Chapter 207 - 207 Phone Call

207 Phone Call

Translator: Lordbluefire

After Shen Ruojing messaged Lu Cheng, she put her phone into her pocket.

When she looked up and wanted to say something, Shen Qianhui and Jing Zhen suddenly stood up. Shen Ruojing followed their gazes and realized that the director was walking over.

Director Liu was a famous director in the industry.

In the past, Director Liu had produced a palace drama that became popular all over the country and even overseas. Hence, his reputation in the industry was very great. This film that focused on the female lead received a lot of investment, and many actors and actresses were placed in by the investors.

Jing Zhen was one of them.

Royal Ocean Entertainment had also invested in the film. Jing Zhen, who was placed in his production, played the role of the great villain, the emperor.

This character had great characteristics and if played well, the actor could easily become famous.

Before Jing Zhen came, the director was worried that this old gigolo wouldn’t be able to play the role well. However, he was given a slap in the face. Jing Zhen’s acting skills could be said to be on the level of a best-actor-award winner.

This made Director Liu feel very satisfied.

However, at this moment, he walked over with a hint of awkwardness on his face.

Noticing Director Liu’s expression, Jing Zhen immediately asked, “Director Liu, what’s wrong? Did I not act well earlier?”

“No, you acted too well.” Liu Zheng sighed. “It’s because you acted too well that Yun Lu complains that you intentionally acted this well to suppress her.”

Jing Zhen. “?”

Shen Qianhui was also perplexed. “?”

Seeing that both of them were perplexed, Director Liu’s face flushed up. He coughed and said, “Teacher Jing Zhen acted too well, excellently bringing out the fury of a great emperor. On the cameras, it was majestic. However, Yun Lu is a newcomer after all and might not be able to keep up with your acting. Therefore, when we start filming again later, can Teacher Jing try to control your disposition a little?”

Shen Ruojing understood now.

It turned out that Yun Lu was unable to keep up with the acting, so she was blaming Jing Zhen for acting too well.

Jing Zhen frowned. “Director Liu, about the emperor, I’ve studied the script. Back then, he had suppressed his might as an emperor because of the important officials’ authority. This is why he started a great upheaval in the officialdom. Since then, he wielded the authority in his hands. A person like him must not appear flustered and exasperated when a rebellion is planned against him. He mustn’t appear too weak either. This goes against his character of being the villain boss...”

As the greatest boss in the drama, how could Jing Zhen become weak and submissive when facing the female lead?

Director Liu naturally understood this. He was even pleasantly surprised by Jing Zhen’s acting skills.

However, at the thought of the Yun Family, he sighed. He lowered his voice and said, “Teacher Jing, let me be honest with you. Yun Lu is the young miss of the Yun Family’s second son, from Prosper Entertainment. The Yun Family is our drama’s main investor and just now, she threw a great tantrum. I’m finding this a little tricky too. Sigh.”

Director Liu also despised himself for yielding to capitalism. However, sometimes, it was really too difficult to film a good drama.

As expected, it was the Yun Family!

Jing Zhen’s lips twitched.

Could the young miss of the Yun Family’s second house act in such an arrogant manner?

Jing Zhen’s wife was the daughter of the previous head!

Regardless of the family, the family head’s status would always be supreme. If Shen Qianhui were to return to the Yun Family and acknowledge her ancestry, it could be said that no one would have a higher status than Shen Qianhui other than the current head, Yun Zhengyang.

However, Shen Qianhui’s identity hadn’t been announced to the public before, so after giving it some thought, Jing Zhen said, “Why don’t we film separately? Film my parts first, then when we’re filming the female lead’s parts, I’ll lower my presence. With that, the drama’s effects can be presented and she will be able to act too. Will that do?”

This would pose a greater challenge to Jing Zhen. It’d be equivalent to asking him to repeatedly get in and out of his character very frequently in a single scene.

Director Liu was overjoyed. “This is the best of both worlds!”

Both of them then decided on the concrete details.

All the staff in the production team also heaved a sigh of relief.

Everyone had seen that there were so many ‘Ng’ earlier. They weren’t fools, so how could they not be able to tell whose problem this was?

As expected, the take was passed with this arrangement.

Without the pressure from Jing Zhen, after Yun Lu’s part was passed, she inevitably felt proud. However, when she turned around, she saw that all the staff members were giving Jing Zhen a thumbs-up.

Despite getting in and out of his character so frequently, when the camera was turned to Jing Zhen, he could immerse himself into his role very quickly. Today, he used his acting skills to convince everyone on the set!

When Yun Lu saw this, her brows furrowed tightly.

As a veteran actor, why was he trying to flaunt his acting skills in front of her?

Jing Zhen must be intentionally wanting her to make a fool of herself!

He was really overboard!

A hint of resentment flashed across Yun Lu’s eyes.

After this take was over, the next scene was the emperor, played by Jing Zhen, being imprisoned. The crown prince and the crown princess then forced him to write his confession and apologize to the people.

In the dim palace, the only one remaining was an old eunuch who served the emperor. The eunuch had his head lowered and was standing next to the emperor. The emperor’s hair was a little messy, but his back remained straight and upright.

He looked coldly at the crown prince and crown princess.

The crown princess, Yun Lu, took a step forward. “Your Majesty killed the wrong person, causing my father to be wronged and imprisoned, and my entire family to be executed. Since you’ve committed wrongdoing, this should be announced to the public.”

The emperor, Jing Zhen, leaned on the chair, staring at the yellow scroll for the imperial decree in front of him. He suddenly smiled, picked up the brush, and wrote some words on it.