The screenwriter wrote in the script outline: "Xiu Zhe" means someone with elegant speech and graceful appearance.
If there were people who had questioned why Qin Hanlin had asked Lu Yinbing to play Jing Xiu, then he would not be able to object after seeing Lu Yinbing's current appearance. Only she could perfectly interpret what it meant to be "beautiful and beautiful".
Men are too tough, women are too weak, Lu Yinbing is just in between the two, she has the tenderness of a daughter, and the toughness of a man. The figure she has worked hard for three months is both thin and fluttering like paper, and tall and straight like pine and bamboo.
Not to mention her appearance, Lu Yinbing's appearance is not exquisite and impeccable in the eyes of the public, but she has great potential. There is a kind of beauty that can make people ignore age, gender, and everything. As long as she appears in the center of the crowd, she will definitely become the focus. This is Lu Yinbing.
Wearing Jing Xiu's clothes, she brought back the soul of the character from a thousand years ago in the noisy set.
The beauty is peerless.
Qin Hanlin's face flushed, he danced with joy, pointed at Lu Yinbing and screamed "Ahhh" without being able to speak. The next moment he immediately rushed up and circled around her three, four, five or six times, looking like a madman, and kept repeating in his mouth: "That's it, that's it!!!"
Lu Yinbing took Qin Hanlin's hand and walked into the dressing room, whispering: "Don't embarrass yourself."
As the lead actor, Xia Yitong took this opportunity to rush in. She was amazed by Lu Yinbing from a distance just now, and when she got closer, she found that she was really suitable for this role.
Her makeup was not deliberately done to look like a man's as in other cross-dressing roles in movies and TV shows. She just slightly trimmed her eyebrows to make her own heroic look more prominent. She even put on a layer of lipstick, making her face and lips look even more pretty and charming.
Anyone who sees her for the first time will think: This is definitely a woman. But it is also possible to say that she is a handsome man.
It's very strange, but these two completely different feelings don't seem out of place in her.
There were many cross-dressing roles in Hong Kong movies in the 1990s. Among them, there was a female star whose classic cross-dressing role was well known to everyone. She was one of the goddesses in the entertainment industry, Xia Yitong. She was heroic, generous, and cheerful. She could swallow the sun and the moon with her mouth and pick the stars with her hands. But Lu Yinbing was not quite the same as her. She just sat on the sofa in the dressing room, as if she was the character herself. She didn't feel like she was acting. She was thin, arrogant, and would show her soft side to people.
Lu Yinbing: "Director Qin, do you know that you looked so embarrassing just now? If your husband sees you, you will suffer again."
Qin Hanlin: "No, no, is he here?"
Lu Yinbing: "If you don't restrain yourself, he will be here soon."
Qin Hanlin: "I am so excited. I made the right choice by choosing you. With this outfit, you are worth 200 million at the box office."
Lu Yinbing smiled at Qin Hanlin, in a reserved but calm way, just like Jing Xiu's smile: "Do you have a plan or not? You are a director, do you know that?"
There are three types of acting: the first is that you become the character, which is what many actors do nowadays, putting themselves into the character; the second is that the character becomes you, and this kind of person is herself in any role; and the third is to find a balance between you and the character, cutting the two apart and then reintegrating them together to become a brand new character that belongs to you. The character is you, and you are also the character.
Xia Yitong didn't know whether Lu Yinbing was the first or the third type, she only knew that she was moving towards the first type, and was still a long way from truly embracing the role. The worry of "a blind cat catching a dead mouse" once again loomed over her head like a shadow.
Qin Hanlin invited Xia Yitong to sit over, and Xia Yitong forced himself to sit down next to him.
Qin Hanlin: "Xiao Xia didn't have much to do in the past few days, Yin Bing, we're mainly filming you, but Xiao Xia you have to come and watch as well. You two have just started working together, so you need to get used to each other more, and you don't have much experience, so it won't hurt to watch more."
Xia Yitong nodded humbly.
