The Moonlight City Crew

The girl who just fell from mid-air is Chen Wan, the stunt double for the female lead, Xiao Ting, in the drama “Moonlight City”.

Xia Zhihuai has worked with Xiao Ting in two productions: the fantasy drama “Nan Shu” and the historical suspense drama “Moonlight City”.

Both dramas involved a significant amount of action scenes, which led to Xia Zhihuai having frequent interactions with Chen Wan, Xiao Ting’s stunt double.

Chen Wan, though silent by nature, is actually quite beautiful.

Compared to the already famous Xiao Ting, Chen Wan remains relatively unknown.

However, she graduated as the top student from the Film College, surpassing several popular actors in terms of professional skills and acting ability.

Unfortunately, despite being in the entertainment industry for nearly three years, Chen Wan has struggled to make a breakthrough.

Xia Zhihuai had heard something about her.

Chen Wan has a strong personality and has had the misfortune of being represented by a notorious agent in the industry.

Chen Wan disagreed with the arrangements made by Shang Jinhai, her agent, and directly confronted him during a banquet with potential investors.

She even ended up injuring Fu Ming, the deputy general manager of Tianming Group, after being sent to his room.

As a result, she lost all her resources.

In the end, Chen Wan had no choice but to apologize under the pressure of Shang Jinhai.

Fu Ming demanded that she become Xiao Ting’s stunt double for three years as a condition for letting her off the hook.

After graduating, with no acting opportunities, Chen Wan reluctantly signed the contract due to financial pressure…

Xiao Ting is currently a second-tier actress, relying mainly on her reputation as a former university beauty queen.

In reality, her position in the entertainment industry is largely due to the support of influential backers behind the scenes.

Xiao Ting has had three different backers, and Fu Ming is the most prominent and influential among them.

After Chen Wan became Xiao Ting’s stunt double, Xiao Ting’s career skyrocketed as if she had been blessed with extraordinary luck.

In these three years, Xiao Ting went from being an unknown internet celebrity with the title of beauty queen to a second-tier actress in the entertainment industry.

Xiao Ting is not kind to Chen Wan in private.

However, since Chen Wan is a woman of few words, she usually endures Xiao Ting’s scolding silently, sitting quietly on the side.

Xia Zhihuai has witnessed this scene at least four or five times.

However, these are all other people’s affairs.

Chen Wan has endured humiliation and carried heavy burdens for three years. With only two months left on her contract, she unexpectedly encountered an accident while filming. Xia Zhihuai can’t help but worry about the situation.

Moreover… in that split second just now, he seemed to have seen a figure standing on the roof, pushing Chen Wan down.

However, no one else reacted, as if they couldn’t see that figure at all. Xia Zhihuai stood in the winding corridor, looking up at the eaves from which Chen Wan “slipped”, but the blurry shadow was no longer there.

Was it just an illusion? Xia Zhihuai rubbed his eyelids, feeling that something was not quite right.

…

“Brother Xia, the director said to pause the filming. Shall we go back for now?” Xia Zhihuai suddenly snapped back to reality, looking somewhat absent-mindedly at his assistant, Zhang Chichi.

The young girl’s round face showed panic, but her amber eyes were filled with clear concern for Xia Zhihuai.

Zhang Chichi looked at Xia Zhihuai, who had turned pale, and for a moment, she didn’t know what to say to comfort him.

With such a major incident happening in the “Moonlight City” crew, it would be impossible to continue filming for the time being.

Whether they could continue in the future would depend on the results of the police investigation.

If anything serious happened to Chen Wan, their drama might be in jeopardy before it even finished shooting.

“Moonlight City” has always attracted a lot of attention. The original novel was well-known and considered a classic by readers.

Many people opposed the remake, but the production team and investors decided to proceed despite the pressure.

It took four years just to polish the script for “Moonlight City”, and casting officially began last year, with filming starting this year.

From the casting process, it has been a tumultuous journey.

Not only the main leads but also the supporting actors and actresses have faced criticism.

