Jiang Yue shouted "Fighting", which made everyone in the audience laugh.
Lu Yanhe also laughed.
The atmosphere became much more relaxed.
Lu Yanhe did not stay in the crew for long and left the crew soon.
But he had already made an agreement with Wu Chi that he and Chen Siqi would treat the entire crew to dinner tomorrow evening.
Dinner.
As soon as Lu Yanhe left, everyone's eyes towards Jiang Yue changed slightly.
Jiang Yue didn't notice anything unusual.
She went to find Wu Chi immediately.
"Director, I'm Jiang Yue." Jiang Yue smiled and introduced herself to Wu Chi, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity to star in this movie."
Wu Chi had just sent Lu Yanhe away, and was feeling relieved. Seeing Jiang Yue, he nodded and said, "It's good that you're here."
Jiang Yue asked: "Then, Director, do I have a scene today?"
"Yes." Wu Chi said, "Hurry up and ask the stylist to change your hairstyle."
Jiang Yue was stunned, "Ah?"
"What?" Wu Chi looked at her in surprise. "Didn't they tell you that this hairstyle doesn't work? I want shorter hair with a little natural curl. Your hair looks like it was straightened. It's not suitable for this role."
Jiang Yue: "...No one told me to change my hairstyle. Can I wear a wig?"
She asked hesitantly, "It took me a lot of effort to grow my hair like this."
Wu Chi said: "There is no budget for making a wig for you, and no wig has been prepared. The scene will be filmed soon."
The implication is that she has to cut it.
Jiang Yue felt as if she was struck by lightning.
Wu Chi frowned when he saw her like this, a little puzzled, "You don't want to?"
When Jiang Yue saw Wu Chi like this, she immediately shook her head and said, "No, I'm not unwilling. I am willing."
She went as she was told.
Shen Yicheng saw that after she met the director, her face was full of confusion and sadness. She didn't know what was wrong, so she asked, "What did the director say to you? Why do you look like that?"
Jiang Yue said: "He didn't say anything... No, he said that he needed me to cut my hair and change my hairstyle, saying that my current long black straight hair is not suitable for this role."
Shen Yicheng suddenly seemed to react, "Ah!"
"What's wrong?" This time it was Jiang Yue's turn to look at her in confusion.
Shen Yicheng said: "They mentioned this to me, but I forgot about it. I was just happy that you got the role."
Jiang Yue: "Oh, forget it, it's okay, just cut it, it will grow back after cutting it."
Shen Yicheng: "How about I talk to the director? See if there is any other way? Wear a wig?"
"I've already asked, but the crew didn't prepare a wig for me. Besides, we're going to start shooting soon, so we don't have time to find one." Jiang Yue sighed, "Just cut it, that's all we can do."
Shen Yichen felt very guilty.
If she had not forgotten about this, she might have communicated it with the crew earlier.
She knew how much Jiang Yue cherished her hair.
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Lu Yanhe returned to the house——
This was a house that Wang Biao had booked for them online before.
Not a hotel.
This house has a view of the sea and a small yard. The environment is much better than the hotels in this small town.
Chen Siqi had changed into comfortable clothes and was sitting under a big tree in the yard, typing on her notebook.
"Work?" Lu Yanhe walked in and asked.
"Reply to a few emails." Chen Siqi said, "How is the crew going?"
"It's worse than I thought." Lu Yanhe laughed. "Although I've prepared for the possibility that it might be bad, I agreed with Chen Yin and the others during the meeting that Wu Chi will be allowed to shoot this movie. Even if it turns out badly, we'll accept it."
Chen Siqi: "Why didn't you arrange an experienced producer to help him?"
"Linghe itself doesn't have many experienced producers." Lu Yanhe said, "Once we find an experienced producer to support him, the producer will have to pay hundreds of thousands of yuan in salary. There is another reason. At that time, we did this project to allow Director Wu Chi to really get started in the project and accumulate experience. If we arrange an experienced producer to support him, he has never been a director before, and we are also worried that the west wind will overwhelm the east wind."
Chen Siqi nodded.
“What if this movie is so bad that you think it’s shameful?” she asked.
