The script went too far in content. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHoeydRc2x
That night, the director quietly broke down.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU4jDYV4e2
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmt9gKX1Qb
He didn’t dare say no.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04QOdM40uG
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11:30 p.m. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx3U1naYwG
The director sat at his desk, his face even grayer than the desk lamp’s light.
Beside him: a cup of cold coffee, two packs of antacids, a post-it labeled “Team Discussion Points,” and…
…a script from Satan himself. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatbLfq6pyL
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCYLTtO3XR
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9hLcO50uj
Opened again. Closed. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExwrIRWFV7
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkD8IJoBTX
Took a deep breath. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6xopDWsiR
And prepared to enter hell.
“...Sigh.”
The first sigh came while reading the character sheet.
“These minds… are insane.”
He picked up a pen to draw a relationship chart—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVLIl3htZL
but halfway through, the level of manipulation in the plot nearly gave him a heart attack.
“These scenes… this dialogue… these actions…”
He flipped three more pages. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KasYLZ6zH
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPkDu497ho
“Camera pans from ankle to collarbone. High lick-the-lens energy.”
“I’ve never shot a scene this explicit… this graphic…”
He muttered to himself, holding his head like someone freshly dumped.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t film steamy content. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NfaGRwpAG
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2wrwkIEPE
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG80OMMCOT8
“Angles… lighting diffusion… maybe have them wear sunglasses…”
He scribbled shaky notes while his mind spiraled.
Then he paused.
He remembered what the screenwriter said in the meeting: 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4lSBVWYzh
“This script was written with what’s left of my life.”
The art lead: “I redesigned forty props. I’ve got one breath left.”
The manager: part priest, part producer, drawing character sheets while purifying the set.
This wasn’t just a script. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5ykarIlav
It was a product of resentment, grief, despair—and deadlines.
“How could I possibly say this can’t be filmed…”
“I’d get murdered…”
He glanced at his phone, opened the team chat. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZkb00nG3V
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9JN5U5QGp
Then closed the app.
No message sent.
Didn’t dare.
He went back to the script, still trembling, still trying to sketch out camera angles.
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He gasped again.
This scene… 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjQYUgdMTq
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskc1Jrdy6X
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv29LODRfb
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGp1JxfItp1
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGfVZP7eir
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL96NWDX3y
Title: blank. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSoW3jmjga
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbmWLceclH
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFpzDLDCah
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ApRT7e6fS
The bunny and the human had traced a heart in it… with a spelling mistake.
The director closed his phone.
Stared at the script’s cover.
Said nothing.
Only a sigh—— 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXAjHF6l2L
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtFLN4XhdZ
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