"Your previous performance wasn't problematic, but I always feel there's a lack of... um, a sense of contradiction."
The director looked over the raw footage they had filmed earlier and, somewhat helplessly, shook his head as he spoke.
"Contradiction, huh..."
"Yes, the feeling of your song starting subdued and ending emphatically is very strong. I think the climax of the chorus is spot on, but the previous suppression isn't quite enough..."
Bai Yi opened his mouth, glanced at Yan Huan standing beside him, and then said,
"Originally, my design included... a contradictory element, but due to some... real-world factors, it seemed inappropriate to use it, so..."
What Bai Yi meant was that initially, he had included hints about his mother in the storyboard, but this was advised against by Yan Huan.
The director glanced at Bai Yi and continued,