Lu Yanhe: "That means our previous idea that he could direct Those Years was wrong. He doesn't have the ability to be a director. Isn't it a good deal to use two million to insure a more important project in advance?"
"The abacus is making a lot of noise." Chen Siqi glanced at him and smiled.
Lu Yanhe: "I heard all this from Chen Yin and the others. Sometimes, it's quite rewarding to hear them talk about this. They consider the overall situation when planning these projects for the company. You see, after the filming of "Housemates" was completed, the filming team stopped working. Although a large part of the people were hired from outside and were not signed to the company, because it is a familiar team, and "Housemates" is also planned to be made into a series, we still hope to allow this team to cooperate with our company in a long-term and stable manner, and are ready to sign a project contract with them. Then we have to find work for them, and we can't let them just sit and wait, so now when Chen Yin and others are investing in some projects, they will also ask to arrange these people into the team."
"This isn't about forcing actors into the crew, this is about forcing staff into the crew."
"Actors are just a small part of the crew, how big is the team behind the scenes?" Lu Yanhe said, "So I think management is really difficult. It's a big subject. As long as there are more people, things will become complicated."
Chen Siqi smiled.
"Look at me, I manage so many people." Chen Siqi laughed, "It's hard to say, but it's also easy to say."
"Ok?"
"Look, Li Bi is in charge of video media, Zijun and Bai Yu are in charge of magazines and content, Linyu is in charge of film and television, and Jiang Shuiqin is in charge of self-media." Chen Siqi said, "If you can't lead a team, you can only work alone until you die. You can never expect to manage everything by yourself."
"Mr. Chen is awesome." Lu Yanhe teased.
Chen Siqi closed her laptop, stood up, stretched, and asked, "What are we going to eat later?"
"I saw on the Internet that the sour soup hotpot here is very famous. How about we go and eat this?"
"Sure." Chen Siqi's eyes lit up immediately, "It sounds delicious."
They both prefer food with a stronger flavor. Of course, here we are referring to the cooking methods, not the "really strong flavor" of insects.
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The two of them came to a sour soup hotpot restaurant called "Yutouer" in this small town.
There was a lot of noise and people.
Zou Dong and Xing Lecheng booked a private room.
This time, Lu Yanhe gave Wang Biao a holiday and asked Xing Lecheng to come with him. Wang Biao was quite unhappy, and he always felt a strong sense of crisis.
Xing Lecheng is proactive in his work, but he is not very meticulous and does not understand much. Fortunately, whenever he encounters something he does not understand, he will take the initiative to call Wang Biao for advice.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi entered the private room.
Xing Lecheng stood up immediately and called out "Brother Xiaolu" and "Sister Siqi".
He was really younger than them, had acne on his face, and was nervous and couldn't hide it.
"Have you ordered?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Xing Lecheng's expression immediately changed, "Not yet, I don't know what you want to eat."
Lu Yanhe: "Then let's order the dishes first. I'm a little hungry. You can take a look at what you want to eat and order what you want."
Xing Lecheng seemed a little at a loss, not knowing whether to sit or stand.
Zou Dong walked over, raised his hand, pressed it on his shoulder, and pushed him to sit on the stool.
Lu Yanhe took a menu from the table and gave it to Chen Siqi, and handed the other one to Zou Dong.
"I've seen it online before. Just order a beef roll for me later, and a grilled beef tongue."
Xing Lecheng immediately agreed and took out his mobile phone to write it down seriously.
Lu Yanhe smiled slightly and said nothing.
"Lecheng, are you used to the spicy and sour taste here?" he asked.
Xing Lecheng nodded, "Eat them all. You can eat them all."
"That's good. You and Wang Biao are from the same hometown, right?"
"Yes."
As he spoke, Chen Siqi had already taken a liking to it.
Unlike the online ordering system commonly used in restaurants in cities today, the sour soup hotpot restaurant in this small town still maintains the most traditional ordering model.
The waiter came in with a pen and paper and wrote down each customer's request.
It was just because of Lu Yanhe, Xing Lecheng had already agreed with the restaurant that the waiter would not enter the private room and would go out to take orders later.
