Chapter 20.2

In the play, Su Qian comes from a poor family. The shoes she wore were the most popular and cheapest plastic sandals at the time, a pair only cost a few yuan. Due to the age, she overlooked the hardness of these sandals, and not long after the shooting started, the back of her foot was rubbed raw.

Xu Ke squatted down to help her take off her shoes, and saw the plastic and skin stuck together, she could almost feel the heart-wrenching pain.

“Why didn’t you say something earlier when it’s this bad?!”

Her shout almost deafened Su Qian. She rubbed her ears impatiently, “Lower your voice, a problem that can be solved with two band-aids, do you have to make it known to everyone?”

Xu Ke pursed her lips and said softly, “Then you sit for a while, I’ll go ask the team doctor.”

Liang Zhuo was sitting under a large sunshade reading the script. He heard a sudden shout, frowned, and looked over with a cold face.

“Tsk, not a big star, but quite a big attitude.” She needs help even to take off her shoes.

Just as he was about to look away disdainfully, he saw a staff member suddenly run away. Su Qian was sitting alone in the shade, her finger hooked on a plastic sandal, and her other hand gently fanning.

Her foot was very white, so that the red wound was particularly noticeable. During the waiting period, she looked around boredly, then pouted and blew a few breaths. It seemed that this could alleviate the pain.

As if sensing something, Su Qian suddenly looked up. After her gaze collided with Liang Zhuo’s, she turned away as if nothing had happened.

From beginning to end, she didn’t stay on him for a second, and completely treated him as air.

“Sister Qian, I borrowed some iodine and band-aids!”

“No iodine!”

“Apply it! It’s okay to be ugly, it will be gone after a bath tonight.”

Su Qian tapped her forehead and directly grabbed the band-aids, “Who told you it’s because of ugliness? I’m afraid it won’t match up when shooting.”

Xu Ke suddenly realized, “Oh, right!”

If two shots were edited together, wouldn’t the iodine on her foot give it away?

The two women were chattering like sparrows, and Liang Zhuo, listening, found it not so annoying.

He frowned slightly, and gripped the script in his hand.

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Soon they started shooting the next scene. After running through the scene, Director Wang Qisheng looked at Su Qian’s foot and smiled, “Can you really endure it, are you okay?”

Su Qian didn’t care how he knew, she just said, “It’s a small injury, it’s okay.”

She said and went to her position, not noticing that Liang Zhuo’s face was a bit unnatural.

“You see for yourself, is your little apprentice sister with the surname Chu suitable for this role, or is Su Qian suitable.” Director Wang Qisheng patted his shoulder, “Don’t deny it, it’s Su Qian’s ability to take on this predetermined role.”

Liang Zhuo snorted, “Just you cherishing talent.”

…

After shooting for a day, Su Qian was almost fainted from hunger. After work, she and Xu Ke called Zhang Pingting to a nearby restaurant to treat themselves well.

After dinner, when she went to the restroom, Zhang Pingting mentioned something to Su Qian.

“Do you know why Liang Zhuo is targeting you?”

She had observed everything on the set for a day.

Su Qian didn’t care much, “I don’t know.”

“I heard that he has a good relationship with Chu Piaopiao, and this role of yours was originally Chu Piaopiao’s.”

Su Qian knew about the predetermined role, but she didn’t know about this. But it doesn’t matter, he’s just a stranger who doesn’t talk much.

“If he wants to target me, let him. Even if he pricks me with a needle, I won’t give up this role.”

“Prick you with a needle…”

“You’re thinking too much.” Su Qian said, “But his professional skills are indeed good, you can learn more from him.”

After all, he is a film emperor. It’s probably because of this status that he acts arbitrarily.

“I want to learn from him, but he has to be willing to teach me!” Zhang Pingting touched her pocket, “Oh no, I left my lipstick on the sink. You go down first, I’ll go back and find it.”

