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.
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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
