"Song Li, his family has been officials for three generations. He comes to act just for fun."Shen Yue whispered to Lu Yanhe what she knew.
Lu Yanhe was quite surprised.
"Why would he be interested in acting?"
"I think it's fun." Shen Yue said, "There are a lot of second-generation people like this in the entertainment industry. I can basically meet them in every group."
Lu Yanhe looked at Shen Yue in surprise.
"So exaggerated? Every group?"
"Isn't this the first time you've encountered this?" Shen Yue looked at Lu Yanhe in even greater shock.
Lu Yanhe: "This is the first time I've come across this kind of second generation. Of course there are people with connections, but this kind of person is just here to have fun. I've never come across one before."
Lian Bei's expression towards Song Li was not very good.
As soon as he arrived, Lian Bei said, "When you are late, everyone has to wait for you."
Song Li didn't apologize, just listened with a blank expression.
Seeing him like this, Lian Bei was too lazy to say anything more.
He is not a professional actor, he is just here for fun, so just finish his part quickly.
Lian Bei quickly gathered the actors for this scene and started filming.
The filming is finished, and there are still scenes to be filmed with Lu Yanhe and others.
Lu Yanhe had already arrived at the scene, and Lian Bei didn't want to keep Lu Yanhe waiting too long.
Who would have known that Song Li only had two lines and got stuck twice? The key point is that his acting was so hard to describe.
Lu Yanhe was watching from the side and was stunned.
The actor has no acting foundation at all and his acting was beyond stiff.
Lian Bei's face looked very ugly.
He called for stop twice, then went to Song Li, told him how to act, and then performed it for him personally, asking him to imitate.
However, this seemed to be of no use to Song Li.
There was no way to save his performance at all.
In the end, Lian Bei seemed to have given up. He shouted "let it go", letting go of this shot and letting himself go.
Lu Yanhe glanced at Song Li thoughtfully.
The latter also looked listless and seemed to have lost some energy.
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"Director, will you use the shot just now in the end?" Lu Yanhe asked Lian Bei in private.
Lian Bei said, "Use it for nothing. Keep the sound track and use a wide panoramic view. For the close-up, just cut in one or two frames of static. Let's see if we can handle it well."
"Who greeted this person? I don't think he really wants to act."
"I was very enthusiastic at the beginning, but later I realized that I acted so badly that I lost interest." Lian Bei was helpless. "He even asked me if he could stop acting. I couldn't say yes. Anyway, he had only one last shot left to shoot, so I had to bear with it."
Lu Yanhe didn't expect Lian Bei to have this mentality.
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After finishing one scene, the next one would start half an hour later, so Lu Yanhe went to the lounge first.
After passing the corridor, walk to the left to reach the lounge. On the right is the end, there is a corner with a window, where usually people from the crew will smoke.
Lu Yanhe heard someone talking there.
"Alas, I am holding people back here. I don't want to act anymore and want to go home."
The sounds are muffled.
"This matter is not as interesting as I imagined, and it is not enough to just be good-looking. I felt that he wanted to get angry and scold me several times, but he held back."
It seemed to be Song Li's voice.
Lu Yanhe didn't expect to hear his voice.
Mainly because of what he said, Lu Yanhe was not expecting it and it was somewhat unexpected.
Lu Yanhe previously had a preconceived notion that Song Li, a person with connections and a second-generation rich, would not care about the trouble he caused to others, and would never feel "sorry", "regret" or "loss".
During the whole process just now, Lu Yanhe did not see similar reactions and emotions from Song Li.
I didn't expect to hear it here.
Lu Yanhe didn't listen any more and returned to the lounge.
Wang Biao asked: "Brother Lu, the person who just spoke was Song Li, right?"
"From the sound, it seems so."
Wang Biao pursed his lips. "I didn't expect that he was so self-aware. I thought he was not aware of his own problems at all."
"Like you, I have this preconceived idea."
Wang Biao: "But his coming here still caused trouble for the filming."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "In fact, we shouldn't have agreed to let him act in these scenes from the beginning."
"But, Brother Lu, didn't you say this before? Some personal relationships can't be pushed aside." Wang Biao said, "What should we do in this situation where we can't push them away?"
"Then arrange a role that he can play, which does not require lines or performance." Lu Yanhe said, "Personal relationships are inevitable, but the premise is to ensure quality. For example, the shots he shot this time are basically unusable and need to be processed in post-production. Even if Director Lian Bei is very skilled and has figured out how to handle it, it can actually be handled better from the beginning, so there is no need to waste so much time."
