November, already deep autumn.
After several autumn rains, the weather had turned much cooler.
In the early morning, the distant sky was still shrouded in a thin layer of gray, as if not fully awake. The streets were covered with fallen leaves, like a golden carpet, rustling softly when the wind blew.
Li Jing stepped out of An Tong’s apartnt, wearing the latest lv autumn coat, a crisp chill greeting him.
"Hmm, slightly cool, comfortable."
Li Jing took a deep breath, showing enjoynt; he liked the slightly cool autumn climate, always feeling that warmth was more easily felt in such weather.
Feeling the faint moisture in the air, like a light veil brushing his face, Li Jing tightened his clothes, trying to hold on to that elusive warmth, then headed towards his Maserati.
Today, Wen Lan finally called him to the film set to get familiar; it seed his scenes would be shot in a few days.
Regarding Li Jing, Wen Lan hadn’t paid much attention to him, apart from asking him to get familiar with the script, not asking him to do anything else, seemingly planning to wait until filming to adjust and discuss in detail.
It might also just be because Wen Lan had been too busy recently and forgot about him.
Li Jing drove his sports car alone to the address Wen Lan sent, in the direction of a residential area on the outskirts of Celestial Sea City’s old town.
Li Jing rembered it used to have quite a few migrant workers renting there together because it was cheap, though far from the city center.
This ti he didn’t ask An Tong to accompany him, but rather told her to stay at ho by herself.
Except for going out to play or shop, Li Jing would ask An Tong, otherwise, he basically let An Tong handle her ti freely.
So An Tong didn’t have much less free ti apart from taking care of Li Jing’s als.
Especially in the past month, as her original fashion blogger account hit a bottleneck, An Tong started a food blogger account instead.
Since she tried different styles of cooking daily for Li Jing, she simply decided to film it, both making food for Li Jing and running her social dia account.
But surprisingly, this temporary idea worked unexpectedly well.
Thanks to her excellent skills, exquisite and high-end daily dishes, along with her own good looks and daily updates, her food account quickly reached one hundred thousand followers within a month, even surpassing the fashion blog account she had managed for years.
As Li Jing would say, on the internet, you never know which path will make you go viral.
Because of this, An Tong spent more and more ti on social dia.
Li Jing didn’t mind, happy for her success, so today he intentionally left An Tong at ho to edit her videos.
...
Wen Lan’s filming location was indeed not close; even without traffic, Li Jing drove for over an hour to reach it.
By the ti he arrived, the film set had already started various tasks.
The scene was being fild in an old residential district on the outskirts.
As the buildings here were aged and still retained the architectural style from decades ago, Wen Lan specifically chose this location.
For contemporary art films, such places are treasures, renting existing venues saves quite a bit on set construction costs.
As soon as Li Jing got out of the car, his blue Maserati caught the attention of so nearby staff.
Yet, obviously, no one recognized him, so naturally, no one ca up to speak to him.
Li Jing didn’t mind, with his hands in his pockets, curiously observing the surroundings like a tourist, without a hint of being an actor in the movie.
So much so that staff really mistook him for a passerby.
"Excuse , filming is happening here, outsiders aren’t allowed."
Looking at the young staff in front of him, Li Jing smiled, "I’m not an outsider, I’m with the crew, Director Wen asked to co."
"Director Wen asked you to?"
The staff’s stern face showed obvious surprise and doubt, reassessing the brand-clad Li Jing before uncertainly saying, "Sorry, I need to verify, please hold on."
Imdiately, the staff began contacting through a walkie-talkie.
anwhile, Li Jing leisurely stood by observing the whole filming location.
The site was simpler than Li Jing expected, with no exquisite decorations nor standout signs, just a group of people filming under a residential building not far ahead.
From Li Jing’s vantage point, he could see a caraman carrying an apparently heavy cara constantly adjusting positions, while the lighting technician set up equipnt Li Jing couldn’t na with focus.
Nearby, other crew mbers and props team moved various items back and forth, seemingly creating a scene environnt. In a corner, Li Jing even spotted two makeup artists hurriedly adjusting an actor’s makeup.
Unfortunately, though, today’s scenes were all with supporting actors, with no main actors present.
Yet the whole site appeared tense yet orderly, the chilly weather ward up by everyone’s activity.
"So this is what a film set looks like..."
Li Jing had dread of acting and filming since his teenage years, standing on the set now, he felt an indescribable understanding, filled with emotion.
"Excuse , are you President Li Jing?"
By this ti, the staff seed to have confird the situation and turned to ask.
Seeing Li Jing nod, they beca noticeably more respectful, stepping aside to invite him in, "Really sorry, I’ve never seen you before; it was the assistant director who asked Director Wen and found out you’re visiting today."
"No problem, Director Wen just wants to get familiar with the environnt and atmosphere today, nothing big, won’t take long."
Li Jing’s gentle manner increased the staff’s goodwill, who then personally guided Li Jing through the busy shooting location towards an old house.
During that ti, many in the field noticed Li Jing, especially so standby actresses, silently surprised by his luxury brands, starting to exchange whispers, inquiring about Li Jing’s identity.
"President Li, Director Wen is having a eting in this room."
By the old house door, the staff leaned closer and whispered, "You can listen in, but try not to disturb the eting; today Director Wen is a bit..."
Seeing the staff’s hesitant expression, Li Jing raised an eyebrow, "Director Wen in a bad mood?"
The staff cautiously nodded, "Filming always runs into various troubles, plus Director Wen’s style is ticulous, so she’s in a bad mood today, everyone’s avoiding trouble."
Hearing this, Li Jing nodded, thanked them, then raised his hand to knock on the door, then reached out to push it open.
A soft click of the door opening was heard.
In the cramped, crowded room, seven or eight stern-looking, furrowed-brow people sat by the table, pausing their discussion, turning towards the door.
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