Chapter 306: First meeting with the big baby

In the temporary rest shed built by the crew, Li Xuejian and Liu Shishi had nothing to do, so they decided to rehearse their lines together and get a feel for the performance. The two had a lot of rival scenes in the movie.

Sister Yi held the script in her hands, reciting the lines with great concentration and emotion, her clear voice echoing all around.

Li Xuejian felt Liu Shishi's concentration and dedication, and after savoring it carefully, he began to give her advice seriously:

"Shishi, Ms. Yang was a naive and romantic girl in the early days, just like you are now, at the age of a flower.

Therefore, the dialogues in this period should not have such a heavy feeling, but can be lighter and give people a sense of youth and vitality.

The emotional changes of characters should be a gradual process, not just a sudden one. The character's mood at different times should be slowly revealed."

Sister Yi was taught: "Okay, I'll try again."

After saying that, she took a deep breath, readjusted her state, and spoke again. Her brisk tone seemed to really bring people into the world of that young girl.

"Ruzi is teachable."

Li Xuejian nodded slightly with approval in his eyes. Liu Shishi's progress was very obvious. The emotions displayed in this line were very consistent with Ms. Yang's age characteristics.

It was obvious that the girl had done her homework before coming to the crew and had figured out the character's mentality, so she was able to quickly get into the state with just a little guidance.

"Teacher Xue Jian, Teacher Liu, sorry to bother you two."

A kind voice interrupted Li Xuejian and Liu Shishi. They looked up and saw that it was Liu Ye, who played the leader, walking towards them with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Liu Ye." Li Xuejian did not put on airs as a senior. He quickly stood up and walked forward to shake hands, showing the humility and outstanding style of an artist of the older generation.

Liu Shishi also stood aside and greeted: "Hello, Teacher Liu Ye."

Liu Ye was flattered and hurriedly grasped Li Xuejian's outstretched hand with both hands, shook it vigorously, and nodded to Liu Shishi.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them sat down in the small rest shed.

Liu Ye was very interested and when he learned that the two were acting together, he quickly joined in and cooperated with his "lover" and "father-in-law".

There is no need to say much about Li Xuejian's acting skills. He is recognized as the ceiling of the entertainment industry. He has been in the industry for decades and has created countless classic roles and won innumerable honors.

Liu Ye is also very talented. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and won the Best Actor Award at the 2001 Golden Horse Awards. He has superb acting skills and plays the role of a leader with great momentum.

It was the first time for Liu Shishi to act opposite two movie emperors at the same time. Facing the vivid and lifelike performances of Li Xuejian and Liu Ye, it seemed as if she was facing the real Professor Yang and the leader when he was young.

The two seniors' precise control of performance rhythm and rich emotional expression ability made Yi Jie feel exhausted and overwhelmed.

Li Xuejian was very meticulous and paid attention to the changes in Liu Shishi's facial expressions. He understood that she was trying her best to put herself into the role of Ms. Yang.

Feeling both admiration and worry, he took the initiative to say, "Stop for a moment."

Commander Liu let out a breath, and then he realized that his palms were full of sweat. He couldn't help but sigh that this was the strength of the movie emperor. The feeling of oppression was really strong.

"It's too hot, Shishi is sweating, there's no rush for the scenes, everyone is on the set for the first day, let's get familiar with each other first."

Li Xuejian asked the two to sit down again and handed a bottle of mineral water on the small table to Liu Shishi.

"Thank you, Mr. Li."

Li Xuejian had a warm face and asked with a smile: "Shishi, have you ever studied acting before?"

"I learned dance before, and became an actor by chance. After that, I learned acting from the acting teacher of the company and Zhang Songwen, the teacher in "The Hidden". The rest was just my own guessing."

Li Xuejian nodded slightly. Liu Shishi's situation was pretty much the same as he had guessed.

Generally, actors who have changed their acting careers lately often rely on this stupid method of madly substituting themselves for the role. Although they can quickly get into the situation, it is easy to get into the role but difficult to get out of it. Once they cannot adjust well, there will be strong sequelae.

Liu Shishi was very clever. The two movie kings were the best acting teachers. She said sincerely, "I'll be filming later, and I hope you can give me more advice."

"Master, you're too polite. Let's learn from each other." Liu Ye didn't dare to be arrogant. Nowadays, the entertainment industry focuses on who is more popular. Although he is an actor, in terms of popularity and fan base, he can't compare to that girl.

Li Xuejian was in a superior position and didn't need to worry about traffic and popularity like Liu Ye did. He nodded and smiled, "Since we are father and daughter in the play, if you have any questions in the future, just come and ask me, the "father."

