Netizens really don't understand Shang Hua's operation this time. Judging from Chen Xiao's current talents, he is obviously more suitable for the stage. It's ok for Shang Hua not to train him vigorously, but why did he send him to act? !
"Zhu Lu" is a TV series adapted from a popular novel IP. In addition to the appeal of director Wang Yan himself, there are also many fans of the original book. Chen Xiao plays the role of a young marquis who seems to be dissolute but actually has a pure heart.
There are no difficult fighting scenes, nor any explosive emotional scenes, and his main role in the drama is to be funny.
The audience tried to put Chen Xiao into the role, and surprisingly found that he fit the character well, but they didn't know how the performance would be. After all, there are some young actors who look bright and beautiful on weekdays, but when they are on the set, they have "crooked mouths, slanted eyes, and cramped legs". They can only hope that the role played by Chen Xiao will not be too eye-catching.
Netizens have zero tolerance for vase artists, but are relatively tolerant of truly talented artists, and are willing to let them try their luck. Although some people still don't think Chen Xiao will go down the acting path, fortunately there isn't too much abuse, and most people choose to wait and see.
Chen Xiao didn't know the trend on the Internet. Due to his habit in his previous life, he didn't pay too much attention to the virtual world. He packed up and went straight into the group.
The plane didn't arrive in city A until 9pm. Chen Xiao went to the hotel reserved by the crew and checked in after getting the room card at the front desk. The assistant arranged by Tong Yue helped carry the luggage in the back and took a look at the schedule: "Brother Chen, I've asked around. Director Wang's rules are quite strict. He requires the actors to gather at the crew at 7am every morning for styling. You can have a good rest today. I'll call you half an hour in advance tomorrow."
The new assistant is called Xiaoduo. Although he is young, he is very organized and never makes mistakes.
Chen Xiao was also carrying a suitcase. He walked into the elevator and pressed the floor button: "Where are the other leading actors? Are they in the hotel or on the set?"
He actually wanted to ask where Qi Yubai was.
Xiao Duo said, "I heard that they are shooting a night scene today. The main actors and the director are still at the film and television base. They probably won't be back until the early morning."
Chen Xiao thought that it was no wonder that Qi Yubai didn’t reply to his message. It turned out that he was still filming in the middle of the night. How miserable.
The main actors in the drama "Zhu Lu" all had their rooms on higher floors. Chen Xiao joined the crew a few days later than the others because his role was later. When he was going upstairs, he happened to see a man walking out of the room 1102 opposite. He couldn't help but pause, and when he saw the man's face clearly, he subconsciously said, "Rong Xuan, why are you here?!"
Rong Xuan subconsciously turned around when he heard the voice, thinking it was his friend calling him, but the man who spoke was actually the idol who has been very popular on the Internet recently, and his name seemed to be... Chen Xiao
Rong Xuan's clothes were casual and lazy, even his shirt was loose, but he looked refined and appropriate. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a celebrity. He raised his hand to take off the thin-framed glasses on his nose, and looked at Chen Xiao with a puzzled look. Finally, he found that he and the other party had no intersection, and frowned: "Do you know me?"
Rong Xuan is a well-known writer on literary websites, and many of his works have been adapted into film and television dramas. This remake of "Zhu Lu" is also his work, and the crew hired him as the screenwriter.
Chen Xiao had acted in TV dramas in his previous life and had dealt with Rong Xuan a lot. Even when he wrote his memoirs later, the publishing house was recommended by Rong Xuan. The two of them were so familiar with each other.
Of course, this was only in the last life; they were not yet familiar with each other in this life.
Chen Xiao realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, and quickly made up an excuse: "Oh... you are that... that famous author, you also wrote "Zhu Lu", I am a fan of your book."
This reason is barely acceptable.
Rong Xuan didn't know whether he believed it or not. He glanced at Chen Xiao and said, "Thank you."
After he finished speaking, he put his glasses back on, turned around and left, without asking Chen Xiao for an autograph or anything like that. He looked quite different.
Xiao Duo saw Rong Xuan walking away and muttered quietly: "Why does this author look so arrogant?"
Chen Xiao used the room card to open the door. He glanced at him and said, "Of course he is arrogant. If he wasn't, how could he write so many abusive articles? He doesn't care if readers scold him like shit."
