He randomly picked one from the stack of information Hu Zhenghua gave him, took a look, put it away and said, "Okay, this is the one. I'll contact him to join the team."
The filming in the next few days went relatively smoothly. "Water Ghost" is expected to be completed within two months. Xu Qiao has been working well with the main actors and is able to move forward quickly once he has found his groove.
It's just that everyone is working very hard. It's still spring here, and the mosquitoes are out. The roads are not easy to walk on. We have to rush back and forth between several sites every day. In addition, the conditions in the mountains are not good, so it's not convenient to do anything.
The crew members were tired, but Xu Qiao was even more tired.
He is the male lead, and he has a lot of scenes. He also plays a water ghost, so he has to stay in the water most of the time.
It consumes a lot of physical energy, and you have to play two roles. The water ghost and the slug spirit are two different types of characters. The mental exhaustion caused by multiple emotional changes makes people physically and mentally exhausted.
After a day of filming, Xu Qiao needed Li Feifei's support when he came out of the water so that he could walk back to rest.
After finishing the morning's filming, the crew took a break. Xu Qiao came out of the water and sat on the ground flipping through the script for the next scene.
After reading the script for a while, Hu Zhenghua brought a stranger to his side: "Xu Qiao, this is Gu Yi, he will act with you later."
Xu Qiao recognized that this person was the substitute that Hu Zhenghua asked him to choose a few days ago.
He looked to be about the same height as me, but slightly wider than me. He had regular features and an angular face, and could be considered handsome.
After saying hello, Hu Zhenghua went on with his work.
After Gu Yi watched Hu Zhenghua leave, his eyes fell on Xu Qiao's face.
The young man sat on the ground, looking up. There were water droplets on his forehead, which looked crystal clear when the sunlight shone on them.
Gu Yi's eyes were a little more fiery, and he sat next to him: "Qiao Qiao, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Xu Qiao smiled back.
After chatting for a few sentences, Xu Qiao noticed that the man was looking at him with eyes that seemed too sincere and focused, and he looked at the script with some discomfort.
As a substitute, Gu Yi's arrival did not attract much attention.
However, Lai Huiwen and Li Chengxuan, who were acting on the side, looked over there a few more times.
Lai Huiwen lowered her voice a bit and said to her assistant with interest: "Xu Qiao's stand-in is a gay."
When Li Chengxuan heard this, he couldn't help but look around Xu Qiao and the other person.
Seeing Lai Huiwen and the assistant discussing quietly, Li Chengxuan asked, "How did you figure that out?"
Lai Huiwen glanced at him and chuckled, "Didn't you see that his eyes were almost glued to Xu Qiao?"
Li Chengxuan looked at Gu Yi and found that this man was indeed keeping a vague gaze on Xu Qiao. He whispered, "What a charming person." There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
The afternoon was an underwater scene.
It is difficult to shoot underwater. You have to float up to take a breath of air after shooting for a while. One scene was shot over and over again. Xu Qiao choked on water several times and his throat became hoarse from coughing.
When he was pulled out of the water after the filming, he was close to collapse. Fei-Fei Li saw that his lips were all blue and felt so distressed.
There was originally a night show to be performed, and Hu Zhenghua saw that Xu Qiao was very tired, so he generously gave him a day off.
After changing into dry clothes, Li Feifei helped Xu Qiao back to rest. Both of his legs were shaking. When he got to the room, he was so tired that he just lay down on the bed without moving at all.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Li Feifei took a dry towel and wiped the water off his temples.
Xu Qiao half opened his eyes and glanced at him tiredly. Li Feifei was startled by the pair of red eyes.
He kept his eyes open underwater to film for a long time, and now his eyes are full of red bloodshot, dry, and a little itchy.
Rubbing his eyes, Xu Qiao exhaled: "I feel uncomfortable everywhere, my whole body hurts, and my eyes hurt too."
Li Feifei saw that his eyes became redder after rubbing them, so she quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Stop rubbing them, stop rubbing them."
Looking at my body again, I saw that my skin was wrinkled and had a few bruises.
"Brother, take a hot bath. I'll apply some medicine on you after you're done."
