The script went too far in content. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpb07K6289
That night, the director quietly broke down.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U7OVc3AdL
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUpn30bjyN
He didn’t dare say no.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAMo8Yia1F
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11:30 p.m. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUmfztSrmL
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. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNMg0JJC7q
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea0skgfInX
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY1xW8QKpT
Opened again. Closed. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ3uUitEgD
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslrKBuT910
Took a deep breath. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqmqfjynJu
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—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF606sasu4
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. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOXSgcQV6n
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf1RGCQoQQ
“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. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8wo9FIZPy
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpO9ov3vlk
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmIMR1acEs
“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: 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TClXP0TPy
“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. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUwMZLl8eh
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. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjKkTkjTex
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0G32aCq7u
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… 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsCJQBryRw
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU8TUDF2o0
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycj8eoBL66
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38J0O20kox
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs5UrOr3dq
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXLvILW8Yy
Title: blank. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRbB3hjkQm
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYHLBlpXqI
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmAVqnbvAL
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vluV5bsxd
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—— 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuVTPo2IRA
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqt98KV2ZM
