HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

"Is it right for others to act that way?"

Xu Lang was truly amazed by Su Wan's ability to use something like this as an excuse.

"Then what emotion do you think it should be?"

"cut!"

Xu Lang glanced at Su Wan, sneered, and said:

"I'm telling you, remember this, it is:"

shame!"

"shame?!"

"right!"

Xu Lang said decisively:

"Anger, sadness, and fear are all secondary; the fundamental expression is shame, which is innate in you women."

At this point, Xu Lang lowered his voice further, "And whether you understand it or not, you have to act this way, do you know why?"

"what?"

Su Wan was somewhat confused by what Xu Lang said.

Why?

"Because men love to watch it!"

Xu Lang believed this was the greatest truth in the world.

What emotion best matches a semi-nude, sexy woman?

No matter the context, it's shameful!

Unless he's in a henhouse looking for clucking birds, that's a different story.

"Any normal man would be attracted to a woman's shameful appearance; as for other emotions like anger, sadness, or fear, they are not important."

Xu Lang started giving Su Wan lessons again, using his twenty years of experience in private filming and his thirty years of experience as a man.

"You must remember, the Gongsun Lü'e you're playing is different from previous portrayals, and from other actors. You're a decorative vase, a sexy vase. You're not there to advance the plot; you're there to attract men's attention. Your main role in the play is to showcase your physical sexiness!"

"this..."

Xu Lang's words were like a thunderbolt, completely stunning Su Wan; she was ready to be served right there.

"This is different from the acting I studied!"

Su Wan felt that her previous concepts and the performance knowledge she had learned had been completely overturned.

"Who would dare teach these things in the classroom?"

As Xu Lang spoke, he then instructed Su Wan, "Just think of the first time you and your boyfriend were together, that feeling of being seen naked and taken advantage of for the first time."

"what?"

Su Wan blushed again. "Okay, I'll give it a try."

As the second take began, Xu Lang held up his camera, peering through the viewfinder at Su Wan, while shouting loudly:

"Note that it's shame, not shyness, not acting cute, and definitely not being horny."

"Think about how it feels to be bullied by bad guys, yeah!"

"Tears? Crying, crying is also a woman's weapon!"

"Note that you need to be careful with your facial expressions when you cry. You can't pout or have forehead wrinkles, that looks terrible."

"Click!"

Xu Lang snapped a photo.

"Let me see."

Wiping away her tears, Su Wan leaned closer to Xu Lang. "Ah? This is too heartbreaking. I feel bad even when I see it."

"It's better than the last one!"

Xu Lang saw from the system's evaluation that it had given him a "pleasing to the eye" rating, but he was still very dissatisfied.

"Photos with this kind of content need to reach at least the level of empathy and emotional resonance to be truly moving."

More importantly, Xu Lang felt that the feeling of shame was not enough to arouse the evil thoughts in a man's heart.

"Never mind, we'll take it slowly later!"

Xu Lang then said to Su Wan, "Let's change to a scene where she's all wet."

Xu Lang found a spray bottle and sprayed Su Wan's head and upper body.

The emerald green gauze clung to Su Wan's skin as soon as it got wet.

"Hmm, it feels like stockings, not bad!"

Xu Lang didn't even need to see it in person to know that this film was better than the last one.

With a "click," Su Wan's image was frozen in time.

Sure enough, this time, the system gave a higher rating:

[Empathy-Inducing Level]

Wow, this one is really good!

Even Su Wan herself felt her heart race when she saw it; she felt a pang of pity for the sight.

The two were talking together when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside.

"Bang!"

The studio door was suddenly pushed open, and a boy rushed in.

Seeing Su Wan completely soaked, with the thin gauze clinging to her skin, not only did it fail to conceal her, but it also made her even more alluring.

His eyes immediately turned red, and he roared at the top of his lungs:

"Su Wan, you shameless slut, you actually cheated on me so brazenly, you..."

As he spoke, the man rushed towards Xu Lang and threw a punch.

