Chapter 185 Acting
Liu Zeliang waved his hand without hesitation and shook his head, "I won't be on camera!"
Luo Yuzhong: "Go ahead, there's no one else who can act now, so it's up to you."
Liu Zeliang immediately said, "Wait for Yang Fan a little longer."
"Wait for nothing! This bastard must have been drinking again last night, and he's still sound asleep!" Luo Yuzhong was furious. "I shouldn't have been soft-hearted when he begged me to give him a chance!"
Liu Zeliang sighed, "Then...then you can do it yourself, don't look for me."
Luo Yuzhong: "I'm the director!"
Liu Zeliang: "I'm still the director of photography!"
Luo Yuzhong: "I don't have as good a temper as you, so I can't act out Teacher Liu's energy. You're usually fussy, so you're more suitable!"
Liu Zeliang: "I'm fussy? Screw you!"
Luo Yuzhong and Liu Zeliang stared at each other, while everyone else remained silent.
The students at the scene were stunned. They looked at the two men in their forties or above in surprise, not understanding what was going on.
Not to mention these students, Lu Yanhe himself couldn't understand what was going on and looked surprised.
The two men stared at each other for a while, and finally, Liu Zeliang gave in and glared at him dejectedly.
"I'm so unlucky to be your director of photography, and now I have to be your extra."
Luo Yuzhong: "Stop talking nonsense."
He turned to look at Lu Yanhe, "Xiao Lu, come here."
Lu Yanhe hurried over.
Luo Yuzhong said: "Yes, Teacher Liu is really your Teacher Liu. You will act with him later."
"Where is the script?" Liu Zeliang asked.
Luo Yuzhong asked loudly: "Where is the script?"
Someone immediately brought over a backup script.
Luo Yuzhong said, "You guys go around the theater."
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Lu Yanhe was feeling very nervous.
During my first filming, I suddenly encountered a temporary replacement of the opposing actor.
This also...
However, it made no difference to Lu Yanhe, as he and Yang Fan had never seen it before.
On the contrary, he was more familiar with Liu Zeliang.
Liu Zeliang is a well-known director of photography in the industry. He is almost always given priority to shoot top projects every year.
At the scene, Liu Zeliang is usually a smiling person, and he can joke with everyone. He is not the kind of person who keeps strangers away.
Lu Yanhe looked at Liu Zeliang.
Liu Zeliang also looked at him.
The two of them were silent for two seconds. Liu Zeliang said, "Why are you looking at me? I'm not a professional actor. You're an actor. Take me through this."
Lu Yanhe really wanted to speak up for himself, he was not a professional actor!
But he didn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of Liu Zeliang, and silently held back his words.
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"Report." After Lu Yanhe entered the room, he faced Liu Zeliang.
Liu Zeliang leaned on the podium with one hand and turned to look at the late student, a smile on his face. "Hey, you're back. Didn't you just finish the competition yesterday? Why are you back today?"
He is obviously not a professional actor, but he is extremely relaxed, his expression is natural, and he speaks like a teacher, with a sense of leisure.
Lu Yanhe said, "I came back on the earliest flight today."
"Okay, sit down." Liu Zeliang nodded and motioned Lu Yanhe to sit down.
Lu Yanhe walked towards the back of the classroom.
All the students in the classroom were looking at him.
Liu Zeliang's voice rang out behind him: "Classmates, this is Yao Yu'an, the student who won the gold medal in the National College Student Modeling Competition yesterday. He's your senior. He was preparing for the competition last year, so he's here to make up for the credits for this course this year."
A group of people exclaimed "Oh!"
Lu Yanhe sat down in the last row.
Suddenly, a girl in front of him turned around and looked at him.
He was also stunned when he saw the girl's eyes.
Of course, this girl is Jiang Yuqian.
“Crack!”
As soon as Luo Yuzhong shouted, Liu Zeliang on the podium withdrew his hand and turned to look at Luo Yuzhong.
"Has it passed?"
Luo Yuzhong smiled and said, "How could you not be so good? You performed really well. However, we were mainly filming Xiao Lu and Yu Qian just now, so we didn't catch your excellent performance. We need another take."
Liu Zeliang's face fell.
He looked at Luo Yuzhong speechlessly, "I said you did it on purpose, didn't you? Just now I asked you if I wanted to act seriously, and you told me yes."
Luo Yuzhong said, "Only if you act seriously can Xiao Lu get into the role. This is his first time acting today, so as an old senior, you need to guide him more."
