Chapter 17
The True White Moonlight: Huanzhu Part 2
Fan Binbin held "The World's Number One" in his hands, his heart filled with regret.
That's just how people are; they pursue perfection and dislike imperfections.
"Zhou Yan, if you ever make a film called 'The World's Number One', you must reserve the role of Shangguan Haitang for me." Fan Binbin really likes the role of Shangguan Haitang.
"Okay, I'll play Gui Hai Yi Dao then, and we'll even have a kissing scene," Zhou Yan suddenly thought of the scene where Huo Jianhua French kissed Ye Xuan. When the TV series aired, Huo Jianhua was criticized a lot for taking advantage of her!
"You're always taking advantage of me," Fan Binbin said, hitting Zhou Yan with a mix of embarrassment and annoyance, seemingly venting her anger but actually just playing around.
Zhou Yan didn't say anything, just looked at Fan Binbin. He liked the way the other person was like this.
A few days later, Fan Binbin's landlord returned from his trip.
Upon learning about Fan Binbin's situation, he immediately grabbed the spare key to open the door.
Fan Binbin finally returned to his "long-lost" residence.
Zhou Yan followed him inside and looked around the room.
Fan Binbin's place was smaller than my place, and the room had very few things, making it seem unusually empty.
There was a wallet on the table, and a key next to it, just as Fan Binbin had said, you could find it as soon as you entered the house.
"Please sit wherever you like. I'll go back to my room to change my clothes first." Fan Binbin had been wearing the same clothes for several days, and they were almost smelly!
"Okay," Zhou Yan walked into the room. There was a script of Huanzhugege on the table, which looked like it had been read often.
Zhou Yan picked up the script and casually flipped through a few pages.
The cover is filled with notes and insights.
Zhou Yan was quite surprised. "Binbin has the habit of taking notes?"
Fan Binbin didn't keep Zhou Yan waiting for long; it only took about five minutes.
The door opened, and Fan Binbin walked out of the bedroom.
Zhou Yan turned her head and saw that Fan Binbin had tied her hair into a ponytail, which made her look less mature and more youthful. She was wearing a blue plaid short-sleeved shirt with Hello Kitty printed on it and red shorts. Her long legs were so white they seemed to glow.
Fan Binbin's skin is fair and smooth, like tofu boiled in water.
Zhou Yan has a lot to say on this.
Looking at Fan Binbin in front of him, Zhou Yan thought of the term "white moonlight," the true white moonlight.
Fan Binbin walked up with his hands behind his back, taking small, quick steps.
"What do you want to eat? It's on me tonight," Fan Binbin said generously.
"Let's have barbecue," Zhou Yan said, though he didn't really have any particular food in mind.
But if you don't eat barbecue in the summer, it always feels like something's missing.
"Then it's settled, let's have barbecue!" Fan Binbin was also getting hungry and couldn't wait to go over there.
In the evening, the two met at a barbecue restaurant near the building downstairs.
Fan Binbin ordered a lot of barbecue.
"Would you like a drink?" Fan Binbin asked.
"I'd rather not drink; your stomach isn't good," Zhou Yan shook his head and refused.
"Okay, then let's have some soda," Fan Binbin ordered two more bottles of soda.
The two of them chatted while eating skewers.
"Is the barbecue here any good?"
"The taste is really good," Zhou Yan said, giving a thumbs up.
"That's right. When I was filming 'My Fair Princess,' I went to several restaurants, and this one was the best," Fan Binbin said with a hint of pride.
"Speaking of which, 'Princess Pearl 2' should be starting filming soon, right?" Zhou Yan thought of the script in the other person's room.
If I'm not mistaken, that should be the script for "Princess Pearl II"!
"Yes, the 15th of this month," Fan Binbin nodded.
"It seems that the ratings for 'My Fair Princess' must have been pretty good, otherwise they wouldn't have made a second season." Zhou Yan naturally knew how terrifying the ratings for "My Fair Princess" were; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as "legendary."
"I don't know," Fan Binbin shook his head. "This drama is currently only airing in Taiwan, and they won't tell me the specific ratings."
The TV series "My Fair Princess" had a huge impact on Taiwan, and many people called Chiung Yao's company and China Television Company, hoping to film "My Fair Princess 2".
Upon seeing this, China Television Company formally negotiated with Qiong Yao's company, hoping to meet the public's expectations and film "Princess Pearl II".
Qiong Yao and her husband Ping Xintao initially disagreed, but they were unable to withstand the overwhelmingly strong reaction from the audience and the negotiations with the leaders of China Television Company, and finally decided to start filming.
After accepting the task, Qiong Yao immediately shut herself away and devoted herself to creating the "second part".
It is said that Qiong Yao typed on the computer screen day and night, until both her hands bled. The script was not finished when filming started in Beijing, so she had to write and film at the same time to save time.
"It should be released in mainland China soon too. Get ready to be a star," Zhou Yan recalled. In her previous life, "Princess Pearl" aired on Kyoto Cable TV in November, with an average viewership rating of 44%, which was terrifying.
"Hmm," Fan Binbin was also looking forward to it, after all, which girl doesn't want to be a star? "But these leisurely days will be over soon, I need to eat more to make up for it."
Fan Binbin recalled the scenes from filming "My Fair Princess," describing how tiring, arduous, and stressful it was.
"Eat slowly," Zhou Yan said, knowing how hard it was to eat.
When he chatted with Fan Binbin at night, the other party shared with him the daily life of the "My Fair Princess" crew.
For example, in the play, the prop master couldn't find a black fighting rooster, so he used ink to paint the white rooster black, which caused the actors to get covered in ink every time they held the fighting rooster.
For example, when the crew was filming in Kyoto, the weather was hot. The actors not only wore clothes made of three layers of woolen fabric, but also thick-soled cheongsams. Kneeling would be dangerous, so the crew tied knee pads to everyone's legs.
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On the morning of September 15th, Zhou Yan got up early to cook.
At seven o'clock, the door was opened, and Fan Binbin walked in with practiced ease.
During this time, although Fan Binbin returned to his own residence, he continued to eat at Zhou Yan's place.
This was also an agreement between the two of them.
However, Fan Binbin didn't eat and drink for free; she bought all the ingredients.
"It smells so good!" Fan Binbin looked at the food on the table, her mouth watering.
"Eat more, there might be a lot to do today," Zhou Yan reminded him.
Today marks the start of filming for "My Fair Princess 2," and Fan Binbin, who played the third female lead in the first season, is naturally participating.
"Okay," Fan Binbin nodded, "I won't be back for lunch. I'll save my dinner for dinner."
Don't worry.
Although Fan Binbin went to film a movie, he did not change where he lived.
Since the filming location for "My Fair Princess 2" is the nearby Beijing Film Studio, there is no need to stay in the dormitory provided by the production team.
During the filming of "Princess Pearl 2", a parallel A/B group mechanism was adopted, and the Shufangzhai scene was replicated at a 1:1 scale at the Beijing Film Studio, so they would stay at the Beijing Film Studio for a long time.
"I'm going to the film set now," Fan Binbin said, quickly finished her meal, said goodbye to Zhou Yan, and left.
"come on!"
"Don't worry," Fan Binbin waved her hand with a bright smile.