Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 617: Chapter 617 Visit the Set (1/5)

"We’re shooting over there, so you guys can go eat first. Don’t wait for me. We’re just starting to move locations, it’ll take at least an hour, maybe even longer. Go ahead and eat."

Hearing Mei Mengzhen say this, everyone naturally stopped waiting. "Well, how about this, we’ll go eat first, and then we’ll touch base after lunch, okay? If we can’t eat lunch together, we can at least have dinner together."

"That works, no problem."

After pinching her brother’s cheek and saying they would eat dinner together, Mei Mengzhen left. Yan Keke and Fan Tianyu immediately followed her, but as Tian Sha tried to do the same, Liang Xiao stopped her. "Come on, if you don’t want to go, we can come back after eating. If Zhenzhen hasn’t removed her makeup by then, you can take as many photos as you want. Zhenzhen definitely won’t refuse you."

What he said made sense, and indeed going over there with too many people would cause delays.

"Alright, let’s hurry up and eat, quick."

After Tian Sha said this, everyone was clamoring to go downstairs for lunch, but in reality, they didn’t have to walk too far. There was a place to eat nearby, and they quickly finished lunch and then headed over to where Mei Mengzhen was filming. By that time, Mei Mengzhen had smoothly finished shooting her second scene of the day.

The trial shoot and the previous scene were not much different, it just took a little extra time to move to the new location. Overall, Mei Mengzhen’s shooting progress was that of a normal newcomer, not exceptionally smooth, but compared to Ren Li, it was still much better.

She had only two scenes today and was done after finishing them. Seeing everyone relax, Mei Mengzhen quickly thanked everyone for their hard work and then left the set. Seeing Mei Mengzhen’s happy expression, Ren Li got so angry that he threw away his lunch.

"How has she finished so easily? How come she wrapped up so fast? What does that make me?."

This was truly a personal problem, something others wouldn’t know, but that couldn’t be said. Ren Li’s assistant tried to comfort him: "Maybe someone played tricks behind the scenes, or perhaps the director and acting teacher were more attentive in their instruction. With Brother Li’s intelligence, there’s no way he couldn’t do well. Maybe the director is actually making things intentionally difficult for you."

The more Ren Li thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense. He left the set in a huff and called his financial backer to complain.

Meanwhile, Mei Mengzhen had already headed over to the makeup team. There would be makeup artists on standby to touch up their makeup on set, but she still needed to go to the makeup team to have the main part of her look taken off.

But before removing the makeup, she still had to eat. She returned to her car and quickly took care of her lunch before going to the makeup team.

No matter how Ren Li was doing, Mei Mengzhen thoroughly enjoyed her meal.

Before she began removing her makeup, Tian Sha called her. "Zhenzhen, we’ve finished eating and are already at the set. You haven’t taken off your makeup yet, have you?"

"Not yet, but it’ll be soon. Why, do you want to take photos? Didn’t you just take some?"

Relieved to hear the makeup was still on, Tian Sha replied, "That’s great, I didn’t get enough pictures earlier, and the scene wasn’t right. Don’t remove your makeup just yet, I just want to take a few more pictures."

"Okay then."

Mei Mengzhen stopped at the entrance to the makeup team and then walked back outside. Fan Tianyu asked, "What’s wrong, why aren’t you going in?"

"Tian Sha wants to take pictures of me. Go greet her, please. I want to get this done quickly so I can remove the makeup."

Huang Jing immediately reminded her, "Ms. Mei, this look is confidential, it’s covered in the contract agreement."

"I know, I’ll remind them in a bit."

When they met up again, Tian Sha couldn’t help but to start taking pictures of her as soon as she saw her. But once Mengzhen mentioned it, Tian Sha assured her, "You don’t need to tell me that. I’ll keep these photos and only release them when the movie is out, that way they can help with the promotion too. I know how it works."

That was the right approach, but leave the School Forum out of it. "Qianqian, you probably shouldn’t post on the Forum; the school isn’t the place to promote my movie."

"I know. I’ll put it all on WeiboBO. We’ve all moved on to WeiboBO now, and on the School Forum, I only post about positive things."

Things like Yan Keke’s charity work, which are full of positive energy and deserve to be seen by everyone, such posts even at school will receive strong promotion, no matter the topic or the attention it gets. It’s because of the content itself that Lai Xixi, the News Agency Club President, has been sitting firmly in her position, unshaken by anyone else.

Following Tian Sha’s instructions, Mei Mengzhen quickly finished the photo shoot, and then proceeded to remove her makeup. The moment she took off the head covering, she felt her head became much lighter.

By the time Mei Mengzhen’s makeup was off, it was already 4 p.m.

Changing back into her own clothes, Mei Mengzhen felt at ease. She picked up her brother, who had been watching her, and expressed her longing, "Chenchen, I’ve missed you so much."

Mei Mengchen turned a bit red from her embrace, "Chenchen missed Sister too."

Hugging her brother tightly again, Mei Mengzhen looked around at the others and asked, "What are you guys up to next? I’ll join you. Or shall we just go to my room?"

"It’s getting late, and there doesn’t seem to be much to do here at night. Does your hotel have any facilities we can use? We could all go swimming and get some exercise."

Mei Mengzhen wasn’t sure herself, so she glanced over at Huang Jing. He said, "Yes, there’s swimming, a gym, and massages available."

"Okay then, let’s go swimming."

Everyone moved to the hotel the same way they had come, except this time Mei Mengzhen brought her brother along in her car. Upon arriving at the hotel, she asked, "Do you all have swimsuits?"

The mention of swimming caught Mei Mengzhen off guard. She was puzzled.

Liang Xiao chuckled and said, "Zhenzhen, you’re asking us a bit late, aren’t you? We’ve got our swimsuits in our bags, we even went for a swim outside yesterday. In this hot summer, if we’re not running around outside, we’re swimming."

They took out their IDs and also decided to check into the hotel. Mei Mengzhen was surprised and asked again, "So, you’re staying another night?"

"Yes, considering the time, we might as well stay. We’ve come all this way already."

Liang Xiao said, "I can only stay one night though; I have to be back at the set tomorrow afternoon. I have a lot of scenes lined up, I might not get a chance to visit you."

"You don’t need to visit. I only have six or seven scenes. I’ll be finished in a few days at the rate of two or three scenes a day. I’ll wrap up before you do, and then I might just come and visit your set."

"That would be great. What time is your call time tomorrow? How long can we hang out tonight?"