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The script went too far in content. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IzDcfXUr1
That night, the director quietly broke down.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHgx4VJKt2
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzD2GD6xcg
He didn’t dare say no.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dKqfGeFxr
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11:30 p.m. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENAlO6HSnd
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. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UNUll3hjY
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nnX2TRUHC
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcySun4kd8f
Opened again. Closed. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHmQlLrg62
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomgEijG4yd
Took a deep breath. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf45WDDoqGs
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—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITcvk9lZA9
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. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtN08WsYma
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3ZOdUKYn3
“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. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhiYfRkK7E
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGI34CbK5q
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9YhoKrWKG
“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: 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev8r5OEDBZ
“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. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcqfh7oy1s
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. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzg67QgKvA
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bcu7FUmsU
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… 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa0wiAxPBL
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u0tQobC21
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNir3eR8ucS
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTGDaFMm8I
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKju2DhAUv8
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6tbfARa20
Title: blank. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZFSz1mkVt
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2oLzPOShy
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1dnO64CJ8
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xOcSVvw2H
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—— 10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjlHK9R2tw
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmCzK2sVO6