Qin Hanlin and Lu Yinbing talked about the play for a while, and then they separated. Lu Yinbing went to the photographer to take the final photos. The photographer was so busy taking photos that he was reluctant to put down the camera. He asked the props to bring the Longyuan long sword and hung it on his waist. Lu Yinbing held the hilt with one hand, and looked at the camera with eyes full of ambition to conquer the world.
Then he put on his back the quiver, held the bow, drew the arrow and assumed an archery posture, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, full of determination to win.
Regardless of whether it was their first time seeing Lu Yinbing or not, the girls in the crew all gathered around him, their eyes sparkling, and they whispered, "So handsome, so handsome, so handsome. I'm going to be gay."
The men stood still and watched from a distance, each of them wishing his neck could be stretched three meters long.
Xia Yitong clutched her clothes tightly to resist the urge to scream out with the other girls. Lu Yinbing, how could there be such a beautiful person like her in the world
Photography: “That hand…”
Lu Yinbing immediately understood and slightly adjusted the way he held the bow.
Photography: "Legs..."
Lu Yinbing took a slight step forward with his left leg.
Photography: “…”
He finished filming with a snap, feeling empty inside. For the first time, he felt dissatisfied with the artist who cooperated so well: Couldn't he take it slower and let him watch for a while longer? !
After the final makeup photo shoot, the photographer handed the film to the assistant for retouching. This final makeup photo was to be used for publicity and distribution and was already provided to major websites. Lu Yinbing glanced at it and left. She didn't seem to care much about how she looked in the camera. Of course, it was more likely that she was full of confidence in herself. She didn't look at it, but Xia Yitong wanted to see it. As soon as she walked over, the assistant who was retouching the photos stood up and said, "Teacher Xia."
Xia Yitong said, "You sit down, I'll just take a look."
Xia Yitong: “… Hmm.”
Neither say yes nor say no.
The photography assistant said, "Teacher Xia, are you interested in photo editing?" As a little girl, who wouldn't like to edit a photo to beautify herself? The photography assistant glanced at Xia Yitong and praised, "But Teacher Xia's appearance is already very beautiful, without any photo editing."
Xia Yitong: "Thank you for the compliment."
Photo assistant: "If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
Xia Yitong: "Okay."
The photography assistant held a notebook, opened the photo with PS, adjusted the lighting, and was in a dilemma. There was nothing to retouch except changing the background and adding the name of the movie. But with a beautiful woman by his side, he would seem unskilled if he didn't retouch it.
Then let's grind the skin.
The photography assistant was smoothing the skin of Lu Yinbing in the photo, but he didn't know where to start. Xia Yitong suddenly said, "No need to smooth it. It's good like this."
Someone agreed with him. The photography assistant happily gave up the skin smoothing and said, "Actually, I also think that Teacher Lu has really good skin."
If you don’t want to polish your skin, what should you do
The photography assistant aimed his gaze at Lu Yinbing's eyes, and Xia Yitong said, "The eyes are also very good, the expression is in place, no need to retouch them."
Assistant Photographer: “Yeah, I think so too.”
The photography assistant moved the mouse to Lu Yinbing's hand, and Xia Yitong said quickly: "Don't you think this pose is very handsome? The angle is just right, and it has that kind of momentum that looks down on the world."
Assistant Photographer: “…”
Come on, come on, I'll give you the computer and you can fix it.
The impact of the photo is even greater when viewed up close. Xia Yitong thought: Ah, how can Lu Yinbing be so beautiful? She looks so beautiful from every angle. She is so charming from every angle. It's really...
She could look at these photos till the end of time.
In the end, the photography assistant did not retouch the image at all and replaced the green screen with a pure black background. A drop of silver with the words "Breaking Snow" was sharply engraved on the background.
Xia Yitong sat here for a quarter of an hour, and finally hesitantly said his true intention: "Can you send me a copy of the originals of these photos?"
The photography assistant looked embarrassed. This was against the rules. It wasn't that he was worried about Xia Yitong, but he couldn't risk the risk of early leaks.
