Chapter 408: Chapter 408 - 402: Mr. Jing, Please Don’t Laugh

Chujiu just happened to run in at this moment and saw Shi Su still soaked, hurriedly went over to drape a down jacket over her.

Looking down at the script in Shi Su’s hand: "Is this the scene we’re going to shoot later?"

"Weren’t you really looking forward to this scene when you were reviewing the script with me?"

"But..."

Chujiu glanced outside the green screen and whispered, "You don’t know Mr. Jing is here, right, Shi Su?"

Shi Su often immerses herself in the storyline before shooting so she can seamlessly transition into the scene, only answered "I know" and turned to discuss with the second male lead Yuan Jun about the angle of their kissing scene, how to best perform for the camera, and how to evoke the audience’s emotions.

Seeing both of them engrossed in their discussion, Chujiu stopped interrupting.

A few minutes later, all personnel were prepared, Shi Su and Yuan Jun were already in their designated positions, and the prop rain was also ready.

The scene begins, the second male lead, having been broken up with his love and returned from overseas, learns that the female lead’s family has disappeared in the war and sees the female lead being forcefully dragged into an old limousine. Seeing the bruises on her lips and the injuries on her legs, he knows she’s not doing well. He recklessly runs to stop the car but is mercilessly knocked aside by the vehicle, injures his leg, and limps helplessly through the rain, laughing and crying, overwhelmed by sorrow and pain.

The female lead somehow manages to escape from the car, covered in injuries, with fresh blood traces at the corner of her mouth and clear fingerprints on her cheek, running back.

The two of them stand in the rain, with reddened eyes meeting each other’s gaze, when suddenly the second male lead rushed madly towards the female lead...

This segment proceeded smoothly as they were already moved during the rehearsal, staying within the storyline without interruption, the director did not call for a cut and continued.

The second male lead approached and hugged the female lead fiercely, speaking with deep emotion and agony, wishing he could merge her into his bones, tightly embracing her.

Just as the second male lead couldn’t restrain his feelings and held the female lead’s face to kiss her, the green screen set’s curtain was suddenly lifted by Zhou He, and Jing Jihan’s figure appeared inside the studio.

Coincidentally, at that moment, the director frowned at the camera: "Cut!"

The second male lead, Yuan Jun, hadn’t yet kissed when he was abruptly called for a cut, momentarily stunned, still holding Shi Su, and turned to look at the director.

"Remember how your character hated the era, and the anger of his helplessness to save her, the kiss should be desperate and passionate, not sweet and romantic like couples. This feeling is all wrong," Mr. Li frowned. "Anger, madness, love to the point of despair, find that feeling and try again!"

Yuan Jun nodded: "Understood."

Mr. Li was just about to call for a start when suddenly a crew member leaned over and whispered something in his ear.

Mr. Li paused with the walkie-talkie in hand, then turned to look at Jing Jihan who had somehow entered the green screen studio.

Quickly getting up with a smile to welcome him, "Mr. Jing, I heard you came earlier, but we were in the middle of shooting, intended to meet you after it ended, didn’t expect you’d come in first, may I ask what brings Mr. Jing here today..."

No one could guess why Jing Jihan would come to such a place, Mr. Li couldn’t fathom it either and didn’t want to offend by saying the wrong thing, so he stopped midway.

"Not intending to interrupt, just looking around, please continue," Jing Jihan gave Mr. Li a cold, detached look.

"Mr. Li, don’t stop your work, no need to be so formal, Mr. Jing is indeed just looking around," Zhou He said, glancing at Shi Su’s direction, seeing that Mr. Jing didn’t express any sentiment, he couldn’t show any himself, smiling like a Buddha.

Mr. Li did not want to delay the scene as both actors’ emotions were aligned at the moment perfectly, they should immediately finish filming, he also didn’t notice too much of anything else.

"Then Mr. Jing, please have a seat. I’ll complete this scene first and then join you for tea. Our team received a few packages of fine tea some days ago, I haven’t opened it yet, you’re here, let’s enjoy a few cups together," Mr. Li said while taking his walkie-talkie back to the camera position, regaining his professional demeanor, seriously instructing the crew and props team to prepare.

Shi Su couldn’t possibly ignore the situation over there.

Even if Jing Jihan said nothing, the crew member and other staff still treated him carefully, offering water and drinks, inquiring about his comfort, afraid to neglect even though they hadn’t received any response, moving props quietly to avoid any noise.

This is the rumored head of the Yu Jing Group, Asia’s top influencer in business.

Even though he usually has no contact with this circle.

Yet, even when crossing domains, he is respected and sought after by everyone.

This adds a unique pressure to this small, messy, and busy green screen studio.

This pressure naturally extended to Shi Su.

But to smoothly shoot the upcoming scene, she tried hard not to look over, hearing the director’s call for readiness, her expression returned to the role immediately.

Chujiu hid to the side as soon as Mr. Jing entered.

The rain fell again, Shi Su and Yuan Jun embraced tightly once more, Yuan Jun gripping Shi Su’s shoulder firmly.

The studio indeed felt cold, but now it seemed even colder.

Chujiu subtly glanced at Jing Jihan’s direction, then discreetly rubbed her arms and took a few steps back.

Yuan Jun was about to kiss as instructed, suddenly felt inexplicably awkward, couldn’t tell what was wrong, only distracted for a moment, his facial expression slipped out of character for a second, prompting the director to unhappily shout: "Cut! Yuan Jun, what’s going on?"

"I’m sorry director, let’s do it again." Yuan Jun apologized to the director and nodded to Shi Su, returned to his original position, meanwhile glanced in the direction of the crew members near the director, brushed the strange feeling of hair standing on the back of his hand.

"Ready to shoot!"

"Cut!"

"..."

"Cut!"

Mr. Li had a headache.

He noticed after Yuan Jun’s latest NG, he went to his assistant for a water bottle and might have conversed briefly, subsequent attempts resulted in him faltering not just when he was about to kiss Shi Su, even when hugging her, his actions seemed stiff, with all his restraint and caution clearly magnified on camera.

Mr. Li furiously pinched his brows: "Actors, take a break, quickly find your feelings, we’ll resume in ten minutes!"

After saying this, Mr. Li got up, glanced at the hazy figure, and walked over, somewhat embarrassed: "Rare chance to have Mr. Jing personally observing the shoot, didn’t expect us to drop the ball, haha, hope Mr. Jing doesn’t mind."