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Chapter 219 What is an Effective Guest Appearance?

Su Muwan looks at the scene of Jiang Yu appearing in the heroine's memory in episode 3. It was when Jiang Yu and the heroine first met. The heroine's family had just been wiped out, and it was Jiang Yu who saved the heroine and took her back to his own fairyland.

In the picture, the heroine Yunxi, played by Yang Xue, was still immersed in the grief of the departure of her relatives after being brought back to the fairy mountain by Jiang Yu, and sat in a daze by the pond.

The next moment, the scene shifted, and a man in white appeared behind Yang Xue. Rain was falling, and the rain poured down on Yang Xue. The figure in white was holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the camera only gave a glimpse of his chin in profile.

Su Muwan and many other viewers who were watching the drama saw this scene, especially when they saw the camera move forward, the first angular and handsome profile that appeared, and slowly Jiang Yu's entire face appeared in everyone's sight.

Jiang Yu was dressed in white, holding an umbrella, looking at the sad heroine Yunxi from afar. His eyes seemed to see through everything, with a bit of heartache and helplessness.

At this moment, Su Muwan was amazed by Jiang Yu's ancient costume, and a strange light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

This guy's ancient costume looks pretty good.

Not only Su Muwan felt so, but even the barrage was flooded with comments at this moment.

"Oh my god! Is this Jiang Yu? He looks so good in ancient costume?!"

"It really is Jiang Yu, oh my god, he's so handsome!"

"Ahhh! I didn't expect Jiang Yu to look so handsome in ancient costume. He looks so good!"

"This temperament and appearance are absolutely amazing. She really is like an immortal!"

"I didn't expect Jiang Yu to look so good in ancient costume. He's simply an ancient costume male god!"

……

At this moment, when everyone saw Jiang Yu's guest role appear, they were all amazed by his ancient costume. Jiang Yu usually gives people the impression of being very handsome, and his appearance is considered top-notch among so many handsome guys in the entertainment industry.

This time, however, it was the first time everyone had seen Jiang Yu in period costume. Some handsome men, dressed in modern clothes, look very handsome on a daily basis. But in period costume, they look completely different, like two different people. Acting in period dramas places very high demands on an actor's appearance, demeanor, and even structure.

For example, Jiang Yu, who has both good looks and a good figure, looks thin, but can actually pull off ancient costumes, a natural clothes hanger. Especially Jiang Yu's demeanor and his good looks, after putting on ancient costumes, especially in this drama, his character is like an immortal.

At this moment, everyone looked at Jiang Yu with the feeling that he was an immortal who had walked out of a painting. His white robes fluttered, untainted by the mundane world, like a banished immortal high above.

Even Lin Qianqian, who was watching a TV series at the moment, was surprised when she saw this scene.

"I never thought Jiang Yu's ancient costume would look so good!"

As Jiang Yu's biggest fan, Lin Qianqian pays close attention to his progress. She watches all the programs where he appears as a guest, as well as magazine interviews and the like.

But these are Jiang Yu's modern clothes, he is indeed handsome. But this ancient costume is the first time I have seen him, now there is only one word, handsome!

The man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young man is unparalleled in the world. She thinks this sentence is probably used to describe Jiang Yu.

She had originally come to watch this drama just for Yang Xue. It's true that dramas with Yang Xue in them are all good quality, and the first few episodes were what drew her in. In this episode, in the heroine's memories, she saw Jiang Yu, who guest-starred as the heroine's master, appear. His appearance alone was enough to attract her.

However, this was not what surprised Lin Qianqian the most. What really surprised Lin Qianqian was Jiang Yu's eye contact that followed.

When the master played by Jiang Yu came behind the heroine Yunxi played by Yang Xue with an umbrella to shield her from the falling rain, the conversation between the master and the disciple, as well as Jiang Yu's heartache and pity for his disciple, and the humanity in the immortal's indifferent eyes, were vividly displayed by Jiang Yu's eyes.

When Lin Qianqian saw this scene, she sat up straight.

"Hiss! Jiang Yu's acting is amazing. Just the look in his eyes is amazing, and his dialogue skills are also very good!"

Lin Qianqian was shocked. If she remembered correctly, Jiang Yu had never filmed a movie before?

This guest appearance should be Jiang Yu’s first role, right?
But why does Jiang Yu look like this? Doesn't it look like this is his first time filming?

With such a solid line delivery and eye acting skills, it seems that only an actor with good acting skills who has been on the set for several years can achieve this effect.

Did he attend training courses privately?
Lin Qianqian knew that many artists who wanted to change careers and prepare to become actors would ask teachers to train them in advance.

Could it be that Jiang Yu is also like this?

At this moment, the barrage is also flooding the screen.

