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It's really nice to have a bathroom like this. Ling admitted that she was a little envious.
In fact, there is a similar bathroom in the main building of the Oshima family, but she is currently staying in the annex in Chiba and is not ready to go back.
Just as she and Jianye said, she is Oshima Reiya, who inherited all the memories and emotions. The main building has Reiya's warmest memories of home, so warm that she doesn't even dare to face the fact that things have changed. She even thought about selling the main building, but finally gave up.
Maybe one day, she will be ready to go back there. After all, it is her irreplaceable memory.
"Reiya, how about staying at my house today?"
"Okay. I'll go tell Grandpa Jianye later that he doesn't have to pick me up tonight." Lingye swam to the shore, picked up a glass of juice, and took a big sip with a straw. It's summer vacation now, and you can arrange all your time leisurely. "But he may have already left by now."
"Then let Butler Jianye stay here as well? There are enough guest rooms here, and it's too tiring to travel back and forth."
That’s true, Ling nodded.
"By the way, Reiya, you're such a great swimmer. I can't even swim." Tomoyo tried to imitate Reiya's moves, but choked on her saliva and coughed for a long time.
"I also learned it in the Maldives. It's easier to learn to swim in the sea."
In fact, it took her only three days to learn how to swim in the Indian Ocean in the Maldives. On that small island, she only had to swim every day, apart from enjoying the scenery, eating and drinking. After returning to fresh water, she was not used to the different buoyancy for a while, but she quickly mastered the trick.
"That's great. Let's go together next time. It's a deal."
"Well, it's settled."
Chapter 27 Sakura and Tomoyo
After soaking in the Zhishi family's bathroom for half an hour, both of them felt relaxed and only felt a little dizzy, so they changed their clothes and went to the front hall.
"By the way, Reiya, your clothes are ready, you can try them on tonight."
"clothing?"
Ling was also stunned for a moment, then she realized that Chiyo was talking about the two "magical girl" dresses she had made for her before. She had measured her height that day, so they should have been completely altered by now.
To be honest, she has no objection to wearing beautiful clothes. If she were a 17-year-old adult, she might be shy to wear such clothes. She is afraid of being said to be immature and like a primary school student. But since she is a primary school student now, of course there is no problem at all.
What's more, it was such a beautiful dress, much prettier than the tutu skirts of "Snow White" and "Flower Fairy" that she wore when she was a child.
When Lingya changed her clothes and came out, she was greeted by Chise's camera as a matter of course, but she was no longer surprised.
"They are a perfect match. Ling is just like a princess."
"Yes, it's very suitable. If we advertise it, sales will definitely increase by 50%!" a voice nearby interrupted.
"Ah, Mom, you're back."
The person who interrupted was Tomoyo's mother, Odaiji Sonomi. Although she already had a daughter in the fourth grade of elementary school, Sonomi herself still looked young, and looked to be in her thirties.
"Well, this dress is really beautiful, and it suits Reiya very well. It looks just like a real magical girl." Sonomi said, and suddenly clapped her hands, "Speaking of which, how about giving you two a cameo role in 'Magical Girl Sakura'?"
"Guest appearance?"
"Yeah, don't you like that TV show very much? Wouldn't it be interesting to walk into the story yourself, try to make a cameo appearance, and then see yourself on TV?"
This proposal is a bit abrupt, but it has to be said that it is very tempting.
At least Lingye and Tomoyo were moved. Every little girl probably has a dream of becoming a star.
"But is this really okay, Mom? We can't act, and we might not even remember our lines." Tomoyo hesitated. Although she liked filming others with a camera, she felt a little insecure when she was the one being filmed.
"It doesn't matter. For this kind of TV series, all the actors need to be pretty. If you forget your lines, just read 1234 and they will be dubbed in later."
"Ah, this probably won't work, right?" Ling also remembered how Director Asaka repeatedly yelled "NG" at Sakura. It didn't look like she could get away with it.
"Of course the protagonist is different. The supporting roles are not that troublesome and they don't have too many lines. For guest roles, if they are not suitable, they can leave at any time."
Having said that, the two looked at each other and were eager to try it out. It seemed very interesting.
"Go to bed early today, don't stay up too late. I'll talk to the director and try it tomorrow."
It is naturally extremely difficult for ordinary people to request a role, but as a sponsor, just adding two supporting roles that don’t require any lines, a phone call is enough to show sincerity.
