Chapter 79: What Exactly Do You Want?
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Xi Mo still frowned and said nothing.
When Ruan Yesheng heard this, she glanced over as well.
"Was it a car accident?" The makeup artist asked out of curiosity.
When people hear about a road being blocked because someone died, they usually assume it was due to a car accident.
However, Feng Tangtang nodded and then shook her head, "Yes, but no."
The makeup artist was even more puzzled, "How can it be 'yes' and 'no' at the same time?"
Feng Tangtang explained seriously, "It was indeed a car accident, so I said yes. But that person did not die because of the car accident. There were too many people, and I did not dare to go in and look, so I asked around about the situation. Apparently, someone was driving in the rightmost lane at a relatively fast speed and suddenly saw a person lying on the roadside. The road and the roadside were connected by steps, and that person had half of their body on the road and half on the steps. The driver was startled and immediately hit the brakes hard. This sudden stop caused the car behind to not react in time and crash into the car in front, causing a rear-end collision."
Feng Tangtang paused for a moment and then continued, "Because both cars were going very fast, the drivers got injured and could not get out of their cars immediately. A few drivers from the cars behind stopped and went over to help. They found the person lying by the roadside and checked them, only to discover that the person was already dead, but there were no signs of being hit. Moreover, the driver who slammed on the brakes said that his car never touched the person; the person was already lying there before he braked. Since someone died, the situation became complicated. Many people gathered to watch, completely blocking the roadside, and eventually, the road got congested."
"Wait a minute," Xi Mo said, "Many people gathered to watch?"
"Yes."
"How many people? You should have a rough idea, right?"
Feng Tangtang thought for a moment and said, "At least two or three hundred people, all packed tightly around, even spilling onto the road, causing the cars behind to have to detour. This chain reaction made the congestion worse and worse."
Xi Mo frowned again.
Ruan Yesheng also found it strange, "Why so many people?"
Although this society does not lack onlookers, rear-end collisions are not uncommon on the roads nowadays. People are used to them and do not pay much attention to them since the traffic police will handle it anyway. What drew the crowd should have been the person who was already dead on the ground. But for hundreds of people to gather so quickly, was too much.
Unless there was something particularly intriguing about the dead person that drew the crowd.
Feng Tangtang said, "I was puzzled too. Even if someone died, it shouldn't attract so many people. It's too abnormal. Then I saw the people standing in front looking terrified and squeezing out from the inside. The stranger they acted, the more curious the people in the back who couldn't see became, and they tried harder to push their way in. Then passersby saw the crowd and some of them looked odd too, so their curiosity was piqued, and they gradually joined the crowd, making it larger and larger."
The makeup artist sighed, "Isn't that just like queuing for something popular? I once passed by a dessert shop and saw a long, winding line. I'd never seen so many people in line, so I thought the desserts must be amazing and joined the queue out of curiosity. When I asked the people in front if they had tried it, they all said they didn't know either; they were just queuing because there were so many people ahead."
Feng Tangtang lowered her head a bit shamefully, "That's right. If I weren't so timid and afraid to look, I would have wanted to squeeze in and see what was going on. It was too intriguing."
"Why did those people have such strange expressions after they saw it?" Xi Mo asked, "Was there something off about the person lying on the ground?"
Feng Tangtang whispered, "I'm not entirely sure. I didn't go in to see. I only heard that the person's death was very bizarre. After hearing that, I was even more scared and took the detour back."
The gossiping staff member, who also took a detour, said, "I saw it."
Xi Mo and Ruan Yesheng both turned their gaze to the staff member.
The staff member said, "I even took some photos."
Feng Tangtang nearly jumped out of her skin, "You took photos?"
"Tangtang, you didn't see it, right? Do you want me to send them to you?" The staff member took out their phone.
Feng Tangtang couldn't even handle horror movies, let alone real-life pictures of dead bodies. She was about to refuse when Xi Mo quietly said, "I want to see them. I'll delete them for you after I look."
Feng Tangtang reluctantly agreed, "Okay, send them to me."
The photos were sent to Feng Tangtang's phone, three in total. Xi Mo took the phone and glanced at them, her face darkening.
That staff member was indeed brave, and their angles were spot on. One of the photos even had a close-up of the face.
In the photos, the dead woman lay on her back at the junction between the road and the steps. Her upper body was on the road, while her lower body was on the steps. Since the road was lower than the steps, her body was slightly tilted, with her upper body low and her lower body high, like a seesaw, with the step's edge as the fulcrum behind her.
The deceased was dressed formally, with one foot bare and the other wearing a high-heeled shoe, although the heel was broken. Her expression was particularly terrifying, with her eyes wide open as if they were about to burst from their sockets. Dark red traces marked her eye sockets, nostrils, mouth, and ears, typical signs of bleeding from all orifices. Death had frozen her overextended jaw, and her mouth was gaped open to an exaggerated degree.