"Do you think Jiang Yu's eye acting and line delivery are very good? It doesn't look like this is his first time filming."

"It's really good. His eyes and line delivery are so impressive that I feel he can easily outperform many young actors. It's incredible!"

"If I remember correctly, Jiang Yu has never acted in a movie before, but it seems his acting is very good. Did he find a teacher to train him privately?"

"It's possible. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a first-time filmmaker to achieve such good results without systematic training."

……

Su Muwan was looking at Jiang Yu's guest appearance which lasted only about three minutes, and there was some surprise in her beautiful eyes.

Is this guy really good at filming?

She remembered that Jiang Yu had never filmed a movie before, but now it seems that this guy seems to be very experienced.

Suddenly, Su Muwan thought of something in her mind and frowned slightly.

"Did Yang Xue teach him?"

But thinking about it carefully, it seemed unlikely. Not to mention Yang Xue was so busy, Jiang Yu was often out of sight, flying around, and was still filming abroad. It was unlikely that Yang Xue would teach him.

Su Muwan felt that this guy had probably had the idea of ​​switching careers to become an actor a long time ago, and he had privately sought training from an acting teacher.

"The first time he filmed, the result was so good. This bastard is quite talented."

Su Muwan was secretly delighted to see that Jiang Yu was so talented in acting. It was no wonder that Director Chen chose him to play the leading role in his new movie.

……

At this moment, Yang Xue was watching her new drama alone at home. When she watched a drama, especially her own drama, she liked to turn on the barrage. Firstly, she wanted to see the audience's reaction to her drama, whether they liked it or not, and secondly, the barrage was quite interesting.

When Yang Xue saw Jiang Yu appear, the corners of her mouth rose slightly after she heard the comments praising Jiang Yu's ancient costume and acting skills.

"This guy is quite competitive."

At least the effect of letting him guest-star in this role is very good. Judging from the audience's reaction, Jiang Yu's acting skills are still recognized. For Jiang Yu, this is a good start for him to enter the entertainment industry.

Especially when Yang Xue saw some comments saying "I feel that Jiang Yu and Yang Xue are really a good match", "Yeah, yeah, I suddenly feel that it's not impossible to make Jiang Yu, the master, the male lead, haha, I feel that the male lead is redundant", "Damn, I have too many CPs again, why don't you Jiang Yu and Yang Xue get back together, and you two can play the male and female leads in a drama together in the future, I really think they are a good match."

Every time Yang Xue saw this kind of barrage, she would always take a few more glances and feel much happier.

With the popularity of "Legend of Yunxi", tonight's hot searches are basically related to this drama, as well as Jiang Yu and Yang Xue.

"Yunxi spread it!"

"Yang Xue's new drama is so beautiful!"

"Jiang Yu looks so handsome in ancient costume!"

"Jiang Yu's eye acting is amazing!"

"That's called an effective cameo!"

……

Suddenly, several trending searches appeared, with many discussing Yang Xue and Jiang Yu, especially Jiang Yu's guest appearance, which was the hottest topic. Tonight was the premiere of "Legend of Yunxi", and both the broadcasting platform Penguin Video and the crew were actively promoting it.

Originally, the male and female protagonists of this drama were Gan Quan and Yang Xue. But now, not to mention Yang Xue's high popularity, the discussion about the male protagonist Gan Quan is not as high as that of Jiang Yu, who only appeared in the guest role for about three minutes in the six episodes aired tonight.

As for the male protagonist Gan Quan, seeing the current hot searches, although he was on the hot searches, the popularity was too low. Some netizens even compared him with Jiang Yu, and said that the master played by Jiang Yu as a guest star could be resurrected and become the male protagonist.

Seeing this, Gan Quan looked a little unhappy.

Are you kidding me? I'm the leading actor, okay? Why is it that now I'm acting like I'm just an unimportant supporting role, and Jiang Yu is the main character with his cameo appearance?

"Depend on!"

Gan Quan couldn't help but swear. Looking at the comments on the hot searches, they were all about Jiang Yu, and his own popularity was pitifully low.

He himself is also a very popular actor in the past two years, a top-tier actor, although he has only recently reached the top. But he is very popular. Among actors of the same age, he has both good acting skills and good looks.

As a result, he was the leading male in his new drama, but he was not as good as Jiang Yu, who was just a guest star and only appeared for three minutes. Just thinking about it made Gan Quan feel frustrated. His agent, who was watching the drama with him, saw this and comforted him.

"Just take a look at it, don't take it to heart. Jiang Yu is very popular right now, it's normal for him to be so popular. Don't you see that even superstars like Hu Tian are suppressed by him, and his momentum is on the rise."

