Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 101: Action Consultant

The other side.

Wang Yanyan ran all the way to the set. After Feng Zhong finished a shot, she leaned towards him, but as soon as she was about to speak, she heard Feng Zhong say impatiently, "If you don’t want to act, that’s fine. I’ll have the screenwriter revise the script and give your scenes to someone else."

Wang Yanyan suddenly panicked and quickly said, "Director Feng, please don’t be angry. I don’t mean I’m unwilling to act, it’s just that there really are scheduling conflicts, so I wanted to..."

"Bang—"

Feng Zhong directly threw down the script, his face stern as he rudely interrupted her.

"Wang Yanyan, you are an actress. An actress’s duty is to perform well and make the audience remember you! Everything else is irrelevant!"

The abruptly raised voice instantly made the set silent; everyone stopped their work and looked towards them.

Wang Yanyan felt wronged, her eyes gradually reddening, pursing her lips without speaking.

Feng Zhong, not satisfied with just scolding her, looked towards the others, very bluntly admonishing them, "I don’t care how famous you are outside, how many commercial performances you’ve done, or which big shots you know. But as long as you are in my Feng Zhong’s crew, you all have to obediently act well in every scene! In the future, without my permission, no one is allowed to leave the crew privately! Otherwise, don’t even think about acting in this production."

The crowd on the set didn’t dare to breathe until suddenly a female voice came from a certain corner.

"Director Feng, I just saw Ye Tong leave and she hasn’t returned yet."

Feng Zhong’s face turned extremely grim as he looked towards her. Wang Yanyan, seeing this, didn’t make a sound either.

The atmosphere in the crew became even more tense than before; everyone had mixed feelings, but none showed it.

Touching Feng Zhong’s sore spot at this time, isn’t that adding fuel to the fire?

Ye Tong is finished!!!

"Yan Jing, send a message to all the actors outside, tell everyone they need to be back in the crew within two hours! Otherwise, this production won’t be filmed!"

...

Ye Tong, who was happily taking photos, suddenly received an unknown phone call.

"Hello, is this Ye Tong? I’m Wang Yanyan."

Ye Tong was slightly surprised that she knew her contact number.

"Yanyan? What’s up?"

Wang Yanyan’s tone was a bit anxious, "Xiao Tong, where are you? Director Feng wants all actors to return to the crew before noon, why haven’t you come back yet?"

"Ah? I didn’t see any notice?"

Ye Tong immediately panicked, quickly checking the actor group on her phone, but there was no group announcement or notice.

"Director Yan, Director Xu and the others sent individual notifications, check your private messages."

Ji Ning immediately opened the messages from several assistant directors, but found no notifications there either.

A shiver struck her heart.

"I didn’t receive any notices."

"That’s impossible. Xiao Tong, hurry back, there are 20 minutes left and Director Feng is about to start roll call. He even said if anyone isn’t back, they needn’t return to the crew in the future."

"Oh my god, what should I do? It takes me at least half an hour to get back from here."

"I’ll speak to Director Feng on your behalf, but let me tell you, Director Feng is particularly upset today because of venue issues, he might not listen..."

Ye Tong was extremely flustered at this moment, the words Wang Yanyan said afterward didn’t register in her mind at all. After hurriedly hanging up the phone, she anxiously said to Ji Ning and Bai Xiaotang, "Sister Ning, Tangtang, I can’t accompany you to the cemetery today. Could you take me back to the crew first? The director requires us to arrive by noon, otherwise, we won’t be allowed to perform."

Seeing Ye Tong so anxious that her voice was choked up, Bai Xiaotang quickly responded to comfort, "Don’t worry, I’ll go talk to Brother Fu right now."

"Brother Fu—"

"We need to return to the crew immediately!"

Bai Xiaotang quickly ran to Fu Yuanxuan.

Fu Yuanxuan was a bit surprised.

Why are they suddenly leaving when everything was fine?

His subsequent probing...

But Bai Xiaotang was already standing in front of him, hands clasped together near her mouth, with a pleading expression, "Brother Fu, please. Sister Tong really needs this role. Can we visit the idol’s grave tomorrow?"