Xu Qiao now felt somewhat physically nauseous when he heard the word "bath". After staying in the lake for a whole day, he didn't want to get wet at all.
"I don't want to soak. I'll just take a shower."
Li Feifei was helpless: "Okay, okay, I'll go get the medicine and eye drops."
Xu Qiao hummed in response and closed his eyes again.
Li Feifei closed the door and walked outside to take out the suitcase. There were too many things in it and it took her a long time to find the medicine box she had prepared in advance. Just as she took it out, she heard footsteps coming from the side.
When I looked up, I saw Xu Siyi standing next to me.
Li Feifei was unable to react for a long time, scratched his head and asked: "Si Yi, why are you here?"
Seeing the medical kit in Li Feifei's hand, Xu Siyi frowned and stretched out his hand, saying, "Come over to visit me when you're done."
Li Feifei obediently handed the medicine box to him.
"Which room is he in?" Xu Siyi asked.
Li Feifei raised her hand and pointed at the door. Before she could say anything else, Xu Siyi had already walked over with the medicine box.
Standing there, Li Feifei muttered twice: "Well, it's none of my business."
Xu Siyi pushed the door open and saw Xu Qiao had already finished his shower. He was lying on the bed in his bathrobe with his eyes closed and one hand rubbing his eye sockets.
Hearing the sound, he thought it was Li Feifei coming back. He said weakly, "Look at my back. I got hit by the equipment in the water. It seems to be broken."
Xu Siyi walked over, put the medicine box aside, and placed his fingers on the collar of his bathrobe.
Xu Qiao cooperated by moving his arms and pulling down his bathrobe to reveal half of his shoulders.
The skin, which was still steaming after taking a shower, became pale and wrinkled after soaking in the water for too long.
Xu Siyi frowned and looked down along his shoulder. Sure enough, there was a bruise on his back with a little broken skin in the middle.
He took out the ointment and applied it on the broken skin. Xu Qiao shrank back. Xu Siyi paused and moved more gently. After applying the ointment, he put a waterproof Band-Aid on the broken skin.
Xu Qiao buried his head in the pillow, feeling a little sleepy, and said vaguely: "Please give me a massage, I'm so tired..."
Xu Siyi hesitated for a moment, took out the medicated oil from the medicine box and poured some into his palm. He rubbed his palms to warm them up, then placed them stiffly on Xu Qiao's exposed shoulders and began to press gently.
From the shoulders and neck to the back.
The medicated oil slowly penetrated into the skin under the pressure of the warm palms, giving off a warm feeling.
Xu Qiao sighed comfortably: "A little lower."
Xu Siyi paused for a moment and pulled his bathrobe down.
What is revealed is a thin and flexible waist with small dimples on both sides.
My hands stopped above my waist, and I couldn't press any further.
Not sure if it was because the medicinal oil was too strong, but Xu Siyi only felt the heat spreading from his fingertips to every part of his body.
It's still early spring, but why is it getting a little hot
Xu Qiao waited for a long time but no massage came. He buried his head in the pillow and said in a dull voice, "Why aren't you moving?"
Amid his dissatisfied and urging voice, Xu Siyi let out a sigh, but in the end he couldn't do it.
Pulling out a tissue to wipe the remaining medicine oil on his hands, Xu Siyi lifted his bathrobe to cover his naked back and said, "Turn over, I'll put eye drops on you."
Xu Qiao: “?”
Did I hear it wrong? Why is it Xu Siyi's voice
When I turned over and saw Xu Siyi's face, most of my sleepiness disappeared.
After straightening his bathrobe, Xu Qiao coughed lightly: "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to visit you after I'm done with my work." Xu Siyi said calmly, "How is it on the set?"
"Well enough."
Xu Siyi hummed, leaned over and rummaged through the medicine box, found a small glass bottle of artificial tears, and asked as he took off the cap, "What scene are we filming tomorrow?"
Xu Qiao said honestly: "Bed scene."
With a "click", the eye drops bottle in Xu Siyi's hand was crushed.
