Chapter 632: Chapter 632

Jade couldn’t help saying, "I have seen many men, Emperor Qingmu is one, Brother Bai Lu is one, and so is Brother Snake when he takes human form."

The nanny furrowed her brows, glanced Jade up and down, with a sudden thought, she abruptly grabbed her arm as if to take her pulse.

Jade hastily struggled, but the next second, the nanny screamed, "You are a man, a man who has come from the outside world!"

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, as quiet as death, everyone’s eyes widened, their mouths agape, incredulously staring at Jade. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel⁂fire.net

Some dropped their handkerchiefs, some dropped the flowers they were holding, and some even dropped their pipas with a loud "bang".

The sound of the pipa dropping seemed to bring everyone back to their senses, all of them regained their composure, their eyes shining as they looked at Jade, as if monsters eyeing Tang Sanzang’s flesh, their bodies screaming, "I want to eat you!"

Jade slowly stepped back, thinking: Why are these people looking at me so strangely?

She didn’t consider that she was the only living "man" in the Mirror Daughter World, even if her male form had been transformed by the Peony Fairy’s spell, she still was a man.

Because the Mirror World was all female, they were very curious about the legendary men and rumors said that capturing the heart of a man from the outside world could lead them to ascend to the Upper Realm and become immortals, which was desired by all the original inhabitants of the Mirror World.

Therefore, they all revolted!

"Quick, catch him, we can’t let him run away!"

"Young master, don’t run so fast, wait for me!"

"What are you standing there for, hurry up and catch him, he’s a real man!"

Jade quickly ran out of the brothel, hearing the shouting behind her growing louder, she couldn’t help but turn her head back, and was immediately frightened.

My goodness, was the entire street coming out to chase her??

For the first time, Jade experienced the lethal attractiveness of the "man" persona.

Jade ran desperately, and just when she was about to run out of energy and stumble, Bai Ze, who had been secretly watching, finally revealed his true form. With just a wave of his sleeve, he took both himself and Jade away.

Everyone in Beauty Street was stunned, someone murmured, "Could this be the legendary immortal?"

"The newly appeared man is an immortal!"

"A man who appears once in thousands of years is actually an immortal!"

The people in Beauty Street cheered, quickly spreading the news everywhere.

The above is the scene He Jinxia had taken an entire afternoon to shoot.

Despite the few scenes, many people were needed, how to harmonize the scene, and how to make the situation look chaotic without disorder were all considerations.

The more characters that appear in the frame, the greater the risk of collapsing the scene and revealing flaws.

Take the final scene shot at the end of the afternoon—everyone in Beauty Street running after Jade. This simple shot was taken three times.

Each time they started shooting, either a background actor would run and lose their hat, revealing short hair underneath, or another background actor would suddenly fall while running, nearly causing a stampede, or yet another would have the wrong facial expression while running, which was very noticeable in the camera...

Not to mention that they shot three times when it came to the actual filming, and had practiced five times even before filming started—that scene alone had been shot eight times, which was all very time-consuming.

In the evening, He Jinxia had to continue filming, just as there were nighttime scenes to film in the Mirror World.

During the afternoon shoot, He Jinxia had few lines to speak, so her throat was okay, and when not filming, she tried her best to keep silent and strive to act mute.

He Jinxia had experience playing a mute before, so this time it was very familiar to her, sometimes when crew members came to talk to her, she would even reply with sign language, which was her usual response.

Only after making a few gestures and seeing the puzzled looks on the crew members’ faces did He Jinxia realize that others couldn’t understand sign language, so she just nodded or called Sister Xiao Hua to help her make decisions.

In minor matters, Sister Xiao Hua’s thoughts were similar to hers; they would solve things on their own if possible without bothering others, and she would accommodate others’ requests if they were not too difficult to fulfill.

After all, such minor matters were usually handled by Sister Xiao Hua, and wouldn’t trouble He Jinxia too much.

By aggressively drinking water and eating candy, He Jinxia’s throat felt much better and she could speak quite clearly if she just rested for a while.

However, she couldn’t do it for a long time, after speaking about a dozen sentences, her voice would become hoarse again, and her throat would itch even more than before.

Therefore, He Jinxia became even more careful in taking care of her voice.

After dinner at night, while resting, He Jinxia scrolled through trending news on Weibo to check on progress, when Luo You called her.

Considering Jinxia’s sore throat, Luo You’s first words were, "Don’t talk, just listen, and text me your response on WeChat."

"Zhang Yingru reached out to me, hoping you could post on Weibo to clarify a statement, but my advice is since you two have fallen out, just let this matter be.

Moreover, even if you help clarify now, if a member leaves the group later, and jouralists ask about this, it’s easy for group members to slip up, and it’ll be hard to handle then."

"The second thing is, ’Eighteen Years Old Sky’ has finally got a release date in the domestic market," Luo You said with a sigh.

He Jinxia nodded internally. It had been quite a struggle. She had thought with the film winning the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, introducing it domestically would be easy. But overseas and domestic have different review systems, and there is no film rating system in China.

’Eighteen Years Old Sky’ was rated for viewers over fifteen years old internationally, whereas in Huaxia, if certain scenes were not removed, there was no chance of release.

The consequence of not being able to release the film was unbearable for the entire crew; winning an award didn’t mean Duan Yu had recouped the production costs.

The film, introduced to foreign markets, operated on a box office revenue sharing model, which only settled after the film’s release and removal from theaters, meaning it would take months to recover some initial costs.

Based on estimates, the revenue sharing wouldn’t be much; a few hundred thousand would be decent for a niche art film.

This film was funded jointly by three directors. If they couldn’t recoup, it equated to a loss of millions just having recently graduated and started mingling in society. Even though they were second-generation rich, the amount was still painful.

The film was shot in Huaxia, and Huaxia was also seen as the main battleground for making back money. To be able to release it domestically, Duan Yu and others were editing overtime every day.

In the ’Eighteen Years Old Sky’ WeChat group, ever since returning from Berlin, He Jinxia often saw Duan Yu and others chatting in the group at two or three in the morning, showing their workload.

Fortunately, it could finally be released now.