Nie Wentao: “Why do you suddenly want this?”
But his hands automatically took out some popular time-travel and rebirth dramas that he was going to invest in and gave them to Lu Tingzhou.
Lu Tingzhou took it, read the beginning at a glance, and closed it: “It’s the same plot copied and pasted.”
Nie Wentao: “What can we do? Now is the era of traffic. As long as the leading actors bring their own traffic, this drama can make money. It’s enough to make money. Who would bother to think of a good script?”
He added: “I haven’t seen you interested in this kind of subject matter before. Why do you suddenly want to ask?”
Lu Tingzhou threw the script on the table: “Nothing, I just want to see if there is a script where the protagonist knows the future world line and buys a lottery ticket and wins 100 million.”
“It seems like there isn’t one yet,” Nie Wentao was really curious now, “What do you think the protagonist will do after winning 100 million?”
Lu Tingzhou really thought about it and laughed: “I guess all of it will be converted into cash, and he counts the money every day when he goes to sleep. When he is happy, he spends 10 million, and when he is unhappy, he spends 20 million. He will be paired with RMB for the rest of his life.”
Nie Wentao: “…”
What a hopeless spendthrift.
Lu Tingzhou took a sip of coffee, the smile on his lips gradually faded, and his eyes were full of mystery.
–
The closer it got to Ning Luo’s weight loss deadline, the more the crew and others could not bear the torture.
Shen Wenyu even created a small group chat to complain about his recent experience with the other two people.
Shen Wenyu: “I was using the toilet in the bathroom yesterday, and he suddenly floated in and stood next to me to relieve himself. This is normal, right?”
Shen Wenyu: “But Ning Luo asked me halfway through, if I took laxatives and sleeping pills at the same time, would I poop while sleeping at night!”
Wang Lin & Sun Shaoyi: “…”
Shen Wenyu was filled with righteous indignation, and he had to finish telling all the inhuman experiences he had suffered: “This is not over yet! I pulled up my pants and hurried to leave, and he suddenly stopped me and asked if I could not use paper to wipe my butt.”
Sun Shaoyi: “Then what?”
Shen Wenyu collapsed: “Then! He said that the worthless butt-wipe paper was like a pile of loose sand, and it would be all over your butt after walking a few steps!”
“He is crazy, ah ah ah ah ah!”
The group was as quiet as a chicken.
Ten minutes later, as if she hadn’t seen Shen Wenyu’s heart-wrenching complaint, Sun Shaoyi calmly asked, “What are you having for lunch?” and worked with Wang Lin to push the message up.
Shen Wenyu: “…”
You two will also get your retribution!
Ning Luo’s unstable mental state caused Wang Lin to be cautious in what he says.
He was discussing the post-production publicity plans with the producer of the crew: “I’m about to wrap up here, and we have to start the online publicity. Xiao Luo has invested so much money in us; we must make it bigger and stronger in publicity, and it can’t be worse than next door…”
Before he finished speaking, Ning Luo, who could only chew an apple, automatically captured the key words.
[Make it bigger and stronger! Hahahaha, must make it bigger and stronger! Sorry, I was just thinking about making it bigger and stronger again, but now I can’t help but start to think about how the TV series “July Is Not Far Away” can make the entertainment industry bigger and stronger together with other domestic dramas, and where our future will go? Ah, sorry, I was thinking about becoming bigger and stronger again… I’m really sorry… Why should we become bigger and stronger… I’m sorry…]
Wang Lin: “…”
He took a deep breath and pretended not to hear it and continued to coordinate with the marketing plan.
After the two of them finished discussing, Ning Luo happened to just finish eating an apple and getting his makeup done and stood in the corner to grow mushrooms.
Taozi saw that he was not in a good mood: “What’s wrong, brother Luo? Aren’t you happy that you are about to wrap up?”
Ning Luo looked up at the sky, thinking that it would be better to die than to lose weight: “I’m unhappy; I’m poisoned.”
Taozi was shocked: “Ah? What poison?!”
Ning Luo sighed: “The doctor said it was mushroom poison.”[mfn]1. He’s joking that because he’s been sulking alone so much (“growing mushrooms”), it’s like he’s been poisoned by imaginary “mushroom poison.”[/mfn]
Taozi was silent for a while and laughed dryly: “Haha, is that so?. Brother, your collar is not fixed; I will help you fix it.”
