Chapter 574: Chapter 574
He Jinxia, understanding the purpose of Ola’s visit somewhat, realized that no matter how much she complained, the underlying message in her words was a request for help.
Teaching a few is still teaching, teaching together is also teaching—might as well do it together so her team members could practice more with her.
He Jinxia pondered for a moment with her eyes lowered. In the end, she decided to feign ignorance, acting as if she hadn’t caught the hint in Ola’s words, just comforting her with a smile that she would eventually find a way.
If Ola had asked her directly to teach together, He Jinxia would probably have agreed.
But Ola didn’t say that; instead, she took a roundabout way of getting her involved, which made He Jinxia unhappy.
She was never a nice person, at least she didn’t consider herself one. Without conflicting interests, she was willing to get along with others, but once interests were involved, she had to think about herself.
Teaching a few people is very different from teaching a crowd. Teaching a few allows for a lighter workload and enables more focused correction of their movements.
However, teaching a large crowd, even if she wanted to correct their movements, would feel too overwhelming, and she wouldn’t be able to teach as effectively.
Since she had promised her team members to seriously teach them the choreography of this song, she needed to be responsible for them and didn’t want other matters to distract her energy.
Of course, deep down, He Jinxia also harbored a secret thought—she didn’t want everyone to see her teaching Martial Arts. Google seaʀᴄh NovelHub(.)net
Really, shouting "ha", "ho", "hey" while fighting... somehow felt a bit shameful.
Seeing that He Jinxia was unyielding, Ola’s face showed a hint of disappointment, but at the same time, another thought crossed her mind, wondering if perhaps she had not been explicit enough, which is why He Jinxia didn’t grasp her meaning.
Ola had her pride too, being a graduate of a dance arts academy. She was okay with being outdone by He Jinxia in other areas, but she wasn’t ready to concede in the field of dance.
This was her area of expertise. If she couldn’t manage a few dances, then how could she think of making a name for herself in the entertainment circle?
With this thought, a determined look crossed Ola’s eyes, deciding to try another method.
However, things often turn out unexpectedly.
At dusk, when the shooting was over and the film crew was preparing to wrap up...
He Jinxia’s team members gathered around her discussing where to go for dinner that evening. They planned to all eat together and then go to the dance studio to practice martial arts.
The cool display of Chinese Martial Arts from the previous day had excited them greatly, still fresh in their minds, everyone was eager to start practicing right away.
Just as He Jinxia and her people had decided on a place to eat, Director Wilson approached with the other actors in tow.
He Jinxia, watching the large group of actors and a visibly embarrassed Ola at the forefront, along with Director Wilson’s fox-like grin, suddenly got a bad feeling.
It proved that what you think about tends to prove true.
Director Wilson leading a large group of actors to her was to convey a message, and that message was nothing short of a disaster for her.
Wilson demanded that she treat everyone equally, not to limit the wonderful Chinese Martial Arts to just a select few!
When he spoke up, the actors nearby cheered along, stirring sentiment by saying that teaching only a part of the group was extremely unfair and if there were teachings, it should be done for everyone.
But you can’t teach for nothing, He Jinxia hadn’t even decided on her conditions when Director Wilson, very "thoughtfully" having figured it out for her, said with a smile:
"You teach your team members Chinese Martial arts to help them improve rapidly and move up the filming schedule so that you can take two days off to attend the film festival in ten days, coming back without falling behind the schedule, right?"
He Jinxia had a vague idea where Wilson was going with this, and she wasn’t pleased, but due to politeness, she had to nod and acknowledge the reason.
The next second, Director Wilson said, "But have you thought about this, your group’s progress is fast, but the other groups are slow, which still means the whole crew is slow, so—"
He glanced over all the actors present and finally set his gaze on He Jinxia, declaring decisively, "If we’re going to teach, we’ll teach everyone together. If we need extra practice, we’ll all do it together. Our entire crew will work hard and progress together, striving to finish shooting sooner and take a holiday earlier!"
This speech, full of vigor and enthusiasm, ended, and the actors surrounding him burst into applause, their faces excited.
They had no objections to the extra practice; to them, learning Chinese Martial Arts was what mattered most.
Seeing He Jinxia and her team members all remained silent, Director Wilson then seemed to realize and asked, "You all have no objections, right?"
He Jinxia and her teammates couldn’t help but twitch their mouths, thinking whether or not it was appropriate to curse in their minds.
They had all made up their minds early; how could they dare to object?
Even if there were objections, in the presence of Director Wilson, who held the highest status and the most authority in the entire crew, could they say no?
They could neither say nor dare!
He Jinxia sighed softly in her heart, accepting this sad reality. The situation was stronger than the people; there was no room to say no.
She took a deep breath, quickly adjusted her mindset, and raised a standard smile on her face, turning to the other actors:
"Let’s all come together to learn tonight, but just to make it clear, since there are so many of us, I might not be able to attend to everyone personally. I’ll teach you the movements, but the rest will still depend on your own practice."
The others cheered happily, nodding their heads to show they understood.
Once everything was settled, a large group decided to dine together, take a short rest after the meal, and then head to the dance studio to report.
He Jinxia’s team members were still excited about the novelty, and therefore, very enthusiastic; other actors, though they hadn’t seen the set of punches He Jinxia was going to teach, couldn’t help but feel excited when they recalled the whip technique she had displayed publicly.
Merely handling the whip could create such an impressive effect; wouldn’t it be even cooler if she seriously taught them boxing?
With this thought in mind, the group was very excited and could hardly wait to rush to the dance studio to practice.
He Jinxia, as the leader, walked at the forefront, with Ola beside her.
Ola also wore a smile, though her tone carried a bit of helplessness, "I had advised them not to disturb you, but the mystique of Chinese Martial Arts is too alluring. They went to find the director themselves, I don’t know what they said, but the director agreed."
He Jinxia nodded to her, also helplessly, "Perhaps Chinese Martial Arts are just too attractive."
As the two walked, they suddenly realized that Director Wilson, the assistant director, the screenwriter, and other crew members had somehow blended into this impressive crowd.
He Jinxia saw Director Wilson chasing up from behind with a smile, side by side with her, and she got another bad feeling in her heart.
She proactively said, "Don’t tell me that you too are interested in Chinese Martial Arts and want to learn along with the actors."
Director Wilson looked surprised: "How did you know what I was thinking? Did you practice the Chinese legendary Mind Reading Technique?"
He Jinxia kindly said, "Mind reading sounds more like a Western thing."
Wilson laughed: "I must have remembered it wrong."
Wilson: "You guessed right, I also want to learn Chinese Martial Arts."
Well, she finally understood why the group of actors could persuade Wilson; it was clear he himself wanted to learn, and thus he naturally helped push things along!
Now, with the whole crew learning together, her reputation was doomed not to be preserved.