Chapter 285: Filming of Love Apartment 2 Begins

In June, domestic dramas began to explode.

Among them, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly "Love Apartment Season 2".

"This year is a year of great success for TV series. During its broadcast, "Life Gap" was extremely popular, breaking many records and being hot throughout March.

In April, "Wulin Waijia" was broadcast again. On the first day, there were 4 joint advertisements, and all 70 broadcasts were full.

The first two episodes achieved very impressive popularity results. The popularity on the Lemon Video site has exceeded 2, and the popularity on the entire network has soared to the first place.

Immediately afterwards, the new drama "The Great Chen Qianqian" under Shinhwa started filming, starring Shinhwa's super newcomer Ni Lu Kezi and the new top star Jiang Jun.

Judging from the official content introduction and the progress of filming, this costume drama has been completed for the most part, and Douban also shows that it will be broadcast in 2022.

Now, "Love Apartment Season 2" has officially started filming, and we are finally looking forward to the return of the original cast!
Among them, Wen Liancheng is the biggest highlight!
After a year, the main cast of iPartment is no longer the same as before. Hu Yifei and Wen Lian received awards in Cannes, and Cheng Tianxia won the second Cannes Best Actress after Bai Bei; Zeng Xiaoxian and Zhang Zijie joined "Who's the Detective" and performed well in variety shows; Meijia and Wang Hong collaborated with Cheng Cheng in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" and have become movie stars. They will also compete for the Golden Horse Awards in November this year; Jiang Jun filmed "The Great Chen Qianqian", which is the first absolute male lead in his career; Qi Hao participated in the filming of "To Live"
The main characters of Love Apartment have been comprehensively upgraded.

Previously, netizens had been speculating whether Wen Lian would continue to film "Love Apartment" after winning the Best Actress award. Now, the answer is out, and netizens can rest assured. Wen Lian will still play the role of Hu Yifei in the drama.

She stated at the opening ceremony that as long as "Love Apartment" continues to be filmed, she will always be there.

Netizens can look forward to it and enjoy the performance of the actress in the TV series.

At the same time, Cheng Cheng also made a rare appearance at the opening ceremony. This year, Shinhwa Company has had a huge production volume, with both TV series and movies flourishing.

But what made the netizens at the scene dissatisfied was that when asked about "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III", Cheng Cheng hesitated and refused to answer. It seemed that the filming time was nowhere in sight and would be postponed again. Cheng Cheng's nickname "Cheng Wu Ji" would become even more famous.

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On Weibo:
"Love Apartment must continue filming, and the original cast must be used!!!"

“Season 2! Really looking forward to it.”

"I'm really looking forward to it. I really love Hu Yifei. She fits the image of a proud, unbridled, passionate and sexy beauty in my mind. She is my favorite character in 2021. I hope the filming can be completed and aired soon, and then I can shoot three, four, five, six, seven or eight more episodes of her..."

"The first season is so good, hurry up and film it, I'm counting on this show to survive!"

"Hurry up and arrange it! The IP of Love Apartment is really good!"

"My best friend is by my side, and my beloved is across from me. Welcome back to Love Apartment!!!"

"I am dying of laughter. The reporter's words, 'When asked about Chinese Paladin III, Cheng Cheng was hesitant and refused to answer. I guess the filming schedule is far away and will be delayed again', so funny, hahahahaha."

"Brother Frog is so cute~"

Now, Shinhwa Company has started filming a TV series "Love Apartment" and is waiting to launch four movies (adapted scripts). It is almost running at full capacity and all its actors have been arranged.

When Lin Yin saw Wang Hong and Wen Lian filming movies one after another and playing important roles, she felt mixed emotions, ashamed of herself, envious and unwilling.

But after receiving the movie script prepared by Cheng Cheng for her, her inner emotions were immediately replaced by unprecedented excitement and anticipation!

It turns out that Director Cheng has me in his eyes.

-

The crew of the second season of Love Apartment.

“First scene, first take, first time.”

"action!"

Cheng Cheng and Beret stood behind the monitor, and the waiter sat on a small stool, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, monitoring the images on the monitor.

This scene tells the story of Xiaoxian, Ziqiao, Yifei and Guan Gu who made an appointment to go to a newly opened bar and happened to meet Zhang Wei who came out of the bar bathroom.

