"Ah? You mean, let me play Lou Hua's original role?" Xia Rong was taken aback, "Is it possible, the image gap between me and Lou Hua is so big..."
Although Lou Hua hasn't won the Best Actor yet, he is already a powerful actor with a lot of experience in the industry. In terms of age alone, he is thirteen years older than Xia Rong. Director Xu Ping would choose him to play the role, which is basically unlikely to have anything to do with Xia Rong's current image, would he be willing to take the risk
Su Chi was not in a hurry to answer, he dug out a photo from his mobile phone album: "Look at this."
The one in the photo is obviously a script, with the title of the recorded film "Infernal Edge" printed on it, and there are some brief introductions below.
"Oh, I have the impression that you used to hold Miao Miao Miao and memorize the lines?" Xia Rong said, "Is this a gangster movie?"
"Yes, the script is adapted from a best-selling novel. The plot is very exciting and you should like it." Su Chi said as he slid to the next one, "I didn't bring the script this time. Fortunately, when I read the original novel before, I felt that this character was very similar to you, so I took a photo of it. This is the description of the appearance of the original Lou Hua character in the original book."
"—The person who came was a slender young man with a serious and rigid police uniform, which gave him a special sense of ironing... His round eyes were bigger than ordinary people, and when he laughed, he had a cat-like cunning Sloppy, but his nose bridge is straight and his lips are thin. For example, when interrogating the driver at this moment, under the light, he showed a kind of almost ruthless paleness and indifference..." Xia Rong zoomed in on the photo with his fingertips, and read word by word From the above content, "...you policeman are so handsome?"
"The plot requires it." Su Chi explained, "It's because of his appearance that he succeeded in undercover and 'seduced' the daughter of the gang boss, so that he was entangled again ten years later. This is how the plot of the whole film unfolded."
"That's really handsome," Xia Rong boasted brazenly, "It really suits me."
Su Chi glanced at him with a smile, and said, "Yes, because when filming his line, the memories of the undercover period need to be inserted, so when the director chooses roles, he always prefers young actors. But Director Xu Ping You also know that the shooting cycle is long, the editing is capricious, and he is picky about actors, many people dare not take this risk to make room for him, in the end, just to be safe, they can only choose Lou Hua who often cooperates."
"That's it..." Xia Rong glanced at the densely packed text again, "Is the original novel also called by this name? I'll buy it later and have a look."
"Well, but the script has changed a lot from the novel. After I compared it, I found that several branches were deleted, the plot conflicts were reorganized, and several supporting roles were merged and simplified into the same person." Su Chi said, "After this episode is finished, I'll show you another script."
"It's so logical, as if the role is already mine." Xia Rong smiled and said, "I don't know if your director is willing to meet me."
"Lou Hua is a very kind person. When he decided to announce his retirement, he greeted the crew in advance. So Director Xu has already started planning a small audition for "Infinite Edge" in the past two days." Su Chi smiled and said, "If you're willing to go, it's an advantage to know one day earlier. Of course—" he blinked, "I'll also 'recommend' to the director."
"Then I'll give it a try." Xia Rong couldn't help but get excited when he thought of trying the role of a famous film director, "Don't wait until the recording of this episode is over, let Xiao Wu fax the script to you tomorrow, I'll take the time Look."
"Okay." Su Chi laughed, "You don't have to worry too much, the audition will be at least next week."
"I can't live up to your trust!" Xia Rong said righteously.
After discussing the business, Su Chi stood up and said, "Then I'm going back?"
Xia Rong looked down at the phone, and said "um" indifferently: "Bye."
"I'm leaving?"
"Ah. See you tomorrow."
"That's it."
"...Let's go?" Xia Rong raised his head inexplicably, "What's wrong with you?"
Su Chi immediately put his hand on the doorknob, as if he was going to leave immediately: "It's a bit annoying to think of going back to take a shower again, and I don't know when the moisture will be able to do it..."
"Yeah, the humidity is really annoying." Xia Rong nodded in agreement, and after a pause, the light bulb above his head suddenly lit up, "By the way, don't leave, I have a solution!"
Su Chi stopped as he wished, turned his head and smiled: "What way?"
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"I've used this method before, and it's very easy to use!" Xia Rong threw the phone aside, went to the bathroom to get a hair dryer and a bath towel, and used the bath towel to prop up the hair dryer, adjust the angle, and turned around, "Look at my hair dryer. .”
