25 You Idio (2/2)
During the process of filming, Sun Weiwei could not seem to get into it and ended up putting on a very unnatural performance. The director had no choice but to call her out, ”What's wrong? Are you unwell?”
”I need some rest,” she answered, her hands shaky, before turning around to enter the nanny van.
The director then proceeded to film the other scenes involving the other actors.
An Xiaoning constantly weaved through the crowd, looking out for actors to touch up their faded makeup.
”Whoever that is… come here and touch up Sis Weiwei's makeup,” ordered Sun Weiwei's assistant.
”Alright, coming!”
A strange, pungent odour attacked An Xiaoning's senses as soon as she got into the van. Afraid to ask about it, she simply moved next to Sun Weiwei and went ahead with touching up her makeup all over again. However, An Xiaoning soon realized that there was a spot on her face that cannot be touched up anymore.
”Ms. Sun, there's pus oozing out of the wound on your face. It shouldn't be covered with makeup anymore, lest it becomes infected and deteriorates.”
Without consideration, Sun Weiwei retorted, ”Would I not be aware of that? How am I supposed to continue filming without makeup? Are you going to stand in for me?”
An Xiaoning was about to explode with anger, but she suppressed it and kept mum. She reminded herself not to get into too much conflict, especially since she wanted to keep the job for at least a month.
It was lucky that the wound was rather small and, after cleaning away the pus and debris around the spot, it could be concealed very well with a fresh layer of powder.
Just as she was about to stand up and leave, carrying her tools, An Xiaoning accidentally tripped over the foot of Sun Weiwei's assistant, who was sitting opposite her. She fell forward and landed on the seat next to the assistant. A small pouch was crushed beneath her.
Before An Xiaoning could even react, Sun Weiwei pushed her aside and hollered while staring daggers at her, ”You idiot! I'll kill you if you damaged my precious treasure.”
She then unzipped the pouch and took out a small, clear jar containing a white powdered substance. ”Sis Weiwei…” exclaimed her assistant frantically.
Although Sun Weiwei had subconsciously put the jar back into her pouch, An Xiaoning still managed to catch a glimpse of it nonetheless.
”Scram, now!”
An Xiaoning let out a huge sigh. She felt a strong urge to vent her anger and give Sun Weiwei a tight slap for chiding her, even though she did not sit on the jar on purpose. However, on second thought, she decided to endure the humiliation and not retaliate.
After closing the door of the van, Sun Weiwei's assistant worriedly apologized, ”I'm sorry, Sis Weiwei. If it weren't for my leg, she wouldn't have tripped and that wouldn't have happened…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Sun Weiwei interjected, ”She can't continue working with the production unit. Come here, I'll tell you something.”
The assistant leaned in, and Sun Weiwei whispered into her ear before ending off her sentence by saying, ”Do as I instructed.”
”Alright.”
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It was already past 5 PM by the time the filming ended. An Xiaoning was exhausted. Although it was not labor-intensive, constantly having to stand around and touch up the actors' makeup was also tiring. Thus, as soon as she was finished with her duties that day, she quickly rushed to board the coach.
At that very moment, Sun Weiwei's assistant appeared again and asked, ”What's your name?”
”An Ning,” An Xiaoning said. It was the name she had used during the job application. She removed the character 'Xiao' to prevent people from recognizing her name.
”Oh, An Ning, will you come with me for a while? I have something to ask you.”
”But we're leaving real soon. You can ask me about it when we get back,” answered An Xiaoning. She was feeling that something was amiss, though she did not know why the assistant was looking for her.Weibo: a popular Chinese social media platform