CHAPTER 59: CHAPTER 58: SHOOTING THE ASSIGNMENT (1)

The National Day holiday passed in the blink of an eye, and the department’s courses were about to welcome the last graduation assignment filming.

This time, the assignment was divided into three groups, with nine people in each group. Besides the five members from the same dormitory, Zhou Huaiyi’s group included four other boys.

According to the group’s original plan, once the director distributed the initial script, everyone needed to write a storyboard script based on the original, then contact actors and cinematographers, and join the crew immediately after the National Day holiday to start shooting.

Among them, Zhou Huaiyi’s role in the group was — continuity.

Of course, all this was under the assumption that the unexpected events between Zhou Huaiyi and Xiang Qichen had not occurred later...

Zhou Huaiyi glanced at Xiang Qichen, who was sitting on the sofa reading the script, and sighed deeply. Her gaze returned to the computer in front of her. She rushed to finish the last shot of the script, checked it for errors, and sent it to the group’s director, Gao Ming.

After completing this, she hugged her laptop, sat in front of Xiang Qichen, pulled the paper script out of his hand, and smiled, "Here, look at my script first."

At this point... apart from letting Xiang Qichen take over, there was no other option but to have him cover the task.

Xiang Qichen reached out and took it.

"The content in this storyboard script is similar to that of the other students in my group. I don’t have any additional shot requirements. Just finish shooting these basic ones." Zhou Huaiyi stated simply and clearly.

Xiang Qichen briefly scanned the script, raised an eyebrow, and pondered, "Hmm... what else?"

"And, I’m the continuity for this film crew..." At this point, Zhou Huaiyi took out a specially printed continuity sheet from her bag. "This is it. You need to note our shooting material and clapboard on site... this job isn’t hard, but it requires some attention to detail. After all, if any material gets lost or is unusable, the loss is quite significant for our low-budget crew..."

Zhou Huaiyi stretched her neck out, giving a tentative look, "You... can handle it, right?"

This course’s assignment, Xiang Qichen had attended a few times, and he had some knowledge about what needed to be shot.

He pondered for a while, his complexion calm, and nodded, "I can."

Zhou Huaiyi felt half relieved, clasping her hands together as she chanted, "Big brother, please, please. This is my graduation assignment, very important, very important. You have to make sure to keep track of the shots we need to film!"

Xiang Qichen stood up, glanced at her, and walked towards the door, "Got it."

*

The next day, Xiang Qichen’s flight was at noon.

Zhou Huaiyi started early in the film crew and didn’t have time to see him off. During a short break, she called him from the break room.

When Zhou Huaiyi called, Xiang Qichen had just finished checking in. He was walking towards security with his bag when he swiped to answer the call, "Hello?"

"Qichen, did you get to the airport?"

Xiang Qichen moved forward slowly with the queue, "I’m here."

Zhou Huaiyi responded with an "Oh," and then fell silent.

"What’s wrong?"

"Nothing... it’s just..." Zhou Huaiyi originally wanted to remind him again but swallowed the words, fearing that repeatedly emphasizing them would make Xiang Qichen think she didn’t trust him.

She scratched her head and changed her tone, "Take care of yourself... if there’s anything you don’t understand, give me a call."

Hearing her hesitant tone, Xiang Qichen already guessed her thoughts, his lips curved slightly, and his voice softened, "Don’t worry."

Zhou Huaiyi hung her head, somewhat shy from his tone, and murmured, "Mm."

After hanging up, Zhou Huaiyi turned around with a joyful expression, only to catch Yang Li’s meaningful gaze.

She inexplicably had a guilty feeling, as if some secret affair had been exposed.

Awkwardly grinning, Zhou Huaiyi pointed out the window at the scenery, trying to change the subject, "The weather... is nice today."

Holding back laughter, Yang Li raised an eyebrow slightly, internally thinking, "This kid is really not honest," but teased aloud, "Qichen, who knew you were so clingy."

Zhou Huaiyi: "..."