14

The shooting of "Qing Mei" mainly took place in a high school in A City. After all, the first half of the film was about the campus life of the main characters.

They'll be filming here for the next two months. Although it was summer vacation, after the news got out the crew will be filming here, many people came to watch the show.

On the first day, Jiang Xun arrived very early. Director Li Yun Tu was already ordering people to set up the set. He was a little surprised to see her, not expecting she would come so early. Li Yun Tu hadn't worked with her before, but he had seen the movies she starred in. He can confirm her acting prowess, but he couldn't say he liked it. But the previous audition really brought him a big surprise, so he directly settled on Jiang Xun to be the heroine of the new movie.

"Good morning, Director Li." Jiang Xun greeted him politely.

Li Yun Tu nodded, "En, go prepare yourself first."

Jiang Xun knew about Li Yun Tu's personality. Knowing that he didn't talk much and liked hard-working people, she nodded and said "OK" before going to change outfits and put on makeup.

When she was almost done, Xiao Han and Lin Shen also came. They probably met near the door and walked in talking and laughing together.

Like Jiang Xun, Li Yun Tu neutrally asked the two of them to make preparations, but he added, "Jiang Xun already been styling."

Xiao Han's eyes lit up. He strolled away using long strides towards the dressing room while Lin Shen followed behind.

As soon as the two walked to the door of the dressing room, Jiang Xun was done and about to head out.

Her outfit today was the same as the day she took the poster photo, but there is a slight difference in her temperament. Her appearance was almost flawless, her brows raven back, her skin soft, and her tender face made people want to pinch her cheeks. Her full lips sparkled with a trace of shyness inside her innocence.

Even when wearing a loose and plain school uniform couldn't block her slender figure from showing and her pair of straight long legs made the baggy pants look good.

She seems to have gotten more beautiful than the last time we met.

That was what Lin Shen and Xiao Han thought to themselves.

Jiang Xun smiled and nodded towards Lin Shen. Although she greeted him, her gentle attitude held some alienation, which instead made Lin Shen increase his goodwill for her.

When she looked at Xiao Han, her eyes were more intimate, but she didn't say anything. Thinking about it, she only just divorced Xiao Sheng, and her relationship with Xiao Han was a little awkward. Everyone agreed it was better if she didn't speak at all.

"You also don't have a good relationship with your sister-in-law?" Lin Shen asked curiously.

"She isn't my sister-in-law." Xiao Han replied with a frown.

"Tsk, she only recently divorced your brother and you already changed the way you address her. She at least was your ex-sister-in-law." Lin Shen half-jokingly said.

Xiao Han replied perfunctorily. Then he looked back at Jiang Xun, feeling both angry and depressed inside his heart.

"I don't remember you having any scenes in the morning. Why did you come so early?"

Xiao Han paused, "I came here to familiar myself with the set."

Lin Shen "Oh" and believed it.

...

Today's first important scene was the first meeting of "Su Luo Bai" and "Lu Chi".

As soon as Su Luo Bai and his friend Meng Meng came out of the classroom, they saw Lu Chi, the new transfer student. With that one glance, Su Luo Bai's heart was unable to calm down.

The main point of this scene was to capture Su Luo Bai's inner changes and the moment of her falling in love. It wasn't hard to describe it, but it wasn't as easy to act out the shy and naive appearance of a teenage girl, let alone with Director Li Yun Tu's high standard level. Someone once joked that even if everything is perfect, if there is a light that makes Li Yun Tu dissatisfied with the brightness, he'll re-film the scene again.

"Is Yin Rou here?" Li Yun Tu asked.

Everyone was ready, but Yin Rou, who's portraying the supporting actress "Meng Meng", still hasn't arrived.

"She said she is rushing here, but something delayed her and there was also a traffic jam on the road."

Li Yun Tu's face became ugly as he furrowed his brows, "Call again and tell her to hurry up."

"I already urged her, she said she'll be there in twenty minutes."

She said twenty minutes on the phone. When, in fact, everyone waited for roughly half an hour before she actually came and after getting her hair done and clothes changed, she delayed the schedule by an hour.

Li Yun Tu was known to have a bad temper. When she was finally finished, he lost his temper at her, which scared Yin Rou.

However, Yin Rou's attitude in apologizing was quite sincere. Her manager told the staff that Yin Rou would treat everyone to snacks in the afternoon. Li Yun Tu didn't continue his rampage and let her late arrival to be passed just like that.

"Everyone get ready and … start!" Li Yun Tu shouted when everything was prepared.

This scene was of Jiang Xun sitting in a self-study session, looking down at a book. Only when the dismissal bell rang, did she slowly raise her head and looked out the window on the left. The sunlight cast on her face and left mottled shadows. Under the bright sunlight, her skin appeared white and translucent, charming people with her sweetness.

"Luo Bai!" Meng Meng called to Su Luo Bai.

Su Luo Bai turned to look at her friend Meng Meng. Her brows smoothen out, revealing a cheerful smile.

"En."

"Accompany me to..."

Before Yin Rou finished her words, Li Yun Tu interrupted her, "Cut. Yin Rou, your expression is wrong, do it again."

Yin Rou smiled awkwardly, nodded, "Okay."

Jiang Xun peered lightly in her direction without saying a word, but Yin Rou felt she was taunting herself. She gritted her teeth and her mood worsened.