It was originally a joke, but Sister Yi suddenly had an idea. She stood up and bowed to Li Xuejian, saying sweetly, "Master, I hope you will take care of me in the future."

Li Xuejian hurried forward to help Miss Liu up: "Child, I have to give you a red envelope if you do this."

Liu Ye was watching closely from the side and saw that Li Xuejian not only did not refuse, but was very kind to Liu Shishi, and was obviously willing to accept this female disciple. He could not help but sigh that fate was a wonderful thing.

Liu Shishi was overjoyed to see that Li Xuejian did not refuse, and her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with joy: "Master, the crew is inconvenienced, so we will make up for the tea ceremony in two days."

When Li Xuejian heard that the little girl wanted to offer tea and become his disciple, he realized that she was serious and truly wanted to become his disciple.

He immediately pondered in his heart, remained silent for a while, and then responded solemnly: "It is also fate. I will accept you as my female apprentice."

When Sister Yi heard this, a bright smile instantly blossomed on her face: "Thank you, Master, for accepting me as your disciple."

Liu Ye also sent his blessing at the right time: "Congratulations to Teacher Xue Jian and Teacher Shi, a good teacher and a good student, this will definitely be a good story in the entertainment industry in the future."

The sun had risen to the zenith before they knew it, and it was lunchtime. Liu Shishi asked her assistant to bring over a lunch box, and the three of them ate together at the small table.

Li Xuejian had just accepted a very talented disciple. He was in a particularly good mood and became talkative. He talked endlessly about his 20-year acting career:

"After starring in Desire, I'm not bragging, I really became a household name, and became popular all over the country. His popularity is no less than that of Huang Xiaoming and Qiao Zhengyu now."

The first sister smiled and said, "I understand! Master, you were the most popular male star at that time. No one could match your charm. You must have a lot of female fans."

Li Xuejian was very proud, and his tone was a bit nostalgic: "Of course, in our era, we all wrote letters. I could receive letters from female audiences all over the country every day."

Liu Shishi covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "It must be a love letter."

"Don't talk nonsense, girl!" Li Xuejian blushed and quickly changed the subject: "Desire won me the Best Actor Award at the 9th Golden Eagle Awards. After the movie Jiao YL was released, I won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor."

After recounting the glorious achievements of the past twenty years, Li Xuejian looked back at the present, and suddenly felt sad that his glory days were gone.

"Don't just talk about me, Master, tell Master about your situation too, so we can have an understanding."

Liu Shishi nodded obediently and talked about how she entered the industry in October 2004, signed with Tangren in 2005, and even the roles she had played.

Liu Ye was secretly shocked when he heard this, this person’s resources are really amazing, he is so famous at only 23 years old.

Li Xuejian is very experienced. As soon as his apprentice said it, he judged that Miss Liu had a strong background. In the entertainment industry, people usually act according to their roles.

But with Liu Shishi, it's the opposite. The role completely adapts to her character. The roles she plays are all national school belle, white moonlight, etc., and almost all of them are tailor-made to suit her own temperament and image.

Later he heard that Liu Shishi had opened her own studio, signed artistes, and invested in TV series and movies. Even though he was knowledgeable, he was extremely shocked in his heart. His little apprentice was heading straight for capital.

After a long pause, he slowly said to the female disciple: "Master, you are really successful in your career!"

Talking about her experiences over the past few years, Liu Shishi felt a little dazed, as if she was in a dream. It turned out that she had become so powerful without realizing it!

After the two of them finished talking, Liu Ye naturally had to share his thoughts. After organizing his thoughts, he told them everything about the years since he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

After lunch, the crew members returned to their busy work again. The actors' main task in the afternoon was to try on makeup.

Liu Shishi came to the crew's dressing room and changed into a student uniform from the Republic of China period as requested by the stylist.

"Yuanyuan, Xiaoxia, how do you think I look like?"

In front of the fitting mirror, the girl, who was wearing a simple student uniform, looked like a watercolor painting soaked in time, with a slender, delicate and lively figure.

The simple clothes, navy blue skirt, and white stand-up collar shirt seem to bring her back to that era full of stories.

Liu Shishi lifted her skirt slightly, turned around slowly, and examined her Republic of China style.

The two assistants praised it repeatedly. "It's so beautiful!" "Very beautiful."

"Teacher Liu, this dress really suits you. It has a unique style and perfectly shows the charm of female students of that era." The stylist at the side stared at Teacher Liu as if he was admiring a masterpiece.

