Huayu: Start by asking ex-girlfriends for alms

Chapter 208 is finished!
The set was peaceful and quiet, but the entertainment industry was as turbulent as ever.

Yang Lijuan’s star-chasing incident is still continuing to ferment. After her father committed suicide and left a last wish that “I hope Andy Lau can see his daughter again”, this filial daughter followed her father’s instructions and did not forget her original intention.

At the beginning of the month, "Lin Daiyu" passed away, which made the audience feel deeply sad. At the same time, it also made Rong Xinda's "New Red Mansion" project more and more concerned, and even Yang Mi, who was in Taiwan, felt the pressure.

But, just a little bit.

She was just "Qingwen" and didn't need to be buried with flowers. For Yang Mi, Liu Yifei was the source of pressure.

The co-produced blockbuster was officially renamed "The Forbidden Kingdom" and rushed to Dunhuang to prepare for filming.

Chen Long, who had just finished working with Jing Tian and then welcomed Liu Yifei, called specially.

They first talked about the release date selection of "Taken", and then shifted the topic to Liu Yifei.

"Jiecheng, I saw the shadow of Tiantian in Xixi."

"No, she is more Tiantian than Tiantian!"

"Do you know Jiecheng? After joining the crew, this girl often asks the director, assistant director, photographer, lighting technician and others for advice. Not only does she have a good attitude towards learning, but she also has high professional qualities."

"I asked her why, and she said she wanted to understand the script more deeply."

"Oh, by the way, she also asked Yuan Heping for advice! She learned the martial arts routines very well, especially the sword flowers, which she performed very beautifully!"

"There are too few actresses nowadays who have a foundation in action scenes, especially when she is so young and comes from an academic background."

At this point, Chen Long praised from the bottom of his heart:
"Jiecheng, your alma mater is Housai Lei."

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, Xixi and Tiantian are examples of this!"

"The Beijing Film Academy is indeed the top film and television school in China. Even the acting department is full of hidden talents!"

Faced with Chen Long's generous praise, Zhen Jiecheng didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Seeing Jie Lun suddenly appear in front of him with a large bag of milk tea, he blurted out subconsciously,

"Jie Lun, would you like to apply for the Beijing Film Academy?"

"I can help you open the back door!"

"It's ok that he's listless, but how come he's got a problem with his brain?" Jie Lun complained while sipping his milk tea, "They actually asked me if I wanted to apply to Beijing Film Academy. How old am I? I'm already 28!"

"What's wrong with 28? Huang Bo enrolled in Beijing Film Academy when he was 28!" Sun Li laughed, "Some art schools have older students, it's not uncommon."

"Besides, you don't necessarily have to take the acting exam."

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Zhen Jiecheng.

"The school has already prepared the offer letter, and is just waiting for Dr. Jiecheng to graduate. So, you can apply for the directing department."

"Forget it!" Jie Lun shook his head firmly.

If I go there, I have to call him teacher. I am Zhen Hao's godfather, the order of seniority is messed up!

Thinking about it, he took out the script as usual and started to ask Sun Li for advice.

During this period of time, Jie Lun has mastered the most efficient method: first learn from Yang Mi and Sun Li, then find Liang Jiahui to extract the essence, and finally adjust and run-in through "maintaining one line" to pass the test.

You know what, this kid really succeeded in cramming.

Except for the lines which were still as vague as before, he managed to master the other basic skills quite well by relying on "temporary memory".

Coupled with the occasional "trick" to contribute a wave of emotional outbursts, probably similar to the high notes in music variety shows in previous lives, there is absolutely no problem in fooling ordinary audiences!

If this happened a dozen years later, it would definitely be a hot topic.

#Tears burst out! Jielun's eyes were full of light, so sad#
#Explosion! Jielun switches between 30 emotions in 6 seconds#
#Strong cross-border, you can always trust Jielun's strength#
But when it comes to Zhen Jiecheng, he still has to "Bao Yitiao" take turns to serve him.

