The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 218 Confession
To maintain secrecy and achieve a more natural filming effect, some production teams do not provide actors with a complete script.

To save money and make full use of every set, the film crew doesn't shoot in sequence.

Often, even after filming has wrapped, some actors still don't understand what the movie was about.

In fact, because they are in the spotlight, some actors with poor imaginations and memories may not be able to recall how those scenes were filmed when the movie is released and they go to see it.

Gu Lanxi was afraid of encountering unfinished projects, so she always asked to see the complete script before accepting a role. However, the contract also stipulated that the production team could make appropriate modifications to the filming content based on the actual situation.

There are precedents in the industry for Gao Yunyi to do this, and he has not violated any contracts.

Just like before, when they changed the script and made her run through two mountains in one go, without asking her beforehand if she was willing.

I didn't tell her this time either.

She didn't refuse the mountain run for the sake of the movie's effect.

This time, while she rationally understood Gao Yunyi's actions, she couldn't accept them emotionally.

Dragons have scales that cannot be reversed, and so do humans.

She has a good memory; while other children might forget things that happened when they were less than a year old, she doesn't.

My father was always busy and never showed much affection for her; I don't remember him even holding her more than a few times.

But before sending her back to her hometown, and even before discovering her father's infidelity and illegitimate child, her mother loved her and her daily life revolved around her.

Mom would push her around the park, buy her brightly colored balloons, ring little bells in front of her, show her picture books, tell her stories, smile gently at her, buy her pretty clothes, and comb her hair into cute little buns...

Even knowing that she was an unwanted child, her mother still tried her best to be good to her.

Ninety percent of her feelings for her father were hatred, while for her mother, besides feeling sorry for her misfortune and angry at her lack of ambition, there was also deep heartache and love.

In her life, the role of her father, apart from providing her with a sperm and incidentally giving her a pair of terrible grandparents, has basically contributed nothing.

Even when her mother was in extreme pain, she would still call her from time to time, or come back to visit her every year or two.

Children who grow up with their mothers may find their mothers' nagging annoying, their impatient looks hurtful, their forgetting of their own preferences, and the fact that they buy clothes that are too small, all of which can be very upsetting.

But for her, that was the only color in her gray childhood.

At least she still remembers that she has a daughter, doesn't she?
She still has at least a tiny bit of presence in her mother's heart, doesn't she?

When Mom knew she was dying, the last thing she did was to go back to her side, hold her hand, sleep in the same bed with her, and tell her how to avoid being taken advantage of and how to grow up well, right?

Back then, she was willing to betray her father without hesitation for the sake of her mother's reputation after her death, so how could she possibly tolerate the director's actions now?

"So I don't understand, what's the point of them arranging it this way?"

She had already seen what her mother looked like on the day she died once, and seeing it again, her emotions were completely off.

Because Duan Wei saw that scene for the first time without any warning.

Gu Lanxi covered her face, but still dialed Lu Nanting's private number.

I dialed several times, but no one answered. I was about to give up when he finally answered.

Lu Nanting is currently in Changsha, recording a variety show.

The show had just ended, and there were many staff members backstage in the studio. As soon as he stepped off the stage, Xiao Chen handed him his personal phone number, saying that Gu Lanxi was looking for him and had called several times.

While returning the call, Lu Nanting led his staff to his private lounge.

He took long strides, and his staff jogged around to clear a path for him.

The phone was answered after just one ring.

Lu Nanting had just called her name when he heard a pitiful sob coming from the other end of the phone.

Gu Lanxi is not a psychologically fragile person, but once she gets sad, she will hide away and cry, and her tears will flow like a tap that has been turned on, and she won't stop until she has soaked half of his clothes.

The last time I cried was because netizens made inappropriate jokes about me, and the time before that was when I secretly came to his concert.

Therefore, upon hearing this commotion, Lu Nanting didn't even bother to ask what was going on; he simply called his assistant:

"Xiao Jiang!!! Where is he? Immediately! Right now! Buy me a plane ticket! Yuan Ge, go tell the production team that I won't be going to the dinner party tonight, I have to go first."

As Xiao Jiang walked, she handed him her phone: "We have one more hour until takeoff. Don't go back to the lounge, let's go down to the garage right away! Yuan Ge has already gone and told us not to wait for him."

But he had already taken care of the matter before he even spoke.

