Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Qiu Guokai and Director Wang understood the wild boar spirits’ dilemma, they both looked as if their worldviews had collapsed.
Especially the unscrupulous businessman Qiu Guokai. In order to save costs for the crew, it was he who came up with the idea of saving on props for extras in the beginning. However, he did not expect that he would shoot himself in the foot. He was so angry that he almost cried out loud.
What the hell is this! Isn’t it a well-known unspoken rule in the industry to not make a fuss about props and costumes?
Qiu Guokai’s heart was broken when he thought about how his own crew had been rumored to be haunted because of this. It was a fact that they cut corners at their own costumes and props, and the filming was a costume myth drama. This situation was like filming someone’s family’s past and then vilifying their image and then being sued. The defendant was in the wrong first, and there was no way to defend himself.
“How could it be like this…” Director Wang was speechless. “…We can redo the costumes and props, but time is so urgent now. It will snow in two days at the latest. There are more than a hundred people in the crew waiting. How can we afford to delay?”
More importantly, as a result of this incident, the “Scream” crew’s recruitment activities for extras were also affected. The assistant who went to the urban area to recruit actors called back in the morning and said that the extras in the film and television city were spreading gossip about the haunted crew, and the gossip was much more exaggerated than those on the Internet marketing accounts. Now, few people dared to come to Maohua Mountain for that little bit of extra fee.
What a sin this was!
In a world they couldn’t see, Fang Xiaojie was so excited that his entire body was shaking. He stuck to him and yelled crazily, “Director Wang! Choose me! Choose me! I’m a really good actor!!”
Tuan Tuanyi had been learning to draw talismans during this period, and he always had an eye-opening spell on him. When he saw this scene and the anxiety on Wang Dao’s face, his mentally retarded brain suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he came up with an idea that was good enough to compete for the Nobel Prize. He screamed, “Oh my God! How can I be so smart!”
The wild boar demon on the ground was frightened by him and jumped up, looking over with horror.
Tuan Tuanyi: “Whose eyes are locked on you.”
….
Early in the morning, many actors from the “Scream” crew walked out of the hotel wrapped in down jackets and took a deep breath of the fresh mountain air.
“After the ritual was completed, I felt much more at ease.” Someone said, “Oh, by the way, did the coordinator say yesterday that we would be shooting the outdoor group scene today?”
The actor next to him nodded and said, “Yes, but who knows if we can shoot it. There was such a commotion in our crew before. I heard that no extras dare to come to the filming studio now.”
At this time, a crew member passed by and said to them, “Director Wang and Mr. Qiu have already found the extras, and they should be here soon.”
Huh? Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. They dared to come to Maohua Mountain after hearing such rumors. These extras were really brave.
As he was talking, a bus slowly drove into the hotel. The logo of Qiu Guokai’s investment company was printed on the outside of the bus.
“Here they come!” Everyone at the door looked intently, wanting to see what kind of people were coming this time. The bus stopped and the door opened. As everyone waited in anticipation, they finally saw a hint of green from the door.
When everyone looked closely, they realized that the green was actually the color of a dress. The dress was made very delicately, with countless bamboos of the same color embroidered on it. It had wide sleeves and was thin and draped, with a very fairy-like texture. A young girl with satin hair wearing it stepped out of the bus door. As her movements changed, the outer robe of the dress kept floating behind her like smoke as she walked.
Was the crew possessed by evil that they actually gave the extras props of such high quality??
And isn’t this extra a little too dedicated? She came wearing props before even joining the set?!
These two thoughts flashed through everyone’s mind quickly. The young girl in costume also stood still on the ground and turned towards the direction of the hotel.
The moment her face appeared, the crew members who were watching the excitement at the hotel entrance fell silent.
“What the hell!” Someone immediately asked in shock, “With this look and this figure, are you f*cking telling me this is an extra? Did Director Wang find someone new to replace the leading actress?!”
However, what was shocking was far more than that. More than a dozen people got off the bus one after another, both men and women, tall and short. The only thing they had in common was that their temperament and appearance were just so fu**ing awesome!
Even the man with slightly dark skin, an impatient expression, a band-aid on his face, and who seemed to have a cold and was sniffling all the time, had a look that was comparable to the leading male role in the crew who was always known for his handsomeness!
Oh, it seems there are exceptions.
The last man to get off the bus was a long-haired man wearing white clothes and with a sinister temperament. He looked ordinary in comparison. But he seemed extremely excited, sticking to Director Wang like a young girl in love, and he was talking nonsense. Director Wang was entangled by him and kept avoiding him. He couldn’t hide the embarrassed expression on his face.
Qiu Guokai ignored the star-chasing scene around him and saw the crew members at the hotel entrance. He immediately stepped forward and introduced the team behind him with a smile: “These are the extras who will be working with you today. Let’s get to know each other.”
Everyone in the crew silently fixed their eyes on his face—they were actually extras…
Which agency’s ancestors did Mr. Qiu dig up to trick all of their main stars here?
….
Tuan Tuanyi happily showed his master his phone: “Wow, Master, filming is so profitable, the salaries of extras are so high.”
Although there were many monsters in the mountains, not all of them could transform into human form. Including the wild boar monster and the bamboo monster, there were only eleven or twelve who could take on the role. However, after seeing their appearance, Qiu Guokai was very satisfied. In addition, they brought their own costumes and props, so he paid them a lot.
But they were still a group of illegal residents, so it was impossible to put money into their pockets.
Tuan Tuanyi was like a living Lei Feng and did the job very reluctantly.
When Wei Xi heard the amount of remuneration mentioned by his eldest disciple, he glanced at the Alipay page handed over by the disciple, and his gaze immediately turned to the few monsters waiting on the side.
If only I could lock them up to make money for myself.
The monsters that were stared at by him shuddered in unison, not daring to ask for payment at all. The wild boar monster with a band-aid on his wound was still trembling under his gaze, repeating: “I… I… I am a protected animal…”
“Heh.” If he had wanted to kill him, he would have done so long ago. Wei Xi was annoyed when he saw him and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He simply turned to the woman sitting next to him and stared at her.
As he was watching, the second disciple’s slightly low voice came from the side: “What are you looking at?”
Wei Xi seemed very interested and gestured with his chin: “Look at her.”
Shuo Zong followed him with a cold gaze and locked onto the target and found that Wei Xi had been staring at a wild vixen. This vixen looked very much like a vixen, with charming long hair, a pointed face and big eyes, red lips and white teeth, a special temperament, and a very graceful sitting posture, which made her figure particularly exquisite and graceful, so that the actors and staff passing by in the crew frequently turned their heads to look at her. Wei Xi looked at her…
The other person also noticed their gazes, moved her body, sat sideways and threw them a charming glance.
Shuo Zong had a cold face, and he withdrew his gaze unmoved, looking steadily at Wei Xi, with no emotion in his voice: “Does it look good?”
Wei Xi nodded: “Not bad.”
Shuo Zong was silent for a moment: “…What do you think of her?”
Upon hearing this, the corners of the wild vixen’s mouth immediately curled up sweetly. She stared in the direction of Wei Xi and reached out her hand to lazily tidy up the black hair around her ears.
Wei Xi looked at her white and tender ears that were exposed as she did this and commented appreciatively: “I think she should be delicious, her ears are probably very crispy.”
Shuo Zong: “…”
Wild vixen: “…”
The wild vixen put down her hand with a pale face, sat more obediently, pulled her hair back, swallowed her saliva, and trembled as she spoke: “Red… Red fox is also a national second-level wild protected animal…”
Wei Xi frowned: “Tsk.”
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