As the filming was drawing to a close, the climax of the film began to gather pace. Correspondingly, Zhen Jiecheng's requirements became higher and higher, and from time to time he would say "Fuck you", which Jie Lun was already familiar with.

Jie Lun had long been accustomed to this. When he was eating his lunch in the evening, his mind was full of the night show that would take place later:

The construction team demolished the piano room, and Ye Xianglun traveled through time to save his girlfriend.

The extras' scenes were filmed first, and soon Jie Lun came on stage.

In the first-person perspective, the camera moves forward quickly, and the lens shakes and trembles, creating an immersive feeling and a tense atmosphere.

Then, Jie Lun, who was pedaling his bicycle frantically, quickly appeared from behind the camera. After riding to the door, he threw the bicycle aside and staggered into the school.

The camera then slowly moves up to show the whole scene.

"Pass!"

"Prepare for the next one!"

Zhen Jiecheng focused all his attention on the quality of the picture. Jielun? He was just a tool for the time being!

But after the scenes of climbing the scaffold and entering the piano room are shot, the tool man will also usher in his spring and become the absolute protagonist.

"Warm light!"

"Call in through the window!"

"Where's the cigarette cake? Light it up and create the Tyndall effect!"

“I want a light and dark effect: the piano keys are dark, Jielun’s hands are dark. Only a small area on his arms and school uniform shirt is illuminated by the warm light leaking through, and the rest is all cool tones.”

Ji Jianming quickly satisfied all of Zhen Jiecheng's wishes with his actions. Everyone looked at Jielun.

"OK, now it's your turn to perform."

"All units, prepare, action!"

Just as Jie Lun was about to adjust his condition by taking normal deep breaths, he stopped immediately.

Wait, it can't be adjusted!
What is wanted is a state of disordered breathing, so as to obtain "micro-expressions" and "body language" through tricks.

While performing, he pricked up his ears, nervously preparing for the sound of loud speakers that might sound at any time.

Unaware that this "uneasiness" also achieved an alternative effect!
Didn’t shout “Save one”? Great, keep going!
Following the tips Yang Mi gave me, I now raised my chest vigorously and used "deep breathing" excessively to create a state of "forced calmness".

Oh, and the eyes.

Eye acting is too complicated and profound, so I'll just pass it up.

Simply use your eyelashes and eyelids, and move your eyeballs a few times.

Then his eyes went blank.

What did Mimi say?

Find a target object and look at it.

Don't move your face or your eyes, don't focus on it anymore.

Wow! Haven't you "secured one" yet? Sister Mi is so strong, her skills are super cool!

Jie Lun buried his joy deep in his heart and began to play the piano, which he was best at.

"Hmm? The acting is good, the little look in the eyes, and the little movements."

Zhen Jiecheng raised the loudspeaker several times in a predictive manner, but then put it down gently each time.

Although his immaturity was obvious, it had already reached Zhen Jiecheng's standard for letting him go.

It is several levels higher than the original version and cannot be compared at all.

What is the original facial paralysis?

I know that he will play the piano and travel back 20 years to save his girlfriend.

If you don’t know, you would think he had just finished playing the manual and entered the sage time.

But why do these micro-expressions and body language have such a strong Beijing Film Academy flavor?
How about going back and trying to persuade him? With such a good talent, it would be a pity not to go to the acting department to become famous with Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, but just stay in the music circle as a small singer.

Zhen Jiecheng smacked his lips, and before he had time to think about it, he was attracted by Jie Lun's performance.

After entering the piano-playing scene, Jielun immediately became different!

All traces of artificiality have faded away, leaving only nature.

He shook his head and shoulders just right, his eyes were focused, and he was fully committed.

As the tune changes, the amplitude of body movement and emotions also change accordingly.

It doesn't look like acting at all!

Well...it really wasn't an act!

It’s the same as playing the piano with Lang Lang.

"Pass!"

When the last note fell, Zhen Jiecheng stood up immediately.

