Part 3 of Chapter 79
Please Like Her 30 – (Beware) Brother-Father & original FL scenes + Variety show’s final episode recording
<Salvation Plan> has already set its release date and is now officially in the final stage of promotion.
The leading actors are all cooperating by forwarding Weibo posts, recording promotional videos, and releasing trailers that are full of cheerful and comedic tones, attracting the interest of countless netizens. It is very suitable to watch this film during the Lunar New Year when families and friends gather together.
To support the promotion, the creative team is scheduled to appear together at one of the cinemas on the day of the premiere. They will communicate with the fans after the screening of the film.
The premiere of <Salvation Plan> is on February 16th, the day before Shang Lu’s birthday.
However, they have to interact with the audience after the last screening of the day, at 11 pm.
When Yue Qi and the others confirmed whether they could arrive at the scene, Shang Lu raised a question.
[ Shouldn’t it be on the first day of the Lunar New Year? ]
Why are they a whole week earlier than other Spring Festival films?
With Yue Qi’s abilities, even during the Spring Festival, they could secure the best screenings, which should have made the premiere on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Yue Qi instantly replied to her.
[ I want to accompany my wife. Who wants to go out for promotion on the New Year’s Day? Can’t we have a good New Year? ]
Shang Lu fell silent.
Why did it have to be such a refreshing and unusual reason?
Shang Lu : [ … ]
The group quickly followed suit.
Cheng Zhe : [ … ]
Shen Qian : [ … ]
Duan Anguo : [ Hahaha! Director Yue is right! Of course, we should accompany our wives during the New Year! ]
Yue Qi followed up with a second message.
[ @Shang_Lu, I heard that <Evil> will start filming on the next day of the Lunar New Year. Maybe you should collaborate less with the heartless director Song Zeqian in the future, haha! ]
Shang Lu : [ … ]
Song Zeqian was truly innocent.
Yue Qi messaged again.
[ @Shang_Lu, do you have plans that day? It’s just one night, so it shouldn’t delay much, right?]
Shang Lu stared at the screen for a while and then replied, [ It’s fine, I will come. ]
At 11 pm, under normal circumstances, the process should be finished within an hour.
On the other side, at the filming site of the online drama.
Looking at the film crew operating normally in front of her, scenes from Ning Lin’s glorious past kept flashing through her mind.
In the past, she would never have acted in such a low-level production with actors like these. Wherever she went, she should have been the center of attention, with staff and extras clamoring to take photos with her, and directors and writers trying to please her.
But now?
The shooting location was shabby and cheap, and her co-actors were third-rate traffic celebrities whose names she couldn’t even remember. The crew’s attitude towards her was so indifferent that it didn’t even compare to how they treated those traffic celebrities.
Ning Lin naturally wanted to explode in anger, but it had been so long since she had returned to the set, even in such a terrible environment, at least she was still working.
She could only swallow her anger, return to the rest area, and then look at her assistant, saying, “Call Jiang Yi.”
The assistant was sent by Jiang Yi to take care of Ning Lin and could only offer comfort, “Miss Ning, Mr. Jiang is also in a difficult position, starting this production under such pressure…”
*Slap!*
Ning Lin didn’t hesitate to slap the person in front of her, trembling with anger. “Under such pressure? Am I the pressure in your mouth?”
The assistant knew he had misspoken and immediately lowered his head, apologizing, “I’m sorry.”
Ning Lin smiled and looked at her assistant. “You’re from the Jiang family, you’re Jiang Yi’s person. You must think I don’t know how to appreciate it. Jiang Yi has been so good to me, and I’m still making a fuss. Is that it?”
Ning Lin asked this question but didn’t intend to wait for her assistant to respond. She pointed to her own face with anger in her eyes and said, “Take a good look, I am Ning Lin, once the most famous and popular celebrity. It’s not him, Jiang Yi, who fought against his family for my sake. It’s me, Ning Lin, who lost everything because of him. All of this is what he owes me, and he should make it up to me. He hasn’t paid me back at all. He’s not the one to be pitied; I’m the one who deserves pity. Do you understand?”
