Caught in Affairs with Superstar
Chapter 177 - 148: The Beginning of the Scandal

Chapter 177: Chapter 148: The Beginning of the Scandal

However, it sounds like Su Yan will need to recuperate in the hospital for a while?

Was her injury that serious?

Such doubts surfaced in Zhou Yun’s mind, but she could only keep them to herself and not voice them out.

Zheng Xiaojue was busy holding an umbrella for her, unfolding a chair, still at the same old spot.

Zhou Yun went over to sit down and took out the script.

She had read the script for "Heart Inquiry" many times over, especially her character Liu Rusu’s part, and she had roughly memorized most of her lines.

According to her usual practice, she would memorize the lines word for word two days before shooting, as memorizing too early might lead to forgetting some parts.

Zhou Yun asked Zheng Xiaojue to speak to the production coordinator to let her know about the scenes scheduled for shooting over the next few days so she could memorize the lines in advance.

Filming a TV drama is like this, with many parts and scenes, and therefore a large volume of lines to learn, not like a movie where one can take time to polish each scene.

Even if Kang Xin wasn’t as irresponsible as Lu Yuan, where the actors unable to recite their lines could be dubbed in post-production, Kang Xin couldn’t possibly make every scene perfect.

Sometimes, some lines can’t be restored 100% and would include the actors’ own interpretation, becoming words they can say naturally.

Kang Xin doesn’t particularly like actors doing that, as he is a director who expects actors to adhere strictly to the script.

He once said: "The script is crafted word by word by the screenwriter; each character has their own rhythm and cadence. If you carelessly change a few words, thinking the meaning hasn’t changed, in reality, it already has, and those are no longer the words that character would say."

Zhou Yun actually understood what Kang Xin meant.

Indeed.

Liu Rusu’s dialogue was quite different from how she normally spoke, but Zhou Yun could usually manage to recite 100% of the lines from the script.

She might not have received professional training, but her memorization ability had been tested by college entrance exams, and she could handle a large volume of lines and would stay up all night if necessary to get it down.

Zhou Yun had such determination.

In the middle, there was a break between scene changes.

Zhou Yun told Song Chi about what Kang Xin had mentioned earlier and expressed her own doubts.

She also wanted to know how the production team would handle Su Yan’s situation.

Song Chi said, "Su Yan’s side is claiming that she hasn’t recovered and needs to continue recuperating in the hospital; there’s nothing we can do but to stabilize her situation on that end and shoot your scenes first."

"Su Yan refuses to return to the set?" Zhou Yun was somewhat surprised.

Song Chi said, "She was injured on set, and if she really uses that as an excuse not to return to the set and insists on staying in the hospital to rest, we can’t say much. But no worries, just focus on your own scenes, and we don’t need to panic over this. It was Yuehai who firmly supported her as the female lead. If she’s looking to make demands using this incident, then let Yuehai handle it."

"What if she wants to add more scenes and Yuehai agrees?"

"Even if Yuehai agrees, it won’t work, because any changes to the script must be approved by the director and me first, which is stipulated in the contract."

"What if she never returns to the set?"

Song Chi chuckled coldly and said, "If she refuses to come back to the set indefinitely, there’s a way to handle it, but let’s hope it doesn’t come to that."

Zhou Yun didn’t know what Song Chi was referring to.

But as long as Song Chi and the others had a plan, it was fine.

Su Yan’s incident had been hot online for a day, and its popularity had died down, with neither party responding.

The heat of the matter naturally subsided.

In the hospital, however, Su Yan was somewhat uneasy. The reaction of "Heart Inquiry" production team was not as she had expected—rather than showing sincerity to make amends, she was merely left in the hospital with one person to take care of her and handle the medical expenses. He Ting made a move to get the issue trending online, thinking to pressure the production team, but the team remained unmoved as if nothing had happened. Su Yan couldn’t possibly come out and say it was true, because on the one hand, the accusation that the production team hadn’t enforced adequate safety measures was false as the production had recorded everything, and on the other hand, if Su Yan really came forward to criticize the production team, she would offend not just Kang Xin and Song Chi, but also Yuehai, who had supported her as the female lead.

It would cast a negative impact on "Heart Inquiry". Once it affected the interests, those who supported her would turn their backs faster than anyone else.

"Sister Ting, are we really just going to wait and do nothing? You said the production team would definitely come to contact us today, but so far no one has come," Su Yan frowned at He Ting.