Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

Chapter 165: The crew starts filming to show their strength? Killing the chicken to scare the monkey!

”Director Yan, thereʼs no space left, let me squeeze in.”

Xiao He pulled over a small plastic stool and wedged himself between Yan Shaohan and Guo Xinya, casually asking Guo Xinya with a grin: ”My sister and I have the most lines, so itʼll be convenient to rehearse together later. Sis, you donʼt mind, do you?”

Guo Xinya looked at Xiao He with surprise, then understood his intention and relaxed, smiling as she moved her chair to make space: ”Of course not, youʼre my best little brother.”

Using their character relationship as justification, Xiao He smoothly squeezed himself between the two.

Yan Shaohan, being the greenhorn he was, hadnʼt yet realized Xiao Heʼs intervention, but he didnʼt continue trying to get close to Guo Xinya either, instead turning to ask the production coordinator behind him: ”Is everyone here now?”

Todayʼs gathering of the main cast wasnʼt for the opening ceremony, but for a script reading session.

Script reading, simply put, is when the main creative team sits together to interpret the script, sort out plot logic and character motivations, ensuring everyone has a consistent understanding of the story direction and character settings. If any script issues are discovered, adjustments can be made in advance.

This counts as an important pre-production step for any film crew.

Though itʼs quite interesting to note - Xiao He had been in the industry for a year now, having participated in several productions, but so far he had only attended the script reading for ”Law of the Jungle.”

In his previous productions, either he was a last-minute replacement, or he joined the crew too late to catch the reading. Even for the highly acclaimed ”Thief Catcher,” they didnʼt hold formal script readings - they just went over lines and plot with scripts in hand before starting filming.
What? You say thatʼs not proper procedure?

Lin Yipeng would directly tell you they had no money.

Although this doesnʼt count as official production start, the entire crew is already operating, and every day costs money - for some low-budget productions, this represents a significant expense.

Of course, this script reading was destined to be different—

When most people had arrived, the coordinator counted heads and quietly reported to Yan Shaohan: ”Currently three people havenʼt arrived yet.”

”Ah? Three people? What happened to them? I hope nothingʼs wrong?” Yan Shaohan was startled, then concerned, ”Call them immediately to check, make sure nothing bad happened.”

The coordinatorʼs face immediately showed embarrassment: ”Um, I already contacted them earlier. Teacher Gao Zhenxia and Teacher Yuan Sitong might arrive a bit late. As for Teacher Lu Yuxi, we still canʼt reach him.”

”Those three didnʼt come—” Yan Shaohan frowned with frustration, ”This is troublesome—all three of them have quite important roles—”

The coordinator just smiled, not daring to speak further.

In this main creative team, even Xiao He counted as a veteran with one year of experience—what standing did newcomer director Yan Shaohan have?

To put it bluntly, almost everyone present was here because of Zhuang Hongyi, plus with ”Yu Ye” being such a major IP with huge investment, everyone knew this project wouldnʼt be bad—but that didnʼt mean they respected Yan Shaohan.

The only thing Yan Shaohan could boast was his identity as the original author.

But these days, being the original author isnʼt some unshakable advantage—itʼs not even as valuable as having a popular traffic actor in the cast.

Other actors might maintain surface politeness due to Director Zhuangʼs lingering authority, not daring to act out recklessly, but there were still a few stubborn individuals who couldnʼt even be bothered to pretend, accustomed to throwing their weight around and completely looking down on Yan Shaohan.

Though currently, it seemed this Director Yan was quite thick-skinned, completely failing to realize that the real reason behind this situation was actually himself.

Coordinator: ...After understanding the situation, I feel even more worried—can this production really proceed smoothly?

He had his doubts about that.

The conversation between the coordinator and Yan Shaohan was clearly overheard by Zhuang Hongyi sitting nearby.

As a seasoned veteran in the industry, he naturally understood the coordinatorʼs unspoken meaning.