Contract Marriage: Let's Make It Real, Mrs. Sterling!-Chapter 346 - 345: The Two Crew Members

Ian Lee usually doesn’t say much to actors, if he doesn’t make them cry, it’s already pretty good.

But Mia Sutton is still young, and it’s her first time shooting this kind of film, it’s inevitable for her to have some psychological issues when facing these situations.

So it’s better to mention it to her early.

Mia: "Director Lawson, don’t worry, I won’t affect the shooting."

This kind of talk doesn’t warrant any concerns.

Ian: "..." It seems like she misunderstood his point, but that’s okay too, as long as she’s not affected by those comments.

Ian looked up and saw Jensen Sterling walking over from not far behind Mia, then seemed to think of something.

Shouted, "Jensen Sterling, come over for a moment."

Mia, after seeing Ian’s expression, turned her head back and saw Jensen, dressed in his character’s costume, walking towards her.

When Jensen heard Ian’s voice, his footsteps paused for a moment, then he continued walking over.

Ian waved his hand broadly, "Well, it’s Mia’s first time filming a movie; she’s unfamiliar with some things. As her senior, help her get familiar, especially with the script, run through it with her, okay?"

After saying this, he even frowned slightly, speaking with some indignation, "At the end of the day, she’s from your company. As her senior, how can you not even speak to her? I haven’t heard about you being such a big star now."

"This won’t do, you need to practice together to build camaraderie, otherwise, how are you going to shoot the film?"

Perhaps it was because of seeing those negative comments about Mia, so Ian felt somewhat guilty. Part of the reason for her being criticized was his fault too.

Now seeing that the male and female leads don’t even talk to each other, his temper rose, and he said off a streak at Jensen.

After scolding for several minutes, he barely stopped, then turned to Mia with a gentle face, "Alright, just follow your senior and learn well. If he finds you annoying, just come and tell me."

Ian spoke very quickly, just rattling off a string of words, and the person he was talking to was Jensen Sterling.

In this circle, probably only Ian dares to talk to Jensen like that.

After finishing, he left in a hurry, leaving Mia alone bewildered in the wind.

Mia: "..." Her eyes were round, and she blinked several times, not even able to respond to what just happened.

After Ian’s tirade, even her bad mood from reading those comments was gone.

Now she was in a completely confused state.

Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?

Jensen stood where he was, listened to Ian finish speaking, and looked at the person beside him, now in a daze—her mouth slightly ajar in surprise.

Playfulness glinted in Jensen’s eyes, and he spoke with a tone of amusement, "Ms. Sutton, am I snobby?"

"Not talking to you?"

"Not helping the junior familiarize with the script?"

Three questions went straight at Mia.

Mia: "..."

After a while, she quietly said, "I was wrong."

Just two days ago, Mia thought with Jensen’s demeanor, it would definitely make others in the crew suspicious about something.

So, she seriously suggested minimizing their interactions while in the crew.

Jensen didn’t say anything at the time.

But Mia didn’t expect that her suggestion of reducing interactions resulted in him having zero interactions with her in the crew.

...

It has to be said, Jensen’s level is a notch higher.

Having been in the crew for so long, he knows very well that it’s impossible for the male and female leads to have no interaction, especially in Ian’s crew.

It was inevitable that Ian would say something.

And here it is.

Jensen watched the young girl wrinkle her lips, looking all guilty, then said, "So Ms. Sutton, shall we go over the script now?"

Mia only then realized Jensen’s address for her, unconsciously licking her lips, then opened her mouth and said, "Yes."

Ian had already spoken out, so Mia dared not disobey, obediently following Jensen.

The online matters were immediately tossed to the back of her mind.

Online commenters are nowhere near as influential as Jensen is to her.

...

The two found an empty spot, sat down, Mia placed the script on her lap, opened it, and lifted her eyes to ask, "Where shall we start today?"

Although they didn’t interact much in the crew and seemingly hadn’t practiced, in fact, how could that be true?

Mia took this film very seriously, partly to quickly improve her abilities, and partly not to waste such a good script.

If because of her, the final effect of the film wasn’t good, Mia figured she’d want to bury herself alive.

If you don’t do it, don’t do it, but once you do, you must do it well.

So, when she got home, Mia usually brought the script with her and asked Jensen to practice with her.

Just sometimes, during the practice, they’d deviate a bit from the script.

Mind you, there were still intimate scenes in the script.

But it has to be said, Jensen indeed has his unique approaches in acting, and Mia was able to learn a lot through their practice.

...

Upon Mia’s question, Jensen flipped through the script and said, "Shall we start from scene 54?"

Mia took a look, nodded, and said okay.

That scene happens to be the first time the male lead formally requests the female lead to accompany him.

Usually when they meet, he only asks to listen to her performance, nothing more, this is the first time he’s asked her to accompany him.

The emotions of both characters in this scene are very restrained, as Rosalind has been through much, making a living in the building, even if she has a favorable impression of this person, she still guards against him.

And Seth is the same, being a soldier, he cannot easily trust others, but... he finds himself unable to resist being moved by her.

On one hand there’s reason, on the other is emotion, blended yet conflicting, a very complex emotion.

Expressing such emotions is challenging, it’s a struggle between reason and emotion.

But with Jensen’s guidance and her own innate talent, Mia managed to perform it quite smoothly.

After finishing one part, Mia still had a sense of wanting more.

One must know that in such partner scenes, the counterpart is very important, a good actor can elevate his partner’s performance in a scene.

Mia also knew Jensen was teaching her, so she was learning very conscientiously.

After a good while, they finally stopped, Mia lifted her eyes, smiled slyly, "Thank you, Mr. Sterling, for teaching."

Clearly, this "teacher" had a different meaning from the usual one she used.

Jensen chuckled softly, understanding, and replied, "Also because Student Sutton is clever."

Mia smiled with her eyes curved.

At this moment, a voice came from beside them, "I wonder if Mr. Sterling has some time, there’s a scene I don’t quite understand, could we practice it?"