The background of the later part of the plot happened to be in winter, and it was just the right season to shoot the scene now.
Bai Xi and Yin Zhijing are in the same law firm. Because of a project, they temporarily formed a project team. Because of this, the two were busy day and night, and they were together almost all of the time.
This was another busy day until the early morning again.
In fact, even if it wasn’t for work, Bai Xi would have a hard time falling asleep at night; he often suffered from insomnia.
Fortunately, work distracted him.
Bai Xi turned his sore and stiff neck, and when he turned around, he saw Yin Zhijing sleeping on the table.
Bai Xi stared at this scene in a trance, as if recalling something. In an instant, this young man, who was always criticized for being sarcastic and cold, stood up, put his coat on her, and softened his gaze.
Then he went downstairs and went to the 24-hour convenience store next to the company to buy two portions of coffee and midnight snacks.
But when he came up again, Yin Zhijing had disappeared, leaving only a sticky note with a smiley face and the words “Thank you, Xiaoxi, for your clothes.”
Bai Xi threw down the plastic bag and hurried to look for her and finally saw two people standing in the underground garage in front of the car hugging and kissing.
They hugged each other tightly, entwined.
But they didn’t see someone standing quietly in the corner, silently watching this scene.
The cold wind poured into his loose shirt, and the thin fabric stuck to his body, vaguely outlining his bony spine, and his skin was frozen and bloodless.
As if unable to support himself any longer, his thin body tilted and leaned against a dirty pillar.
His sleeves rolled up, revealing the crisscrossing knife wounds. The wounds that had not yet healed were pressed, oozing tiny drops of blood, which flowed down the pale and thin wrist bones and were wiped away messily by the owner.
That calm face was like a thin-bodied, white-glazed porcelain with a broken corner.
…
“Cut!”
Wang Lin looked at the footage recorded by the camera and was very satisfied: “Let’s shoot another close-up and detail shot.”
The other end was making up the close-up, and the assistant director looked at the expressiveness of the three people in the camera, especially Ning Luo, and kept praising him: “I thought this crew was going to be ruined, but I didn’t expect that there would be a sudden turn of events, giving us a perfect second male lead who brought money into the crew. Look at the change in his eyes. Wow, wow, wow, it’s amazing.”
Without needing side shots or any prior context, you can understand the emotions of the characters just by looking at his eyes. This skill can only be used by old actors who have been immersed in acting for many years.
Wang Lin also agreed: “Who says it’s not?”
And Ning Luo seemed to have successfully transformed the resentment of losing weight into the suffering of the second male lead in the play, and his emotions were fuller than before.
Hmm… should Ning Luo continue to lose weight before the filming is finished?
Wang Lin touched his chin and began to think about this question seriously.
“A-choo!”
Ning Luo sneezed loudly after taking the shot and rubbed his nose: “Who is thinking about me?”
Xiao Song wrapped him in a thick military coat and quickly took him to the side to warm him up with the little electric heater.
Wearing only a shirt in sub-zero weather is no joke.
Ning Luo put his frozen hands near the heater to warm them, and his cold white fingers gradually turned pink. He felt alive again and went to find Wang Lin with the hot water bottle.
Sun Shaoyi and Shen Wenyu were filming a kissing scene, and they were entangled from outside to inside of the car.
Ning Luo stood behind Wang Lin and watched with relish; he even grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his military coat to eat.
[Wow, wow, wow, they are sticking to each other, hugging each other! Kiss, kiss hard! Oh my god, their lips are rubbed red… My god, you still need to change the angle. You two are so good at using borrowed angles. Are you really not kissing! ]
[Oh my god, this messy hair, this red face, and the gaze that can pull strings! I’ll leave a wedding gift of two hundred yuan in Director Wang’s name!]
In a place where the camera can’t capture, the two protagonists opened their eyes and looked at each other, and murderous intent flashed in their eyes.
Ning Luo, just you wait!
The moment Wang Lin called out “cut,” the two immediately separated, and the first thing Shen Wenyu did was to stride over to give Ning Luo a piece of his mind.
But he heard Ning Luo ask Wang Lin, sounding very regretful: “Is it over already?”
