Chapter 605 - We’ll Stop Acting!
Chapter 605: We’ll Stop Acting!
‘I felt like I was completely immersed in my role! It’s as if I really was the female employee who was heartlessly abandoned by the company, I’ve forgotten who I really was. All of my expressions and actions were not deliberately handled, it was done so naturally and smoothly.’
Han Yi looked at Su Yang, who was standing not too far away with his arms crossed in front of his chest. He was smiling at her and there was a strange glint in his eyes…
The bearded director came back to his senses and shouted, “Continue, next scene.”
He wanted to see if Han Yi merely had a sudden flash of inspiration or if she had really found it.
However, Han Yi did not disappoint Su Yang after that and had successfully completed all her scenes. Although her performance was not as good as the first scene, she was still outstanding.
She was naturally talented, but she did not know the method and could not find the right feeling previously. However, ever since Su Yang told her the method and allowed her to find the right feelings, she immediately understood everything and had an epiphany…
Everyone could see the changes in her. They could not help but change their opinion of her and Su Yang.
“Han Yi’s boss is really amazing. I only took him five minutes to talk to her and she already knows how to act.”
“It looks like Han Yi has made the right decision to change to this agency.”
“Of course it’s the right choice. If your boss is your fan, he will love and care for you. He has resources in the industry and he can even give you career guidance. Wouldn’t you be moved?”
“Of course I would be moved! Plus, her boss is really highly competent. I’ve never heard of him before though.”
“Who knows? Anyway, I’m optimistic about Han Yi now. Perhaps she can really improve.”
Sometimes, things were just that simple. When it came to the same thing, if you did not show your ability, everyone would see you as a failure, but once you showed your ability, the tables would turn.
Seeing that Han Yi had finished two scenes, Su Yang was relieved and went to the washroom.
When he arrived inside the washroom, Su Yang took out the [Emotion Storage Card] and took a look. There was only a [Neutral] and a [Happiness] coin left in the [Emotional Storage Card].
‘It seems like the other coins in the bucket have disappeared after I took out [Anger].
‘However, it was worth it, at least Han Yi was able to improve exponentially.
‘It’s not that easy to move from a small screen to a big screen. Some actors would not be able to change their genre until they finally realized the secrets within.’
After checking the [Emotional Storage Card], Su Yang returned to the set. Han Yi’s cameo appearance had been completed and she was thanking the various departments on the set. She had always been a gentle person and the bearded director was standing at the side happily.
However, Han Yi was gentle, but Su Yang was not. In the entertainment industry, celebrities could have a good temper, be kind to others and not put on airs. However, there was a prerequisite… Their agency had to be strong and were able to protect them.
If both the celebrity and their agency were kind, then they would appear to be weak and everyone would want to bully them.
Su Yang walked over and looked at the bearded director. “Director, were you satisfied with Han Yi’s performance?”
The moment Su Yang asked, the entire place fell silent.
Initially, when everyone saw that Su Yang did not mention anything after Han Yi had gone through three scenes, they thought that Su Yang was trying to mitigate the issue.
After all, a director had a higher status than a celebrity.
Han Yi had already fought back her pride. Taking a step back and pretending that everything had not happened was very normal.
Unexpectedly, after the performance, Su Yang suddenly stood up.
The bearded director looked at Su Yang and then at Han Yi with an awkward expression. “It’s… alright.”
Su Yang chuckled. “It’s not just alright, is it? She might not be outstanding, but her acting is pretty good.”
Unable to lie through his teeth, the bearded director could only nod.
Su Yang said in a low voice, “Then, you haven’t forgotten our bet, right? Since I’ve changed Han Yi’s acting skills, you have to admit that you’re incompetent on the spot and apologize to both Han Yi and me.”
Su Yang’s words were so powerful that the entire cast and crew did not even dare to breathe loudly. Everyone could not help but slow down their movements as they quietly observed the situation.
Get the director to apologize on the spot… In all his years of filming, he had never encountered such a big incident.
One had to know that the director was the king of the production team, and everyone had to listen to him. However, Su Yang was challenging his authority.
However, what Su Yang did was reasonable.
Initially, when everyone saw Han Yi repeatedly NG, they thought that it was because Han Yi was not suitable for acting, and her acting skills were not good enough, so they blamed it all on Han Yi.
However, after Su Yang’s pointers, Han Yi had completely changed. At first, no one could react to it, but gradually, they came to realize that it was not that Han Yi did not have any acting skills, but that she lacked someone to guide her.
At this moment, everyone suddenly remembered that the bearded director did not seem to have given Han Yi any pointers at all. Other than giving her his requests, he only gave her the role over and over again.
One had to know that the bearded director would occasionally give pointers to a minor character. This was obviously abnormal.
So everyone gradually realized the truth:
‘Although Su Yang is good, Han Yi isn’t bad either. Her director seemed to be deliberately finding trouble to embarrass Han Yi.
‘Therefore, as Han Yi’s boss, it’s normal for Su Yang to stand up for her. It’s only reasonable for him to ask the director to apologize.’
However, the bearded director did not think so. He felt like he was the director. If he apologized, how would he lead the crew? Who else in the crew would be able to respect him?
Hence, his face darkened. He looked at Su Yang strangely and said firmly, “That’s enough, this matter ends here.”
