Chapter 694 694. Finale (Part 2)
The prop master quickly installed fake bellies for the three girls. Anyone would feel uncomfortable with such a burden, especially when Chen Qiaoen and Jiang Xin put it on for the first time, their bodies always leaned forward unconsciously.
Fortunately, these fake bellies are made of silicone and are customized according to the body shape of each actor, so they don’t affect the movement too much like some inferior fake bellies. After the two sisters adapted for five minutes, they said that there was no problem.
As for Xinling, as a professional in fake pregnant bellies in this drama, she didn’t even need a prop master. She put it on by herself and watched Chen Qiaoen and Jiang Xin adapting with a smile on her face. She was happy for a long time.
Speaking of the fake pregnant bellies of the three, Xinling’s is the lightest, because she is the fattest.
Originally, she was as fat as a ball. If it weren’t for the pursuit of reality and the restoration of the roundness of the pregnant belly, she wouldn’t even need to wear a fake belly.
“Ladies, are you all ready? Let’s hurry up and try to finish early.” Li Dawei asked immediately when he saw that several actors on the set were already in place.
"No problem." Nie Wei made an 'OK' gesture to him, indicating that he could start filming directly.
This is a very simple plot, and the performance is very relaxed. Just complain about his wife and show some loving scenes.
Even though Li Dawei wanted to make this ending perfect and strived for perfection during the filming, it only took half an hour to finish the last two scenes.
When Li Dawei shouted "Finish", the staff who had been preparing for a long time with a small salute immediately fired the salute. Suddenly, the whole shooting scene was full of flying ribbons, and the cheers of the crowd made it so lively.
"Finally finished." Nie Wei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled when he heard the word "Finish". This idol drama was filmed for nearly four months, and it was the first time he experienced the mode of filming and broadcasting at the same time, which really made him feel novel and tired.
Moreover, Nie Wei not only plays the important role of the male lead in the play, but also participates in the music and editing of this idol drama, and is also the main person in charge. It can be said that besides Luo Yuan, Nie Wei has the most work on the scene.
Filming during the day, sometimes he has to edit with Li Dawei at night, and discuss the music with the music director, and sometimes he even has to go to Zhongtiantai for meetings and negotiations.
Anyway, Nie Wei has not had much free time in the past few months.
But he finally made it through. After filming this idol drama, Nie Wei plans to take a good rest for a month. However, with Nie Wei's current status, it is impossible to take a complete vacation like ordinary people. He can only give himself more free time on daily basic work.
Of course, such free time is also very precious to Nie Wei. At least he can allocate more time to accompany his family and girlfriend, and do some things he wants to do but doesn't have time to do, such as fishing and playing chess.
Nie Wei sighed that he was finally relieved, while several young actors on the other side were already hugging each other and crying bitterly.
Among them, Jing Tiantian cried the most. This drama made her gain a lot. Through this drama, her popularity increased greatly. It was also because of this drama that she suffered a lot of grievances. Of course, it was also because of this drama that she received a lot of warmth.
She never felt reluctant to leave the crew she was in before, but this time, even if she had no scenes, she ran to the set on purpose, just to welcome the moment of the filming with everyone. When Li David shouted "filming was finished", Jing Tiantian couldn't stop her tears from flowing down.
The emotions accumulated in her heart were completely detonated by this "filming was finished". For the first time, she felt so reluctant to leave a crew that she even felt as if her relatives were about to separate at this moment.
Chen Qiaoen's eyes were also wet because of the moment of the filming.
Logically speaking, Chen Qiaoen is no longer a new actor. She has filmed nearly double-digit TV series and is definitely a young actor who has experienced the most filming in the crew.
But "Fated to Love You" is special to Chen Qiaoen.
From a tepid actress who even had a "ban order" on her shoulders, when she returned to Taiwan, Chen Qiaoen's heart was full of trepidation, especially since Nie Wei gave her a role as a weak and pregnant woman, which made her feel uncertain. She doubted whether this role could really become popular.
Facts have proved that Nie Wei's works must be excellent.
This idol drama is not only popular, but also very popular. It can even be called a phenomenal achievement. Chen Qiaoen never dreamed that the idol drama she starred in could break through the 20-mark.