The waiter felt that Cheng Cheng and Beret's gazes were like a thorn in his back. He secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. At this time, the scene was over. Wen Lian saw that the waiter was still not calling for a stop, so she asked:
"Director, have you passed this scene? Why haven't you called cut yet?"

The waiter reacted quickly and shouted, "Cut!"

Wen Lian asked: "Director, do you want another take?"

"Do you want another one?" The waiter turned to look at Cheng Cheng and Beret behind him.

Cheng Cheng and Beret seemed unaware and continued chatting among themselves.

Today, Beret has become a powerful figure in the company. He presides over the company's young director support program, and a large number of directors in the company have been trained by him.

Seeing that Cheng Cheng and Beret did not respond, Xiao Er spoke tentatively:
"P-P-"

Beret: “Hmm?”

The waiter quickly changed his words: "Then it didn't pass——"

Cheng Cheng: “Hmm?”

Wen Lian was dissatisfied: "Director, did this one pass or not?"

The waiter looked at Cheng Cheng and Beret with a sad face.

Beret frowned and said, "Whether it's passed or not, it's up to you to decide. Look at what we're doing. You're the chief director now."

"Yeah, how do we know? We're not the director. Weird~" Cheng Cheng whistled and walked away
The man in the beret followed and asked curiously, "Director Cheng, what song are you playing?"

Cheng Cheng: "Can't you hear it?"

Beret: “I can’t tell.”

Cheng Cheng: "Oh, then you really can't hear it."

Beret: "Can you teach me?"

Cheng Cheng: "Do you want to learn?"

The waiter looked at Cheng Cheng and Beret who were walking away, then looked at Wen Lian, and said timidly and weakly:

"Keep one? Then another one?"

Hearing his words, the prop master rearranged the scene, the lighting engineer rearranged the lights, and Wen Lian and others returned to their original positions, ready to reshoot.

Some extras are dissatisfied. This director is struggling for a long time over whether it passed or not. Is it really okay?

Next to him, Zhang Zijie's girlfriend He Xiu almost laughed out loud. She realized that Director Cheng and Director Dao were definitely deliberately teasing Director Xiao Er. Hahahaha, it was so funny.

Soon, the set-up was completed and the filming began again. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside and the filming was forced to stop. The waiter stood up and asked angrily, "Where is the stage manager?! What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"

The stagehand came over in a hurry and said, "Director, I'm sorry, a girl suddenly barged in and said she wanted to see Director Cheng."

Waiter: "See Director Cheng? Are you a fan of Director Cheng? Get out of here right away!"

The stagehand said with a bitter face, "Director, you can't get rid of her. The girl insisted on seeing Director Cheng no matter what. She's trying to kill herself. And she doesn't look like a fan, but more like a star."

Not like a fan?
Is it a star?
Could it be that XXX in Director Cheng's circle was abandoned by Director Cheng and came to him? Considering Director Cheng's suave and charming appearance, it seems that this possibility is not impossible.
The other crew members also looked over, with an excited gleam in their eyes.

The waiter hesitated for a while and said, "Go ask Director Cheng."

Field staff: “Okay.”

The waiter stopped the others and said, "Stop, stop looking! Go do what you need to do!"

The stage manager quickly went to find Cheng Cheng.

Cheng Cheng asked the staff to bring the person in.

As soon as the girl saw Cheng Cheng, tears started to flow down her face and she couldn't stop them at all, just like a floodgate was opened.

Cheng Cheng: “So it’s you.”

The girl who came to see him was the second female lead in "Giving Birth to a Daughter", Yue Xinling.

At the Cannes Film Festival, Cheng Cheng was also present when "Being a Daughter" was screened. After the movie ended, Bai Bei wanted to shake hands with Cheng Cheng, but was rejected by Cheng Cheng. The footage was sent back to China, and Bai Bei was ridiculed by the crowd. The movie "Being a Daughter" was also pushed to the forefront.

"Why did you come to see me?" Cheng Cheng looked at her leisurely.

Yue Xinling's lips were pale and her hair was messy. When she heard Cheng Cheng's question, her tears shed even more and she seemed particularly hopeless:
"I, I've been banned. I can't be a star anymore."