Xia Zhihuai receiving the role of the male lead has garnered both praise and criticism. Not to mention the fact that he is paired with Xiao Ting as the second male lead.

This topic is so hot that it cannot be ignored.

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Xiao Ting is also a prominent figure in the novel “Moonlight City.”

Her acting skills were heavily criticized by both the audience and film critics in the past, but she always managed to secure numerous opportunities.

At the end of last year, a scandal broke out involving a period drama in which Xiao Ting was cast.

It was revealed that some female actresses on set relied solely on dubbing for their lines, even using body doubles for many scenes. This caused a significant burden on the post-production team, resulting in mismatched lip-syncing in the final cut.

As soon as this scandal emerged, it quickly became a hot topic.

Countless viewers scrutinized the period drama, noticing that several actresses’ lip movements didn’t align with their dialogue.

Consequently, netizens started speculating about which actress relied solely on dubbing and didn’t bother memorizing her lines.

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Xiao Ting happened to be one of them. She indeed preferred using stunt doubles because Chen Wan’s performance was superior to hers. Even without showing her face, Chen Wan could portray the desired emotions as directed by the director.

As for physically demanding scenes like collisions or underwater shots, Chen Wan took on all the hard work.

However, Xiao Ting’s role in that drama was relatively insignificant, so she didn’t pay much attention to it, resulting in her inadequate memorization of the lines.

During post-production, the dialogue was modified, and new voice actors were brought in for dubbing, which led to the mismatched lip-syncing in her scenes.

Only the cast and crew knew the truth behind this matter.

Nevertheless, this scandal did have a negative impact on Xiao Ting’s career.

Therefore, she had to rely on “Moonlight City” to make a comeback.

It was the best opportunity she had received in the past two years.

Consequently, she took her lines in this drama seriously, but for the wire stunts and underwater scenes, she still heavily relied on Chen Wan.

However, with Fu Ming, the investor, backing her up, no one in the production team dared to say anything.

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Xia Zhihuai leaned against the vermilion pillar in the corridor, holding a sword in his hand, and tilted his head to ask, “Xiao Chi, did you notice anything on the roof or anyone else just now?”

Zhang Chichi was momentarily stunned, scratching the back of his head, and asked curiously, “Brother Xia, why would there be anyone on the roof?”

“Everyone was watching just now, and there was only Sister Chen Wan…”

Xia Zhihuai fell silent, returned the prop, and quickly left the set.

He needed to find a quiet place!

Just now, he indeed saw someone push Chen Wan off the roof.

The wire was also severed by a black gas…

As Xia Zhihuai and Zhang Chichi walked out of the set, they saw Xu Wei holding a small bean-shaped doll, standing by the nanny car, looking around.

Wanwan, like a little radar, was wearing an adorable pink dinosaur jumpsuit. Her grape-like black eyes were spinning around, observing her surroundings.

As soon as Xia Zhihuai appeared near the nanny car, she immediately noticed him.

Xu Wei was pulled forward by Wanwan a few steps.

Xia Zhihuai saw Wanwan and instantly forgot about his previous troubles, quickly walking over.

He picked up the little spinning top spirit, Wanwan, from the ground and gently rubbed her soft and tender cheek with his slender fingers.

Feeling suddenly relieved, he embraced Wanwan and asked unexpectedly, “Why did you suddenly come here?”

Wanwan’s cheeks blushed from the rubbing, she earnestly looked at Xia Zhihuai for a while, and suddenly hugged his neck, resting her round little chin on his shoulder.

Wanwan’s voice was soft and light, scratching Xia Zhihuai’s heart like a feather.

“Brother, you’re here.” Xia Zhihuai looked puzzled and shifted his gaze to Xu Wei, not far away, asking, “What happened to her?”

Xu Wei shrugged, also wearing a perplexed expression.

“I don’t know either. She was fine when I brought her to the company.”

“Later, during the meeting, she stayed with Little Fang for a while, and she kept saying she wanted to find you.”

“Let’s get in the car first.”

Xu Wei opened the door of the nanny car.