Through this idol drama, she gained too much. Her uncertain star path suddenly became bright and brilliant. Many of her grievances and scenes that she only dared to dream of became reality one by one because of this idol drama.
Now she suddenly has to say goodbye to this idol drama that has accompanied her life for several months. How could she be indifferent? She was even more reluctant than Jing Tiantian. After all, this was the idol drama that saved her fate.
However, after all, Chen Qiaoen had experienced a lot, so he was still strong. His eyes were wet, but he didn't cry. After calming down, Chen Qiaoen immediately found Nie Wei.
"Mr. Nie, thank you." Chen Qiaoen faced Nie Wei and suddenly bowed 90 degrees.
"Why thank me? You contributed to the success of this idol drama." Nie Wei pulled Chen Qiaoen up and praised her with a smile.
In Nie Wei's opinion, it was absolutely right to choose Chen Qiaoen as the protagonist of "Fated to Love You". It can be said that one of the keys to the success of this idol drama is that Qiaoen played the role of Chen Xinyi vividly, which is definitely a great achievement.
Chen Qiaoen's appearance is not eye-catching, but she is naturally suitable for this kind of ordinary girl role. If it were Shu Chang or Lin Yifei, even if their acting skills are not worse than Chen Qiaoen, they probably couldn't play as vividly as Chen Qiaoen.
Chen Qiaoen, who was praised by Nie Wei, showed a very bright smile, but the tears that had been held back could not help but flow down with this smile.
"You are great, really great, everything is over, you succeeded." Nie Wei helped Chen Qiaoen wipe away her tears and gave Chen Qiaoen an encouraging hug.
Nie Wei knew very well how much pressure Chen Qiaoen had endured during this filming period.
First of all, as the heroine and the core of the drama, Chen Qiaoen's opponents are Nie Wei and Cheng Kun, so from the beginning, many people questioned whether Chen Qiaoen could interpret the role of the heroine well, and even Chen Qiaoen herself had some self-doubt for a long time.
After all, if this role is not performed well, it may even directly ruin the entire idol drama.
Secondly, during the filming process, she was threatened by Boss Qian. Even though Nie Wei promised to protect her, as a girl, she would still be a little scared. In the end, as time went by, she gradually let it go. It was not until Boss Qian was detained a few days ago that Chen Qiaoen was completely relieved.
The final pressure came from Chen Qiaoen herself.
Her self-esteem, or ambition, did not allow herself to fail like this.
The pressure from both outside and inside has been oppressing this girl. Now that the filming is finished, she can finally vent without reservation. In Nie Wei's view, it is a good thing for Chen Qiaoen to cry, which is better than having it in her heart all the time.
While Nie Wei was busy comforting and encouraging Chen Qiaoen, Cheng Kun and Jiang Xin were already discussing where to go for a good meal in the evening.
Although the celebration banquet would have to wait a few days, as an actor, the TV series was finally finished, and this day was truly worth remembering. It would be unreasonable not to celebrate.
"How about barbecue?" Jiang Xin suggested.
In recent months, she had been eating cabbage and carrots most of the time under Nie Wei's stern warning because she had to control her weight.
This made her even a little desperate for a moment, especially when she had lunch every day, other people's lunch boxes were full of chicken legs, pork chops, etc., which made her develop a strange habit. As long as she arrived at the restaurant, she would find a crowded place, because in this way, she could borrow the meaty aroma in other people's lunch boxes, which made her a little illusion that the boiled vegetables in her mouth seemed to have meaty taste.
However, illusions are illusions. She still ate boiled vegetables in plain water. Maybe there would be a piece of chicken breast every two days, but it was also bland. Sometimes Jiang Xin also wondered if she would soon become a rabbit if she continued like this.
Now that the filming is finally finished and Nie Wei's ban is finally lifted, Jiang Xin can finally have a meal.
Her mind is full of meat, so she naturally chooses barbecue first.
When she made this suggestion, she had already imagined the sizzling pork belly, tender steak, and browned ribs in her mind...
"My saliva is almost flowing out." Cheng Kun waved his hand in front of Jiang Xin and teased with a smile.
"I'm really drooling." Jiang Xin was teased, but she didn't blush at all, but admitted it generously.
