That way, it wouldn't tarnish his Ancestral Master persona.
A more elegant way to put it would be, "Ancestral Master Chen Jincheng made this simp video to commemorate his former self."
After he finished recording the voice-over, he began shooting the first scene: where the female lead, Lin Leqing, points at the male lead in a rage while the male lead just looks completely bewildered.
Lin Leqing had studied the script more than once and thought it would be a piece of cake.
But when it was time to perform, a problem immediately surfaced. Her portrayal of angrily pointing at her boyfriend just wasn't convincing, and the performance came off as a little awkward.
Sure enough, theory was no substitute for practice.
"Cut!" Lao Chen had also spotted the problem. "Yueqing, anger. You need that kind of anger a girlfriend has when she's being unreasonable. The corners of your mouth absolutely cannot curl up, or it'll look awkward and take people out of the scene."
