Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, the Diary of a 95 Flower

Chapter 448 The Old Bystander

Bai Lu sat on the stone steps of the dining area, holding a boxed lunch in her hands, and watched Jiang Yang enter Gu Lina's RV.

I overheard the clothing assistant next to me say, "The food tonight is alright, the chicken drumsticks are well-braised."

Bai Lu smiled and replied, "Yes, the stir-fried winter melon is also very good with rice. I even poured the broth into the rice."

We chatted casually and perfunctorily.

No appetite at all.

Their gaze remained fixed on Gulnazar's RV.

In front of her was a small folding stool she had brought, bought from Hengdian Department Store. She usually sat on it when she had nothing to do, and it could also be used as a place to hold dishes when eating.

I've learned about it over this period of time.

That's how it is on a film set; actors and crew members usually eat wherever they can find a meal.

Just find a stone block or a step and put the food container on it.

There were seats, which were transported with the prop truck, but those were for the main creative team, the director, and the producer to sit on while they ate, and Jiang Yang and Nazha were the same.

It's impossible for everyone to have a table and chairs.

We're not here to relax; eating is supposed to be fast.

Seeing Gu Lina's RV again, it wasn't the first time. Gu Lina's assistant, Xiao Jing, was also guarding the door... Bai Lu stuffed a chicken leg into her mouth, crunching the bone loudly.

"Is Jiang Yang's clothing ready?" Bai Lu asked.

The costume assistant immediately replied, "It's all ready. It's for Mr. Qiushan. Tonight is Mr. Jiang's first scene in the crew. Mr. Jiang's headdress, inner lining, robe, and belt are all new and are hanging over the costume truck."

"I'll deliver it to Jiang Yang in a bit."

"Yes, that's fine. But for Teacher Jiang's makeup and hairstyling, is it really okay if we don't go to the dressing room?"

“No need. Jiang Yang did the makeup and styling for Gulnazar’s recent scenes,” Bai Lu praised. “My boss is an expert in this.”

Actually, she hadn't seen Jiang Yang do her makeup and styling, but she would definitely praise him.

Is my boss really as amazing as Chao Yue claims?
Really want to know.

Keep your curses to yourself... It's been half an hour! Jiang Yang still hasn't gotten off Gulinaza's RV.

Talking about acting?

What a load of rubbish!
This matter also transcends faith.

She messaged Yang Chaoyue: "Chaoyue, where are you?"
Yang Chaoyue replied: ["At the hotel, practicing my lines. My scene is coming up soon."]
Bai Lu typed: [“Hurry up and get to the set.”]
[“What the hell? I don’t have time to play. This is my first big-budget film and television production, and I have so many scenes.”] Yang Chaoyue replied.

Bai Lu sent a message: [“Jiang Yang has boarded Nazha’s RV, it’s been half an hour.”]
Yang Chaoyue replied: ["It's normal. Brother Yang is giving Nazha acting instructions. Tonight is Nazha's last scene, right? Nazha is leaving soon, and I'm a little sad to see her go. She's really hardworking, and she even asked me for advice on her lines."]
Bai Lu stared in a daze.

Why is Chaoyue praising Nazha?

Does Chaoyue really not understand what she means at all?

Yang Chaoyue sent another message: ["Nazha has recently signed an endorsement deal with Han Shu's Mega Hydrating series. It's a concept TV commercial called 'So Good It's Misunderstood.' These details can't be made public yet. Nazha showed it to me yesterday, and she's so beautiful. Bai Lu, keep it up! Let's work hard together with Yang Ge, and maybe we can endorse something like this in the future."]
Bai Lu grimaced at the sight.

There's a feeling of disappointment and frustration.

Chaoyue spends every day practicing her lines, pondering the character's emotions, and visiting the film set in advance to familiarize herself with the plot she's going to film. All her thoughts are focused on the character Mo Yu in the upcoming drama "Fighter of the Destiny".

He always talks about Brother Yang.

Your brother Yang has been completely charmed by Nazha, and you still praise Nazha for being beautiful.

on the RV.

Jiang Yang lifted Gulnazar's inner lining, covered her mouth with his palm, and kissed her lips.

The two leaned back on the sofa, and Jiang Yang asked softly, "Nazha, it's the last scene. Do you know what the key points of your scene are?"

“I know, this is a scene between you and me. You will die in my arms. I play Xu Yourong, so I can’t wail and cry. The image of the saintess can’t be ruined. I have to let the audience feel Xu Yourong’s pain through micro-expressions and small movements.”

You can feel Nazha's progress.

During this period, I frequently gave Nazha acting advice, and it paid off.

"Yes, Nazha, you understand the character of Xu Yourong."

"I only recently truly felt the charm of the role. In the past, when I played a role, I would just laugh or cry as I was. I could act both laughter and tears, but the audience still couldn't connect with the character."

