Song Xijin picked up her phone, got up, and walked out of the office.

On his way home, he sent a message to his assistant, Chen, asking him to rearrange the schedule for next week.

Try to concentrate meetings and important events from Monday to Wednesday, leaving time off on Thursday and Friday.

He was planning to visit Zhejiang Province again sometime.

Last time, Song Xijin endured for a whole month before going to see Lu Yu. Every night, lying on the bed without Lu Yu's scent, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

During the day at the company, I have to force myself to stay alert and deal with endless documents.

This time, only a week had passed, and he felt he couldn't take it anymore.

I want to see him both psychologically and physically.

Lu Yu must have drugged him.

I've only done it three times in total, but it's like I'm addicted and can't live without it.

Two more days passed.

The director sent a notice to all the main actors in the crew a day in advance, saying that a major scene would be filmed the next day.

It can be said to be the most climactic scene in the entire series.

The male protagonist, Ling Yunshu, played by Qiao Zhixi, is about to publicly kill his master, Shen Du, on the Execution Platform.

This scene is the core turning point of the entire drama, exposing all the previous foreshadowing, the tests and undercurrents between master and disciple, and Shen Du's secret of practicing forbidden techniques.

All of this erupts in this one scene.

The scene was large in scale and visuals, and a lot of special effects were added in post-production.

This was also the film with the most extras in the entire production.

The extras playing sect disciples had to stand in a circle around the Zhuxiantai, with hundreds of people stacked up in layers along the arc-shaped steps.

Everyone's position and movements must be rehearsed in advance to ensure there are no mistakes.

Just managing these few hundred extras is enough to keep the assistant director busy all day.

The plot involves Shen Duxian and Ling Yunshu battling in the air, their spiritual energy clashing and their magic unleashed, creating a chaotic and terrifying battle.

Finally, Ling Yunshu, who had obtained many opportunities and whose cultivation level had skyrocketed, destroyed his meridians and destroyed his spiritual root.

Shen Du fell to the ground from the sky, but still supported himself with his sword, kneeling on one knee with his back straight, determined to die rather than regret it.

Even if he did not succeed in his path, he would not regret his actions.

He only regretted that he was too soft-hearted back then and did not kill Ling Yunshu, who would later ruin his path, in his infancy.

This scene demands a great deal from the actors.

For the aerial fight scenes, Director Chen originally wanted Qiao Zhixi to use a stunt double.

After all, his acting skills are somewhat strained even when he's acting on the ground, let alone performing those difficult aerial stunts while suspended on wires.

Even if special effects are added later, some actions are unavoidable.

For example, when doing somersaults in the air, drawing a sword, or fighting Shen Du, the body needs to coordinate with the wires to make various postures.

Of course, stunt doubles are more professional and safer to perform these actions; you can just cut their faces during post-production editing.

But Qiao Zhixi insisted on taking the lead herself today.

He ran up to the director, his attitude unusually enthusiastic.

"Director, I'm all ready. I've been working out and practicing wire work lately, all for this scene."

"Using a stunt double for such a big scene would be easily discovered by netizens. If it gets noticed when the show airs, it will be bad for both me and the reputation of the show."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen showed a rare hint of relief, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Fine, then you can do it yourself."

The fact that a popular young actor is willing to personally perform difficult wire stunts is a great publicity point.

Qiao Zhixi had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Ever since that food truck incident, he felt that the entire crew was laughing at him behind his back.

Even the young men from the props department who were moving things weren't as attentive to him as they used to be.

Ken from the makeup team is well-liked and is Lu Yu's personal stylist. I wonder what he said behind her back.

As a result, his makeup artist stopped initiating conversations when doing his makeup.

Even Fan Siyao, who is usually quite polite to him, only nodded politely and continued to sit next to Lu Yu and read the script.

Qiao Zhixi had endured for so long, maintaining a calm exterior, but the anger inside her was just waiting to be unleashed.

After that day, he kept thinking about it.

Ye Mingqi said that they couldn't afford to offend that person, but that person never appeared again after that.

The last time I visited the set was more than a week ago.

If Mr. Song really cares about Lu Yu that much, why doesn't he ever come to see him?

Those celebrities who are truly supported by wealthy patrons will receive flowers, gifts, and late-night snacks from their patrons, even if the patrons don't visit the set every few days.

They wanted the whole crew to know that this actor was taken.

However, for Lu Yu, the RV was provided by Dong Yanchen, and the assistant was also arranged by Dong Yanchen.

Aside from that one food truck support event, there were no other special treatments.

Perhaps Lu Yu and that person really are just ordinary acquaintances.

The time Song Xijin came to the set and got angry, it was probably just because she was uncomfortable from being in the sun and took it out on herself.

Ye Mingqi was just too nervous and exaggerated the situation.

Regardless, Qiao Zhixi was careful not to retaliate against Lu Yu openly.

The previous food truck incident had already taught him a great lesson.

He had to apologize to Lu Yu in front of the whole group, and Qiao Zhixi still remembers the humiliation of his face turning red.

There's no way to do that during normal filming and rehearsals.

Especially these high-difficulty action scenes and emotional scenes.

Everyone knows his acting skills; even if he didn't act well, it's understandable.

It's normal to not be good at action scenes; it's common for wire work scenes to be reshot more than ten times on set.

No one can blame him for anything.

One of Lu Yu's actions involved being struck in the heart meridian, causing him to fall to the ground from a great height.

The script states that Ling Yunshu struck Shen Du in the chest with a palm strike from a distance, the spiritual energy flowing through his meridians.

Shen Du coughed up blood and fell straight down from a height of more than ten feet above the Execution Platform, landing heavily on the jade ground in the center of the platform.

Despite the assistance of wire work, to ensure a high level of completion and visual appeal, Lu Yu had to actually fall.

It can't be just lightly lowered down by wires.

It needs to be impactful, with the body slamming downwards with inertia, and then being forcefully pulled by the wire just before reaching the ground, creating the visual effect of a heavy fall.

This movement puts a tremendous strain on the legs.

The knees must withstand the impact of the entire body the moment they approach the ground.

Although there is a wire for cushioning, the wire can only ensure that the person is not injured, not make the movement look light and airy.

Lu Yu knew that he had to obediently kneel down and make his knees hit the jade floor; that was the shot the director wanted.

Qiao Zhixi also knew.

He stood at the sidelines, watching the stagehands give the Execution Platform a final cleaning.

Several young female staff members used rags to polish the surface of the jade until it shone brightly.

Since Lu Yu is so dedicated and loves acting so much, he probably wouldn't mind if he acted a few more times.

But those legs that were kneeling on the ground were going to suffer a bit.

Qiao Zhixi's lips curled up slightly, but he quickly suppressed it.

He picked up the script and pretended to read the lines, but his eyes darted from the top of the script to Lu Yu on the sidelines.

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