How could Xia Yitong make it difficult for him? She said, "I don't want it now. You can give it to me after the official blog is released. Would you mind memorizing my email address?"
"You go ahead." The photography assistant took out his cell phone.
Xia Yitong gave him her email address, thanked him, and clasped her hands together in front of her. She was so happy that she almost jumped up and left. Thanks to the photographer, she took half more photos of the final makeup, a total of 40 to 50 photos. She took one photo every day, which lasted for more than a month.
Looking around, Lu Yinbing was not on the set. She was wearing a thick costume on a hot day, so she must have gone to the lounge to enjoy the air conditioning. Nothing was filmed this morning. Qin Hanlin ran around to confirm the makeup photos of several important supporting roles. Tomorrow morning, there will be makeup for a group of people including Xia Yitong.
At noon, everyone had lunch boxes ordered by the crew, which included both meat and vegetables. Fang Hui wanted to buy a separate meal for Xia Yitong, but was stopped: "It's not like you haven't had lunch boxes before, don't bother, sit down and eat too."
As a newcomer on the big screen, she didn't want to be accused of being a big shot when she joined a crew like this, so she only brought one assistant, Fang Hui, and ordered her around for all the big and small matters. In the middle of summer, who wouldn't feel hot
While eating her lunch box, she looked at the door of Lu Yinbing's lounge. The door was always closed, without any gap at all.
In the lounge.
Lu Yinbing shouted anxiously: "Quick, spray me some more perfume."
Xiaoxi sprayed a little around her, and Lu Yinbing sniffed it hard. Good, the scent of the lunch boxes outside was no longer there.
Even the always spoiled actress Lu had a day when she drooled over the lunch box.
Lu Yinbing had finished eating, and there was still some residual green soup in the lunch bowl next to her. It was pure natural, pollution-free, and naturally had no taste. It was worse than eating grass, and could not compare with the "fragrance" of gutter oil.
She walked around in the lounge, her mouth watering but her stomach numb. Xiaoxi asked, "Miss, do you want to play cards?"
Lu Yinbing stopped and said, "Hit me!"
After playing for five minutes, Lu Yinbing couldn't help but stand up from the sofa: "Perfume."
People who have never been hungry cannot understand the feeling of hunger. Lu Yin Bingxin said: It is best not to let her see the food now, otherwise she can swallow a whole cow, and by the way, cut the person who shows her the food into pieces.
Unexpectedly, someone was not afraid of death. Qin Hanlin remembered something and was anxious to tell Lu Yinbing, so he came over with a half-eaten lunch. So on the first day of filming, the quarrel between Lu Yinbing and Qin Hanlin was heard by the whole crew.
"I won't shoot anymore!" Lu Yinbing slammed the table, breathing rapidly, trying hard to swallow the word "fuck it" that he hadn't said out loud.
This is too much!
"You can't not take pictures." Qin Hanlin was anxious and put the lunch box on the table. The aroma of the food kept drilling into Lu Yinbing's nose, making him feel uncomfortable and itchy.
"Qin Hanlin!" Lu Yinbing was so greedy... no, so angry that tears welled up in her eyes.
"Hey, ancestor, I was wrong." Qin Hanlin coaxed hurriedly, but he didn't know where he was wrong.
"Xiaoxi!" Lu Yinbing roared.
"Here!" Xiaoxi grabbed the lunch box on the table and threw it into the trash can in a flash. He then quickly carried the trash can out of the lounge, ran back a hundred meters and closed the door.
Qin Hanlin: “???”
What is this
Lu Yinbing was so angry that she couldn't speak. Xiaoxi explained, "Teacher Lu is on a diet and can't smell the food. Otherwise, she will be very..." She thought for a moment and said, "... irritable."
Qin Hanlin: “… I see.” He was particularly irritable.
He held the script in his hand and said, "I just remembered something. Don't you have a scene this afternoon? Look at this line..."
After listening to what Qin Hanlin said, Lu Yinbing nodded and said she understood. Qin Hanlin then left and apologized sincerely before leaving because he had forgotten about it. Lu Yinbing also adjusted her mood and said it was okay.
