HuaYu: A Great Director Starting with Dream of the Red Chamber

Naza originally thought it was just an ordinary nude scene.

Before filming began, she and Ding Xiaoxiao, both fans of good looks, were exchanging winks and eyelashes.

I secretly prepared myself to admire those eight-pack abs, my mind filled with romantic fantasies.

But when Li Yan stood naked, staring at Lü Zhong's calm, unwavering eyes, he froze like a lamb to the slaughter.

Naza felt a chill rush straight to the top of his head.

That feeling of helplessness and despair made her instinctively tighten her coat, barely daring to breathe loudly.

"Young Miss..."

Naza covered her mouth tightly and looked at Ding Xiaoxiao:

"The director is shivering! Is it too cold in here? Look at his back, he's convulsing so badly..."

Ding Xiaoxiao's scene was also thrilling to watch.

But she's a producer, so she has to be professional!

"What nonsense are you talking about? What month is it? Still saying it's cold? That's acting, Stanislavski, understand? Learn from him!"

Ding Xiaoxiao spoke with great bravado, but her eyes were actually a bit glazed over.

Those lines, those muscles, and that layer of fine goosebumps...

This is so realistic!

Li Guangfu, sitting on a small stool, took a sip of goji berry tea and smiled as he adjusted his reading glasses.

Looking at the two pretty girls beside him who had never seen the world.

The old man, feeling a surge of pride, lowered his voice:

"Girl, watch closely, this is all kung fu!"

"Kung Fu?" Naza looked blank, blinking his eyes. "Do you have to practice martial arts to act?"

"Not that kind of kung fu."

Li Guangfu pointed to Li Yan's trembling back on the screen:

"Look closely, he's not trembling. His body is very steady; it's all thanks to the skillful use of his muscles!"

She had studied dance, so she understood a little when she heard this. She knew just how abnormal it was to control one's body to that extent.

"You mean... he did it on purpose?"

"That's right! This is the style of the painted-face roles in traditional Chinese opera, emphasizing movement and control."

Li Guangfu exclaimed, "Just go back and watch an excerpt from 'The Three Cries at the Palace,' and you'll see. This kid really put in the effort!"

Naza listened, completely stunned.

"Young lady,"

Naza leaned close to Ding Xiaoxiao's ear, her eyes filled with admiration, "The director is so amazing, and he has such a great body..."

Ding Xiaoxiao pushed up her glasses, deeply agreeing:

"That's right, anything produced by Gravity is guaranteed to be of the highest quality."

Inside the theater, the play continued.

Lü Zhong, holding Li Yan's clothes, nodded in satisfaction and pointed to the piano:

"The piano is over there, you can tune it. I'm going to do the laundry."

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the bathroom.

Is this confidence, or a test?

If he weren't blind, he would have run away or tried to fight back.

But she still turned her back to him completely.

Li Yan, the fake blind man who was used to avoiding people, only dared to stand naked on the cold floor.

Not moving at all.

He kept convincing himself: I'm blind, I can't see the corpse, I'm not in danger, I'm just here to tune the piano.

Then, he moved.

Just like he had been pretending all along, he mechanically turned around, groped for the piano bench, and sat down.

The instant your fingers touch the piano keys.

His tense body visibly relaxed for a moment.

Only for a moment.

It was like a drowning person finally sticking their mouth out of the water and greedily taking a breath of air.

The piano keys are pressed.

"when……"

"Click! Passed!"

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, the quiet scene immediately became lively.

"Ouch... my back..."

Guo Fumin, who had been lying on the sofa pretending to be a corpse, let out a long groan.

He grimaced as he got up, pounded his stiff back a few times, and pointed at Li Yan and Lü Zhong, complaining:

"You two really put on a show! My old bones are about to give me a herniated disc! That blood was dripping down my neck, it was so itchy I didn't dare move!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.

Ding Xiaoxiao ran over with a bath towel in her arms and draped it over Li Yan.

Naza quickly handed over hot water, her eyes still sparkling:

"Director, have some water. Teacher Li said you were really good just now!"