Su Qian turned the corner to the elevator and saw Liang Zhuo standing there wearing a baseball cap.

The two looked at each other for a moment, neither of them spoke. The elevator arrived, and Liang Zhuo stepped in first, pressing the door open button.

“Aren’t you coming in?”

Su Qian hesitated slightly, then followed him in.

The elevator doors slowly closed, and no one noticed a person with a camera quickly running away from the corner.

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As soon as she entered the elevator, Su Qian took the initiative to distance herself, standing at the very edge. The two stood on either side, like two people who didn’t know each other at all.

A man came up on the next floor, drunk and swaying, and stood next to Su Qian. The elevator continued to descend, and the man’s murky eyes were wandering over Su Qian.

“Miss, can we get to know each other? I have a room upstairs.”

Su Qian retorted coldly, “A morgue?”

The man thought for a long time with his slow-reacting brain, and his face darkened, “Did I give you too much face?”

Saying that, he raised his hand to push Su Qian.

Liang Zhuo was watching the reflection on the tempered door, and when he noticed that the man was about to make a move, his face turned cold instantly. He turned his head to stop him, but Su Qian’s high heels stepped hard on his foot.

The man staggered in pain, and before he could react, the elevator door opened.

Su Qian pushed him away, and glanced at him lightly, “You’re the prostitute, your whole family are prostitutes.”

The elevator door slowly closed, leaving the man inside howling in pain.

In the bustling lobby, Liang Zhuo walked behind, asking indifferently, “Do you never ask others for help?”

Su Qian finally looked at him, and after a few seconds, she casually threw out a sentence, “Depends on the person.”

Obviously, he was not included.

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The first scene of the next day was a confrontation between Liang Zhuo, Zhang Pinting, and the female lead Zhao Zhen.

Su Qian arrived a bit late, and as soon as she got to the set, Zhang Pingting came over, “Why did you just come, you missed a good show.”

“What happened?”

Zhang Pingting looked around and then whispered in her ear, “Just now, Zhao Zhen NG’d several times and was almost made to cry by Liang Zhuo. Do you think he has some kind of temper?”

Su Qian raised her eyebrows, “What about you?”

“Me? He didn’t say anything about me, but his face didn’t look too good.”

Now Su Qian probably knew that maybe this was Liang Zhuo’s nature. She didn’t know if his family had borrowed foreign debt when he was born, otherwise why would he always look like someone owed him money.

She patted Zhang Pingting’s arm and said, “I take back what I said yesterday, you better try not to talk to him in the future.”

There are plenty of people with good professional skills, why bother learning from someone with a sour face. She was afraid that if she learned from him, she would become a lemon.

After the main characters’ scenes were finished, it was Su Qian and Liang Zhuo’s turn. Since they were not on the same timeline, she and Zhao Zhen didn’t have any scenes together.

The content to be filmed today was when Su Qian and Liang Zhuo just started a small foreign trade company. To save money, the two painted the building together. While painting and making noise, Su Qian fell from the second floor, and Liang Zhuo, in order to save her, also fell down with her.

Director Wang Qisheng zoomed in the lens to capture the two laughing and imagining the future. Suddenly, Su Qian slipped and fell backward. In a flash, Liang Zhuo forcefully held her waist, but instead of pulling her back, he also fell down with her.

Bang——

Both of them fell onto the cushion at the same time. After the director shouted “CUT”, Liang Zhuo’s assistant rushed over immediately, “Brother Liang, are you okay?”

Liang Zhuo’s face was somewhat pale, and he subconsciously looked at Director Wang Qisheng. The latter looked at him expressionlessly, “Just now, Liang Zhuo’s expression was wrong, let’s reshoot!”

Liang Zhuo’s body obviously stiffened.

“Director, why don’t we use a stunt double?”

The second shot of the fall was completed by Su Qian and the stunt double together.

After the shooting ended, Zhang Pingting pouted, “So powerful, but still had to use a stunt double.”