Lift the loud speaker with your left hand and give a thumbs up with your right hand.
"Jie Lun, you acted well!"

No matter whether it is "taking shortcuts" or acting out one's true self, as long as the performance is good, it deserves praise.

Especially, Jie Lun was the only one in the entire crew who had never received a thumbs-up from Zhen Jiecheng even once.

Seeing that the filming is about to be completed, Jie Lun is the screenwriter, the male lead and the director. It would be rude not to give him the money.

"Oh, really?"

Jie Lun raised the corner of his mouth. He was obviously very happy but he had to restrain his expression and act as if he was not surprised by praise or criticism.

"It's not that great~" "It's just barely good~"

"Come on, you're out of breath after I told you you're fat. Hurry up, let the props team add 'blood' to you, and then shoot the last shot of this scene."

The light starts to adjust again!
The cool colors need to create a sense of texture, and the projected warm colors also need to change the color temperature difference.

"Remember the last note of the score for "SECRET": the high mi. Eliminate it during post-production!"

Hearing this, Jie Lun, who was working with the props team, turned around.

"Jie Cheng, do you mean like in Parasite, the last scene is just a dream?"

"The score of "SECRET" was not finished? The time travel did not happen? The subsequent scenes were Ye Xianglun's fantasies at the last moment of his life?"

"It can be that it has been played. After all, the keys have been pressed, right?" Zhen Jiecheng smiled.

"But it could also be that the piano was not fully played. Although the keys were pressed, the piano room was collapsing due to the construction team's dismantling, causing the keys to malfunction at the last moment. Anyway, no matter what the reason was, there was no sound!"

"Lu Xiaoyu is dead, and Ye Xianglun is also dead! Father Ye had a heart attack while chasing them out, and he's about to die!"

"Everyone is dead, and this shows the tragic nature of art, isn't it?"

After a pause,
"Anyway, I won't explain it. The audience can think whatever they want."

"Whatever you think is right, you can always find arguments to support it."

"What's with that look in your eyes? Do you think I'm being naughty?"

"Yeah!" Jie Lun nodded, and then quickly reacted the next second, "Just a little bit~ not much."

"No, you can actually do more!" Zhen Jiecheng raised his head, "Yes, I am just being a hooligan."

“But isn’t the essence of art to be a hooligan?”

"Those who play badly are called little scoundrels and are not presentable."

"Those who are good at it are called bandits. No matter what their personality is, they are all justified when they act domineeringly."

"The one who is a little bit skilled and can live a long time is called Lao Bideng."

"Once they outlive their peers, they can pretend to be 'artists'!"

hiss~
How dare you say that?
The timid ones who came into contact with Zhen Jiecheng for the first time through the crew all widened their eyes.

豁~
You can say anything and dare to say anything.

It has to be Jie Cheng!

Li Pingbin, Cao Jiuping and Ji Jianming were chatting in low voices with great interest.

Yang Mi and Sun Li looked at each other, and then looked at Dani together.

"Dani, why don't you react at all?"

"Reaction? What reaction? Isn't this normal?"

Dani spread her hands.
"Brother Cheng went to visit the set of Curse of the Golden Flower. On the first day, he grabbed the loud speaker of a certain director and called producer Zhang a fool in public. Brother Cheng has always been very brave!"

Then he pointed at Zhou Jielun.
"Look, isn't Jay brother very calm too?"

Looking in the direction of Dani's finger, I suddenly saw Jie Lun asking,
"Jie Cheng, what about you? Which category are you in?"

"I?"

"Now head for the bandit leader!"

"As for the future, according to the theorem that good people don't live long, but evil people leave a legacy for thousands of years, I will definitely become an old gangster. Then I will work hard to become a gangster leader!"

"Okay, no more bullshit! Let's get to work and start filming!"

The last shot of this scene was very simple and Jie Lun needed no preparation at all.

But it was simple only for Jielun. Just the action of raising his hand to release the keyboard took Ji Jianming and the lighting team half a day to work on.