He took a few steps back, and with a "kitten swooping", the clothes fell to the ground, and what appeared on the bed was a little orange cat with a chubby flesh. The little orange cat patted the switch of the hair dryer with its meat pad, and glanced back at Su Chi. Without saying a word, Su Chi knew what he meant, "Come and help me turn it on!"
In fact, when Xia Rong made it himself, he could turn on the hair dryer in advance, but now that Su Chi is by his side, it is safer and more secure for someone to turn it on manually.
Su Chi stepped forward to help him turn on the hair dryer, adjusted the temperature to a medium setting, adjusted the wind power to a low setting, and blew on the orange cat version Xia Rong.
Su Chi asked: "I'll blow it for you, so you don't need a bath towel?"
The little orange cat squinted its eyes comfortably against the warm wind, and let out a pleasant sound of "purr purr" from its throat - the communication between the two of them was more and more not limited to the form of expression, now that Xia Rong "talked" like this, Su Chi could also I understand—"Of course I use it, I'm here to show you meow! Put the hair dryer back, and you will become a cat to enjoy yourself, huh~"
"Okay." Su Chi reached out and pinched the little orange cat's fleshy face, and laughed.
in a minute.
There was no one in the high-end hotel room, and the hair dryer was whistling on. Two cats, one gray and one orange, were shivering side by side against the warm wind. It didn't take long for the hair to return to its soft, thick, dry and distinct state.
After enjoying the hair dryer service, Yin gradually went to turn off the hair dryer, turned her head, and patted the orange cat's body with her paw: "Are you getting fat?"
The little orange cat frowned instantly: "How is that possible!"
Ying Duan looked him back and forth: "Hmm..."
"I'm not an ordinary cat!" Orange Cat said, "This is the body that Glass lent me. Glass body is so well managed. It hasn't changed five years ago and five years later. How could I gain weight casually!"
"Glass lent you its body. Isn't it useless?" Ying Duan's thoughts were also very clear, "It's more likely that it squeezed a body out of itself and gave it to you. Body management has nothing to do with you. I heard that out of ten orange cats, nine are fat... "
"You haven't lost much weight yourself...!"
"You don't understand, I'm Maohou, puffiness, do you understand!"
"You said that I don't understand, why do you still ask me if I understand?"
"..."
"Let's fight!"
…
This time the cats and cats fought, not as energetic as the last time the two contestants. The two cats rolled on the bed for a while, and then spread out into cat cakes and stopped moving, so a truce was declared.
"Save some energy for tomorrow." The orange cat version Xia Rong panted.
"By the way, we haven't decided what show to perform yet." The cat version Su Chi said.
"Every team is required to produce five programs." Xia Rong saw Yingduan's slightly undulating soft belly, and rubbed against it again, tilting his head on the side, thinking seriously, "Our team has an advantage It’s me, Ye Mang, and Dong Tingshu, the three of us can each produce a show, I’ll sing "Elf", and I’ll ask Ye Mang and Dong Tingshu what they’re going to do."
"The other two..." Xia Rong thought for a while and said, "Can five people sing in a chorus? It's like one person with one line. Let us sing the difficult parts, and you and Meng Xuan won't have to work too hard. What's left? Next, Dong Tingshu and I will have a love song duet? Hey!"
He hadn't finished his "love song duet" when Ying Short, who had been obediently lying on his stomach, suddenly turned over, turned around, and pointed the cat's butt at him. Xia Rong couldn't lie down and fell down, his head hit the soft bed. Although it didn't hurt, Xia Rong exaggeratedly said "Hey" twice.
Hearing his cry, Su Chi looked back at him, and found that he was indeed bluffing, so he turned his head back again.
"Are you still angry?" Xia Rong got up and patted his back with a meat pad, "It's just a stage performance, and it's not real, so what are you talking about?"
"I can play the piano." Ying Duan reminded him calmly without looking back.
"Oh, then let me play the piano with you and sing at the head office. You play and I sing." The little orange cat pawed and pulled it in various ways, trying to make him turn around, "Lie down for a while, just for a while..."
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The next day's program recording was mainly to promote the concert and rehearsal program on the street. The Romeo team got the "small convertible car" and "super loudspeaker" through yesterday's "fighting in the water".