It is worth mentioning that a super beast, codenamed Sabotand, appeared in Tokyo yesterday. Ace subdued it without much effort. However, when Ace was about to use the Metalium Ray to make the final blow, it inexplicably disappeared and no one knew where it hid.
The TAC team conducted a search throughout Tokyo overnight, expending a great deal of manpower and resources, but found nothing.
The next day was still sunny.
"I'm going out!" Sakura hurriedly ate a piece of bread as breakfast, put on her roller skates, went out and rushed to the crew.
"I've prepared dinner and put it in the refrigerator. Remember to heat it up when you come back." Kinomoto Fujitaka said, "I don't know how long the research meeting tonight will last, but I will try to come back early. If you have anything, call my office at school. Do you remember the number?"
"I remember. Don't worry, Dad."
This is not the first time, Sakura has become accustomed to being alone at home.
"Well, don't push yourself too hard. Treat TV shooting as a hobby, not a burden. If you're too tired, you can give up. Dad will negotiate with the director."
Fujitaka walked up to Sakura and ruffled her hair gently.
"I'm not forcing myself. I enjoy filming. 'Return to your original form, Clow Card!' - Isn't it cool like this?" Sakura pretended to hold a magic wand and recited the lines.
"Yeah, very cool. My Sakura is a genuine magical girl. Be careful on the road!"
Looking at his daughter going out on roller skates, Kinomoto Fujitaka sighed. He agreed to let Sakura go to film just to let her make friends. She was always alone at school or at home. A childhood without friends is incomplete.
But even in the crew, she seemed unable to find close friends.
Sakura was in a hurry to go out, but when she arrived at the crew, she found that the atmosphere was not right.
"Is it because I'm late?" Sakura asked cautiously to Syaoran who arrived earlier than her.
"No, it has nothing to do with you. And I'm not late now." Because the girl was a little close to him, Xiaolang blushed and said, "The investor temporarily forced two people into the crew, and the director was not very happy."
"Hey, are there new people coming?" Sakura seemed happy, "But will the director agree?"
In Sakura's opinion, although the director is a good person, he is not a reasonable and easy-going person. On the contrary, all stubborn words are completely fine to him.
"Of course." That was a stupid question in Xiaolang's opinion. "The people that Daidoji and Oshima Foundation want to add, let alone supporting roles, even if they are the main characters, the screenwriter can only have the headache of revising the script."
Daidoji and Oshima?
Sakura was vaguely familiar with these two names, but before she could think about it, someone else came to the shooting site. Then Sakura saw someone she knew, and it was indeed the two girls from a few days ago.
"Ah, here we come."
"Good morning, Director Asaka."
"Good morning, Chairman Daidoji."
Although somewhat reluctant, as Xiaolang whispered, Director Asaka dared not offend the chairman and major shareholder of the Daidoji Group. Otherwise, if the other party was dissatisfied and withdrew his investment, his TV series would be doomed. Even if he only reduced some investment, he might return to the era of "50-cent special effects". That would not work. The main theme of "Magical Girl Sakura" is actually all kinds of cool magic, and the special effects cost a lot of money to get this ratings.
"These two are your daughter and the Oshima family's daughter, right?"
After seeing the two little girls that the investors wanted to "force" in, Director Asaka looked a little better.
It seems that, possibly, perhaps, these two "little actors" would not be unacceptable even without considering the factor of having financial sponsors.
In fact, what Sonomi said is right. Except for the main characters, such TV series do not require too much acting skills from the supporting characters. As long as they look good, it's fine. And the black long straight hair "Yamato Nadeshiko" Daidoji Tomoyo and the doll-like Oshima Reiya who seems to have foreign ancestry, it must be said that the two are not inferior in appearance even to the main character Sakura.
"Excuse me, Director. Is there any difficulty in arranging the plot?"
Asaka was in a much better mood at this time. He shook his head and said, "You called me yesterday, and I have arranged for the editor to deal with it. It's not a big problem. The noble daughter is set to be Sakura's good friend. She was absent from school for two months due to illness. Now she has recovered and been discharged from the hospital. She will appear in this episode."
Asaka was originally worried that there would be problems with this setting, and whether the audience would be dissatisfied with the sudden addition of characters. However, after watching Tomoyo Daidoji, he felt that there was nothing to worry about.
