Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 698 - 17: Taking You to the Hotel

Chen Ningbai’s scenes today were indeed simple.

She was the champion of a previous hot talent show, representing traffic, and both the production team and company pushed to get her into the crew to draw in viewers.

Nowadays, for TV dramas, as long as the hype is big enough, the content doesn’t matter. Anyway, the fans aren’t picky; if the acting isn’t good, they’ll say the effort’s there; if the buzz isn’t enough, they’ll claim suppression. There are plenty of excuses.

At this moment, Chen Ningbai plays a lofty goddess with no major movements. It took two hours for makeup and styling, but the actual shooting amounted to less than five minutes on screen.

The assistant director demonstrated all the positions and actions she had to take shortly—

"You walk to this spot, turn your body slightly this way, turn to this angle of mine, then lower your eyelids, smile a bit, and then turn around directly—the fan will blow at this spot, your dress will float up, and lift your foot slowly; the close-up will make a beautiful shot."

Chen Ningbai, not exactly dim-witted, added some expressions to match the positions and postures shown, and then the director shouted from behind the camera—

"Cut!"

Followed by a slew of praise:

"Not bad, not bad, great acting, really talented!"

"Ningning, amazing! You did it in one take without any retakes... but as usual, we need to shoot it from different angles a few more times. Let’s do another take just the way we did before."

After fiddling around for most of the day, it was already 4 PM by the time she wrapped up.

Her scenes were all completed. As she removed her makeup, she chuckled lightly.

"I always thought acting was so difficult..."

The implication was quite obvious.

The stylist next to her was taking down her hairdo and promptly responded:

"Filming is definitely hard, but Ningning, you really have a knack for it. Everything today went so smoothly..."

"Maybe to a genius, nothing is difficult. Ordinary people wouldn’t know how many retakes it takes."

Chen Ningbai smiled modestly, "Not really, I just pay a little more attention, that’s all."

The stylist smiled and said nothing more.

Meanwhile, on the set, the male and female leads were applying eyedrops, and the makeup artist rushed to touch up their foundation—

Close-ups of tearful weeping were pushed in, and the close-ups magnified every single frame of expression!

The combination of a popular young actress and a trending star really was pleasing to the eye on camera.

Except... for the slightly stiff expressions.

But that didn’t matter.

Even though they looked heavily made up in reality, and there were slight inconsistencies on their faces, a heavy blur filter would make everything look perfect.

Stiff expressions aren’t an issue either; just add a few spins, some background music, and it’ll be flawless once the editing is done.

The director continued with the stream of praises:

"Not bad, not bad, Zhuyu performed well today. Young people nowadays really have acting talent, so much potential."

"Tianyu also did well, that gaze just now was particularly intense!"

After all the compliments, the lead couple was escorted to the side for a rest on the chairs.

With shoulders being massaged and drinks being served, they laid back with closed eyes, ready for a rest—as usual, they would leave immediately since their schedules, as popular stars, were quite tight.

However, unfortunately, there was another scene at dusk, a highlight in the show; green screening would affect the result, so the two stars had to wait another two hours.

The next scene was an action scene with lots of wire work ready to go, and the stand-ins were busy preparing nearby.

Without the constraints of the financiers, the director began yelling at the camera—

"Face! Find the angle again!"

"Redo the spin, the skirt didn’t blow enough! Do it again!"

"Elegance! Show that elegance, don’t be too limp—Cut!" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Meanwhile, the lead actress’s assistant picked up the phone to edit a photo and posted on Weibo—

"The action scene was super smooth today! My waist is bruised from the wires... but the director praised me, I’m happy! Darlings, you must work hard today too!"

The screenwriter was on the side hastily revising the script with temporary changes, sighing as the leads felt their scenes weren’t flashy enough, thus yet another rewrite.

Seeing the director’s grim face, she shook her head helplessly.

Sigh.

These days, to attract investment, even directors have to know how to praise people.

...

Outside the film set, snowflakes were falling heavily, and a few girls were hesitating whether to head back home.

But for the time being, no car was in sight here.

Until a familiar assistant vehicle pulled up in front of them.