TPH Chapter 7

The Protagonist’s Halo [Arc 1] Chapter 7: Entertainment Circle Vase (10)

Only a few people in the crew knew about the breakup of Su Man and Ji Yanhuai. Apart from their assistants and agents, only Director Zhang knew about it. Director Zhang didn’t want the breakup of the male and female protagonists to be exposed before the filming was completed. Not to mention that the outside world would be in an uproar, there would be discussions within the crew too, which would inevitably affect the filming, so he would suppress it and not let it get out.

On this matter, Xiao Han is also willing to cooperate.

Breaking up in a relationship is a freedom between two people. As for whether to make it public, it is fulfilling the obligations of a celebrity. In this case, she naturally needs to abide by the work rules. Anyway, it won’t affect her in any way.

Xiao Han would not be polite if she could influence her. For example, if she was unwilling to cooperate with the acting, she would directly interrupt Ji Yanhuai and break up with Director Zhang.

What does Ji Yanhuai’s mood have to do with her?

The crew only knew that Director Zhang wanted Su Man and Ji Yanhuai to rehearse more scenes. When Pei Yiren heard about this, she became anxious and took the initiative to find Ji Yanhuai with the script during the break.

“Teacher Ji, do you have time? I want to rehearse with you.” Pei Yiren smiled sweetly and gently.

Ji Yanhuai had a very good impression of Pei Yiren. He nodded and went over a paragraph of the script with her.

In addition to practicing with each other, Pei Yiren would also specifically talk about topics that Ji Yanhuai was interested in, such as his favorite movies and roles.

“My favorite role is the swordsman Song Changting played by you, Teacher Ji. I have watched that movie over and over again.” Pei Yiren said with sparkling eyes.

Ji Yanhuai smiled slightly and felt much more relaxed being with her.

Pei Yiren blinked and said, “I have a heavy role tomorrow and I was a little nervous. Fortunately, I checked with you, Teacher Ji, and now I feel much better.”

Ji Yanhuai’s gaze seemed to be looking somewhere else.

Pei Yiren followed his gaze and saw Su Man filming.

In fact, if you aren’t acting opposite Su Man, simply watching Su Man’s performance would also be a kind of enjoyment.

Just a few simple movements, slowly raising her head and eyes, actually have a magic that devours people’s hearts, and also begin to reveal the dark side of this character. The eyes and smile are ruthless, but make people inexplicably distressed.

Ji Yanhuai was also somewhat moved.

Pei Yiren’s pupils shrank and she bit her lip slightly. What she noticed was not how well Su Man acted, but that this scene was not in the script for Su Man to play the heroine. In other words, Director Zhang gave Su Man, the “vase”, more scenes.

The original plan to replace Su Man as the leading actress not only failed, but she also received more and more attention from the director and was highly praised. Pei Yi felt aggrieved. It seemed that this task could not be completed. Even if there was no punishment for failing to complete the task, the loss of a large reward was enough to make Pei Yi’s heart bleed. She also wanted to continue to improve her acting skills and appearance after completing the task.

Pei Yiren wanted to trip up Su Man, but as Su Man became more and more valued by Director Zhang, the previous methods would definitely not work. Su Man is now the heroine, and it is not so easy to plot against her in the crew, and she might even be discovered.

Now she can only hold Ji Yanhuai tightly.

As long as Ji Yanhuai is on her side, she has nothing to fear.

After finishing her part the next day, Pei Yiren decided to take the initiative and make an invitation.

“Today’s scene was able to be filmed well thanks to Teacher Ji’s help. I said before that I would treat you to a meal to thank you, Teacher Ji. I wonder if you are free tonight.”

Ji Yanhuai was originally going to refuse, but when he saw the nervousness and uneasiness in her eyes that she couldn’t hide well, his heart softened and he said, “Okay.”

Some things in the crew are hard to hide, and they even spread quickly. For example, within two hours, Xiao Han learned about Ji Yanhuai and Pei Yiren’s dinner date from assistant Xiao Xia. She didn’t care much, after all, they were the male and female protagonists. In the original plot, this drama greatly promoted their relationship, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a love drama.

Assistant Xiao Xia knew about it because someone was gossiping in front of her intentionally or unintentionally. People love to watch the fun. Besides, they didn’t know about the breakup yet. Ji Yanhuai went out to eat with other actresses, so of course they wanted to know what Su Man’s expression was.

Xiao Han said lightly, “Don’t pay attention to them.”

Xiao Han, who didn’t care about the progress of the relationship between the hero and heroine, didn’t expect to see a good show the next day. Ji Yanhuai’s agent, who always looked down on others, treated Pei Yiren coldly.

He was obviously very dissatisfied with the dinner appointment last night and wanted to keep Pei Yiren as far away from him as possible.

Xiao Han had thought that the heroine would be loved by everyone and flowers would bloom wherever she went. Xiao Han had overestimated Pei Yiren’s aura as the heroine. Now Ji Yanhuai’s favorability towards her is not that high, and he would not go against his agent to protect her.

Agent Zhou Zhuo was not as gentle towards Pei Yiren as he was later. In his eyes, Pei Yiren was now just an ordinary newcomer, not as famous as Su Man. If he gave her another label, she might just be another woman who wanted to hold Ji Yanhuai’s thigh.

Zhou Zhuo also specifically instructed his assistant not to let random women get close to him.