Wang Biao: "But when I saw Love Letter, it seemed like there weren't any connections?"
"Because I blocked them all." Lu Yanhe said frankly, "This is also my first film as a director. When I was shooting it, many people were skeptical and didn't know if it would be successful. It's not like the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor", which already has a huge fan base, so there must be a lot of people wanting to get in. In the eyes of others, "Love Letter" is still a small production, and many people don't think highly of it."
Wang Biao: "Okay, that's right."
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Half an hour later, Lu Yanhe went out to shoot the last scene of the day.
In this scene, Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige are trapped in a secret room. They must find a way to escape within five minutes, otherwise they will be killed by poison gas in the secret room.
Two people arrived at the scene.
Lu Yanhe asked: "Sister Bi Ge, do you want to walk it once?"
Chen Bige nodded, "Let's go take our positions. However, when we start shooting, I might have to improvise a little. The further the scene goes, the more anxious the emotions will be. I will let myself go a little and not follow the plan so much, to give a real sense of panic."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.
He said, “Actually, this is what I wanted to tell you.”
The two men looked at each other and smiled.
After filming so many scenes together, Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige have such a good understanding of each other.
Both of them are the kind of players who can perform on the spot.
Once you are in the situation, many new and unexpected reactions will emerge.
This kind of reaction would not come out unless the filming officially starts.
Also weird.
But both of them are able to catch the impromptu scenes given by the other party and be stimulated to respond better.
Therefore, when Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige were acting opposite each other, many actors would come to watch even if they didn’t have any roles to play.
Everyone felt that the two of them acted very well.
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Song Li stood in the corner, watching Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige holding the script and following the director to go through the several shooting locations, and then they stood together and talked about how to act later.
There was another actor who acted in this play with him, named Mo Zhifan. Mo Zhifan was from a professional school and had just graduated. He was the same age as Lu Yanhe. He and Song Li were members of another team, so they often stayed together. Mo Zhifan also had the best relationship with Song Li in the crew.
"Mr. Li, are you OK?"
Song Li crossed his arms over his chest, glanced at Mo Zhifan, and said, "OK bullshit."
"Hey, don't put so much psychological pressure on yourself. You didn't learn acting professionally, so it's normal that you don't act that well." Mo Zhifan said, "Director Lian Bei is not happy with you, it's more about your attitude. You said that every time you were late it was because you were outside the studio and didn't dare to come in, afraid of acting, afraid of seeing the director, and you waited until the director got angry before you came in. Wouldn't the director be even angrier? At least your attitude should be better. Now everyone thinks you don't take filming seriously and are just here for fun, that's why the director is so angry."
Mo Zhifan spoke this in a very low voice, and only Song Li could hear it.
Song Li shook his head and said, "Forget it, this experience is enough. I won't act again in the future."
This time, Mo Zhifan did not try to persuade Song Li again.
Even a fool can see that Song Li is not cut out for acting, so it's a good thing he doesn't act anymore.
Mo Zhifan patted Song Li on the shoulder and said, "No matter what, try to perform your last scene well. I'll rehearse with you tonight."
"Okay, thanks." Song Li said.
Mo Zhifan was silent for a moment, then remembered something and asked, "But seriously, Mr. Li, why are you interested in acting? I asked you before, but you didn't tell me. If you were really interested, why didn't you go to a professional acting school?"
"My family disagreed." Song Li said, "I didn't really want to act, but once I watched "Three Mountains" and saw the scene where Lu Yanhe appeared in the temple, I felt like I was hit by a slap in the face. I don't know how to describe it. In fact, I watch a lot of movies and just think they are good or bad. But when I watched the scene with Lu Yanhe, it was like I was summoned by a spirit, and I was completely immersed in it. His performance in that scene made my scalp numb. I was shocked at the time. It turns out that a person can present a completely different look in a movie, as if they are crazy. In fact, I want to act, not because I want to act so much, I just want to get to know Lu Yanhe, so when there was a chance for the second season of "Seventeenth Floor", I came."
Mo Zhifan suddenly realized, "Then why do you have to suffer this? You can ask someone to find an opportunity for you to meet Lu Yanhe. I haven't seen you meet Lu Yanhe yet."
Song Li looked embarrassed.
"How can I get to know him if I act like this? He must be disgusted with me now. I heard that he has very high requirements for acting."
