Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 118 - 117: Got on the Train Too Late (Please Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 118: Chapter 117: Got on the Train Too Late (Please Vote for Monthly Ticket)

The difficulty lies in the fact that there are no decent roles left to offer Jing Tian.

She’s like a little princess.

The team hinted that since Jing Tian’s career is still in its early stages, they hope she won’t play any ugly roles for the time being.

Although An Feng’s act of playing an ugly role hasn’t been leaked through set photos, there’s already quite a buzz in the media.

People are just puzzled by how she could still look good even after disfigurement.

"How about I arrange for you to play the Xiaosi role?"

Ye Weimin didn’t seem to be joking; he had lost all his rebellious spirit.

"Why don’t you just have her stand on the street then."

Qi Hao and Ye Weimin were discussing how to arrange the roles, and the person was about to arrive, yet there was still no arrangement. That would be an injustice to the two million yuan.

You might not care about Jing Tian, but you can’t dismiss the two million yuan.

"Gee, you say you like street culture, but I didn’t think you meant streetwalking culture..."

Ye Weimin threw a whole bucket of dirty water at him.

"Damn... I used to think you were a decent person," Qi Hao felt a headache coming on.

"Ah, don’t worry," Ye Weimin clapped his hands and said, "Let’s give the flight attendant a few more shots. They probably won’t demand more. If it really affects the film, we can just part ways."

"It’s two million yuan."

For a film with a budget of seven million, getting two million in product placement is simply a miracle.

"Tch, you think your coal boss behind you cares about two million?" Ye Weimin laughed, "I suspect he might spend more than two million just on a car for a woman."

Qi Hao looked at him silently for several seconds before nodding.

Jing Tian arrived on set, a very fair and delicate young girl.

Her looks were indeed exceptional.

She was just a bit pompous, and her entourage of assistants and bodyguards was way more than Qi Hao, who is one of the four young actors turned film emperors.

Qi Hao now only had Zhang Nan and Yang Liu beside him, with Yang Liu also serving as a project manager at Feiyang Media.

"Mr. Qi Hao, hello."

The young lady was quite polite, walking up to Qi Hao with a smile to shake his hand and greet him.

"Hello!" Qi Hao shook her hand lightly.

Jing Tian then went to greet the director.

Faced with such a patron, even if she didn’t greet him first, Ye Weimin welcomed her with a smile.

They briefly communicated about the role information.

Jing Tian learned that she could only be arranged to have one or two scenes as a flight attendant and showed no dissatisfaction.

After all, she boarded too late, so it’s normal not to have any significant roles left.

The flight attendant uniform they got was from Eastern Airlines.

Jing Tian had excellent physical attributes—a tall figure, fair and delicate skin, and quite refined features. Although not stunning, she had an enduring appeal.

And women paired with uniforms always achieve unexpected results.

The effect was more than good when Jing Tian put on the flight attendant uniform.

"I think I fit the role of a flight attendant quite well..."

Jing Tian seemed to have discovered a new continent, though she didn’t know on whose head the victim would fall.

"Later, let’s do this, this way, and then that."

Qi Hao was arranged to guide Jing Tian in acting.

For two million, the service must be top-notch.

Ye Weimin also knew she came because of Qi Hao, so he assigned tasks to Qi Hao.

After all, for training Qi Hao’s independent directing ability, it wasn’t the first time.

"Is that all?" Jing Tian asked, her big, watery eyes wide open.

"Yes!" Qi Hao nodded seriously.

He wasn’t very familiar with her; he only knew her acting skills were particularly poor and difficult to boost.

Qi Hao was quite fortunate that the system wouldn’t release a task temporarily to make him boost Jing Tian’s career.

Because the timeline of system tasks was still years ago, and Jing Tian hadn’t debuted at that time.

"It’s not really that hard."

Jing Tian heaved a sigh of relief.

Participating in Qi Hao’s new movie, her team prepared a large batch of draft articles.

Isn’t it said that all the starring actresses are Qi Hao’s rumored girlfriends?

Now that she’s participating, by rounding up, it means she’s also considered Qi Hao’s rumored girlfriend.

She was just worried her acting skills would be disliked by Qi Hao.

"Let’s go over and shoot, they’ve already prepared over there."

Qi Hao nodded, noticing that this was a pampered young lady, and she hadn’t experienced the full internet hate and ban that An Feng went through this year.

"Alright."

Jing Tian probably found Qi Hao somewhat different from the aloof film emperor she had imagined. She boldly walked beside Qi Hao, just shy of holding his arm.

Qi Hao kept as much distance from her as possible.

This woman’s background was always a mystery; some said she was backed by a major corporation, others claimed she had a fund background, while others insisted she was an illegitimate child of someone significant.

Qi Hao didn’t want to unknowingly offend anyone.

"Hello everyone~" Jing Tian arrived at the shooting site and greeted the extras on the plane.

It must be said, though she was pampered, she wasn’t spoiled. It was rare to see a star who greeted people outside public occasions.

The extras, realizing this, responded warmly.

The consequence was...

They spent quite a bit of effort to restore order to the shooting site, which had turned chaotic like a marketplace.

Jing Tian first memorized her lines; the first scene was between Qi Hao and Wang Baoqiang.

The filming site was indeed on a plane.

