"Let's go watch the play," Wen Nuan said excitedly, pulling Chen Xueru aside to observe. Bai Xiwen had a stand-in actor who, under the assistant director's orders, quickly got her makeup done and changed her clothes. But the stand-in's acting just wasn't cutting it, and it looked like the director was about to blow his top again. The script supervisor, planner, and assistant director were all sweating bullets.
The assistant director glanced at Chen Xueru, considering having her stand in for a scene, but Chen Xueru declined.
Director Lin demanded something close to perfection, and today they had to get this scene right. Everyone was so anxious they didn't know what to do next, as there was simply no other stand-in to perform, and there were few young female actors present on set that day.
