You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

Chapter 303: Hunting for Beauty
The filming of "Sweet Honey" went very smoothly. The two directors' teams joined forces and after the initial running-in period, the effect of 1+1 greater than 2 began to appear, and the sparks between the leading actors became more and more.

Le Yan and Bi Xia can contribute amazing and god-level performances almost every day. The reason is that Le Yan uses his upgraded [Observation Power] to gradually get closer to the 'Hong Kong natives', and Bi Xia, who has greater potential as his enemies become stronger, is also getting better and better under the influence of his powerful opponent Le Yan.

After upgrading his [Observation] to D, Le Yan saved up his insights points for more than a week and upgraded it to C level. Although he didn't release a song this time, his ability and level of experiencing life have been improved. I believe that in time, he will definitely become the most authentic 'Li Xiaojun'.

The explosive performances of the male and female leading actors led to rumors in the crew that it would be even harder to get into the Beijing Film Academy after the release of "Comrades: Almost a Love Story"!

What is the teaching level? There are two drama queens in one grade?

Le Yan and Bi Xia will definitely enter the imperial temple of Beijing Film Academy because of this work!
As the saying goes, every gain must come with a loss.

The filming went on in an orderly manner, but there was one situation that gave the two directors a headache: the male lead, Le Yan, was often nowhere to be found on the set.

"Comrades: Almost a Love Story" was filmed according to a schedule. Often, after one group of actors finished filming, other actors would use the scene to continue filming. Since they paid the location fee, they must make the best use of it.

But every time after filming Le Yan's scene, it became extremely difficult to find him again.

He wasn't even on the set!

On several occasions, the assistant director found him hundreds of meters away from the shooting location.

It was already a headache for him to run around alone, and our beloved classmate Bi Xia was also a person who couldn't sit still. Seeing that Le Yan always ran out, Bi Xia also started to follow him out for a walk.

But Le Yan would come back as soon as she was called, but Bi Xia would just run away, and if not enough people went there, it would be impossible to catch her.

If it weren't for the fact that Su Tian and Kong Chao couldn't find any fault with Bi Xia and Le Yan's acting skills, and that their condition was getting better and better, they really wanted to twist the heads of these two kids off and hang them on their belts!

“Is there anything interesting on this road?”

This was the third time within a week that Su Tian had sought ideological advice from Le Yan.

The conversation took place not on the set, he found Le Yan who was strolling on the street.

Kong Chao was watching the filming on the set, so the responsibility of educating the child fell on him.

But Su Tian's head is bald from worry
The last time he worked with LeYan, he wasn't so wild?
what is wrong?
Can't sit still now?

Le Yan stopped at the door of a tea restaurant and said to Su Tian with a smile:

“There was no chance before!”

Do you know how long it has been since I last walked openly on the streets in the mainland?

Le Yan brought up this reason, and Su Tian had nothing to say
That’s right, in a while, you won’t be able to leave Hong Kong!
Then you can go outside and breathe some fresh air.

After answering Su Tian, ​​Le Yan pointed to the tea restaurant in front and asked Bi Xia:
"Would you like to drink?"

Bixia's heart had already flown to the department store across the street. He shook his head and said:

"Don't drink so much."

Le Yan curled his lips:

"My treat."

Bi Xia quickly turned his head and glanced at the door:

"Which room?"

Leyan nodded:
"Yeah."

Bi Xia extended his hand to Le Yan:

"This mandarin duck is 22 cents a cup. Pay me."

Le Yan took out a combination of 48 banknotes and coins from his pocket and handed them to Bi Xia:

"This iced drink costs 2 cents, one for you and the director."

Su Tian was stunned by the conversation between Le Yan and Bi Xia.

The crew only hired Cantonese teachers for the actors and did not provide language training for the director.

"Do you communicate in Cantonese in private?" Su Tian asked curiously.

Le Yan nodded brightly:
“Yes!”

"Speak nicely!" Su Tian frowned.

Le Yan shrank his neck in fear and switched gears:

"That's right, we'll communicate in Cantonese when we get out."

"Why?" Su Tian continued to ask.

"Because..." Le Yan just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Bi Xia who came out with milk tea.

Bixia said excitedly:

"We were afraid that they would rip us off because of our foreign accents! Now we don't have to be afraid anymore."

Le Yan touched his head awkwardly and continued to say to Su Tian:

"That's her reason. I don't do that! I do it to experience life."

"Experience life?" Su Tian whispered to himself and continued to move forward with them.

Two meters in front of him, Le Yan squatted down and asked the street vendor with a smile:
"Mom, have you eaten yet?"

Su Tian's facial features twisted together and he patted his shiny forehead.

Do you know him? Are you just talking to him?
Why are you still so sociable?
That night, Su Tian went to Kong Chao's room and shared with him what he had seen and heard that day.

"Le Yan just went out for a stroll, there was nothing serious to do, and Bi Xia just went out for fun." Su Tian lit a cigarette tiredly, seeing that the children were too tired.

