Huayu: Reborn in 97, transferring to the Central Academy of Drama's star-studded class

In the evening, the film crew wrapped up work.

Jiang Lai pulled Zhang Ziyi along, preparing to take her home.

Director Feng then jumped in with his cheeky grin and shouted, "Jiang'er! The crew is giving you a day off tomorrow, but be careful tonight!"

He emphasized the word "safety" very much, and then got slapped by Xu Fan.

Jiang Lai ignored him, started the car, and sped away.

After Jiang Lai walked away, Xu Fan frowned and said, "He's an investor, after all. Stop making fun of him."

Director Feng curled his lip in disdain and said, "You don't understand Xiao Jiang, and you don't understand men either."

"Yes, yes, yes! I don't understand, only you do!"

"Hey! Why are you so angry?"

On the way back to the city, Jiang Lai happily pulled Zhang Ziyi aside and chatted about this and that, telling her some interesting stories from the film crew.

Zhang Ziyi, however, seemed distracted and responded with little enthusiasm.

After several conversations, Jiang Lai also sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't ask any more questions, assuming that she was just tired.

Soon the car arrived at Erlong Road, and Zhang Ziyi suddenly said, "Let's stop here, no need to see me off any further."

Jiang Lai glanced around and asked doubtfully, "This shouldn't be your house yet, right? It's okay, I'll take you to your doorstep."

"No need, it's not far, I'll get there in a few steps." Zhang Ziyi lowered his head, his expression unreadable.

"It's not far, I'll just bring it to you, won't that be enough? I can only put it down after I see you get home..."

"I said stop!!"

Zhang Ziyi let out a low growl.

Jiang Lai was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, and silently pulled over to the side of the road.

Inside the car, both of them lowered their heads and remained silent.

Jiang Lai realized at this moment that the cicadas in midsummer were so loud that he couldn't even continue uttering the word "heart".

The cicadas' chirping enters the ear, each sound disturbing the mind.

"sorry."

Zhang Ziyi spoke softly, opened the car door, and jogged away.

Jiang Lai swerved the steering wheel, turned around, and sped away, pressing hard on the accelerator.

The moon is crescent-shaped; when will it become a full moon?

"Little sister?! Little sister, don't run away!"

Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Ziyi stopped, quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned around, and said after seeing who it was:

"Brother? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I came out to buy something. Whose car did you just get out of?"

The speaker was Zhang Zinan, Zhang Ziyi's older brother. As he asked the question, he kept looking back.

"No, no one." Zhang Ziyi didn't really want to say it.

Zhang Zinan looked at his sister suspiciously and pressed, "Have you hooked up with a rich guy? He drives a Mercedes."

Zhang Ziyi frowned, his tone turning cold: "No!"

"Little sister, you can't be selling yourself, can you? I've heard that lots of rich people go to art schools like yours to keep mistresses. You're going to be a big star, you can't do something like this!"

"No! No! No!"

Zhang Zinan grew impatient. "Then tell me who it is! You need to explain yourself clearly today!"

Zhang Ziyi took a deep breath. "It's my classmate, Jiang Lai."

"Oh! Is that the boy you said you really liked? The one you've been bringing me food all this time?"

Zhang Zinan looked excited, then glanced back, his eyes revealing greed.

"Little sister! Let me tell you something." He stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Ziyi's arm, "This child's family is so rich, you'd better seize the opportunity! Bring her home later, and if all else fails, your brother will teach you how to just force her into marriage! Rich people like this..."

"Enough! Enough!"

Zhang Ziyi roared angrily, tears streaming down his face.

Why would I bring someone home? To show them how shabby our house is?

Let everyone see what I, Zhang Ziyi, am like! I don't even have my own room at home! I have to sleep in the living room?

Do you think I want to live at school? Why can't I have my own room? Why can't you sleep in the living room?

ah!!!"

A piercing scream echoed through the street, and Zhang Ziyi turned and ran away.

She is insecure, ambitious, and proud. She can work hard to meet other people's expectations, but in reality, all she wants is her own room, a cozy and comfortable little nest that belongs only to her.

"Why won't this child listen to advice?"

