The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!-Chapter 1659 - 1649: Sea of Sand (Part 1)

"If there’s only a fifty percent chance of winning, I’ll share my fifty with you."

Xia Siyu immediately retorted, "Do you really think my math is that bad? Two fifties make twenty-five, right? Are you cursing me? Besides, why would I need you to share your luck for me to win? I’ll rely on my own skills!"

"Alright." Bo Yan heard her voice rising. Although she was scolding him, he was quite happy. Her scolding meant that there wasn’t anything major wrong anymore.

Bo Yan said, "Honey, you’re the best in my eyes."

"Hmph, what’s the point of being the best in your eyes? I need to be the best in the eyes of the judges."

Bo Yan said, "There will come a day."

"So, you’re saying that day hasn’t come yet? What kind of reassurance is that? Are you trying to make me mad?" Xia Siyu said, as she heard someone calling for Bo Yan on the other end, "I won’t talk to you anymore, I’m about to reach the airport."

"Safe travels." After saying that, Bo Yan added, "And, honey, I love you."

What he got in return was a "hmph" from Xia Siyu’s side.

Although she hung up the phone, Xia Siyu’s mood actually improved. She had known what the situation was all along. However, feeling a bit down was inevitable. After all, it’s a time-limited competition where every opportunity counts.

But what could she do? Apart from wasting time, all she could do is waste time.

**

What Xia Siyu didn’t expect at all was collaborating with Director Yu Fenfei. She originally thought she would have to stay on set for two to three months, taking breaks in between, and be ready to film the last two episodes of that romance variety show halfway through.

The last two episodes were a big special collection, needing to edit three episode teasers and two episodes of extra content. It might require four to five days off.

In these romance variety shows, usually the guests go to three places, and each place results in four to five episodes, adding up to twelve episodes. But this season of the show became a hit, especially with the pair of Xia Siyu and Bo Yan, with all their jokes and funny moments, and eventually, a touch of romance that melts everyone’s heart.

However, beyond the twelve main episodes, two extra episodes were created to maximize the buzz. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

When Xia Siyu joined the crew, due to extensive pre-inquiry, she immediately got into character almost from the first day. Every director has a slightly different filming style. For example, Wang Ju loves to hassle actors. Sometimes when the actor’s in the right state, he would be out of it, and he’d keep making you re-do it until you deliver the effect he wants before he calls it good. Director Ji, due to shooting mostly action films and 3D content, might make you repeat a shot multiple times. If your actions aren’t right, or the emotions are not there, he won’t pass it.

But as for Director Yu, at the beginning, he gave Xia Siyu a heads-up: "You might be stuck with me for quite a while, like three months or even half a year."

Since it was for an art film, Xia Siyu understood and got ready for it.

Who would’ve thought, once filming started, everything progressed at lightning speed. Every day, the actual time spent on formal shooting was about three hours, excluding makeup, position adjustment, director’s explanation, and testing. But in just half a month’s time, they had already finished shooting most of the scenes.

Sometimes it took just two takes, three at most, and at times even a single take sufficed. Towards the end of shooting, even Xia Siyu felt a bit uneasy: "Director, shouldn’t we look at that again? I felt like some parts of my performance were a bit too bland just now."

Director Yu looked at the monitor, "It should be bland here, because it’s all an act, if you started wailing and shouting, it would be wrong. Any more questions?"

Xia Siyu shook her head, "No."

Alright, if he said there was no problem, then there wasn’t. She trusted the director’s judgment.

Just like that, Xia Siyu completed all her scenes in twenty days without needing any time off, and could head straight for the variety show. Before leaving, she was a bit uneasy: "Director, I’m heading to the variety show now. I left some stuff behind. If you find any parts unsatisfactory, I’ll come back anytime to reshoot."

Director Yu laughed, "Okay, do you plan on playing two roles yourself or something? Off you go, and when you see that Bo Yan kid, give him a punch for me."

Xia Siyu nodded and absentmindedly headed to the location indicated by the program.

This time the location was quite remote, in the West.

The guests first gathered together. Xia Siyu, Bo Yan, Shang Feifei, and Han Yifan were once again grouped. They wanted to call the two senior members too, but they had arrived earlier and already had their meals. So, the four of them ate at the hotel’s restaurant.

All four of them naturally ignored Zhou Weiwei’s group, not meaning to be dismissive, but because they simply didn’t remember they were there.

Bo Yan casually asked, "After you finish your leave these days, do you have to go back?"

Xia Siyu brought up the filming with Yu Fenfei, still a bit puzzled, "I thought I’d have to take leave to come here, but who knew I’d finish shooting directly." There was actually one more thing she didn’t say, isn’t Director Yu a bit unreliable?

But Director Yu was Bo Yan’s mentor, a very respected and proper advisor, and Xia Siyu understood the importance of respecting one’s teacher, so she swallowed those words.

Bo Yan was also a bit surprised, "You finished all filming?" How was that possible? His mentor was very strict with him, even if he thought it was good, the mentor would make him go over it several times. Xia Siyu completed all of her scenes in just twenty days?

"Are you the second lead?" Shang Feifei, who had also worked with Director Yu, knew it wasn’t so easy to pass, and he was very strict.

Xia Siyu didn’t care much about billing position, otherwise she wouldn’t have chosen the second female lead when pressed by Shang Feifei in a past project. Sometimes a higher position didn’t mean more screen time, but this was a drama with a major female lead, where she and another actress shared the weight, and she was actually the first lead. Their roles both had significant screen time, with no specific suppression issue.

"Nope, it went really fast." However, though puzzled, Xia Siyu wouldn’t dwell on this matter. The sooner she finished filming, the better, since she didn’t feel like completing leave requests anyway.

This time around, filming the romance variety show in the West, with an endless desert next to them. The conditions here were tougher than the two previous locations. Han Yifan, while eating steak, was sighing, "We’re filming this romance show, but it feels like we’re shooting a survival game in the wild. Don’t tell me they want us to cross the desert and make it a competition?"

Who knows? Either way, the production crew wouldn’t let them comfortably stay in a hotel to pass challenges.

"We should return, recharge, and face them head-on," Bo Yan, clearly shifted his focus to the program group, found that opposing them was one of the reasons for his amusement during his journey.

"Oh, right." Since Director Yu was mentioned, Xia Siyu casually gave Bo Yan a punch, hitting his face. Bo Yan was a bit confused, "What’s that for?"

"Director Yu told me to punch you when I see you," Xia Siyu said very honestly.