What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

Just as expected from the beginning, apart from Haruta Masaki, no one else in the crew could see Mai Sakurajima at all.

It is precisely because of this that a series of problems arise, such as one point less in the food order, everyone starting to pack up and leave even though the heroine's scene has not been filmed yet, etc.

But Haruta Masaki also followed through on what he said at the beginning. Even if other people in the crew had left, he still stayed on the scene, acting as several people by himself. He actually spent several days and stumbled through most of the short drama, which was less than ten minutes long.

Mai Sakurajima's mentality is pretty good, perhaps because Haruta Masaki has always been by her side, so no matter what she does, there is not much inconvenience. In addition, after experiencing so many unbearable things, this level is just child's play now. During the filming process, she seems to gradually become more calm and relieved.

Perhaps it was because of the change in mentality that the crew members who originally could not see her at all and could not feel her existence, seemed to begin to vaguely perceive Sakurajima Mai's existence. They no longer treated the place where she sat as an empty seat, no longer ordered less fast food and drinks, and no longer ignored her existence and let her stay in the abandoned station and unfinished building that served as the filming location, turning the girl's performance experience from a romantic drama directly into a horror movie...

During this period, Mai Sakurajima gradually got used to the company of Masaki Haruta, and her view of Masaki Haruta changed from "a rich second generation who plays for fun" to "a rich second generation who plays for fun who has great acting skills and is very talented and can handle anything".

Naturally, she had also met the little idols of U149 who were in the same agency as her, and she also learned from the conversations of those little guys that Haruta Masaki seldom came to the agency on weekdays. It seemed that he was always running around for business, and he could get one or more jobs for everyone in the agency. When she thought about the fact that Haruta Masaki showed up in the agency on time these days, it seemed as if he came just for her.

Although she tried hard not to think about these trivial things, after all, Sakurajima Mai's own situation had not been completely resolved and it was not the time to talk about romance, but once she thought of this, the girl couldn't help blushing.

“It was finished so quickly…”

On the day of wrapping, Sakurajima Mai murmured to herself.

Because the specific content was less than ten minutes long, the entire filming process took less than a week, which is quite fast. In the director world, he can be considered a quick shooter.

"Cheer up," Haruta Masaki, who could sense something even without checking the notebook, patted the girl's shoulder and said with a smile, "Be prepared, it's time to let the world know Sakurajima Mai again."

Chapter 327: Is Black Tea Okay?

As one of the aliases, Haruta Masaki's only skills are acting and music. Unfortunately, he does not have any skills like being a director.

This directly led to the fact that the photos taken by Haruta Masaki were not so exquisite without the help of others, and were only slightly better than those taken by a beginner.

Fortunately, the things he and Mai Sakurajima shot this time did not need to be very exquisite, because its only purpose was to announce the existence of Mai Sakurajima to the world.

The short play itself tells a very simple story about an elderly woman with amnesia who glimpsed her long life in a cup of fragrant black tea one afternoon.

The rich and mellow color of the tea, which is perfect for pairing with dim sum, symbolizes her busy and fulfilling middle age.

After taking a few sips, the tea in the cup is not so red and rich, and milk, which symbolizes maternal love, can be added to increase the flavor and make the taste softer. It represents her youth when she has her own children and watches them grow up.

When the cup is less than half full, you can see some scattered tea leaves at the bottom of the cup, releasing the concentrated flavor of the entire summer and winter sunshine bit by bit. This is her fiery and beautiful youth with the passion that can burn everything she has;

When the tea was finished with the last biscuit, the snow-white bottom of the ceramic cup was revealed, as pure and flawless as a newborn. This was when she was born.

Each memory will be performed romantically in a montage format with different background music and the color of black tea. According to the voice-over written in the script, everything is told slowly, just like a singing performance. The only thing in common is that each BGM is soothing and melodious, coupled with the perfect interpretation of Mai Sakurajima, it will not make people feel uncomfortable at all.

What’s interesting is that due to Masaki Haruta’s lack of talent, many shots appear distorted, but combined with the dreamlike atmosphere of the plot, this distortion makes those clips even more profound and psychedelic.

When everything was settled, the sketch returned to the beginning. The old woman sitting in the rocking chair holding a cup seemed to have forgotten everything again, when a figure broke into the camera.

It was none other than the young girl, who was probably the old man's daughter or granddaughter. She took the cup very naturally and poured another cup of fragrant black tea for the other party, with a warm smile on her face. At this moment, it seemed as if time and space were disordered, and all the images were shattered and merged, and finally fell once again on the slightly rotating tea surface in the cup.

And for the first time, the characters on the screen had lines instead of voice-overs.

"I'm back." said the young girl.

"Welcome back," the old man said kindly, "Ma Yi."

Mai Sakurajima's evaluation of this skit was 'ok'.

After all, as a famous child star, she has performed in various film and television dramas since she was a child. She has also performed similar short plays, and even some public service advertisements, but in terms of depth and tear-jerkingness, they are better than this short play.

