Chapter 686: Chapter 686

Shooting the commercial actually took a day and a half, and with a rare half-day break left, He Jinxia went back to Dongting Lake Garden and had a simple dinner with Mrs. He, then rested early.

Usually, after shooting a commercial, she would rush straight back to the film crew, like a true filming fanatic, but this time, the crew she was with was different.

In previous crews, they were able to finish filming tasks within the allocated time, and she hustled here and there just to wrap up as soon as possible.

But with "Xiao Xiangyu’s Many Sorrows," Director Liu had already announced a plan to extend filming, which was initially supposed to be two more months but ended up being just one month. One could imagine the storm that would greet her upon her return.

To brace herself for the grueling filming schedule, He Jinxia pondered for a while after completing the commercial and decided to return home to properly rest and bask in the warmth and care of home, ready to face the storm in high spirits.

Ah, let the storm come more ferociously!

"Ahhhh! I’m dying, I feel like I’m ascending to heaven, I want to sleep, I’m so irritable, wailing, I don’t want to film anymore!"

Yu Yanyu’s cries of frustration mixed with a touch of neurosis stretched everyone’s nerves taut as they all endured three consecutive days working until midnight.

He Jinxia suddenly stood up, her hand mysteriously producing a roll of transparent tape, and she stormed towards Yu Yanyu with determination.

Qiu Zhenze was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, resting, while Ren Xiao was sprawled across a makeshift table, sound asleep like a dead fish.

Only Yu Yanyu, the youngster, was leaning on his seat, hands covering his head and screaming, "Rip—" The sound of the transparent tape tearing was barely noticeable amidst his cries.

By the time He Jinxia got her hands on Yu Yanyu, he realized what was happening. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he jumped three feet into the air, "Sister Jinxia, what are you doing!"

He Jinxia, with a smile that was more grimace than grin, said, "I find your mouth particularly annoying."

Yu Yanyu immediately clamped his mouth shut, he stopped talking, wasn’t that enough!

With Yu Yanyu’s demonic noise eliminated, they all felt a refreshing relief.

In the quiet rest period, Ren Xiao opened his eyes and whispered, "Is it always this rushed with big film crews?"

His previous experience shooting historic dramas involved only a small crew, which, although busy, would finish work around eight or nine at night.

When he first joined "Xiao Xiangyu’s Many Sorrows," the crew wasn’t rushing this hard; sometimes, they didn’t even need to film at night. But as soon as He Jinxia returned, Director Liu went into overdrive, making them work overtime to film until midnight every day.

Sometimes they even filmed daytime scenes during the night, sparing no manpower or resources, just to beat the clock.

Qiu Zhenze, still with his eyes closed, casually said, "Haven’t you seen how dark the faces of the crew members have turned? Even if big crews rush, they aren’t normally this crazy."

He Jinxia rubbed her temples lightly and sighed, "Director Liu is too anxious. He originally planned to extend the shooting by two months, thinking he had plenty of time to be creative. Now with only one month left, he has to desperately wrap up, fearing we won’t meet the deadline."

She thought about it and added, "Actually, Director Liu’s rush benefits us too, as the summer slot is very precious. If we can finish quickly, we can participate in other events to boost our popularity."

Yu Yanyu hummed in agreement, "Right, that’s what I think too, so we all suffer a bit."

His comment immediately earned glares from everyone else—

Yu Yanyu quickly shut up again, pulling an invisible chain across his lips, fine, he wouldn’t speak. That should be enough, right!

Ren Xiao muttered under his breath, "Among the whole crew, you have the lightest workload, always milling around, making people want to hit you."

He Jinxia couldn’t agree more, looking at Yanyu, "Exactly, you’re too idle. In that case, Comrade Yu Yanyu, I’m assigning you a task. From now on, you’re in charge of all our food and energy replenishments."

Yu Yanyu was stunned, "Ah? Me?"

"The task is daunting, but I believe you can handle it perfectly! Go for it, I’m rooting for you!" He Jinxia stood up and patted Yu Yanyu on the shoulder. She had to run off to act, or the stage manager would be coming to hurry her along.

As soon as He Jinxia left, Qiu Zhenze also stood up. He didn’t say much, just firmly patted him on the shoulder, everything remained unspoken.

Ren Xiao was the last to stand up, weakly emulating the previous two, lightly and feebly patting his shoulder, saying, "Go for it, I’m rooting for you."

Yu Yanyu snapped back to reality and quickly grabbed his hand, "Wait, so what exactly am I supposed to do?"

Ren Xiao rolled his eyes at him, "Just prepare delicious food for us."

Ren Xiao: "As the saying goes, ’people are iron, food is steel, skip a meal and you’ll feel it real.’ We not only need to eat, but eat well to shine and contribute our energy to the production. Our energy reserves all depend on you!"

Yu Yanyu: "No, no, why me?"

"Because you’re idle."

Watching as each of their figures disappeared, Yu Yanyu’s mind was still baffled, a sweep of bitter tears.

In fact, assigning Yu Yanyu to buy tasty treats had been agreed upon by the three of them last night while working overtime on the set. Since he didn’t have any part to play, he had gone back to rest at the hotel early in the morning.

The thing about him was that when he’s idle, he should just rest, but no, during the day when he’s free he always wanders around them, making them chat with him even in their limited rest time.

It only took a day for Qiu Zhenze and Ren Xiao to feel they couldn’t handle it and thought about finding something for him to do—to vent his excess energy.

And so, the glorious and great task of handling the snack buying was born.

From then on, whenever Yu Yanyu had some free time, he would rush to the supermarket outside Film City, buy snacks and treats like cakes, chicken, duck, goose, fish, and each visit would cover supplies for a week. After all, running back and forth took two to three hours, not easy at all.

The stuff he bought was all stored in his hotel room. He had specifically upgraded his room to a presidential suite, which had everything including a fridge and a kitchen.

With nothing better to do, he even started to dabble in cooking. Perhaps he was talented, because even the first dishes he prepared were palatable, and they only got tastier as time went on.

Under his "care," everyone managed to barely maintain their original weight through the high-intensity work.

Time ticked by, and before they knew it, the last few days of May had arrived.

Some netizens noticed that Vanks had taken down the posters shot by the previous spokesperson. The counters were also left empty, which sparked curiosity about who the new spokesperson might be.

[They didn’t renew the contract with the previous spokesperson, huh? I wonder if it’s going to be a male or female celebrity this time?]

[A female celebrity, right? Weren’t all the previous spokespersons women?]

[The global spokesperson is still Sheng Yan, that hasn’t changed. For regional representations, they have both men and women, but in the Asia-Pacific Region, Vanks seems to prefer female celebrities.]

[I bet ten cents, this time it’s Deng Zhaoyan.]

[Geng Ni begs to differ. I bet twenty cents, definitely Geng Ni!]

[Xue Ying, oh Xue Ying, having just ascended to a top-tier celebrity this year, it should be her!] For origınal chapters go to ɴovelfire.net

Under the netizens’ curious speculation, on the last day of May, all online platforms under Vanks, including Weibo and other channels, simultaneously released posters of the new spokesperson.

The netizens never expected, it turned out to be her!