Chapter 211 Mission 019

Hua Yan was stunned for a moment. As the president of Huashi, although he paid close attention to his own company, he didn't pay enough attention to the shooting time of any TV series invested by his company. What he needed to pay attention to were those movies with investments of over 100 million or tens of millions.

Therefore, Hua Yan was speechless after being confronted by Xiao Yan. He looked at Mu Ya, who was elegantly dressed but looked a little ugly, and knew that he was pulled by her to be a backup today.

However, even though he was unhappy, Hua Yan didn't embarrass Mu Ya. For the sake of his childhood friend, he didn't say it out loud. He just said lightly: "Mu Ya was delayed by something before and came a few days late, but she should shoot as she should. Let's reshoot the scenes that were shot by the stand-in before. I will make up for the extra budget."

Hua Yan meant to make Mu Ya suffer, but he didn't expect that if he said he wanted to reshoot, Xiao Yan, the male lead who had the most scenes with the female lead, would also have to reshoot.

Not to mention Mu Ya's even uglier expression, the director was also in a dilemma.

Hua Yan asked curiously, "Is there any problem?"

The director looked at Xiao Ying in embarrassment, "If we have to reshoot, President Song will have to reshoot as well." If Xiao Ying was just an ordinary popular young actor, he certainly wouldn't be so embarrassed, but Xiao Ying is now one of the investors, the boss of Fengying, and he naturally doesn't want to offend him.

Hua Yan was silent for a while, and before he could speak again, Xiao Ying smiled, "Then reshoot!" He glanced at the reluctant Mu Ya, "As long as the leading actress has no objection, I am willing to make the play more perfect."

Xiao Ying's dedication and love for acting undoubtedly made everyone in the crew admire him, especially when he was not a big company boss who had to rely on acting to make a living, even Hua Yan couldn't help but look at him sideways.

Mu Ya was very dissatisfied with the decision to reshoot without saying a word, but she was not stupid enough to say it out loud to offend Hua Yan and Xiao Yan, so she could only reluctantly put on makeup and prepare for the shooting.

The makeup of the leading actress was more complicated, and Mu Ya took a long time to put on makeup. Xiao Yan suggested that the director shoot a few short scenes with supporting roles first.

After a short scene was finished, Xiao Yan was surprised to find that Hua Yan had not left while drinking water. She put down the water cup in her hand and walked towards Hua Yan who was standing on the sidelines.

Xiao Yan, who had not changed out of her costume, was dressed in a snow-white dress with a light robe and a loose belt. Unlike the cold and frosty character in the play, she was like a graceful and elegant young man with a spring breeze, and the gentle smile on her face made people feel like a spring breeze.

"Boss Hua is also interested in filming?"

Hua Yan looked at Xiao Yan, who was smiling and not as aggressive as before. A slightly stiff smile rarely appeared on his usually cold face. He did not answer Xiao Yan's words, and said: "I didn't expect that Boss Song actually likes acting so much." He was not interested in filming, but was surprised that Xiao Yan, the new owner of Fengying, still squeezed out time to film in his busy schedule.

Xiao Yan smiled faintly: "Everyone has their own hobbies and dreams. My hobby is acting, and my dream is to be a movie emperor. The rest are just preparations for my dreams."

Hua Yan: "..." He never expected that this Boss Song was such a beautiful and refined person even when pretending to be cool!

"Brother Hua!" Mu Ya, who had already put on makeup and changed into costumes, came out in a charming manner. The first thing she did was to let her sweetheart Hua Yan see how beautiful she was.

It must be said that although Mu Ya is only a female supporting role who rarely appears in the original novel, she is indeed very beautiful. She is born in a wealthy family and takes very good care of herself. Her skin is fair and smooth. No wonder she has many fans despite her poor acting skills. Her deliberate flirting towards Hua Yan is indeed charming, but Hua Yan just glanced at her indifferently and retracted his gaze.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ying felt that Hua Yan probably didn't like this kind of beauty and style. He glanced at Yuchi Qingqing who was reading the script carefully. Her makeup was luxurious but beautiful. Compared with the sexy and beautiful Mu Ya, she was a completely different type, but there was no doubt that the heroine was more attractive to Hua Yan, a mature and stable male protagonist.

