The script went too far in content. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1nk6ukkCT
That night, the director quietly broke down.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXm9Mt9rHfq
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDclsYL6TAM
He didn’t dare say no.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE0QJySBRO
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11:30 p.m. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRXfHtZiaz
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. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUbjyuOKix
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMnEWVMt9q
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUE8y68JXS
Opened again. Closed. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCVM7Webfe
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUhcImxCdJ
Took a deep breath. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQoQbvbuLf
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—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg0L6mFRoL
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. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsqSuSNdhj
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWzFbbCUVX
“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. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62nHkeTH1b
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr1GpoOOad
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh1u5dHJu4
“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: 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI3l5vrEi5
“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. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sxw7iUFzS
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. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupmUAFk3Ql
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInz2JoE1kZ
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… 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eBp0U3qxc
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rw9hWkiBQ
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9358Da7Tx
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sv1NbJJ7Z
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO27EeNWgb
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbweqLE77E
Title: blank. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96tKChltw6
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJynYRhX1Yb
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbx8428U4G
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYyxkuaIrO
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—— 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDcWPl266c
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N35lclj8u
