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Chapter 681 The Character Must Not Collapse

"Hey! Jiang Heng! Tell the truth! You got up so early this morning, wearing a new dress and looking at yourself in the mirror. Is something going on?"

"Ah, oh, it's nothing... it's just that I wanted to go out for a walk this weekend..."

"Yo!!!"

"Who are you going for a walk with?"

Where should we go for a walk?

"Tell me about it?"

"Hey, don't ask so many questions!"

My roommates were all teasing me, but a seemingly casual question came from the corner: "I've never seen you wear this dress before. Did you just buy it? It doesn't really match your usual style."

Jiang Heng was teased by everyone and felt a little embarrassed, but she still spoke quite frankly: "Ahem, it was for my birthday a while ago, and who gave it to me?"

The other roommates started teasing again, but Gu Manman scratched her head and said something incredibly abrupt:

"The size is just right, it fits perfectly! Come to think of it, it's rare to see a guy who knows how to pick a skirt so well."

Halfway through their jeering, the crowd heard this and exchanged bewildered glances.

After a long pause, someone finally said timidly, "It's okay for a boyfriend to give a dress as a birthday gift... after all, it's summer, the perfect time to wear dresses."

Jiang Heng smiled indifferently, picked up her bag, glanced at Gu Manman, but said nothing before leaving the house.

Gu Manman immediately ran to the balcony, grabbed the railing, and looked down.

Seeing Jiang Heng run quickly downstairs in no time, her skirt fluttering, she immediately gritted her teeth, grabbed the water from the sink where she had been washing shoes, and poured it directly onto the head of the scumbag who had been waiting for her.

When the screams came from downstairs, her roommate slammed her tape recorder off and yelled at her, "Gu Manman! Can you please stop playing this lousy tape recorder?! All day long, it's either 'The Peacock Flies Southeast' or 'The Peacock's Song.' What grudge do you hold against Jiang Heng? Why can't you stand to see her doing well?"

Another roommate couldn't help but speak up in protest:
"What did Jiang Heng do to you? You just ate the food she brought you, and in the blink of an eye you're acting all hostile. How can you be so shameless?"

Gu Manman was still clinging to the railing, looking downstairs. She saw that the scumbag hadn't started cursing or backed down. Instead, with his hair all wet, he took the opportunity to act pitiful to Jiang Heng. At that moment, Jiang Heng was wiping the dirty water off his face with a handkerchief with a pained expression. Seeing that their relationship was progressing further, she couldn't help but curse him out in anger!

"Pah! You scumbag! Let's see how long you can keep up this act!"

Then she turned to her roommates and yelled, "You guys don't know anything! I'm really doing this for her own good! You know that?"

"Gu Manman, why do you smell like a mother all over?"

"Yes, yes, that's meddling way too much!"

Before her roommate could say anything more, Gu Manman yanked open the door and ran out.

"Card!"

Tian Wei, carrying a small bee on her back, shouted "Cut!" and waved, signaling everyone to gather around.

"Everyone performed quite well just now, but it wasn't perfect. We need to pay attention to details, you know? Everyone needs to have details that fit their character, but they can't be too prominent and distract the audience, understand? Also, Manman, your movements need to be aesthetically pleasing. Don't underestimate those few steps; they need to have a smooth and flowing feel, you know?"

Everyone responded with "Yes," and Tian Wei smiled and gave the order: "Rest for five minutes before continuing!"

That's how film crews are; they work on one scene after another. Some directors are more abstract, requiring actors to do their own homework to realize the vague ideas in the director's mind. Other directors give more specific standards, requiring actors to simply act as qualified props and express what the director wants.

Tian Wei falls somewhere in between, being a guide.

She knows exactly what she wants, but she also values ​​the brilliance of the artists. In her view, the success of a film is difficult to achieve by relying solely on the director's word.

Gu Lanxi took the water bottle from Lili, took a big gulp, stood in the corner reflecting for a moment, and then Yu Xin came over to touch up her makeup.

Halfway through the haircut, Gu Lanxi scratched her hair in frustration. Yu Xin sighed helplessly, seeing that Gu Lanxi was lost in thought, and quickly took out a comb from her portable tool bag and combed her hair again.

