This kid is really quite stiff, Xiao Zhan facepalmed. How was he supposed to continue the conversation? He slightly pondered for a moment, then sent: When do you join production? If you have some time, wanna grab a meal together? I'll pay. We can get acquainted?
The other side was another long round of typing...
This time Xiao Zhan was prepared, he didn't plan on staring at his phone and spacing out. He rose and poured himself a cup of water, changed into a set of clean clothes and then finally checked his phone. As expected, the other side had finished typing, just one word: Ok.
Xiao Zhan felt himself sweat a little. This person's disposition was a bit...scary.
In the end, the meal wasn't able to take place. Xiao Zhan had carefully tried to schedule a time with Wang Yibo several times before realizing that he was really very busy. He had several programs recording at the same time and was constantly flying around. After several failed attempts, Xiao Zhan gave up. They were going to join production before long anyways, they were going to meet sooner or later.
Two months later, Xiao Zhan joined the cast. This was his first time acting as the male lead, so he naturally came a bit earlier and was the first to arrive. After greeting Director Chen and the others, Director Chen gave him three hard copies of the script, smiling while saying, "You have the most lines, this is just part of it, I'll give you the remainder once the time comes. Things have been busy recently, there are many people joining the cast and crew. Not enough copies of the script were printed, so you and Wang Yibo will have to share this set for now. The budget is limited, the guesthouse we booked is all twin rooms. You'll be rooming with Wang Yibo, this way you can get to know each other and practice your scenes together often."
Xiao Zhan smiled. "You're too polite, Director. I'm here to film, not to bask in luxury. Rooming with Lan Wangji is pretty nice, it won't delay filming during the day." This was assuming the kid was willing to rehearse with him. At this thought, Xiao Zhan smiled helplessly.
As if understanding his thoughts, Director Chen comforted him. "YiBo is a good person, he's an innocent kid. Maybe it's because he's been training overseas since he was little, he's very independent, his personality is just a little lonely and he doesn't really like to talk. To be honest, this characteristic fits the Lan Wangji that I wanted quite well. Your personality is more open, look after him a bit more, help him assimilate into this group sooner."
"No worries, Director Chen, I'll do my best."
"Then you can go organize your things first, lunch is at 11. We'll start going over the script in the afternoon. Tomorrow I've invited instructors for various instruments, you guys will be learning from them. There's only a month's time, there's little time for an important task, you'll need to work hard."
"Ok." Xiao Zhan nodded cutely, thanked the director again and returned to his room.
Xiao Zhan didn't bring much, just some simple toiletries and several sets of clean clothes. He was done after some minimal tidying. After taking up and reading the script for a while, someone knocked on the door.
"Hello, I'm Wang Zhuocheng, acting in this drama as Jiang Cheng, you can call me Da Cheng." Standing at the door was a thick eyebrowed, large eyed, and short haired young man. His defined cheekbones and bright handsomeness could make any viewer's eyes light up.
Xiao Zhan hurriedly raised his hand to shake hands with him, smiling. "Hi, I'm Xiao Zhan, I'm acting in this drama as Wei Wuxian, it's really nice to meet you, please sit." Xiao Zhan stood, letting Wang Zhuocheng enter.
"Woah, you've tidied this place up nicely, it's so neat. It's my first time seeing someone pack every outfit such that it looks new."
Xiao Zhan scratched his head with an embarrassed smile. "I'm a little OCD, perhaps it's related to being an art major, I've always liked to stack things neatly before feeling comfortable."