Kong Chao asked with a complicated expression:

"Bixia likes to play, so I understand why she runs out. Leyan doesn't have any serious work, so why does she go out every day?"

Liu Min repeatedly told Su Tian and Kong Chao that Le Yan must be in the same state when he went to Hong Kong and when he came back, and his safety must be guaranteed.

The two directors didn't dare to let him run around. If anything went wrong, the responsibility would be on the crew's shoulders.

Now there's a female protagonist following him. The situation is even more serious!
Do they really need to find someone to follow them all day?
Su Tian blew out a smoke ring:
"I asked him, and he said he was going out to experience life, which I thought was an excuse."

Kong Chao also took a cigarette and lit it:
"why?"

Su Tian sneered:
"He either chats up old ladies or keeps company with young widows. Is there anyone who experiences life this way?"

"Where did Le Yan find the old lady and the young widow?" Kong Chao suddenly exclaimed, "Is he going to 'drink sugar water'?"

The Cantonese teacher told the actors one thing when he was teaching them: "Drinking sugar water" should not be used casually, as it has other meanings in the local area.
Le Yan has said in many programs that he likes sisters who are older than him, the older the better.

Aren’t the old lady and the young widow just hitting his XP? !

"How is it possible that Bi Xiatian follows him every day?" Su Tian was so angry that he laughed, "Even if he did, he can't let me see it."

I followed him the whole afternoon today!
"Then why do you think this is an excuse?" Kong Chao continued to ask.

Su Tian sighed:

"Other actors experience life by living with observers for a long time and understanding their living habits and behaviors, but Le Yan has never had in-depth contact with anyone. He just strolls around and chats casually. That's all. I have never seen anyone like him."

Su Tian often asks actors to experience life before joining the crew.

Although he has not experienced it himself, he knows what it is like to experience life.

No one experiences life this way.

Is it possible to understand everything about him just by meeting him?
That's not a scanner!
After hearing Su Tian’s explanation, Kong Chao fell into long contemplation.

He firmly believes that Le Yan is not a liar
Maybe he really went there to experience life, but Su Tian just didn’t notice it?

"Tomorrow you help me keep an eye on him for a while, and I'll go follow him and see." Kong Chao made the decision.

"Do you still want to go? I'm tired, I tell you." Su Tian kindly stopped him.

Kong Chao put his feet on the coffee table and put his hands on his head:

"I believe LeYan really went to experience life, because his performance is getting better and better, more and more real, and closer to the locals. Maybe he has his own way of experiencing life? I want to go and see and learn."

Kong Chao is a new director with strong self-motivation.

He is used to learning from his partners' strengths and making up for their weaknesses, taking the good things for his own use.

It is an indisputable fact that Le Yan's performance is getting better and better.

How did he achieve such rapid improvement in such a short period of time?

I have to go and find out for myself!
The next afternoon, the informant reported that Le Yan had quietly left again.

Kong Chao quickly called Su Tian to help him watch two scenes, and he went out to find Le Yan.

In a remote alley less than 200 meters away from the shooting site, Kong Chao met with the informant.

"Where are the people?" Kong Chao looked around.

This is a dead end. Did you lose the person?

The informant pointed to the entrance of an old building and said:
"I went up, but the elevator stopped at the fifth floor. I didn't dare to alert the enemy."

The building pointed out by the informant was dark and old, and looked very much like the place where the thugs conducted transactions in the movies.

Kong Chao backed off for a while and confirmed again:
"Are you sure Le Yan went in here?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. Bi Xia went in with him." The informant said with absolute certainty.

Kong Chao lit a cigarette and mustered up his courage to walk towards the building:
"Wait for me here. If there's anything unusual around you, call me. Hang up after one ring."

With a cigarette in hand, I have the courage!
If you encounter a bad guy, holding a cigarette can help you gain confidence.

But his momentum was suppressed by the informant.

The informant threw the cigarette in Kong Chao's mouth to the ground and stomped on it twice:

"No smoking indoors in Xiangjiang."

"I—" Kong Chao clenched his fists, "I know!"

The rules in Hong Kong are so different from those in the mainland!

This building looks scary from the outside, and even scarier once you're inside.

There was not even a light in the entire corridor, and Kong Chao vaguely heard a strange sound.

How do you describe that sound?
Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's gone. You can't catch it when you want to hear it, and it slips into your ears when you don't want to hear it.

And that voice seemed to awaken some primitive desire in Kong Chao's heart.

This strange feeling immediately reminded him of a Hong Kong movie he liked very much, called "Golden Rooster".

I'll go, won't I?

Kong Chao tightened his clothes.

Did he meet a prostitute?
Le Yan, you little bastard!
Did the old lady and the young widow bring you here? !

He wanted to run away, but when he thought of his hero and heroine who were still upstairs, his sense of responsibility forced him to press the elevator button with trembling hands.

