This was not Yun Pei’s first visit to City C. The last time he came was with his mother. He was young at the time and his memories were very old, so he was not very clear whether the city had changed at all.
The clearest thing in his mind is his mother smiling and telling him that what she most wanted to live in was a small town like this one, where life was full of the flavor of life.
On the way here, he stared at the scenery outside the car window, as if he could still feel the warmth from the other person's arms as he said this.
In deep thought, he closed his eyes and didn't look any further.
It was almost noon when he arrived at the scene. The car was parked outside. He called the assistant as instructed and stayed in the car to wait quietly.
The other party didn't make him wait long. After about ten minutes, someone knocked tentatively on the car window. He glanced at the person outside and saw that he was a young man in his twenties.
He reached out and pressed a button, and the car door slid open. The other person's eyes lit up, but before he could say hello, his eyes fell on his wheelchair and he was slightly stunned.
Yun Pei had long been accustomed to such looks. He turned around and told the driver not to follow him, then he controlled his wheelchair and got off the car from the lowered ramp.
The young man came to his senses at this time and felt that he was a bit rude. He quickly fixed his eyes on the person's face and tried not to look at his legs. "Hello, Mr. Siyu, I'm the person who called you before. You can just call me Xiao Chen."
"Hello." Yun Pei didn't say much and nodded to him.
Seeing that this was his personality, Xiao Chen didn't mind. He glanced at the wheelchair he was sitting in and didn't push it rashly. He let him control it by himself and took a step forward to lead the way. "There are still scenes to be filmed on the set. Mr. Siyu may need to wait a while, or go eat first?"
The timing is rather awkward, as it is not even eleven o'clock yet and it is a bit early for lunch, but if we start shooting later, given Director Li's meticulous personality, there is no telling how long we will have to shoot.
"No need." Yun Pei shook his head, paused, and then continued, "I had breakfast when I came here, so I'm not hungry."
Xiao Chen was relieved at this point, and couldn't help but look at him again, saying, "Actually, I'm a fan of Mr. Siyu, and I often watch your videos. This time, I recommended you to the director with a try-it attitude, and I hope I didn't cause you any trouble."
Yun Pei looked up at him when he heard that, and saw the young man touching the back of his head embarrassedly, lowering his eyes and whispering thank you. He vaguely felt his ears getting a little hot, as he was not very good at dealing with other people's kindness.
Xiao Chen didn't notice his abnormality, he just felt that his expression didn't change, and mentally praised him for looking young and calm, and chatted, "Director Li is very strict when it comes to filming. Every detail must be controlled, and the same goes for the stand-ins. Several painters were fired, and our staff was overwhelmed. I had no choice but to show him your video, and I didn't expect him to nod after watching it, and asked us to contact you to come and try."
He is not exaggerating on purpose. Director Li Lin is a man of high ability and high standards, and he is very picky.
The director's words were enough to make the people under him run around. Xiao Chen, in a desperate attempt, recommended a painting blogger he followed to the director, and he didn't expect it to work.
Although he said to give it a try, the look he saw in Director Li's eyes at that time showed that he was probably sure.
The two of them walked into the set and heard some chaotic voices in the distance, which sounded like those of young girls.
"The crew just happened to arrange for fans to visit the set today, and they're probably setting up support items over there." Seeing someone looking over there, Xiao Chen opened his mouth to explain.
Director Li doesn't like this kind of thing very much, but he doesn't care. As long as it doesn't interfere with his filming, his subordinates can arrange it themselves.
Yun Pei was just attracted by the sound and looked over. He was not curious about what happened over there, and did not say much after listening to his explanation.
"I'll take Mr. Siyu to say hello to Director Li." Seeing that he was not interested, Xiao Chen did not discuss it anymore and took him in another direction.
Yun Pei had no objection and controlled the wheelchair to follow him half a step behind.
Today's scene was filmed in an old school. Li Lin likes to use real scenes, and generally he would not choose to build a shed even if it is indoors.
The painting classroom used for filming was on the second floor. Xiao Chen glanced at the wheelchair under Yun Pei in front of the stairs.
"Wheelchairs can go upstairs. Please help me lower the backrest." Yun Pei didn't let him speak and gestured backwards.
For fear of offending the other party by his careless words, Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and walked forward to hold the handle of the wheelchair.
The stairs in this old campus are very gentle and it is not difficult for them to climb them.
Xiao Chen took Yun Pei to the shooting classroom. They happened to be stopping to adjust the camera position. The director tilted his head and was talking to the assistant director.
He looked to be in his fifties, with grey hair at the temples and a blank expression on his face. One could tell from his profile that he was a rather serious person.
Xiao Chen called Director Li, and when the others turned around, he gestured to his side, "Mr. Siyu is here, I've brought him here to meet you."
Hearing his words, Li Lin's first reaction was to look at Yun Pei's hand on the wheelchair, and his eyes scanned the area from his wrist to his fingertips very carefully.
