I'm a Transmigrated Woman Who Is the CEO's Arranged Bride

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early morning.

As darkness fell, the film crew set off into the mountains in their vehicles.

The hotel is booked here, but the filming location is a bit far away.

Director Taiga wanted to capture the authentic feel of an ancient village, so he couldn't film a movie set in that era. As a result, there were various continuity errors, such as overhead wires, roadside gadgets, and cars.

This village is beautiful and pristine. If it were more easily accessible, the venomous snakes that were brought in as a tourist hotspot would have nowhere to stay.

Although everyone had a flight yesterday and had to get up early today, it was tough.

But when the car arrived at the village, it was still a pleasant surprise.

When we arrived, dawn was just breaking, and the world seemed to be just waking up. At the end of the cliffs, the winding path revealed signs of human habitation. The dew on the grass and trees was crystal clear, the sunlight was lifelike, and wisps of smoke rose from distant chimneys, with echoes of dogs barking.

Seeing this scenery inexplicably lifted my spirits.

The three main characters in the play.

Shen Yue has an assistant named Xiao Fu.

Chen Zijin is all alone, a complete newcomer.

Ren Jinyu has a motorhome, an assistant, a driver, a bodyguard, and a tutor.

He brought four people with him.

Actually, it's not too bad. Considering his status, he's not considered ostentatious. Xia Xiao always brings six people with him when he goes to the film set, and sometimes, in more extreme cases, he brings dozens of people.

The director didn't let them get to know each other, but he made them get to know each other separately for a long time.

Shen Yue had a late-night snack with the director, and Xiao Fu was there too.

Xiao Fu initially thought that Deputy Director Xiao's suggestion of taking digestive aids was unnecessary, but after Miss Shen ate a lot for her late-night snack, she felt it was quite necessary. The leadership was indeed more thoughtful and considerate than she was.

After talking with Miss Shen, Director Dahe understood: what a joke, Miss Shen really can't act.

  

It's too late for him to back out now. Miss Shen's temperament and feeling are exactly the same as the Xiu Xiu he wants. She's especially charismatic. The director was so worried that he couldn't even finish his late-night snack, which Shen Yue ate all of. The director was relieved. Xiu Xiu also has a big appetite...

Fortunately, Chen Zijin graduated from the drama academy. His character is the child of a high-ranking official's family who suffers a family tragedy. His elders are beaten to death in front of him. As the tide of the times rolls in, he is transported from train to car to ox-drawn cart to this deep mountain. Once he gets here, he no longer wants to live and plans to die in this mountain.

Ren Jinyu plays a factory worker's son who responds to the country's call to go to the countryside to build the motherland. He is enthusiastic, energetic, and full of hope for the future, but he never expected to be sent to such a remote mountain village, where he has to endure the same routine day after day.

Two young men from very different family backgrounds came here and met Xiuxiu, a girl who was born and raised in the mountains and had never left.

Both of them are skilled actors, and Director Taiga breathed a sigh of relief.

The acting part can only be left to these two.

The director didn't make Shen Yue memorize her lines; instead, he had her forget them and guided her through them with the help of the two male leads.

Her honest answer is fine.

In other words, director Taiga's unconventional approach to casting would probably infuriate other directors.

Of course, Shen Yue also has a particularly good side. She is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, she works hard and goes to the fields. Even in heavy rain, she gets soaked and is not delicate at all.

The requirements for Shen Qiyi were very simple. They didn't even give her a script; they just told her what to do when filming started.

Shen Qiyi went to the remote mountains of Southwest China to film a movie.

Xia Xiao has finally finished filming here.

The film crew was overjoyed.

Everyone knows that the junior sister is rich; she booked the most luxurious five-star hotel to treat the entire crew to dinner.

Press releases were flying everywhere, with directors and actors alike praising her performance with tears in their eyes.

As usual, those who praise Xia Xiao are criticized by those who criticize Shen Qiyi. Xia Xiao's fans are very strict in taking sides, especially after the story of "Ueno" was revealed. They all laughed and said that Director Dahe must have made a mistake this time.

To cast a rich heiress as the naive, unsophisticated, and rural heroine is a recipe for disaster for director Taiga.

Director Dahe has shut down his internet access, and the network is poor in the deep mountains; there is no signal in many places.

Of course, even if I knew, I didn't care and just took the picture.

They're slandering you because they're betting you'll fail, so you need to win even more!

Shen Yue felt nothing. She practiced the Bear Tiger Vajra Body Forging Technique in the mountains and felt that the effect was twice as good as in the city. Her weak body gradually improved and she was more able to adapt to the environment. The mortality rate from falling from the plane dropped from 99% to 92%.

She follows the director's instructions every day, doing her work and eating her meals as instructed.

Occasionally, a couple of useless accomplices would come to help, but they only made things worse.

Shen Yue is a very hardworking person who can easily blend in with the villagers without leaving a trace.

The villagers had no idea who Miss Shen was, or who Shen Qiyi was. They just admired the girl. She came from a big city and was more hardworking than them. She was efficient and never slacked off.

They even encountered snakes in the fields while filming.

Ren Jinyu was so frightened that her face turned pale and her body stiffened. Shen Yue easily grabbed the snake, curled it up, and threw it into the mountains.

"Don't be afraid, that one wasn't poisonous."

Ren Jinyu broke out in a cold sweat.

His face turned deathly pale: "How...how am I supposed to tell if I caught a snake or an eel?"

"You can only catch snakes, because eels are too slippery to catch," Shen Yue said with a smile.

