Regardless of how Li Xingyu had made his domineering CEO pronouncents, the next day he dutifully returned to the film crew, resuming his role as a rookie actor.
Le Ziyao had actually asked him why he didn't simply quit the entertainnt circle like himself and instead persisted in being an actor.
Li Xingyu's answer was—"I enjoy filmmaking."
Although Le Ziyao mocked him on the spot, saying "aren't you essentially just fond of the film director," Li Xingyu still considered his primary identity to be an actor rather than a CEO, which to so extent reached a certain consensus with the underachiever Shao Yichen.
Speaking of Shao Yichen, the relationship between her and Li Xingyu had beco quite strange recently.
Originally, in the eyes of the crew mbers, the relationship between Li Xingyu and Shao Yichen, even if not as close as family, certainly rited the term "perfectly in sync"—they were the ideal partners. But for so unknown reason, after Li Xingyu took three days off, the crew mbers were alard to discover that the relationship between these two seed to have reached an impasse.
And if they weren't mistaken, Director Shao Yichen had been obviously avoiding the lead actor Li Xingyu lately!
Of course, this wasn't to say that the director wasn't doing her job during filming. Shao Yichen was still very dedicated throughout the filming process. In Assistant Director Jiang Miaomiao's view, this was even the most responsible she had been during any of their shoots.
Naturally, this judgnt might have been due to the director's previously very low baseline of effort...
That said, the main reason the film crew believed Shao Yichen was avoiding Li Xingyu was because she had been leaving even faster after work recently.
She was usually the first to leave the set, and the crew thought this was the limit of her slacking off. Unexpectedly, she could run even faster!
Li Xingyu certainly wanted to find an opportunity to talk properly with Shao Yichen, but unfortunately, having just taken over the company, he had a pile of issues waiting for him to resolve. This occupied a large amount of his ti after filming, and by the ti he'd dealt with these matters, it was often deep into the night.
Calling Shao Yichen at this hour would essentially be disturbing the peace at night, the kind that would warrant being taken to the police station for a thorough education.
Therefore, Li Xingyu had been filming for over a week without finding an opportunity to have a proper conversation with Shao Yichen.
The film shooting entered its final stages in this strange atmosphere.
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"Cut! That's good!"
Shao Yichen stood up from the director's chair and gave an OK gesture to the rest of the crew.
"For the next scene, we'll shoot at a different location."
After delivering this unusually brief statent, she coldly turned and boarded the vehicle, giving Li Xingyu no chance to ask questions.
Li Xingyu could only follow her and several assistant directors onto the car.
Technically, the scene he had just perford was the final scene in the script—Qi Changge engaged in a question-and-answer exchange with the Heart Demon in the chaotic void, finally breaking through his inner demonic barrier. The Heart Demon formally rged with him, and all the chaotic energy in the world converged upon him.
With his greatly increased power, he finally awoke from his coma, resolving the villain's plot in ti and destroying the entire Demonic Sect.
But to protect him while he was unconscious, the female lead had fought the Demonic Sect to mutual destruction. Using his last strength, the male lead could only barely preserve a wisp of her soul, allowing her to reincarnate. And to protect this soul fragnt, the male lead dispersed his chaotic energy and soon reincarnated alongside the female lead.
By all accounts, the entire film should have ended here.
But today, Li Xingyu had received an urgent notification about adding one final scene, depicting the mont when the male and female leads et again after reincarnation.
Although Li Xingyu felt that adding this plot might seem superfluous, considering that audiences might resist a tragic ending, he ultimately supported this decision.
The problem was, he still hadn't received the script or lines for this newly added scene...
What was going on? Was it a crew oversight? Or did this scene not require any dialogue?
He had intended to ask Shao Yichen in the car, but she had fallen asleep as soon as she boarded, looking extrely tired. Her forehead pressed against the window, her complexion a bit pale, as she breathed evenly, her warm breath creating a thin layer of fog on the window.
Li Xingyu watched for a while, and after confirming she was sound asleep, gently moved her forehead to rest on his shoulder.
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Shao Yichen had a good nap in the car, and when she woke up, she found her mouth hanging open, feeling like she was about to drool.
But she had slept really well—the car's pillow was not only comfortable but also warm, and the fabric texture was quite nice...
Thinking this, she drowsily nuzzled against the pillow.
Then Shao Yichen heard the pillow say: "Are you awake? Would you like to sleep a bit longer?"
Shao Yichen reflexively replied: "We're not filming today, so I'll have another nap—"
Before she could finish, she realized sothing was wrong.
—How could a pillow talk!
—This wasn't a pillow at all, it was Li Xingyu!
She sprang away from Li Xingyu as if electrified: "I'm awake—ouch!"
She hit her head on the car roof, grimacing in pain.
That certainly woke her up completely.
Li Xingyu was obviously startled by Shao Yichen's sudden spring-like action: "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Shao Yichen quickly waved her hand, her right hand searching in her pocket, confirming that the item inside was still safe, and secretly sighed in relief.
Thank goodness, the thing was still there, the plan hadn't been exposed, and it seed Li Xingyu still knew nothing.
She glanced outside, saw they had arrived at their destination, and quickly opened the car door, jumping to the ground: "We're here! Let's hurry in, the rest of the crew is waiting for us!"
With that, she gave Li Xingyu no ti to react and took the lead in walking ahead.
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Li Xingyu got out of the car and found that the venue was different from what he had expected.
This was a hotel, and a nice one at that—likely not inexpensive. Not only that, but the hotel's decor had a certain familiar quality to it.
It seed that Shao Yichen had probably booked an entire floor, because as soon as he entered the lobby, well-trained staff led him to the elevator and pressed the button for the appropriate floor. Shao Yichen, who had walked ahead of him earlier, had probably taken the previous elevator and arrived at the venue ahead of him.
When he reached the floor and, following the staff's guidance, walked through the corridor toward the hall, the feeling of familiarity grew stronger.
—If the lobby's familiar feeling had co rely from the decoration style, then the decorations on this floor were completely arranged to mimic the award ceremony decorations!
And he could even specify exactly which award ceremony it was mimicking—because he had just recently attended it!
But before he could figure out what was happening, he had already reached the end of the corridor.
He slowly turned a corner, and with a "pop," was instantly showered with confetti from party poppers.
The mastermind behind this prank, Shao Yichen, held a freshly pulled party popper, smiling happily at him from the nearest position.
Behind her, all the crew mbers were smiling at him. Jiang Miaomiao was still holding her cara, recording everything; Qin Lu had made a banner and was waving it with Little Bai, cheering for him; the twins were holding a pile of party poppers, looking eager to use them; even Le Ziyao was smiling at him beside his agent, and even winked at him.
"Surprise!" Shao Yichen exclaid in an unusually loud voice, "This is an award ceremony exclusively for you!"
"Although it might be a few hours early, I still want to say—happy 22nd birthday in advance, Li Xingyu!"
Author's Note:
If I can write a bit more before midnight... perhaps there will be a second update.jpg
It's ti to return to Shao Yichen's perspective! Thanks to all the little angels who cast emperor tickets or watered with nutrient solution during 2020-10-01 23:21:27~2020-10-02 20:55:25 period~
Thanks to the little angels who watered with nutrient solution: 43047256 25 bottles; Little Jing 1 bottle;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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