Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 208: Playing and Ambiguity

The next day, I had just had breakfast.

The crew of "My Love from the Star" started the pre-filming preparations early. Lighting is always the most time-consuming, so the lighting technician was the first to arrive.

Chen Linfeng sat in the director's chair and watched Zhao Fei direct the staff to set up the camera positions.

The shooting plan discussed yesterday did not conflict with the actual situation on site. The crew's preparations went smoothly, with only the lighting team still being adjusted.

Chen Linfeng patted Cheng Er and asked him to continue watching.

In the dressing room, Liu Qianqian has already put on her makeup. Unlike her previous straight long hair, her hairstyle now has dark red wavy curls and her makeup is heavier, giving her a mature and gorgeous look.

Overall, it looks more mature and extroverted.

Chen Linfeng sat down and asked the makeup artist to start.

"Ah, little darling, why are you so cute? Let your sister touch you."

Chen Linfeng said speechlessly, "You just finished putting on your makeup, don't let Xiao Yunmiao mess it up for you."

This is his crew, and he finally doesn’t have to worry about other people’s opinions, so Xiao Yunmiao was also brought along.

However, as soon as he was brought to the crew, Liu Qianqian immediately took over the custody of him.

"No, she is very honest in front of me."

Liu Qianqian lifted Xiao Yunmiao in front of Chen Linfeng and said, "Look, she doesn't even struggle when I hold her."

The calico cat that was held in the air suddenly struggled when it saw its owner, and kept meowing at him.

The bad woman has taken control of me, my owner, please save her!

Liu Qianqian had no choice but to put it down, "It was fine just now."

"Are you ready today? Are you still in the mood to play with the cat? Don't wait a while and repeat it over and over again."

"I'm ready for twenty of them." Liu Qianqian said with confidence.

Chen Linfeng couldn't help complaining, "It seems you are prepared for this."

By the time they were all done with their makeup, the scene was almost set up.

"All departments are ready, start photography and sound recording," the assistant director shouted.

Then the photographer starts recording, the sound engineer starts recording, and when everything is ready, the script supervisor hits the clapboard.

Cheng Er saw Chen Linfeng make an "ok" gesture and shouted "action", and the shooting officially began.

Today’s content continues from yesterday’s elevator plot and moves on to the plot in the corridor after exiting the elevator.

Compared to yesterday, Liu Qianqian has indeed made some progress and is progressing much faster.

After Chen Linfeng looked at the footage, he gave the other party a thumbs up.

"Not bad, Sissi. You've made progress."

"Of course, I'm the big star An Xi. This little role won't be a problem for me at all."

Akimbo!

Chen Linfeng smiled and didn't hit her hard right away.

Instead, I discussed it with Cheng Er first and felt that it was indeed okay.

"Okay, everyone, get ready again and do it again later."

"No, why?" Liu Qianqian was stunned.

Didn’t you just praise me and say that I performed very well?

You can't order the entire crew to start over just to make me laugh.

"That was a panoramic shot just now. Now we're going to do a close-up, which will require higher standards. Come on, Sissi."

I was so careless that I forgot about this.

Liu Qianqian felt like crying but had no tears. If she had known earlier, she would not have boasted in advance. She had struggled very hard to barely pass the test.

The morning ended quickly and the afternoon continued.

Liu Xixi no longer enjoyed her lunch and was tortured to the point of wanting death.

Chen Linfeng picked a piece of meat for her, "You still have to work hard in the afternoon, this piece of meat is for you to refuel."

"I don't want that. I'll have to exercise later to reduce the calories from this piece of meat."

Although she said so, Liu Xixi did not take the meat back.

Although she felt tired mentally, Xiaofeng was definitely more tired than her because he had to accompany her to act over and over again and also had to care about the filming effects, which was both mentally and physically tiring.

The progress in the afternoon was much faster, and we finished the scene in just two takes.

So the time left is just right for shooting the next shot.

The real opening of "My Love from the Star" is the scene where the protagonist introduces himself and sorts out a series of encounters from the Ming Dynasty to the present, as well as the protagonist's identity and abilities.

Of course, all the scenes involving exterior scenes in the protagonist’s self-narration were shot in post-production.

Chen Linfeng was the only one shooting this segment, so the filming progress was much faster. Even with very high standards, three or four takes were generally the limit.

The day's filming ended like this. After dinner, Chen Linfeng went to the rehearsal room as agreed to rehearse the next day's scenes together.

After Liu Qianqian finished filming in the afternoon, she had some free time and arrived at the rehearsal room early.

She was looking through the script again.

She has read this book countless times and always can't put it down.

Because I always feel that the heroine in the story is similar to her in some way.

Although the heroine's personality is quite different from her own, the huge gap in knowledge and her often passive behavior when facing the hero are exactly the same as hers.

Falling in love with an outstanding person but the other person is reluctant to confess his feelings is very similar.

Rather, this is the key point.

When Liu Xixi read the script, she always thought of herself, especially since the female lead was called An Xi and was very beautiful.

This always gave her an illusion that perhaps Xiaofeng was writing according to her.

At this time, Liu Qianqian happened to see Chen Linfeng coming in, and couldn't help but ask about the doubts in her heart.

"Why did the male protagonist in this drama initially like the female protagonist? Was it because of her personality? Or was it because she looked like the little girl in ancient times that he began to like her?" "Why do you ask that?"

