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Chapter 43 The Dedicated Leading Lady

Li Younan's daily wage jumped from 300 yuan to 800 yuan. This wasn't a particularly high income for Li Younan. But he hadn't earned any money for a long time, and this was the first time he'd earned money outside of his professional skills. With this experiential mindset, he felt like he'd inexplicably found 800 yuan.

After agreeing on the price, the action director started explaining to him how to shoot the next two shots. Compared to the first shot, the second shot seemed the simplest, but it was actually the most complicated.

According to the previous design, the second shot should have been Li Younan flying out from behind the artificial hill and gracefully catching the female lead who fell from her horse.

The fall from the horse doesn't need to be filmed; there's a stunt double. We only need to film the scene after the fall.

At this point, the male lead is supposed to put his arm around the female lead's waist. There were supposed to be some close-up shots, such as the male and female leads gazing deeply into each other's eyes. However, this part of the scene could only be reshot when the male lead arrived on set later.

The original plan included a scene where the male lead put his arm around the female lead's waist and spin her around. This was supposed to be a must, but the actress threw a tantrum and refused to film such an intimate scene with a body double. This gave the action director a headache.

At this moment, the action director and several action choreographers huddled together to discuss what action to use instead of the waist-hugging spin. This scene is a crucial moment in the development of the relationship between the male and female leads; without physical contact, the emotions wouldn't be intense enough. But with physical contact, relying solely on close-up shots later wouldn't provide enough visual tension.

While the group was having a headache discussing the matter, Li Younan stood aside and quietly took out his phone to take a selfie.

His plan was to record all the interesting experiences of the day. At this moment, the lighting technician leaned over to Li Younan and said admiringly, "Dude, you're amazing! That move you made just now was even better than our stunt double."

Li Younan chuckled and asked, "Could you film me during practice later? I'd like to keep it as a souvenir."

The deliveryman said no problem.

Meanwhile, the action director and several action crew members discussed for a long time and concluded that the action, which involved no physical contact, was really difficult to design. So they planned to go and ask the chief director for instructions, but after thinking for a moment, they said to Li Younan, "You come with us too."

Li Younan then silently followed.

Actually, the director was also trying to persuade the actress. When Li Younan and his group arrived, they saw the actress with her back to them, saying righteously, "If you insist on filming this scene today, then I... will do what the male lead did and take sick leave too!"

The director was at his wits' end. Damn it, what era is this? Filming is like playing house. The old days were better, the director's status was so much better... He said helplessly, "Why don't you want to film with the stunt double? It's just one shot, isn't it?"

The actress remained silent. The male lead was a star, after all. How could he let an extra hug me? It was unacceptable.

Li Younan's lips twitched slightly. "Don't mess this up, we can't let today's start of work be canceled, can we?"
The action director was actually the most frustrated. He forced himself to interrupt the conversation between the actress and the director and said, "Director, we've already decided on a stunt double. This young man is fine for the entrance shots. He knows some basic action skills, and the effect he produces will be even better than our stunt double."

Upon hearing the action director's voice, the actress naturally turned around. Her gaze swept over the action director's rough face and immediately landed on Li Younan.

She blinked, her expression momentarily blank.

The weather had become quite hot by now. Li Younan squinted, flicked the sweat from his forehead with his fingers, and sighed helplessly. Filming a movie was really exhausting.

He was completely oblivious to the actress's gaze.

At this point, the action director also began to complain to the chief director: "But for the second shot, if the male and female leads don't have any physical contact, it will be really difficult to design the action."

While speaking, the action director did not look at the actress, and was extremely dissatisfied with her.

"Sigh, alright, alright, I don't want to make things too difficult for you. I'll reluctantly accept this, since I'm so dedicated," the actress suddenly said. The director was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed: "You've come to your senses?"

The actress said, "But this is a one-time thing!"

The action director was also a little puzzled. Goodness, how come this greenhorn who was playing the female lead for the first time was suddenly so easy to talk to? He glanced at Li Younan and suddenly understood something. He couldn't help but sigh deeply. Sure enough, good looks are still justice.

There's a reason why good-looking people have always been chosen for leading roles.

Drama is inspired by life, that's absolutely true.

After the most troublesome part was determined, the director arranged for Li Younan to change her look. Li Younan took a selfie with her phone and sighed softly, "Who in my family understands this? I have to go get my hair and makeup done again..."

……

In short, nothing was accomplished that morning. Aside from listening to the director explain the scene, Li Younan only did two things:
One thing was to get a new look, and another thing was to get a completely different look.

Work hadn't started even by lunchtime.

Fortunately, the crew provides boxed lunches. The lighting technician whom Li Younan had just met had become quite familiar with him. He came over and told Li Younan to get a boxed lunch, saying, "Extras and us sideline staff go get our boxed lunches over there. The director and regular actors eat on the other side."

Li Younan expressed his understanding, after all, the professional actors in the film crew have a unified title of "stars" in the public eye, and it's indeed inappropriate for them to eat with the extras. Putting aside other issues, safety should be taken into consideration. Of course, the standards of the meals are definitely very different.

Li Younan took out his phone to record: "I'm going to eat now. Let me show you what the boxed lunches for extras look like."

Just then, a short-haired girl wearing glasses ran over and said, "Hey, you...it's you." She pointed at Li Younan, "You, you come eat over there with us."

The lighting technician paused for a moment, then asked, "Huh?"

Li Younan was also somewhat puzzled, pointing doubtfully to himself: "Me?"

He recognized the young girl as the female lead's assistant.

The assistant nodded and said, "Yes, because filming is starting this afternoon, Yiyi said she'd like to take advantage of lunch to talk to you about some key points for filming."

Yiyi is the name of the female lead.

Li Younan was greatly impressed. This was the dedication of celebrities; they even discussed business during meals.

He said to the camera, "Sorry, it seems I won't be able to show you the extras' lunch boxes today."

He then smiled and said, "But I can show you what kind of food celebrities eat."

(End of this chapter)