The script went too far in content. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP0Y9hq1Ny
That night, the director quietly broke down.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqJMD2Ij7p
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoupYoX7eh
He didn’t dare say no.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBp9Z9UFhoz
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11:30 p.m. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFhScJB6nc
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. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSsvp81Dmb
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvPvPpJxOz
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1A3xdVmzB
Opened again. Closed. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK21VkWmVh
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY9RfN7vvK
Took a deep breath. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcbyW884sD
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—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlP04rMX1V
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. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORzfoWkXrj
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv7lKrx2cG
“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. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7N0LCefgA
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz54tdV6fd2
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiecxhWPIwX
“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: 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZGsvxC70j
“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. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipxJcttOCB
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. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3VWC6FRoe
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p5YrNI0Ok
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.
Page 13. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1IkHjI2iS
He gasped again.
This scene… 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYHn5Op1gF
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdjORbKQlH
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbuVipWVjY
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NIfePrEUz
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JAlzhgV3v
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCjE2yy0NE
Title: blank. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRYzQxIm3K
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJCCeC1M8K
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRHb8ONWTm
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhMUKGc8Cn
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—— 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUztiik4onP
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAWEyW06n0
