Chapter 14: Akemi's Troubles (Happy New Year to all book friends!)
At the same time that Kanako and Lin Shuichi were enjoying hot springs, beer, and end stove grilling together in the guesthouse. Superintendent Mizukawa is leading the crew in a busy filming job.
"Stop!"
"Akemi-chan, your emotions are not right, I need you to show the character's heartfelt love for the ingredients......"
"I'm sorry, Superintendent Mizukawa, I'm so sorry for everyone!"
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Although Akemi's apology was very sincere, she didn't see any celebrity shelves at all. However, because of her problems, the rest time of the entire crew was repeatedly delayed. This puts Akemi under extremely heavy pressure invisibly. The more you try to perform better in front of the camera, the worse the shooting effect will be. This repetition seems to be in an unsolvable cycle.
Akemi walked to the resting place with a depressed expression, and the staff handed her a cup of hot tea. Akemi thanked her and took a sip before calming her emotions. At this moment, Akemi's mood has fallen to the extreme, and she can't even watch the drama at all.
"Attention to all the staff, we will shoot again in ten minutes, please hurry up and adjust your work status, although it is very late, everyone is very hard, but please work hard!"
"What's the matter, can you suddenly improve that guy's acting skills by shooting one more thing?"
"Hey, be quiet, people are also idol stars no matter what, don't you know that one of the main selling points of this show is her?"
"If you can't act, what if you're an idol star? Who is it because we have to work so late every day?"
"Okay, instead of complaining, it's better to stick to it, maybe after Superintendent Mizukawa filmed this one, he will be forced to give up like the previous few times, and directly ask the screenwriter Miss Kimura to revise the script......"
"I hope so!"
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It's already two o'clock in the morning, and it's been a long time since the scheduled end of filming. It can be said that everyone's mood has become a little impatient because of the long hours of work. Even many people no longer care about Akemi's star status and openly question her ability. How does this make Akemi not feel anxious?
As the time approached little by little, Akemi couldn't raise the slightest desire to perform. It wasn't until Mizukawa's overseer came to remind her that she should go over, and Akemi instinctively wanted to escape from here. Under such circumstances, how can Akemi contribute an outstanding performance?
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"Stop!"
As Akemi suddenly forgets words during the performance, Superintendent Mizukawa stops the entire crew again.
"Alas!"
A series of sighs sounded one after another on the set, and Superintendent Mizukawa looked at Akemi who was standing in front of the camera at a loss without saying a word, although she was very angry in her heart, but she couldn't say any words of reproach.
If the actor himself didn't work hard enough, Superintendent Mizukawa would naturally not be polite to him. But Akemi didn't work hard enough to meet Mizukawa's requirements. The environment in which Mizushima Ikumi's character grew up is very different from Akemi. And Akemi's life experience and acting experience can't allow her to fully express the image of the character of Mizushima Ikumi.
"Forget it, that's all for today, thank you for your hard work today. ”
Superintendent Mizukawa stood up from behind the monitor, bowed deeply to all the staff present to express his gratitude, and then left the scene after handing over the matter to his deputy.
"I'm so sorry!"
Akemi bowed deeply to Superintendent Mizukawa, who walked by, feeling extremely ashamed from the bottom of her heart. It's a pity that today, the overseer Mizukawa, who has been emaciated by his work, no longer has any mood to comfort this newcomer.
"Superintendent, what about those scenes tomorrow?"
Just as Superintendent Mizukawa was about to walk out of the set, his deputy, Yoshida, who was in charge of the filming schedule, suddenly chased after him and asked Superintendent Mizukawa about tomorrow's filming arrangements.
"Didn't you already explain it before?"
"Superintendent, there will be a few scenes tomorrow with Miss Sonoji's shots, I think we should make a plan in advance, and also, does the screenwriter Kimura need to say hello? After all, the filming of our scene today is still not going well!"
"I don't want to think about work now, I'll talk about it tomorrow, and ...... It's better for you and Kanako to communicate with each other about revising the script."
"I see, Superintendent, I'm sorry to bother you so late!"
Yoshida bowed down and apologized to Superintendent Mizukawa, and it wasn't until Superintendent Mizukawa left the set that Yoshida sighed and straightened up again.
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After returning to her residence from the set, Akemi could no longer control her emotions. She threw herself on the bed and wept bitterly.
Akemi is not ignorant of everyone's dissatisfaction. In fact, he knows better than anyone what the show's biggest challenge is. That is his immature acting skills. But what can Akemi do?
Ever since she received a business card from her agent when she was 14 years old while shopping, Akemi has embarked on a path that is very different from her peers. Since then, his normal campus life has been completely out of touch. She was transferred from a private girls' school for the purpose of entering Tokyo University to Horikoshi Gakuen, which is famous for nurturing stars in the entertainment industry. Since then, her curriculum has no longer only those that are available in ordinary schools, but also many courses such as physical and dance to prepare her for entering the entertainment industry in the future.
For many days and nights, Akemi sweated like rain in the practice room, just to come as soon as possible on the day of her debut. How many of these peers couldn't stand the training and courses arranged by the agency, and were finally forced to withdraw from this star-making competition. Akemi has come this way, and only she knows how much suffering she has suffered. Fortunately, relying on her innate excellent conditions and popular personality, Akemi finally stood out from countless competitors in the same period and became the most dazzling of all.
But as an idol female star who is good at singing and dancing, it does not mean that she can survive in this industry for a long time. Because too many young boys and girls follow this path every year to join the entertainment industry. Those who are good at eloquence will learn manga, rakugo, and take becoming a comedy artist their ultimate goal. And those outstanding-looking boys are girls, and they all take it as their goal to become a young and beautiful idol singer. Either of these two paths is too difficult.
The career of an idol is only a few short years, because there are always younger newcomers emerging. But the show business industry is different, and the professional life of an artist can be extended with the growth of acting skills. But what Akemi didn't expect at the beginning was that this road would be so difficult.