Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 448 - 449: Negotiation (Extra - for breaking 50k recommendations)

Chapter 448: Chapter 449: Negotiation (Extra Chapter for breaking 50k recommendations)

The director was unwilling to continue filming and instead called Qin Siqin over to coach her through the scene.

The scene wasn’t difficult, and the director felt there was nothing much to explain, but not doing so was not an option. How could he have ever thought that Qin Siqin would be able to perform these scenes well!

He regretted it deeply; now, it was too late even to have the editor change the script.

Qin Siqin hung her head, listening to the director’s scolding, her face flushed with embarrassment.

She was also a well-known second-tier singer, commanding attention and compliance outside, yet here she was being harshly reprimanded on set, which she found utterly humiliating!

Five minutes later, Qin Siqin felt that she had grasped it and was ready, and she took the initiative to suggest they resume filming.

He Jinxia stood by, indifferent to whatever she did.

When the clapper sounded for the fourth time, signaling the beginning of filming, and Qin Siqin was suppressed once again, this time, she stuttered through her lines, but her expression was just not right.

The fifth time, no good.

The sixth time, no good.

...

The tenth time, still no good.

After a full ten NGs, all because of Qin Siqin, the crew’s glances towards her started to become complex.

Qin Siqin, could she be a...

An acting fool?

It was just a few simple lines; why couldn’t she get them right?

Just observing from the sidelines, they felt like they could perform better themselves.

And after a painful ten consecutive NGs, Qin Siqin started to realize that something was wrong—

He Jinxia was suppressing her!

He Jinxia was suppressing her performance!!

During a break, Qin Siqin approached He Jinxia, teeth clenched, and asked, "What do I have to do for you to let me off the hook?"

He Jinxia chuckled and spoke in the same gentle tone, devoid of the tension present during her performances.

She said, "Sister Qin, what are you talking about?"

Qin Siqin clenched her fists, glaring at her, "You’re doing it on purpose, not letting me finish my scenes properly!"

He Jinxia laughed again, "Sister Qin, how could that be? I don’t have such skills."

Before, Qin Siqin never thought that He Jinxia had the ability to do such things. Suppressing someone’s performance was something she had only heard about from her actor friends, and those friends were already top-tier stars. How could He Jinxia, a minor second-tier actress, possess such skills?

But against all odds, He Jinxia had done just that.

Having fought her way to her current position in the entertainment circle, Qin Siqin wasn’t foolish. She quickly understood that He Jinxia was retaliating against her.

Yesterday, she had used the guise of acting to play dirty tricks, deliberately spilling water inside He Jinxia’s costume several times. And today, He Jinxia used her own talent to put Qin Siqin to shame in a formidable way!

But whether it was yesterday or today, in the eyes of others, she was the one lacking in talent.

Qin Siqin took a deep breath and said, "He Jinxia, if you keep this up, you’ll affect the filming schedule of the production."

He Jinxia raised an eyebrow and said indifferently, "Ten NGs in half an hour, Sister Qin. Though NG so many times isn’t good, I believe that you’ll gain experience from each NG. If you can’t figure it out after ten NGs, then try twenty, thirty, even a hundred times... Eventually, you’ll get it!"

He Jinxia’s eyes curved slightly, the plump love bands under her eyes softening the sharpness of her phoenix eyes, making her appear like a gentle girl next door.

She clenched her hand into a fist, made a cheering gesture, and encouraged, "You can definitely make it!"

Qin Siqin’s eyelid twitched; He Jinxia’s meaning was clear—there was more grinding ahead!

She cursed inwardly, not to mention how many times NGing so many times would delay the film crew, she also wanted to save face. After NGing ten times, she already couldn’t hold her head up in front of others; if she NGed twenty or thirty times, could she even stay in the crew?

The more Qin Siqin thought about it, the more she felt that He Jinxia’s actions were too much!

People are always like this, when they do something bad, they think there’s nothing wrong with it, but they raise a huge fuss when someone else gives them a taste of their own medicine.

Passion surged in Qin Siqin’s heart, and on impulse, she threatened, "He Jinxia, no matter how you want to drag this out with me, I will just keep NGing if I have to, but if the film crew’s shooting time is delayed, let’s see what you’re going to do!"

He Jinxia blinked, her face the picture of innocence, "Sister Qin, if the film crew’s shooting time is being delayed, isn’t that on you?"

Qin Siqin froze for a moment, as her impulsiveness receded like a tide, and only then did she realize.

He Jinxia kindly reminded her, "Sister Qin, I forgot to tell you, I have a whole month’s time to film the short."

The three words "one month" were heavily stressed, and Qin Siqin suddenly understood.

He Jinxia was telling her that she could afford to draw things out!

Qin Siqin’s face went slightly pale as she looked at her and said, "What do you want me to do so you won’t hold me down?"

He Jinxia’s eyes curved slightly, and she smiled.

She didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, "I like talking to smart people the most. I don’t provoke those who don’t provoke me. There’s no overlap of interests between us, so there’s no need to be enemies.

I don’t know why you’re so hostile towards me, and I don’t want to know. Just say you’re sorry to me, and we’ll call it even."

A wise man does not eat the loss in front of him, and Qin Siqin immediately said, "I’m sorry."

He Jinxia smiled and added, "And you need to promise me that you won’t cause me trouble in the future."

Qin Siqin choked on her words.

He Jinxia spread her hands helplessly, "Sister Qin, it’s not that I’m playing you, but you reacted too quickly. I hadn’t even finished talking and you agreed."

Qin Siqin gritted her teeth, feeling frustrated, but she had no choice. Was she really going to break the record of NGing ten times and go for twenty?

She spoke in a low voice, "I swear, I’ll never trouble you again, alright?"

He Jinxia smiled, "I certainly trust what Sister Qin says. As long as you keep your promise, everything is negotiable, but if—"

She paused, talking to herself, "I wonder if an actor can cross over to snatch up a singer’s gigs. I’ve never tried it before, but it should be possible, right? A lot of people say my singing voice isn’t too bad."

Qin Siqin’s face changed slightly, and, without saying anything else, she quickly turned around and left.

He Jinxia watched her retreating figure, a glint flashing in her eyes, then her gaze returned to calm.

After resting for three minutes, everyone started to shoot again.

The eleventh take, and this time, it finally went smoothly.

And Qin Siqin, in this take, truly felt He Jinxia’s acting skills, which were really impressive.

Having been overshadowed, Qin Siqin knew that acting could indeed be so overwhelming that it made one tense, but it could also be subtlety done without fanfare.

Some say that the competitions between actors make for an exciting watch for the audience, and the intense scenes can even make one’s heartbeat skyrocket.

Qin Siqin felt more than that. Even the actors shooting the scene experience this feeling, and it’s not at all easy to endure, okay?

No wonder some crews sometimes only shoot one scene in an entire day. That scene is what’s called the highlight, which really drains an actor’s physical and mental energy.

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