"Just focus on filming. Warner Entertainment seems to be launching a project soon. I heard that Mr. Chu Shaoyang is going for an IP adaptation route and plans to buy the original IP from Yuedian Chinese website to adapt it. I'll help you get it when the time comes. IP adaptations have been very popular in the past two years, so I'll try to get you a male lead role."

Gan Quan nodded when he heard his agent's words. Their company had a very good relationship with Warner and had always cooperated with them. Several of his previous popular dramas were produced through joint investment and cooperation between Warner and his company.

IP adaptations have been very popular in the past two years, and Warner Bros. has been at the forefront of this market, investing in several IP-based dramas, all of which have performed quite well. If he can also play the leading role in a popular IP adaptation this year, it will be very beneficial to his career development. He may even be able to reach a higher level, and by the end of the year, he will win a Best Actor award or something.

……

Jiang Yu has been filming the final scenes of "Detective Chinatown" abroad these past few days. In the evenings, he's been video chatting with his students or answering their questions on WeChat. Between filming during the day and attending classes at night, Jiang Yu feels pretty busy.

But there is no other way. Since the students have chosen your team, you have to be responsible for them.

During the recording of "Rising Star," almost every mentor created a group chat for their students. Some issues were handled in the group, and other matters, such as the students' own songs and performances, were usually discussed privately with Jiang Yu. After all, one's own work is very private before the performance, and there's no guarantee that someone with ulterior motives would plagiarize it.

Among these students, the ones who sent the most private messages to Jiang Yu were the students who were good at creating in his group, especially Huang Chen. Although he was shy, he asked Jiang Yu the most questions in private.

Besides Huang Chen, there were Yang Zihan and Lin Feifei, two beautiful students in his group. Jiang Yu felt that these two were top-notch in terms of looks among all the students, and even in the entertainment industry, they would be considered great beauties.

As for the two of them, they are not very good at composing, but they have good basic skills. In the next performance, they are going to cover songs and want to make some slight adaptations to suit themselves as much as possible. They chat with Jiang Yu privately more often.

Lin Feifei: "Teacher Jiang Yu, are you still filming abroad? When will you come back? We miss you so much~"

Lin Feifei was known for her outgoing and bold personality. Initially, she hadn't quite grasped Jiang Yu's temperament and acted like a good girl. But after spending a few days at the training camp and chatting with him in the group chat and on WeChat, she began to think her mentor was easy to get along with. Gradually, her true colors began to show, and she became much more bold and direct in her conversations.

Jiang Yu also knew Lin Feifei's personality. This girl was definitely the kind of girl who was very popular with boys in school. She could make boys very excited, but he couldn't take advantage of her at all.

"I'll be back in a few days after filming wraps up. After that, I'll basically be in China, spending more time in the training camp."

After finishing the filming here, Jiang Yu's work is basically in China. As the Chinese New Year is approaching, he doesn't want to take on too many jobs. His focus is basically on the show "Star of Tomorrow".

"Yeah! Really? Wow, without you, Teacher Jiang Yu, our group feels like it's missing a backbone."

Lin Feifei and Yang Zihan are two extremes: one is very enthusiastic and chatty, while the other, although usually smiling and approachable, basically only talks about things on the show. However, she will occasionally ask about her mentor out of curiosity, and it seems that Yang Zihan is quite interested in the lives of big stars.

In his group, Jiang Yu felt that Zhao Ying was the most introverted. Perhaps she wasn't introverted, but perhaps her family situation was more difficult than the other students. She rarely showed up in the group chat, and even when it came to questions about the next performance, she only sought the advice of her mentor, Jiang Yu, during the initial selection of the repertoire. After that, she rarely contacted him.

Maybe he was afraid of bothering himself, or maybe he was embarrassed or something like that.

However, Jiang Yu still felt that since she was his student and he was his mentor, he should do his best to help. He also thought Zhao Ying's voice was really good, just like Su Muwan, who, although not a songwriter, had a voice that was truly gifted by God.

While Jiang Yu was replying to messages from some students in the group and private messages, he also found Zhao Ying's WeChat and told her some key points about the songs she had chosen to perform in the next episode.

"The song you'll be performing next episode has a lot of high notes and a lot of transitions between true and false voices. You need to practice more these days."

"As for this stage, I think you definitely need it, so you must keep going!"

At that moment, Zhao Ying was in her dorm, reading the message from Teacher Jiang Yu. The first part pointed out some key issues with the song she had chosen, and the second part was a message of encouragement. Suddenly, Zhao Ying felt warm inside. Teacher Jiang Yu had been taking such good care of her since she first went on stage. She had to work hard, not let Teacher Jiang Yu down, and certainly not let her mother down. She had to make money; her mother was still waiting for her.

"Yes! Thank you, Teacher Jiang Yu!"