As soon as Qin Hanlin came out, Xia Yitong went up to him and asked what happened and why they were arguing.
Qin Hanlin said listlessly, "Isn't Yinbing on a diet? I forgot about this. I just went in with my lunch box to discuss the play, and I made her cry."
When Xia Yitong heard this, she immediately turned her head and looked in the direction of the lounge, wishing she could run to Lu Yinbing's side immediately. However, she did not move her feet at all, and could only ask in a pale voice: "How is she now?"
Qin Hanlin: "I feel a little depressed, but everything else is fine."
He sighed and walked away.
Xia Yitong stood there without turning her head, her fingers tugging at the seam of her trousers, her eyes turning red as she watched.
The one I love is separated by mountains and seas, and mountains and seas cannot be leveled.
She didn't know who she was sad for.
Xia Yitong lowered her eyelashes, slowly walked back to her assistant and sat down, falling silent.
The two of them were separated by a door, and with the staff coming and going, they were both depressed at the same time tacitly, but one was related to her and the other was not.
After lunch, the lighting, camera and props went into the studio and started working. There is a big difference between shooting a TV series and shooting a movie. The production cycle of a TV series and a movie is similar, and sometimes the production cycle of a TV series is even shorter than that of a movie. A TV series of 40 or 50 episodes can be completed in three months, but the length is very different. A TV series is dozens of hours, and a movie is two hours. Because a TV series can shoot more than ten scenes a day, while a movie is lucky to shoot one scene a day. Some directors can only shoot one scene a week, which is very tiring and much more difficult than shooting a TV series.
Xia Yitong also saw for the first time what real movie making was like.
Qin Hanlin wanted to help her quickly adapt to the rhythm of the movie, and said something to her before filming began: "TV dramas rely on dialogue to show the character's personality, while movies rely on the language of the camera. There is a big difference between the two. You must pay more attention to Lu Yinbing's performance later."
Xia Yitong nodded seriously and looked with wide eyes.
This afternoon we filmed a group scene. There was a severe drought in the south, and the warehouses were opened for disaster relief. The relief money disappeared, and the emperor was furious, and the ministers were in a state of panic. As the sixth prince, Jing Xiu stood behind several older princes. He wanted to avoid the trouble, but no one was willing to spare him and insisted on putting him to death. He had no choice but to accept the appointment to investigate the case.
How could a prince who was ignorant of worldly affairs dispel the other party's suspicion when he was surrounded by tigers and wolves
"Action!"
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
Suddenly, a voice was heard in the court.
All the civil and military officials, a massive mass, bowed their heads at the same time, and the sound of their sleeves rustling was in unison.
The King of Chu, dressed in a black robe and wearing a nine-Yu crown on his head, slowly came up from one side of the stairs. He looked majestic and solemn, and the pearl curtain on his forehead swayed gently with his movements. The King of Chu had been in poor health recently, so he held the arm of his attendant and walked slowly.
"May the Great Chu last for thousands of years and Your Majesty enjoy long-lasting blessings." All the officials shouted in unison.
Chu Wangping raised his left hand and said, "Stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All officials stood up.
The sounds of people standing up were not as uniform as those of people kneeling down. Some elderly ministers were unsteady in their movements and could only stand up tremblingly, much slower than the others.
The camera moved forward and the lens first stopped on the face of the King of Chu. He looked a little pale, with a hint of fatigue, and there were two dark circles under his eyes, which was obviously caused by staying up all night to deal with government affairs.
King Chu: "I received an urgent report last night saying that the relief money sent to the south mysteriously disappeared in the Wujiang River. Is there any of you who is willing to share my worries?"
All the ministers lowered their heads, looking at each other. Standing at the head of each row was the prince of Chu, and pairs of ambitious eyes appeared in front of the camera.
Xia Yitong immediately spotted Lu Yinbing, who was standing second from the left. She was wearing a green robe, her figure was as slender as a green bamboo, she was wearing a crown, and standing with her hands hanging down, looking as if she was not interested in competing with the world.