"Oh." Cheng Cheng calmly said that he knew, and then spread his hands and said, "Then what? What does this have to do with me?"

Yue Xinling cried until her eyes were red and swollen:
“But I was deceived.

At the beginning, Director Luo Wei found me and said that she admired me very much and that I was one of the few actresses in the entertainment industry who was very spiritual and full of cinematic and storytelling sense. She said that she wanted to find me to film a movie. She said that most of the movies directed by male directors are full of male perspectives. She said that she was a female director and could film the plight of women. Only female directors could understand women. She said that feminism was popular in Europe at that time, and it would definitely be a hit if she took it to Europe for exhibition.

Although there were many revealing scenes in the film, I was moved. I believed what she said about conveying women's voices and power. I believed what she said about helping me win an award. She also said that Ms. Bai Bei would join the cast to play the leading female role, which reassured me.

I thought that Ms. Bai Bei was a queen of the screen and her vision in selecting scripts must be better than mine. With her joining, it must be a good script, so I joined. However, I didn't expect that the film was not shortlisted for the main competition unit and finally did not win any awards.

What Director Luo Wei said on the stage was so excessive that it offended the leader of the XX department. The company called me and said that I was going to be banned, but I didn’t do anything at all. I just made a movie!

Moreover, I felt something was wrong halfway through filming. Some scenes were too explicit, and it was not written that way at all in the script. My fans would definitely stop following me after the film was released. But I was already helpless at the time. I had already signed the contract, and the company also put pressure on me, saying that director Luo Wei was not to be offended. Director Luo Wei then told me that it didn't matter if fans stopped following me, and that this movie could help me attract some feminist fans. Director Luo Wei half forced me to film the film.

I am obviously just the second female lead. The movie was directed by Luo Wei, the first female lead is Teacher Bai Bei, and she was also the main force in the promotion. Why was I the one who was banned in the end? They were not banned, only I was banned. Wow.
Furthermore, in Cannes, director Luo Wei asked me to accompany the film distributor in order to sell the film at a good price."

"So, you really think you are innocent?"

Wen Lian appeared at some point in time. She looked at Yue Xinling with a cold expression.

Yue Xinling cried:

"They lied to me. It's not fair."

Wen Lian snorted coldly:
"Everyone has to be responsible for their own choices, either by taking responsibility or paying a price. If she says you are one of the few actresses in the entertainment industry with great talent, do you believe her? If she says she can help you win an award, can she really help you win it?"

Yue Xinling retorted: "I am the victim!"

Wen Lian: "Victim? Then why do you put yourself in the position of a victim?"

Yue Xinling: "Can you blame me for this?"

Wen Lian smiled:

"How can this not be your fault? Do you know that what Luo Wei said to you, she also said to Yan Gou'er, that she was the first person Luo Wei approached, but guess what? Did Yan Gou'er join the game as foolishly as you did? You are just greedy for an award in Cannes, you are just advocating feminism, remember, you were not deceived, you just failed in your investment, you can't blame anyone else for all this, you can only blame yourself for being stupid."

"Wait a minute." Cheng Cheng interrupted, "When did Luo Wei say those words to Xiao Gou'er?"

Wen Lian then remembered that Cheng Cheng didn't know anything about it, so she let it slip. She said, "Luo Wei told Xiao Gou'er at the Golden Film Festival last year."

Cheng Cheng's eyes were cold: "Luo Wei has already decided to die."

Then he asked again: "Why didn't you two tell me at the time, otherwise I would have dealt with her long ago."

Wen Lian explained: "Xiao Gou'er and I were just afraid that Director Cheng would be impulsive, and this was just a small matter, so Xiao Gou'er refused on the spot."

Yue Xinling was distraught:
Did Luo Wei lie to me about those nice words? She had already told others that it was rare, very spiritual, full of movie and storytelling. It turned out that it was a scam from the beginning to the end.

She has always treated me as a tool——

"So," Wen Lian said, "you deserve to be banned. Luo Wei has been a filmmaker all her life, and has a complex network of connections in the Beijing circle. There are countless people protecting her. Bai Bei can't be banned. She is a movie queen, and banning her will have too much impact. So in the end, you have to be sacrificed. First, your status is low, so it doesn't matter. Second, the scale of your movie is really too big, so it's okay to be banned."