Liu Shishi nodded in satisfaction, and took advantage of the stylist's inattention to whisper to the assistant: "Take a picture secretly and send it to me. I want to show it to Mr. Song."

Jiang Yuanyuan understood what she meant, made an OK gesture, secretly took out her cell phone, and captured the beautiful moment of Yijie.

Still in the rest shed in the morning, Liu Shishi returned here after changing her clothes and continued to ask her master some questions about acting.

Li Xuejian always responded to requests and answered them patiently one by one.

While listening to her master analyzing the character's psychology, Liu Shishi kept looking down in thought. Suddenly, the laughter of two assistants beside her interrupted her train of thought.

The immersed mood was broken, and Sister Yi frowned and looked at the two unhappily: "Yuanyuan, Xiaoxia, what are you laughing at?"

Lin Xia quickly explained: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Shi, Sister Yuanyuan and I were just talking about Huang Xiaoming's new girlfriend. Her acting skills are so bad that King Liu dislikes her. I was not paying attention and disturbed you."

Liu Shishi was very surprised when she heard this: "Huang Xiaoming's girlfriend?"

Jiang Yuanyuan added, "Well, her name is Yang Ying. Huang Xiaoming personally sent her to the crew this morning. She just acted opposite King Liu. Her acting was terrible. The director couldn't do anything about her. Many people from the crew went to watch."

Liu Shishi became curious for a moment. What a bad acting skill it must be to make even the usually good-tempered King Liu dislike it.

When I thought of this, I wanted to join in the fun and meet Huang Xiaoming's girlfriend.

Li Xuejian saw the little girl's eyes rolling around, and he knew that she had let her mind wander. He also wanted to see who this actress was who could make the superstar sigh and the director helpless.

"Let's take a break and go check it out together."

The two assistants led the way while introducing gossipingly: "Liu Tianwang plays the general, and Yang Ying plays the general's concubine. This is a farewell scene, and they need to shed tears and show how reluctant they are to part, but Yang Ying just can't cry."

"This shouldn't be too difficult." Liu Shishi felt that she could do it and that crying scenes were no problem for her.

The few of them soon arrived at a photo studio. There were already quite a few people watching around, and Liu Shishi also saw a few old acquaintances.

After nodding, Sister Yi leaned over and looked into the studio, and saw the famous King Liu standing there helplessly with a look of despair on his face.

Director Huang Jianxin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and was saying something to a girl in the audience with an anxious look on his face.

Liu Shishi thought that this woman should be Huang Xiaoming’s girlfriend Yang Ying mentioned by the assistant.

Looking closely, the girl was indeed very pretty, with delicate features, a delicate beauty.

In the scene, the director was already talking until his mouth was dry, but when he saw Yang Ying's confused eyes, he knew that he was talking to a deaf person and wasting his effort.

The expression on Andy Lau's face gradually changed from initial patience to speechlessness. It was the first time he met an actress who couldn't even cry. She was just like a piece of wood. No matter what you said, she just remained calm.

"Director, why don't we wait until she wants to cry before shooting this scene?" Andy Lau was helpless. He had to do NGs over and over again until his tears were almost dry. He even used a tear gas stick, but not a single tear came out.

Huang Jianxin felt that it was not a good idea to drag it on like this, so he gritted his teeth and made a big move: "Stage attendant, go find a bottle of eye drops."

After a while, the stage manager returned to the studio with eye drops.

The director hurriedly ordered: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and drip it on Yang Ying!"

Liu Dehua was stunned when he saw this scene, but he was still comforting himself silently in his heart. With the additional auxiliary tools, Yang Ying would definitely cry, and he could finish filming this scene earlier and wouldn't have to suffer.

The crew carefully helped Yang Ying apply eye drops, and Yang Ying herself seemed to be trying hard to build up her emotions. Seeing this, Huang Jianxin thought that if nothing unexpected happened, they should be able to finish filming this scene smoothly.

But an accident still happened. Even after putting eye drops in, Yang Ying still couldn't cry!

"Drop it again, drop it a few more times!" The director scratched his head frantically, looking annoyed.

Once, twice, three, four times, and soon half a bottle of eye drops was gone, but Yang Ying's tears were still gone.

Huang Jianxin looked at the almost empty bottle of medicine in his hand and sighed: "Yang Ying, you are absorbing all the essence of the eye drops!"

After saying this, Director Huang himself was so amused by this ridiculous scene that he wished he could do it himself and make the other party cry!

Hearing the director's humorous joke, Liu Shishi, who had been watching with great interest at the side of the studio, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)