There are so many people in the court. No matter how strong the aura of others is, she is always the one that people see first even if she hides in the crowd.
Qin Hanlin frowned: "Cut."
Xia Yitong: “???”
Qin Hanlin clapped his hands: "Do it again."
Qin Hanlin walked up to the actor who played the King of Chu and said, "It's too peaceful. It doesn't feel right." He stood with his hands behind his back and demonstrated it to the "King of Chu," "Do it again like this."
The script manager hits the board for the second time.
The King of Chu first looked around at the courtiers below the stage, revealing a subtle sarcasm on his lips: "I received an urgent report last night saying that the relief money shipped to the south mysteriously disappeared in the Wujiang waterway. Is there any of you who..." He paused, stroking the armrest of his throne nonchalantly, and said, "Would you be willing to share my worries?"
Qin Hanlin: "Cut, the look in his eyes is not right."
The stage manager hits the board for the third time.
"Is there any of you who is willing to share my worries?"
Qin Hanlin stared at the camera without blinking and raised his hand to make an "ok" gesture.
The King of Chu was not completely ignorant of the forces in the court. On the contrary, he knew them very well and wanted to take this opportunity to see what his sons were planning.
In front of the camera, the ministers remained motionless, and the princes' eyes appeared alternately, each with their own thoughts. The camera briefly paused on the eldest prince's face, his brows were furrowed and he looked worried, as if he was really worried about disaster relief, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised where no one could see.
Xia Yitong stared at the scene in the camera, constantly thinking about other people's performance methods. If she were asked to act, how would she act
When the camera moved to Lu Yinbing's eyes, Xia Yitong's heartbeat inexplicably accelerated. It was not because of love, but pure excitement. She looked at Qin Hanlin, who was rubbing his hands, his face flushed, and he was even more excited than her.
As the saying goes, comparing people will make you die, comparing goods will make you throw them away.
The actor who plays the eldest prince only moves his facial muscles, and his eyes are lifeless.
Lu Yinbing had no expression at first, as if she was not in the court, but was relaxing in the yard in the woods, planting flowers and grass, with a clear pond reflected in her clear eyes forever. When she heard the words of the King of Chu, her eyes "came alive", revealing empathy, helplessness and sadness, but these emotions did not stay for too long, she lowered her eyes slightly, the helplessness faded, and then she was relieved, and turned into a pursuit and yearning for a paradise on earth.
I haven’t picked up the eggs laid by the chickens this morning. I wonder if they will be taken away by a weasel.
The Sixth Prince is the only one who dares to desert during the morning court session.
Qin Hanlin said: "Cut, ng, try again."
"See? This is acting, her eyes are full of drama." Qin Hanlin said, "Without watching the foreplay, you can tell from her eyes that none of the princes standing below are good people. She is the only one who truly cares about the people's worries and understands their pain. However, she is not a fighter by nature, and she cannot fight alone, so she has no choice but to pursue a peaceful world in her heart. If this land is to be handed over to a wise ruler, it must be her."
Xia Yitong: "… Since the performance is so good, why do you want to call a cut?"
Qin Hanlin: "The eldest prince didn't act well."
Xia Yitong said bluntly: "Can't I cut it?"
Qin Hanlin stared at her intently, and Xia Yitong immediately said, "I was wrong."
Xiaoxi went up to wipe the sweat off Lu Yinbing's face. Lu Yinbing looked strangely in the direction of Qin Hanlin. This time Xia Yitong did not make a mistake again. She paid attention to the moment the goddess looked at her. She immediately raised her thumbs with both hands, looking excited. She was so excited that she almost jumped up and waved a flag and shouted: "Lu Yinbing! I'm calling you!"
Lu Yinbing enjoyed it very much and was in a good mood.
She withdrew her gaze and wanted to laugh, but did not want Xia Yitong to find out that it was because of her, so she held Xiaoxi's shoulders with both hands, looked at her affectionately, and suddenly broke into an incomparably brilliant smile.
Xiaoxi: “???”
… shivering.