But of course, an open ending has its benefits. This play is so popular that the production company hopes to plan a sequel!
But that’s just a plan after all. At least, Yu Zexiao had no intention of continuing to act.
However, no matter what, the script revisions did indeed slow down the progress a bit, leaving Director Li anxious and frustrated, but there was nothing he could do. As for Yu Zexiao, he was fuming inside—how could he find the time to roll in the sheets with his wife with such delays?!
As expected, the first day of shooting lasted until one o’clock in the morning. However, even more maddening, was that due to the screenwriter’s revisions, a romantic "watching sunrise" scene was deliberately added.
—A scene where the male and female leads get close under the faint morning light. Although it was indeed very beautiful, to see the sunrise meant that the two had to get up early to film.
Indeed, after that day ended, they were required to get up at three in the morning and be at the gathering point by three-thirty. Applying makeup while waiting to film was enough to drive anyone mad.
But the most infuriating thing was that because of Jiang Xuanqi’s poor performance, this scene didn’t pass even once, missing the sunrise. This meant that at three-thirty the next morning, everyone still had to come together and try again!
This definitely made Jiang Xuanqi the target of collective animosity, especially from Yu Zexiao, who at the moment of her NG, practically wished he could kill her! Director Li was also very unhappy—compared to Yu Zexiao, who was acting for the first time, Jiang Xuanqi had been around the set for five years. How could she be worse than rookie Yu Zexiao when it mattered most?
But everyone has moments of failure, and although Director Li was in a bad mood, after scolding her a few times, he wouldn’t hold it against her too much.
He just hoped that they could finish filming the scene the next morning.
But what exactly is "when it rains, it pours"?
Just when everyone had been filming all day and prepared to rise early the next day to continue, they received a weather forecast warning of torrential rains for the next three days at the location. Forget shooting the sunrise, many of the outdoor scenes couldn’t be filmed. Upon hearing this, Director Li almost smashed his phone in the room!
In the following days, with the director’s gloomy face, if outdoor scenes couldn’t be filmed, they had to desperately shoot indoor ones. Everyone was squeezed so much they complained endlessly, and in passing, they hated on Jiang Xuanqi, the "culprit," all over again.
As the leading actor, Yu Zexiao naturally had an "inescapable responsibility." Fearing they wouldn’t meet the schedule, the screenwriter desperately added indoor scenes, and he had no choice but to relentlessly keep on grinding. By the time he got back to his room, it was often past midnight, and who had the energy to deal with Jian Anning anymore?
On the fourth day, when the weather forecast finally predicted clearing skies, everyone was very happy. But after getting up early in the morning to film, damn it, it wasn’t raining, but it wasn’t clear either! The sun bashfully hid behind dark clouds—what was the meaning of this?
With no sun, what sunrise is there to see?
At this point, even the most good-tempered actor couldn’t take it anymore. Everyone collectively glared at Jiang Xuanqi with reprimanding looks. Even though she only delayed one morning, due to the weather and schedule, she was being scolded by everyone as the root of all troubles!
Thanks to the generous rewards from "Bangelan" and "Jingmin"~~