Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Too Deep Into the Play

Except for the day Xia Nuan first arrived, after greeting Mo Zhuyuan and other seniors, she never spoke to these people again.

Mo Zhuyuan was a child star. Although he was only 26 years old, he had already been in the industry for 20 years. Although it was not appropriate to say so, Xia Nuan had indeed grown up watching his works.

Mo Zhuyuan's feelings towards Xia Nuan were actually somewhat complicated. Apart from Xia Nuan, the actors acting opposite him were either veteran actors with mature acting skills or third- or fourth-tier actors with some fame, but Xia Nuan was just a newcomer with few works.

His management team negotiated with Su Yuzhou many times before he got the role. However, Xia Nuan did nothing, but was spotted by Su Yuzhou at first sight and became the leading actress of the movie.

Mo Zhuyuan has a rather aloof appearance, a naturally noble air, and a strong sense of aloofness. When he takes on the role of Lu Lifeng, he becomes even more like a noble young man, unattainable.

Su Yuzhou pointed at the script and said, "You two will act out this scene later. Go put on makeup and change clothes."

Su Yuzhou did not ask the makeup artist to put makeup on Xia Nuan, but just asked her to change her clothes and braid her hair into a pigtail.

This scene was the only time Wei Qiuyu and Lu Lifeng argued. Before this, she had never been angry with Lu Lifeng because she lacked the confidence.

After Xia Nuan got the script, she realized that for Wei Qiuyu, who had spent all her money to buy a train ticket to come to Nancheng at that time, the unfamiliar Nancheng was a strange and unfamiliar place, and Lu Lifeng, who helped her up from the ground, was a ray of light in her life.

This quarrel was also the first time in her current script that Wei Qiuyu had such a big emotional fluctuation in front of Lu Lifeng.

Xia Nuan held the script and greeted Mo Zhuyuan somewhat nervously, "Senior Mo, shall we start rehearsing the lines?"

She could feel that Mo Zhuyuan didn't like her very much.

Mo Zhuyuan nodded. When he was speaking his lines, his whole feeling was different from before.

Mo Zhuyuan looked at Xia Nuan thoughtfully. Just when Xia Nuan was so nervous that she didn't know where to put her hands, he slowly spoke, "Your line is okay, not as bad as I thought."

Xia Nuan had tears in her eyes. She had just been a little affected by Wei Qiuyu's emotions. "Thank you, senior."

Su Yuzhou held the loudspeaker and said, "It's done, let's start."

Mo Zhuyuan entered the identity almost instantly.

His eyes gradually began to turn red. "Qiuyu, why are you arguing with me? Isn't it better to just do as you did before and just listen to me?"

Xia Nuan was drawn into his emotions and gradually became short of breath. Tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably and then flowed down.

Mo Zhuyuan approached her, pulled her up and threw her onto the sofa. He pinched Xia Nuan's face hard and said, "For the last time, don't make me angry again."

Xia Nuan tugged at the corner of his clothes, her voice filled with extreme sorrow, "You married me, we are husband and wife, why did you cheat on me with another woman?"

Mo Zhuyuan smiled slightly, which was a strange smile, as if she had said something funny.

The whole picture is full of tension: a strong man, a woman powerless to resist, confused and powerless.

Su Yuzhou looked at the monitor. Xia Nuan was brought into the role by Mo Zhuyuan, but after getting into the state, Xia Nuan's performance was better than his own, but it was still not good enough.

He looked at Xia Nuan and curled the corners of her lips slightly. He could make Xia Nuan do better.

He shouted "click".

When the whole scene was over, Xia Nuan's body was still trembling slightly. Mo Zhuyuan reached out and pulled her up. Xia Nuan trembled a little, "Thank you."

Su Yuzhou neither praised Xia Nuan nor criticized her.

In front of Xia Nuan, he called Mo Zhuyuan to his side and whispered a few words in his ear. Mo Zhuyuan nodded and glanced at Xia Nuan with a complicated expression.

Su Yuzhou looked at Xia Nuan and smiled, his expression obscure. Xia Nuan's acting was indeed immature, but it just fit the character's performance at the moment. And surprisingly, she was able to take on Mo Zhuyuan's role.

After this incident, Xia Nuan started acting every day like other actors in the group.

Xia Nuan's acting skills were not good enough to get it right every time. In the beginning, Su Yuzhou asked her to repeat a scene more than twenty or even thirty times.

Su Yuzhou's mouth is indeed very poisonous. He doesn't use any dirty words when scolding people, but he can make people become autistic.

There was a scene that was a one-man show by Xia Nuan. Xia Nuan performed it alone for a whole day and had to reshoot it countless times.

From that day on, Xia Nuan's understanding of the role became better and better. Later, Xia Nuan could even get it right in one take without having to start over.

Su Yuzhou likes Xia Nuan very much. The Xia Nuan in the camera is a fragile beauty, like a dodder flower unable to struggle, with a sense of decadence and dissipation.

Mo Zhuyuan was filming in two groups at the same time, and Xia Nuan had only seen Mo Zhuyuan during the day. She heard from the crew that he also had scenes at night, but they were all filmed in Group B with other actors.

Although Xia Nuan and Mo Zhuyuan had a lot of scenes together, they filmed together for more than 20 days and became quite familiar with each other.