Zhang Zinan reached out his hand, frowned, and chased after him.

Jiang Lai wasn't the only one who couldn't sleep all night.

He didn't understand why Zhang Ziyi had suddenly changed, nor did he know how to conduct himself when the two met again.

"Whatever!"

Jiang Lai angrily rolled over.

Is youthful spirit truly irreplaceable? Not necessarily; at the very least, it can be reborn.

Unfortunately, youthful ambition is often accompanied by stubbornness and a strong sense of pride.

The next day, Jiang Lai arrived at the film set as usual, but he looked particularly unwell.

When the crowd saw this, they wisely refrained from disturbing him, and even Director Feng restrained his tendency to joke and join in the fun.

All day long, Jiang Lai kept looking outside, hoping for the arrival of a certain figure.

Unfortunately not.

Everyone realized what was going on; the young couple had a fight.

Director Feng frowned and thought for a moment before asking, "Hey? Did you tell Xiao Zhang yesterday that we're filming at the Beijing Film Studio today?"

Xu Fan glared at him and said, "Why didn't you say that? I told you several times before I left yesterday, and Xiao Jiang was there too."

"oh--"

Director Feng nodded, glanced at Jiang Lai who was squatting at the gate smoking in the distance, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"So, this is what they mean by 'even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman.' Alright, let's film ours."

Zhang Ziyi did not come again in the following days.

Jiang Lai suppressed his frustration and threw himself back into the film crew. Although he didn't have any scenes to film, he would still help move things and organize equipment.

His gloomy expression made the production assistants hesitant to take work from him.

After a few days, and after seeing the performances of many minor supporting actors, Jiang Lai realized that there are many excellent actors in China who can portray characters realistically and naturally, but they are not that famous.

For example, Li Qi played the fat chef, Li Bin played the aunt, and Fu Biao played Fu Gui.

Well, except for a certain writer.

Teacher Liu should focus on literary creation.

Finally, in early August, the assistant director approached Director Feng and said that everything had been arranged with the village and they could start filming at any time.

Director Feng waved his hand dismissively.

"The army is marching!"

......

Earthy, yellow, both earthy and yellow.

This was Jiang Lai's first impression of Songjiazhuang in Weixian County.

Cars driving by kick up clouds of dust, and withered, sparse vegetation is embedded in the earthen slopes, making it impossible to see a decent road.

Upon arriving at the farmhouse we had arranged, we found the owner to be an old man. After we finished our business, the old man stood aside, looking like he was watching a show.

The crew got busy. Director Feng looked around at the surroundings, roughly determined the positions of actors such as Ge You and Jiang Lai, discussed the camera setup with Wang Xiaolie, and finally tested the lighting with the lighting department.

After all that work, Director Feng decided to try it out once. He was very unsure of himself and worried that Jiang Lai's condition might affect the filming.

After all departments were ready, Director Feng shouted "Action!"

"Action!"

My second uncle and aunt got into character and became quite reserved.

Speaking of these two, the actor who plays the second uncle is named Ma Yonglin. He is a real big shot. In his youth, he was a rich young master from Taiwan. He was recommended by Qiong Yao to enter the industry and acted in many films and television dramas. After retiring from acting in the 1980s, he went to the mainland to do business and made a fortune.

The old man's cameo appearance this time was purely to give face to the production team, partly as a hobby, and partly to indulge his passion for acting.

The actress who plays the second aunt is named Sun Guitian. She is a stage actress. This old lady has acted in quite a few works. To name just one, she played Liu Xing's maternal grandmother.

The performance continued.

Uncle Ge walked up to the two veteran actors and said, "Second Uncle, I'm entrusting Young Master Jiang to you. He'll eat whatever you usually eat."

"That won't do!"

Jiang Lai interrupted again. He stood in front of the chicken coop, breaking off corn cobs and feeding the chickens in a leisurely manner.

"I have to eat worse than them. I came all this way just to suffer."

As he spoke, Jiang Lai Te naturally broke off a corn kernel and tossed it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Director Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Good actors cannot let external factors affect their acting performance.

Director Feng smiled, his opinion of Jiang Lai growing even stronger.