After Chen Siqi reported the dishes she wanted to eat, Xing Lecheng was about to get up to order the dishes, but Zou Dong had already stood up and said, "I'll go, you pour the water."
Xing Lecheng was embarrassed——
They have been in for such a long time, but he hasn't poured them any water yet.
He fumbled for the teapot.
"Sorry." He apologized in a very soft voice, as soft as a mosquito's hum.
"It's okay." Chen Siqi said, "Just give us the teapot and we can do it ourselves."
Xing Lecheng gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do it."
He felt like he had done a really bad job.
All the training and teachings that Wang Biao had given him were forgotten at this moment, and his mind was blank.
When the dishes were served, Xing Lecheng noticed that in addition to the dishes ordered by Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, Zou Dong also added several other dishes.
He was stunned.
He suddenly realized something.
If he were to order food, he would probably only order the dishes mentioned above, and would not even think of adding other dishes, such as green vegetables, other side dishes for the hot pot, or a bowl of jelly for each person and a bottle of sea buckthorn juice.
"Brother Dong, Xiaoyu is in junior high school now. Is she adapting well?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Zou Dong: "Not bad, because it's boarding, I can basically only come back once a week."
"Why did you arrange boarding?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
"His mother also has a job, so it would be more convenient if he could arrange for boarding." Zou Dong said, "Besides, there are many boarding students in the school, so he will have someone to play and study with, which is great."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi said: "I heard that Xiaoyu's grades are very good. She was admitted to the junior high school department of No. 13 Middle School on her own."
"I passed the exam by luck." Although Zou Dong said this, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
Chen Siqi: "That's really amazing."
"Which junior high school did you go to? Was it also No. 13 Middle School?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"No. 13 Middle School." Chen Siqi nodded, "But I didn't get in by myself. I spent a lot of money on school selection, commonly known as buying it."
Lu Yanhe: "No. 13 Middle School is not the best middle school in Yuming. To be more precise, it is not one of the top schools. Why didn't you just find a way to go to the best middle school?"
Chen Siqi rolled her eyes. "Do I even need to ask? Of course it was that woman's conspiracy. She said that No. 13 Middle School was close to home and that my grades were not very good. If I went to the best school, I would be outdone by others and would feel inferior. Anyway, she said all these theories and finally made me go to No. 13 Middle School."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"It's a good thing you went to No. 13 Middle School, otherwise we wouldn't have known each other." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Have you been back recently?"
"No." Chen Siqi shook her head. "Why go back? They won't welcome me even if I go back."
"I asked you if you have been back to your grandparents' house."
"Of course I went back then." Chen Siqi said, "Last time I went back, grandma was still talking about you and asked about your situation."
"Me?" Lu Yanhe was confused. "Aren't I fine?"
"They won't stop asking just because you're doing well." Chen Siqi said, "She really likes you, and that makes me jealous."
"Grandma, you love me and my dog too."
-
At the same time, at the filming site of "Oh, My Sea".
"How did you perform this play like this?"
Wu Chi looked at Jiang Yue in disbelief.
Jiang Yue herself was confused and didn't know what she had done.
Wu Chi pulled her in front of the monitor and let her watch his performance.
Jiang Yue took a look and thought, uh, isn’t this her normal level?
"I remember you weren't like this during your audition." Wu Chi said, "You were quite generous and natural, why are you so shy now?"
Jiang Yue let out a sound.
At the side, the leading actor Kong Fanyu, who had just acted opposite her, burst out laughing.
Jiang Yue glanced at him.
Kong Fanyu quickly shook his hands and zipped up his mouth.
Wu Chi glared at Kong Fanyu and said, "How dare you laugh at others? How good is your acting?"
Kong Fanyu's eyes widened in shock.
This time it was Jiang Yue's turn to laugh.
Wu Chi: “…”
Wu Chi asked Jiang Yue: "Can you be more open and natural? Stop being so shy." Jiang Yue stuck out her tongue and said, "I thought I should be a little shy when I see a boy I like."
Wu Chi: "In this script, you play a beautiful lady who is graceful and elegant! Even if you like him, you like him openly."
Jiang Yue: "Okay, okay, I'll act it out again."