The hatred for Luo Wei in Yue Xinling's eyes grew even stronger. She suddenly knelt down in front of Cheng Cheng. Her thin body was like a small white flower in the wind, swaying precariously.

"Director Cheng, please help me."

Cheng Cheng stared at her, unmoved: "Why should I help you? Your predicament has nothing to do with me."

Upon hearing this, Yue Xinling's face turned even paler. She knelt and took a few steps forward, her snow-white skirt stained. "Director Cheng, I'm really desperate. Now in the entire industry, you're the only one who can help me."

Cheng Cheng's voice was very cold: "If I can help you, I should help you? What kind of logic is that?"

Yue Xinling puffed out her chest and looked at Cheng Cheng stubbornly and resolutely: "I can pay any price as long as Director Cheng can help me."

Cheng Cheng was puzzled:
Damn, you’re eating and taking at the same time, right?
You want me to help you, but you also like my body. What are you thinking about?
Cheng Cheng yawned and said:
"Boring, there's nothing about you that I like."

Having said that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

The crew members who were watching this scene quickly retracted their gazes. The waiter also whistled and looked up at the sky: Ah, what a clear sky today!
Yue Xinling shouted at Cheng Cheng's back, her voice like tears of blood:

"Director Cheng, I...I really have no other options. Please give me a chance. I can do anything!"

Cheng Cheng suddenly turned around, and regained the look of Lu Bingkun, the fraud boss in "All or Nothing", with a ferocious and terrifying look as if he was choosing someone to devour. "I said, I won't help!!! Don't affect the crew's filming!"

Yue Xinling felt like a sieve and was almost frightened to death.

Cheng Cheng leaned over and stared at her: "Do you need me to repeat it?"

Yue Xinling quickly shook her head:
"no no"

Cheng Cheng straightened up, turned around and left without saying a word.

He doesn't like stupid people like this.

Seeing Cheng Cheng leave without any reluctance, Yue Xinling's fantasy was shattered. It seemed as if all the strength in her frail body was drained away in an instant, and not even the last glimmer of hope was left.

Wen Lian looked at her and went to film as well.

But Yue Xinling did not leave. She was banned and had nowhere to go, so she stayed in the crew, staring blankly at Wen Lian, Zhang Zijie and others filming. During the filming, He Xiu handed her a bottle of mineral water, but she did not drink it.

At noon, the crew members ate boxed lunches and no one paid any attention to her.

In the afternoon, after finishing a scene and changing clothes, Wen Lian found her:
"Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Yue Xinling: "I don't know where to go."

Wen Lian said, "Help the props team move things this afternoon."

"?" Yue Xinling looked at her with a gleam in her eyes.

Wen Lian said, "I said you were stupid, you really are. Why do you think Director Cheng let you stay on the set and didn't chase you away?"

Yue Xinling wanted to ask more, but Wen Lian had already left.

So throughout the afternoon, Yue Xinling started helping the props team move props and clean up the set. It can be said that she would appear wherever she was needed. Of course, her appearance was not a good thing.

She is clumsy and often makes a mess wherever she goes, and the more she helps, the more trouble she makes.

Someone looked at Cheng Cheng's expression, and seeing that Cheng Cheng turned a blind eye, no one stopped her.

By the evening, Yue Xinling's white dress had become dirty, and her face was covered with dust. But she was not discouraged, nor did she complain. When she took a break, she looked at Cheng Cheng longingly, as if waiting for Cheng Cheng to summon her at any time.

But Cheng Cheng had no time to pay attention to her.

Just like that, one hour, two hours, three hours passed, and when today's scene was almost finished, Cheng Cheng finally waved to her, and Yue Xinling responded quickly and rushed to Cheng Cheng.

Cheng Cheng frowned:

"Who asked you to be so busy on the set?"

Yue Xinling: "Yes, it was me."

Cheng Cheng snorted coldly: "If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were a rival. The more you help, the more trouble you make."

Yue Xinling lowered her head and rubbed her fingers together: "I'm sorry, Director Cheng. I'm too stupid."