Mo Zhifan: "But it's true. We've been filming this drama for such a long time. Lu Yanhe basically only talked about roles with the director and his co-stars on the set. I don't think he knows who we are who don't have scenes with him."
Song Li sighed.
Mo Zhifan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he saw him like this.
"Brother, you are a young master, so please stop sighing over such a small matter, okay?"
Song Li: "You don't understand."
In fact, Song Li found it difficult to say it. He had a kind of fan-like mentality towards Lu Yanhe.
He had never been a fan before, nor was he the kind of person who was interested in the entertainment industry and celebrities.
After watching "Three Mountains" that day and being shocked by Lu Yanhe's performance, he went to look for other works of Lu Yanhe. After that, he became a fan of Lu Yanhe.
He would watch any work produced by Lu Yanhe.
His mother is a dancer. When he was a child, his mother often told him that there must be something in life that has nothing to do with fame, wealth or power, such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or poetry.
When Song Li was a child, he hated this kind of thing the most. No, what he hated the most was that every weekend, his mother would take him to watch a ballet. Every time he sat in the audience to watch a ballet, it was like a torture.
So, Song Li knew one thing from a very young age: he had no artistic talent.
Mo Zhifan asked him why he didn't go to an acting school, and he said his family didn't agree. This was true, but he himself didn't think much about it.
His grades were so bad that he couldn't get into any good school, so he had to find some unconventional ways.
Because he inherited his mother's looks and indeed had a good-looking face, someone suggested at the time that he could try acting.
He himself didn't care. At that time, everything was fine for him and nothing affected him.
His family was very opposed to it because three generations of his family had been in politics, and they also hoped that Song Li would continue on this path - even though he seemed to be isolated from this path.
Later, Song Li went to military school.
It was a place and environment that was completely different from his previous life.
In that environment, he met many people and things he had never encountered before.
For example, unconditional obedience, collective life, some people write diaries every day and reflect on themselves, and some people come from rural areas and are thrifty, saving all their money and sending it back home.
Song Li resisted angrily, and then was scolded and killed a lot of his temper.
Everyone knows that his family has some background, and this can be seen from the attitude of the instructors and teachers towards him in school.
So, it's a little different for him, more or less.
He, a man who had never had any artistic talent, was not sensitive, and was called a dullard by his mother, suddenly began to reflect on his own life in that subtle difference.
It was also the first time that I began to think about the meaning of life.
When he told his mother about this on the phone, his mother laughed and said that he used to be a dullard, but she didn't expect that he would suddenly become smart after attending military school.
Is it enlightenment?
Song Li couldn't explain clearly what had touched him.
Later, he had a day off and actually had nothing to do. The place was remote, there was not much entertainment, and the holiday was not long, so he could not travel far. He wandered around for a while, and by chance he bought a movie ticket and went to see the movie called "Three Mountains".
In that lonely mountain temple, three passers-by met the fortune teller played by Lu Yanhe.
He spoke like a madman, a demon, and a ghost, describing their origins and making judgments about their future.
Song Li's hands and feet were cold. In the dark screening room, he suddenly had the illusion that the fortune teller was standing in front of him, making a judgment on him.
His past life was carefree, but also desolate.
What about the future?
Song Li couldn't tell Mo Zhifan about his confusion and bewilderment.
Song Li will always remember that his chaotic life was hit hard from that moment on.
After coming out of the cinema, he searched for the movie and the character, and then saw Lu Yanhe's past life experiences.
That was another life, a life completely different from Song Li's pampered past.
"We won't die. We will definitely not die here!" Lu Yanhe's trembling voice, which he tried to express in a firm tone, pulled Song Li back from his trance.
Song Li returned to the reality and saw that Lu Yanhe had entered the formal performance state. The autistic genius he played was walking through the secret room in front of him at a pace that was different from that of ordinary people but had his own rhythm, looking for clues to leave.
Chen Bige was searching for something very quickly at the side. His movements became more and more vigorous, and he felt an anxiety that he couldn't control, as his nervousness and panic spread.
While Lu Yanhe was searching, he muttered to himself.
"The sun points to the stars, the stars form the moon, the five little men hold hands and laugh——"
That is the clue to escape from this secret room.
Song Li was completely immersed in Lu Yanhe's rhythm. He was using this rhythm to control his limbs.
At this moment, Song Li found that he completely understood Lu Yanhe. No, or rather, everything about the role played by Lu Yanhe.