If you force a crooked or ugly mascot into the picture, it might cause controversy, but if it is a mascot with good looks, then there is no problem.
Appearance is justice, and the so-called audience are just such creatures.
It's also good to give Sakura more partners. When filming the plot before, he felt that although there was nothing wrong with the interaction between Sakura and Syaoran, from the initial quarrel to the subsequent admiration, it was also one of the main plot lines, but it always felt a bit monotonous. This is not an adult love drama, and there should indeed be an additional same-sex friend setting to ease the plot.
Besides, it is not bad to please the investors. Kill two birds with one stone.
"As for Miss Oshima, she's an international student from England who has some relationship with Clow Reed's family, making her a distant cousin of Sakura. But it's a bit abrupt to have two new characters in one episode, so the international student can only appear in the next two episodes. Is that okay?" The last sentence he asked was directed at Reiya.
"It's okay, it's okay," Ling said, waving her hands. If she was really asked to appear on stage so abruptly, she was not mentally prepared. Now it's not bad to watch Chiyo filming. She is always facing the camera, so she can also let Chiyo taste the feeling of being faced by the camera.
"Good morning, Sakura."
"Morning, Tomoyo, Reiya."
Sakura was excited to have a new friend join her. Although she was not ostracized at school because she came from a single-parent family, she had few friends and was always alone. Although she had only met Tomoyo and Reiya once before, they had a rare pleasant chat.
"From today on, please give me your guidance." Tomoyo stretched out his hand.
Sakura actually felt a little flattered, "It's me here, please give me your guidance."
The two little hands were clasped together. Sakura was a little dazed and felt inexplicably familiar, as if they were supposed to be best friends.
"Okay, let's get to work!" The assistant director clapped his hands.
The episode that started filming today is called "Rainbow of Memories" and is expected to be completed in four days.
After Clow Reed and Ichihara Yuuko left the Clow Cards behind, they disappeared. During the summer vacation, Sakura and her brother Touya went to the villa left by their mother for vacation. Near the villa, Sakura met a somewhat sad old man. Using the magic of the Clow Cards, Sakura quietly brought a rainbow to the old man, creating a miracle called "memories".
Sakura didn't know that the old man was actually her great-grandfather, her mother Yuko's grandfather, a former great magician. Sakura herself was also in that beautiful memory.
Tomoyo doesn't appear much in this episode. She only appears briefly in the first few minutes when the school announces the summer vacation. She was briefly introduced through a few lines of Tomoyo and Sakura's inner monologue. She dropped out of school two months ago due to illness and is Sakura's good friend. The audience is just given a brief background.
I met Sakura again after a long time, then said goodbye after school and agreed to play together during the holidays. The whole process only took a few tens of seconds.
Unlike director Asaka's expectations, Tomoyo, who appeared on camera for the first time, did not show any nervousness and was very calm and confident.
"It's school vacation, and this is what I do at school." Tomoyo said with a smile.
The best acting is to be spontaneous. This made Director Asaka's last hesitation disappear. With perfect looks and qualified acting skills, this was not a problem caused by the sponsor, but a treasure found by the crew.
But Sakura was a little dazed.
"Sakura, long time no see."
"Well, long time no see, Tomoyo."
It was clearly a line in the plot, but she felt that they had really not seen each other for a long time. She should have such a friend, a best friend named Daidoji Tomoyo.
But this was just an illusion. Sakura knew clearly that when the photographer's camera was turned off, they were still strangers who had only met for the second time.
But it doesn't matter, they can be friends. This is the first time that Sakura wants so strongly to make friends with others.
The filming continued. Tomoyo's scenes were over. Next, Sakura followed her brother to the villa in the mountains. Although the actual filming location was still in the suburbs of Tokyo, it was set in the forest of Misaki City. According to legend, it was a witch's mansion with man-eating monsters, so there were few people around.
It's a bit too much to say that there are man-eating monsters, but the witch's mansion is indeed right, because it is the villa left by their mother. A dimensional witch far away from the world, not even belonging to this era. But for Sakura and Touya, after their parents disappeared many years ago, it is a place where their mother's memory still remains.
The filming went very smoothly. For some reason, Sakura's performance was very stable today, with very few NGs. Director Asaka was also very rare, as she didn't drop any beverage bottles during the day.
The day's shooting was over. Sakura took a deep breath and gradually came out of some inexplicable emotion.