Huayu: This celebrity doesn't follow the rules.

Chapter 9 This guy doesn't follow the rules
In a corner of the makeshift dressing room set up by the crew of "The Left Ear," several stagehands and lighting assistants huddled together during their break, eating sunflower seeds.

Old Zhang lowered his voice mysteriously: "Have you guys noticed? Our assistant Jiang has been acting weirder and weirder lately."

Xiao Wang immediately chimed in: "What do you mean? It's just that you have an uncle who's a high-ranking executive, right?"

"Naive!" Old Zhang spat out a sunflower seed shell. "Have you ever seen a person with connections get a director to teach them how to act step by step? For that rooftop scene the other day, Director Su directly gave him the monitor!"

Xiao Li's eyes widened: "Really? I was so busy touching up Ma Sichun's makeup..."

“There’s something even more outrageous,” Old Zhang looked around, “Our female lead is Chen Duling, how can an ordinary person be chosen as the female lead?”

Xiao Wang gasped, "Old Zhang, what you're saying..."

"I'll just say two things," Old Zhang said, counting on his fingers. "First, Director Su agreed to let her play the female lead, so their relationship speaks for itself, right? Second, now she's always seen with Assistant Jiang..."

The powder puff in Xiao Li's hand fell to the ground with a "thud": "You mean Assistant Jiang cheated on Director Su...?"

"Shh..."

"If we weren't from the same company, I wouldn't dare say anything. Don't spread this around!"

"Don't worry, we'll just talk about it ourselves."

"But this kid is really bold. This is too unruly!"

At this moment, Ma Sichun's assistant, Xiao Zhao, suddenly pushed the door open and entered. The three of them immediately pretended to discuss the lighting plan.

After Xiao Zhao took the things and left, Xiao Wang couldn't wait to ask, "How are Ma Sichun and Ou Hao doing lately?"

"Shh..." Old Zhang lowered his voice, "Last week, I went for a run on the beach, do you know what I saw?"

"What?"

"Assistant Jiang and Ma Sichun! They're hugging!"

He suddenly pouted and made a "mua" sound.

"You saw them kiss???"

"...Absolutely...absolutely true!!!"

"Impossible!" Xiao Li exclaimed. "Isn't Ou Hao his buddy?"

"They were playing ball together just a few days ago, how can they not fall out now?"

Xiao Li suddenly slapped his thigh: "Wait! The night before last, I went to Ou Hao's room to deliver the script, and Assistant Jiang opened the door! His hair was all wet!"

The three of them gasped simultaneously.

Xiao Li's sunflower seed froze at his lips: "Could it be that this kid..."

He made a 1 with his left hand and a 0 with his right, then crossed his hands together.

Old Zhang smiled mysteriously: "Young man, have you ever heard of a threesome?"

"Holy crap!" Xiao Wang dropped the clapperboard in his hand. "Is the entertainment industry this exciting?"

"You're not very worldly, are you? What's this?" Old Zhang crossed his legs. "Last year in Hengdian..."

"How to say?"

"The cigarettes are all gone..."

"??? Bro, hit mine!"

"I'm used to smoking Zhonghua cigarettes..."

"This... I'll go buy it!"

Suddenly, the script supervisor's megaphone blared: "Attention everyone! We're filming Jiang Jiao's rooftop scene in five minutes!"

The three immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Old Zhang shouted back as he ran, "We'll continue the story on the ship to Dongji Island tomorrow. Remember to buy the soft-pack Zhonghua cigarettes; I don't like the hard ones..."

……

Director's Tent
Su Youpeng took off his headphones and patted Jiang Ye, who was organizing storyboards: "Xiao Jiang, are you interested in working with me after graduation?"

Jiang Ye kept working with his hands: "Director Su, I'm only about to start university."

"You rascal," Su Youpeng shook his head regretfully and laughed, "I think you were right to adjust the blocking for yesterday's scene; it definitely made a big difference!"

