Chapter 411: Chiyo's Active Video Diary (Part )
"Next, we'll start the photography for Sakura's memoirs."
"Eh?"
Before Sakura asked what "Sakura's Memoirs" was, Tomoyo had already pulled her to sit in front of the dressing table, then picked up the cosmetics and started to put makeup on Sakura.
"Come, let me make you cuter."
Feeling Tomoyo rubbing her face, Sakura couldn't help but ask, "Tomoyo, what is Sakura's Memoirs?"
Before Zhishi could answer, Xia Yu looked over and said, "I'll go to the courtyard to set up the background first. You can come over directly after you change your clothes."
"Ok."
Tomoyo looked up and replied with a smile, then lowered her head and continued to put makeup on Sakura using her skilled makeup skills. After a few minutes, the makeup was finished.
Looking at the even cuter Sakura, Tomoyo put the back of her hand against her forehead and said with an intoxicated look, "It's so cute. I'm about to faint."
"Tomoyo..."
Sakura smiled awkwardly. Tomoyo sighed and quickly took out a piece of clothing that had been prepared long ago from the closet. He looked at Sakura with sparkling eyes.
"Come on, we should get changed."
Looking at the gorgeous clothes in Tomoyo's hands, Sakura was not surprised at all. Rather, she would have been surprised if the photo was taken without changing clothes.
Not long after, she changed into the large orange-pink skirt that Chise took out. The skirt was mainly orange-pink with white as a accent. There was a large red bow at the neckline, and it came with a bow round hat in the same color.
On the back of the clothes, there is a pair of small white wings, and the shoes are a pair of red round-toed leather shoes, which are quite cute.
Looking at the refreshed Sakura, Tomoyo smiled and quickly pulled Sakura towards the courtyard.
"Let's go, Xia Jun's place should have been set up, let's go shoot."
Soon, the two of them and Xiaoke arrived at the courtyard.
At this moment, a background board of blue sky and white clouds has been placed in the courtyard, and there are photographic lights around it. It looks quite professional at first glance, and it is indeed professional upon closer inspection.
"Okay, you can come over and shoot now."
Noticing that Tomoyo and Sakura had already changed their clothes, Xia Yu waved and shouted.
After Sakura stood in front of the background board, Xia Yu handed a reflector to Xiaoke and asked Xiaoke to hold it next to Sakura to light her up.
"Action!"
The filming began. Compared to Ke who had to recite lines at the beginning, Sakura's side was much easier. She only had to do the actions as required.
So it didn't take too long, and Sakura was also able to successfully shoot the entire scene in one shot.
When the filming was over, Zhishi took a look at the filmed video, made an OK gesture to Xia Yu and said, "Okay, this is OK too."
“Um, Tomoyo…”
"Here, Sakura, your wand."
Sakura, who was about to ask Tomoyo, was interrupted again. When she saw the bird-headed magic wand that Xia Yu handed over, she was slightly surprised for a moment.
"This magic wand? How did you get it, Xia?"
"This is just a replica made for filming needs. Come, please get on the ladder." After handing the bird-head magic wand to Sakura, he took out a stepladder that could be sat on.
After Sakura sat on the stepladder and placed the wand under her, wings suddenly grew on both sides of the bird-headed wand, just like when she used flying cards.
Seeing this, Xiao Ke, who was lighting the room, asked curiously, "What kind of magic is this? Xia boy, how come you have so many strange magics?"
Hearing this, Xia Yu, who was setting up the scene, glanced over in confusion and said, "Isn't this just ordinary card-creating magic? By the way, you don't need to continue lighting over there. You're also in the shot below."
After saying that, Xia Yu turned around and took out an electric fan from behind the background board. After turning it on towards Sakura, the fan immediately created the illusion that Sakura was flying in the sky.
Xiao Ke also flew over and grabbed the hem of Sakura's skirt, swaying with the wind from the electric fan.
"Action!"
Filming begins…
The shooting is over...
"The next scene..."
"Action!"
"Next……"
"Act..."
"Down……"
"A..."
After filming all the scenes requiring the large orange-pink skirt at once, Sakura changed into Tomoyo's school uniform and continued filming the remaining scenes.
Until the end of the last scene, Sakura finally couldn't help it and shouted loudly: "Tomoyo!!"
"what?"
Tomoyo, who was filming, finally turned her attention away from the camera in her hand, looked at Sakura and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What exactly is Sakura's Memoirs?"
"Just look forward to it being done." Tomoyo smiled with narrowed eyes.
"That's right, secrets are worth looking forward to!" Xia Yu, who was holding a lighting board at the side, also replied with a smile.
Looking at the two people who were singing the same tune, Xiaoying couldn't help but say, "Why is this happening?"
"Okay, now it's time to record the song."
Seeing that Zhishi had finished recording, Xia Yu put down the lighting board, took out the clapperboard out of thin air, and pointed to the recording studio that suddenly appeared on the side.
"Wow--!"