Gulnazar murmured, "Now I realize that children's laughter and tears are pure. After experiencing society, many people feel sad when they laugh and happy when they cry. Only by acting out these emotions can the audience feel more connected to the story."

"Also, it's not clear whether Xu Yourong hates or loves Qiushan Jun in the performance. It's up to the audience to interpret it themselves. It would be even better if they could argue, which would increase the show's popularity. However, we two need to act it out well in a bit." She suddenly asked, "Jiang Yang, have you ever played any really bad roles before?"

"I haven't played many roles in total."

"I almost forgot, you're a pervert."

There was a snap.

Jiang Yang slapped Gulnazar's shapely buttocks hard.

I heard Gulnazar give a soft hum.

More than once people have called him a pervert. I know it's a compliment, but the word still feels off to me.

It's just that it has a system, why call it abnormal?

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the RV door.

Their conversation was interrupted when they heard Bai Lu calling from outside: "Jiang Yang, Sister Nazha."

Jiang Yang knew exactly why Bai Lu was coming at this time.

He let go of Nazha, who was being held by him.

Gulnazar immediately sat back down on the sofa opposite Jiang Yang.

She quickly tied the belt, touched the headdress to make sure it was neat, smoothed out the wrinkles that had just been pulled out of the skirt, and then opened the door. She saw Bai Lu outside wearing overalls and a simple white T-shirt.

Xiao Jing, who was standing to the side, gave Gulnazar an awkward smile.

She understood.

I originally wanted to stop her, but it wasn't convenient because Bai Lu is Jiang Yang's assistant.

Gulnazar gently shook her head at Xiao Jing to indicate that everything was alright. She then smiled at Bai Lu and said, "Bai Lu, what did you learn on set today? Would you like to come up and sit for a while?"

Bai Lu did not answer Nazha's question.

Instead, she exclaimed in amazement, "Sister Nazha, you look so beautiful in this outfit! You're practically Xu Yourong herself!"

Jiang Yang inside rolled his eyes.

To be honest, Bailu didn't suffer any real beatings in society for many years.

Bai Lu is a master of playing both sides – saying one thing to people and doing another behind their backs.

He has a natural talent for this.

Bai Lu continued, "Once you've learned how to write the flying page, you can't upload it anymore. My boss still has to give you acting instructions. Um, I just came to tell my boss..."

As she spoke, Bai Lu, holding onto the door frame, stepped onto the RV's steps.

Peeking inside, they strained their noses to sniff.

I didn't smell anything particularly unusual.

It doesn't have the oily smell of rubber products.

She saw Jiang Yang glancing at her with a sidelong glance, looking impatient.

Bai Lu exchanged a glance with Jiang Yang, then glanced at the sofa in the RV.

Bai Lu noticed a small dent that hadn't fully healed, and her lips twitched.

Hearing Jiang Yang urge her, "What do you want to tell me? Hurry up, I'm busy with important matters."

Doing business?
Is this even a proper task?
Is this something important for Guri?

Bai Lu, her fingers gripping the straps of her overalls, asked, "Boss, what important business are you doing?"

Jiang Yang spoke frankly: "When I was giving Nazha acting instructions, I just talked to her about how, in the last scene, my character Qiushan Jun has to die in Xu Yourong's arms, and Xu Yourong's grief cannot be directly expressed outwardly."

"Yes Yes."

Gulina replied, "Jiang Yang was just talking to me about this."

Is this all we're going to talk about?
Nothing else?
Bai Lu knew she couldn't reveal this, or she'd be in big trouble: "Jiang Yang, the costume designer has already chosen your outfit for Qiu Shan Jun's scenes. They asked me to let you know." "Okay." Jiang Yang nodded, gave Bai Lu a look, and signaled her to leave.

Bai Lu pretended not to understand.

After a few seconds of silence in the car, she chuckled awkwardly, "Then, Sister Nazha, you guys chat, you guys chat, I won't interrupt..."

I realized I almost blurted out what was on my mind.

Bai Lu quickly changed her mind: "I won't bother you any longer."

After getting out of Gulnazar's RV, Bai Lu smiled at Xiao Jing and walked towards the clothing truck.

Another group of extras, finishing their work, walked towards us.

The man had sideburns glued to his head, wore a hat, and was dressed in a servant's uniform.

The woman was wearing a thick robe.

They had all changed into their costumes and were heading to the night theater.

One of the girls had previously taken on extra roles in "Fighter of the Destiny" and knew that Bai Lu was Jiang Yang's assistant. She had chatted with Bai Lu and waved vigorously at her, calling out, "Sister Lu!"

Bai Lu smiled at the other person and said, "It's just the right time to put out the food, hurry up, there's still more than half a bucket of mung bean smoothie left!"

"Good good."

The actors put their backpacks and chairs down at the foot of the city wall and ran towards the dining area.

