Chi Ji Xia Yang was lying on the camp bed, his eyes closed and his expression changing rapidly with his dreams.
Half an hour ago.
"Are you sure you want to fall asleep in this place?" Looking at Chi Jixia who quickly and stealthily locked the door of the lounge, the system said worriedly, "Time is running out, and don't you think you are not likely to be discovered..."
"It will be too late if I don't enter the dream now." Chi Jixia said with huge dark circles under his eyes, "What can I do? I dare not enter the dream during the past few days. When I think of Yi Wan sleeping next to me, I have a... weird feeling. I am afraid that I will accidentally pull him into the dream. I will never give him the golden finger again in my life!"
He looked at his watch and said, "Hurry, there's still time. Let me fall asleep quickly."
After his consciousness sank into the golden finger, Chi Jixia finally felt a familiar sense of security.
The red lotus in the sky, the lights in thousands of houses, the night-time night of Chang'an where demons and monsters run rampant. Chi Jixia, wearing red clothes, sat on the theater in Chang'an. He felt the emotions of Leng Qiu, and his eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia, a trace of familiarity, a trace of pride, and a trace of coldness.
After blinking his eyes like every man with 1080p resolution and 200hz refresh rate, Chi Jixia raised the corners of his lips nonchalantly. He raised his finger and looked at the stage where the male actress Ji Chongming was.
"… He's just an actor." He smiled with the unique look of a powerful nobleman, and suddenly turned pale when the man turned his head. "That's all."
He looks... too much like his Ji Wan.
Just with that one glance, he decided to invite him home.
Half an hour later, when his cell phone rang, Chi Jixia woke up from his dream of fast travel. He cleaned his messy long hair in front of the mirror and hid his eye mask furtively.
The system asked him: "Do you think you can do it?"
"I can do it. I can do it." Chi Jixia smiled and said, "I have completely mastered Leng Qiu's emotions in my dream and overcome my fear of Yi Wan. As an experimental actor, I have undoubtedly been immersed in the role at this moment..."
After saying this, Chi Jixia returned to his appearance before he met Yi Wan. There was a hint of evil on his handsome face, and a careless smile, as if everything was just a tool on the stage of his life.
He pushed open the door of the lounge, and the red carpet of the future unfolded before his eyes. At this moment...
He saw Yi Wan squatting at the door playing with his cell phone.
Chi Jixia was completely out of character at that moment.
Yi Wan was wearing a costume and looked like a passerby who had just passed by. Even the screen was flashing a faint green. He didn't seem to notice Chi Jixia's appearance, but continued to stare at the screen intently.
In the endless confusion and surprise, Chi Jixia thought of a fatal question. He quickly said to the system: "Can you help me see what his phone is doing? Is it recording? I was talking to you in the lounge just now..."
The system poked its head over, and finally answered Chi Jixia's questioning: "Don't worry, he's just waiting for someone to read a novel."
Chi Jixia: "Oh..."
I feel relieved.
"Why are you here?" Chi Jixia said to Yi Wan.
"Your Baidu Encyclopedia says that you take a nap before every performance to get into the right state. So I guess you'll be here." Yi Wan tilted his head and said, "Let's go, it's about to start."
"Okay." Chi Jixia maintained her smile and said, "Let's go."
… What's the fuss? Chi Jixia despised herself in her heart. What bad intentions could Yi Wan have? He was just waiting for him here.
Even though he thought so, looking at Yi Wan's back, Chi Jixia always felt that something was wrong. After he followed Yi Wan to the set, Director Yang and others were already waiting for them to start filming.
The male Hua Dan Ji Chongming only has a few scenes with him, and the few scenes he has are either with him or with the Ghost King. The scene we are going to shoot today is the one where he goes to the theater and meets Ji Chongming on the stage for the first time.
Chi Jixia was ready to go on stage when Qin Xuexin, who was standing beside him, said with a smile, "Xiaoxia, you'll have to work hard this afternoon - this is your teammate's first time filming, right?"
After that, she played with her nails and said as if talking to herself: "Just now I wanted to discuss the script with you. But he stayed at the door of your lounge, reading a novel. What do you think of kids nowadays? They are not dedicated at all. He was selected into the crew because of your department. If he embarrasses you, wouldn't it be a big trouble?"
