In the afternoon, when most of the actors had arrived, Feng Chuan notified everyone in the WeChat group that they would have dinner together at 7pm at their hotel.
Sitting at their table were the core members of the director team and four actors and actresses. Ying Yanluo sat next to screenwriter Feng.
The actors who play the two male protagonists Tang Jin and You Ji are the popular actor Lu Yiming and the first-line actor Wu Tingyou. Both roles are newcomers. Gao Lin, who plays the forensic doctor Qin Min, has a neat short hair for the role. The other role is Fan Ruoting, who is You Ji's official partner in the play and is also the first character to go offline and runs through the entire plot. She does not have many scenes and basically appears in flashbacks.
After Feng Chuan introduced several actors one by one, he introduced Ying Yanluo.
"This is one of the scriptwriters in our team, Luo Yan, who is also a cartoonist."
As soon as Feng Chuan finished speaking, everyone at the table looked at Ying Yanluo at the same time. It was possible that they didn't know screenwriter Luo Yan, but who didn't know cartoonist Luo Yan
Luo Yan has always kept a low profile and never participated in any public events. All copyright issues of her works were negotiated by her personal lawyer. As for the subsequent start of filming, the only people who could contact her were the direct person in charge of the project, such as the director or producer. How would others know that Teacher Yan Luo would actually choose such a young girl
Among so many eyes, Ying Yanluo found a particularly direct line of sight. She subconsciously looked over and found Lu Yiming, the actor who played Tang Jin. When Lu Yiming saw her looking at him, he immediately showed a row of neat and clean teeth, "Hello, Teacher Luo Yan, I am Lu Yiming."
Ying Yanluo nodded to him, "Hello."
Feng Chuan immediately smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Yiming and Teacher Luo Yan have some fate. Yiming debuted in Awakening."
Lu Yiming made his debut with the third male lead in "Awakening", and that role made him very popular at the time, so after hearing what Director Feng Chuan said, he looked straight at Ying Yanluo.
There was a flash of surprise in Ying Yanluo's eyes. She had really not noticed this. She really didn't pay much attention to her own film and television works. The only ones she could remember should be the most impressive male actors. The only artist she followed on Weibo was Ye Shutong.
Feng Chuan didn't talk about work with them today, but just let the actors and staff get to know each other. There were many young people in their crew, and after a few drinks everyone quickly became familiar with each other. The atmosphere of the dinner was pretty good, and it was lively until nearly ten o'clock in the evening.
Before the show ended, Feng Chuan specifically instructed the actors, the director team, and some staff from related departments to have a script reading in the hotel's conference room at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Ying Yanluo didn't drink. After returning to her room, she took a shower, did skin care, and went to bed. Only then did she find that Ye Shutong had sent her a WeChat message.
Ye Shutong: You became a screenwriter
Ying Yanluo was surprised. She hadn't even told her that she was a screenwriter, so how did she know about it
Yu Xi asked her how she knew that.
Ye Shutong replied immediately: I heard from Lu Yiming
Ying Yanluo: Lu Yiming
Ye Shutong simply called her and said, "Yes, isn't Lu Yiming one of the male leads in their drama?" After that, he explained to her in a hurry, saying that Lu Yiming had signed a contract with their company a few years ago, and the two had worked together several times and had a good relationship privately.
"How did you change your career to become a screenwriter?"
"I don't want to change my career. I'll still be drawing comics."
"Then didn't you say you don't like the entertainment industry?" After asking, Ye Shutong seemed to have thought of something. They have been friends for so many years, so she naturally knew that Ye Shutong might be curious about new fields, but she would not try them easily and was more accustomed to staying in her comfort zone. All of this was ultimately due to her lack of a sense of security. The appearance of Su Weichu filled her missing sense of security.
She laughed and said, "You can make this decision because of Mr. Su, right?"
Ying Yanluo felt incredibly warm in her heart, and she did not deny it. She even said with a firm tone, "I feel like no matter what happens, he will stand by my side."
Ye Shutong was stunned. Ying Yanluo could not say such words in the past, but now she can say such words. This shows that President Su really gave her enough sense of security.