First, have a bowl of mung bean smoothie, then get your boxed lunch, and then eat in the rest area with your backpack.

Especially the mung bean smoothie. The moment this stuff appears on set, it's like it's been filtered and looks incredibly delicious. If you go too late, it's gone. Anyone who's worked in this industry knows what I mean.

He took out his phone and texted Yang Chaoyue: "[Chaoyue, are you here yet?]"
"Give me a hammer."
"Still practicing your lines?"
"I'm tired of practicing, so I'm playing King of Glory and researching Arthur's lifesteal items."
Would rather play King of Glory than come to the film set?
Your boss is getting his head sucked by Gulnazar, and you're still researching Arthur's blood-sucking?

Bai Lu typed out a few words heavily: ["Your house was robbed."]
A minute later, I received a reply from Yang Chaoyue: ["My base almost got robbed just now. I was busy pushing the lane. Luckily, they reminded me to recall in time. Let's duo queue sometime. I'm a pro at Arthur."]
Bai Lu stopped replying by typing.

He cursed, "Stupid Chaoyue!"

Bai Lu turned around and saw Gulina's personal assistant, Xiao Jing, standing guard at the door of the RV.

The car windows have privacy film, and the windshield is also covered, so you can't see inside.

She cursed again: "Saucy Nazha."

He added, "Dog boss!"

Just as my desire to strive for success was ignited, I discovered that I had signed with a lousy company full of problems.

I've read online that being a celebrity's assistant can demystify the celebrity, and it seems that's true.

The boss has no bottom line.

After sleeping with Ruonan, I slept with Nazha.

He slept with people working at the company, and then he slept with people living outside the company.

The halo is gone.

He's a terrible person.

After glancing at the five million yuan termination fee, Bai Lu obediently walked towards the clothing truck to collect the clothes for Jiang Yang.

I really don't know what it is about Jiang Yang that makes Ruonan so devoted to him, especially since Ruonan is so naive.

The same applies to "super leap," which can be understood as "super leaping stupidity."

Where is Nazha?
Why would she hook up with Jiang Yang? There are plenty of handsome men in the entertainment industry besides Jiang Yang. Zhang Han is also very handsome, and Zhang Han's achievements are even greater than Jiang Yang's... Could it be that Nazha broke up with Zhang Han a few days ago because of Jiang Yang?
Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

Is Nazha serious?

People who come into contact with Jiang Yang are all acting strangely. What are they after?

He opened the bag slung across his shoulder; inside was a stack of banknotes.

Five thousand yuan.

I just received my salary.

I touched it and felt comforted.

There were some loose change next to it, which were the kickbacks from buying things for Jiang Yang these past few days.

"Anyway, I will definitely stay true to my original aspirations and will not be influenced by Jiang Yang. I will learn if I have the opportunity, and I will take advantage of any opportunity to make a little money. I must seize the opportunity to learn, and don't even think about making me spend a single penny."

They retrieved Jiang Yang's clothing from the clothing truck.

Unlike other extras, they were packaged in plastic and did not need to be registered.

Jiang Yang only wore this outfit once; he wore other outfits for his subsequent scenes.

And it doesn't need to be returned.

The rules that Bai Lu only recently learned.

Ordinary actors are required to return their costumes after each shoot, but famous actors are not; they can take them with them.

Because if they don't take them with them, the production crew will sell them to fans at high prices, especially the water suits worn by the celebrities, which sell for the highest price.

Those that still smell of the original sweat of celebrities can even sell for hundreds of thousands of yuan.

I wonder what it will be used for.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, and because this happens frequently, famous actors will take the costumes they've worn during filming with them.

To the outside world, they said it was to commemorate the play.

After collecting the costumes, I was about to turn on my phone's flashlight and walk towards the dark city gate when I heard a female extra dressed as a maid making a phone call in a corner.

The empty city gate echoed.

It's quiet around here.

The girl's words seemed to be amplified, and Bai Lu heard them clearly: "Mom, I wasn't finished speaking, why did you hang up?"

Is there some juicy gossip to be had?
Bai Lu swipes her thumb to lock the screen, then twists her wrist and slips the phone into her overalls pocket—a smooth, effortless motion, typical of a seasoned gossipmonger.

I walked over quietly.

He heard the girl's voice from her phone speaker: "Your Uncle Zhao is here. What's wrong? I'm not available right now."

Bai Lu raised her eyebrows.

It feels a bit melodramatic.

The girl hesitated for a few seconds, then mumbled, "I'll cook it."

"What?"

"I'm out of living expenses."

She hesitated and said, "Could you transfer me a few hundred yuan? I have no money for food."

Bai Lu was stunned.

Realizing that the girl was asking her mother for living expenses, her lips drooped.

I looked closely at the girl.

There was no light source outside the city gate, but the lanterns hanging inside the gate were lit.