Chapter chapter 155
The first phase of the filming that had continued until dinner time was finally done. During their break, Director Zhao Yu reviewed the footage and felt that every frame from today’s shooting was rare and splendid. He was very satisfied.
During the night, Shen Yichong stood at the door of the bedroom, listening to the sound of his wife and his son playing and doing yoga together. He was wondering why he’d agreed to participate in this show in the first place, and was thinking that joining the show was the biggest mistake he’d ever made in his entire life.
In just one day of filming, he felt really tired that he no longer wanted to review and go over the remaining business documents.
The next morning, Yu Yaoyao got up feeling refreshed, put on a facial mask, and listened to Ni Yi babbling about the reality show Yu Yaoyao and her husband filmed yesterday.
“I have already released a rumor that you and Mr. Shen will take part on the reality show ‘My Wife and I’ as guests. And guess what? Fans are very much looking forward to your funny and eccentric interactions,” Ni Yi said, a little uneasy as he was not present yesterday since the boss had forbade him to watch the shooting and so was still unaware of Yu Yaoyao’s antics while filming.
“Sister, how was the shooting yesterday? Did the whole thing go smoothly?”
Ni Yi was a little concerned. After all, her previous show, ‘In the Limelight’ was a competition–based variety show where challenges with clear tasks were assigned. In that way, Yu Yaoyao only needed to perform in accordance with the said task.
However, daily-family variety shows do not obtain a well-defined plot, which could easily emanate boring scenes eroding the audience’s enthusiasm and interest.
“Sister, did you watch the videos I sent you yesterday? Those are the top-viewed variety shows that I searched on the internet. Were you able to incorporate it while filming?” Ni Yi asked her seriously.
However, Yu Yaoyao touched her mask, making sure that it was flattened out all over her face, and gently massaged the lather into her skin from the bottom to the top and from the center outwards. After a while, she tilted her head, took her phone out, and typed a few words.
Meanwhile, the Ni Yi in anticipation of an answer suddenly received a short message.
[Sister Yu: Ni Yi, I have my face mask on, please don’t make me talk it will only wrinkle the mask~]
Ni Yi was speechless.
Amazing! Sister really has her own style of doing things! He was really left dumbfounded.
Just then, Shen Yichong came over and said, “I have an important meeting today. I can’t go to the recording studio with you. Please greet Zhou Lin for me.”
Ni Yi immediately nodded in response, however, he saw his boss’s expression that somewhat turned bitter.
He turned his head and noticed Yu Yaoyao’s eyes were a little bright. Obviously, she was very happy when she heard that he cannot go with them.
“Ni Yi, I’ll leave everything to you. After her makeup, take a picture of her and send it to me.”
Those words sucked the brightness out of that jade like face. It remained so even when she went to the van.
“Sister, are you okay? Mr. Shen cares about you. Isn’t it a good thing?” Five years ago, the boss never cared about her nor did he ask her about what movies she filmed.
Yu Yaoyao collapsed on the back seat holding the script and sighed. “I was punished yesterday. If the director criticizes me today, he will punish me again… Ah, it’s too terrible!”
Ni Yi let out a sigh and thought of some indescribable punishments. Boss Shen turned out to be such a benign person. His fat face flushed, and since he was just a personal assistant, he immediately chased those thoughts away and talked to Yu Yaoyao about the script instead.
Upon reaching the studio, they found that some actors had already arrived. Director Zhou Lin saw Yu Yaoyao and waved at her.
“Welcome to the studio,” he said with a little satisfaction in his face. “Today’s a good day, right? Have you read the script? If you don’t understand anything, you can ask me and I will elaborate but that would have to wait. For now, I still need to check on some of the makeup artists to make sure that the outcome matches the character the artists are portraying.”
Yu Yaoyao’s role as an enchantress of the country was just a minor supporting role. In that, she bewitches the king to the point he neglects the state affairs, eventually leading to the downfall of the empire. And as her end, she committs suicide by jumping off a high platform after rebels storm into the palace.
Simply put, her role was not that difficult.