Li Yan took the water, wiped the cold sweat from his face, and smiled smugly:

"How about that? Pretty impressive, right? Want to learn?"

Naza immediately shook his head like a rattle drum:

"I can't learn it, it's too difficult. Teacher Li said you're a child prodigy, so I'd better just stick to being a pretty face."

She does have self-awareness.

Teacher Lü Zhong also came over and handed the props in her hand to the stage manager.

His face was full of warmth.

"Little Li,"

Lu Zhong patted Li Yan on the shoulder, and it was clear that she was in a good mood.

"Your changes are indeed better than the original script, and your acting range is quite unique among young people."

Li Yan bowed modestly: "It's all thanks to your guidance. When you looked at me just now, I really got a little scared and almost didn't catch it."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries; both being intelligent, they didn't need to say much more.

After the performance, they had a pretty good idea of ​​each other's abilities.

With this perfect start, the rest of the day's filming went exceptionally smoothly.

The crucial scenes featuring the elderly woman have all been filmed.

Teacher Lü didn't linger, politely declining the invitation to the dinner party, and left gracefully in the car arranged by Ding Xiaoxiao.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened.

"knock off!"

At a shout from assistant director Zhang Qiang, the crew members cheerfully began packing up their equipment.

Li Yan had just returned to the locker room and changed his clothes when his phone vibrated in his pocket.

The caller was Jing Tian.

For some reason, Li Yan's heart skipped a beat, and his right eyelid twitched a few times.

Pressing the connect button, the young lady's clear and cheerful voice came through:

"Hey, Director Li, I have some great news for you!"

"I don't have any scenes tomorrow, but I'll visit the set in the morning and bring you some delicious food! I'll also check on your art preparations; as your older sister, I need to give you my feedback!"

"Huh? Tomorrow?!"

Li Yan held up his phone and subconsciously glanced at Nazha, who was chattering away with Ding Xiaoxiao, mimicking famous dance moves.

According to the notice, tomorrow morning is the day for Naza's performance.

That scene where she dances in her underwear in front of the male lead...

Although I had mentioned this to her during dinner before, talking about it and actually seeing it in person is a different matter.

Despite her seemingly carefree and easygoing demeanor, Jing Tian has a genuine and honest nature typical of girls from Guanzhong.

If she saw me directing Naza, who was writhing around in her underwear...

If I keep nagging about it, this girl might get carried away and go back to her family, complaining that she was messing around in Beijing...

The scene was so beautiful that he dared not look at it.

"What, you're not welcoming me?"

On the other end of the phone, Jing Tian sensed his hesitation and her voice immediately became wary, "Li Yan, are you up to something?"

"Oh, no way! Welcome, welcome! I'm so excited... I've been waiting for your arrival tomorrow!"

Li Yanqian chuckled twice and quickly agreed.

"It's settled then. I just finished work and still need to pack up. See you tomorrow!"

As soon as he hung up the phone, he rushed to Ding Xiaoxiao, who was still organizing tomorrow's schedule, as if his pants were on fire:

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao, quick, revise tomorrow's announcement."

"Huh? Which show should we change to?" Ding Xiaoxiao looked up, her face blank.

Li Yan quickly flipped to the scenes featuring Nazha:

"These scenes, move them to the back, move them all away!"

"Where to? This afternoon?"

"Move it to the day after tomorrow, or the day after that, it's fine too! We can't film tomorrow anyway!"

Ding Xiaoxiao was even more puzzled now:

"Why? Li Yong has already finished the lighting plan, and Na Zha's condition is quite good." Ding Xiaoxiao was even more puzzled.

"Why so many whys? Just change it when I tell you to!"

Li Yan scratched his chin guiltily and made up an excuse:

"The lighting might not be very good tomorrow, too harsh! Hmm, it's safer to shoot indoor scenes first."

Ding Xiaoxiao glanced suspiciously at the sunny weather forecast, then at Li Yan's guilty look, and finally shrugged.

"Fine, you're the director, you call the shots."

Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as we can stagger this scene, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

Yeah, I think so...