"Stop, again." Even Li Yun Tu didn't know what was off. However, as long as he felt it was wrong, he would re-film the scene again.

Suddenly, the pressure on the people present was very high, but Jiang Xun wasn't at all upset. Instead, she performed very well every time, if not getting better.

Li Yun Tu looked at her as if he picked up a treasure. In contrast, the gap between Yin Rou and her wasn't just a star and a half.

Li Yun Tu couldn't help wondering if it was a mistake for him to agree to let Yin Rou act as the supporting female character so quickly. Originally, he thought her acting skill was decent, but now he felt she was too focused on acting, causing her to appear unnatural. If Jiang Xun wasn't present, maybe he wouldn't realize it yet, but because Jiang Xun was too outstanding, it can be said that Yin Rou was completely suppressed by her.

"Yin Rou, come here."

After three NG in a row, Li Yun Tu helplessly waved to Yin Rou. Then, he asked her to come over to see their performance just now.

Yin Rou's expression was kind of reluctant, but she remained calm and slowly walked to Li Yun Tu's side.

In the take, Jiang Xun was simply a dazzling existence. Her smiles and every look was very vivid, even the blink of an eye reveals a youthful spirit.

Yin Rou's self-confidence took a huge blow. She quickly saw herself; although she only said two lines, something was off about it.

"Your expression right here doesn't seem like a lively high school student who's inexperienced about the world. Be natural and not intentional."

Yin Rou nodded.

"Go ahead, let's do it again."

This time Yin Rou finally found the feeling. When Li Yun Tu yelled "Pass", everyone let out a breath, except for Yin Rou.

Next was today's highlight scene.

"Lin Shen, get ready." The director shouted from behind the camera.

...

Su Luo Bai and Meng Meng walked out of the classroom intimately, linking arms. The two chatted about the things going on, while the transfer student Lu Chi walked in their direction. He already stood out from the crowd since he didn't have a school uniform on, but even more so paired with his 1.8 meters height. He kept his eyes straight forward, and his face emotionless. Although distanced, he still gave off a warm feeling.

Su Luo Bai was stunned for a moment, and Meng Meng followed her gaze after realizing that something was wrong with her.

With this glance, both of them were amazed.

Lu Chi's eyes faintly fell on them and lingered on Su Luo Bai's face for a few more seconds.

In those few seconds, the camera zoomed in and gave them a close-up.

After passing by him, Su Luo Bai murmured, "Have...have you seen that person before?"

Meng Meng hadn't recovered from her stupor yet. When she heard the question, she uttered slowly, "I haven't seen him before, but... he is so handsome."

"Cut, that's not right... again." Li Yun Tu's tone wasn't very good. Obviously that he was in a bad mood, because Jiang Xun was doing very well, but when it turned to Yin Rou's part, she was missing something, which was regretful.

This take is a very important scene, so Li Yun Tu had to make sure everything was perfect. Fortunately, Jiang Xun didn't let him down. No matter how many times the scene had to be redone, her performance wasn't affected at all. Instead, it was Yin Rou, who started NGing frequently.

Later, Li Yun Tu discovered Yin Rou was imitating Jiang Xun, which surprised him.

Finally, Li Yun Tu simply called her out, "Yin Rou, you're not playing Su Luo Bai. Have you even read the script? Did you figure out which role you're portraying? Let's go again, don't delay everyone's time."

Li Yun Tu is notoriously known for being blunt in scolding people. There were many actresses whom he lectured to tears. Yin Rou has never cooperated with him. Although she has heard of the rumors, she didn't think she would experience it personally.

Originally she wanted to embarrass Jiang Xun during the filming process, and even suppress her to make the director modify the script, increase her role, and steal the heroine role from Jiang Xun. Now, looking back, her idea seemed completely ridiculous.

Her emotions are already on the verge of collapse, so of course she would NG again. Li Yun Tu was outraged, causing everyone to be afraid of speaking while Jiang Xun kept reviewing the script silently. Finally, Lin Shen suggested, "Director Li, how about you shoot my scene first? After all, Xiao Han is here too."

Li Yun Tu looked at everyone and nodded in agreement, "Everyone has worked hard, take a half-hour rest. Xiao Han, go get ready."

Everyone was relieved, and Yin Rou herself also let out a relieved sigh. She didn't know whether she would lose control if she continued.

Jiang Xun put down the script in her hand and slowly approached her. Yin Rou saw her, her eyes flashed with hatred. Jiang Xun smiled before patting Yin Rou's shoulder, comforting "You've worked hard. Let's take a break first. Acting isn't something you can rush."

Yin Rou's face suddenly became ferocious and embarrassed, but Jiang Xun left immediately after speaking. She could only stand in place, trembling with anger.

...

Jiang Xun returned to the lounge and sent a WeChat message to Xie Xuan in a good mood: "Your little lover didn't do so well while filming today and looked down. Shouldn't you go comfort her?"

After she sent her message, the corners of her mouth raised. She sat on the sofa with her legs up and humming a little tune, looking extremely cute.

Suddenly, she heard the click of the door locking. She turned around and saw Xiao Han standing by the door, staring straight at her.

"Why are you here?"

Xiao Han said in a deep voice, "Are you avoiding me?"

"Am I?" Jiang Xun smiled.

"Yes, you are!"

"Then tell me, why should I avoid you? How was I avoiding you?" Jiang Xun hooked her lips. Her mood improving by the second.