Hmm? Abusive article
The system, which had been lying flat, suddenly woke up like a corpse. It stared at Rong Xuan's back as he walked into the elevator, and suddenly its eyes lit up as it remembered something.
Chen Xiao was completely unaware of this. He went back to his room, packed up his luggage, took a shower, and then lay on the bed, reading the script while waiting for Qi Yubai to finish work. It was not until three o'clock in the morning that he suddenly heard a slight knock on the door.
Chen Xiao heard the silence, got up from the bed and opened the door. Unexpectedly, he saw Qi Yubai standing outside the door. He quickly reached out and pulled him into the room: "Why did you finish filming now?"
When Qi Yubai came, he was afraid of being seen, so he was holding a bag of snacks in his hand. If he was discovered, he could make up an excuse that it was a midnight snack for colleagues.
He took off his mask and hat, put the snacks on the chair, and then fell on the big bed in the middle, too tired to even think about it: "Wang Yan was too serious. He shot one shot 25 times over and over again and it still didn't pass. It happened to be a martial arts scene, so for convenience I didn't come down and hung there for three hours."
Chen Xiao frowned unconsciously when he heard this, lifted up the hem of Qi Yubai's clothes and took a look, and found several marks on his body from the wire. He quickly found the medicinal oil he brought from the bedside table, poured it into his palm and rubbed it to warm it:
"Aren't you afraid of heights? How dare you go up there and hang on the wire without telling the director?"
In general, in order to ensure the shooting effect, directors will find a martial arts double to prevent the actors from shaking unnaturally when hung up.
Qi Yubai said nothing. He moved slowly to lie on Chen Xiao's legs, then buried his face in his arms, and then shook his head depressedly: "I didn't say anything."
None of the other leading actors in the crew wanted a double, so Qi Yubai, who was very proud, certainly wouldn't want one either. When Wang Yan asked him to hang on the wire to film, Qi Yubai gritted his teeth and went up, not letting anyone notice that he was afraid of heights.
Chen Xiao looked down at him and said, "Oh, you are pretty awesome then?"
No one can tell whether he is praising or criticizing.
Chen Xiao lifted Qi Yubai's shirt and rubbed his shoulders with medicated oil. It stands to reason that acting is hard work, and there are many people who are more tired than Qi Yubai, but it still hurts a little when it comes to him.
Chen Xiao: "Are we going to have to do the wirework tomorrow?"
Qi Yubai played a white-clad swordsman in Jianghu, who killed people without leaving any blood, and the martial arts scenes were almost 50-50. He was pressed comfortably by Chen Xiao, and he almost hummed like a kitten in his arms. Hearing this, he lazily hummed: "Hang."
After he finished speaking, he realized that this sentence was ambiguous, and opened his eyes and added: "But it's not me who is hanging, it's you who is hanging."
Chen Xiao thought that he couldn't avoid what was coming: "Just hang him, it will happen sooner or later."
"Zhu Lu" is a martial arts film, and fighting scenes run through the entire play. It is no exaggeration to say that even a grandfather in his 70s or 80s can do a few moves. Chen Xiao was mentally prepared when he accepted the role.
Qi Yubai remembered something when he heard this, and pointed to the shopping bag he brought with him, "It's very hot in the film and television city at noon. There are small fans and cooling patches. Remember to ask your assistant to bring them tomorrow."
Chen Xiao's brain circuits are always different from those of normal people. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows: "Tsk, then you dare to lie on my bed when you are sweating all over?"
Qi Yubai glared at him: "I came to see you after taking a shower."
It's easy to guess that it's impossible for someone as clean and tidy as Qi Yubai to come to see Chen Xiao covered in sweat.
Chen Xiao stuffed the medicine oil into the drawer, then picked up Qi Yubai and threw him to the middle of the bed, and approached him directly: "You said you took a shower, why don't I believe you?"
Qi Yubai turned his head and pushed him away, but Chen Xiao still grabbed his hand: "Believe it or not."
Chen Xiao's kisses fell densely on his eyebrows and eyes, and his low voice gradually drowned out the touching lips and teeth of the two: "I'll know after checking..."
Qi Yubai's ears turned red silently, and he covered his eyelids with the back of his hand: "Rogue..."
