Cheng Yan took advantage of the more than three months vacated between the two films of Old Country to shoot Director Luo's movie. This is a literary movie with a small investment, the relationship between the characters is not complicated, and no special effects are used at all, so more than three months is more than enough.
It's just that Cheng Yan slowed down the progress when he joined the group on the first day.
He had just finished playing Zhou Xinchun, and he still had some feelings that he couldn't get over. Director Luo usually has a hearty and friendly personality, but when the filming started, he became like a different person, very strict. After abolishing the three rules, Director Luo called Cheng Yan to the front, and once again told the play: "Relax, relax, understand?"
Cheng Yan nodded. The weather was already hot, and the cast and crew were all staring at him. He seemed to have returned to the feeling he had when he first stepped into this circle many years ago.
Although Director Luo was patient, his tone was very strict: "This is different from filming a TV series, you have to put your mind to it."
This is Cheng Yan's first starring role in a movie. A director like Luo Dao can not only train his acting skills, but also the low-cost literary and artistic films do not have much pressure on the box office, so they are very suitable for the first starring role. This is why he chose to cooperate with Director Luo.
However, although the box office pressure is not great, there are still pressures in other areas.
Because there are many scenes of Cheng Yan playing the violin in this movie, although the sound of the piano must have been dubbed later, but Cheng Yan's posture must at least pass the test.
Before joining the group, Cheng Yan hired a violin teacher to practice as hard as sawing wood every day. The violin is not like the piano. It is not a problem to practice the piano for a few days and play simple nursery rhymes. Cheng Yan practiced the violin for two weeks, and when he entered the group, he was still sawing wood.
It's still pleasing to the eye when it's in a static pose, but when it's pulled up, it makes ghosts cry. Xia Shaoqian couldn't even listen to him practicing the piano, so he set up a piano room for him. It is completely soundproof, but there is a whole side of transparent glass, Xia Shaoqian can appreciate the silent version.
Cheng Yan's filming was not going well, and his piano practice was not going well. When he left the piano room, seeing Xia Shaoqian's composure, he couldn't help being inexplicably angry. He felt that he was locked in the piano room and looked at by him like a goldfish.
The next day he got the curtains closed.
Xia Shaoqian didn't say anything and just let him go.
After another week, Cheng Yan was finally able to pull out a few bars intermittently, and he could hear the notes instead of sawing wood. He was so excited that he performed in Xia Shaoqian with an intoxicated expression on his face. Xia Shaoqian just laughed at him: "I used to watch Li Yu practice the piano and it didn't take so much effort."
In all fairness, he has really only reached the point where "the melody can be heard".
It was the first time Cheng Yan heard that Li Yu could play the violin, and Xia Shaoqian's tone seemed to be very good. He was thrown cold water when he was excited, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. It's the same as when I did well in the exam when I was in school, but when I came back, my mother said that my sister took the first place in the exam.
Xia Shaoqian couldn't bear to see that he was embarrassed, so he boasted a few more words.
Cheng Yan smiled, and never asked Xia Shaoqian to hear it again. He thought that either Li Yu was really talented, or he was practicing hard in a place Xia Shaoqian couldn't see. Xia Shaoqian didn't understand what he was excited about at all.
In the movie, there is the protagonist's childhood, Director Luo picked a child who could play the violin, who didn't look like Cheng Yan. Fortunately, the child is young and handsome, so she looks a bit like her with makeup on. Cheng Yan played with him when he had nothing to do. The child was only ten years old and had practiced the piano for five years. Sometimes he would say something that didn't look like a child, which Cheng Yan found interesting.
Once Cheng Yan complained to him that he had practiced for more than a month, but he still hadn't improved. The child said deeply: "I have practiced for half of my life, and you are only a little over a month, so there is nothing to complain about."
Cheng Yan was so funny that he wanted to pick him up and throw him away.
So the time spent on the set gradually became longer. This is the most comfortable time for Cheng Yan to stay with so many crews. Although Director Luo is strict, there are few actors in the crew. There are only two or three central actors. The interpersonal relationship is not complicated, and there are no male and female actors hooking up or fighting each other.
Staying on the set to practice the piano, memorize lines, find out the feeling, learn acting skills with old actors, and play with children by the way, it is more interesting than thinking blindly with Xia Shaoqian.
It took Xia Shaoqian a while to realize: "Isn't it a literary film? Why is it so late every day?"
Cheng Yan said that it is precisely because of literary films that he has to shoot more delicately.