To avoid giving anything away, the hair had to be tied up at the same height as in the previous photos. This was no easy task, so much so that as soon as the hair was combed, they had to go back to the set for another shoot.

This time, Gu Manman hid her hatred for the scumbag, and every micro-expression was utterly sincere, as if she had just noticed something was wrong and was kindly reminding Jiang Heng out of consideration for her roommate.

After the shot was finished, Tian Wei called "cut," and after careful consideration, praised her for handling it better that way.

"I always felt something was off before, but now I know that we can't look at things from God's perspective. At the beginning of the film, Gu Manman shouldn't have known Jiang Heng's boyfriend and shouldn't have been so hostile towards him. And Gu Manman before she traveled through time was an adult, so she couldn't have been unable to hide her thoughts."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable to throw dirty water at him in this scene?"

However, this time, it was Gu Lanxi who raised the question.

"That would make me look like a vicious villain."

"Splash it down without splashing anyone? Wouldn't this make Gu Manman seem too immature and prone to solving problems emotionally?"

Gu Lanxi offered her idea: "Pick up the basin, hesitate for a moment, but don't pour it down?"

"No, no, no, that would make the audience think you still have a shred of pity for your scumbag father. Your goal is to break them up. You hate him so much that you'd rather they never get married, even if you were never born again because of it. That's such an inappropriate arrangement."

"How about we just skip the water splashing event altogether?"

"Splashing water wasn't just an emotional outburst; it was also meant to provoke that high-level scumbag father into losing his temper and yelling. Even after all that, he still managed to use the opportunity to strengthen their relationship, which indirectly shows just how formidable he really is."

The real Jiang Heng was the only daughter of a scholarly family in the Jiang-Zhe-Shanghai region. She was capable and insightful in every way, but she was tricked into marrying Gu Weihao back then. Clearly, her scumbag father was more than just a pretty face.

"Just splash it around his feet and wet his trousers. That way, Teacher Li won't have to keep fixing his hairstyle. Speaking of which, it's getting chilly now, and getting splashed with water isn't a good thing."

The actor who plays the scumbag father is surnamed Li. He is a very handsome actor who plays serious dramas. This is his first time making his way to the big screen. Even though he is only playing a supporting role in this drama about women, he is very serious about his work. Gu Lanxi gets along well with him, which is also because he doesn't want to make enemies.

If she's not careful, people might say she's using this as an excuse to mess with someone.

Sometimes, even a small adjustment to these shooting details can make a big difference.

Tian Wei truly valued her, and never ignored her suggestions.

After the scene was completely filmed, everyone received a hot milk tea from Gu Lanxi when they left work.

Li Shuo, who played the scumbag father, even received an apology from her.

Although this drama is based on Gu Lanxi's family story, it has been artistically adapted. Gu Manman in the movie has an emotional side as well as a passionate side. Sometimes she does things that Gu Lanxi thinks are very brainless, but there's nothing she can do. That's just how ordinary people think.

In Tian Wei's words, if it were really made into a story about a cunning, scheming female lead, who would watch it!

Smiling to your face but ruthlessly tormenting you behind your back—isn't that usually the job of a villain?
"You're the female lead! You need to be upright and righteous! You also need to show your cuteness and uniqueness as a girl in the details, understand?"

After Shao Qing expressed her discomfort, Gu Lanxi also felt uncomfortable about this matter, and Tian Wei comforted her in this way.

Gu Lanxi felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this.

Especially the final sentence, "Don't ruin Gu Manman's persona, okay?", left her speechless with bitterness. In the end, she could only go home after get off work and mutter to Lu Nanting.

"Do you think I really have that kind of villainous personality?"

Only today did she realize that, in the eyes of outsiders, her style of doing things was exactly what a villain should do.

Lu Nanting had been practicing dance until dark every day recently. When he came back and saw her struggling with this kind of thing, he found her incredibly cute and quickly hugged her and kissed her repeatedly.

"It's just that I resent the bright moon shining only on me and not on them. It's just sour talk. In my eyes, you're the kind of person who is a peerless hero, you know? What do you mean by insidious and vicious? Haven't you heard of 'every man for himself'?"

"How can those be lumped together?"

"Anyway, you're the best person in the world in my eyes!"

"Tsk, go wash up and go to bed! I didn't need to ask you anything."