Idol artists originally couldn’t have a turn at this kind of film, but considering the box office, several young traffic celebrities were appointed to the film.
And Su Jin, as the No. 1 among young artists now, was naturally on the list.
The job came at a very ‘coincidental’ time ——
At this time, Su Jishi had already finished the finale of Wilderness Winner, and Su Su Jinqing had also finished her work in Australia. The two sisters were just about to swap identities back, when a big job suddenly landed!
The two sisters only had to look at each other, and they immediately decided that Su Jishi would star in the movie《Measure》!
Su Jishi transformed from an ordinary geologist to an actress, which was the result of an accidental act of God. And just as she was about to leave the entertainment industry, she was given an opportunity to play a geologist —— Wasn’t it the most wonderful coincidence?
Because it was a guest appearance, Su Jishi’s scenes were minimal, so minimal that she only needed three days to finish filming.
The final scene was at the graduation ceremony, where she walked onto the stage in her doctoral gown and gave a speech on behalf of all the graduates.
She stood in front of the stage and faced the camera. Recalling her ten years of hard study and thinking about the road she would take in the future, she immediately got immersed in the character. She integrated this feeling into the plot and completed the shooting with ease.
The Director of this movie was famous in the industry, and had very high requirements for artists. When he heard that he had to work with a traffic artist, he was a bit dismissive. He didn’t expect Su Jin to enter into character so quickly. When she delivered her speech on the stage, she was both vocal and emotional. When the close-up lens was zoomed in, he could even see the watery reflection in her eyes.
The Director nodded frequently and decided that if he wanted to make a commercial movie next time, he could consider adding Su Jin’s name to it.
……
After that, the Director made up a few more close up shots, and soon Su Jin’s scene was finished.
Su Jishi spent only three days from joining the crew to leaving them, which could be called a ‘three-day tour of the crew’.
The performers were disbanded on the spot. When Mu Xiulun left his seat, he heard an old aunt playing the parent of one of the students, calling a friend and saying, “Guess which star I saw today? It’s Su Jin! She’s beautiful!”
Mu Xiulun smiled, took the flowers he had ordered in advance and walked slowly backstage.
He stopped a staff member with a work badge and asked, “Where is Su Jin?”
The staff looked him up and down several times. Considering his poise and grace, and the air of nobility when he raised his hands; he didn’t have the looks of an overly concerned fan who pried into the privacy of artists. The staff asked, “Who are you?”
Mu Xiulun thought for a moment and simply said, “…Miss Su ends filming today, so I’m here to send her flowers.”
It had always been a tradition or sort of courtesy for the crew to send flowers to artists after filming, so that staff didn’t think much of it and pointed a direction to Mu Xiulun.
When Mu Xiulun left with the bouquet, that staff suddenly slapped his head and cursed, “Who would send red roses when at the end of filming?”
……
When Mu Xiulun walked into the backstage with a large bouquet of gorgeous red roses, the media were interviewing Su Jishi in the dressing room.
The crew arranged for as many as ten media. One after another shot questions, and the interview went down to at least half an hour. However, not everyone among the journalists had good intentions.
To gain attention and absorb traffic, everyone’s questions were very tricky.
For a Tribute Film like《Measure》, the crew’s control over publicity was very strict, so none of the main actors had been interviewed. They could only cling to Su Jin in a vain attempt to ferret out some information from her.
Someone even deliberately tried to provoke her: “——Nowadays, many audiences think that the new generation artists are traffic artists in name only. As a leading figure in the Cenozoic, what do you have to say about this perception? Do you feel pressure when you cameo in a movie of Measure’s level and play opposite those Mesozoic powerhouse actors?”
When this question popped up, silence settled all around.
As everyone knew, Su Jin hadn’t won a single significant acting award in her four years of debut, but had won a bunch of popularity awards; fashion awards and new talent awards. She was an entertainer, a celebrity, but she wasn’t considered an outstanding actress. That reporter deliberately compared her with those senior actors and actresses, just to provoke her.
Fang Xie, who had been standing by Su Jishi’s side, frowned and looked at the logo on that reporter’s microphone.
Fang Xie inched closer to Su Jishi’s ear and whispered, “This reporter is from XX Media, the same group as Xu Yadan’s agency.”
It was self-evident why that reporter was prickly.
Su Jishi’s arched eyebrows rose, but she didn’t throw a fit as the reporter had expected. Instead, she answered with ease, “Before I answer your question, I also want to ask you one —— Do you really know what Cenozoic((literally means new generation – Gen Z perhaps?)) and Mesozoic((Literally means middle generation – Millennials maybe?)) mean?
Reporter: “…”
What did the Cenozoic and Mesozoic mean?
What kind of question was that?
The reporter was bewildered: “Cenozoic refers to the young artists, and Mesozoic are the experienced and older actors.”
These were two rhetorical devices commonly used in media reports, which could be seen everywhere when you click on forums.
But Su Jishi shook her head and slightly parted her red lips: “Wrong.”
“…Huh?”
She stretched out two fingers and expounded, “The words Cenozoic and Mesozoic are indeed often used to describe artists in the entertainment industry. But in fact, they were originally geology exclusive terms.”
“The extinction of the dinosaurs is used as a dividing line: from 250 million years ago to the end of the Cretaceous period, it is called the Mesozoic Era; and all of these 65 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs are called Cenozoic.”
Before Su Jishi could finish explaining, the reporter’s eyes were already covered by mosquito-repellent incense.
“Looking at your expression, you didn’t understand my words, did you? —— Then let me put it this way, whether it’s the Mesozoic or the Cenozoic, it’s a very, very long period of time. In the field of geology, the Mesozoic Era ended, and the Cenozoic debuted; in the entertainment industry, the Cenozoics will one day grow into the Mesozoic generation … This process takes time. Life takes but a moment, so don’t use just a few years of light to judge a person’s achievements.”
Su Jishi cleverly stole the concept and smoothly led the media in a circle. All the reporters present were in a daze. She talked about Cenozoic and Mesozoic and whatnot, but what exactly were they to record?
Su Jishi’s reading of professional books for so many years wasn’t in vain. When she fooled the layman, she was so confident that people were subconsciously convinced, even if they didn’t understand anything.
Su Jishi opened her mouth and put a stop to this topic: “I never thought I was the leader of the Cenozoic. I am me, and I just happen to be here at this point in time.”
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Peek-Aboo 
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