But it certainly wasn’t a plane in flight. The actors only needed to lean back to show that the plane had taken off.

At this moment, Niu Geng, having drunk 3L of milk at security check, started feeling queasy as the plane bumped, and was about to throw up.

You say, an adult like you, still vomiting milk.

This milk was produced by him personally!

Original flavor.

Even at security, he was reluctant to throw it away, so how would he willingly spit it out now?

Even though it had already reached his lips, he forced it back down.

Although he was filming with a mouthful of milk, it more or less counts as pantomime acting.

With the development of the film industry, green screens have become widespread, and pantomime has become routine.

However, Chen Peisi’s noodle-eating scene remains the pinnacle of pantomime.

Wang Baoqiang’s scene can’t compare to Chen Peisi’s, but it still managed to stupefy Jing Tian.

"Okay, cut, not bad Baoqiang, a beauty shows up and you get serious, huh?" Ye Weimin habitually teased.

He’s not particularly strict when directing.

Especially with "Lost on Journey" going so well, he often jokes with the crew.

"Director, don’t say nonsense, I’m a married man."

Wang Baoqiang fervently proved his innocence.

The second scene marked Jing Tian’s first appearance.

Although Wang Baoqiang forced down the milk, the discomfort was persistent.

He acted like he was eating in a restaurant and started calling for a waiter.

He called several times.

Qi Hao, playing Li Chenggong, couldn’t stand it and called for flight attendant service.

Soon, a beautiful stewardess pulled back the curtain and entered.

Stunning!

If all the Eastern Airlines stewardesses are like this, other airlines might as well go bankrupt.

Actually, the camera setup here is quite simple.

It’s fine to place it in the aisle.

But if placed there, Jing Tian would get even fewer shots.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to give Jing Tian close-up shots and not the two leads.

That would be particularly jarring.

So, Ye Weimin had the camera placed on a seat, capturing the three main actors in frame.

"Sir, is there anything you need?"

Not only was she stunning, but her voice was also sweet.

However, Wang Baoqiang didn’t care about any of this; he immediately started giving her a hard time:

"Could you open the window for some air?"

Even though Jing Tian already knew her lines, she couldn’t help being startled.

This kind of reaction isn’t right under the stewardess’s professional standards. They are professionally trained and strictly selected to ensure no matter how bizarre the customer’s request, they wouldn’t make fun of them.

But beauties have privileges.

Even when startled, they look especially cute.

It actually fit the film’s requirements.

Look, she even scared the stewardess.

Moreover, Jing Tian, even startled, didn’t break character and continued earnestly reciting her lines:

"I’m sorry, sir. The cabin is completely sealed, and the window cannot be opened."

"It feels suffocating; I’m uncomfortable."

"Please wait... bear with it for a while, sorry, I misstated my line." Jing Tian indeed couldn’t last three seconds, resulting in an NG.

Even though it was being recorded live, continuing with the performance wasn’t much of an issue.

What else could be done?

Of course, she was forgiven.

Once this segment was finished, Jing Tian poured water for Wang Baoqiang, thus officially exiting the scene.

The number of NGs wasn’t too high.

After all, the part was really small, and the lines amounted to less than five sentences in total. The footage, if not cut, wouldn’t even be a minute long.

There was indeed room to extend the scene.

For instance, after delivering the water, she could have more interaction with Wang Baoqiang, introducing his jinx-like character.

But doing so would feel forced.

Having Qi Hao and Wang Baoqiang playing off each other was much smoother. Ye Weimin hoped more of Qi Hao’s rumored girlfriends would make guest appearances, but he had no intention of sacrificing the film’s aesthetic for such a stunt.

A stunning stewardess in the film may only have thirty seconds of screen time, but it’s more than enough to leave a deep impression on the audience.

Shooting too much might not gain audience favor and could even attract criticism for buying roles.

Jing Tian’s progress was too hasty.

The industry is full of controversies, and any artist is often surrounded by various disputes when trying to survive in this drama.

But it’s not hard to notice that these often-criticized stars share a common trait: they’re popular, have lots of roles, and stir a lot of discussions!

The concept of being popular with many roles is quite interesting.

What irritates people more is having many roles while not being popular.

Of course, such topics are never openly discussed; at the dinner hosted by the crew for Jing Tian in the evening, apart from praising her beauty, resource issues were left unmentioned.

The people on Jing Tian’s team attempted to propose collaboration with Qi Hao, but Qi Hao dismissed it.

His reason was compelling.

I’ve already reached the limit as a heartthrob; next, I need to shed the idol baggage and become a serious actor.

Is your lady willing to suffer alongside me?

Especially when Qi Hao recounted his experiences while filming "The Tale of Two Donkeys".

Qi Hao said he stayed in a mud house where fleas were often found on quilts and beddings, with a significant portion of scenes filmed in the livestock pen, alongside animals.

Getting drenched in something that looked like manure.

Shooting romantic scenes on a wagon in the wilderness with an actress, only to be paraded through the village by a donkey afterwards.

Jing Tian’s eyes, already large, widened further.

Her team’s complexion immediately changed, no longer whimsical about collaborating with Qi Hao.

Does he have a masochistic tendency or something?

Even after engaging with capital, he walked a path that was utterly incomprehensible.