System: Master Your Life-Chapter 544 - 131: Observations on Set, Accompanying Chi Linyue to Buy a Cheongsam_2
"Celebrities aren’t worth even a single hair of yours, Leizi can’t compare to you."
"Ah, pfft, vulgar!"
Xu Lin sent over a laughing out loud emoji.
Chi Linyue: "Dilraba’s not as pretty as me."
Xu Lin: "Agreed."
"Which celebrity would play you?"
Xu Lin circled Zhang Linghe in the photo.
The eldest sister said, "Not bad, at least not ugly, but he’s not as youthful as you, and his youthful look is all makeup; your face is full of collagen, really youthful, I feel like pinching your cheeks right now. *laughing*"
"You can pinch them all you want tonight."
"Hmph."
The two started flirting, getting more and more suggestive, chatting for ten minutes.
Xu Lin then said, "I need to get busy now, staying idle for too long isn’t good. See you in the afternoon."
This morning’s scene was about the first meeting between the male and female leads. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Actually, Xu Lin didn’t need to do much; ultimately, whether the shooting was good or not is up to the director and their crew, they’re the ones who call "cut" and "action."
Xu Lin was just responsible for looking over their lines, occasionally making on-the-spot changes to improve the effect.
Soon, it was lunchtime.
Usually, the crew has boxed lunches, which are subsidized.
The celebrities, let’s not even mention them, don’t lack money, perhaps dart off to some big hotel during the lunch break for a feast, or order takeout that’s specially delivered from a big hotel.
But it’s different for others, who might have only fifty yuan for all three meals a day.
Moreover, there’s a chance that someone in charge of managing the box lunches might be pocketing the difference, actually giving less than thirty yuan worth of food to those eating, since bulk buying can hugely slash prices down, commonly known as the magic of volume.
This noon’s meal, for everyone besides the celebrities and directors, was the best meal they had.
Because Xu Lin paid for it, buying very sumptuous boxed lunches, with four meats, one vegetable, one soup; the dishes were separated, not all crammed into a small box, but two boxes for food and one for the soup, which wasn’t some half-hearted winter melon or egg soup.
This kind of treatment is unheard of in most crews, let alone seen.
Not having meal money secretly deducted is already an achievement in many crews.
Everyone was shocked and deeply moved.
"Brother Xu is so good to us!"
"I’ve been an extra in fifteen crews, and never has any crew treated me like today—cigarettes, milk tea, lavish box lunches, it really makes me want to cry with gratitude."
"I’ve also worked with ten crews, three of which had extremely poor food, God knows how much the scoundrels managing meals embezzled."
"Brother Xu truly treats us in the crew as brothers and sisters, and I’m just a handyman."
Xu Lin’s gesture of treating everyone to lunch moved the entire crew deeply.
A crew consists of many people, apart from the actors, directors, and photographers, there are also many in costuming, audio, clerical work, and many extra and handyman roles; most people are just ordinary workers, and being able to move these workers is true welfare, which Xu Lin happened to achieve.
Of course, these things aren’t always given.
Like treating people to lunch, Xu Lin would only pay when he was on set; if he’s not there, no lunch, not that it costs much money, it hardly costs Xu Lin anything.
However, being a good person is a complex matter, being nice is okay, but being too nice is not; if you’re extremely generous, people might think it’s naturally what they deserve from you, and if one day that goodness abruptly stops, criticisms will arise.
Xu Lin isn’t a fool, he just wants people to know that as long as he’s with this crew, he’s the nicest.
As long as he’s in the crew, everyone eats and drinks well, everyone enjoys.
The afternoon’s boxed lunch was also provided by him, still very plentiful, and with a different variety of food.
Additionally, in the afternoon there was also milk tea and fruit tea, from Naixue this time.
Because of all of Xu Lin’s actions today, he was immediately trending on social media.
"Mr. Xu is just too, too, too, too amazing."
The trending topic has many crew members expressing their experiences, and photos released on Xiaohongshu contributed to the heat, creating a buzz.
Cigarettes, milk tea, fruit tea, four lavishly prepared dishes with soup, all reached the trending status.
"Wow, and he even gave out cigarettes? These aren’t cheap, a pack costs 65!"
"I heard from people inside the crew that every male got a pack! Mr. Xu brought over ten cartons to distribute!"
"Really?"
"Really, I’m from the neighboring crew; my friend is in this crew, and he also got a pack!"
"Amazing, what about this boxed lunch? This must cost more than a hundred per meal!"
"I really want to join this crew, is Mr. Xu really this nice?"
"Yes, I’m an extra in this team, and Mr. Xu is really kind!"
"Does anyone have a photo of Mr. Xu? What does he look like? Is he the guy from Xue Zhiqian’s concert?"
"My friend said it’s him! And he’s way more handsome than the male lead Zhang Linghe, his looks and physique are much more impressive than any star! However, Mr. Xu doesn’t allow photos, so no pictures have been leaked yet, maybe one day."
Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Douyin, all three platforms had discussions on this matter.
Like on Weibo, it landed first on the entertainment trending topic and third on the overall trending list.
Unknowingly, Xu Lin had gained hundreds of thousands more followers, once viral, gaining followers became normal.
The day for the crew concluded this way.
Before leaving, Xu Lin mentioned to the crew that he wouldn’t come tomorrow as he had class, but will be back in a couple of days.
