The turmoil was finally calmed by Qi Si's indisputably brilliant acting.
Though "calmed" was not quite the right word. The discussion online was even more heated than before.
The only difference was that people had been criticizing Qi Si before, while now they were all praising him.
There were also all kinds of people eagerly awaiting the drama's release.
Qi Si did not react much when he saw those comments. He had long grown used to spectacles even bigger than this.
But when the director and the crew saw this scene, every one of them was as happy as an idiot.
So for the next period of time, everyone on set watched the director work as though he had been pumped full of stimulants, filming every scene with extreme enthusiasm.
Naturally, his standards for every scene rose accordingly.
In the director's words, "Even Qi Si, the one with the worst acting in the entire cast, has improved by leaps and bounds. He studies the script so hard every day. You veterans—what right do you have to hold everyone back here?!"
Thus, the entire crew, from top to bottom, began high-intensity military-style training.
How should they put it?
It was genuinely brutal.
But the results were immediate.
Even the most unconvinced actors had to admit, after seeing the footage they had filmed, that it really was good!
In this atmosphere of fierce competition, everyone began looking forward to the day the drama aired.
Qi Si did not have many scenes. Although the script had been revised, it had merely restored the scenes that originally belonged to his character.
So he still did not have much screen time in the end, just a few more standout moments. If they were filmed well, they would win him plenty of fans.
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