Everyone in the production crew initially thought that when Wen Lai met Ran Xueyi, he would show some arrogance in his bones and try to do some tricks on her to avenge his Junior Sister, Gu Jiao, who was signed under the same company as him.
However, Wen Lai's attitude towards her, or more precisely, his actions and words wasn't in everyone's expectation. Rather, he was extremely friendly with everyone and treated everyone well. Even Ran Xueyi, who at first thought that he would be at least friendly with her on the surface but holding an evil mind in his heart, didn't think that she would become closely acquainted with Wen Lai.
No matter if it was his acting or he was genuine in his actions, Ran Xueyi didn't care. For as long as the filming was done properly and finished on time, she doesn't have any opinion behind his character.
Director Qing, the director who replaced Director Zheng, tapped the script against his palms and explained, "Xie Qing, as the main protagonist, you have a mysterious character that not many could understand. Most of the people around you are scared of you. However, you also have this playfulness unique to you. As the actor playing his role, Wen Lai, I want you to show me that kind of contradicting personality."
Wen Lai listened very seriously to what Director Qing was telling him. "Don't worry, Director Qing. I will perfect my character as soon as possible!"
As an actor, perfecting the assimilation of yourself to a character wasn't easy. Rather, it was too difficult that it was very rare for an artist to be empathetic towards their character and lose themselves in the character.
Wen Lai wanted this talent of being able to have a certain amount of affinity with his characters. However, even in these years of being an actor, he still couldn't do it. He could only do his best to follow the script and also show appropriate expressions and emotions in front of the camera.
Director Qing was pleased with his response and turned his head to look at Zhilan. "And you..."
Zhilan froze and awkwardly lifted the corners of her lips. She didn't wait for him to criticize her and said, "I will also do my best!"
However, Director Qing was not satisfied with her words. Instead, he was even more angry.
"Zhilan, you don't have to do your best! Do what you need to do to match everyone's pace! Don't always get caught up in your own world and try to think why your character is like that? Why must you act alongside the group? And how can you avoid getting NG every single time!"
Zhilan lowered her head and was extremely embarrassed, but she had nothing to say to defend herself. It was true that it was her fault that the taping took a bit longer to finish for one scene. This only meant that she wasn't that talented and skilled in acting, and she still has a lot to practice.
Though Director Qing's words were a bit too harsh, Zhilan didn't get angry at him for what he had said about her. She was actually glad that he was willing to guide and scold her so she could grow.
Ran Xueyi glanced at the two and looked at Director Qing with a pair of expectant eyes. Her pupils were shining so bright even without lighting from the crew.
Seeing those eyes, the three, namely, Director Qing, Wen Lai, and Zhilan, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
What kind of star wanted to be scolded and corrected? Didn't they want to be praised and acknowledged for their skill in acting?
But Ran Xueyi was different.
In the past half month that they got acquainted with her, they witnessed her tenacity to deeply know her role. As the female main protagonist, she had more scenes to act and the emotions her character would have to showcase in front of everyone and in front of the lenses of the camera was even more complicated.
However, from time to time, she would always mesmerize them with her acting. It was too perfect. It has a lot of impact, not only to the artists playing opposite her, even the production crew could feel it inside their bodies.
But despite the fact that she was doing very well and there was almost no NG when she's acting in her scenes, Ran Xueyi still expected herself to be scolded and guided by them.
Under her intense and expectant gaze, Director Qing stopped tapping his script and instead reached his hand out with the script in it and softly smacked her head.
"If you stop being so good in your acting, I will be more glad to scold you!" Director Qing didn't directly guide her about her acting but instead complained.
Wen Lai and Zhilan looked at each other with their eyes filled with amusement before laughing together.
"Sister Ran, stop making trouble for Director Qing. He won't scold you even if you beg him." Wen Lai narrowed his eyes at her, but the corners of his lips were upturned.
Zhilan joined in the fun and said, "That's right. Do you know that while you're acting in front of everyone, Director Qing was incessantly wishing that you would make a mistake so he could make an excuse to scold you? I even heard him complain under his breath when you successfully complete your scene without any problem!"
After saying this, she received a smack on her forehead from Director Qing.
Even though he did that, Director Qing did not refute her words at all. It was true that he was hoping she would make a mistake at least once so that he could showcase his directorial skills in front of everyone. But who told Ran Xueyi to be so good that no matter what scene she played, she would be able to do it in one take?
Besides, who could have expected that Ran Xueyi was so good even after six years of being inactive in the acting circle?
Previously, when everyone heard that Ran Xueyi got the main character role at the audition, many of them did not have much expectations from her. After all, she was not able to act in any role and in front of the camera for six long years.
If it were someone else, they would have to work through their acting skills once again like a trainee actor or actress and learn acting from the beginning.
But Ran Xueyi's skill in acting was so monstrous that it was almost scary.
Six years was not even enough to cloud her vision in the acting world. She was still able to perfectly act any character.
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