Su Tang wanted to go and see Ren Qingzhou. Coincidentally, the project had entered the final stage these days.
She planned to ask for one day off and combine it with the weekend to get a short vacation. City S wasn't far from the shooting base.
This was also thanks to her transfer to a new project team. If she had still been in the previous one, not to mention asking for leave, working overtime on weekends would have been the norm.
After seeing Fang Ting off, a new week began. Su Tang decided to inform Ren Qingzhou first.
Ren Qingzhou had been working non - stop in the crew recently. The director wanted to finish all the scenes at the film and television base in early June. Then Gu Xiaowei had to attend an international award ceremony, and the crew would go to the real - life shooting location in July.
This schedule was indeed a bit too tight. But a crew had to accommodate everyone's schedules and minimize the shooting cost as much as possible. To produce a better work within the limited time, they could only work harder.
Fortunately, there were few action scenes at the film and television base. But just thinking that the weather would only get hotter in July and that they would have to face a mountain of action scenes then, Ren Qingzhou felt his scalp tingle.
Dong Yueyi, who played the second female lead, had many scenes with Lin Yujie. He didn't know if it was because she hadn't gotten into the role these days or for some other reason, but she always made frequent mistakes.
Lin Yujie had a good temper and accompanied her to do the scenes over and over again.
But the director was about to explode. He had never been very satisfied with this second female lead, but due to the face of the investor, he had no choice.
But this woman was really slow - witted. Her acting skills were almost zero, which slowed down the progress of the whole crew.
Ren Qingzhou had been waiting beside them. The next scene was supposed to be his opposite scene with Lin Yujie. Because of Dong Yueyi, he had been waiting for a while.
While he was waiting, he suddenly received a call from Su Tang.
Ren Qingzhou pointed to his phone. Li Momo understood immediately: "It'll probably take a while here. I'll come and call you when it starts."
So the crew members saw Ren Qingzhou rushing out of the shooting studio in a hurry.
Su Tang was on her lunch break. Thinking that she didn't know when Ren Qingzhou would finish work today, she decided to call him now.
Ren Qingzhou answered the phone quickly: "Hey, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten. How about you?"
"I've eaten too. I have another scene to shoot later, so I ate earlier today."
"Did I interrupt you?"
"Not at all."
For some reason, Ren Qingzhou felt that they were being too polite to each other. They really hadn't talked much recently. Separating a couple in the honeymoon period was nothing short of cruel. But besides love, everyone had other things to do.
Ren Qingzhou thought about his limited dating history. It seemed that every relationship was very sweet at the beginning. They couldn't wait to be together 24 hours a day.
But this relationship seemed to have quickly entered the cooling - off period.
"I have something to tell you."
"I'm not very busy at work this week. I want to come and see you. I don't know if it's convenient."
Su Tang's words brightened Ren Qingzhou's originally somewhat depressed mood.
"Are you coming on Saturday?"
"I plan to ask for one day off on Friday so that I can spend more time with you." Su Tang sounded as if she was smiling: "I miss you a bit. It feels like we haven't seen each other for a long time. And we don't have time to talk every day."
"I miss you too." Ren Qingzhou was in a remote corner of the crew. There were still crew members coming and going not far away. He didn't dare to speak too loudly, but he seemed to hear Su Tang's laughter.
Wei Guo walked over from a distance and said to him, "Brother, Sister Momo asked me to come and call you."
Her voice was a bit loud, and Su Tang heard it on the other end of the phone. So Ren Qingzhou heard Su Tang say, "Go to work quickly. We'll see each other soon."
"Goodbye."
So Ren Qingzhou was in a good state all week. He was a professional actor by training and had a lot of aura that many actors didn't have. Coupled with the fact that Lin Yujie and Gu Xiaowei, who acted with him, were also powerful young actors, the scenes with the three of them were always especially smooth.
So the director was also in a good mood. He wasn't working with Lin Yujie and Gu Xiaowei for the first time. In fact, he really wanted Lin Yujie to be the male lead this time.
He really thought that Lin Yujie was a good actor with solid acting skills and a down - to - earth personality. He also recommended him to the investor.
Unfortunately, the investor wasn't satisfied with this choice. Lin Yujie had acting skills, but he lacked popularity.
The investor needed a more popular male actor to join.
They chose Ren Qingzhou.
The director didn't know why they had chosen Ren Qingzhou, who hadn't acted in a play for two years.
He was indeed much more popular than Lin Yujie, but in the director's impression, Ren Qingzhou seemed to be a singer?
However, this impression had been overturned after he worked with Ren Qingzhou. Ren Qingzhou was really popular, but different from ordinary idol artists, he was also very down - to - earth.
During the days of getting along with him, the director also liked this young man very much.
He had seen too many so - called popular stars nowadays. They had almost no acting skills but were extremely delicate.