The night outside the window was surging, reflecting the endless ancient film and television city in the distance. Chen Xiao saw that Qi Yubai was working hard, so he didn't do anything. He hugged him and kissed him for a while before going to sleep together.
The next morning, Xiaoduo came to call Chen Xiao forty minutes early. Before she could knock on the door, she saw Chen Xiao had already dressed properly and walked out. She was stunned for a moment: "Brother Chen, why did you wake up so early?"
Chen Xiao was afraid that he would see Qi Yubai, so he closed the door with his backhand: "Oh, I am used to getting up early. Didn't you say that Director Wang doesn't like people to be late?"
Qi Yubai filmed a night scene yesterday, so he didn't have to get up so early today. Seeing that Qi Yubai was still asleep, Chen Xiao didn't wake him up and quietly got up.
Xiao Duo smiled when he heard this, and suddenly found that Chen Xiao was easy to get along with. He handed him the breakfast in his hand and said, "The car is waiting downstairs. You can eat something on the way to fill your stomach so that you won't be exhausted during filming."
When Chen Xiao passed the corridor, he happened to see Jiang Long's assistant standing outside and knocked on the door carefully: "Teacher Jiang? Teacher Jiang? Are you awake? It's time to get up and join the group."
Jiang Long has always been a very deep sleeper. He can't be woken up even if the alarm clock is broken, let alone such a light knock on the door.
Seeing this, Chen Xiao walked forward, silently signaled Jiang Long's assistant to get out of the way, and then banged on the door three times. Then Jiang Long's voice of cursing was heard from behind: "Who the hell is banging on the door so early in the morning?!"
The assistant was terrified.
Chen Xiao patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay. Just say I knocked. Also, next time you wake him up, you can be a little rougher instead of being so gentle."
Chen Xiao does good deeds without leaving his name. After he finished speaking, he shook his sore hands and turned directly into the elevator.
Because of the temperature difference between cities, the summer in City A is like a furnace. When Chen Xiao arrived at the crew at 7 o'clock in the morning and started to put on makeup, he couldn't stand the heat and was almost roasted. Fortunately, Qi Yubai sent two small fans yesterday, which could barely save the emergency.
Xiao Duo didn't have to film, so he just put on a sun hat on his head, but he was still sweating profusely: "Brother Chen, this is too hot. It was quite cold last night."
Chen Xiao fanned himself with a magazine and squinted his eyes because of the scorching sun: "It's even hotter at noon, go wherever you feel cooler. You don't need an assistant for filming anyway."
Chen Xiao was ready to fight alone, but he didn't expect that half an hour later, Jiang Long and Qi Yubai also came to the crew. He looked in the mirror at the person who walked in from the door, and subconsciously asked, "Why don't you sleep more?"
This question was addressed to Qi Yubai, but Jiang Long liked to take it personally. He glared at Chen Xiao and almost rushed up to him to settle the score: "You kicked my door so early in the morning, why don't you say I don't sleep more?"
Jiang Long got up very seriously.
Qi Yubai sat down leisurely beside Chen Xiao. Hearing this, he frowned and glanced at him, then asked in an ambiguous tone, "Did you knock on Jiang Long's door this morning?"
For the first time, Chen Xiao realized that he was a bad mouth. Not only was he bad mouthed, but he was also bad with his hands. If he had known this earlier, he would have ignored Jiang Long and said vaguely, "His assistant was outside trying to wake him up, but he couldn't, so I helped him a few times."
Qi Yubai sneered when he heard this: "He's often late anyway, so it's not surprising that he can't be woken up."
Jiang Long hated Qi Yubai's weirdness the most. He felt that he had hit his sensitive self-esteem: "Who are you talking about?"
Qi Yubai crossed his legs and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Whoever is always late knows it in their heart, no need for me to say more."
Chen Xiao was about to mediate the fight when a man wearing a sports hat suddenly walked into the dressing room. He was tall and slender, carrying a heavy breakfast in his hand. He placed it directly on Jiang Long's desk and said simply, "Breakfast."
After he finished speaking, he found a seat nearby and sat down quietly, neither playing with his phone nor talking. His voice was cold and very eye-catching.
