Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 138 Officially on Vacation

Chapter 138: Chapter 138 Officially on Vacation

Perhaps due to the trials and tribulations earlier, the actress playing the servant girl delivered a very good performance in this scene, experiencing a small burst of excellent acting, while He Jinxia also performed without any anomalies, smoothly moving past the part where filming had previously gotten stuck.

The director didn’t call cut, so the actors continued to shoot.

Su Qingwan ignored Xuexue’s pleading, and, as if possessed, furiously yanked her hand away, accidentally pushing the servant girl to the ground before limping numbly toward the cold well.

Xuexue was thrown to the ground, screaming at the top of her lungs in the snow, "Miss, please wake up, miss! The Ciming Family doesn’t even regard you as Young Master Jiayou’s wife, why bother trying so hard to please?!"

"Cut! This scene is good!" the assistant director shouted excitedly, signaling for the veteran actors to get ready to enter the scene.

Five minutes later, the crew resumed filming, and the Ciming Family’s matriarch approached from the other end of the corridor, shooting Xuexue a harsh glance and scolding with her eyebrows furrowed, "How presumptuous!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? How has my Ciming Family mistreated your miss? She married into the Ciming Family, I am her mother, what is wrong with a mother asking her daughter to do chores?

Once married, she is no longer the girl who was kept in a boudoir. If we don’t make her do chores, how can we cultivate her courage, how can we expect her to manage the household affairs, how can we present her to the outside world with confidence?"

The Matriarch scoffed, and with a heavy thud of her walking stick on the ground, she waved in Xuexue’s direction, "Someone, take this disobedient servant girl out, and administer fifty strokes of the cane!"

"Good, cut!"

The veteran actress’s performance was indeed different; every movement and glance was full of drama, and the assistant director passed the scene with great satisfaction.

He rushed to the middle of the set, explaining the upcoming movements and positions to several servant girls.

"In a moment, you two rush out and pull Xuexue away. Make the pulling action a bit slower, Xuexue needs to struggle fiercely, but ultimately she will be overpowered and dragged away. Do you understand?"

Several servant girls nodded in acknowledgment. Not entirely reassured, the assistant director had them practice on the spot. After confirming there were no issues, he moved over to He Jinxia, saying:

"Later you will also run out to chase her, but remember Su Qingwan has a foot injury, so after a few steps, you’ll fall over, around this spot here, mark it."

He Jinxia nodded, indicating that she understood.

The assistant director was quite confident in He Jinxia’s acting skills, so he didn’t ask her to practice.

Seeing that the actors had all taken their positions, the assistant director also excitedly ran to the camera, signaling the clapper loader to continue shooting!

As the clapper loader’s clapper board snapped to mark the start of the scene, several servant girls ran out from behind the Matriarch to grab Xuexue.

Su Qingwan was stunned for a moment, her expression becoming anxious as she murmured, "Xuexue, Xuexue..."

Rushing over to intervene, her basin fell to the ground, but she didn’t bother to pick it up, yelling, "Mother, Xuexue didn’t mean it, please don’t—"

With a "thump!" Su Qingwan hadn’t finished speaking when she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Frantically lifting her head, she saw the scene of Xuexue being forcefully dragged away by the servant girls.

"Miss, miss! Miss, save me, miss..."

"Xuexue, Xuexue!" Su Qingwan struggled to rise, but the snow was too slippery; she couldn’t get up immediately and could only watch helplessly as Xuexue was dragged away.

"Xuexue!!" Su Qingwan screamed loudly, tears reddening her eyes.

"Cut!" The assistant director looked around and, still dissatisfied with He Jinxia’s last segment of the performance, didn’t require a reshoot from the servant girls, only asking He Jinxia to reshoot the screaming and falling part.

He Jinxia had to reshoot five times, her voice starting to go hoarse and her eyes reddening from crying, before the assistant director finally found the most satisfying take on the fifth attempt, sweeping his hand and declaring:

"Cut!"

Cheng Xiaohua dashed over in a few quick strides, draping a fluffy coat over Jinxia and sticking several warming pads onto her body.

To portray the more tragic image of Su Qingwan in this scene, He Jinxia made some alterations to her appearance and costume.

Changing her appearance was one thing, but the costume was not only flimsy and lacking in quality, appearing ill-equipped to block the wind, but in reality, it was just as ineffective as it looked, offering no warmth at all.

After covering herself for several minutes, He Jinxia’s body finally began to feel warm. She glanced around, the props team was busy collecting the props and cleaning up the set, while other actors were gathered to one side, talking.

She walked up to the assistant director and before she could speak, the assistant director extended a hand, signaling her to be quiet and then waved her away.

He Jinxia was stunned; something seemed off. Why was everything so... normal?

She blinked her eyes, turning around somewhat foolishly, her mind a bit foggy. She thought she and Cheng Xiaohua should leave quickly, but the next second, a loud shout burst into her ears—

"Happy New Year!!"

He Jinxia was startled and shuddered violently.

"Hahaha!" The assistant director laughed heartily, very pleased with He Jinxia’s expression. He gleefully set off a small celebratory firecracker in front of her and then pulled out a red envelope from his pocket to give to her, saying,

"Congratulations on your holiday, happy New Year, and when we meet again, it’ll be next year."

He Jinxia collected herself, still feeling a bit confused, and glared at the assistant director. However, her hand honestly accepted the red envelope.

She couldn’t help it; she was broke...

"Sister Jinxia, happy New Year. We’ll be celebrating the New Year in a few days, and since I can’t say it to you in person then, I’ll say it in advance now."

"Sister Jinxia, happy New Year! I wish you all the best in the new year, may all your wishes come true, and may you have prosperity in abundance!"

...

He Jinxia was surrounded by actors who were all offering their well wishes, her face lifting in a fitting smile as they exchanged blessings.

The veteran actress playing the Matriarch of the Ciming Family approached with a big smile, handing her a red envelope which He Jinxia accepted very formally.

The senior actress, Liu Fei, in her fifties, was well-maintained and looked hearty, appearing much like someone in her forties.

She patted He Jinxia’s shoulder and said, "Your acting is very good. Just keep refining your skills, and you’ll soon catch up to this old lady!"

He Jinxia quickly shook her head and said modestly, "Senior Liu, you flatter me too much."

Liu Fei chuckled and responded, "Staying humble is even better."

He Jinxia felt slightly embarrassed; why did it feel like the praise was even bigger now?

"You should head back now. Aren’t you waiting to go home for the New Year? This old lady is calling it a day too!" Liu Fei said.

He Jinxia nodded, her eyes conveying a ripple of gentle warmth as she sincerely offered her well wishes, "Aunt Liu, I hope in the new year you’ll achieve all your heart desires, that all will go well for you, that you’ll continue to look younger, and forever be eighteen!"

Liu Fei smiled warmly and said, "Alright, forever eighteen, the same goes for you!"