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Chapter 267 - 267 268 Who is Your Backing (3)_1
Chapter 267 - 267 268 Who is Your Backing (3)_1
?Chapter 267: Chapter 268 Who is Your Backing? (3)_1 Chapter 267: Chapter 268 Who is Your Backing? (3)_1 Zhou Nan, female, the same age as Jing Haohao, both joined TS Entertainment Company in the same year. However, their career beginnings were quite different.
Zhou Nan’s debut work was an idol drama that made her famous across the regions south of the Yangtze River. Afterwards, she starred in three dramas of various genres such as ancient, modern, and Republic of China periods. She earned her reputation as one of the four most promising actresses in the country and quickly stepped into the ranks of A-list stars. She then made her move into the entertainment industry and won the Best Actress award for a film last year.
In recent years, TV dramas have become increasingly popular on the mainland, and the fees for filming have increased. Many big movie stars have returned to TV dramas in hopes of making a fortune.
Zhou Nan is no exception, and the role she ended up taking was the female lead in the drama Jing Haohao is shooting.
The production team chose her because of her fame and the huge amount of financial backing behind her. Therefore, she was treated like royalty in the entire production team, even the director yielded to her.
Since Zhou Nan’s debut, no one has ever taken a role away from her. Even when it has occurred, it was usually her trying to take a role from someone else. Now, all of a sudden, due to a directive from above, the entire production team was forced to revise the script overnight, and half of her scenes were abruptly transferred to Jing Haohao.
Zhou Nan was naturally furious about this, and she stormed off the set after hearing the news that afternoon.
The next day, Jing Haohao arrived at the set promptly at seven-thirty.
It might be considered a case of ‘enemies on a narrow road’ as the first scene was between her and Zhou Nan. However, Zhou Nan did not arrive until nine-thirty, leaving the director and the production crew wringing their hands in anxiety. In the end, they could only change the scene to one between Jing Haohao and the male lead.
Zhou Nan didn’t show up until three in the afternoon. After makeup and a wardrobe change, it was already five o’clock.
Although Jing Haohao is not famous, she always delivers a decent performance. However, Zhou Nan, perhaps because she had lost half of her scenes to Jing Haohao, seemed somewhat dismissive in her attitude and constantly messed up their scenes, leaving Jing Hao to navigate on her own through the repeated takes.
The filming lasted until half-past eight in the evening, with no intent of wrapping up. The director had to step in, pleading to Zhou Nan, “My dear, please, can you not make a scene? Look at all these people who are trying to accommodate you. I’m begging you, please act properly. If this goes on, we won’t be able to finish the scene tonight.”
Zhou Nan maintained a cold expression, glanced at Jing Haohao, let out a cold laugh, and turned away without responding.
After the director poured out more sweet words, the shooting resumed.
This time Zhou Nan put her heart into it. However, Jing Haohao, because she had been dealing with the same scene, struggled to find her feeling for the scene. As a result, while Zhou Nan’s take worked out, Jing Haohao was dissatisfied with hers.
The director, losing patience, shouted, “Let’s do it again, again!”
Jing Haohao calmed herself down and started over.
The scene between her and Zhou Nan required a cold laugh. At first, Jing Haohao managed it really well, but because they had been redoing the same scene with the cold laugh for the whole afternoon, her facial expression had grown stiff. Despite focusing her mind on this attempt, the coldness in her laugh was lacking.