He pointed to the monitor, "Want to try out Guan Xiaotong's scene today?"

Jiang Ye finally looked up: "Me? Is that appropriate?"

"Don't give me that." He dragged the man towards the monitor. "Consider this your coming-of-age ceremony. From now on, just call me Brother Peng." When Jiang Ye sat in the director's chair, the entire crew seemed to be put on pause.

Lighting technician Lao Zhang's apple fell into the equipment box, script supervisor Xiao Wang mechanically flipped through the call sheet, mistaking the third scene for the thirteenth, and even Guan Xiaotong, who was touching up her makeup, stopped applying mascara and looked suspiciously in the direction of the monitor.

Su Youpeng sat behind Jiang Ye with a beaming smile, just like a loving father.

"Old Zhang..." Xiao Wang covered his mouth with the clapperboard, "Is this a change of dynasty?"

Old Zhang solemnly pulled out a cigarette: "I told you this kid was no ordinary person..."

"Could it be that Director Su was also...?"

"Wait, I see now, could this guy be Director Su's son?"

"Hmm, now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it!"

"Shh, let's talk later!"

……

"Jiang Jiao's rooftop money-throwing scene is about to be filmed!"

Guan Xiaotong stood on the edge of the rooftop, adjusting her school uniform collar, a stack of prop banknotes in her hand.

Jiang Ye picked up the walkie-talkie:
"Xiao Guan, could you pause for two seconds before throwing the money? Give us a close-up shot."

Guan Xiaotong nodded: "Understood, Brother Jiang Ye. Let's take the money and look at it for a while before distributing it, right?"

“Yes, that makes the emotions more vivid.” Jiang Ye turned to the director of photography and said, “Teacher Wang, could you please give us a close-up of the hand?”

"Action!"

Guan Xiaotong looked down at the banknotes in her hand, her fingers trembling slightly.

Suddenly, she raised her hand and tossed the money into the air, shouting her line with reddened eyes amidst the flying banknotes: "Zhang Yang! Do you really think I care about this?!"

“Cut! Very good!” Jiang Ye watched the monitor replay. “Xiao Tong, the tears she shed when she turned around at the end were particularly well done.”

As expected of a child star, Jiang Ye felt that her acting skills were not much better than Chen Duling's.

Su Youpeng walked over and looked at the footage: "This one can be approved."

He smiled at Jiang Ye. "You're really good at picking up on emotions."

The staff on the sidelines whispered among themselves:

"This new director is quite capable..."

"I heard he hasn't enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy yet..."

"real or fake?"

"For the confession scene, Cousin Lee Il will be on stage!"

Hu Xia was sitting on the steps with his guitar in his arms when Jiang Ye suddenly squatted down next to him: "Brother Xia, could you say that last line to the empty seat on the left?"

"Ok?"

"The camera will pull away from Lee I's empty seat, making the sense of regret even stronger."

During filming, when Hu Xia said to the void, "I like you, you are my exclusive memory," all the female staff members on set clutched their hearts.

Su Youpeng stared at the footage that had just been shot on the monitor, then suddenly grabbed the assistant director and asked, "Old Gao, how long has this kid been on set?"

Takakawa flipped through the notice: "All told, 27 days?"

"What the hell!" Su Youpeng exclaimed, looking at Jiang Ye, who was directing Guan Xiaotong. "This scene reminds me of when we were filming 'The Message'..."

Gao Chuan was shocked: "Director Su, weren't you the lead actor in 'The Message'? Did you also direct it?"

"Aren't the directors Chen Guofu and Gao Qunshu?"

"..."

"I know!" Su Youpeng stared awkwardly. "I was just using an example!"

He stroked his chin and sighed, "This kid is just like me when I was young..."

Gao Chuan was somewhat puzzled.

When I was young?
The Fifth Prince in "My Fair Princess"?

You are heartless, cruel, and unreasonable?
However, Director Su's performance at that time was indeed "the pinnacle of Qiong Yao-style acting".

(End of this chapter)