"My suggestion is to see what Lin Xuefei chooses."
Even though Jiang Lingxi just said this one sentence, Wei Minmin immediately understood and nodded, "I get it now, this is indeed the method that has the least impact on the crew."
The two assistants following them closely, trying to help while keeping their ears and eyes open: "..."
What choice, what understanding? Why do they feel completely lost when they hear it?
Is the gap between brains really this wide?
However, despite having many questions in their hearts, the two didn’t ask them aloud.
This is no longer something that small assistants can be curious about; for those words just spoken, they need to do only four words: keep it secret.
Jiang Lingxi was no longer concerned about how Wei Minmin spoke to Wei Xiao. The world is not short of intelligent people, and Director Wei naturally wouldn’t be foolish. Moreover, since this crew has taken a lot of his effort, he wouldn’t let it be destroyed just like that.
She just needs to make sure everything is handled appropriately and focus on waiting for the crew to start rolling.
The next day was the day for shooting costume photos for all roles in the crew except the main actors. Originally, these small roles wouldn’t have costume photos, but one, the director requested it, and two, it’s a historical drama, so naturally, it’s more rigorous.
This had nothing to do with Jiang Lingxi, so she just stayed in the hotel reading the script. Lu Zhengzheng arranged all three meals, making her stay very comfortable.
However, Wei Minmin, who was staying next door, knocked on her room door in the mid-morning, holding the script in a serious manner. As soon as she entered, she said, "Sister Lingxi, I came to discuss the script with you. Is it convenient?"
Jiang Lingxi glanced up at her, patted the space beside her, and gestured with her chin towards the phone on the coffee table, "Whether convenient or not, you already came anyway."
"Hehehe," Wei Minmin sat down unceremoniously, grabbing a grape that Lu Zhengzheng had just washed and brought over, sneaking a look at the script spread on Jiang Lingxi’s lap, "I’m mainly a bit bored, can’t find common ground with Opposite’s Actress and Lin Xuefei, so I can only come to disturb you, Sister Lingxi. Hmm, is this an annotation?" Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel⁂fire.net
She just wanted to see which page Jiang Lingxi was on, but before seeing the page number, she noticed that several sections on the open page had quite a few words written on them.
Jiang Lingxi nodded, "Sort of."
"Um, may I take a look?"
Jiang Lingxi was about to go to the bathroom, so she handed her script over.
There’s nothing in the annotations that can’t be seen, since during the script reading session, she would bring them up anyway.
But when she came out of the bathroom, she saw Wei Minmin looking at her with a complex and shocked expression.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Wei Minmin opened her mouth, struggling to regain her voice, "Sister Lingxi, if your script gets seen by my uncle, he probably won’t be able to sleep tonight."
As for why he can’t sleep, naturally, it’s because he would want to see how the script he painstakingly completed, which he thought was flawless, was found to have so many either overlooked or amendable areas.
When she first read the script, she didn’t find anything bad about it. She refused other work just to perform in this one. One reason was purely because of her admiration for the ancestor Wei Fuying, and the second was because this script was much better than those so-called historical dramas that are actually about love affairs.
But after seeing Jiang Lingxi’s annotations, upon careful consideration, she was shocked to realize that if the script were revised based on these annotations, it would be more reasonable both in certain plots and as a whole.
"Sister Lingxi, I think my uncle should add your name to the scriptwriter column."
She swore she meant that sincerely.
"Let’s talk after I finish reviewing it."
Wei Minmin looked at the script back in its owner’s hands, thinking about the frequency of almost every page having at least one annotation, and imagined once the whole script is reviewed...
She looked down at her own script, where she had only marked Wei Fuying’s lines, and decided to put down her highlighter for now.
Who knows, the script might undergo significant changes after the script reading, and everyone will have new scripts at that point.
"I originally planned to go over lines with you," she mumbled quietly, "but now it seems that’s not necessary. Annotating is more important for you, Sister Lingxi."
So the original session of going over lines turned into the two of them sitting side by side eating fruit and reading their scripts.
Let’s not talk about how Wei Xiao got a subtly pitying glance from his elder niece after meeting her again; he’s currently troubled by the matter Wei Minmin brought to him last night.
He hasn’t even figured out how to communicate with Lin Xuefei when a commotion arose from the makeup room, so loud he could hear it while standing in the yard.
Instantly frowning, he called out, "What’s going on?"
The person beside him quickly ran over to find out and came back, "It’s from the group of palace maids over the allocation of jewelry and costumes."
As it’s a historical drama, with scenes involving the royal court and harem, there are quite a few actors playing palace maids, divided into Group One and Group Two.
Comparatively, Group One has slightly more scenes. Although most of them still serve as background, they have more chances to appear on camera and some lines. Group Two has much fewer, mostly just serving as a quiet backdrop.
Now, Group Two’s dressing room is quietly busy, while Group One is in an uproar.
After hearing this, Wei Xiao’s face turned dark, and he headed straight towards the dressing room of Palace Maid Group One.
Even before reaching the door, the voices inside became clear.
A woman’s voice rang out righteously, "Qing Yuan is the Emperor Yuan Zhao’s most capable palace maid. If not for her status, it wouldn’t be impossible for this role to be a main actor. How can her headwear be inferior to other palace maids, and the costume, the color is too outdated, there must be a mistake! I demand a recheck."
Then came a somewhat awkward voice, "I’ve already cross-checked with both the dressing and costume groups, it’s confirmed there’s no mistake, Qing Yuan’s jewelry and costume are indeed ."
"Are you sure that such an outdated color isn’t meant for some elderly matron’s role?"
Hearing this, Wei Xiao understood.
Each role in the drama, even those with only one line, was thoroughly studied with the invited consultants. The makeup and costumes were decided only after careful examination with the makeup and styling teams.
Also, the crew members are ones he’s used to working with; they wouldn’t make such simple mistakes.
The words he heard represent someone’s dissatisfaction and questioning of his decided choices.
Thinking of this, he continued walking forward.
He wanted to see who dared to challenge him and the crew so boldly.