Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 164 I’m Afraid You Can’t See

At four o'clock in the afternoon, everything was ready and the shooting of the MV for "Lucky Me" finally officially began.

Because the plot is simple and there is no story line between the male and female protagonists, there is no need for scene transitions this time, nor is there a need to build sets or hire extras like the last time "Seven" was filmed in Los Angeles.

So if everything goes well, maybe enough footage can be shot in a few hours for post-editing to make a MV feature film. This can be regarded as the filming job with the least workload and the lowest work intensity in history.

The crew brought the two main actors who had finished their makeup to an empty and deserted beach, where they simply built a Western-style wedding scene and would later complete the filming of the hero and heroine's proposal scene.

This time the director used a pseudo "one-shot" shooting technique.

It was like shooting a vlog recording the proposal process of an ordinary couple, with several photographers following the heroine Cheng Xiao, who was wearing a white dress, throughout the whole process.

She got out of the car, stepped onto the white carpet in high heels, walked through the flower arch, hugged the male lead Shen Juan, and kissed passionately, and a series of actions that would drive CP fans crazy were well recorded.

then
Cheng Xiao also welcomed the first marriage proposal in her life, which she had been looking forward to since she was very young.

Shen Juan knelt on one knee, took out a wedding ring sponsored by Tiffany, raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Xiao gently, and said to her: "Do you know what I am doing now?"

Anyway, their conversation will not be included in the MV, so they can talk about anything now.

"Proposal?"

Cheng Xiao subconsciously stretched out his hands to cover his face which was gradually getting hot due to shyness, and then kept telling himself in his heart that he was acting and must not lose his composure and embarrass himself.

"No." Shen Juan raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Filming a music video?" Cheng Xiao guessed again.

"I'm staring at the rest of my life."

Shen Juan looked at her for a moment and suddenly laughed out loud.

"That's what the lyrics say anyway."

"Oh"

But didn’t you write the lyrics yourself?

So the second half of the sentence can actually be omitted.
So Cheng Xiao secretly rolled her eyes at Shen Juan from an angle that the camera couldn't capture, indicating that she was not very happy. Then she stretched out her left hand and said proudly with her eyes: "I agree! Put the ring on my finger!"

"On which finger?"

"Don't you even know that?"

"I haven't proposed to anyone yet."

"Pick either your ring finger or your middle finger."

"What's the difference?"

"It seems like the customs are different in every country, but I remember reading somewhere that wearing it on the middle finger means engagement, and the ring finger means marriage."

"Oh, I see." So Shen Juan picked up the ring and put it on her middle finger. His movements were not very skilled and seemed a little awkward.

Cheng Xiao stretched out her fair and slender fingers. The already sparkling ring looked even brighter under the afterglow of the setting sun. The corners of her mouth could not help but curl up like a puppy's tail wagging like an electric fan when it meets someone it likes, and she couldn't suppress it no matter what she did.

Although she knew that this was acting and all the plot interactions were fake, she still couldn't help feeling an indescribable joy.

Some people look for beauty in reality.

Some people seek happiness in virtual reality.

But she was different.

No matter whether it is virtual or real, as long as it is related to Shen Juan, she likes it all and she wants it all!
The girl's thoughts returned to reality from her beautiful fantasy. Her smile became sweeter and brighter. She saw her "one-day boyfriend" kneeling on one knee in front of her and was reluctant to get up. So she opened her arms and said with a smile: "So should we hug each other now? I saw that this is how successful proposals are made."

The corners of Shen Juan's mouth rose slightly.

“Is the video just about hugging?”

"And kissing." Cheng Xiao's eyes flickered. She gradually adapted to and got used to the throbbing feeling when communicating with Shen Juan, so much so that she even joked, "Do you want it?"

"I think it's possible, but for your safety, I'd better use a different location. I don't want to break up with a friend just because of the fans' insults."

After Shen Juan finished speaking, he stood up and hugged the girl with a cute sweet smile on her face, then turned his head and kissed her gently, silently breathing in her fragrance.

I have to say that although the parties involved felt that such interaction was a bit fake, because they were always talking about topics irrelevant to the plot and could not fully immerse themselves in the proposal plot, emotions and eyes cannot lie.

In the eyes of the director, photographer and others, Cheng Xiao's every smile and frown when facing Shen Juan was obviously from the heart, and she was like a little girl in the midst of love.

It doesn't look like acting.

This is their first reaction.

However, considering Cheng Xiao’s professional identity as an idol, she cannot fall in love (and cannot be discovered if she does).

With Lu Han as a living example, even Shen Juan, a top star, does not dare to fall in love openly.

It is even more impossible to ask his secret girlfriend to accompany him to shoot an MV with a proposal plot.

This is like dancing in a minefield!

So I silently added another possibility:
She's in the wrong profession.

Cheng Xiao’s real talent is not in singing and dancing.

But in acting.

She is actually a one-in-a-million performing genius!
It’s no wonder the crew members thought so.

After all, no matter how gentle her eyes were when she looked at Shen Juan inadvertently, that "my eyes are full of you".

Their eyes met for less than two seconds and I couldn't help laughing so hard that I covered my face with embarrassment.

Or the degree of physical relaxation when engaging in physical contact with Shen Juan, such as hugging, holding hands, or kissing.
Everything about them seems like a real couple.

So many staff members and passers-by who didn't know the two stars unconsciously put on the same auntie smile, and sighed in their hearts:

Young love is so beautiful!