Looking at the recording studio that suddenly appeared beside her without any warning, Sakura was startled. After exclaiming, she quickly asked in surprise: "Where did this come from?"
"Don't worry about the details."
Xia Yu pushed Xiaoying into the recording studio, then put a pair of headphones on Xiaoying's head and said with a smile, "Come, listen to this song first, we will sing this song later."
"So fast?"
When Sakura heard this and wanted to say something, she heard a song coming from her headphones. She had to suppress her thoughts and listened carefully, memorizing the lyrics.
Fortunately, the song was simple, and after listening to it several times, she had memorized the rhythm and lyrics.
Soon, Sakura was the only one left in the recording studio. Looking at the microphone in front of her, Sakura looked nervous, silently waiting for the background music to start.
As the music started, she quickly began to sing: "I really want to see you..."
"Wait, it's not time yet, Sakura."
Hearing the reminder from Fang Zhiyo behind the glass, Sakura blushed and said, "Ah, sorry."
After concentrating on listening to the music again, Sakura silently waited for the rhythm, but the rhythm had already started and she still didn't speak, so Tomoyo had to remind her again.
"Sakura, it's already started!"
"Eh?"
Sakura was startled and started singing immediately, but the singing sounded like the reappearance of a certain Umu monster.
"Hmm, this song is worthy of the bright red rose."
Xia Yu, who was wearing headphones behind the glass, frowned deeply. Xiaoying's singing was clearly audible before, why did it become like this today?
Could it be that a certain Rose Emperor has awakened and possessed a person?
"Haha, this is also what makes Sakura so cute."
Although Chishi next to him didn't understand Xia Yu's complaints, looking at Xia Yu's frown, she could probably understand what he had just complained about.
“This can indeed be considered a cute point.”
Xia Yu nodded and took the earphones off his head, but unfortunately this cute spot was a torture to his ears.
A few minutes later, Sakura finished singing.
After all the materials were collected, Tomoyo asked Sakura to go back to the room to change her clothes, while she and Xia Yu went to edit the collected materials.
It won’t be long before the finished film comes out.
The recording studios, various filming equipment, background boards, etc. that suddenly appeared in the courtyard disappeared at the same time as Xia Yu waved his hand.
Some of these things were exchanged by him using his sunshine points, and some were created by him using the creation cards. Since they were all his things, he could put them away or make them disappear so easily.
As for the editing of the materials... Tomoyo just happens to have an editing room specifically used for editing the materials she shot.
Time passed slowly, and it didn't take too long. Under the operation of Zhishi and Xia Yu, the materials were quickly cut into a film.
Tomoyo's room.
Xia Yu brought in a videotape player and a large TV. After putting the cut videotape into the player, the finished film began to play as the TV was turned on.
Looking at the edited footage, the music matched with her own stuttering singing voice, Xiaoying said awkwardly, "It's a failure."
Xiao Ke, who was sitting on the sofa and watching as well, was also surprised. He didn't expect that Sakura's singing would be... so unique. He almost thought that Sakura was just singing randomly.
"It's okay."
Noticing that Sakura was a little embarrassed, Tomoyo smiled and said, "Xia-kun and I both expected this to happen, so we will re-match the music later."
After hearing this, Xiaoying's expression relaxed, and she couldn't help asking, "So this MTV is Xiaoying's memoirs?"
"No, it's just OP."
"OP?"
After hearing Xia Yu's answer, Xiaoying was a little confused, and Xia Yu nodded and explained.
"Yes, OP stands for Opening Song. This is just the opening song of Sakura's memoirs."
"Opening song? What on earth is Sakura's Memoirs?"
“It’s these videotapes.”
Tomoyo took out a storage box from under the table, showed it to Sakura and said, "This records all the scenes of Sakura's active life so far."
Looking at the dozens of videotapes, Sakura was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking again, "So many!? Plus that opening song, what are you guys going to do, Tomoyo?"
"Of course, it's so that it can be broadcast on TV."
After hearing this answer, Sakura turned around blankly. It turned out that it was going to be broadcast on TV...
Wait, it's on TV!?
“Eh! Eh heh heh——?”
Sakura's face flushed instantly, and she looked at the two smiling people beside her in panic.
"Wait, this is going to be on TV?"
"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it." Tomoyo said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Xiaoying, there will definitely be a lot of people who like you." Xia Yu said with a smile.
"But this is so embarrassing!"
"There's nothing to be shy about, because this way you can show Sakura's cuteness to the whole world."
"That's right, there will definitely be someone who likes you beyond your imagination, Sakura."
Listening to Tomoyo and Xia Yu saying these embarrassing words, Sakura couldn't help but blush, and even some steam seemed to be coming out of her head.
"But if I'm on TV, I won't be able to go out."
"That's not the case."
“Isn’t it good to be popular?”
Seeing the determination of Chiyo and Xia Yu, Xiaoying couldn't help crying and said, "Why is this happening? I don't want to be on TV."
(End of this chapter)