Cheng Kun was very happy, but barbecue was indeed a good suggestion, so he nodded in agreement, and then went to Nie Wei with Jiang Xin to propose it.
"Barbecue? Sure." After hearing this, Nie Wei agreed without hesitation. There were actually not many choices for this kind of temporary dinner, and barbecue and hot pot were undoubtedly the most convenient. Now that someone suggested barbecue, Nie Wei agreed.
The restaurant business was left to Luo Kai. This guy had been with Nie Wei in Taiwan for these days. In addition to taking care of Nie Wei on a daily basis, his biggest gain was that he had collected a lot of local food restaurants. It was most appropriate to leave this matter to him.
Luo Kai was indeed trustworthy. An hour after Nie Wei ordered him, he brought Nie Wei good news. He had already contacted a barbecue restaurant with three floors, which was enough to accommodate all the crew members.
After the restaurant was contacted, Nie Wei announced it directly, and cheers suddenly rang out.
The atmosphere of the dinner party in the evening was very good, especially Jiang Xin, who had a round belly from eating so much. Seeing this, Nie Wei smiled and teased Jiang Xin, saying that if he had known that she could eat so much, he would have treated her to a meal before filming, and he could have saved the money for a fake pregnancy.
Jiang Xin blushed when she heard this. If it was any other time, she would have stood up and fought back. But this time, she was too full. When she was about to open her mouth, she felt the food stuck in her throat, so she held back what she wanted to say and just rolled her eyes at Nie Wei to express her dissatisfaction.
The meal lasted more than three hours. Nearly a hundred people ate so much that the barbecue restaurant's inventory almost went into red alert. They also drank a lot of alcohol. When everyone left, it took the restaurant a long time to clean up the bottles alone.
The next day, Nie Wei followed the original agreement and took several leading actors to record Kangxi again, which was a complete beginning and end. Then everyone gathered together to watch the broadcast of the 21st episode in the evening.
In this episode, Ji Cunxi pretended to be blind in order to keep Chen Xinyi, which made the audience laugh until their stomachs hurt. Chen Xinyi's kneeling, flowers, surprises, and candlelight dinners became the four must-have things for marriage proposals among the people of Taiwan overnight.
The ratings of this episode did not disappoint those who were looking forward to it. The average rating was 16.03 and the highest rating was 20.15, still maintaining a high rating of more than 20, and there was a slight improvement.
Originally, Nie Wei was ready for a decline. After all, a high rating of 20 was really an exaggerated result. It was very lucky to be able to break through once. It seemed a bit impossible for Nie Wei to maintain it.
But the facts told Nie Wei that the audience was still very satisfied with the development of the plot and had a continuous enthusiasm. It was precisely because of this that the TV series could continue to maintain a high rating of more than 20.
After learning about the results, he specially updated a blog to thank the local audience.
With the two consecutive episodes of "Fated to Love You" exceeding 20, Zhongtian TV officially launched the celebration banquet. That night, almost all the entertainment media in Taiwan were invited to the scene. Zhongtian TV also prepared two ten-layer cakes to celebrate the double 10 ratings of this TV series.
The celebration banquet lasted all night and ended at two o'clock in the morning. At this time, Nie Wei finally completed his entire itinerary in Taiwan.
In the morning of this day, Nie Wei will take a plane back to the mainland. He is also the first person in the crew to fly back to the mainland. The rest, such as Luo Yuan, the big producer, will lead the crew to continue working for two days, not for shooting, but for organizing props and shooting tools, such as some tracks, lighting tools, etc., which need to be handed over to Zhongtian TV. And she is also busy packing the things that come with the camera and contacting air transportation.
The other domestic actors also chose to stay here for two more days. After all, they finally came to Taiwan, so they had to take a good look around.
As for local actors like Chen Qiaoen, they naturally took advantage of this rare opportunity to go home and spend some time with their relatives and friends.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Nie Wei boarded the plane from Taiwan to Kyoto on time. At the same time, in the mainland, Shu Chang also finished dressing up early and prepared to go to the airport to meet Nie Wei, whom she had not seen for several months.
Thank you for the generous reward from Fantasy Paradise.