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The script went too far in content. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFieCKR6hJp
That night, the director quietly broke down.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2L9PKO6E9
But it was the result of the team burning themselves out. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU5uM43fei
He didn’t dare say no.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA25B214ixT
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11:30 p.m. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRnsvqVX7P
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. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3u18TOLVr
Or more accurately——a summons.
On the cover, a single word: 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3IE0Q4aAs
Guiltbound.
He opened to the first page, took a glance, then closed it. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUslKWQcPj
Opened again. Closed. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZApxUcLNe
Again. And again.
On the fourth try, he finally gave in. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOiauwAZL7
Took a deep breath. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5HvKu3xdw
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—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0f0lXEfeE
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. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3rnU1aMay
Each scene felt like running naked on a rooftop——with no place to hide, and too much on display.
One scene even specified: 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRmQW2WeDi
“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. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eP0yw1zbL
But this wasn’t just “steamy.”
This was a show that never wore pants to begin with—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4yEw8TexI
and sprinted, shameless, to the very end.
“No, no… I need adjustments…” 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3FDTTNQXV
“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: 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTOOn7H6xX
“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. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yHLrblHjr
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. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQKdHPzsjU
Fingers hovered above the input box for three seconds. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShkCgRhoRI
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… 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvh4gqysFX
There’s no way they can shoot this outdoors. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCfhmslmoO
They’d get reported.
How… how do they block this… 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfGX2S4zkH
How do you even block a bite… there?
He buried his face in his hands, 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ybc818Y3t
letting out a string of miserable noises.
“I’m gonna die…”
Under the desk lamp, his shadow stretched across the wall—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnh7LFyYPE
like someone being consumed by the script itself.
The storyboard software was still open. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5yjlue82v
Title: blank. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA7D6VVeCM
The white screen reflected the despair in his eyes.
For the first time in his directing life—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiT0uTWT94k
he feared a script might actually kill him.
He wanted to glance at the bunny-and-human photo for comfort—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tSnlvNWJH
but the boss had posted again—another emotional Story update.
A sand drawing. 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUEV5xX9tZ
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—— 9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEPs0NWazA
so light, it got swallowed by the room before the air conditioner could feel it.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6RSgTkc5q
