A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 13

Chapter 13: The Forest Encounter

Unfortunately, the other trainees evidently did not share her sentiments.

Over the next few days, the filming did not go as smoothly as planned. Not only was Wei Shaoyin’s schedule tight and demanding, but he was also hypercritical — nitpicking at every minor detail of their movements and facial expressions — that a short three-second scene took them various takes to complete.

By the time they wrapped up each day, everybody was exhausted.

In the lounge, Lu Tao lay on the floor half-dead from exhaustion, but he was still in a good mood to talk to Xia Ling. “Hey, I’ve noticed that in the past few days almost everyone was called out by the unreasonably demanding Wei Shaoyin, but only you haven’t been called out for any NG and retakes. What’s your secret? Quick, share it with me. Otherwise, if this goes on, I will be tormented to death by Unreasonable Wei.”

These few days, every single trainee had witnessed and experienced Wei Shaoyin’s nitpicking, thus Unreasonable Wei had become his second name. Xia Ling looked at all the trainees lying on the ground in all sorts of positions and couldn’t help but let out a little smile.

However, she really did not have any secret. The choreography for their current project was not all that difficult. To her, it was just the basics that were basically second nature to her. Something that’s almost like an instinct… does it require any secret to achieve it?

She thought for a bit, and then said, “Practise well and let it become instinct.”

Lu Tao let out a cry and stopped moving altogether.

Under Wei Shaoyin’s reign, a good part of the month had gone by just like that. They were finally on the last lap of the project.

When he announced that all the trainees could take a few days’ break, everybody went into a state of euphoria. Sadly, having been drained by the intensiveness of the past few weeks, even somebody as fit and energetic as Lu Tao — a street dancer — had chosen to spend his first rest day catching up on sleep.

Having been held captive by Pei Ziheng for more than a year, she had a certain discomfort with all the bedrooms and spent as little time as she could in them. So, on a day like this where the weather was so warm and cheery, she put on an off-white dress, a thin cardigan, and then went out alone for a leisurely stroll.

The forest was quiet and tranquil, and the beautiful scenery was an even rarer sight. It’s no wonder Wei Shaoyin picked it for the set.

However, what took Xia Ling by surprise was that Skyart Entertainment’s big boss, Li Lei, agreed to that request. In her previous life, she had been around Pei Ziheng long enough to know what these big shots were like. A private estate like this with mountain villas and resorts for distinguished guests was already exclusive as it was, but using it as a set for filming and shooting was all the more an almost impossible task.

And yet, Wei Shaoyin had been given the green light.

Was this because he was truly capable, or was it because Boss Li was being unconventional?

Could this be a big reason why Skyart Entertainment could develop and expand so quickly — because the quality of their productions was of utmost priority?

She thought about it as she walked, and before she knew it, she had walked pretty deep in the forest.

The temperature had dropped, and it was getting shadier and cooler. The woods had obscured the sun, and the forest was unusually quiet.

Xia Ling slowed her steps.

Surveying her surroundings, she realized she couldn’t see the trail she left nor any person in sight.