Fu Yuanxuan glanced at Ye Tong in the distance, then looked at Bai Xiaotang for a moment, pursed his lips briefly, and turned towards the car.

"Get in the car!"

The original 30-minute journey was forcefully shortened to 20 minutes by Fu Yuanxuan, delivering Ye Tong to the entrance of the film set on time.

"Thank you...thank you..."

Ye Tong hurriedly expressed her gratitude a few times inside the car, quickly pushed open the door, and ran towards the set. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

She looked as if she were being chased by a dog.

"Ding—Ding—Ding—"

The phone in her hand kept receiving numerous texts.

Ye Tong couldn’t bother to look.

Bai Xiaotang watched her madly running figure with some concern, "Will Sister Tong be alright?"

"Let’s go in and have a look."

Hmm???

Ji Ning beside her had already opened the car door and got out.

Bai Xiaotang immediately followed, nervously asking, "Can we really go in?"

This set seems pretty strict, there’s a caution tape ahead.

"Mhm."

Ji Ning casually put away her game-playing phone, looking towards the yellow caution tape ahead.

Next to the tape stood two people wearing work badges, clearly security personnel hired by the crew.

They didn’t stop Ye Tong, but stopped both of them.

"The crew is shooting, no outsiders allowed."

Ji Ning nodded slightly, "I’m the crew’s action consultant, and she’s my assistant."

The two skeptically sized up Ji Ning, exchanged eye contact, and retorted, "Crew employees need badges for entry and exit, where’s your badge?"

"Not processed yet."

"Then you can’t go in."

Their attitude was firm.

...

Ye Tong rushed into the set just in time to hear her name being called.

"Ye Tong..."

"Here, here, I’m here."

Yan Jing paused for a moment as if surprised she dared to come back, then after being stunned for a while, proceeded to call the next name.

How did Ye Tong get back so fast?

Truly lucky.

Standing in the corner, Wang Yanyan was equally surprised, smiling as she waved at Ye Tong.

But her mood was really bad.

Ye Tong nodded back at her then lowered her head to look at her phone.

There were several notifications from assistant director Yan Jing on it.

Ye Tong coldly sneered silently, raised her eyes to glance at the woman not far away.

Yan Jing seemed a bit guilty, never daring to look at her.

Until the roll call ended, except for a few actors with no scenes recently and attending events outside the city, all crew actors, regardless of rank, were present.

Feng Zhong was relatively satisfied and was just about to say a few encouraging words when he heard two urgent male voices from outside.

"Miss, without a work badge, you can’t trespass. If you continue, I’ll have to call the police."

Feng Zhong, having his mood ruined, furrowed his brows and asked sharply, "What’s happening outside?"

A lazy voice then came from outside, "Old Feng, why aren’t you answering your phone?"

This voice is...

Feng Zhong’s previously grim face quickly transformed into joy, his steps quickened, his voice carrying a hint of delight.

"You’ve arrived."

The surrounding crowd watched as their usually calm and composed director ran over with gleaming eyes, something they had never seen before.

"Is...is that Director Feng?"

At this moment, Feng Zhong was genuinely thrilled; although Ji Ning seldom came to the crew, they were well-connected.

Often, Feng Zhong sends short videos seeking advice, Ji Ning would reply with suggestions upon viewing them.

Not only regarding martial arts actions but also costumes, makeup, and set designs.

Ji Ning acted like a knowledgeable historian, greatly benefiting Feng Zhong, validating the value of the consultancy fee he paid.

This time, he hoped for Ji Ning to visit the crew because of an outdoor fight scene for which two versions were filmed previously, neither satisfactory, and the crew’s martial arts and action directors always failed to capture his point, prompting his urgent desire for Ji Ning’s visit.

"Come, come, quickly enter. Xiao He, this is our specially appointed action consultant, don’t stop her from entering again." Feng Zhong explained with a smile to those who blocked Ji Ning earlier, then introduced Ji Ning to everyone on set with a smile.

"Everyone, come and meet our specially appointed action consultant Ji Ning."