James Chip knew that nowadays, audiences were increasingly harder to fool. From the script and the actors' skills to dubbing and costume props, the audience could critique everything, and nailing each aspect was crucial to producing a good drama.
"Cut! That's enough for this scene. Go over there and rest, have some water." James Chip spoke a few words to his assistant, then went to check the filming situation at the other camera positions.
When he got there, he found Mona Calm and a few female supporting roles including Hibiscus Wood, acting out a scene where Mona Calm, playing a palace maid, relayed messages for Honored Princess Consort Dawn.
Nowadays, there were vacancies in the palace's hierarchy because the Emperor had not long ascended the throne, and his imperial concubines had yet to bear children.