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Ying Yanluo set the alarm for eight in the morning. She was woken up on time. She ordered breakfast and got up to wash up. When she finished washing up, the hotel's breakfast was delivered. After breakfast, she simply tidied up and took the script to the meeting room where they were reading.
Before filming begins, there will be a script reading session, where the actors and staff will gather together to analyze, read and sort out the script. Inappropriate parts can also be pointed out on the spot for modification to reduce unnecessary trouble in the later stage.
Of course, directors and screenwriters don't like this kind of reading, but some actors may not, especially the popular actors. It also depends on whether the director is tough enough and the actors are dedicated enough. In short, the actors in their crew are very cooperative.
The hotel's conference room was very large, with a long rectangular table around which the actors and staff sat. Feng Chuan sat at the top of the table with the script and computer at hand, and a PPT of their script was projected on the screen behind him.
The reading took a long time and the content was complicated. During this process, some of the problems that some people thought of were exposed bit by bit. Ying Yanluo was responsible for the branch lines of Tang Jin and Qin Min. Gao Lin had her own opinions on the role of Qin Min. Ying Yanluo had thought about some of the questions she raised and they were all within the scope of revision, so their communication in this area was relatively smooth.
Feng Chuan is a very serious and responsible director. He led them to analyze each scene one by one. Fortunately, none of the actors in their drama acted like big shots. Although it was tiring, no one complained. Everyone was very serious about the work, which made Feng Chuan feel very gratified.
This was Ying Yanluo’s first time experiencing such a reading. After returning from the reading, she would take a shower and fall asleep immediately. She could even dream about the contents of the script at night.
Director Feng Chuan asked them to leave early today, but it was already past eleven o'clock. When she took a shower and was getting ready for bed, she noticed that Su Weichu had sent her another WeChat message, which was sent at around six o'clock in the afternoon, asking her if she had eaten. At that time, she was still in the meeting room.
I don't know if he's asleep yet? But I thought she would reply first. If he was asleep, he would be able to see it tomorrow. If she didn't reply now, she was afraid that he would forget it when he got up and started working tomorrow morning. Then she thought that just as she replied, before she put down her phone, Su Weichu called her on WeChat video.
Ying Yanluo immediately answered the call and soon saw his gentle face appear on the screen. She noticed that the background behind him was the French window of his company's office. She was surprised and asked, "It's so late? Are you still working? Haven't you gone home yet?"
The screen on Su Weichu's end flickered for a few times, then straightened again. It was obvious that he had placed his phone on a stand on his desk. He nodded and replied, "Well, there are still some things that haven't been dealt with yet."
Ying Yanluo felt distressed, "Then how long will it take you to deal with it? It won't be until one or two in the morning again, right?" Just like the period at the end of last year, when he worked until the early morning every day, and he also fell ill due to such high-intensity work. She still remembers it vividly.
Su Weichu looked at the person in the camera. She felt sorry for herself. She probably didn't look at her own face carefully. The fatigue on her face was not much better than his.
He asked, “Is it hard to read in circles?”
Ying Yanluo held her cheek with her hand, "Well, I never thought that studying could be so tiring. You haven't answered me yet? When can you go home?"
"I'm not going home tonight. I'll sleep in the office once I finish this."
Ying Yanluo thought about it and decided that it was a good thing that his office was next to the lounge, otherwise he would have to waste a lot of time on the way back. She insisted, "What time is it?"
"It will probably be over by one."
Ying Yanluo glanced at the time above the screen. It was already past 2 p.m., so she suddenly put her phone aside.
"Yan Yan?" Su Weichu called her.
"Yes."
There was a rustling sound from her end, and soon she picked up the phone again. Su Weichu found that she had laid down with the phone in front of him. He heard her say, "Then hurry up and work. I will just accompany you like this."
Su Weichu looked at him and smiled, feeling warm in his heart, "No need, I just wanted to see you, and I've seen you now, let's hang up, you have a good rest..."