Xia Shaoqian stared at him with burning eyes. Cheng Yan felt a little scary.
"Do you not like me asking these questions?" Xia Shaoqian suddenly said.
Cheng Yan looked at him without answering.
Director Luo's film is coming to an end, and the post-production of the upper part of the old country is almost complete. The soundtrack is used for the opening credits, and a big name is invited to compose lyrics and music for the ending credits, which is sung by a recent popular singer in Cheng Yan's own company.
"Ah, by the way, there is also an episode in it, which is also our company's song. The old song has been sung."
"Oh." Cheng Yan couldn't care about the later things, and Teacher Yang told him these things just to let him know.
"It's the contemptuous beauty..."
Cheng Yan was stunned, and he smiled weakly: "Why did you choose this song?"
"You should be very familiar with this song. Didn't you shoot the MV? It must be because of you that you noticed this song." Teacher Yang was a little surprised, "You don't have to worry about it not being suitable. I heard that the song will be re-arranged. A cover song, a little more dramatic."
Cheng Yan said nothing, just nodded.
He went through it in his mind, and felt that this matter probably had nothing to do with Xia Shaoqian.
Xia Shaoqian said that it was because of this song that he knew himself, but after that they never listened to this song together, not even once. They all remember this song, but never listen to it. Fortunately, this song is not popular, and they rarely hear it.
Cheng Yan felt that this probably had something to do with a secret feeling. At least he himself didn't want to hear this song in front of Xia Shaoqian.
But since the post-production is already in progress, Cheng Yan is not easy to intervene, and there is no reason to intervene, so he gave up.
He didn't tell Xia Shaoqian about this. Firstly, it was not necessary, and secondly, he felt that Xia Shaoqian sometimes needed some unexpected "surprises".
At the end of the summer, when the movie was done, Cheng Yan's violin became less piercing. The broadcast promotion of the old country has begun, and the scandal between Xu Ningyi and Qin Heng is still attracting attention amidst the huge advertisements.
Cheng Yan felt that everything was on track.
However, before things derailed, it wasn't that there were no signs, it was just that he ignored it.
He heard some news about Ji Rulan one after another. She was originally a female star who claimed to only make movies and not TV dramas, but after being rejected by Director Lu, she had no choice but to shoot TV dramas. During the film festival, she got angry with Director Lu because of this. Later, she had an affair with a married executive of the company and offended the other's wife. The role in the new drama was greatly deleted, and the other party even threatened that she would only be a supporting role for the rest of her life.
Cheng Yan has no friendship with Ji Rulan, let's forget about these things, he can't help, and he won't make trouble.
But occasionally thinking of Ji Rulan's resentful and jealous eyes back then, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Three days before the premiere of the old country, Cheng Yan recorded the program and came back very late.
Xia Shaoqian hadn't slept yet, his face was not only tired, but also a little pale.
"It's so late, don't wait for me." Seeing him like this, Cheng Yan couldn't help but speak very gently.
After he finished taking a shower, Xia Shaoqian was still not asleep, and pressed him on top of him without saying a word. Cheng Yan laughed: "You just waited to do this?"
Xia Shaoqian said in a low voice, "I can't sleep."
Cheng Yan acquiesced. Xia Shaoqian was very gentle when he entered, until the two people behind him gradually became excited, Xia Shaoqian was replaced by lying down, and Cheng Yan sat on it. After finishing, they collapsed on Xia Shaoqian's body, and the two couldn't help kissing, continuing the pleasure just now.
"You can fall asleep now..." Cheng Yan asked panting.
Xia Shaoqian smiled: "Good night."
Cheng Yan quickly fell asleep.
When he was woken up by the phone, he thought it was already a night.
"Cheng Yan!" Teacher Yang's voice finally lost his composure.
Cheng Yan was a little confused, he looked at the clock - two o'clock in the morning.
"Ji Rulan has gone crazy."
"Ah?" Cheng Yan had already got out of bed and was about to leave the bedroom. Xia Shaoqian also woke up, and asked vaguely, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Yan turned his head and smiled at him: "It's nothing."
"Cheng Yan, are you listening to me?"
"Yes. What's wrong with Ji Rulan?" Cheng Yan felt his muscles tense, he asked mechanically. While walking towards the piano room, it is the most soundproof.
"She..." Teacher Yang suddenly paused, and then said as if she was about to speak out in one go, "She suddenly said a lot of scandals about her peers on the Internet, including you."