Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 468 - 469 Compensation

Chapter 468: Chapter 469 Compensation

Mrs. He frowned, "So you didn’t get to rest again?"

He Jinxia shook her head, "I can still rest, they said it would only take a day or two to shoot, and I’ll go home to rest as soon as it’s done."

Hearing it would not take long, Mrs. He was relieved and curiously asked what a face swap was all about.

He Jinxia, who also had limited knowledge about this high-tech stuff, turned to look at Sheng Yan.

Sheng Yan explained, "Actually, it’s a kind of special effect where Jinxia acts in front of a green screen, and in post-production, her face is superimposed onto the actor she replaces, essentially clipping out the entire head of the other person and replacing it.

"The replacement is only the head, the body is still someone else’s, and the effects are charged by the minute, costing tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per minute."

Mrs. He was somewhat confused, "So if Jinxia were to shoot for ten minutes, wouldn’t that cost millions?"

Sheng Yan shook his head and said indifferently, "It’s not that expensive. Inviting a famous international team would be a bit more expensive, but hiring a local effects team, ten minutes would cost about five to six hundred thousand, and Jinxia’s part might not even be ten minutes long."

He Jinxia nodded, "Right, I’m just filling in for a minor role, if the part were bigger, it wouldn’t be possible to finish shooting so quickly, the exact shooting time is still unclear, but it won’t take too long."

After chatting with the two elders for a while, Aunt Rui saw that it was getting late and planned to leave, but at that moment Sheng Yan said, "Jinxia, there are a few tricks to shooting special effects, I’ll teach you."

He Jinxia was startled, then said, "Oh, alright."

The two then left the spot and went into Jinxia’s room.

He Jinxia closed the door, turned around, and asked, "What tricks, speaking of which, I haven’t really shot many big special effects films..."

Sheng Yan pinned her against the door, his arms tightly wrapped around her waist, his uniquely masculine warmth enveloping her, heating up He Jinxia’s body.

Sheng Yan smiled faintly, "Why are you looking at me? I won’t do anything to you."

He Jinxia gave him a coquettish glare, unable to resist twisting his waist, still smiling, still smiling at her!

Sheng Yan raised an eyebrow, grabbed her mischievous hand, and said with all seriousness, "Don’t seduce me."

He Jinxia: "..."

There was no way to continue the conversation that day!

Her face was already flushed, and she turned her head away, ignoring Sheng Yan.

But Sheng Yan shamelessly got even closer, whispering, "You still need to practice a lot."

He Jinxia’s eyelid twitched, feeling a bad premonition.

Just as she thought to step back, the next second, her body was pulled forward again by the man...

...

Sheng Yan’s chin was resting on He Jinxia’s head, his eyes opened, and he sighed lightly.

He Jinxia blinked, feeling somewhat guilty.

He had read many books about romance, and could somewhat understand Jinxia’s feelings now.

She said she wanted to support him, but in fact, she was seeking equality. She didn’t want to be too dependent on herself and lose her ability to be independent.

Women can be in love, but they shouldn’t lose themselves for love; that would only make them slaves to love, and when the marriage falls apart, the sky might as well fall down."

Sheng Yan understood that Jinxia was seeking a balance between men and women, and was willing to give her time to grow.

As Jinxia once told him, she wanted to be his lover, his beloved, but also his comrade, his partner."

She wanted their contributions to be equal, to make herself better, to become worthy of herself.

Thinking of this, Sheng Yan couldn’t help but pat her head.

Actually, where is there such a thing as equality in love? Jinxia asked him to wait for her to get better before making their relationship public, but for Sheng Yan, how is that fair?

It is because they both love each other that they hesitate, afraid of hurting each other.

"Your schedule is busier than mine, you just finished an ad shoot and then took on a new film, I heard Zhang Ming say you have to go shoot next month too."

"If I don’t seize the time to get closer to you, wouldn’t you forget about me?" Sheng Yan rarely felt a bit sour, reaching out to tug at He Jinxia’s face.

He Jinxia quickly shook her head, mumbling unclearly, "No, I don’t, I’m dying over here, trying to work hard to reach the top..."

Sheng Yan found her like this quite adorable, and couldn’t help but continue to pinch her.

After a while, He Jinxia finally escaped from Sheng Yan’s clutches, repeatedly pleading, "It’s getting late, you should go back and rest. If you stay any longer, my mother and Aunt Rui will start to suspect!"

Sheng Yan looked down thoughtfully and nodded, his hand slowly dropping as He Jinxia watched, relieved.

Hand on the doorknob, before the door was opened, Sheng Yan suddenly turned and looked at her, saying somberly, "You owe me something."

He Jinxia felt a rush of heat, her face as red as a cooked shrimp, her mind crashing.

What was she thinking? All sorts of messy thoughts!

Yes, definitely not what she was thinking!

After Sheng Yan and Aunt Rui had left, Mrs. He went back to the living room to see if Jinxia was resting, only to see Jinxia standing there dazed, her face still very red.

Oh dear, the child might be running a fever!

In the end, Mrs. He forced He Jinxia to take her temperature, and only when it confirmed she did not have a fever, was she allowed to rest and sleep.

Late at night, even in her sleep, He Jinxia dreamed about Sheng Yan, the little monster.

He had turned into a cat, constantly clinging to her meowing, those eyes mournful as if she had committed some unforgivable sin against him.\

He Jinxia smacked her lips, turned over, and tried hard to shake off the feeling of guilt.