Cheng Cheng waved his hand, no longer dwelling on this topic, and asked:

"Are you sure you don't hate me?"

Yue Xinling raised his head, shook his head and said:

"Don't hate!"

"Really?" Cheng Cheng said, "If I hadn't taken the lead, your movie wouldn't have been able to gain such momentum, and you wouldn't have been banned. In the final analysis, I'm largely responsible for your current situation. Of course, don't expect me to feel guilty or anything. In my opinion, you deserved to be banned for making that movie."

Yue Xinling said: "Director Cheng, I really don't hate you. First of all, we were wrong. It was Luo Wei who passed the blame to me, it was Bai Bei who cut ties and left, it was my company that didn't do anything, it was me who was too stupid. I have no reason to throw away so many people to hate you. My suffering was caused by them and myself, it has nothing to do with you."

Cheng Cheng: “Really?”

Yue Xinling said firmly: "Really!"

Cheng Cheng sneered, and without trying to tell whether it was true or not, he said:

"Okay, then I'll give you a chance."

Yue Xinling was immediately delighted.

"But don't be too happy too soon." Cheng Cheng said, "I need you for three years. During these three years, you have to play minor roles for me, with only one or two lines. After three years, I won't give you a clear guarantee about whether you will play the first, second or third female lead. Everything depends on your level and my mood. Do you agree?"

Yue Xinling didn't say anything immediately.

Fuck! Cheng Cheng cursed inwardly.

Out of sight, out of mind. Cheng Cheng didn't want to see her again. He wanted Yue Xinling to disappear from his sight.

Damn, Wang Baoqiang has been a supporting actor for three years!

At that time, Wang Baoqiang was facing a hopeless future. No one knew what the outcome would be if he kept running, not even himself. At least Cheng Cheng gave Yue Xinling some hope.

She doesn't even agree to this. Is she more awesome than Baoqiang?
Cheng Cheng didn't waste any words and left immediately.

Yue Xinling grabbed Cheng Cheng's arm, knelt down quickly, and begged, "Director Cheng, I promise, I promise!"

Cheng Cheng looked down at her:

"You hesitated."

Yue Xinling was so scared that she cried: "I didn't become a director, I just reacted slowly!"

Cheng Cheng looked at her, and said in silence for a long while, "Stand up now."

"Oh~", Yue Xinling stood up and didn't take a picture of her skirt, because it didn't matter whether she took a picture of her skirt or not.

Cheng Cheng: "Did your previous agency let you go?"

"No, they just notified me that I was banned, but they didn't terminate my contract." Yue Xinling shook her head and looked at Cheng Cheng worriedly, afraid that Cheng Cheng would give up on her because of this.

Cheng Cheng: "Give me your chairman's phone number, you have it, right?"

Yue Xinling said quickly: "Yes, yes!"

Cheng Cheng sent the phone number to Li Zhuo and asked Li Zhuo to communicate with the other party, and then said to Yue Xinling: "Report to the company tomorrow and find Li Zhuo and let her arrange it for you. Now~"

Cheng Cheng looked her up and down:
"Go back quickly, it's so dirty."

A blush flashed across Yue Xinling's face.

-

At night, hotel.

Cheng Cheng placed Wen Lian's beautiful legs on his shoulders and worked hard.

Wen Lian bit her lower lip tightly, resting her hands on Cheng Cheng's chest, her peach blossom eyes sparkling.

This is Cheng Cheng’s purpose for being in the Love Apartment crew today. Otherwise, would he be staying in the crew for nothing?

Twenty minutes later, after making love, the diligent Master Cheng stopped, wiped Wen Lian, and then the two of them hugged each other tenderly. Wen Lian's skin was as delicate as milk and as smooth as satin.

Cheng Cheng played with her nose, sniffed her neck, hugged her from behind, and asked:

"Why did you help Yue Xinling today?"

Wen Lian turned her head and said, "Director Cheng? Did you figure it out?"

Cheng Cheng: "What else? You told her to help out on the set, right?"

Wen Lian nodded: "Yes~it's me."

Cheng Cheng asked: "Why?"

Wen Lian sighed:

"She reminded me of my past self. When I scolded her, I probably felt really bad for my past self~"

Cheng Cheng held her tightly.

(End of this chapter)