Liu Zeliang's face looked like he was about to curse at any second, and it took him a while to hold himself back.
Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside.
Yang Fan pushed open the front door of the classroom with a red face, came in, and walked towards Luo Yuzhong with an uneasy and guilty look on his face.
"Director, I'm sorry, I—"
"Didn't I tell someone to tell you not to come?" Luo Yuzhong interrupted him and said coldly.
Yang Fan immediately said: "Director, I didn't mean it, I——"
"I don't want to hear any more excuses from you. You went drinking again last night, right?" Luo Yuzhong looked at Yang Fan fiercely, his eyes seemed to contain sword light.
Yang Fan wanted to say more.
"How about I test you now? If the test shows that you didn't drink, I'll apologize to you." Luo Yuzhong said directly.
Yang Fan's face was as dark as black earth.
"Director, I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance!" Yang Fan suddenly became a little excited. "I definitely know I was wrong and will never make the same mistake again. I will play this role well, really!"
"No need." Luo Yuzhong waved his hand, "I've already given you the opportunity, but you don't cherish it."
Yang Fan wanted to say something else.
Luo Yuzhong suddenly yelled again: "Kick him out! Why is he still staying here?"
Yang Fan looked at Luo Yuzhong in shock, as if he had not expected Luo Yuzhong to be so heartless to him.
"director!"
"Don't call me director!" Luo Yuzhong roared.
The scene fell into a terrible silence again.
After driving them away, we continued filming.
Lu Yanhe was affected a little and was in a very bad state.
He thought Luo Yuzhong was going to curse, but he didn't. He called him over, gave him a few instructions, and then continued filming.
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At noon, the crew had lunch in the school cafeteria.
A small canteen was specially set up to provide them with food.
Lu Yanhe sat at the same table with the director and others.
He had been filming for the whole morning, and since it was his first time, he felt a little dizzy, but also a little excited.
From being unfamiliar at the beginning to becoming familiar later, Lu Yanhe was finally no longer completely afraid of acting.
"It's Xiao Lu's first time acting today. He has a good understanding and understands everything you say." Luo Yuzhong praised Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe was flattered, "Thank you, Director."
Luo Yuzhong: "It's just that the psychological burden is too heavy. As a young, new actor, why do you put such a heavy psychological burden on yourself? It's normal for your acting to be bad, so why do you set such high standards for yourself in every scene?"
Before Lu Yanhe could say anything, Liu Zeliang interrupted, saying, "You have a bad reputation, and Xiao Lu is afraid of messing up the performance and getting scolded by you."
Lu Yanhe quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, it's just my personality. I always want to do the best I can. I know this puts a lot of pressure on me mentally, but I just can't adjust."
"That's a good thing. An actor should have high aspirations and not just act blindly." Luo Yuzhong said, "Your sister Yuqian is an outstanding one. She sets very high standards for herself. Even in some lesser-known dramas, her roles and performances are not perfunctory at all. You can see her dedication."
Jiang Yuqian showed a face that was neither funny nor sad, and said, "If you, director, asked me to act in more plays, I wouldn't act in those low-quality plays."
"You two are really good kids, but please don't become like Yang Fan." Luo Yuzhong suddenly sighed. "You don't know, Yang Fan was actually a very good actor when he was young. His first movie was with me. Unfortunately, something happened at home, and he became addicted to alcohol. Not only has he lost his acting talent, but he also has lost his professionalism. This time, he begged me for a long time, hoping that I would give him another chance. He promised me that he would quit drinking during the filming and would not delay filming again. In the end, he didn't last a single day, which disappointed me."
Jiang Yuqian heard this and said, "Director, don't worry. I know what my dream is. In order to realize my dream, nothing else will affect my acting."
Yang Fan’s matter made Lu Yanhe fall into deep thought.
Liu Zeliang tutted his words and said, "You two are really good-looking. It's a pity that you only have so many scenes together in 'The Golden Era'. It only takes two episodes in total. If there was a drama in the future where you two played a sister-brother relationship, it would probably be very interesting."
Lu Yanhe's throat suddenly became choked.
Jiang Yuqian laughed, "Don't tease him, he's thin-skinned."
Liu Zeliang immediately taught him a lesson: "Yan He, a man can't be thin-skinned. You need to practice."
Luo Yuzhong glanced at him with disdain and said, "Don't mislead Xiao Lu with your shameless ideas."
