Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 40: 2nd Shooting

I keep forgetting these days so I will say it today before I forget about it again. A lot of thanks to 'DrowzyGoneWild', 'carlos123995', and 'germangamingyt' for their support via golden tickets. I hope you enjoyed my novel and would consider showing your support again.

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A woman in red was running through an alleyway during the night in heavy rain. She wasn't fully drenched yet which either implied she had something to cover her but not anymore, or she had purposefully entered the downpour, ignoring the fact that she was getting wet.

Ignoring the rain and wetness, with a terrified expression she ran forward while occasionally glancing back in horror making sure her pursuer wasn't behind her. She saw no one but she was sure she wasn't far away from him so she kept running.

As she was running, she bumped into someone while she was checking behind her. The collision sent both of the people stumbling on the ground.

"What the… Watch where you're going!" The man who had fallen after the collision with the woman said in displeasure as he hurriedly picked up the umbrella to block the rain from drenching him as well.

The woman saw the man and hurriedly stood up, she cautiously stared at him before coming to the conclusion that he wasn't her pursuer. "What?! What are staring at? Shouldn't you apologize after bumping into someone instead of staring at them dumbly?!"

The man wasn't happy as he displayed his displeasure to the woman without any disregard for her circumstances. The woman didn't care as she yelled, "Please help! He's after me." She latched onto the man who said, "Are you crazy?! This is an expensive suit!"

The man was more worried about his suit getting wet that he couldn't register what the woman was saying. "No please, you don't understand! HE'S AFTER ME!!!"

When the woman yelled the second time, the man finally paid attention to her state and after seeing the panic in her voice and the fear on her face, he sighed as he replied, "Look I don't know what's going on and I don't want to get involved. I will just take you to the nearest police station and then be done with it. Understand?"

The woman felt like she had found a ray of hope out of this situation as she replied, "Thank you! Thank you so much!!!!"

"Sure, sure. Let's go. My car is parked around the corner." The man said tiredly as he led her to his car. On the way, the girl remained latched to him, and seeing her like that, he curiously asked, "What's the matter? Who is after you?"

"I don't know." The woman replied which dumbfounded the man. Before he could ask to elaborate, the woman continued, "I was just walking home when he appeared in front of me with a knife. I couldn't see his face and he started saying that he likes my eyes so he would like to cut them out. I thought he was just a lunatic but he really did attack me. I barely managed to run away."

The story of the woman ended at that point and the man could fill in the holes as he commented, "That's crazy even for this town. Haa… A man can't even spend a night in peace."

They arrived at a black sedan and the man said, "Get in but watch the cleats. Oh, and put a cloth before you sit, I don't want you leaving a print on my seat. The cover is in the back." He said before opening the driver's door. The woman nodded and opened the back door but instead of anything else, she froze. The terror slowly appeared on her face as she recognized the same knife her assailant had.

She understood the situation and hurriedly backed away only to bump into someone for the second time.

"I don't get it." The man said, confusion in his voice. The woman slowly turned around, all hope was gone and terror taking its place.

"I just want these beautiful eyes of yours. Why can't you just let me have them?" He innocently asked like a child whose parents had forbidden him from candies.

"Can I not have them?" He continued, with the same innocent confused expression, "But I really like them. You will give them to me, right?"

"If I asked nicely, you will give them to me, right?" The man asked as he traced his finger on the woman's face. The woman trembled in fear but no words left her mouth.

"I see." The man replied, his expression full of pity, "So I can't have them nicely." He sniffled as he backed away a bit. "Fine. I won't take them." He said like an angry child.

The woman found hope once again as she saw the man acting like a child. She thought she could use this against him and try to get away. She decided to say something but before she could, the man continued, "But if I can't have your eyes," He said with a maniacal expression on his face, "Then I won't let anyone have them."

"Hahaha!!!" He began to laugh like a maniac as he procured two knives from his back. The woman lost hope once again and could only ask for mercy which wasn't being registered under the maniacal laughter of the man.

"HAHAHAHA!!!" "HA…HA…HA…" "Ha…Ha…Ha…" "Haaa…."

"CUTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" Wei Jun screamed turning his head to the crew who was stunned before but now shook like their souls had left their bodies by Wei Jun's shout.

"YOU F*****, CAN'T YOU F****** SEE THAT THE F***** SCENE HAD F***** ENDED? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU S***** DOING WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY ONE F******* JOB?!!!!" The anger of Wei Jun was increasing with each word and the ears of the entire team were bleeding more by every second.

"YOU ***** HAVE ONE ***** JOB BUT YOU ***** CAN'T EVEN ***** MANAGE THAT?" The intensity of Wei Jun's words only increased to the point that some became too much to even hear.

The crew remained silent. They had learned the hard way that apologizing only makes things harder. Let their boss unload and after that, they would face the punishment of running around the set.

After fifteen minutes of constant cursing, Wei Jun finally calmed down. The crew and everyone on the set couldn't believe that it was the same person whose acting had captivated them so much that they even forgot to breathe.

Even Xia Lu along with the rest of the acting team was stunned. She thought she was good at acting and she was but the acting done by Wei Jun was so real that she couldn't believe that she wasn't watching this in real life but only a pretend shooting.

"Oi, editing team. Fix this. I don't want to take the take again." Wei Jun said. The situation wasn't so unsalvageable so he wasn't that much angry compared to the other parts.

The editing team nodded and after a few heavy sighs, Wei Jun shouted, "Do not make this mistake again! Prepare for the next scene." He couldn't remain angry for long so he opted to move on to the next agenda.

"Oi, Xiao Heiling." Wei Jun called Xiao Heiling who was getting ready for his next scene. Xiao Heiling flinched when he heard his name being called, "Ye… Yes, boss?"

"Reply without stuttering." Wei Jun said with a stern expression on his face. "Yes, boss." Xiao Heiling hurriedly replied.

"Also," Wei Jun continued and Xiao Heiling had a bad premonition about what he was about to say next. With the same horrifying expression as when threatening someone, Wei Jun said, "Take more than two takes and I will take you to a place where you might never return from."

GULP!!!

Xiao Heiling was terrified out of his wits. Throughout the shooting, he was the only one who had the most retakes, and each time he did, Wei Jun would throw a fit.

'Fu*k. I don't have time today and this happens.' Wei Jun cursed inwardly. Wei Jun had a prior task to get to after the day's shooting but due to unforeseen weather conditions, the shooting had to be delayed by two hours. If he wasted any more time because of Xiao Heiling's retakes, he knew he would blow it.

Fortunately, Xiao Heiling did not take more than two takes for each of his scenes but even still, shooting two scenes took three hours.

"Who knew you would be so good at acting." Xia Lu commented while the crew was clearing the scene.

"There's nothing to be surprised about. I can't run an acting agency if I don't know a bit myself." Wei Jun replied, not really paying attention to her.

"If that's called a 'bit' then I don't know what my skills would be." Xia Lu said.

"Like I said, there's nothing surprising there. You do what's expected of you and I do what's expected of me. My expectations are just higher than yours." Wei Jun replied before he shouted, without waiting for a reply from Xia Lu, "Wrap it up and don't forget. Tomorrow is the shooting at nighttime where the main characters meet. I want no mistakes…..."

After barking a lot of orders, Wei Jun left the set and made his way to his car. On the way, he dialed Li Wei's number and said, "Prepare everything."

"Are you sure, boss? We can do it tomorrow as well." Li Wei suggested but Wei Jun was adamant, "No, it has to be today."

Wei Jun replied as he checked his account which showed a balance of 1,030,453 yuan. He was running short of money by a lot. He had to do it today to not run out.