Qin Xuexin's words were obviously meant to sow discord. Chi Jixia was also worried about Yi Wan's acting skills, but in front of Qin Xuexin, he just smiled and said, "It's okay, just take him as a guide."
Qin Xuexin smiled but said nothing. Seeing that Chi Jixia didn't like her, she walked to a deserted place and made a phone call.
Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Qin Xue loves her useless cousin. When Director Yang couldn't find anyone to play the role, she suggested to Director Yang that Qin Xing take over the role temporarily. If Yi Wan hadn't suddenly appeared and snatched the opportunity, the role would have belonged to Qin Xing.
Qin Xue felt unhappy when she thought about how Qin Xing had complained to her about her agent's bias.
She was unhappy, so she wanted to make Yi Wan and the others unhappy. But now there are many ways to make others unhappy without getting dragged down.
"… The story of Lan Hua, who was originally cast as the male lead, is still being kept secret. The crew hasn't announced the replacement yet, right?" She said casually, "Let the media know a little bit - first say that the crew replaced the actor for no reason, and now it's Yi Wan, who was just announced as a member of the Iris5 boy band and a teammate who participated in the TV series, and whose company also invested in the TV series. Then mention that Lan Hua 'got into trouble' and her role was taken away. Well, don't make it too clear, or Lan Hua's fans will make up their own stories."
She smiled and said, "What? We didn't do anything 'black', we just listed the things. Those netizens will make up their own stories. Lan Hua smoked in Canada this time. His family has a deep background, so it won't be easy to expose. Even if it is exposed, Yi Wan's name can still be linked to Lan Hua. Lan Hua is a legal expert, and it's impossible to link his name to him... Unless something else covers it up. Public opinion is easily guided like this, isn't it?"
"And I don't believe Yi Wan can really act well. What can a newcomer who has never acted in a play do?"
After explaining everything, she hung up the phone.
…
The director asked everyone to move out. As Chi Jixia was going on stage, he casually said to the system, "What is Yi Wan doing? He is about to go on stage and still wants to read a novel. What novel is so good?"
System: "I just glanced at the title. Let me take a look."
Without waiting for the system to finish flipping through the system, the moment the light came on, Chi Jixia opened his eyes and entered the state.
A cold and violent aura emanated from his dark purple robe. He leaned sideways on the armchair, his eyebrows and eyes full of boredom. Several officials fawned on him. He thought of his childhood sweetheart who had broken up with him, and his mouth was cold.
The actor on the stage in the distance had not yet appeared, and he was already getting impatient while waiting: "This Ji Bo..."
He is just a low-class actor, he thought.
“Zheng!”
The sound of the piano suddenly flashed, and the curtain opened and closed. At that moment, it was as if the wind blew away the clouds covering the night, and the moonlight leaked out to illuminate the stretched peonies.
Chi Jixia was a little dazed at that moment.
He saw a young boy.
A young boy in costume.
The silk costume was decorated with phoenix patterns, and the rouge-colored material made his skin look even whiter. The imitation kingfisher hairpin with rhinestones set off his pointed chin and palm-sized face. He stood half-body in the shadows, his posture showing a bit of self-admiring arrogance, inferiority due to his status, and a look of weariness and tiredness of the world and people.
Even the people who were originally chattering and questioning Yi Wan's acting skills and parachuted identity fell silent. The director's assistant looked back at Director Yang and found that he was looking straight at Yi Wan, as if thinking about something: "How could it be..."
Director Yang has seen many excellent actors. Although Yi Wan's appearance just now was stunning, it can't be said that his acting skills are so good that it can shake the world and make ghosts cry. But the feeling he gave people when he appeared just now was just like the first time he saw Chi Jixia's performance - 15-year-old Chi Jixia stood in the ruins, with a bleak and lonely look in his eyes. His slightly dull and nervous expression, and the slight trembling of his fingers, all seemed like he had really experienced that era and that war.
—The boy who lost his sister in the war survived. This was the comment given to Chi Jixia by film critics at the time.