"No, I won't hang up. You've finished watching, but I haven't finished yet." Ying Yanluo slightly adjusted her phone and continued, "Don't worry about me. Just do your work and I'll watch my own. I'll fall asleep when I'm tired."
Su Weichu: "You have to use the computer. The keyboard noise will disturb you."
"I don't care. I won't hang up anyway."
Su Weichu laughed. He had no way to deal with her, and he was reluctant to let her go. So he agreed, "Okay, let's work first."
After the two of them fell silent, they only heard the sound of Su Weichu's fingers tapping on the keyboard. Ying Yanluo stared at his handsome and clear face. He had a high nose bridge and a beautiful mouth. It was especially soft after she kissed it, just like the QQ candy she ate when she was a kid. Ying Yanluo couldn't help but licked her lips. After licking them, she felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately he was really working hard and didn't see her movements.
During this time, Ying Yanluo yawned several times without realizing it, closing her eyes for a few seconds and then opening them for a few seconds. In the end, she herself didn't know when and how she fell asleep. When she woke up the next day, she found that Su Weichu hung up their video call first, and the call lasted more than seven hours. In that case, doesn't it mean that their video call was on all night
Ying Yanluo rolled around in her blanket with her phone in her arms for a long time, silently repeating Su Weichu's name, and sighing countless times, "How could this man be so good?" She was even a little impulsive and wanted to tell him that she missed him, but she felt that if she really told him that she missed him, he would probably come from Beijing to see her that day. Seeing that he worked until the early morning yesterday, she thought that he was not idle during this period, so she held back.
The reading work was on track later, and Ying Yanluo's entire time was occupied by work. In the following week or so, they read from morning to night. The previous time, they finished at 11 o'clock, which was already the earliest time. Recently, the reading would not end until after 1 o'clock in the morning. They had to eat lunch and dinner in the conference room.
Finally, the script was sorted out and everyone was exhausted. However, the one with the most energy was director Feng Chuan. After the end of the day, he planned to treat everyone to a big dinner, but was rejected by everyone. There was no need for a big dinner. They should just be thankful that the day ended early and they could go back and have a good sleep.
Seeing that they all looked exhausted, Feng Chuan decided to cancel the dinner and let them go back to sleep.
Ying Yanluo slept soundly again, so when she woke up the next day it was already past ten in the morning. She thought it was all over and she would be late for the study session. Just as she was throwing off the quilt and preparing to get out of bed, she suddenly remembered that their study session ended yesterday and the director gave them a day off today. So, she fell back into bed softly after just getting up.
When she woke up again, it was almost twelve o'clock. When she came back to wash up and took out her cell phone, she noticed that she had a missed call. It was from Su Weichu, and it was actually the same call she received last night. She immediately sat up with the quilt rolled up and called back without thinking.
The call was quickly connected, and Su Weichu's familiar and gentle voice came over, "Yan Yan."
When Ying Yanluo heard his voice, her nose suddenly felt sore. She suddenly realized that since the formal recitation, they seemed to have not had time to talk on the phone for a long time. They just kept repeating the same few words on WeChat: good morning, I went to the recitation, I went to the company...
When the busy string relaxed, Ying Yanluo realized belatedly that her longing for him almost drowned her.
"Yan Yan, what's wrong? Why aren't you talking?" Su Weichu asked on the other end.
Ying Yanluo blinked her slightly sore eyes and said, "It's okay. We finished the reading yesterday and I was too tired after I came back. I didn't receive your call."
"By the way, you called me yesterday. What's the matter?" He knew that she was busy recently and didn't want to disturb her work so he didn't call her. But the phone call last night made Ying Yanluo mistakenly believe that he had some urgent matter.
"It's nothing." Su Weichu's voice was slightly deep, "But I just missed you so much and wanted to hear your voice."
Ying Yanluo's eyes suddenly became moist, "I miss you, too."
"Do you want to see me?" Su Weichu suddenly asked.
Ying Yanluo stood up from the bed, and a vague idea suddenly came to her mind. Her voice trembled a little, "I think about it, I think about it."
Su Weichu smiled and said, "If you want, come to the hotel lobby to pick me up."