"I was thinking that the heroine is stupid, narcissistic, and not very friendly to others. Judging from her personality, the hero, who is so outstanding, shouldn't like her."

Chen Linfeng was surprised and said, "But the heroine is beautiful, and the setting is very beautiful. She is one of the top ones in the entertainment industry."

"Is it enough to just be pretty?" Liu Qianqian looked straight at the other person.

"I think the heroine must be unlikable, otherwise how could the hero have been able to hold back from confessing his feelings?"

"Hmm? That's not right." Chen Linfeng looked at Liu Qianqian in confusion.

"Didn't the script say that the hero was leaving and that their relationship was destined to have no result? He didn't accept the confession for the heroine's sake."

"Is this a love affair destined to have no result?" Liu Qianqian murmured.

Chen Linfeng put his hand on her forehead to test the temperature. "What's wrong with you? You look weird today."

Liu Qianqian slapped the other person's hand away and said angrily, "It's all Professor Chen's fault. If you had confessed earlier, An Qian wouldn't have been so sad."

Chen Linfeng said helplessly, "This is the plot design of the script, you don't have to care so much."

Liu Qianqian seemed to suddenly realize something, and suddenly recovered and said calmly, "It's okay, let's start rehearsing."

About an hour or two later, he returned to his room to discuss the subsequent shooting plans with several important behind-the-scenes staff of the crew.

A fulfilling day just passed like this.

The male lead has a very important role, and even if he doesn't have any scenes, he still has to sit in the director's chair and stare at the shooting screen.

Under such circumstances, Chen Linfeng basically had no free time to write.

Sister Mei reported the situation to Mengya Publishing House and several overseas cooperating publishing houses, and the feedback she received was naturally not ideal.

"Everyone is looking forward to you writing something casually. Readers are urging you to write more. Although the publisher hasn't said it explicitly, you can tell if you think about it."

"Well, let's wait until I finish filming this drama." Chen Linfeng thought about it. After finishing filming the drama, there are still two months left this year, which should be enough to write a book.

"Okay, I see."

As for the crew, Chen Linfeng's method of first honing Liu Qianqian's acting skills achieved good results. After that, her new performance style gradually stabilized, and she was often able to control it within five lines, and sometimes even perform beyond her normal level.

Liu Qianqian herself knew it very well.

It's just that the plot, to some extent, fits her mood so well.

It was fine in the early days before it became a pair of bickering lovers, the main focus was to show the heroine as a top female star (known to people all over the country) and to make the audience as convinced as possible.

From the middle stage, Liu Qianqian became more and more immersed in the plot, and her performance became better and better.

Zhao Fei was experienced and quickly realized this, although it was quite strange that an idol drama could make the heroine immersed in the role.

But it’s also good this way. The whole drama has become more interesting, and the quality of the final work will definitely be greatly improved.

Another day of shooting is over, in the rehearsal room.

The two continued to rehearse the next day's scenes.

But this time the play is more ambiguous.

To put it simply, the heroine An Xi temporarily stayed at Professor Chen's house to avoid reporters.

She has a rough personality and made the living room a mess, but she didn't take it seriously. The male protagonist was very angry when he saw this scene when he woke up in the morning.

An Xi put a pillow under her head while doing yoga, but the angry Professor Chen pulled it away forcefully. Then the two of them started fighting, and then Professor Chen pushed An Xi down on the sofa, creating a rather ambiguous scene.

This is a common routine in idol dramas.

When Chen Linfeng was rehearsing this scene, he didn't act very realistically. He just went through the motions and focused on the lines and expressions.

This made Liu Qianqian dissatisfied.

"You agreed to act seriously, why are you acting like you're just doing it for the sake of it?"

"Okay, then I'm serious."

"come on."

Chen Linfeng thought about it and designed the fighting action with Liu Qianqian.

"You kicked me first, and I blocked it with a pillow, then I held your legs and threw you onto the sofa."

"Well, at this time, I will half stand up and hit you, and you can take advantage of the situation to defend yourself and press my arm, how about that?"

"Well, you can try it."

A new round of rehearsals officially begins.

There happened to be a sofa in the rehearsal room, and Liu Qianqian lay on the sofa according to the description in the script, leaving only her head hanging in the air, supported by a pillow.

Stretch your arms and legs high in the air, and shake your whole body to exercise.

Chen Linfeng walked over from a distance with his arms folded across his chest, looking around with disdain, "I originally thought that there was just one more person sleeping at home, how come it has completely changed?"

"Right, with the addition of a woman, the atmosphere suddenly becomes different, right? I can't explain why, but it suddenly becomes brighter, right?"

There were a series of lines in between, which both of them had memorized and performed smoothly.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Linfeng walked up quickly and pulled away the pillow from under Liu Qianqian's head. The two of them then fought and held each other down according to the ideas they had planned before.

Hmm? Press and hold?

The two people suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The atmosphere and feeling when acting on set and rehearsing privately are completely different.

If it were a normal filming, Cheng Er would definitely call out "cut" at this time, but now, there is no one else around.

Chen Linfeng held Liu Qianqian's hands and rode on her, with their chests almost touching.

Liu Qianqian immediately forgot about acting. Looking at the face above her that seemed so close to her, she suddenly lost all strength.

His face gradually turned red.

Chen Linfeng stood up immediately.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.

Is this really an idol drama? He immediately climbed down from the other person and sat up straight.

(End of this chapter)