Xu Qiao: “…”
The broken glass pierced his fingers, and the artificial tears inside spilled all over his hands. Xu Qiao looked at the blood beads oozing out of Xu Siyi's fingers, and his sleepiness completely disappeared.
Pulling the corner of his mouth, Xu Qiao took out the tweezers from the medicine box: "Why are you so excited?"
After picking out the broken glass, Xu Qiao took Xu Siyi to the bathroom to wash his hands, and bandaged him.
Xu Siyi didn't care about this little pain at all, and his expression didn't change much, but he looked obviously unhappier than before.
Watching Xu Qiao bending down to wrap the gauze around him, Xu Siyi asked, "Whose sex scene is it with?"
"Myself."
Xu Siyi: “?”
Xu Qiao explained: "There is a character in the film who looks the same as the water ghost I play. The script has a sex scene between these two people, so I have to do it myself when I act it out."
Xu Siyi frowned and grasped the point: "Aren't you looking for someone to act with?"
The water ghost and the slug spirit look the same, so Xu Qiao's face must be the one that appears. But the sex scene must have two people.
Xu Qiao wrapped the gauze around him, tied a knot, and raised his head and said, "Director Hu found a substitute."
Thinking of this, Xu Qiao couldn't help but sigh.
Underwater scenes are difficult to shoot, but Hu Zhenghua insisted on having an underwater bed scene.
Xu Qiao felt that with his current physical condition, he would be half dead after filming this scene.
"Substitute..." Xu Siyi repeated these two words, and then realized something, "Male?"
Xu Qiao gave him a strange look: "What else?"
Xu Siyi: “…”
When filming the next day, Xu Siyi also went along.
Hu Zhenghua was very happy to see him: "It's been a while since we last met. Are you done with your work?"
Xu Siyi nodded, and the two chatted for a while. Hu Zhenghua asked people to prepare for the filming.
While the makeup artist was putting makeup on the actors, Xu Siyi glanced around and his eyes fell on Gu Yi, who was reciting lines with Xu Qiao.
He was wearing a wig of the same length as Xu Qiao, and his clothes were similar, but the style was completely different.
Xu Qiao was wearing a thin white dress, looking slim and slender, and she looked elegant and graceful. Gu Yi's clothes were much more bold and square in design, making her look androgynous.
Xu Siyi vaguely remembered that slugs were hermaphroditic creatures, and his face became even darker.
In this scene, Xu Qiao first played Liu Wen, and Gu Yi took over as the slug spirit. Later, Xu Qiao had to change into the slug spirit's makeup and perform it again with Gu Yi.
In later stage it will be edited into the perfect harmony between water ghost Liu Wen and slug spirit, both of them have Xu Qiao's face.
When Xu Siyi saw the heat in Gu Yi's eyes when he looked at Xu Qiao, he frowned.
Hu Zhenghua shouted, "Come on, get ready. Xu Qiao and Gu Yi, get in the water. Get the cameras in place."
Xu Qiao warmed up on the shore and dived into the lake, with Gu Yi following him into the water.
Under Hu Zhenghua's instructions, Xu Qiao leaned against the broken bridge with most of his body in the water, and Gu Yi was beside him.
The camera captured their backs, their inky long hair floating on the lake, entangled together and indistinguishable from each other.
The slug spirit came closer, wanting to get closer to him. The water ghost Liu Wen lowered his eyelashes: "Slug, stay away."
"Slug, slug." The slug spirit snorted, "Stop calling me a slug. Give me a name. Look, I don't have a water ghost to call you..."
As he spoke, the slug spirit came up to the water ghost, slid his hand down his shoulder, and there was a hint of temptation in his expression.
Liu Wen's eyes gradually turned from clear to confused. When the foul aura of the slug spirit approached, his mind became a little blurred.
During this period, because Wang Xiu and the young Taoist priest became increasingly close, the darkness hidden in the water ghost's heart was slowly aroused by the slug spirit, and it became easier to seduce him.
Xu Qiao was getting into the role of Liu Wen when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Gu Yi's hand fell to her waist, rubbing it with a strange force.
The author has something to say: Slug (kuo) is a kind of mollusk, hermaphrodite, many people affectionately call it slug =v=