From cool tones to warm tones, Ye Xianglun's hands span more than just light, shadow and color.

The cold palpitations and the tragic undertones spread.

The warm distortion and hazy halo are much more advanced than the simple skin smoothing effect.

The blood drops dripping down the fingers are stained with both cool and warm tones.

At the moment of dripping, the bright red and dark red are clearly layered.

"Pass!"

"Old Ji, your light is so authentic!"

For the first time, Zhen Jiecheng did not give a thumbs up, but instead held up a loud speaker and looked around at everyone.

"Closing the stall, getting off work!"

"Tomorrow is the final scene, everyone, prepare well. I don't want to have to do anything stupid on the last day!"

The gathering and separation of people in the entertainment industry are much more frequent than those of ordinary people.

But the "joys and sorrows, separations and reunions" have not become numb because of the frequency, the necessary emotions are still there, but they come strongly and go away easily.

Zhen Jiecheng didn't know whether Sun Li was the same, the only thing he was sure of was that Sun Li didn't mention Huang Sanshi once tonight, but he seemed more enthusiastic and unrestrained.

He tilted his head back and blinked his big eyes.

The seductive charm sways between the lifted hair ends.

"Sister, wait, the plastic wrap is not yet..."

"I know!" Sun Li nodded and interrupted Zhen Jiecheng.

"We're wrapping up tomorrow, don't you want to take a proper hot bath?"

As he spoke, he was trying to find the root of the problem.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are quite good at using words. Don't worry, I'll talk about it later!"

"I have to thank Jie Lun for writing the song "Secret" and making it into a movie."

"Otherwise I might have been stuck in a dead end and couldn't really get rid of it."

Holding on to the window, looking up.

Bend your waist and stick out your butt.

"Hehe, Jie Cheng, am I relieved now?"

Shake it,
"Don't just stand there, reach out and clap! Clap loudly, don't be reluctant."

"Since the secret cannot be told, let's do it!"

"I know you have many women!"

"I can also guess that Cheng Hao is the one you will eventually marry."

"If I were two or three years younger, if I had been more careful when I first entered school and not been easily deceived, then I would definitely have fought with Cheng Hao!"

“But how can there be so many ifs?”

Sun Li held Zhen Jiecheng's face.
"So Jie Cheng, I only have one request: Don't forget me!"

Hug, leave, and step on the night.

Smile, wave, and face the rising sun.

Ji Jianming led the lighting team to set up the lighting, and Jie Lun asked Liang Jiahui for advice seriously.

Yang Mi and Dani became good sisters and were chatting non-stop.

Sun Li winked at Zhen Jiecheng, then threw himself into his work and began to build up his emotions.

at last,

"All units, prepare, action!"

At this moment, it is just like at that moment, except that the roles have been reversed.

The "real" Lu Xiaoyu sat calmly in the classroom, while the "fake" Ye Xianglun held onto the door frame, looking embarrassed.

Ji Jianming carefully utilized the orange-yellow natural light of Chaoyang:
The reflector removes the shadow on the chin, using uniformity to create beauty and also to highlight distortion.

The halo of the glass window paper-cuts was accurately captured by Li Pingbin:
The door frame is also stained with a layer of haziness, so that it looks more like a picture frame, and Ye Xianglun is the portrait in the painting.

Lu Xiaoyu smiled. Although the sudden appearance of the "stranger" was a bit reckless, the way he carefully greeted her was very cute.

Seeing this, Ye Xianglun also smiled. Blending into the sunshine, warm and innocent!
Do you still want to take original graduation photos?

Take a picture!

Instead of letting the setting of "can only be seen by the person who sees it for the first time" conflict with the graduation photo, it is better to let "Secret" end with Ye Xianglun and Lu Xiaoyu looking at each other with silent smiles!

Thinking of this, Zhen Jiecheng no longer hesitated.

Stand up, pick up the loud speaker,
"I declare: The filming of "Secret" is complete!"

　It was deleted, alas.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)