Hearing the director’s words, Su Yang smiled. “Director, they’re part of the production team, so they have to listen to you. However, I’m not. I’m Han Yi’s boss, now that she’s been bullied, I have to support her. Otherwise, the industry will think that Han Yi is easy to bully. Don’t you think so?”
The director’s face darkened as he retorted, “Who would bully her? She’s a popular starlet, who would dare bully her?”
Su Yang did not stand on ceremony as he said, “Everyone here can see how talented Han Yi is. She NGed more than ten times, but she’s still acting. Everyone can see that she’s working hard. If you gave her some pointers from the start, would she not be able to act well?”
The director lowered his voice. “That’s because you guided her well.”
Su Yang wasn’t going to give the director any face. The director may have softened his tone, but Su Yang was not going to. “So you’re admitting that you’re not good at directing? That you’re not good at leading actors?”
“You can’t even compare to me, a producer, what kind of director are you!”
Su Yang’s words were too impolite. The bearded director’s face turned red and his eyes were spitting fire. He could not hold it in anymore.
He felt that he had already been bullied by Su Yang, but Su Yang still refused to give up. Hence, he was not willing to give Su Yang any face. He said directly, “It’s not up to you to decide whether I can be the director or not! I was just giving you face!”
“It’s true that you’re a producer, but what kind of product are you? An! Online! Movie! All you did was invest and supervise an online movie and you became a part of the industry? What right do you have to question me?”
The moment the director said that, there was an uproar. Everyone looked at Su Yang differently.
Although there was a prefix between online movies and cinema movies, they were worlds apart.
Previously, it was said that the entertainment industry was strictly hierarchical. Movies had the highest status, television dramas and variety shows were secondary, where variety shows were of a lower status than television dramas. However, there was actually something lower than variety shows, web dramas and online movies.
Among the last two, online movies were even lower than online dramas. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were the lowest in the entertainment industry.
All of these rankings did not come by without reason.
Based on investments, movies could easily return hundreds of millions of yuan of investments, while online movies could only turnover twenty million yuan at most.
Based on the cast, all movies consisted of A-Ranked celebrities, celebrities who had won Best Actor or Best Actress awards. On the other hand, online movies only had outdated actors and not many amongst them were popular.
Based on the box office earnings, there were movies with tens of billions of yuan, probably even more. On the other hand, the highest box office earnings of online movies was only 40 million yuan and it was Su Yang who broke that record.
Over 40 million yuan in box office sales? That was just the cost of a few episodes of online dramas.
Therefore, it was no wonder that online movies had the lowest status within the entertainment industry. It was far behind other industries in all aspects. It was crudely manufactured and could be completed with a small workshop. It was completely unlike the entertainment industry’s glory, a literal nobody.
Previously, when Su Yang said that he was the producer, everyone thought highly of him. That was because those who could invest in cinemas were all big shots with connections in the industry.
But online movies… Well, the value of this product is much lower.
Even in the entertainment industry, there was always controversy over whether online movies or online movie actors could be considered part of the entertainment industry. Some male and female actors who came from online movies would always be looked down upon. Even if they changed their genre, everyone would still look down on them.
Hence, the moment the bearded director revealed Su Yang’s identity, Su Yang’s position in everyone’s hearts plummeted.
Su Yang’s expression changed. He did not expect that the bearded director would investigate his identity.
But he was not famous in the industry, so how could he have found out about this in such a short time?
Su Yang’s head moved slightly as he swept his gaze across the venue. Instantly, he saw a chair behind the director’s chair. On the chair was the former producer of Su Yang’s film company… Producer Zhao!
Su Yang connected the dots.
He remembered that when he first came to the set on that day, someone had said that the director had made an appointment with a friend to speed up the filming. So it was Producer Zhao.
From the looks of it, Producer Zhao had been on set for a long time, so it was understandable that the bearded director knew who he was.
Su Yang turned his head and guessed the whole story. Then, he said nonchalantly, “So what if it’s an online movie? Isn’t an online movie a movie?”
“Besides, I’m the producer of an online movie and I’m even better at directing scripts than you are. Your professional standards should be more dubious, shouldn’t it?”
Su Yang’s words made many people in the production team cover their mouths and snicker.
The bearded director was really angry this time. He said directly, “I just didn’t want to guide her! What about it?! She’s only here as a guest and not part of the crew. I don’t have to guide her!”
When Su Yang saw the bearded director flying into a rage out of humiliation, he smiled indifferently. “Wouldn’t it be better if you admitted it? Our Han Yi has agreed to make a cameo appearance without being paid, yet you guys are still complaining so much? In that case, we’ll stop acting in this movie from now on!”
Then, Su Yang said, “Also, please don’t use Han Yi’s shots. Otherwise, we’ll be seeing you in court.”
Su Yang’s drastic move had shocked the entire crew.
The film crew had specially arranged for Han Yi to be the supporting actress who had a few scenes, just so that she could ride on Han Yi’s popularity. In the end, they had been busy for the whole day and had even filmed the scene, but they could not use it. They were losing money for nothing.
Especially since Han Yi did not accept any money and came to make a guest appearance. It was totally free, where else could they find such a free lunch?
But now, the pie was gone?
Therefore, everyone in the production team was anxious. The producers at the scene rushed forward to persuade them to reconcile. Han Yi’s sister, Yi Wei, also stepped forward to make peace.