As if he was satisfied, his slightly frowned brows relaxed a little, and then he raised his eyes to his face. For some reason, he paused for a few seconds before saying two words indifferently, "Hello."
"There is another scene after this. Xiao Chen, take everyone to find a place to rest for a while." The assistant director's personality was obviously more enthusiastic than Director Li. He smiled at the people and asked the assistant to arrange the people. The shooting site was messy. The actors in front of the camera were a middle-aged man and woman. Yun Pei didn't know them. He was not interested in the shooting process and followed Xiao Chen out obediently.
After they left, the assistant director turned his gaze back to the director and said with a smile, "Why did you stare at me for so long just now? It's really creepy."
Li Lin rubbed his fingers on his legs and said nonchalantly: "It's a pity that he is not an actor. His current state is very suitable for Bai You."
The assistant director raised his eyebrows in surprise, "His temperament is too introverted and cold, Bai You may be sickly, but his temperament is cleaner and more sunny. Yun Yuexian is pretty good. Didn't you make the decision right away during the audition?"
After hearing what he said, Li Lin didn't say anything more. At that time, he really felt that Yun Yuexian was born for this role, but he was a little hesitant at that moment.
In front of real "patients", the performances always seem fake, and that sense of brokenness seems to be lacking in meaning.
Yun Yuexian’s acting skills are good, but he is still young, and some of his understanding is not in place. He focuses more on shaping the beautiful simplicity of this character, and neglects other aspects. The running-in of the recent scenes has not been smooth.
Before, he was not sure where this missing thing was, until he saw the hand he used just now and realized that what was missing was the feeling of being alone, as if he would disappear from the world in the next second.
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Yun Pei was taken out of the filming site by Xiao Chen and walked towards the classroom at the other end, which was specially vacated for the actors to take a temporary rest after putting on makeup.
There is no distinction between big names or not, most of those who have roles to play on that day stay here. Li Lin never cares about these things, and all the actors who come to film his movies are aware of this.
Before they got closer, two people came out of a classroom, one in front and one behind. The one behind looked like an assistant and had a lot of things in his hands.
After seeing the face of the person in front of him clearly, Yun Pei’s wheelchair stopped.
"Mr. Siyu?" Xiao Chen next to him didn't understand, so he stopped and looked sideways at him.
Yun Yuexian was not in a very relaxed mood at the moment. During the filming these two days, Director Li always found fault with him. Sometimes a scene could take most of the day and the progress was not smooth.
Before coming here, he knew that the other party was strict and he had prepared himself for it, but it was still uncomfortable to be rejected in public, so now he is a little nervous every time he shoots a scene.
He took the water cup handed to him by his assistant and took a sip. He tried his best to adjust his mood. He planned to arrive at the scene early today. He hoped that the director would be more lenient with him because of his diligence.
When he looked up, he saw someone coming towards him. He knew the director's assistant Xiao Chen. He didn't pay attention to him at first, until his eyes inadvertently glanced to the side and suddenly stopped.
"Teacher Yun, are you going to..."
"Why are you here?!" Yun Yuexian couldn't control her emotions when she saw that annoying person, and asked with a little surprise.
Yun Pei had no expression on his face, but Xiao Chen looked between the two of them in confusion, "Teachers, do you know each other?"
He spoke again, and Yun Yuexian realized that there were other people here. He pursed his lips, put away the expression on his face, and smiled faintly, "I guess so. What are you doing..."
Xiao Chen was a little surprised that the two of them knew each other, but seeing that the other party didn't want to say more, he tactfully didn't ask any more questions, "Mr. Siyu is the hand substitute arranged for Teacher Yun. I was just about to bring him to meet you below."
Hearing his words, Yun Yuexian turned her gaze to Yun Pei, looked directly into those calm eyes, and sneered in her heart.
He knew that the other party often locked himself in the room to draw. That was all a disabled person could do, so he never cared about it. He didn't know that he had such a great ability to be chosen by Li Lin.
"Uh, Teacher Yun?" Seeing him staring at people without saying anything, Xiao Chen called out tentatively.
"Sorry, I was distracted." Yun Yuexian smiled at him, took a step forward and held out her hand, "Then I'll have to trouble Teacher Siyu this time. Director Li is quite strict, so it might be very hard for you."
Yun Pei glanced at his hand that was in front of him, and shook it politely, lightly touching his fingertips. It was for no other reason than to make him feel better.
Yun Yuexian put her hand back into her coat pocket and rubbed the finger she had touched on the inside with disgust. The smile on her face remained unchanged, innocent and harmless. "Then I'll go to the set first."
He nodded to the two people and walked away. As he passed by them, the curve at the corners of his lips retracted and his expression became a little gloomy.
As he turned his head to look at his back, a rare smile appeared in Yun Pei's eyes.
(End of this chapter)