9526: “Why does it feel like a scene of the wife fighting the mistress?”

The corners of Xiao Han’s mouth twitched slightly. Anyway, they all revolve around Ji Yanhuai.

Pei Yiren’s eyes were red the whole day after being criticized by the agent Zhou Zhuo. She was not a big star enough to ask Director Zhang to take care of such matters. He just told her to concentrate on acting and that was all.

After this incident, Pei Yiren’s reputation in the crew also changed a little.

Pei Yiren’s original plan was to proceed step by step, but Su Man’s performance and Ji Yanhuai’s no longer cold attitude towards her made Pei Yiren feel an urgent sense of threat, so she took the initiative so quickly.

But Pei Yiren was still too eager, and inevitably she was superficial and overacting. Once the news that she took the initiative to ask Ji Yanhuai out for dinner spread among the crew, there were bound to be people gossiping, even though Pei Yiren had a good relationship with people before.

If Ji Yanhuai protected her and spoke for her, those people would not dare to say anything, but Ji Yanhuai’s agent said that, and he was just short of pointing at Pei Yiren’s nose and saying that she was shameless and was trying to get her to do something for him, making Pei Yiren a joke.

Pei Yiren almost cursed that agent Zhou Zhuo in her heart, but she still found a chance to find Ji Yanhuai and explained, “Teacher Ji, I didn’t expect so many people would misunderstand. I’m sorry for causing you trouble. If you need anything, I can go and explain to Sister Su Man.”

Ji Yanhuai frowned, “No need.”

He also felt slightly aggrieved when hse mentioned Su Man.

Ji Yanhuai felt that what Zhou Zhuo said was right. Although the confidentiality measures of the restaurant they went to yesterday were very good, it would still be very troublesome if the paparazzi photographed him and the actress going out to eat alone.

It’s better to keep some distance from Pei Yiren in the future.

“Ding, the target character Ji Yanhuai’s favorability has decreased by ten. The current favorability is forty-five. The host is requested to keep up the good work.”

Pei Yiren “…”

I’m finally almost successful, just a little bit away from completing the task.

Director Zhang was a little worried at first because Su Man and Ji Yanhuai had broken up and that they wouldn’t be able to act out the love scenes well. But he didn’t have to worry at all. Off screen, Su Man was extremely cold to Ji Yanhuai and they had almost no interactions. But in the play, she was able to immediately transform herself into Xiao Yue, who was deeply in love with the male lead.

Su Man is very serious and responsible about her role, and Director Zhang is pleased and satisfied.

Ji Yanhuai is at the level of a movie emperor, and his acting skills are definitely above 90 points. However, Su Man’s acting is absolutely perfect in every scene, which is better than Ji Yanhuai. Even Director Zhang forgot who the real protagonist was while filming.

Director Zhang’s eyes drifted slightly, and then he changed the script and gave Su Man more scenes. It was Su Man’s performance that made him unable to help but explore the story line of the character “Xiao Yue”, and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t shoot more.

Director Zhang has now forgotten that he was thinking of replacing Su Man half a month ago.

People are so fickle.

Changing the script or adding scenes is actually quite common during the filming process. It can be said that the modification of the script will not stop during the filming process, from major changes to the main direction of the plot to minor changes to the details of the location and lines.

Director Zhang wanted to expand the story of the character “Xiao Yue”, and it was mainly because of Su Man’s outstanding performance that this character had more potential for exploration and could be made more rich and complex.

For example, the heroine Xiao Yue is Cheng Xing’s girlfriend whom he both loves and hates. Why does he love her, why does he hate her, what kind of story does Xiao Yue hide, and what kind of feelings does she have for Cheng Xing? There are so many things that can be written about.

The first person who was dissatisfied with Su Man’s adding to the drama was Ji Yanhuai’s agent Zhou Zhuo.

Although he is usually a bit domineering, he still has professionalism and vision. During this period of time, he followed Ji Yanhuai in the crew and saw that Ji Yanhuai was suppressed when he played against Su Man. When the show is broadcast, the audience’s attention will surely be more focused on the role played by Su Man and ignore Ji Yanhuai. It’s like watching a whole show but not having any impression of a certain character. This rarely happens to the protagonist with a lot of scenes, but it is rare to say that it is not impossible.

For the first time, Zhou Zhuo felt a sense of crisis about Su Man, whom he regarded as a “vase”.

In the hotel room, he vented his dissatisfaction with Director Zhang, “How can Director Zhang just add scenes to people without consulting us?”

“Since it’s the director’s decision, there’s nothing much to say.”

Even though Ji Yanhuai is a bit cold and arrogant towards others, he is an actor after all. He also abides by some rules of an actor and will not interfere with the director’s decision.

He pressed his temples. He had been reading scripts and practicing until very late these days, and had not gotten enough rest.

For some reason, he felt a little tired while filming this drama, especially the mental pressure.

This has never happened before, even when he starred in several films directed by big directors.

Zhou Zhuo was still a little annoyed. Ji Yanhuai waved his hand, not wanting to listen any more, and went inside to rest. The assistant followed him in small steps, closed the curtains, adjusted the indoor temperature, and finally closed the door.

Although Ji Yanhuai said that he would not interfere with the director’s decision, Zhou Zhuo had some thoughts in his mind. He couldn’t let Su Man add to the drama like this, and her performance in the play couldn’t overshadow Ji Yanhuai.