"What the hell are you doing re-enacting? It's almost dark." Wu Chi sighed impatiently, "Change the scene and shoot the next scene. You guys can shoot this scene tomorrow."
A look of guilt appeared on Jiang Yue's face.
"Sorry, Director."
"Don't apologize, just act well and don't act recklessly."
Jiang Yue: “…”
After Wu Chi left, Jiang Yue was dejected.
Kong Fanyu could no longer hold back the smile on his face. He looked at Jiang Yue with his waist bent with laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Yue glared at him.
Kong Fanyu: "No, it's okay if you're shy, but your acting wasn't shy at all. I thought you were deliberately making yourself look ugly to be funny."
Jiang Yue: “…”
"It's amazing. People in the crew told me that you were chosen by the director, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Kong Fanyu said.
Jiang Yue took a deep breath and snorted.
"I thought the leading actor in this movie was so outstanding, but I didn't expect him to be just a useless idiot." She hit back bluntly.
Kong Fanyu's eyes widened, "Fuck!"
"Didn't you hear that the director also criticized you? Go and figure it out quickly." Jiang Yue turned around and left.
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"Teacher, if you keep frowning like this, I'm afraid your frown lines won't go away by the time this movie is finished," said Li Chao.
Wu Chi: "There are still wrinkles on my face. I am now filled with despair. How can I shoot this movie? Everything is different from what I imagined."
"It's always like this when making a movie. It can never be perfect." Li Chao used all the words he learned from the Internet to comfort his teacher.
"Am I not perfect? There is nothing I can be even slightly satisfied with." Wu Chi was melancholy, "Am I asking too much?"
Li Chao thought to himself, Teacher, your request is too vague, no one knows what you want.
Li Chao took out a large booklet, handed it to Wu Chi, and said, "Teacher, how about you take a look at this?"
"What is this?" Wu Chi asked.
Li Chao said, "I made a simple storyboard for the scenes to be filmed tomorrow based on your previous ideas for the movie."
Wu Chi took it and looked through it.
"Right now, everyone is not clear about what kind of scenes they are going to shoot, so it's hard to push forward the work that each of us is responsible for," said Li Chao. "I think if every scene had a detailed storyboard, everyone would have a more accurate understanding."
Wu Chi read it carefully.
The storyboard made by Li Chao is not just a storyboard. There are very detailed annotations in text next to each page.
"If this works, I will distribute this set of storyboards and ask each department to submit relevant plans for tomorrow's scene. We will have a meeting to review them in the evening." Li Chao said, "After a few such exchanges, maybe everyone will be able to slowly understand what the film is supposed to look like."
Wu Chi said, "Do you have a pen? I'll make some changes."
Li Chao immediately took out a pen from his pocket and handed it to Wu Chi.
Wu Chi made some repairs in several places, mainly textual notes.
For example, in a close-up shot of Kong Fanyu's upper body with his hands on his hips and laughing, Wu Chi noted: This scene should be exaggerated in a cartoon style.
When Li Chao saw it, his eyes went dark.
Comic exaggeration...
There's that adjective again.
Such requirements simply make it impossible for various departments to implement the operation.
Li Chao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Teacher, this shot is actually intended to show the idiotic and brainless side of a 17 or 18-year-old boy, right?"
Wu Chi nodded.
"It's about creating a feeling of being extremely arrogant," Wu Chi said, "which forms a sharp contrast with the next scene where a bucket of cold water suddenly pours down on you and chills you to the bone."
“If this were an anime, this could be highlighted by a deliberately exaggerated big smile, but this is a live-action movie…how about using an overhead shot to show it?” Li Chao suggested, “to create a sense of pretentious stupidity.”
Wu Chi heard this and nodded, "Okay, that's what I mean. Anyway, this shot shouldn't be too ordinary. It should give a surreal and exaggerated feeling."
Li Chao nodded.
"I'll talk to the photographer."
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In front of Shen Yichen, Jiang Yue kept practicing the generous and gentle attitude of a model student.
Shen Yichen also used her mobile phone to record it so that Jiang Yue could see the effect of what she had just done.