Ren Jinyu trembled... wanting to leave this place o(╥﹏╥)o.

In the story, both boys fall in love with Xiuxiu.

Chen Zijin had no hope for the future and was worried that his family would implicate others. He had come with the intention of committing suicide, but when the girl who came to wake him up the next day was as beautiful as a mountain spirit, he thought he was already dead.

He fell in love with Xiuxiu, but he didn't dare to confess.

Ren Jinyu's character in the drama is cheerful and lively. She takes the initiative to say that she likes Xiuxiu and asks Chen Zijin to help her.

In reality, Ren Jinyu was a carefree young man. He found it boring and didn't initially have a deep affection for Xiuxiu. Instead, he spoke up first based on Chen Zijin's attitude.

Two young people depend on each other for survival in these mountains, feeling lost about the future and about the present.

Xiuxiu is like an elf, making them fall in love with this mountain day by day.

He also fell deeply in love with this girl.

Ultimately, however, they had to leave.

Ren Jinyu received a recommendation for admission to the Workers-Peasants-Soldiers University thanks to her excellent social skills and safe family background.

He was happy and confident, and told Xiuxiu that he would come to pick her up as soon as he was settled.

Xiuxiu just smiled.

However, a mudslide occurred the night before he was to leave. Ren Jinyu was swept away while trying to save Chen Zijin. As he was being swept away, he shouted to Chen Zijin that he did not love Xiuxiu. He was only jealous of him, which was why he said he liked Xiuxiu first. He asked Chen Zijin to take good care of Xiuxiu, as he knew that Chen Zijin liked Xiuxiu.

Later, Ren Jinyu died, and her university spot was given to someone else.

Chen Zijin also left the mountains and Xiuxiu. He loved Xiuxiu deeply, but he knew that Ren Jinyu also loved Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu had always loved Ren Jinyu. He didn't know what the future held, and it might be even worse than before. He didn't dare to take Xiuxiu with him.

He embarked on his long journey home alone.

He left behind the best years of his life, along with those of Ren Jinyu and Xiuxiu.

Chen Zijin's family was exonerated, but he went insane. While he was in a mental hospital, someone came to visit him. A girl stood outside his ward; she was fresh and pretty and said to him, "You promised to come see me, but you didn't, so I came instead."

Chen Zijin burst into tears.

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The story as a whole is not particularly joyful.

The core of tragedy.

But every scene is beautiful.

Shen Yue can't act; she's just being herself.

It was all thanks to Chen Zijin and Ren Jinyu getting into character.

Shen Yue possesses a rugged beauty, truly like a mountain spirit—pure and unpretentious.

Chen Zijin and Ren Jinyu often have trouble distinguishing between Xiuxiu and Shen Qiyi when filming.

Their complex emotional entanglements include jealousy, self-sacrifice, loyalty, relief, regret, sorrow, guilt, love, and unrequited love.

Director Taiga's cinematography is truly amazing; every frame is worthy of being a screensaver.

He perfectly captured Xiuxiu's natural, spontaneous spirit.

So beautiful.

People initially thought Shen Qiyi was beautiful, but what impressed them most was her carefree and unrestrained nature as a young lady. Her beauty was androgynous, with her temperament being more important than her appearance.

However, in director Dahe's lens, Xiuxiu's every smile, frown, eyebrow, and movement is genuine, pure, and undeniably beautiful.

In the future, Shen Qiyi may be criticized for anything else, but she must never be criticized for not being beautiful.

Human aesthetics are universal.

Director Taiga captured the most beautiful and exquisite side of a person in the film.

Sometimes after filming, Shen Yue would glance at the director's camera and think, "Holy crap, is that me?" She was ten times prettier than the Fa Xiu she remembered.

No wonder the director made so much money; he's got some skills.

The combination of light and shadow in the shot left Shen Yue bewildered.

What's most impressive is that director Dahe truly captured Xiuxiu's fearless, naive, and innocent nature.

In the end, it was never revealed who Xiuxiu truly loved.

That mountain spirit, with a sly smile.

Free-spirited and unrestrained, handsome when you want to be handsome, beautiful when you want to be beautiful.

This is a tragedy born from the torrent of an era, a tear of the times. The tears, falling onto the dust, have become gems.

Filming was arduous, almost a round-the-clock operation. Because of the large group of people, every extra day of delay meant a significant amount of extra money, especially for the mudslide scene, which was prone to bad weather. Also, the actors' emotions were crucial; it was difficult to portray them outside of the filming context. Therefore, the director focused on filming all the key shots he wanted in one go.

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They spent their days and nights together in the remote mountains where there were no outsiders.

The two male leads have some emotional ties.

It's just the opposite of what's shown in the drama.

When Ren Jinyu was out of character, he was too shy to speak, and he couldn't help but stare blankly at Miss Shen.

After the play ended, Chen Zijin became more talkative and always liked to chat with Miss Shen.

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Shen Yue's scenes here have finally wrapped up filming.

There was a small explanatory interview session.

The reporter interviewed a group of people to get their impressions of Miss Shen.

The director said: "Shen Yue is the most unique actress I've ever seen." (His expression was indescribable.)

(Audience: The director praised Shen Qiyi as the most special, so he must value him highly.)

Ren Jinyu, with a handsome face and slightly reddened ears: She's fine.

Chen Zijin, her eyes filled with melancholy and despair: I love her, but she doesn't love me.

The reporter concluded by asking Shen Yue what she felt about making movies.

Shen Yue said enthusiastically: It was fun, but I don't want to play it anymore.

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