But judging from the girl's expression, she was actually quite satisfied with the results this time.

“Are we going to post this online?”

The girl asked curiously.

"Why do you think so?" Haruta Masaki raised his eyebrows and asked back. He only made a cameo appearance as the girl's young lover in the skit - only half of his body was shown, without even his face.

"Because the time is too short, it's impossible to broadcast it on TV, right?"

Mai Sakurajima, who has a certain understanding of the film and television industry, answered without hesitation: "I don't mind. It's not like there's no exposure on the Internet."

To be honest, she was surprised that Masaki Haruta was able to put together such a team and finish the short drama, but no matter what, this short drama was not up to the standard of being broadcast on TV no matter what aspect it was used as a reference.

Posting it online was just a casual remark of the girl, which was roughly equivalent to the feeling of "since the photo was taken, at least do something about it". After all, her current weak sense of presence has not completely disappeared, and it may not be that easy to gain exposure and traffic.

But Haruta Masaki said nothing mysteriously and just asked her to go back and wait for news.

Faced with the girl's questioning, he just kept making excuses, saying things like "You'll know when the time comes."

After that, he, in the name of the president of Mengya Family Agency, said that the girl had been tired during the past few days of filming the short drama, and ordered her to go back and have a good rest for a while. Even if Sakurajima Mai protested and said that she was not tired at all, it was useless.

In the end, the girl had no choice but to return to her home and go to school and go home as usual, just like in the past.

After being freed from the filming work, Sakurajima Mai did not feel relieved. Instead, she was once again ignored by everyone in the school and was forced to accept the fact that her presence was still weak.

This made her mentality, which had originally forgotten about sadness because of her fulfilling work, become shaky again - if it weren't for Washimiya Shiki occasionally greeting her, and if it weren't for Oosaka Taiga being able to see her again, making her realize that the situation was indeed getting better, Sakurajima Mai might have really found it unbearable.

Two days later, the girl was walking home after school when she suddenly received a call from Haruta Masaki.

This time the other party only left one sentence.

"I'm ready."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Mai Sakurajima: “?”

No, what's good about it? What's good about it? Please explain it clearly!

If she hadn't confirmed that the number was from Haruta Masaki, and the other party's voice was clearly audible, the girl would have even wondered if she had received a harassing call...

However, right after that, the girl suddenly felt something strange.

She felt the gaze of others.

Not just one, but gradually many eyes began to fall on her.

"...Is it really okay?" She was somewhat unbelievable and confused.

At this moment, her eyes fell on a huge LED dynamic advertisement on the exterior wall of a commercial building not far away.

The short play filmed for her by Haruta Masaki was being played there.

The girl stared blankly for a while, then seemed to realize something and started running back home.

On the way, all the places she passed that could play advertisements - televisions in store display cabinets, electronic billboards at bus stops, and oversized projection screens in squares - were, without exception, all playing the skit.

Even on TV at this moment, except for the Tokyo TV which was still broadcasting the animation, other TV stations were also broadcasting the short drama.

With the power of money paving the way, and with the bombardment of huge amounts of information that seems to be in the boundless space.

At this moment, Sakurajima Mai's "existence" finally returned to everyone's sight.

Chapter 328 Return to Peaceful Daily Life

Toyosaki Academy, Service Department.

"Although I have no interest in interfering in the private lives of club members, in order to prevent the club from being downgraded to a hobby club due to reduction in members, I will still ask," Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at Shiki who was yawning, frowned slightly, and tried to make her tone sound nonchalant: "You have been skipping classes these days, right?"

"No, that is not the case."

Si Ji said lazily while lying on the table.

Shooting the skit was much harder than he thought. Running around with Mai Sakurajima these past few days took up a lot of his time and energy. Mai Sakurajima was okay, after all, it was just a performance. But because the other people in the crew couldn't see Mai Sakurajima, Shiki had to take on a lot of work all of a sudden. He had to do the work of ten or eight people by himself. Even with the help of a stand-in, the world was still too busy to handle it. By the time the skit was finished, he was almost exhausted. He had a similar experience only when he founded Maple Leaf Technology from scratch not long after he traveled to this world and had to write novels at night.

In addition, because the short drama made extensive use of montage and special effects, the post-production processing was also very difficult. If I didn't have enough money, and if I didn't have the money, and if Mai Sakurajima's puberty syndrome had improved a lot during the post-editing process, and if I couldn't pay others to help me in many aspects without having to do it myself, I'm afraid that short drama would still be in production until now.

"Really? But that teacher Kuroi Nanako has already found me." Yukinoshita Yukino raised her chin proudly, as if she wanted to hurt Shiki's heart with her contemptuous eyes: "Please don't tell lies that are so easily exposed."

It's a pity that the little girl's eyes are too weak and pose no threat at all to a guy like Si Ji who can chat and laugh with leaders from various countries at the negotiating table.

He felt even sleepier.

"President Yukino, I'm not lying." Shiki said seriously, but the way he lay on the table didn't seem serious at all: "I really didn't skip class. I skipped school the other day!"