The assistant didn’t dare to respond and could only bow his head even lower.
He was assigned by Jiang Yi and, naturally, couldn’t speak ill of Jiang Yi, but in this situation, he also couldn’t argue with Ning Lin.
However, as an individual, he had his own thoughts and couldn’t help but complain in his heart.
He didn’t think his boss or Ning Lin deserved pity at all. If they engaged in such actions and were criticized for it, didn’t they bring it upon themselves?
If anyone was to be pitied, it was probably Shang Lu, who was innocently dragged into all of this.
The assistant thought this way in his heart, but, of course, he didn’t have the courage to say it out loud.
Ning Lin sat on the sofa, picked up her phone to browse Weibo to relieve her mood. She casually opened the trending topics and saw the promotion of <Salvation Plan>.
She threw her phone to the ground.
Why?
Why can Shang Lu act in Yue Qi’s new movie while she has to be in this terrible production?
Ning Lin felt a wave of sadness in her heart and suddenly shed tears.
She didn’t know if she was crying for herself or for the choices she had made in the past.
Her life shouldn’t be like this…
She refused to accept it.
If she hadn’t met Jiang Yi, hadn’t fallen in love with him, none of these things would have happened.
She trusted Jiang Yi, she depended on Jiang Yi, but now? He hadn’t fulfilled any of his promises, so what had he given her?
Jiang Yi had let her down.
“Jiang Yi…”
She murmured his name. In this dark period, this feeling had long turned into something she couldn’t tell if it was love or hatred.
In the blink of an eye, the recording for the twelfth episode of <The Most Hated Her and Him> came, marking the end of the first season.
When everyone arrived at the familiar villa one by one, they found the yard filled with their fan support items.
The program team was all dressed in festive red and spoke auspicious words to them.
Lin Yanyan held Shang Lu’s hand and whispered, “I’m not used to this kind of program team; it’s like celebrating Lunar New Year in advance.”
Shang Lu added, “I still prefer the director’s eyes that used to shine with conspiracy.”
The director : “…”
It didn’t sound like a compliment.
The director continued, “After all, it’s the last episode. Today, let’s record in a gentler manner. Is that okay with everyone?”
“Okay…”
A somewhat perfunctory response; not everyone had arrived yet.
Xu Ze looked at the time, and Jiang Jing looked at the director’s team with a puzzled expression and asked, “Why haven’t Xiao Song and Xiao Ye arrived yet?”
When her words fell, Song Zeqian immediately grabbed Ye Lu’s collar and pulled him in.
Ye Lu had heavy dark circles under his eyes and his face seemed to be filled with despair about life.
Everyone had returned home after the training ended a week ago, except for him, who had to endure Song Zeqian’s supervision every day after returning. He hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for who knows how long.
But finally, the whole team was together.
The first task for today was to have them watch their responses to the negative comments on the first episode.
Ye Lu : “!”
Song Zeqian : “… Do we really need this kind of beginning and end mirror? It’s unnecessary.”
Netizens immediately understood the intention of the director’s team.
[Hahaha, public execution!]
[Two people’s faces are going to be swollen, who are they? I won’t say.]
[You all won’t say? Then I won’t say either.]
[I’m an honest person, I’ll tag @Ye_Lu @Song_Zeqian]
[Hahaha, as expected, Xiao Taoyan never misses any chance to be wicked.]
Everyone was silent.
I suddenly realized that I don’t know the director name. Did author wrote his name? I think I never saw his name. LoL.
Poor Ning Li-Not!! Serve you right!
The energy I also give off when reading Ning Li’s POV 🤣 Shang Lu Protectors are always on the go!
Yep. I also totally agree with her assistant. People says love is blind. Loving someone can make you blind too. But, NL should at least aware that being the third party in an officially acknowledged engagement, even if “true love” is on her side… It’s still immoral and there’s a huge risk that she’d lost her career as public figure.
Unfortunately, most of the homewreckers think they’re a warrior and hero of “true love” so, they think they’re on the higher moral ground. 😑💢😑
“I’m such a poor person. The world is out to get me”
*Smacks the assistant*
She’s a hypocrite.