Chen Ming himself was actually quite curious. His previous view of Teng Huatao was indeed colored by hindsight bias, but ever since he joined the crew and took part in the table read, he discovered that while rumors in this circle might be exaggerated, they were rarely entirely baseless.
Old Teng still directed films with the mindset of making TV dramas.
During the table read, he only asked the actors to read through the script smoothly, or at most to memorize their lines. As for emotions, feelings, or psychological activities—well, that was entirely up to the actors to figure out on their own.
Chapter 16