Xia Nuan didn’t know what Mo Zhuyuan’s original personality was like, she just felt that Mo Zhuyuan and Lu Lifeng were more and more similar.

When Mo Zhuyuan was acting, Xia Nuan would move a stool and look at him there, occasionally bursting into laughter.

When Su Yuzhou saw this scene, the corners of his lips curved slightly.

That day, Mo Zhuyuan had just finished performing a play.

Xia Nuan couldn't wait to walk over to him and tugged at the corner of his clothes. Her expression and tone were very gentle, but her eyes were very sad. "You performed very well today."

Mo Zhuyuan hesitated to speak. He hesitated for a moment, but still did not push Xia Nuan's hand away.

Then Xia Nuan's smile became even brighter.

Xia Nuan felt that she was Wei Qiuyu and Wei Qiuyu was her. When she couldn't see Mo Zhuyuan, she had a feeling of anxiety and fear, so when she was on the set, her eyes couldn't help but look for Mo Zhuyuan. Only when she saw Mo Zhuyuan would she feel a little relieved.

But Xia Nuan always felt that Mo Zhuyuan was a little guilty. It didn’t matter, she didn’t care, as long as she could see Mo Zhuyuan.

Xia Nuan knew that she was too immersed in the role and she could not tell the difference between Mo Zhuyuan and Lu Lifeng.

She has not learned any systematic acting skills, and as she is not a professional actor, she does not have a good understanding of what type of acting methods are.

When she first entered the acting circle, she had no idea about the experiential school. At that time, lines were lines and performance was performance. Xia Nuan couldn't even integrate the two well.

Later, she practiced repeatedly in private, digging out all the relevant background of the character, and completely embodying herself as the character herself. I am her, she is me. She began to try to understand the character's behavior and personality, and slowly found the balance between the character's behavior, personality and language.

This feeling came and went, but this was the first time she found that she could integrate into the role effortlessly.

Every performance is emotionally draining, and Xia Nuan feels completely exhausted after finishing her performance.

One day, Mo Zhuyuan walked up to Su Yuzhou and asked, "Director Su, are you going to keep doing this?"

Su Yuzhou took off his sunglasses and yawned, "Why, you think this method doesn't work? Look at Xia Nuan's acting now, it's like she's been reborn."

Mo Zhuyuan sighed, "But now, apart from me, you can't let anyone in the crew treat Xia Nuan well. You can isolate her. Is that really okay?"

Su Yuzhou glanced at Mo Zhuyuan and said, "Didn't you look down on Xia Nuan at the beginning? Why, have you changed your mind now?"

Mo Zhuyuan rubbed his forehead. "Xia Nuan is trying too hard. Her acting style is purely experiential. Xia Nuan is so immersed in the role now that I'm worried she won't be able to handle the rest of the scenes."

Su Yuzhou chuckled, "You underestimate her."

Su Yuzhou looked at Xia Nuan's slightly red eyes, enlarged the picture, and saw a tear gently sliding down her cheek.

This situation continued until Mo Zhuyuan and Xia Nuan filmed a night scene for the first time.

Xia Nuan got a new script.

After filming the previous scene for more than 20 days, it is now time to film Xia Nuan's new scene.

Xia Nuan walked over to Mo Zhuyuan and said, "You smell really strong of alcohol."

Mo Zhuyuan smiled and said, "Next up I'm going to act out the drunk scene. Although I can't really get drunk, I still drank a little."

Xia Nuan has almost no lines in this scene.

Originally, Wei Qiuyu would not have discovered that Lu Lifeng was cheating on her, but from that day on, Lu Lifeng started to get drunk. Later, he got too drunk again and was sent home by his friends.

That was the first time Wei Qiuyu saw Lu Lifeng return home after a long time. Wei Qiuyu was full of joy and carefully took care of Lu Lifeng who was drunk and unconscious.

But Wei Qiuyu's smile froze on her face. She heard her husband crying drunkenly and calling someone's name, Ayun, Ayun, Yun...

Wei Qiuyu's tears streamed down her cheeks. She kept wondering which girl Lu Lifeng liked and why he spent all day drinking and having fun. She kept wiping her tears, but they wouldn't stop.

Click! This scene was filmed very well! Su Yuzhou excitedly stood up from his chair and wanted to quickly walk over to praise the two actors.

But when he saw the scene there, he couldn't move his feet at all.

Su Yuzhou lowered his eyes and slowly sat back.

Xia Nuan cried until she was almost exhausted. After performing this scene, she couldn't catch her breath for a long time. She held her chest, gasped for breath, tears streaming down her face, her eyes red and swollen from crying, and her whole body collapsed on the edge of the bed.

She couldn't even stand up, but her hands were tightly holding Mo Zhuyuan's sleeves, and no matter how hard Mo Zhuyuan tried to pry them apart, she couldn't get them free.

He sighed helplessly, sat down next to Xia Nuan, patted her back, and comforted her softly, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm here, I'm here."

Xia Nuan leaned in his arms, feeling the warmth from his body, and then she felt her strength gradually returning.

Mo Zhuyuan moved his body to make Xia Nuan lean more comfortably, and a slight smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

That smile does not belong to Lu Lifeng.