"Cancel tomorrow's recording session. The day after tomorrow, my wife and I will fly directly from City C to Xiamen. Contact Xiao Zhuang and book our flights together. If we can't book them together, arrange a private jet." He was supposed to rush back tonight.

I have a free day tomorrow, so I need to go to the recording studio to record a song.

The situation with Gu Lanxi is not good now, so it's important to distinguish between primary and secondary matters.

As Gu Lanxi listened to all of this through her phone, the sadness in her heart suddenly dissipated considerably.

He only heard her crying, without knowing what was going on or asking her a single question. Instead, he arranged everything without hesitation and rushed to her as fast as he could.

Gu Lanxi was crying so hard she could barely control herself. She tried to compose herself while listening to the voices coming from the other side.

"Don't cry. If the journey goes smoothly, you'll see me in a little over three hours. Now, be a good boy/girl, go wash your face, eat some fruit, and no matter what happens, don't be afraid, wait for me."

While comforting her, Lu Nanting got into the car surrounded by bodyguards and assistants.

Only after the car started moving did Gu Lanxi's sobbing voice come from the other end of the phone:
"There was a scene this afternoon, and the set was set up exactly like my mother's back then... even the bloodstains on the floor were exactly the same... I... I didn't know, I just opened the door and saw it..."

Caught completely off guard by this scene, Gu Lanxi was utterly devastated.

Because she had already adjusted her emotions according to the filming requirements and was in character.

I never expected the scene to be like that.

"It's like, like ten years later, I went back to, back to that morning..."

She had a nightmare, and after finally waking up, a very long time passed before someone suddenly told her that she was still dreaming.

It gives you the feeling that the whole world is absurd.

She was in a bad mood and didn't explain in much detail, but Lu Nanting was a very thoughtful person. Hearing this, he could immediately imagine how Gu Lanxi felt at the time, and he felt terrible!
"Where's the producer? Where did the producer go?"

The main investor in this film is Starlight Entertainment, and the producer and executive producer are also from Starlight.

The producer is one thing, but he's also the company's vice president, overseeing several projects. He rarely comes to the set and only focuses on the general direction.

The production process can be different.

The producer is a position in the film and television industry responsible for daily operations. They play a crucial role in the production team, overseeing everything from plot planning and actor selection to shooting schedules, financial control, and commercial operations.

During filming, his most important job is to supervise the director's artistic creation and ensure the smooth progress and high-quality completion of the project.

It's no easy feat for a movie to be both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

This is a project worth hundreds of millions. Considering the subsequent revenue, how to shoot the movie and how to revise the script, even a famous director like Gao Yunyi cannot make decisions unilaterally.

In Lu Nanting's view, the producer was guilty for watching the director do this without stopping him!
If this person were a professional hired by the production team, he might not be so angry, but this person is from Starlight, one of their own!

"I don't know anything, I was just called over. When I opened the door, I found out they had this arrangement. I don't know who made it, but I couldn't hold back when I saw it, so I just ran away. I'm at the hotel now..."

Gu Lanxi felt a little guilty.

But she was also a little proud.

"I called you right away."

Hearing her say that, and remembering what happened a couple of days ago, Lu Nanting's heart melted.

Afraid that she would get lost in her own thoughts while she was alone, Lu Nanting chatted with her the whole way. As soon as they arrived at the airport, he put on a hat and mask and strode out of the car.

They bought the tickets in such a hurry that they could only get business class tickets. They had booked the VIP channel for a flight back to Beijing a few hours later, but now they had to fly to City C, so they had to use the regular channel.

Lu Nanting walked very fast. At first, passersby did not recognize him, but soon some people realized who he was and chased after him to take pictures.

Unfortunately, they walked too fast, and the airport quickly reacted and began to maintain order, so Lu Nanting was finally able to board the plane smoothly.

The two remained on the phone, and Gu Lanxi could clearly hear what was happening on his end. She felt a pang of guilt, realizing that she had disrupted his plans.

Wearing headphones, Lu Nanting coaxed her as they walked, "I'll call you back as soon as I land."

"Yes, I'll handle things. Don't worry, and be careful on the road."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

She felt full of strength, not the kind of feeling of having to force herself to face something, but a feeling of having a way out and something to rely on.

She likes things the way they are now; it makes her feel at ease.