245: 'The articles'

'The articles'

"Ah! Yes, I remember now. We were planning to release an article but Miss Peng said that we should conceal all the information about the cast and the filming so that the fans wouldn't get any spoilers," Director Chi chuckled. He wiped the sweat on his forehead when every head turned to him, "Isn't that right, everyone?"0

Since someone had already said something to resolve this matter, no one could say otherwise and could only agree with what Director Chi had said.

Director Zhao's mood worsened.

He was the only one who actually knew the truth behind these 'articles'. He bit his lips until they turned red. When he accidentally glanced on his side, he saw Director Lan gazing at him in mockery.

Forget it, it was his loss this time around, there was no need for him to get angry because of this matter. It was his niece's fault that this happened. As for his niece's image and reputation...

Director Zhao sighed and could only hope that his brother-in-law would find a better method to develop his daughter's talent in acting.

*

"Are we still not there?" Qin Ling shrieked and glared at the driver's back.

Mother Qin asked, "Driver Chen, how long do you think we have been stuck in here? Can't you use another road, maybe a short cut towards the studio?"

Driver Chen sighed as he replied, "Mrs. Qin, this is the main road towards the studio. There are indeed some other ways we can use, but I'm afraid that the traffic officers will pull us over."

Hearing that there was really no other way to get to the studio, Qin Ling finally cried.

"Why was this happening to me? Now, everyone will think I stood them up and my reputation in the crew will go down the drain! Moreover, there was another actress they wanted to replace me with. Mommy, your daughter is being bullied by them. Shouldn't you help me keep the role?"

Mother Qin looked down at her daughter, who was grabbing her arms while tears were falling down her cheeks like a waterfall. She suddenly felt that her precious daughter was too pitiful and her heart wrenched in pain for her.

And so, Mother Qin came up with an idea, "Don't worry, Xiao Ling. Mommy will do her best to talk to your uncle when we get to the studio."

Qin Ling pulled back and complained, "But Mommy, you're scared of uncle! How can you make him change his mind?"

Mother Qin was speechless. It was true that she was scared of her older brother, but why did Qin Ling have to ruin her time to be a protective and perfect mother?

"Th...then, I'll tell your father what happened and let him invest in the movie. I'm sure nobody will say anything bad to you once your father spends some money on the movie," Mother Qin promised.

Having heard of her mother mentioning her father, Qin Ling beamed and giggled in happiness. How did she not think of this? Her father spoiled her so much that he basically gave her anything she wanted, he even took some resources that were supposedly owned by other actresses and gave it to her.

With her father involving himself in this matter, shouldn't this mean that she won?

Thinking like this, Qin Ling went back to her seat and calmed down. Her smugness returned to her. So what if she was late? Now that her father will spend money on her, his daughter, no one would dare offend her anymore!

*

At the studio, Xu Lei sat beside the director and looked at the monitor where the scenes that were taken before were playing. As an actress, one must learn to watch and observe and also learn how things went in the production. In this way, both the actor and director would have a level of understanding between them.

"What do you think of this, Xiao Lei?" asked Director Chi.

Xu Lei finished watching the scene between the female lead and male lead on the monitor and paused in thought before she said, "Sister Meng and Jiang Ping's acting is very outstanding and suitable for their roles. The way Sister Meng talked shyly to the eunuch that Jiang Ping was playing was almost close to being real, and Jiang Ping looked as good as the hero in the novel."

The directors and producer who were also watching this scene on the monitor heard her thoughts, they all were surprised that Xu Lei's opinion was the same with their thoughts and couldn't help but feel a bit closer to her.

"But I think the angle is a little bit awkward..." Xu Lei added in the end.

The gathered producers and directors simultaneously raised their heads and glanced in her way.

"Why do you think so? Is something wrong with the camera angle?" Director Lan came forward and took the spot right beside Xu Lei. He looked into the monitor closely and replayed the scene to observe it once more.

After a while, he became silent and rubbed the spot under his chin as he contemplated.

Seeing the young director deep in thought, everyone figured out that something might be wrong and they all went forward to watch the scene again. Seeing that everyone was thrusting themselves forward as if they were so eager and excited to watch a boxing rematch or NBA all stars game, the actors who were also there to gain favor and appear in a good light in front of the directors looked on confusedly.

Was something really wrong with the angle?

Some actors couldn't do anything and decided to stand in the corner. On the other hand, a few handful actors felt sour at how these directors and producers acted.

Qiao Ya, another actress, looked at the situation, lowered her voice and whispered to Mao Hualing, "Look at them, if other people were to see this, wouldn't you think that someone important came to look at the filming and pointed out the mistakes of the directors?"

Mao Hualing didn't reply. She didn't think that it was like this at all.

Having received no reaction from Mao Hualing, Qiao Ya was disappointed, but she didn't stop.

"It's really too bad that you didn't get the second female role, Sister Mao. Although I think that Xu Lei's acting is great, it's been a while since she has acted in front of a camera. Can she even act well without feeling scared at all?" Qiao Ya took a look at Xu Lei's figure that was slightly blocked by the directors.

Mao Hualing smiled gratefully at Qiao Ya, turned to look at Ran Xueyi and replied, "Thank you, Sister Qiao for worrying about me. However, I really think that the third lead I got is fated with me just as Sister Lei was fated with the second female lead. Don't you think so?"

Qiao Ya didn't expect that Mao Hualing would disagree with her after thanking her. And what is this? Why was Mao Hualing calling Xu Lei 'sister'? Were they this close before?

Seeing that she wasn't getting any result from provoking Mao Hualing by using Xu Lei and watching a drama between the two actresses might not happen, Qiao Ya could only give up the topic. She said a few more words with Mao Hualing before turning around, walking away from the crowd.

Clueless with what happened between them, Xu Lei listened to the directors as they discussed the scenes played by the two main leads.

"Should we call in the cameramen? I think what Xiao Lei said just now was right. The angle is really awkward," said Director Chi towards the other directors.

Producer Yao nodded in agreement and said, "I think so too. This scene, it looks like Princess Tian Lan is much taller than Chief eunuch Wei Yuan. If this is released in the movie, I'm sure the fans will target all of us and boycott the movie."

The fans of the novel "The Great Empress' Love" were not only super fans, but die-hard fans of the novel. They even created a poll on who they agreed to become the casts of the movie and some even tried to rally outside the streets, shouting their demand to not let any production crew and director taint the novel by adapting it into a movie.

Thankfully, the author Miss Peng Qingling had come forward and posted her support to the movie adaptation. Even though there were some fans who still disagreed with her, they were a minority and more fans went along with the original author's idea. And so, the fans finally calmed down and no longer planned to protest against the movie.

Nonetheless, this only proved that they needed to be meticulous towards the scenes and acting that would be shown in the movie. Forget the fact that the directors and media company made a very bold move by picking actresses ahead by using other means, now everyone was standing on their tiptoes to be sure that there were no more mistakes.

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