While we were still communicating, I suddenly heard a very exaggerated “Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha” coming from next door.
Smiling like an exhaust pipe.
Jiang Yue and Shen Yichen showed incredible expressions at the same time and walked over to take a look curiously.
As a result, Kong Fanyu was seen standing in one place, with his hands on his hips, laughing up to the sky like a fool, and his laughter was very exaggerated.
Another person was carrying a camera and squatting in front of him to film him.
The most important thing is that assistant director Li Chao was also watching nearby.
What's happening here?
After Kong Fanyu finished laughing, he asked, "How was it? Do you want to do it again?"
Li Chao looked at what he had just filmed and said, "That's enough, that's enough, that's what I meant."
He left with the photographer.
Jiang Yue walked over with a suspicious look on her face and asked, "What were you doing just now? Are you reshooting?"
"What do you mean by reshoot? Test shoot!" Kong Fanyu said, "We're going to shoot this tomorrow. Brother Chao and the others said that the director wanted to see what the effect would be like if we shot this way."
"Oh." Jiang Yue nodded, "You were laughing so foolishly just now."
Kong Fanyu: "That's the effect I want. What do you know?"
Jiang Yue: “Haha.”
Kong Fanyu asked: "Weren't you smiling like a fake person just now, practicing being a goddess?"
Jiang Yue: "You actually peeked at me?"
"You're practicing over there, why would I need to peek? I can watch you openly." Kong Fanyu said, "Then you were peeking at me just now."
Jiang Yue: "...Wow, why are you so shameless?"
"Same here." Kong Fanyu counterattacked.
The two people argued for a long time.
Suddenly, Jiang Yue saw an unexpected figure out of the corner of her eye.
Wu Chi.
"Ah! Director!" Jiang Yue quickly retracted her fighting hen-like expression and showed a well-behaved expression, "Are you looking for us?"
In front of the director, Jiang Yue looked very honest.
In his ear, Kong Fanyu whispered: "You change your expression so quickly."
Jiang Yue seemed not to hear.
Wu Chi looked at them thoughtfully.
-
"So, you really don't plan to act in "Those Years"? " Chen Siqi asked Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I don't plan to act anymore, although I still want to."
Chen Siqi: "Just act if you want to. It's rare to find a role you really want to play."
Lu Yanhe: "They are right. They can't find a suitable actress to play my opponent. If actresses of the same age play with other male actors, the audience may be convinced of their Shen Jiayi, but... saying this makes me seem too narcissistic."
"That is, you can play the role of the cool, sultry, secret-loving male protagonist in Love Letter. Even though it is a secret love, it has been mythologized and is basically too beautiful to appear in real life. However, you cannot play the role of a boy who pursues a girl in a serious and lifelike manner."
"It's not impossible, but the actress has to be someone like Chen Bige, who is a little taller and stronger than me in the eyes of the audience, and who is worthy of my lowering my profile and loving and pursuing her like a loyal dog." Lu Yanhe said, "Of course, they actually have another suggestion, which is that you play Shen Jiayi."
"I'll act?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Because you and I are already in a relationship, everyone accepts that, so everyone can accept that I like you and pursue you so much in the movie."
Chen Siqi: "I can't act."
"I mainly considered the ending of the movie. The two people didn't end up together. It was a bad omen, so I gave up this plan." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Otherwise, I will teach you how to act. You are so smart, you will definitely be able to act well."
Chen Siqi: "I really can't do that. Let's be realistic. Don't be too picky."
Lu Yanhe: "...Anyway, in short, maybe we really need to change people."
"Who made your current golden body so strong? Even Li Zhibai can do it." Chen Siqi said, "He may be very popular, but his image in the public's mind is not as high-end as yours."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded. "I was thinking the same thing. Why not ask Li Zhibai to play the role in this movie? Just like you said, although he is popular, he has always been controversial. He is a big shot, lazy, and doesn't work hard. Since his debut, there have been a lot of not very positive news about him. Of course, he doesn't care, but because of this, everyone doesn't have so many high expectations for him. When he has negative news, everyone is very accepting and thinks it is normal."
Chen Siqi: "If Li Zhibai plays the role, then who will play Shen Jiayi?"