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The scenes of the male and female protagonists were re-filmed. Xiao Ying did not complain about the second take, but Mu Ya had some complaints. She disliked the heavy costumes and the hot and tiring filming under the scorching sun. She thought that it was enough to reshoot close-ups in front of the green screen in the studio, and let the stand-in do the other hard scenes.

Because Mu Ya had too many NGs, Xiao Ying, who acted with her again and again, had no smile on her face. She looked at the delicate young lady with a blank expression while complaining while putting on makeup, and finally couldn't help but say to the director: "Let the stand-in do it. Her acting is so bad that she might as well act with the stand-in! How long will it take to shoot if she keeps NGing like this?"

The director had actually been impatient with NGs and wanted to curse, but he didn't dare to do it because there was a young lady on the scene and a great god sitting outside. Hearing Xiao Ying's words, he looked at Hua Yan with a sense of relief. Seeing that Hua Yan had no intention of objecting, he immediately invited Mu Ya to the air-conditioned studio to reshoot close-ups. At most, the cutouts would be synthesized in the later stage. Fortunately, this Xianxia drama is a male drama, and the female lead doesn't have too many scenes. When the time comes, we can cut out some of the unsightly scenes and shoot more scenes for the second female lead to make up for it. It can be said that the flaws do not outweigh the merits, and the whole drama will not be ruined.

Seeing Mu Ya go to the studio to make up for the close-up shots, Xiao Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the shady place on the sidelines, and wiped the sweat with the fan. Although he has cultivated some strength in this world, he is inevitably sweating a little after wearing three layers of clothes under the scorching sun for so long without rest.

Yuchi Qingqing looked at Xiao Ying's slightly embarrassed look at this time, hesitated for a while and walked over with the thermos he brought.

Xiao Ying, who was dealing with others' diligent water, saw Yuchi Qingqing coming over, and quickly stood up with a bright smile: "Qingqing, come and sit!"

Others saw Yuchi Qingqing coming over, and they all left tactfully. Yuchi Qingqing sat on the chair next to Xiao Ying and handed over the thermos in his hand: "Drink some, I made my own sour plum soup, made with a special secret method, it is very refreshing."

Yuchi Qingqing took the initiative to approach him for the first time, and Xiao Ying certainly would not refuse. He smiled and took the thermos and poured the sour plum soup into two clean glass cups on the table. The thermos was not big, just an ordinary portable small water bottle, and it was gone after pouring two large glasses.

Xiao Ying handed one of the cups to Yuchi Qingqing, and picked up the other cup with a smile: "Let's drink together!" His happy expression seemed to feel very happy to drink the same sour plum soup with her.

Yuchi Qingqing looked at Xiao Ying's smiling face, then lowered her eyes and sipped the sour plum soup, and a sweet feeling unconsciously surged in her heart.

When the director and others came out of the studio, Xiao Ying and Yuchi Qingqing were acting with pink bubbles.

Xiao Ying looked at the director and Mu Ya and others, and subconsciously looked for the figure of the male lead Hua Yan around, but found that he had left without knowing when.

After that, Hua Yan came to the crew several times, but he came and went in a hurry, and no one knew what he was doing. He said he came for Mu Ya and had a cold relationship with Mu Ya. Xiao Ying was very alert in her heart, and was very worried that the male lead had a good impression of the female lead according to the original plot, so he frequently came to the crew to show his presence in front of the female lead.

In order to separate the male and female leads, Xiao Ying would take the initiative to greet and talk to Hua Yan every time he came to the crew, trying to occupy the male lead's time and not let the male lead have the opportunity to communicate with the female lead. What made him angry was that the more he guarded against the male lead, the more diligent he came and stayed in the crew!