Because the actors had such a good chemistry, it didn’t take long for them to get to the final shot of the music video shoot.

After a short break, the two found a relatively clean spot on the beach and sat down together, with the camera filming their backs from a distance.

"Do you have to go back to South Korea tomorrow?" Shen Juan quietly looked at the calm blue sea in the distance.

The mobile phone in his shirt pocket was playing "Life with U", a "waste song" that he had produced but had no plans to release with the album.

(Original singer: lullaboy, don't listen to the Acoustic version)
Because his heroine said she wanted to listen to some music.

"Well, I have a book signing event tomorrow. That might be my last public event in South Korea."

Shen Juan looked back at Cheng Xiao, only to see her curled up with her hands around her knees, quietly looking at the endless sea, seemingly in a trance.

"I debuted in February 16 and now it's March 2. I didn't expect two years to pass so quickly."

"It doesn't matter, you still have two years left."

"But my 18th birthday is completely gone."

"It doesn't matter. My 18th birthday has passed."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Xiao pursed his lips.

“Only a very small number of people in this world can feel the rain, while the vast majority of people just get wet.”

Shen Juan hesitated for a moment, but finally said:

"So when you feel regretful, you can think of me. Whether you are lamenting the passing of time or lamenting the past that is gone forever, I am the same as you. I have the same experiences and encounters as you."

"Oh"

Cheng Xiao glanced at Shen Juan, who had a calm expression beside him, as if he understood something, then silently withdrew his gaze, lowered his head, and drew with his fingers on the sand beneath him, trying to calm the excitement in his heart by distracting himself.

There was silence for a while with different moods.

Just wait until a setting sun appears above the sea level, and the gentle afterglow it emits makes the originally deep blue sea water shimmer and sparkle with golden light.

Cheng Xiao seemed to have suddenly thought of something, or as if she had suddenly mustered up the courage to make some kind of decision. She turned her head and looked straight at her one-day boyfriend.

Shen Juan noticed Cheng Xiao's slightly hot and scorching gaze from the corner of his eye, so he turned his head to look at her, and then saw the girl's delicate, fair and slightly chubby face getting closer and closer to him.

After all, Cheng Xiao is an idol, not an actress like Nazha, so this scene, including the shooting of the entire MV, does not require her and Shen Juan to actually kiss each other.

For example, the original plan for shooting this scene was to have her lean on Shen Juan's shoulder and create a happy ending against the backdrop of the beautiful sunset at the seaside.

but
When she was about to stop and put her head on his shoulder, she tilted her head and pressed her red lips against his under Shen Juan's surprised gaze.

Feeling the cool and soft touch coming from his lips, Shen Juan widened his eyes slightly and was stunned for a moment.

Can I add more drama to myself when shooting a music video?

However, out of physical instinct and professional ethics as an actor, Shen Juan did not show any panic when his co-actor suddenly added more scenes.

Instead, he continued to act very cooperatively.

(There should be a surprised look on Lao Mouzi's face here)

In order to restore the characters they played, when they were kissing passionately, they even started to communicate and exchange their experiences at the same time and in tacit understanding.

Anyway, there was no one else around and the camera crew was far away, so no one could notice the details of the kiss.

So they temporarily followed their body instincts because of the love they developed during the play, and the two people who were in love kept kissing until the setting sun shone on them, forming a holy and romantic golden halo, kissed until the gray waves of the sea wet the soles of their feet and their hearts at the same time, kissed until the lightbulb director shouted "cut" from a distance, and then they stopped with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

Shen Juan held Cheng Xiao's shoulders with both hands and reluctantly separated from the girl, whose cheeks were slightly flushed and who looked at him as if she was about to drown.

Just then the director ran over excitedly: "The effect just now was really good! Xiao Xiao, you are such a genius!"

"Has this been discussed beforehand?" Shen Juan asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" The outspoken director ignored the female lead's non-lethal threatening look and told the truth: "It was Xiao Xiao who proposed it."

"Hmm?" Shen Juan looked at his heroine, wanting to meet her gaze, but her eyes were wandering and she kept avoiding him.

The answer is obvious.

Well, I underestimated my ability.

Although the accident of the male star with an unusually sharp jawline has told everyone more than once:
Don't try to be cool, it will look greasy.

But when something similar happened to him, he gradually understood why Yang Yang was narcissistic. It was really others who gave him the capital for pride.

Then Shen Juan's eyes gradually turned into helplessness.

until
He saw his name on the beach.

The girl who was sitting there just now was now facing the sea, secretly glancing at herself shyly out of the corner of her eye.

It does look silly, but also cute.

Shen Juan couldn't help but laugh silently.

Few people can remain calm and peaceful when faced with such pure love.

Of course he can't either.

And isn’t there a saying that goes like this?

The love of youth is like the wind.

Can't see it, but can feel it.

At least he feels it now.

Seeing that there was not a trace of disgust or aversion on Shen Juan's face, Cheng Xiao also smiled happily.

Yes, like a name written in the sand.

I’m afraid you’ll see it, but I’m also afraid you won’t see it.

　Thank you all for your recommendation tickets and monthly ticket subscription support!
　　Thanks to Li Zi Xiao Xiao Cheng for the 1000 points reward for the Cheng Xiao character!
　　Thanks to Ironlly for the 2000-point tip for Zhou Ye’s character!
　　The time it takes to write one chapter about the love story is enough to write two chapters about the career story. This is why I don’t like writing about female protagonists. It takes too much time and energy to conceive specific scenes and design dialogues and actions that suit the character’s personality.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)