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Chapter 266: Horse Addiction
There was no secret between the two of them, except that they had attended the same school.

The assistant director is Xiaoyu's senior. Because of this relationship, he usually takes care of this little sister in the crew.

In addition, Director Xu has always been very strict with actors. Even many famous actors have been scolded by him and cried. For newcomers like Xiaoyu who are not well-known, he scolds them even more harshly. When he gets angry, he will even throw away everything at hand.

The position of assistant director sounds good, but in reality it involves doing all kinds of odd jobs. He will also help young actors with their psychological problems.

As time went by, Xiaoyu became more and more dependent on him, and whenever she encountered difficulties, she would subconsciously ask for help from her senior brother.

The assistant director also knew how important this role was to her. For a newcomer to play the leading female role in her first film under a great director like Director Xu was an opportunity to soar to fame.

If it was just thrown away like this, Xiaoyu would probably really have a depression attack.

At this moment, Director Xu was still producing, muttering to himself, "We just started filming not long ago, it should still be in time to change people now, so let's just discard the previous shots."

After hearing this, Xiaoyu's face turned pale, as if she had been sentenced to death.

The assistant director would definitely help the schoolgirl at a critical moment, and hurriedly said, "An Qi is so popular, his pay must be high."

Director Xu disagreed and held up three fingers. "Didn't you say that she has a lot of fans and the box office can sell more? Why not give her half of it? If it doesn't work, find new investors to invest more. I'll be the director and An Qi will be the lead actor. Are you still worried that no one will invest?"

The more he talked about it, the more feasible it seemed.

However, the assistant director's subsequent words poured cold water on him.

"Miss Anqi...does she still have a schedule?"

This is indeed a very serious problem. Generally, famous stars’ schedules are often very full, and it is common for them to be scheduled for three to five months later. For those who are as popular as love&five, it is possible that they will be scheduled until next year.

Of course, when faced with something really important, celebrities can postpone some less important activities, but it is normal for a movie to take a year or two to shoot, and An Qi can't squeeze out so much time no matter how hard he tries.

Especially since Director Xu also asked the leading actors to stay on the set the whole time, and since Anqi was a member of an idol group and had to participate in team activities, it was even more impossible.

Sure enough, the assistant director later found Anqi's assistant and discussed with her about changing the leading actor on behalf of the crew, but the latter refused without hesitation.

Director Xu had a look of regret on his face, while Xiaoyu, who had escaped death, patted his chest and hurriedly assured that he would practice riding skills even harder in the future, practice every day, practice during the day and night, and practice to death as long as he didn't die.

So the matter of replacing people was left unresolved.

Then An Qi and the second male lead also came back, and everyone took their positions and started filming.

The assistant director was surprised to find that the big villain's temper had improved a lot today and he didn't even lose his temper with the actors anymore.

Especially for a complete novice like An Qi, Director Xu actually spoke in a gentle voice when guiding her, which made Xiaoyu's eyes red again.

This time it was jealousy.

This is certainly because An Qi is a big name, so even Director Xu has to give her some face, but the assistant director also has to admit that she was in really good shape today, especially in the shots right after.

No one expected that An Qi, who has always been known for her sweet and well-behaved image, could actually play the role of a female detective so well.

In those horse chase scenes, Anqi took the initiative to add some new moves.

The assistant director looked at Director Xu, who was actually full of admiration. The assistant director almost thought he was dazzled. You know, what Director Xu hates most is actors adding to the scenes themselves. He even said in an interview that actors are the director's creative tools, and tools do not need to have their own thoughts, which has caused controversy.

That is to say, his resume is strong enough and he has worked with few popular stars, so he has not been attacked to death online.

All in all, this evening shoot went much more smoothly than expected. Although it ended up being overtime, it was mainly because Director Xu felt that An Qi acted well and couldn't help but shoot a few more takes for her.

It was not until it was completely dark that the crew reluctantly called it a day.

Afterwards, Director Xu found An Qi and praised him again.

"You are very talented in horse riding. If you hadn't been busy, I would have wanted you to play the leading female role in the film 'Riding a Horse on the Rivers and Lakes'."

"Director Xu, thank you for the compliment." An Qi took the towel handed to him by the assistant and pretended to wipe his sweat, but in fact he was hiding his smug look.

"It has always been my dream to work with Director Xu, but after all, I am not a professional actor, so it would be nice to be able to make a cameo appearance in Director Xu's movie to satisfy my desire."

"Alas, Miss Anqi, you are good in everything except being too modest. You even asked your assistant to tell me that you are not a good rider and that the horse riding scenes cannot be filmed. If you can't do this, then the others might as well just run into a wall and die.

"I even hired an equestrian instructor for them and trained them for two months, but their level is still this high. They are so stiff on the horses, and they don't have the heroic spirit of the martial artists at all. They are all rubbish."

Director Xu became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he almost wanted to grab something else and throw it at people, but since An Qi was in front of him, he held back.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and agreed to work together again next time they have the chance.

Before leaving, Anqi couldn't help but look at the big brown horse he had ridden.

The latter happened to be looking at her, as if saying goodbye to her.

Anqi also waved to it. For the first time, she found that horse riding was such an interesting thing. Although the filming of the scene had been completed, Anqi had fallen in love with this sport unknowingly.

Moreover, she didn't have enough riding on the set and wanted to ride for a while longer.

Unfortunately, she had other activities in the evening. In fact, not only in the evening, but she was also very busy for the next three days and had no time to ride a horse.

It wasn't until the fourth day that her horse addiction came back. There happened to be a brand event in the morning and there was a horse farm nearby.

So after Anqi finished his work, he pulled the other four members of love&five and said he wanted to show them his skills, which would make them drop their jaws.

I don’t know if it was because I hadn’t ridden a horse for a long time, but I had trouble getting on the horse. Anqi tried three times before he was able to sit on it with the help of a horse trainer.

But she obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. She actually rejected the horse trainer's step-by-step advice and simply squeezed the horse's belly, causing the chestnut horse under her crotch to rush out.

This time, An Qi did not have the same feeling of unity between man and horse as before. She was swaying on the horse's back, and she felt the oncoming wind stinging her cheeks.

In a panic, she subconsciously reached out and grabbed the reins hard, trying to make the horse stop. As a result, the horse was indeed forced to stop, but it suddenly raised its front hooves.

Afterwards, Anqi was thrown off the horse in front of the horrified gazes of the other four members of Love&Five and fell heavily to the ground.

(End of this chapter)