After two days of rest, Jennie restored her energy and returned to the drama team to continue work.
She looked at the remaining work schedule and saw that her main scenes were completed, and that the rest were mostly supplementary shots for her previous scenes with Nancy. She had already memorized all these scenes by heart, so she was not stressed about it at all.
When she reached the set, it was not yet the turn for her scene.
Alison saw her and quickly walked over to greet, "Sister Jen, you're here! I was just going to text you to say that you don't have to be here so early!"
Jennie raised her eyebrows and joked, "Why? Is Director feeling generous enough to give me more holidays?"
"Nah! Look over..." Alison's lowered voice indicated for her to look at Xiaoqi and Faye, who were in the middle of a shoot. "It's Xiaoqi, she has already made so many mistakes, she's even worse than the original Nancy!"
"Xiaoqi..." Jennie held her chin in her thumb and index finger, and murmured.
"Yeah, it's that new singer that our company tried to promote. Her singing is so bad, but what can we do? She's rich, and she's been throwing around money like it is flowing water! I heard that she has always been making noise about going into acting right from the start, but after the company tested her foundation skills, they realized that her acting was worse than her singing. That was why they used all sorts of ways to advise her to become a singer. At least singing skills can be fine tuned later!
"Alas, after all the money was put in, she only became a singer for a few months and said she wanted to quit. At last, she still demanded to act, and that was how she came to storm the entertainment scene..."
When Alison finished gossiping, she anxiously reminded Jennke, "Even though we are from the same company, but it's best to stay away from people like that!"
Jennie nodded slowly and went deep in thought. Recalling the last incident in her apartment, even though it might not have been her intention, Xiaoqi did help her out once. But of course, she would not do anything carelessly without knowing someone well.
After she heard about this situation, Jennie did not leave earlier, but sat down on a chair instead. She had quite a number of scenes with Xiaoqi, so she felt like she needed to understand her level of skill first.
At the end of the room, Xiaoqi and Faye's shoot continued...
Xiaoqi's character in the show was Meng Changge's rival, Princess Xian, and Faye was acting as the other concubine, Princess Shu. Both characters usually fought a lot, so they had quite a number of scenes with one another.
Jennie watched from afar. From what she observed, it was always Xiaoqi's fault, and Guo Qisheng was about to break down in frustration...
"Xiaoqi! You are a beloved concubine! Concubine! You must be evilly charming! And enchanting! Can your acting not be so stiff!?"
"As for your dialogues, our show is not using dubs, so the entire thing relies on receiving the live sounds and speech. How can we use this take if you're reciting dialogue as if you were reading a book monotonously?"
"Expressions! What about your expression?"
...
Alison delivered a packet of melon seeds to Jennie and said, "Sister Jen, see, I'm not exaggerating, am I? Everyone thought we could finish shooting much earlier. Alas, who knew we'd encounter this Xiaoqi! She is really the queen of bad acting!"
Jennie did not say anything.
Objectively, the problem was not about good or bad acting. Xiaoqi simply did not have any acting skills at all, like a blank canvas.
Usually in such a situation, the person who was acting with her would be very important. The worst part was, the person who was acting with her was Faye, who had had previous conflicts with her. In fact, Faye's acting skills were only average. If Xiaoqi could actually perform well when acting with her, that would have actually been odd.
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Pick up a Son, Get a Free Husband 2
FanfictionAfter five years, Jennie has returned and is out to take revenge on the sister who turned her parents against her, and the childhood sweetheart who betrayed her for her sister. She aims to fulfil her childhood dream and become a famous actress. Howe...