Superstar Aspirations

Chapter 12: Hou Xi~

Translator: Vian

Editor: Shem

In this world, TV dramas were generally divided into two types: one was a daily drama and one was a weekly drama.

The former was usually a big production, and many famous actors and director would finish filming all episodes in advance. The copyright would be bought by the satellite TV stations before the filming, and once the production was complete, it would be aired daily.

Another would be weekly aired dramas.

Some weekly dramas could be aired on TV, while some could only be aired on the internet.

Although this drama "Ambush" was a weekly drama and the director was also new, but it was still eventually sold to a rather good TV station. It was set every Saturday and Sunday at eleven o'clock in the evening late night slots, while also being aired online at the same time.

These kinds of weekly dramas had a special aspect, they often wouldn't finish filming all episodes when it was still broadcasting. They would only usually film about four or five episodes first, then film about one or two episodes every week, and following the audience's feedback, they might modify it accordingly in the script.

There used to be a very popular weekly drama that changed their script because of the audience's feedback. The second female lead was someone Rong Xu could recognize: Tang Menglan.

Tang Menglan at that time was still a newcomer. She performed remarkably well and the character was also very likable. The audience online had been continuously asking to give the second female lead more scenes, so the originally miserable ending second female lead finally got her happily ever after, being happily married to the second male lead.

Rong Xu chose "Ambush" for the reason that it would be broadcasted in a month!

Since the task was so tight on time, the crew's efficiency naturally needed to be high. When Rong Xu just arrived at the set, that Xiao Li who received him first left, and the makeup and costume group came to help him get his makeup done and into costume. The character posters still needed to be taken, but this time, the process wasn't as serious as "Vie for Supremacy." After all, the latter was this year's blockbuster, while "Ambush" was just a weekly drama by a new crew.

Waiting till a few main actors finished taking the character posters, it was already late ten o'clock at night.

Rong Xu met the female lead Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan, who was the second female lead. He had also met the third male lead and third female lead, but the only one he didn't even see was the male lead Han Yanghao.

Regarding this, Rong Xu paid it a bit of attention. Originally, he thought that Han Yanghao had already taken his character posters, but when everyone had finished, Assistant Director Li spatted with anger that could reach the skies: "The filming will be starting tomorrow, yet he actually still hasn't arrived! Does he plan on coming during the opening ceremony?! Or does he simply doesn't want to come at all?!"

Assistant Director Li was specifically responsible for the actors and logistic issues. Rong Xu had only greeted him once and there was no other exchange. The other was busy till he was beaten black and blue, and in a short four hours, he had already called Han Yanghao's manager more than a hundred times. Afterwards though, he stopped calling. But not because it connected, but because the other person directly turned off their phone!

Rong Xu lowered his gaze, quietly sitting in front of the mirror and waitied for them to remove his makeup.

Sitting on his left was the female lead Zhang Tongtong, and on his right was the second female lead Yi Lan. Going by ladies first, the makeup artist first removed the makeup for these two actresses while Rong Xu calmly looked down at his phone, carefully reviewing the script. It wouldn't be good if he were to NG his first scene tomorrow.