crews that completely refuse to let investors bring their own actors are probably twice as difficult to shoot.
Hmm...my current understanding is still shallow, maybe even a bit wrong...
Li Yan recorded it in his little notebook to think about later, when facing the peeling walls of his shabby dorm room at night, to ponder over more deeply.
Yao Director cheered himself on, then picked up the megaphone:
"Yuyang, are you ready? If you're ready, let's start shooting."
Guo Yuyang replied with an "Okay." The difficult shooting then started again.
...
Acting opposite someone else is technical work, acting opposite this guy is physical work.
They shot it eight or nine times again, not to mention Qin Wei was out of emotion, even the director was numb.
He taught Guo Yuyang movement by movement, bringing out his emotions bit by bit. In Yao Director's words:
"Yuyang, if I were just a little younger and had a face as good-looking as yours, I would have played this role myself instead of troubling you!"
Guo Yuyang smiled faintly, holding the script in one hand, seeming to be studying it carefully but his eyes were wandering everywhere. Hearing Yao Director's words, he was a little embarrassed:
"Director Yao, I'm not tired. As long as the effect presented after shooting is good, no matter how hard or tiring, it's worth it!"
Yao Director: "..."
Qin Wei: "......"
Yao Director patted his cheeks to motivate himself and did it again, expression indescribable as he watched the monitor.
Can't say it's bad, he did make some improvement after all.
Can't say it's good either, that'd hurt my conscience.
Let's leave it at that! It'll be up to post-production to figure it out...
The set assistants brought in several large insulating foam containers and started distributing desserts to everyone.
"Teacher Qiao Sixiao treated everyone in the crew to desserts and milk tea. Everyone has a share. Great work today, everyone!"
"Little Qiao is so generous!"
Many people in the crew were tired after a whole afternoon. Qiao Sixiao's treats were timely help. Milk tea and exquisite mousse cake for each person could literally save lives on a hot day like this.
The atmosphere in the whole studio instantly improved.
"Sis Wei, want yours?"
Li Yan got a share and came to ask Qin Wei first.
Qin Wei shook her head and pointed outside:
"Go get a few more shares to give to Li Liang and the others in the car. I asked her to keep my friend company in the car."
Li Yan responded and jogged away.
"You can have mine."
Guo Yuyang carried his cake and walked to Qin Wei's side:
"Money is great. Teacher Qiao is so generous. The milk tea and cakes are all from TaiYang, the little cakes as big as a fist and over 100 yuan each, the milk tea ingredients are premium quality, also expensive. As a grown man, I don't eat little girl snacks like these. You take it."
"Thanks, but I'll pass."
Qin Wei waved her hand. Considering he meant well, she didn't reject too bluntly, and gave a perfunctory response. Just as she was about to leave, she saw a commotion at the door as Qiao Sixiao arrived.
At lunchtime, Hong Dou's aunt told her that Hong Dou had a slight fever, and the rest of his family were all out of town, so Qiao Sixiao went to the hospital with her. After the IV, they confirmed it was nothing serious before coming back. Anyway she had to come over, so now the aunt took Hong Dou back to the hotel to rest while she came to check on the troublemaker Qin Wei.
"Teacher Qiao, you spent too much. The cakes are so delicious!"
Crew members who had worked with her before greeted her and expressed gratitude.
Qiao Sixiao gave him a radiant smile:
"I'm glad you like it."
She came to greet Yao Director, chatting for a bit before coming to find Qin Wei, not a single extraneous pleasantry. She got right to the point:
"Done shooting? Come back after you're done."
Qin Wei nodded:
"Done shooting. Can we have hot pot tonight? My friend is here, why don't we call everyone to eat together? Oh, and what's his name from Lizhi Station? Li... Li what? Tang? Little what's his name is in the crew too, let's call him too~ "
"Okay."
Qiao Sixiao readily agreed, beyond Qin Wei's expectations.
She was going to give reasons like "rare get-together" and "so tired, want to eat something nice" but they turned out to be unnecessary?
