CHAPTER 62: GU YITING

"Action..." Wen Nuan and Chen Hang walked to the performance area. The atmosphere built up for a moment, the clapperboard snapped, and they entered their roles. Wen Nuan’s positioning and posture were both graceful and didn’t steal Chen Hang’s spotlight, her movements flowing naturally.

Her affectionate peach blossom eyes gazed at Prince Nalan with a profound look that surpassed a thousand words, conveying a lingering tenderness and deep affection, revealing a woman’s water-like gentleness.

Director Zhang nodded frequently. With a good performance from his counterpart, Chen Hang’s foundation was also solid. Both of them perfectly portrayed the complex emotions of farewell and reluctance, as well as Prince Nalan’s ambition to soar and Princess Xiangxiang’s mixture of disappointment and support.

The kiss scene was filmed using a stand-in, as requested by Wen Nuan, and Chen Hang had no objections. The final scene was of Princess Xiangxiang playing the flute, her eyes tenderly watching her beloved’s figure on a white horse grow further and further away.

The melody of the flute was long and lingering, her deep affection unwavering, yet tinged with a faint sadness.

This scene went smoothly, and Wen Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. Director Zhang looked at the effect, then at Wen Nuan. She was truly born for this. As it was Zhuo Bingbing’s turn to film, Wen Nuan took a break, and Cai Xiaojing brought her a bottle of ice-cold purified water.

Gu Yiting and her assistant walked over. Wen Nuan and Gu Yiting’s scenes were filmed separately, so they rarely met. This was Gu Yiting’s first time coming to Wen Nuan. She looked down at Wen Nuan with a somewhat condescending air. "Wen Nuan, who did you climb up to at Anning International?"

Wen Nuan was taken aback, not understanding what she meant. Gu Yiting sneered, looking at Wen Nuan with disdain. "If you didn’t climb up to someone, how could you have gotten the role of Princess Xiangxiang?"

For over a month, she had told herself to be patient. She should have been the second female lead in this drama, but Wen Nuan had snatched it away. She could only play a minor role in the drama.

Her manager had told her earlier that she had secured the role, but who knew that overnight it would be changed to Wen Nuan.

She was very unwilling to accept this. The young master of Hairun had simply told her that Anning International wanted to promote someone this time, and they would give her a chance next time. Her role was gone just like that, and she was very unconvinced.

On set, seeing how much the director and actors liked Wen Nuan, how harmonious everyone was, and how Director Zhang had unknowingly added so many scenes for her, and moreover, Wen Nuan’s costumes and styling were better in every detail than the female lead’s, with the highest costume budget in the entire crew, she was even more certain that someone was supporting Wen Nuan behind the scenes. Otherwise, how could she receive such treatment?

"I don’t know what you’re talking about," Wen Nuan said, not wanting to pay her much attention.

Gu Yiting wasn’t well-liked by the crew. The other actresses didn’t particularly like her and rarely invited her to eat out or hang out.

"Stop pretending. Let’s be honest, who are you sleeping with?" Gu Yiting said very impolitely.

Cai Xiaojing was about to speak, but Wen Nuan stood up with a sweet smile. "Do you have to sleep with someone to get a role? We all auditioned together. Director Zhang chose the role. What exactly are you talking about?"

Their argument was heard by others. A second-tier actress who was a familiar face came over and pulled Wen Nuan. "Forget it, don’t talk to someone with red-eye disease. Come play cards."

Director Zhang stopped filming, glanced at the two arguing women, and shook his head. He didn’t care about the actors’ petty fights. As long as they acted well in his drama, that was all that mattered.

Actually, Gu Yiting had been chosen for the role of Princess Xiangxiang early on. He had strongly recommended Wen Nuan, but the investors wanted Gu Yiting. His authority wasn’t enough, so there was nothing he could do. He hadn’t expected the cast to change the next day, with Wen Nuan being finalized.

Although he didn’t know why, he was happy that the actor he favored had been chosen.

He was very satisfied with Wen Nuan playing this role and had added many scenes for her. If Gu Yiting had played it, hmph, he was a well-known editor and would have cut her down to a minor character anyway.

Gu Yiting stomped her foot and turned away angrily. Cai Xiaojing received a call and had something to deal with. Seeing that Wen Nuan hadn’t been bullied much on set in over a month, except for Gu Yiting, whose fighting power wasn’t high, she felt a little relieved and gave Wen Nuan a few instructions before leaving.

Several people were playing cards nearby. Those women all laughed, saying that Wen Nuan’s manager treated Wen Nuan like a child. Their managers didn’t care about them and wouldn’t accompany them on set every day.

While playing cards, the group gossiped about the entertainment industry. Wen Nuan happened to hear that Ye Feimo had recently been rumored to be with so-and-so, and that Young Master Ye was going to promote so-and-so again. She muttered to herself.

This horse still hadn’t changed its nature.

He had been having quite intense rumors with a female singer and a female model recently. Wen Nuan was curious why she hadn’t seen any rumors about him and Han Bi.

Han Bi, on the other hand, had been linked with Gu Rui, and seemed to be intentionally cooperating with Fang Liucheng. There had been rumors recently that Han Bi would participate in the film production invested in by Huayun Entertainment and the Fang family.

It was said to be Huayun’s annual blockbuster.

It must be nice to be at Han Bi’s level, with so many good movies waiting for her to choose and film, whether art films or commercial films, she could handle them all, and her looks were suitable for both ancient and modern roles, giving her a lot of room to develop.

In the afternoon, Director Zhang gathered all the actors in the crew. To catch up on the schedule, they wanted to finish filming this drama before the Chinese New Year, so they would start filming day and night from today, including night shoots.

Several lead actors complained endlessly. They were starting night shoots, and Wen Nuan was no exception.

Night shoots were starting today.

After getting the news, Wen Nuan called Ye Feimo. "Ye Feimo, I have to do night shoots tonight. Prepare your own food."

"What time?"

"I don’t know yet."

"Annoying. Going out early and coming back late wasn’t enough, now you even have to work overtime. You’re even busier than me," Ye Feimo’s tone was unpleasant.

Wen Nuan: "...Ah, the assistant director is calling me. Gotta go."

She hung up the phone. To avoid Ye Feimo calling back to scold her, Wen Nuan decisively turned off her phone.

She also lived in Mingcheng Apartment, and although she lived downstairs from Ye Feimo, there was no difference between them living together and not. There was no need to rent another apartment. Ye Feimo had a rather awkward personality and was a clean freak. Apart from having a cleaning lady come regularly, he didn’t like others entering his private space.

His three meals had always been Wen Nuan’s responsibility: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, without missing a single one.

Perhaps he had gotten used to being served by Wen Nuan. Young Master Ye couldn’t do without Wen Nuan for a single meal. She was busy to death on set, and when she went back, she still had to cook for him. Of course, she didn’t complain much about these things.