If Le Yan really fails here, the TV series will be over.

While there is still two breaths left, rescue him!

He took the creaking elevator that looked like it could crash at any time to the 5th floor.

As the elevator door opened, he felt as if he had arrived in the Avici Hell.

The cramped, narrow, and dim corridor was surrounded by thick white fog, and the voice in his ears that aroused his primitive desires became louder and louder!

right here!!
Soon, Kong Chao followed the sound and came to a rusty gate.

Kong Chao was about to face Le Yan, and his heart was filled with regret.

Le Yan, you are confused!

How come he is so obsessed with the old lady here when he has such a good daughter-in-law at home?

This scene made Kong Chao feel grief-stricken and angry. He kicked open the iron door in front of him and shouted:
"You have let me down too much!!"

inside the door.

Le Yan was being attacked from both sides by three wealthy old ladies, who were saying something that Kong Chao couldn't understand.

"My luck is as bad as shit!"

"Is it my turn to eat today? Let's see!"

Although Kong Chao didn't understand, he was not blind. Looking at the things in front of him, he muttered to himself dully:

"Mahjong parlor?"

So that's smoke outside?
Damn, isn't smoking prohibited indoors? ?
The sound that sometimes appears and disappears, stirring the primitive desire in my heart, is the sound of shuffling cards? !
Le Yan, who was fighting with the three women, took the time to raise his chin towards Kong Chao and sternly corrected his remarks and common sense errors:
"It's the Mahjong House!"

Bi Xia passed by Kong Chao and said curiously:
"You can find something like this? So cool!"

Just as Kong Chao was doubting his life, the old lady on Le Yan's right laughed twice and pushed the cards in front of her forward:
"Food!"

Le Yan stood up and pointed at the table and shouted:

"Grandma! Are you kidding me? You're the one who eats every time. Are you cheating?"

Le Yan fought with the old lady for hundreds of rounds using bird language that Kong Chao could not understand.

Although Kong Chao didn't understand, he guessed that Le Yan had lost the argument.

Because Le Yan slapped the table angrily and said to Bi Xia:
"More tea! More tea!"

After learning that Le Yan and Bi Xia came to the mahjong hall, no, the mahjong hall, Kong Chao felt completely relieved.

He moved a stool, sat next to Le Yan, and watched him play mahjong seriously.

Le Yan had no problem communicating with the locals, and he lost the argument only because his voice was not as loud as the aunties.

This further strengthened Kong Chao's thoughts.

Le Yan must have been observing life during this period, otherwise he would not have been able to integrate into Hong Kong so quickly.

Not long after, several aunts at the same table pointed at Kong Chao and talked about him with creepy smiles on their faces.

Kong Chao's Cantonese was not good enough, but with Bi Xia's translation, Kong Chao finally understood what they were talking about.

"Auntie asked who you are, and Le Yan said you are his cousin from the mainland, who came to Hong Kong to visit relatives."

"Ah?" Kong Chao asked Bi Xia in surprise, "Why did he say that?"

What? I can’t do it?
Bi Xia, the tea girl, explained to Kong Chao in a low voice:
"Le Yan told these aunties that he was the son of the barbecue shop on the street behind and that he was a local. Wouldn't that expose his character if he told the truth?"

"He said he was a local and no one noticed the problem?"

"No, no one has ever discovered it!"

"Never? Who else has he lied to?"

Bixia counted on his fingers and said:

"He told the tea seller that he was an insurance agent. He told the dishwasher at the tea restaurant that he was a police inspector. He gave a homeless old woman a piece of chocolate when he met her on the street that day, saying that he ran a supermarket next door. And so many more. Oh, there are too many. I can't remember them all."

Kong Chao slowly turned his head and looked at Le Yan, who was arguing with his aunt and was getting very angry.

How does he observe life?
For the next hour, Kong Chao didn't even dare to blink, staring at Le Yan and observing his every move.

But Le Yan did nothing except quarreling with a few old ladies and playing cards seriously.

I didn't see him looking up or looking at anyone; his eyes were always fixed on the deck of cards in front of him.

A good way to experience
Don’t worry, just wait and see.

After playing cards, Le Yan took Kong Chao and Bi Xia out of the old and dilapidated building and walked onto Guangming Avenue again.

Kong Chao asked curiously:

"What are you going to observe next?"

Le Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked towards a shop selling fried skewers:
"It's a quarter past three. Let's have tea first!"

He walked to the door of the fried skewers and said a lot of things to the proprietress with a smile.

Kong Chao turned to Bi Xia in confusion.

Bixia blinked:
"Le Yan said his father sells ketchup and asked the boss's wife if she would like to cooperate with their family."

Kong Chao stomped his feet hard.

Screw your observation life!
This guy Le Yan definitely came to Hong Kong to hunt for beauties!
Is there anyone in his social circle who is under 40?

We must find a way to help Le Yan find his way back to the right path!!
(End of this chapter)