Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Fox

Upon sensing her coldness, Han Che’s gaze deepened.

Did he offend this woman?

Why did he have a feeling that she was avoiding him?

Han Che rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes like a fox.

“This is Dou Weiwei, she’s playing the role of An Ning. You should also know this.”

Su Xiangwan also greeted her, Dou Weiwei then nodded her head lightly. This was how these three people know each other now.

***

The first scene began its shooting very quickly. It was mainly about the period of revolution and unrest in Shanghai Bund, where the female party member, An Ning, bore a mission to Shanghai. The male lead, Li Chengfeng, was instead hiding his identity in Shanghai Bund, he was a runaway criminal well known for his good looks and fierceness.

At the same time, Begonia’s family went bankrupt. Her father committed suicide by jumping off a building, Begonia experienced the changes in humanity after this misfortune.

The whole scene was almost done in the same shot. Su Xiangwan waited inside the studio for a while before entering to do her part.

Her part was to be done alongside a veteran actor who was playing the role of Begonia’s father.

When Begonia’s father was about to jump off the building, many people were watching from below. And An Ning, who had just arrived in Shanghai, happened to witness this scene amongst the crowd.

Su Xiangwan lowered her eyes and readied her emotions.

When she opened her eyes again, she was filled with the helplessness of a noble daughter. “Dad… Dad… don’t leave me, don’t leave me by myself…”

Watching her father about to jump off the building, Begonia was terrified.

“Begonia… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

“Dad, don’t leave me. Let’s pay the money together! I’m sure it will get better, everything will get better! We’ve survived all those hard times, it’ll be the same this time, we’ll definitely survive this.” Begonia picked up her skirt, her eyes red.

“It’s not the same… not the same… it’s not the same this time.” Her father, Qiu Yuanshan, stood at the edge of the building, he shook his head with a bitter smile. “You don’t understand, Begonia… you don’t understand…”

Begonia rushed forward, “Dad, please don’t leave me. I’m scared… I’m really scared. Let’s run away to Beijing together, we can make a comeback again, don’t leave me by myself!”

Begonia begged piteously, fear and uneasiness for the future was extremely apparent in her voice, as well as both the concern and persuasion she had for her father.

At this moment, she was still but an inexperienced noble daughter, weak but kind.

Everyone had their eyes fixed on her while holding their breath, they couldn’t help but be moved by this scene.

Dou Weiwei was also a bit surprised, she didn’t seem to expect Su Xiangwan to be so precise in grasping her position and emotions.

However, Han Che didn’t seem to be so surprised at this.

This scene took about twenty minutes to shoot. Apart from the main leads, almost all of Su Xiangwan’s shots passed in one go.

“Xiangwan! Nice work, very good! You did very well in showing Begonia’s timidness and helplessness in the early stages, your positions were also very accurate. I was very worried about you messing up since you’re new, but I didn’t expect you to be such a natural at this!”

Su Xiangwan smiled and thanked the directors, staff, as well as other actors for their hard work.

There’s was no such thing as being a natural at something in this world, it all needed practice.

Even if you have a beautiful face, if you don’t look after it, it will still get old very quickly.

***

The next scene involved the male lead, Li Chengfeng, and the female lead, An Ning. Su Xiangwan found a random recliner seat and dozed off.

The whole day went by very quickly. Because she had efficient preparation, all of her scenes passed in one go, this made Li Chengfeng’s actor, Han Che, pay even more attention to her.