She trembled with fear, as she was afraid Qing Yao would stab her to death with her sword.
Qing Yao drew back her weapon and narrowed her eyes, even her hair looking slick and sharp in the moment.
Wen Dongni forgot her lines, she wanted to open her mouth but she didn’t know how to remedy the situation. Yan Huan hadn’t changed her expression, she was waiting for her to react, but apparently she wasn’t capable.
“Cut!” Director Jin banged on the desk, “Miss Wen, what are you thinking about? How can you forget your lines at this moment? We didn’t prepare for you for so long and…” Director Jin stood up, he felt irritable and his hair stood on end with anger. “Do you know how to cry? Can you shed the tears? If you can’t, please put some drops in your eyes, how can there be a crying scene without shedding at least a few tears?”
Wen Dongni blushed with shame. How can I cry in front of the woman who always opposes me? And I can’t break out into tears at a moment’s notice, how can I cry now?
Qing Yao’s scene with the fox spirit had been shooting viciously all afternoon but still wasn’t finished. Director Jin was famous for his strictness and precision; he would not allow a single mistake, especially a big, careless one.
The more the director scolded her, the more Wen Dongni got anxious and performed worse. In the end, Liang Chen got the fidgets.
“Director Jin, I’ll leave first and come tomorrow. She wasted my time.”
Liang Chen’s agent was also put into a foul mood from the long afternoon. “Director Jin, please tell us in advance if you have such a situation next time. Liang Chen has several ads to shoot, if we have the time, perhaps she could have already finished a few of them and we wouldn’t have to stand here like a fool.”
“I’m sorry, this is an unexpected difficulty,” Director Jin hastened to explain. “We’ll finish it soon.”
His clothes were drenched with sweat as he couldn’t achieve the desired results, but actually, Yan Huan was the one who worked the hardest. She had to wield the sword and speak her lines ceaselessly, she still had to put on the play with Wen Dongni. Her hand ached after they redid the scene this many times, she’d probably be too sore to life even a cup tomorrow.
However, she endured it in the end. She at least had to finish the scene, otherwise, the progress might need to be put off if they had to postpone the shooting until the next day. It made no difference whether other dramas would be delayed or not, but with Journey to Fairyland, both the shooting and broadcasting were running at the same time, so they needed to stick to a strict schedule.
Finally, they finished the shooting. Wen Dongni rolled her eyes and fainted when Director Jin shouted “cut” for the last time.
Yi Ling quickly supported Yan Huan and sat her down, then wrapped her with a coat.
“How do you feel?” She was worried about Yan Huan as she looked quite pale. Wen Dongni fell into a swoon because of her anger at Director Jin. Yan Huan didn’t look well either, after all, she had been standing working hard all day.
“I’m fine.” Yan Huan breathed gently and rubbed her wrist. She would have to apply a hot compress on her wrist when they got home.
It was the first time she saw an actor pass out, not because of sunstroke, exhaustion, or sickness, but because of the pressure from the director.
After a break, Yan Huan and Qi Haolin reshot several scenes due to Wen Dongni’s mistakes the first time around. She was exhausted when she went back home.
Her arm ached so badly she almost couldn’t lift it up, she didn’t even want to move her fingers.
She didn’t eat the food that Yi Ling bought for her because she fell asleep so soundly no one could wake her up.
She had a good sleep and didn’t awake until the next day so she could regain her strength.
When she arrived at the studio, the crew told her that someone treated them lunch boxes.
“Who?” Yan Huan asked Yi Ling, she didn’t know about it but she figured Yi Ling must have known. Who is the generous person that treated us for lunch? Even if it’s just lunch boxes, it still costs a lot of money and what I need most is money.
“It’s Wen Dongni.” Yi Ling whispered and touched her fingers. “Huanhuan, should we eat it?”
“Yes, why not? The food was delivered to our mouth, so why wouldn’t we eat it? It would be silly if we didn’t.” Yan Huan adjusted her clothes and started the day with getting her makeup done.
However, she was surprised that Wen Dongni had been smart enough to know to buy popular support.
After she was done with makeup, Yan Huan got ready for the next shooting. Wen Dongni wasn’t as arrogant as before when she met her, but there wasn’t any warmth when her eyes fell on her, and there was even a trace of hatred in her eyes.
Yan Huan didn’t care whether she was hated by another, as there would be a lot of people who hated her in the future.
She had been offended by Wen Dongni and even apologized to her, she knew that, so why should she do that?
Wen Dongni did become smarter, she didn’t drop the ball in the shooting, though her performance wasn’t excellent, either, generally, she wasn’t a bad actress. At least she was much better than the previous day, and she was able to catch up with lines, perhaps she didn’t sleep at night.
Wen Dongni didn’t have many scenes as a supporting role, they were scattered but there was always a few scenes with her. It wasn’t outstanding but about average.
Yan Huan remembered that Wen Dongni’s performance was also average when she played the role of Qing Yao, but due to the good script and good shooting, she could take advantage of the drama.
In Yan Huan’s opinion, Hu Jiuniang was quite a good supporting role, as she had a lot of scenes and lines in the drama. If the actress could play her well, the character would leave a deep impression on audiences. However, it was such a pity that Wen Dongni didn’t put more effort into her role, thus she didn’t fit the character very well.
That day after they had finished their scenes and Yan Huan was going back with Yi Ling, they met Liang Chen.