Fortunately, this fairy tale drama had more outdoor scenes. Except for a certain delicate young lady, everyone followed the crew to go out for outdoor scenes. Xiao Ying, the male lead, was no exception. He ran around in the mountains and rivers, and Hua Yan did not visit the crew again.

During this period, Xiao Ying and Yuchi Qingqing were in the same crew, and because the leading female Mu Ya was unwilling to suffer on location, her role was compressed, and Yuchi Qingqing, the second female role, naturally had more roles. The rivalry between the second female role and the first male role increased, and the chances of the two falling in love because of the drama were greater, and their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds.

However, good times always pass too quickly. The day of the crew's final shooting is approaching, and the crew has already started hyping it up in order to warm up.

The focus of the hype is nothing more than Xiao Ying, the male lead who has the most scenes. Sometimes it was revealed that the male lead was very busy with official duties on the set, but he was still very dedicated to filming, almost without a double. Sometimes intimate stills of the male lead and the female lead were revealed, and in reality, Xiao Ying was also pursuing Yuchi Qingqing. Many people reposted these stills.

The crew hyped up positive news such as the actors' dedication and the wonderful plot. However, at this time, Mu Ya, who played the female lead, broke a negative news - Yuchi Qingqing relied on Xiao Ying's relationship to steal the role, resulting in her role as the female lead being less than the female lead.

This news caused a big wave of exaggeration. Mu Ya was originally more famous than Yuchi Qingqing and had more fans. Although she was delicate and hypocritical and could not endure hardships, she had a deep background and outstanding looks, and was very popular. After she made such a fuss, her fans and some passers-by who did not know the truth turned against Yuchi Qingqing.

The director's idea was to let it develop and pretend he didn't know. Both sides were too powerful to offend, so he simply ignored it. The crew didn't react at all, as if they had tacitly agreed to it.

Xiao Ying certainly wouldn't allow this to happen. In an interview with a reporter, he bluntly said, "She knows who really got into the group because of connections! She doesn't want to shoot when the sun is strong, she doesn't want to shoot when it's raining, she doesn't want to shoot when it's hard to go out on location, she doesn't want to shoot when it's dangerous to go on wires, she uses a stand-in throughout the whole process, and she didn't do anything except taking a few close-ups in the studio with the air conditioner on. If she really had to take all the roles of the female lead, the show would be ruined!"

President Song and Mu Ya started to fight directly, and the media were very excited. When they posted what Xiao Ying said on the Internet, the wind direction suddenly changed, and many people turned to scold Mu Ya. After all, it wasn't the first time Mu Ya had acted in a play before. She had also been exposed before for being unprofessional and using a stand-in for a lot of shots, but she was suppressed because of her strong background. But this time she was accused by Xiao Ying herself, and her previous black history was turned up again.

Fans who support Mu Ya are of course unwilling to believe it, and they are fighting with other believers online for her. Everyone is looking forward to the launch of this fairy tale drama.

The crew of this drama saw that the trend of the Internet had evolved to be so unfavorable to Mu Ya, and the director did not see Hua Yan do anything to help Mu Ya. After thinking about it, they decided to side with Xiao Ying and Yuchi Qingqing. So that night, the official Weibo of the crew released a Weibo: "Let everyone see the princess's superb acting skills! [Video] x-on:Yuchi Qingqing"

Although it did not obviously help Yuchi Qingqing to clarify, it was also a statement for her. After all, whether it depends on connections or not, good acting skills are the truth. The crew praised Yuchi Qingqing for her good acting skills, which means that even if she relies on connections, she has enough strength.

The palace drama had already aired, and Yuchi Qingqing's popularity began to explode. Her acting skills were recognized by the public. In addition, the video released by the Xianxia drama crew was indeed a scene where Yuchi Qingqing's acting skills exploded. Before the Xianxia drama was aired, Yuchi Qingqing's Weibo fans began to increase by hundreds of thousands.