Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 192 It Gets Better and Better
After spending five days securing the premiere of "The Lobster" and pre-recording some promotional programs for "The World's Finest".

Back on set, Lu Jiang and Dong Xuan resumed filming "The Story of a Noble Family".

Filming in the sweltering summer heat is a test for everyone. Experienced crews will rush to film outdoor scenes in the early morning and late afternoon, which means that the entire crew's work rhythm and the actors' rest schedules will change drastically.

For Dong Xuan, this meant less fun.

The previously well-coordinated bedtime uniform show, which took place every three days, is no longer happening.

There are still three sets of uniforms in my suitcase that I haven't used yet.

Originally, I was planning to tease Lu Jiang to the point where he couldn't resist and took the initiative to pounce on me within these three sets.

It now seems that this plan is likely to be a long way off.

Fortunately, "The Story of a Noble Family" has only been filming for two months so far, and there are still at least two more months to go.

There are still plenty of opportunities in 60 nights!
In addition, having the game paused these days isn't all bad.

Dong Xuan felt that focusing on the role all day these past few days had given her a deeper understanding of Leng Qingqiu.

It just so happens that this period coincides with the time when Leng Qingqiu's attitude towards Jin Yanxi is changing.

From indifference to gradually getting closer to Jin Yanxi.

To put it simply, it's the process of being pursued and won over by Jin Yanxi step by step.

During this period, Dong Xuan needed to delicately portray the gradual changes in Leng Qingqiu's emotions.

If it's like before, when filming during the day, you're thinking about what will happen at night, and when you go to sleep at night, you're thinking about the next time.

If she continues like that, she's bound to botch her portrayal of Leng Qingqiu at this stage!
Lu Jiang said that Leng Qingqiu is his favorite character!
If he really messes up the performance, he can forget about fantasizing about Lu Jiangsheng pounce on him in the future; he might even have to put himself on the sidelines!
Therefore, after shedding her "desires," Dong Xuan devoted herself even more to studying her role in the days that followed.

Little did she know that the more she acted this way, the more she would fall into Lu Jiang's trap.
Over the next few days, due to prop preparation, the crew will recreate all the romantic scenes of Jin Yanxi pursuing Leng Qingqiu in one go.

What constitutes a romantic masterpiece?

That was a famous scene of the playboy Jin Yanxi picking up girls.

Jin Yanxi pursued Leng Qingqiu and accomplished several major feats.

After meeting Leng Qingqiu and using his connections to learn about her, Jin Yanxi rented the courtyard next to Leng Qingqiu's house and approached her under the guise of "starting a poetry club." He invited literary figures and scholars to create an elegant atmosphere and attract Leng Qingqiu to participate.

After becoming neighbors, in order to further shorten the distance, he took the initiative to serve as a substitute teacher at Leng Qingqiu's school, creating opportunities for daily contact.

After they became ordinary friends, he continued to give her gifts such as books and clothing that suited Leng Qingqiu's tastes, gradually softening her guard.

He then overcame the emotional barriers. For example, when Leng Qingqiu rejected Jin Yanxi by saying "grapevines don't produce lilies" to express the difference in their social status, Jin Yanxi immediately covered the grapevines with lilies overnight, breaking her doubts with his actions.

To further solidify their relationship, Jin Yanxi meticulously planned a date in a sunflower field. The two lay in the sunflower field and talked about their ideals. Jin Yanxi promised to take Leng Qingqiu to France, England, and the United States to pursue a master's and doctoral degree, which ultimately made their relationship heat up completely.

But that's not all. The character who truly won Leng Qingqiu's heart in the drama...

The scene is the famous moment when Jin Yanxi publicly hung up an English banner that read "I LOVE YOU" at the school.

At this point, Leng Qingqiu was completely captivated.
Lilies bloomed again overnight, sunflower fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and banners were hung up once more.

Such a scene would be incredibly damaging even in 02, let alone during the Republic of China era, provided that there is a certain emotional foundation between the parties involved and that the relationship cannot be forced.

So the girls in the crew were initially quite looking forward to these romantic scenes, eager to witness how romantic they would be on set.

But the ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

During the actual filming, there was no romance whatsoever; it was all suffering.

It's hot, the sun is scorching, and to make matters worse, mosquitoes, bees, and even venomous snakes keep popping up – it's terrifying!

This is still the situation that occurred on site.

Besides that, there's another hurdle in everyone's minds. Everyone has read the script and the original novel.

Everyone knows that Jin Yanxi is a scumbag, and the current "romance" is actually foreshadowing the tragedy to come.

With such a God's-eye view, even the most romantic scene probably wouldn't be romantic anymore.

It is precisely because Lu Jiang and Dong Xuan possess such outstanding professional skills that the scenes in the footage become so beautiful.

"Mom, look at their eyes, their expressions, aren't they spot on?"

Li Dawei kept praising the monitor.

In the scene, Lu Jiang and Dong Xuan lie on a sunflower-shaped bed, gazing lovingly at each other.

What a perfect couple!

Liu Guoquan nodded in agreement: "Not bad, give Huanhuan more close-ups. This girl, Huanhuan, is really getting better and better at acting. Not bad at all."

Liu Guoquan kept praising her, but little did she know that Dong Xuan was already completely immersed in the role and couldn't stop herself from acting.

If we don't yell "cut" soon, she'll probably pounce on us in the next second.

Fortunately, the "click" sound rang out in time, and the desire was instantly suppressed, but Dong Xuan knew that this was only temporary.

Filming has wrapped up. Since today's scenes were scheduled for the afternoon, we don't have to rush to film night scenes as usual.

Not having to rush to film night scenes means there's plenty of time to continue playing with uniforms.

But Dong Xuan stubbornly endured it.

Because she realized that if she continued playing like this, something really bad would happen!

To be honest, I did have the urge to kill Lu Jiang before.

The impulse is only strong when there's delicious food in front of you and you're not particularly hungry, so you can resist eating it.

But now, as the on-screen romance deepens, Lu Jiang is becoming more and more like a drug to her.

She knew that once she got hooked, it would be hard to quit, because it wasn't just a simple psychological addiction, but a physiological one.

The act of pouncing and being pouncing are completely different in nature.

So Dong Xuan gritted her teeth and decided to stop there, determined never to do anything that crossed the line again.

But as the saying goes, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

That night, Dong Xuan tossed and turned in bed for half the night before finally falling asleep. After finally getting through it, the next day, facing the two giant red banners that had been prepared, Dong Xuan felt like an old smoker who had only quit smoking for two days had suddenly been given a cigarette, and her whole body started to itch again.

"Wow, I LOVE YOU, how romantic! If my boyfriend apologized to me like that in real life, I would forgive him even if he treated me badly during my postpartum period!"

"You're too easy to coax. Postpartum confinement is a serious offense, and I definitely wouldn't forgive you if it were me. But you're okay with other things."

"It's a pity the protagonist is Jin Yanxi; it would have been so much better if it were some other good man."

"Just treat him like Lu Jiang, okay? If Lu Jiang treated me like this in real life, I would have died right here today!"

"Ugh, how shameless! Lu Jiang would never even look at you."

The student extras on set were having all sorts of discussions, and then they started looking forward to Lu Jiang and Dong Xuan's performance later.

Everyone here works part-time as an extra, and many are even fans of Lu Jiang. Today is the only time they can openly watch Lu Jiang's performance, so they cherish this opportunity to see their idol act live.

What many people don't know is that Dong Xuan was actually quite reluctant to take on the role at that time.

(End of this chapter)