[I haven’t seen enough yet, tsk tsk tsk]
Shen Wenyu’s fists were hard, and he stretched out his arm to suppress Ning Luo, smiling coldly: “Is it so regrettable, how about asking Director Wang to give you a kissing scene next time?”
“Sure!” Ning Luo’s eyes lit up, and he said shyly, “Then can I choose the person to act with?”
He has never filmed a kissing scene!
Shen Wenyu was not happy: “Don’t choose casually.”
–
As “July is not far away” is about to be completed, the online publicity and promotion must also keep up. One of the plans of the production team is to warm up with a live broadcast.
It just so happened that Shen Wenyu recently signed a new contract with a certain audio platform and needed to live broadcast to attract and retain fans, so this matter fell on his head.
He sent a time notification in the group chat, and everyone replied to confirm that they had received it. Ning Luo said he had a night scene to film and might have to wait until he was done acting before he could join.
The content of the performance must be kept confidential. Shen Wenyu said that he understood and started the live broadcast at 7:30 in the evening.
Fans who had been waiting for a long time launched barrages immediately.
[Finally it’s airing; I’ve been waiting for a long time.]
[Good evening, Brother Wenyu~]
There are also the “melon-eating” netizens who like to watch the drama dropping in.
[Is this the crew that was originally scheduled to star Ning Xibai? I smell the smell of a melon field.]
[I heard that someone recently ran into Ning Xibai at the same film and television base. He and Ning Luo are definitely no more than 500 meters apart! If that is not true I’ll eat snail noodles upside down]
[Fight, fight, fight!]
Shen Wenyu pretended not to see these comments. He first said hello to the camera and then took a selfie stick to pull the actors around to say hi to the camera.
“Say hello to everyone.”
[Ahhh, it’s Sister Shaoyi! Sister is so beautiful and cool, I am drooling.]
[Are all the actors this high-quality? So pretty, so good-looking, really friendly to my eyes.]
[Why is Ning Luo missing after looking all around? Isn’t he the second male lead?]
[Looks like someone doesn’t fit in and has been kicked out of the group chat.]
Shen Wenyu calmly gave the person who said this a blacklist and silence package and explained with a smile: “Xiao Luo has a scene tonight, but he should have finished shooting now. Let’s go in and check on him and Director Wang.”
Ning Luo had indeed finished shooting. Because of the heavy workload today, he had hypoglycemia. After eating a few candies, he had just finished eating a mango.
Wang Lin was worried at first, but seeing that he was eating endlessly and looked perfectly fine, he said: “Are you okay? Don’t pretend; talk.”
Ning Luo covered his chest and slowly fell on the sofa: “Ah, it hurts.”
Wang Lin twitched his mouth: “Don’t act like I’m abusing you.”
Seeing that he still looked bad, he was really worried. “Anyway, we’re done shooting today; let the assistant take you back to rest.”
Ning Luo didn’t say anything; instead, he looked at the half-empty hollow mango peel in his hand and fell into deep thought.
After asking the assistant director, Shen Wenyu held up his mobile phone and entered the shooting site.
“Okay, now let’s see what the finished scene looks like.”
As the camera swept over, millions of online netizens saw Ning Luo shaking his feet at Wang Lin.
On his feet was… half a mango shell?
[What kind of operation is this? ]
Ning Luo looked at Wang Lin with a deep face: “A bamboo stick and mango shoes are lighter than a horse.”[mfn]2. It’s a pun where Ning Luo quotes Su Shi’s poem about carefree wandering (“bamboo staff and straw sandals are lighter than a horse”) but swaps “straw sandals” for “mango shoes,” jokingly acting like a wandering poet with mango peels on his feet.[/mfn]
After speaking, he shook his “mango shoes.”
Shen Wenyu’s pupils suddenly dilated.
“…”
Wang Lin took a deep breath, slapped his feet, and sneered: “The mouse lets the cat ride the horse.”[mfn]3. A mouse is acting so ridiculous it tries to let a cat ride on its back as if it were a big horse.[/mfn]
The barrage was silent for a second and then exploded instantly.
TL notes:
Thank you so much, Aeizlita, for your support on Ko-fi (❁´◡`❁).
I also saw all your comments. It made me happy that everyone is liking what I do. There will be another chapter update today. Look forward to it.