Lu Yanhe said: "Ji Miao, who I just worked with, passed first. She needs to feel a little fresh. Well... Actually, many actresses can play the role of Shen Jiayi. It's not difficult for her. As long as her image is the kind of beauty that is not aggressive and has a bit of the righteous feeling of a good student, it's fine."
Chen Siqi nodded: "Indeed, this youth love movie is a complete male protagonist's perspective, and the heroine's tool person attribute is also very strong, just like you in "Love Letter", but she has more scenes. Moreover, even a girl like me, after reading the script, also likes the role of Shen Jiayi, and I also think Ke Teng is a fool for missing such a good girl. Your script is very well written, not clichéd at all, but it feels like... this is something you really experienced in the past. If I hadn't known you in high school, I would definitely think that there was a girl like Shen Jiayi in your high school."
Chen Siqi's expression suddenly changed, becoming a little jealous.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
"No way, you're going to be jealous of a fictional character?"
Chen Siqi: "Shen Jiayi is so gentle, beautiful, and hot. Do you think I am neither gentle nor hot?"
Lu Yanhe: "...I really am...where can I go to seek justice?"
He looked at Chen Siqi.
The sun was about to set completely behind the mountain.
At this moment, the dusk had the bleakness of embers.
Chen Siqi raised his eyebrows and looked at him, meaning, let's see what else you can say.
He suddenly kissed her.
Chen Siqi widened her eyes in surprise.
The meaning of Lu Yanhe's kiss is, if you are unreasonable, I will be unreasonable too.
-
"Change the script?" Li Chao looked at his master in disbelief.
He felt that if the master was not his master, he might not be able to help but ask a question now -
Is there water in your brain?
Wu Chi's eyes were shining.
"I was wrong. Why should a man like Zhao Ye (the character played by Kong Fanyu) be given a goddess he can never get? He should be so angry. Even if it's a girl he likes, she should be so angry that she can fight him."
"Bombardment..." Li Chao looked at his master in disbelief, "Master, is there a way to describe the love between a man and a woman like this?"
"The most important thing is that I saw the sparks I wanted between Jiang Yue and Kong Fanyu." Wu Chi said, "Jiang Yue doesn't even need to play a pretty girl. The friction between her and Kong Fanyu is so fucking youthful!"
Wu Chi was shaking with excitement.
"Teacher, can you please calm down?" Li Chao said helplessly.
Wu Chi said, "I saw the shot you just shot. It was the exaggerated feeling just now. Go tell them about the storyboard. I have to change the script tonight. All of Jiang Yue's scenes will be postponed and will not be filmed for now."
Li Chao: "Teacher, wait a minute, can the script be changed just like that? Don't you need to tell Linghe about this? They invested in this movie."
Wu Chi suddenly realized, "Ah, yes!"
Li Chao: "Besides, Lu Yanhe just came here. If he changes the script without permission, what if Lu Yanhe and the others get angry?"
Wu Chi scratched his head.
"Well...what should I do? Well, no matter what, I have to revise the script first. I will revise the script tonight." He said, "Even if I communicate with Linghe, I must use the revised script to communicate."
"Teacher, shouldn't we tell Linghe about this idea first? Let's talk it over first, so they don't think we're acting without consulting them." Li Chao said, "Besides, if they say they don't agree to change the script now, it's better than nothing."
Wu Chi scratched his head in annoyance.
"I'll go find Lu Yanhe directly." Wu Chi said, "I'll go find him now."
Li Chao was numb.
He really wanted to hold back his master who had suddenly gotten angry.
However, a rational voice in his mind reminded him that it would be a good idea for him to go to Lu Yanhe and hit a wall.
Change the script temporarily?
The crew was already chaotic enough, and after this, it was completely shattered.
"You stay here and take charge of the scenes tonight." Wu Chi told Li Chao, "You know how I want each scene to look like."
Li Chao: "...Ah? Me?"
Wu Chi just ran away.
Li Chao muttered: "...If others don't say we are a makeshift group, then ghosts will come."
Although he grumbled, he still sighed and went to the shooting scene.
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Recommended old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" (End of this chapter)