Chen Xiao stared at the man's facial features under the brim of his hat. He felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him backstage at the awards ceremony last time. He raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Long: "Who is he?"
Jiang Long is still alive and doesn't want to pay attention to him.
Qi Yubai sneered: "Jiang Long, that's all you have."
Small-minded and vindictive.
Jiang Longran was angry and said, "I'm just a newly hired assistant. Why do I have to report to you?"
Chen Xiao was puzzled. This had never happened in his previous life. "Don't you already have two assistants? Why are you hiring more?"
Jiang Long's reason was very convincing: "He is taller than the other two, more handsome than the other two, and quieter than the other two, isn't he?"
, sure, Chen Xiao is convinced.
Chen Xiao's scenes were originally scheduled for the morning, but they waited until almost 11 o'clock and still didn't see the director coming. They asked someone and found out that Director Wang Yan was working on the main character's scenes and hadn't finished them after working on them for the whole morning. Unfortunately, the location overlapped, so they had to wait for them to finish shooting first.
"Let's eat first."
Chen Xiao was always very positive about eating. The food on the set was too bad, so he asked Xiao Duo to go to the nearby restaurant and buy three boxed lunches, one for Qi Yubai and one for Jiang Long.
Qi Yubai looked at the lunch box in his hand and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "Why did you ask Jiang Long to buy food?"
Jiang Long was also very dissatisfied with his opponent's lunch box: "Why does Qi Yubai have intestines, but I don't?!"
Chen Xiao thought that he would never film with these two people again. They had to fight for a long time to eat. He took the bowl and ate his own food: "Eat if you are hungry, don't eat if you are not hungry, I don't even have a stomach."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yubai directly put the sausage from his bowl into Chen Xiao's bowl, glared at him dangerously, and said in a low voice: "Don't let him buy food next time, do you hear me?"
Chen Xiao looked at the intestines in the bowl, then looked at Qi Yubai, and nodded: "Okay."
They were filming in the Imperial Palace. The dressing rooms were built in the open air, without air conditioning. The heat was raging outside, and it was not comfortable. Only under the pavilion was it cooler, with a bunch of extras sitting in a row. Qi Yubai was called over by the director of Group B to reshoot the scenes, so only Chen Xiao and Jiang Long were left.
Chen Xiao was sitting in front of the pavilion. He glanced casually and saw Rong Xuan sitting at the bottom of the steps. He greeted him, "Writer Rong, why don't you come in and sit down?"
Rong Xuan was writing something. He looked up and saw that it was Chen Xiao. He stood up from the ground, supported himself on the railing, and climbed in from outside. "Thank you, but I'll be off work soon."
Chen Xiao wondered why Rong Xuan was still unwilling to take any loss: "You're leaving get off work so early?"
Rong Xuan saw a pretty female extra nearby and whistled, making her blush. Then he looked away and looked at Chen Xiao: "The contract says that I only need to work seven hours a day. If I stay longer, it will be considered extra work. Wang Yan doesn't pay me overtime, so why should I work so hard?"
Chen Xiao glanced at him and said, "Who will dare to hire you after this?"
Rong Xuan tucked the script under his arm and shrugged: "Whatever, I've already decided to transfer anyway."
Chen Xiao was stunned when he heard this: "Why? You don't plan to write a novel anymore?"
Rong Xuan leaned against the railing and said, "I suddenly realized that this career as an author is a bit dangerous. Anyway, I have saved enough money, so I might as well change it as soon as possible."
Chen Xiao thought, writing a book is just about writing, how can it be dangerous? "Danger? For example?"
Rong Xuan said half-seriously, "For example? For example, the website next door has lost several authors for unknown reasons and is about to close down. My intuition tells me that it's better to transfer it quickly."
Chen Xiao didn't think of the system at all: "Dead? Was he beaten to death by the editor because he was late with his manuscript?"
"Murder is against the law, don't you know that?"
Rong Xuan directly rejected Chen Xiao's wild imagination: "I heard it was an accidental death. One died suddenly, one died in a car accident, and one fell from a building. It's always strange."
Chen Xiao, who had passed away naturally, still didn't realize that anything was wrong. He nodded after hearing this: "That's indeed quite strange."