"From a student's perspective, this is worse than skipping classes, right?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Shiki in astonishment as if nothing had happened.

"It's okay. I've already sent in the leave note." Si Ji replied sharply.

"You're quite proud." The girl couldn't help but complain: "Doesn't Washimiya-san have the same sense of shame as the average person?"

"I lost that stuff two years, six months and twenty-three days ago."

"Why is there both zeros and integers in this time..."

Of course it’s because I’ve been practicing as a time traveler for two and a half years.

"Of course it was because I was alone at that time. In order to survive, I had already thrown my shame into the Mariana Trench."

Si Ji raised his face, and with his acting skills that had just been upgraded to level 6, he spoke in a nonchalant manner yet with a hint of melancholy.

Yukinoshita Yukino choked.

She suddenly felt a little guilty. Although she had been renting Washimiya-ryo in Shiki at a very low price recently, she had indeed not learned about Shiki's family situation.

Considering that apart from Shiki herself, the landlord, there are only three residents in Washimiya Dormitory at present, she and Kashiwazaki Sena both just moved in this month, and Yamada Fairy also revealed that she just came to Washimiya Dormitory last month. So how did Washimiya Shiki make a living before that?

To put it another way, Washimiya Shiki's cooking skills are obviously not something that ordinary people can learn easily. He must have suffered a lot and spent a lot of time and energy to practice to that level.

Thinking about what the other party said, that it took only two years and six months to master the cooking skills to such an excellent level, the girl didn't dare to think about the hardships involved.

Suddenly, Yukinoshita Yukino felt even more ashamed.

It is true that her life is not easy now, but at least the Yukinoshita family is still intact, and all the family members are there. After Qiu Lingwen let her family go, they are gradually recovering during this period of time. However, Washimiya Shiki's relatives can't come back...

Although he himself was so miserable, he always wore a smile and pretended to be relaxed. If his classmates had any problems, he would help them within the scope of his ability. Not only did he not succumb to suffering, but he also tried hard to live his own life.

Perhaps it is because of this that, even though these four seasons are decisively different from the 'real thing' that the girl pursued in the past, she still treats them differently.

I guess he has been skipping school these days because he must have something to do.

The girl was silent for a long time. She felt that it was wrong to blame the other party without knowing the details, so she rarely apologized to Si Ji: "I'm sorry..."

As a result, Si Ji looked at the girl in surprise: "Oh my god, the president actually apologized?!"

He jumped up from his chair, walked quickly to the girl, and put his hand on her forehead to measure her temperature: "Strange, she doesn't have a fever..."

The girl, who was confused for a while by his sudden action, finally came to her senses and slapped away his big hand that was still on her forehead.

"It's not good to touch a girl casually without her consent."

She wanted to say something more serious out of habit, but after seeing the surprise on Si Ji's face, she couldn't help but soften her tone: "I can let it go this time, but not all girls are so easy to talk to. Please pay attention to your words and actions in the future."

"No, President, you are the most difficult girl to talk to among all the girls I have ever met..."

Shiki couldn't help but mutter softly.

After all, most of the women that other aliases meet want to curry favor with him. On Toyosaki's side, apart from Kasumigaoka Utaha, there are no particularly sharp-tongued girls. To round it off, Yukinoshita Yukino is indeed the one that is more difficult to approach.

"It's really ugly to see you mumbling to yourself. Washimiya-kun, please go back to your seat."

"Are you the teacher who is teaching the class?"

"Teacher Kuroi Nanako did ask me to discipline you." The girl said as she took out a piece of chalk eraser as if she was taking out a royal sword.

Shiki remembered that he had once seen teacher Nanako Kuroi use this piece of chalk to hit a student named Shiraishi, who was absent from class, on the head.

"That girl asked me to make her a side dish for drinking... Damn it, next time I must stuff it with dragon's breath peppers!"

Si Ji smacked his lips in dissatisfaction.

Then he looked at Yukinoshita Yukino who remained silent and asked curiously, "President, aren't you going to tell on me?"

"Teacher Kuroi only asked me to keep an eye on you. This kind of personal matter has nothing to do with me." The girl said calmly.

It seems that she is quite resentful about being pushed a lot of work by Kuroi Nanako and about Shiki being wrongly blamed for it.

Chapter 329 You betrayed friendship!

Just as Shiki returned to his seat and laid down on the table to take a nap, someone walked into the service club from outside.

He turned his head and found that it was Osaka Taiga who came.

At this point, among the five patients with puberty syndrome, only Oosaka Taiga's condition has not been resolved.

But the problem is that after spending these few days together, it seems that there is nothing special about Oosaka Taiga except that he eats a little more.

This child has a bad temper and a straightforward personality. If he is unhappy about something, he will usually beat the culprit with a wooden sword and vent his frustration on the spot. He doesn't even need milk or stretching, and never leaves the stress until the next day.

Si Ji judged that she ate a lot probably because she was small, so she was influenced by the inherent impression that "the more you eat, the faster you grow", which led to symptoms of binge eating.