"It's okay. If you have any questions about other professional knowledge, you can ask Yang Zihan and Lin Feifei. They have solid basic skills and professional knowledge."

……

A few days later, "Detective Chinatown" was officially completed, even faster than Director Chen expected.

The shooting time was more than a month, and the progress of this film was much faster than his previous films. Director Chen and Teacher Wang Qiang were all very clear that if it weren't for Jiang Yu, the shooting would probably have to be done after the New Year.

During the filming, Jiang Yu also cooperated to improve the script. With his suggestions and changes, the filming progress and the results were excellent.

"Haha, we've wrapped up, let's go, I'll treat you to a wrap-up party!"

After the filming was wrapped, Director Chen invited everyone to dinner. At the table, Director Chen was so excited and happy that he kept praising Jiang Yu.

"Xiao Jiang, you've definitely made a huge contribution to the smooth filming this time. Come on, let me propose that we all give Xiao Jiang a toast!"

"Haha, I think so too. Come on, Xiao Jiang, have a drink!"

"Yeah, it's so great to act with Xiao Jiang. It's not like those young actors I acted with before. Damn, they didn't know anything and had to lip-sync their lines. I'm really impressed."

"Xiao Jiang, please film more movies in the future. With your acting skills and talent, it would be a shame if you don't do any. I feel like if you film for two years, you might even win the Best Actor award."

……

Director Chen and Teacher Wang Qiang all praised Jiang Yu. There was nothing they could do; this young man was simply too outstanding and too likable.

Jiang Yu was helpless. Although he knew that these teachers were really praising him, he couldn't stand it when they kept pouring him wine. But today was the wrap-up party, and since they were so happy, he couldn't refuse.

then……

Then when the wrap-up party was over, Jiang Yu felt a little dizzy when walking. Although he was still conscious, when he walked out with Teacher Wang Qiang and others supporting each other, he started to speak unsteadily.

"Hey! Brother Qiang, you can't do this. You can't even walk straight."

"Hey...hey, Xiao Jiang, you...you can't even speak clearly, and you're still blaming me."

"Don't...don't say so much. We'll get together again when we return home tomorrow."

At this time, Chu Jingya and her assistant Xiaoyue, who had been following behind after dinner, hurried forward to support their boss. When Teacher Wang Qiang and his agents and assistants saw them like this, they looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"Manager Chu, please help Teacher Jiang Yu back. I'll take Brother Qiang upstairs first."

"Manager Chu, goodbye."

Watching Teacher Wang Qiang and his agents taking several people away one after another, Chu Jingya and Xiaoyue supported their boss and smelled the alcohol on him, feeling helpless.

"Sister Jingya, how much did the boss drink?"

Xiaoyue and Chu Jingya supported their boss on both sides as they entered the elevator. They would fly back to China with the crew tomorrow, so they still had to stay in the hotel today.

It was the first time that Xiaoyue saw her boss drunk, but she could understand it because she and Sister Jingya were sitting at the table next to her, and Director Chen and several teachers kept getting the boss drunk.

Chu Jingya also felt that her boss was a little heavy after getting drunk. She went to the floor and came to the door of the boss's room. She took out the room card and sent the boss to bed. Chu Jingya and Xiaoyue were also tired.

"Huh, it turns out drunk people are really heavy."

Chu Jingya looked at the boss who was still conscious and wanted to get her cell phone, but she almost fell to the ground under the bed. She hurried forward and spoke softly.

"Mr. Jiang, you've had too much to drink. Don't check the news yet. Get some rest."

Although Jiang Yu was drunk, he was not completely unconscious. When he heard the WeChat message notification sound on his phone, he thought of picking it up to check, but he almost fell down.

Jiang Yu opened his hazy eyes and looked at Chu Jingya's intellectual and gentle appearance. She was taking off his coat and shoes for him and gently covering him with a quilt. Suddenly, he felt quite comfortable.

"Thank you...thank you."

Chu Jingya was originally planning to leave with Xiaoyue, but seeing her boss drunk, she knew that people who drank too much would usually get into trouble later.

"Xiaoyue, go back and rest first. I'll take care of the boss here."

Seeing that Xiaoyue was a little sleepy, Chu Jingya asked her to go back and rest.

"Ah? How about Sister Jingya, I'll stay here and you go back and rest first."

Xiaoyue felt that she was young and could still persevere, and taking care of her boss was also her responsibility as his personal assistant.

Chu Jingya smiled gently, poured a glass of water for Jiang Yu, and then went to get a glass of milk, preparing to heat it up for him to nourish his stomach.

"It's okay. You look so sleepy that your eyelids are drooping. I'm right here."

Xiaoyue looked at Sister Jingya, as if Sister Jingya was more useful than herself here: "Okay, Sister Jingya, if you have anything, please call me."

(End of this chapter)