Five people squeezed into a small convertible car, Su Chi was in charge of driving, and the rest took turns, shouting through the loudspeaker to promote the time and place of the concert, while reminding them hoarsely, "Remember to buy blue light sticks when you enter the venue! blue!!!"
In the sunny weather in June, after so many rounds, everyone was sweating from the heat, and Dong Tingshu's makeup was all worn out, so she had to stop halfway to touch up her makeup. Xia Rong was not much better, because he felt a little cold when he went out in the morning, and he wore a hoodie. Now it was so hot that his back was drenched with sweat. He glanced at Su Chi in the driver's seat, and really wanted to let the two of them become cats together, and save some space in the car.
Especially when Romeo's team and Liang Shanbo's team met each other on a narrow road, and found that they were driving the "large sunshade convertible" they won yesterday, each of them was spacious and comfortable, and they felt even more embarrassed and miserable on their side.
Their advantage is that they have a "super loudspeaker" that Liang Shanbo's team does not have. Therefore, although the physical exertion is high, everyone also expects that the publicity effect will be better than that of the other party. However, Liang Shanbo's team was also quite clever. Without a horn, they printed a flag themselves, wrote the content, hung it on the car and fluttered in the wind, so that passers-by who noticed them could see it at a glance.
In the stage of publicity on the street, both parties have worked very hard, so the next highlight is rehearsal, rehearsing a wonderful program, not only for the outcome of this game, but also for the ratings, Attention, and even show charm and attract more fans.
The rehearsal is the same as the actual venue of the concert. It is held in the C City Stadium. There are already many fans in the stands who heard the news and came to watch their rehearsal. Many people even brought cameras and DSLRs to them. Can't stop shooting.
Everyone has long been accustomed to similar situations, and they are calm about what to do. Because they were too tired from running around in the morning, everyone changed into light and comfortable clothes, and Xia Rong also changed into a T-shirt casually.
When he came out after changing his clothes, Ye Mang glanced at him and said thoughtfully, "Your clothes look familiar."
"Will it be?" Xia Rong said casually, "Maybe I usually dress in the same style. Let's go, go to rehearsal."
Their performance program has been agreed and reported to the program group so that they can arrange lighting and choreography. Ye Mang chose a fast-paced and handsome dance song. To everyone's surprise, Dong Tingshu also chose a song that needs to be sung and danced, and Xia Rong's "Elf", a song sung by five people, Their playlist can be said to be suitable for both movement and stillness.
Among them, the quietest one is the piano playing and singing by Su Chi and Xia Rong. When they heard that they were going to put on this show, even Dong Tingshu covered her eyes with a giggle and teased them: "You guys are so public." Dog abuse, don't see it."
"Where is the dog being abused?" Xia Rong said seriously, "You guys take a good look at what we are going to sing."
What they are going to sing is a Cantonese song called "Friends".
This song was proposed by Xia Rong. Although Su Chi had heard it before, the original accompaniment of the original song was not a piano, so he went online and listened to it several times before confirming: "It should be possible to play."
The piano score was picked up by Su Chi last night according to the melody. When he first started playing, he inevitably stumbled a bit. But after the end of the first section, I gradually found the feeling, and the sound of the piano gradually improved, becoming smoother and more proficient.
Xia Rong held the microphone and spoke slowly following his rhythm:
"The stars flow / go the same way with you / never know each other / start to get closer / treat people with sincerity in silence..."
Xia Rong's timbre belongs to the kind of clean and clear. Singing this kind of old Cantonese songs may not be full-bodied at first, but after listening for a while, you can feel his own understanding of the lyrics. The word articulation has gone through a lot of consideration and care, and it has a pure and moving flavor.
"A little bit far away in the evening sky / The stars are closely related / You and I are even thorns / The road is paved..."
Although Su Chi is not good at singing, but because he can play the piano and knows a lot about music theory, he can hum softly at this time, harmonizing for Xia Rong:
"Relieve the loneliness in my heart/Who understands me/Love with two hands/Happy and sad together/Share each other/Never separate me or you..."
"You are for me/I am for you/Together in adversity and despair/Hold your hand tightly..."
"friend… "
When Xia Rong sang here, he naturally turned his head and glanced at Su Chi who was sitting in front of the piano.
Su Chi happened to be looking at him too, and raised the corners of his lips at him.
Xia Rong found out that he didn't sing the last two words.