At first glance, her hands seemed to be tightly clutching her chest. Xi Mo enlarged one of the photos and examined it closely. She realized it was not just clutching; the woman was almost clawing at her chest, with her veins bulging visibly. Her nails looked as if they were digging into her flesh. It was impossible to imagine the pain she had endured to die in such an agonizing manner.
These photos were not something Feng Tangtang should see, as they would surely terrify her. Xi Mo transferred the photos to her own phone and then deleted them from Feng Tangtang's messages.
Feng Tangtang took back her phone and hesitantly glanced at Xi Mo. Xi Mo said, "It's okay. I already deleted them for you."
Only then did Feng Tangtang feel relieved.
Xi Mo turned her head and noticed that the nearby Ruan Yesheng was staring at her, then at her phone. Their eyes met. Though there were many people around, Ruan Yesheng's face showed no obvious expression. However, her look carried a hint of a smile, her eyes seemingly speaking before she finally looked away towards the dressing table.
Xi Mo lowered her head, opened the contact list, and typed a message to the first contact.
After a while, when Ruan Yesheng finished her makeup, she picked up her phone and saw a message from Xi Mo: "Do you want me to send those photos to you?"
Ruan Yesheng smiled and replied, "I didn't know you understood me so well."
Soon, Xi Mo sent the photos. However, she did not respond directly to Ruan Yesheng's reply.
Ruan Yesheng glanced at the photos, and her smile immediately froze on her face.
She sat down and studied the photos back and forth for a long time. It was only when the coordinator came to invite them to the set that she put away her phone with a complicated expression.
The morning scene was set in the back garden and was a particularly important confrontation between Deng Sui and Ding'e. Lin Qitang also paid special attention to it. When Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo arrived, he went over to discuss the scene with them.
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Shen Qingbie also arrived very early today, having brought a chair, clearly planning to watch the confrontation scenes all morning.
She usually worked too hard and was forced to wake up early, but when she was on vacation, as long as no one called her, she could sleep deeply. This time she came to Hengdian to take advantage of her rare break. She slept in comfortably yesterday, but today she woke up unusually early. Yu An knew her well and could sense something was off, but she did not ask, figuring that Shen Qingbie would not cause any trouble while she was around.
Lin Qitang said, "In this scene, Deng Sui has begun to suspect that her father died at Ding'e's hands. This is a new turning point. She is now a powerful Empress Dowager, having controlled the government from behind the curtain for a long time. Every day, she walks the path she believes leads to the pinnacle of power and every day she changes. Similarly, Ding'e is also changing, and their relationship will naturally undergo significant changes. However, this cannot be too obvious. It must be subtle. After so many ups and downs, their thoughts are particularly profound. Their emotions must be hidden even more deeply. They cannot be expressed directly but must be shown through various details. Now that Deng Sui suspects Ding'e, the internal struggle, and emotions are certainly very intense, given their deep bond."
Lin Qitang changed his tone: "But when you perform later, you cannot let these emotions out. You have to hold them back well, but not too tightly. You still need to show the emotions, so the audience can feel them deeply. Do you understand?"
Ruan Yesheng: "..."
You cannot do this, yet you must do this, and it must be profound. Can you please explain what exactly you want?
Xi Mo: "..."
Lin Qitang, do you know how many times you used the word 'emotions'?
Count them yourself!
"Is there still something you do not understand?" Lin Qitang looked at Xi Mo. "Ruan Yesheng, do you have any questions?"
Xi Mo thought for a moment and said, "…The emotions you keep talking about feel a bit hard to express."
Lin Qitang said, "Expressing the deep master-servant bond is challenging this time. It is indeed harder than before, but I believe you will do well."
He generously praised them, "Your previous performances have perfectly shown the deep master-servant bond, with very deep emotions. Very good, I hope you can maintain this until the end of the shoot."
The more Xi Mo listened, the more she felt that he might have misunderstood the term 'deep master-servant bond.'
Lin Qitang, completely unaware, was still immersed in his explanation. When he finished, he sat in front of the monitor screen, ready to start filming.
Author's Note:
The cute me has appeared again!!!
Let me quietly tell you a little secret. If you often leave scores and comments in the articles, it not only helps to increase the points of my articles but also increases the cuteness value【. The more words in the comments, the higher the cuteness value ( =￣ω￣=) Comments with more than a thousand words will automatically be considered long comments by the system, so it is clear that writing long comments is the ultimate way to increase cuteness. Speaking nonsense [very seriously]【.
Of course, no matter how much I increase the cuteness value, I am definitely still the cutest【.