Coming to the crew seemed like a vacation rather than work. One person would be followed by seven or eight assistants, making a lot of demands, but their acting skills were really mediocre.
So when Ren Qingzhou went to communicate with the director, asking him to arrange the scenes on Saturday and Sunday as early or as late as possible, the director readily agreed.
This young man had only slept for five hours a day recently. There were dark circles under his eyes during the scene rehearsals. He really should have a good rest. Even if he was young, working non - stop like this would be too much for him.
The director was very considerate of the actors, especially those with whom he had a pleasant cooperation.
The director decided to postpone Dong Yueyi's scenes. In fact, the progress of the crew would speed up as long as she wasn't around.
The director really wanted to kick her out many times, but he really had no choice.
One could only say that in the entertainment industry, one often had no control over one's own actions.
There were always fans visiting the crew. The fans had captured Ren Qingzhou in a relatively good mental state these days.
The fans who had visited the crew a few days ago occasionally saw him and felt that he was forcing himself to stay awake. In fact, he was very listless, looking completely exhausted. So the fans felt very sorry for him.
They @'d the studio every day, asking them to take good care of him.
Li Momo said that they were also helpless because that was how the daily work of the crew was arranged.
Ren Qingzhou's state these days was obviously much better than before. Although he still looked like he didn't get enough sleep every day, he seemed to be in a good mood.
The key was that there were many opposite scenes between Gu Xiaowei and Ren Qingzhou recently.
Gu Xiaowei was a rather amazing person. He was young but had won many awards. He was also very approachable and had a good relationship with the actors he had worked with.
Even his fans were relatively laid - back. They basically wouldn't fight with the co - acting actors over the billing order or quarrel.
Everyone got along harmoniously, which was a nice sight.
Ren Qingzhou's fans were actually looking forward to his cooperation with Gu Xiaowei this time.
Except for a few TV dramas he had acted in during the first few years of his debut, he had been writing songs, releasing albums, and holding concerts these years.
Restarting acting this time and being able to act opposite Gu Xiaowei, who had just won the Golden Flower Award, was actually a relatively high starting point.
It would be even better if they could win an award for this cooperation.
But actually, some fans were also afraid. Because Gu Xiaowei and Ren Qingzhou were of a similar age, and neither of them had ever spread the news of having a significant other. Coupled with the fact that there were a large number of emotional scenes between the two of them in this play, everyone was speculating whether they would fall in love because of the play.
Everyone's concerns were actually based on some reasons. On the one hand, there were many couples in the entertainment industry who had fallen in love because of a play and then got together. Actors had a high probability of finding a partner from the same profession, after all, their social circle was relatively narrow. On the other hand, before "Picturesque Rivers and Mountains" started broadcasting, Ren Qingzhou and Gu Xiaowei already had a group of CP fans.
Some of these CP fans were book fans who had evolved into CP fans because they liked the looks of the male and female leads. The other part simply thought that they looked so well - matched that they became real - person CP fans.
The drama hadn't been broadcast yet, so they couldn't forcefully break up the CP, which would be bad for the publicity of the drama.
But no idol's solo fans liked CP fans, including Ren Qingzhou's fans. Since Gu Xiaowei's fans didn't say anything, they didn't dare to say anything either.
Therefore, when some fans found out that there were many opposite scenes between Gu Xiaowei and Ren Qingzhou these days and that the fans had captured Ren Qingzhou in a very good mood, the fans were really a bit panicked.
Why did they feel a bit afraid that their "house" would collapse?
Gu Xiaowei was indeed excellent, with good acting skills, good looks, and a reportedly great personality.
But being a cooperation partner was one thing, and being a "sister - in - law" was another. She was indeed a good cooperation partner, but as a "sister - in - law", forget it.
Fans had different opinions on what kind of person Ren Qingzhou should find as his girlfriend, but whenever a woman appeared, they were unanimous in their opposition.
Most of them didn't like or accept it. Although the reasons were various, some were for his career, and some were simply his girlfriend fans.
Li Momo saw these comments while peeping at the screen and only felt a headache.
No one knew better than her that their "house" had indeed collapsed, completely and comprehensively.
She suddenly felt that her future work would be a long and arduous task, and there was no good way to avoid the risks.
Su Tang had also seen these comments like Li Momo. As a fan of Ren Qingzhou, she could see more opinions and comments in the fan circle.
It seemed that currently, no one supported Ren Qingzhou's relationship. Everyone unanimously thought that the boy was still young.
Even Gu Xiaowei was hard for everyone to accept. Su Tang didn't dare to imagine how everyone would collapse if that person was herself.
Because people were always like this. If the person Ren Qingzhou finally chose was far away from everyone, it might be better than if that person was very ordinary.
Because if she was just an ordinary person, too many people would wonder why that person wasn't them.