Around noon.
Lin Yu arrived at a small noodle shop near the school with Da Chi and Xiao Chi.
A large pile of various equipment sat stacked behind them.
On the way over, they had needed Mao Ruirui and Chang Xiaoxiao's help to carry everything in one trip.
As the only guy in the group, Lin Yu found hauling all that gear a bit of a struggle.
Fortunately, he had plenty of friends around.
They had been a huge help!
"Lin Yu, Qingshui, Qingchi!"
"Have you been waiting long? We just stopped to buy some water, so we got held up."
Just as the three of them were finishing their meal, the other two members of the group arrived to join them.
It was Lu Rou and Wu Chuntian!
It had only been a day since they last met, yet it felt like ages.
The two girls entered the shop, each holding an exquisite gift box, and walked right up to Lin Yu.
Lu Rou beamed. "Lin Yu, happy birthday!"
Wu Chuntian added, "Sorry for the late gift, hope you don't mind. Happy birthday!"
"Thanks, thank you both so much," Lin Yu replied.
Lin Yu wasn't surprised in the slightest.
Yesterday, on his actual birthday, both of them had mentioned they had prepared gifts for him.
They had even asked if he had time to grab a meal together.
Lin Yu had declined their offer, citing plans to celebrate with his family.
So, the fact that they brought the gifts today was completely within his expectations.
Since they were being so courteous.
Lin Yu naturally had to show some manners.
"You two haven't eaten yet, right?"
"Sit down and have something. My treat—order whatever you like."
As he spoke.
Lin Yu called out to the owner:
"Boss, could we get two more pairs of disposable chopsticks, please?"
Lu Rou and Wu Chuntian exchanged a glance, seemingly checking each other's reaction.
After that brief eye contact, they appeared to reach a consensus.
They took their seats and joined everyone for lunch.
...
While Chi Qingshui and Chi Qingchi chatted with the two girls about the afternoon shoot, Lin Yu sat to the side, replying to messages from their counselor, Miao Haixin.
Lin Yu: Sister Xin, around 4:00 PM this afternoon, if the old lady is awake, feel free to bring her to our set.
Lin Yu: There aren't many lines, so they'll be easy to remember.
He and Miao Haixin had agreed earlier that Grandma Miao would come to the set today as an extra.
Ever since the incident at the small hotel.
In their recent chats, Lin Yu had switched from addressing her as "Counselor" to "Sister Xin."
This significantly closed the distance between them.
Miao Haixin hadn't objected to the change.
Once the message was sent.
A reply came quickly.
Miao Haixin: No problem, she's really looking forward to it!
Miao Haixin: (Photo of Grandma Miao holding a sheet of paper)
Miao Haixin: She's in the middle of memorizing her lines...
Lin Yu looked at the photo and couldn't help but smile.
What they were filming wasn't the full version of the original movie.
Since it was a student assignment, the runtime didn't need to be very long.
It basically covered the segment from rebirth to reaching the peak of life.
The main story was still concentrated within the school setting.
The role arranged for Grandma Miao was a teacher with only a few scenes.
The most memorable line from that segment was...
Teacher: Isn't this Yuan Hua? What's wrong?
Yuan Hua: No! This question is too hard! I don't know how to do it!
That was actually the only line given to Grandma Miao.
He hadn't expected her to take the memorization so seriously.
At the small table.
Everyone discussed the main filming content for the day while eating their noodles.
The afternoon's shoot was concentrated on two settings: "Inside the Classroom" and "On Campus."
The sunlight just after 1:00 PM was too harsh, making it unsuitable for outdoor scenes.
Since they didn't have sufficient artificial lighting, they had to rely on natural light.
Therefore, the outdoor scenes were scheduled for 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
The rest of the time would revolve around filming the classroom scenes.
Aside from several extras.
The important roles for the day were as follows...
Male roles: Xia Luo, Yuan Hua, Da Sha Chun, Zhang Yang.
Female roles: Qiu Ya, Ma Dongmei, Qiu Xiang (Qiu Ya's best friend).
Where did Qiu Xiang come from?
Da Chi added her when she was revising the script!
In the content they were filming, Qiu Ya's manipulative "green tea" traits were heavily emphasized.
Dongmei's brashness was somewhat toned down, turning her into a lovestruck childhood friend.
Such changes to the script made the story itself far inferior to the original work.
As for Lin Yu...
He didn't care in the slightest!
Why worry about that?
Did they expect to win an award?
For a university student group assignment, having fun was obviously the priority.
Who cares if it looks good?
As long as they got the credits, had a laugh together as a group of young people, and got the job done.
Why not?
Lin Yu wasn't a filmmaker or TV producer; he had absolutely no artistic aspirations.
Being able to live out the fantasy of playing Xia Luo was satisfying enough.
Regarding the male roles, Lin Yu was unsurprisingly the first choice for Xia Luo.
Several pages of lines he had to deliver today were piled up in front of him.
Lin Yu hadn't offered an opinion on the distribution of female roles.
He had left it entirely to the four female group members to discuss among themselves.
The final result took Lin Yu quite by surprise...
Qiu Ya: Wu Chuntian!
Ma Dongmei: Chi Qingchi!
Qiu Xiang (Qiu Ya's best friend): Lu Rou!
And Da Chi herself?
Director plus cinematographer!
She arguably had the heaviest workload in the group.
After all.
She wrote the script too!
When he first saw the results of their discussion, Lin Yu was truly baffled.
Da Chi guessed that Lin Yu would be confused, so she specifically sought him out for a private chat.
The reasons she gave left Lin Yu unable to find a single point of rebuttal.
First.
There was the issue of Chi Qingshui and Chi Qingchi being identical twins.
It was crucial that only one of the sisters played a main role.
Otherwise.
If both appeared at the same time, it would definitely break the immersion for the audience and the grading teachers.
As for who should play the main role, it went without saying.
Xiao Chi's ability in filming and controlling the set was practically zero.
Naturally, the final decision was for Xiao Chi to act and Da Chi to direct.
Second.
There were two main female roles: Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei.
Under Da Chi's drastic script revisions, Qiu Ya had become an obvious "green tea" type.
Out of selfishness for her sister, the role reserved for her naturally became Ma Dongmei.
Lu Rou had obvious intentions of getting close to Lin Yu, and Lin Yu had previously used her help to expose the identity of his online girlfriend.
Therefore, Chi Qingshui didn't give the role of Qiu Ya to Lu Rou.
Instead, she chose Wu Chuntian, who seemed to have a very distant relationship with Lin Yu.
Upon learning that Wu Chuntian would play Qiu Ya, Lin Yu immediately found the perfect candidate for Yuan Hua.
Lin Yu was certain at the time that as long as Wu Chuntian's role was confirmed.
"Yuan Hua" would definitely not refuse!
Soon enough.
A boy wearing a bright red T-shirt walked into the noodle shop.
"Hi! Is everyone here?"
"I'm not late, am I?"
Lin Yu waved to the boy and said enthusiastically:
"Not at all, Old Zhao. You're right on time!"
Old Zhao, Zhao Bin!
The member of the "Sea of Fire Evil Spirit Group" who had always had a secret crush on Wu Chuntian!
...
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