But Yi Wan's situation today is different. After all, "Sorrow of the Sky" is a fantasy novel, and its background is grand and flashy, and it is not able to withstand careful scrutiny. Even the character of "Ji Chongming" is not really perfect. When Yi Wan appeared just now, it was definitely not empathy for this character.
That can only be...
Director Yang suddenly had an idea.
The background feature of the TV series "Sorrow of the Sky" is that it buries the bloody and dark killings and thorny conspiracies under the gorgeous and prosperous Chang'an City. No matter how beautiful a beauty is, she can only be a withered skeleton. "Ji Chongming" is beautiful in himself. He stubbornly uses his art and his foolish and crimson heart to resist this era, but all the shadows have already followed him. All the joy, all the conquests, and all the adventures are inseparable from the tragedy that is set and buried at the bottom. The tragedy that fate has already determined.
This is a kind of eerie beauty.
And Yi Wan has such a ghostly look! This not only fits the character's personality, but has even been integrated into the background of the plot!
“…Yes, I saw the ghost of Chang’an City in him!” Director Yang said excitedly.
The first take was almost a one-take shot, except for the slight adjustment of Yi Wan's position. Director Yang couldn't help but post on WeChat Moments and praised Chi Jixia: "Your amazing expression just now was so well expressed, you are worthy of being our little acting genius."
Chi Jixia: ...If I say I didn’t act just now, would you believe me
He stared at Yi Wan's figure as he went to rest, wondering where on earth Yi Wan had learned these skills. As he was thinking, he heard the system say, "Doctor, do you want to hear what novel Yi Wan was reading outside your door just now?"
Chi Jixia said casually: "You say."
System: "The name of the novel is "I became famous after I was able to travel into a TV series."
Chi Jixia: … …
Chi Jixia couldn't help but cast a horrified look at Yi Wan. Yi Wan didn't seem to understand what he meant and smiled at him.
"Yi Wan, I didn't expect you to be so good." Director Yang came over to praise him, "Have you practiced before?"
"Well, I've practiced for a while." Yi Wan smiled and said, "I've learned almost everything. It's time to fulfill my promise to the master."
As he spoke, he glanced at his own shadow.
"What?" Director Yang didn't hear what he said clearly, but continued to laugh, "Your performance just now is really suitable for the era in the story."
"I also think that it is suitable for that era." Yi Wan said.
At this time, Ding Biehan was following Brother Liu to try on his costumes. Brother Liu sat next to him and muttered, "Director Yang just posted on WeChat Moments praising Yi Wan's acting skills."
Ding Biehan hummed, feeling that there was nothing unexpected. His eyes were still dark from lack of sleep for a few days. Yesterday, Yi Wan finally left, and he finally had a good sleep.
His mind was full of thoughts about his sleep.
Brother Liu asked him tentatively: "Are you happy now?"
Ding Biehan replied perfunctorily: "Yeah."
Although he didn't understand why he was happy, he saw an expression on Brother Liu's face that said "Brother, please control yourself."
Ding Biehan was too lazy to care about him. Ever since he met Yi Wan, he felt that his whole life was not normal. Brother Liu did not wait for his reply. He continued to read Director Yang's circle of friends, watching him praise Yi Wan to the heavens and earth, and said that he saw the shadows of xxx, xx, xxx in him...
"Look at how much it's praised." Brother Liu handed him the phone, "Do you see the shadows of xxx, xx, xxx?"
Ding Biehan, who caught a glimpse of the Painted Skin Ghost behind Yi Wan, said:…
"Their shadows, no." Ding Biehan said in a trance, "Other shadows, yes."
Brother Liu:
After knowing the novel Yi Wan was reading, Chi Jixia worked like crazy for the whole afternoon.
This was the worst setback in his career.
He originally thought that he was ready to act opposite a male leading lady, but when that person turned out to be Yi Wan, as soon as he saw Yi Wan's face, the novel that Yi Wan was reading popped up in his mind.
Is this accidental or inevitable
After an afternoon of filming with many bumps and bruises, Chi Jixia went to the hotel with sadness in her heart and lay on the bed to reflect on her pain.
This can’t go on any longer!! He thought firmly.