Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 96: Beautiful

"Cut!"

Someone immediately pulled Shen Jintai out of the river. He had become a chicken in soup*. The staff came forward and wrapped him in a blanket. Even though it was summer, the river was still pretty cold.

*Chicken in soup (落汤鸡) = metaphor referring to those who are completely soaked or have suffered great loss of fame and fortune. In this context it's the former.

This one finally passed. He had jumped into the river three times before. Xiao Tang hurriedly handed him his thermos cup. He drank the hot tea and went to the monitor. Lu Ming said: "Thank you for your hard work."

Shen Jintai watched the clip he had just shot, but he didn't actually see the difference between this one and the previous ones. He was often confused working with this director. Sometimes Lu Ming would take several shots in a row but wouldn't tell him the specific areas that wasn't good. After retaking it many times, he looked back and couldn't see what was different between them. It all comes down to trusting the great director.

Shen Jintai had become excited looking at his scene just now. It was cruel and burning.

After the filming, he went to the RV to rest. The crew assistant had already delivered a lunch box. Shen Jintai was video chatting with Shen Xiaomei while eating. This was a decompression method he discovered by chance, which is extremely useful.

The film of the war drama <Pilot> was very arduous. The psychological damage it had on the actors was severe. The crew had invited special personnel to provide psychological counseling to the actors to assist. Shen Jintai though felt that, no matter how skilled they were, it wasn't as good as Shen Xiaomei when it comes to relieving him.

The child calling him "brother" in her milky voice was so cute that it made his heart want to melt. Every time he video chats with Shen Xiaomei, he becomes very happy.

Usually, Liu Qi would accompany her and occasional Shen Ruhai would also be there, though he didn't talk much. He would occasionally chat with him, making small talk, like asking about work and how's the food in the crew and so forth. Shen Jintai had heard from Liu Qi that Shen Ruhai had started doing business again and opened a small factory as a joint venture with a friend. He had used all the money Shen Jintai have given for this.

After the video chat was over, Shen Jintai planned to sleep for a while. Li Meilan said: "The Hope Elementary School in Xima Township is about to start construction. The local government had invited you to attend the groundbreaking ceremony. Are you going to go?"

"Not going." Shen Jintai was lying on the couch. His expression was tired and there was a small scar on his cheek. He said lightly: "Don't have them commemorate my name at the school and don't let the company post any PR about it."

Li Meilan felt that not only did Shen Jintai's personality change drastically, but he even acted unexpectedly low-key. Fortunately, when he signed the contract, Monsoon Entertainment gave him great freedom. His low-key style was really a bit incompatible with Monsoon.

For participating in <Pilot>, Shen Jintai's salary was not high, but there were lots of endorsements. Between the daily expenses while in the crew, the company's commission fees, gifts to the Yan family, and the living expenses of the Shen family, Shen Jintai didn't have much left. He took more than half of what's remaining and donated it to Hope Elementary School in the Northwest region.

It had costed millions. Li Meilan had admired him very much.

Seeing that Shen Jintai was tired, she left. After giving Xiao Tang a few words, she went through the relevant procedures related to Hope Elementary School. This was the first time she had experience the cumbersome process of donations. While tiresome, doing charity always made people motivated.