
The script went too far in content. 22Please respect copyright.PENANALmdTKMERYo
That night, the director quietly broke down.22Please respect copyright.PENANACUvnItedwi
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAvxIR6Wmsvl
He didn’t dare say no.22Please respect copyright.PENANABAUiNctnW8
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11:30 p.m. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA3i7h7tkqW1
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAKfPDmeGjZU
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 22Please respect copyright.PENANAmVJinHuPOP
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAP4ap3bn5If
Opened again. Closed. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA1qDT7yr3Ux
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAyODI88t1Kf
Took a deep breath. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA9miyTRiGah
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—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANAWFUWef6R0j
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANANazLsx6kqQ
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 22Please respect copyright.PENANAEgImZbZ8rg
“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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAMFtawvFmMx
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANAb9sUQT7jef
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 22Please respect copyright.PENANAMllrItwgFO
“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: 22Please respect copyright.PENANAA9BQfQXmwJ
“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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANABVY3Fy0n72
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAE4WigfomB0
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAaVHM2nvOtm
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z5aGDHq73
He gasped again.
This scene… 22Please respect copyright.PENANABS2GqV9Glk
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 22Please respect copyright.PENANATJRwXk8myC
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 22Please respect copyright.PENANAdLCXsoB8VR
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 22Please respect copyright.PENANAwgYifeq40G
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANAikcotdOI1X
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA0BQru5eH48
Title: blank. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAnm5Pb6w16l
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Gtu0yHLW
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANALB2h7P8LYF
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAW0dpUQv88F
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—— 22Please respect copyright.PENANAXZbeY3Ur3D
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.22Please respect copyright.PENANAIs9WKKcNhK