He was using the rhythm of his mumbling as a clue to stabilize the rhythm of his movements. He was also nervous and panicked. Facing the pressure of the countdown to death, he was also anxious, but he was constantly adjusting himself.
After Song Li understood it, he took a deep breath.
This kind of precise rhythm control is something he will never be able to achieve in his entire life.
Finally, Lu Yanhe found the switch to open the secret room.
The countdown to death is over.
He turned around, his eyes pure and innocent, revealing his joy at surviving the disaster.
"I opened the secret room." He said to Chen Bige.
Chen Bige was sweating profusely and slid to the ground with lingering fear, as if he was exhausted and weak after a strenuous exercise.
She nodded to Lu Yanhe and gave him a thumbs up.
"Okay, click!" Lian Bei said, "Look back."
After checking and confirming that everything was fine, Lian Bei said with a smile on his face, "Passed."
Lu Yanhe stepped forward and pulled Chen Bige up.
"It's time to call it a day." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Chen Bige: "That scene just now was really tiring."
"You are too strong. You are completely immersed in the situation. Your forehead is covered with sweat." Lu Yanhe said, "I was scared when I saw your look. You completely brought me in."
Chen Bige: "Let's stop bragging about each other."
Lian Bei came over and said with a smile, "Let me brag. It's great, really great. You two are worthy of being the best actor and best actress. For such a difficult scene, I thought it would take at least seven or eight takes to complete it, but you passed it in two."
Chen Bige waved her hand, "There are still seven or eight. Look, I've only performed two and I'm already out of energy. My face has turned pale."
"I admire you." Lian Bei hugged Chen Bige and said, "Thank you, sister. Go back and have a rest."
Lu Yanhe: "Well, let's go back and rest. Director, you should also rest early. See you tomorrow."
He said goodbye to everyone.
Wang Biao came over with his water bottle and gave him some water first.
Lu Yanhe was indeed thirsty.
He took the kettle and took a big gulp.
After getting in the car, Wang Biao told Lu Yanhe excitedly.
"Brother Lu, guess what I just overheard."
An expression as if he had heard gossip again.
Lu Yanhe asked: "What?"
"The reason why Song Li came to act in "The Seventeenth Floor" is because he is your fan and he wants to meet you." Wang Biao laughed, "But he was too embarrassed to come and meet you because his acting was so bad."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe looked at Wang Biao in surprise.
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Since Lu Yanhe became famous, he has met all kinds of fans.
Song Li was the first person to go directly to a film crew to film with him.
The point is, because my acting is so bad, I’m embarrassed to get to know him?
Is your self-esteem so strong?
Lu Yanhe didn't know what to say.
Wang Biao: "This person is really funny."
Lu Yanhe asked: "How did you know?"
"He was chatting with another actor and didn't notice me behind him." Wang Biao said, "The funniest thing is, isn't he often scolded by the director for being late? In fact, he wasn't late, he just didn't dare to come in. I guess he was too embarrassed because he acted so badly. Oh, I really haven't seen anyone like him in the entertainment industry, it's amazing."
Lu Yanhe: "Don't go outside and discuss this with others."
"Okay, I'll watch my mouth." Wang Biao immediately made a gesture of zipping up his mouth, indicating that he would definitely keep his mouth shut.
Lu Yanhe seemed to be thinking about something.
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"Mom, I don't want to act anymore. I'm also sure that I'm not cut out for it."
Song Li talked to his mother on the phone.
His mother laughed, "Have you faced reality? It's okay if you don't act. Your father has always been against this. You know that."
"But I still want to work in this field in the future." Song Li seemed to have made up her mind and said, "Mom, I like the film and television industry. I have been in this crew for so long. Although acting is a nightmare for me, I still like it here and I want to do this."
His mother heard this and said, "Then you have to think carefully about how to tell your father about this."
"I'm not cut out for politics. Can you help me persuade my dad? I want to go into politics? I'll be blacklisted by the leaders on the first day." Song Li said, "You know, I've been lazy since I was a kid, and I can't hide anything, so how can I go into such a dangerous place? My dad is the same, he still hasn't given up. How can he keep dreaming for so many years?"
Just as Song Li finished complaining, he heard his father's voice yelling from the phone.
"Why don't you ask yourself, why haven't my dreams come true in all these years?! Get back here now!"
Song Li: "...Fuck, Dad, why are you still eavesdropping on my phone call with my mom? That's immoral."
Then, his mother said apologetically, "Son, it was Mom who turned on the radio and forgot to tell you."
"..."
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