Liu Zeliang: "How can I be said to have led Xiao Lu astray? This is called life wisdom!"
"Your life wisdom is almost garbage." Luo Yuzhong squeezed mercilessly.
Lu Yanhe laughed.
I couldn't help laughing.
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The actual process of filming on the set is not that interesting, and most of the time, it is even boring.
Most of the time, Lu Yanhe was waiting.
There aren't many times when we actually take pictures of him.
But when he performed, Lu Yanhe felt an instinctive sense of excitement.
The excitement of playing another person.
It’s like really experiencing another person’s life.
The first day's scenes were all interludes like those in the morning, which were almost effortless.
As a result, we continued filming at night.
Luo Yuzhong specifically told him and Jiang Yuqian, "We'll have to do some extra filming at night these days. We originally wanted to rent the place for nine days, but in the end they only agreed to give us five. Time is a bit tight."
Of course Lu Yanhe nodded.
Jiang Yuqian had no objection and agreed readily.
In the evening, Lu Yanhe had his most lines in the scene.
It was a play in which he and Jiang Yuqian were walking on the same road on campus and talking about their future dreams.
This is also a scene where two people confirm their feelings for each other.
This was added temporarily by Luo Yuzhong.
Originally, this scene was not scheduled to be filmed on the first day.
Jiang Yuqian asked Lu Yanhe if he had memorized his lines, and Lu Yanhe said he had.
Jiang Yuqian nodded and said, "Give me ten minutes. I need to memorize my lines."
She took the script, went to the corner, and began to memorize her lines by herself.
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When the actual shooting begins, this road must be cleared.
There were only the two of them.
In the play, it was already early morning and the campus was empty. Only the two of them had just finished their work in the student union and came out of the office.
The movements for this scene are not difficult. After coming down the stairs, just keep walking forward along this road.
A very beautiful road.
The wide avenue is lined with sycamore trees. The lush leaves of the sycamore trees make the road look like a passage through a mysterious palace.
The dim street lights create a hazy atmosphere.
When shooting the first shot, Lu Yanhe and Jiang Yuqian walked side by side, with only half a body length between them.
"Everyone's asleep." Jiang Yuqian looked around, confirmed that no one was around, and revealed a bit of helplessness, "The dorm manager will definitely nag me again."
Lu Yanhe turned his head and glanced at Jiang Yuqian.
At this time, he was actually already somewhat attracted to Jiang Yuqian.
It was just not said out loud.
Jiang Yuqian happened to raise her eyes and look at him at this moment.
The two people's eyes met for a moment and then looked away at the same time.
"Senior, what do you want to do in the future?"
"I?"
"Yeah." Jiang Yuqian suddenly took a few steps forward, jumped down the stairs, stood at the bottom of the stairs, looked up at Lu Yanhe who was still standing on the stairs, and said, "Senior, what kind of job do you want to do?"
Lu Yanhe was dazzled for a moment when he looked at the girl with graceful features under the street light. This was not an act, he was really dazzled.
He had never seen Jiang Yuqian act like such a little girl.
She looked at him with eyes that showed obvious affection, which she tried to hide.
Lu Yanhe came back to his senses and said, "Architect."
"That's amazing," Jiang Yuqian said. "I never thought about what I could do in the future."
She smiled brightly, turned around and walked forward.
Lu Yanhe followed.
"People say the construction industry isn't suitable for girls, and working on construction sites is tough," Jiang Yuqian said. "My parents have always been against me entering this industry, and I spent a lot of effort convincing them to study this major."
"Now that you have a goal, work towards it. Nothing is better than wanting to do it yourself," said Lu Yanhe.
Jiang Yuqian stopped.
She turned around and looked at Lu Yanhe, her eyes clear and bright.
"So—senior, do you think I can be an architect?"
"Yes, of course." Lu Yanhe nodded, his tone sincere and not perfunctory. "You have strong professional skills."
"How about comparing yourself to me, Senior?" Jiang Yuqian suddenly smiled, her eyes curved into a beautiful crescent moon. "Senior, do you think I'm better, or do you think I'm better?"
Lu Yanhe was stunned at first, then he laughed softly.
"What we say doesn't count. When we become architects, we'll have a real competition."
"Will you still be willing to contact me after graduation?"
Lu Yanhe's eyes fell on Jiang Yuqian, and a hint of tenderness gradually appeared in his eyes. "Of course."