Rong Xuan looked down at his watch and saw that it was almost one in the afternoon. He stood up straight and said, "It's time to get off work. I'm leaving first. See you tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. Before leaving, he handed a business card to the beautiful female extra, saying that he would recommend her to play the leading female role next time, and that he was a part-time lawyer, so if there were any legal disputes in the future, she could come directly to him and he would give her a 40% discount.
As you can imagine, the female extra was so excited that she couldn't even speak. She stared at Rong Xuan's departing back, unable to take her eyes away.
Only Chen Xiao couldn't bear to see the innocent girl being deceived, so he poured a basin of cold water on her and reminded her in a low voice: "Don't believe him. Everyone who asked Rong Xuan to help with the lawsuit has been imprisoned."
A batch of solid dishes.
Female extras: “…”
Not long after, Qi Yubai came back from reshooting. He was wearing a white swordsman's gown, a high hat, and a cold temperament, much like the cold-blooded killer in the novel.
Seeing this, Chen Xiao sighed in his heart: So handsome.
Qi Yubai had no idea what Chen Xiao was thinking. He handed the prop sword to the staff and saw Chen Xiao staring at him in a daze. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Xiao: "Nothing, it's just too hot."
Qi Yubai looked at the assistant behind him and said, "Go buy two bottles of iced drinks and ask the director when he can finish work."
Jiang Long was sitting next to him and was very excited when he heard that: Two bottles? Does that mean he doesn't get any
cut.
Jiang Long looked at Bo Han, his newly hired assistant, and said, "I want to drink soda, too. Go buy me a bottle."
The man looked up at him and said, "Ice?"
Jiang Long nodded: "Ice."
Hearing this, Bai Han stood up, walked out of the pavilion without saying a word, and headed towards the makeshift store. When he went to buy some water, he happened to see a soldier with a smeared face talking to Qi Yubai's assistant: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Qi's assistant?"
"It's me, what's wrong?"
"Oh, that's it. Teacher Qi said he was hungry, so he asked you to buy a soda and then buy him a box lunch."
The assistant didn't think much about it and walked towards the parking lot with the soda he bought, intending to go to the restaurant near the movie studio to buy food. However, he didn't notice that as soon as he left, the soldier bought a bottle of soda exactly like the one in his hand at the temporary stall.
Bai Han paused slightly when he saw this. He put the ice drink that Jiang Long was going to drink into his pocket and followed the sloppy soldier without leaving any trace. He saw the soldier walk to the corner of a palace, avoid everyone's sight, take out a thin needle from his pocket, poke a hole under the bottle mouth, and then inject something into the bottle.
Bai Han took out his phone and took a picture. When he saw the other party leave, he walked forward and picked up the discarded needle on the ground with a tissue and put it to his nose to smell it, but he smelled a strong pungent smell, and his face changed slightly.
At that time, Qi Yubai had finished filming today's scenes and was removing his makeup in the dressing room. Suddenly, a soldier came in with a bottle of cold drink in his hand: "Excuse me, is Mr. Qi here? Your assistant asked me to bring this bottle of drink to you."
Qi Yubai turned around when he heard that, only to see a supporting actor with untidy beard and black ash on his face, so that his features could not be seen clearly. He could not help but ask, "Where is my assistant?"
The soldier shook his head: "I don't know, he just said he had something to do and asked me to bring you this bottle of water."
Chen Xiao was called away by the director to film a scene. Qi Yubai took the drink and looked at it, wondering why he only bought one bottle, didn't he ask the assistant to buy two bottles? But he didn't say anything: "I know, thank you."
After he finished speaking, he saw that the soldier didn't leave and kept staring at him, so he frowned and asked, "Anything else?"
After hearing this, the other party responded and quickly turned around and left.
Qi Yubai looked down at the beverage bottle and found that the bottle mouth was sealed, so it should be fine. He wanted to drink it, but then he remembered that Chen Xiao had repeatedly told him not to drink water from strangers. After thinking for a moment, he put it aside.
Jiang Long was so hot that his Adam's apple throbbed, and he was a little greedy: "You don't want to drink?"
Qi Yubai frowned, not even bothering to glance at him: "If you want to drink, drink..."
But I advise you not to drink it recklessly.
However, before he could finish his sentence, a cold voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Don't drink it! Someone has drugged you!"