The person who arrived was Su Wan's boyfriend, or rather, her ex-boyfriend, Sun Ping.

"Ah? Sun Ping, no..."

Su Wan stepped forward to stop Sun Ping, but Sun Ping, with red eyes, pushed her to the ground and punched Xu Lang.

"I'll beat you to death, you little scoundrel!"

"Phew~~~!"

Seeing Sun Ping's fist coming at him, Xu Lang was first stunned, then couldn't help but sneer.

"What good is impotent rage? Besides, do you even need to get angry with me?"

At this moment, the effect of the attribute points added to his body became apparent. He dodged Sun Ping's punch to the side, and then stretched out his foot to trip Sun Ping's leg.

"Bang... Ah!"

Sun Ping tripped and fell backward, crashing to the ground and smashing a bunch of photography props along with him.

"Hold!"

Sun Ping struggled to get up from the ground, cursing and still trying to attack Xu Lang.

Just then, a group of people heard the commotion and ran in from outside; there were both boys and girls.

"Huh? What happened?"

"Why did they start fighting?"

"Oh no, so many lights have been smashed."

The people who came in were all surprised and looked at Sun Ping and Su Wan.

His gaze swept over Sun Ping quickly, but when he looked at Su Wan, he couldn't get past her.

Wow~~~!

Holy crap!

"This is too..."

Already disheveled, and now completely soaked, with the thin fabric clinging to her body, revealing her curves and large expanses of her bare skin, coupled with the infamy of being "caught in the act" by Sun Ping, Su Wan felt so ashamed she wanted to die.

Seeing Su Wan surrounded and pointed at, Xu Lang felt a little guilty and was thinking about how to go over and help her out.

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.

"Holy crap, isn't this scene exactly like Gongsun Lü'e being forced to undress for a search? Su Wan's expression, yes, that's it, she looks like she's so ashamed she wants to die!"

Xu Lang was struck by inspiration and forgot all about helping Su Wan out of the predicament. He raised his camera, looked for the right angle, and started snapping photos of Su Wan.

"Holy crap, you little rascal, you're actually filming?"

Sun Ping's eyes were practically spitting fire as he charged at Xu Lang once more.

Xu Lang had just finished taking the photos and was looking at them with great satisfaction. "Haha, absolutely masterpiece-level!"

Seeing Sun Ping attacking him again, he snapped at him impatiently.

"No wonder Su Wan doesn't like you!"

As he spoke, just like last time, he dodged and hooked his foot, sending Sun Ping flying again.

At this moment, the studio's management staff, along with school security personnel, rushed in and stopped the agitated Sun Ping.

After that, things were simple. Xu Lang and Su Wan were questioned for a while, and then nothing more happened.

Sun Ping was taken away by the school's security department. Even if he wasn't punished, he would definitely have to pay compensation.

Although the matter was resolved, the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, with many pointing and whispering about Su Wan:

"It looks like this person was caught cheating by her boyfriend?"

"She's really something, sneaking into a photo studio for a tryst!"

"Look at how she dresses, she really knows what she's doing!"

Although Su Wan had put on a coat, her face turned pale as people pointed and whispered, and she didn't dare to lift her head.

Just then, Xu Lang walked in with his camera and started snapping photos of the onlookers.

"Yes, if you talk any louder, I'll write it all down and post it on the bulletin board so the whole school can see what a gossip looks like!"

"boom!"

The crowd's cursing of Xu Lang immediately subsided.

Xu Lang, however, paid no attention to these insults. He had lived two lives, so who cared about such things?

"Xu Lang, thank you."

Su Wan thanked him verbally, but her expression was extremely gloomy.

"Maybe I'm really not suited for this path, otherwise why would the retribution come so quickly!"

With that, she turned to leave, feeling utterly disheartened.

"etc!"

Xu Lang called out to her, waving the camera in his hand.

"At first, I wasn't really sure you could do it, but now I'm certain you really can. You're just cut out for this!"