"Why can't you laugh?"
Jiang Dao sat down next to Jing Yu, speaking in a cheerful tone.
"Teacher Chu is not as scary as you think. If you don't understand something about the character, why don't you go to his room and ask him for advice after returning to the hotel?"
Jingyu shook his head like a rattle, with tears hanging on his face: "I won't go!"
Obviously he is still frightened.
Jiang Dao laughed: "Hey, don't be afraid of him, he's just pretending to be fierce, he's actually not that difficult to get along with. Go find him, he'll definitely help you with the play."
Jing Yu curled his lips, looking unconvinced: "He is definitely not pretending, he is just fierce. But I... I was mentally prepared before joining the crew, because I heard that he has a bad temper. I just didn't expect that he would be so strict on the first day of filming..."
Jiang Dao couldn't persuade Jing Yu to go to Chu Yinlong for advice no matter what he did. After Jingyu recovered, Jiangdao dragged him to buy a smoothie and strolled back to the hotel.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they went upstairs, they were stopped by Chu Yinlong.
"You two, come to my room." There was no emotion on Chu Yinlong's face. After he said that, he turned and went into the room.
"Xiaodao..." Jingyu was about to cry again, and her voice was trembling.
Jiang Dao reached out and grabbed his arm, ruthlessly dragging him into Chu Yinlong's room.
"Sit down, I'll tell you about the play." Chu Yinlong casually pointed to the sofa in the suite and handed the script to the two of them. "Xiaodao, listen to it too. If you make the same mistake as him in the next situation, I'll beat you up."
Jiang Dao was not afraid of this threat. He chuckled and raised his eyebrows provocatively at Chu Yinlong.
It took more than an hour for Chu Yinlong to almost break down the character of Xu Zhou and tell it to Jing Yu, and he also asked Jiang Dao to rehearse the scene a few times together. When Jingyu finally grasped the subtle feeling of playing an undercover agent, this special tutoring session finally ended.
"Okay, go back now." Chu Yinlong closed the script, "Perform well tomorrow."
"Well, thank you, Teacher Chu." Jing Yu thanked him respectfully and left the room quickly. It was obvious that he was still very afraid of Chu Yinlong.
In sharp contrast to Jingyu was Jiangdao, who was lazily leaning in an armchair at the moment.
He even took a candy from the coffee table without any hesitation, peeled it and put it in his mouth.
"You..." Chu Yinlong was speechless, "You've been scolded for a whole day, aren't you afraid of me?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" Jiang Dao looked at him with a smile, "Half of the people on the entire set are older than you, and there are so many experienced actors. If you don't act tough and can't control them, more and more people will disobey you... When that happens, the movie won't be able to be made."
Chu Yinlong didn't say anything, his eyes fell on Jiang Dao with a slightly complicated look.
Jiang Dao smiled and said, "But no matter how fierce he is, he is just pretending, so what should I be afraid of?"
Chu Yinlong also laughed: "You were so well behaved on the set, it turns out you were just pretending."
Jiang Dao chewed the candy into pieces with a crunching sound: "I was helping you establish your authority."
"Alright," Chu Yinlong waved his hand at him, "Go back to your room and go to sleep."
"Wait a minute, I have something else to tell you." Jiang Dao sat up from his armchair. "You actually had a scene today that you could have changed. I couldn't bring myself to expose you in front of others, so I'm telling you in secret now."
Chu Yinlong: ...
Jiang Dao stretched out his hand to him: "You have a tie, right? Lend it to me."
After staring at Jiang Dao for a while and seeing that he looked serious, Chu Yinlong turned around and took out a tie from the closet.
"You can improve the way you tied the person today." Jiang Dao took the tie, "The way you tied it was quite strong, but it was too complicated..."
As he spoke, he lifted his legs and placed them on the coffee table, pulled up his trouser legs to expose his ankles, and then used Chu Yinlong's tie to demonstrate tying someone up: "Look, if you tie them like this, the prey won't be able to escape, but it's much faster. That shot has such a fast rhythm, I think this is better."
Seeing Jiang Dao tying the knot very firmly with just a few flips of his fingers, Chu Yinlong pondered for a moment and nodded: "It can indeed be improved. Well, I'll learn it."
Jiang Dao untied his tie, handed it to Chu Yinlong, and taught him step by step: "Here, first make a circle with the tie in your hand, and then like this..." Then he pointed to his ankle, "Grab my ankle and go around it from here, yes, and then..."
Chu Yinlong half-knelt on the carpet, and tightened the tie in his hand according to Jiang Dao's instructions, gradually binding the two smooth calves together. The burgundy tie contrasts with the fair skin, and the binding force creates slight indentations on the edge of the skin, exuding an indescribable... sense of temptation.
"You learn very quickly." Jiang Dao's smiling voice came from above Chu Yinlong's head.
He reached out to untie the tie, put down his legs, and raised his wrists together again: "Try tying your hands. I won't teach you this time. You can do it yourself."
Chu Yinlong said nothing and tied the tie around Jiang Dao's wrist again.
There were no mistakes or omissions, but my technique was not yet proficient and my movements were a bit slow.
"Okay, but that shot shows the guy pinned to the ground with his hands tied behind his back." Jiang Dao motioned for Chu Yinlong to untie his tie, then recalled the situation during the shoot, sat down on the ground, and waved at Chu Yinlong, "Come, let me help you recreate it."
Chu Yinlong took a deep breath and pursed his lips, but still said nothing.
According to the scene during filming, he leaned over and pressed Jiangdao to the ground, grabbed Jiangdao's arms, and tied him up again by the tie. This time my technique was much more skillful and my speed was greatly improved.
Jiang Dao lay on the carpet, half turned over and looked at Chu Yinlong, laughing heartlessly: "You are quite talented, you learn so quickly."
He was still wearing the loose sleeveless vest he had worn during the photo shoot. When he turned around, the hem of his clothes was lifted up, revealing his thin waist with his muscular lines vaguely visible.
Chu Yinlong subconsciously reached out and pulled down Jiang Dao's clothes to cover his waist tightly again.
"Okay, I got it." His voice was calm and deliberate. "Turn over and I'll untie it for you... It's past twelve o'clock, go back and have a good rest, you still have a lot of scenes to shoot tomorrow."
"Yeah, I know." Jiang Dao got up from the ground after his wrist was freed, and waved to Chu Yinlong, "Let's go back. Good night."
Before leaving, he heard Chu Yinlong speak again: "If you find areas that can be improved in the future, just tell me directly on the set. Don't be so careful about ruining my reputation. I won't refuse any suggestions or opinions just to appear authoritative."
Jiang Dao turned his head and smiled, then said casually: "I'm just afraid that you will scold me. You were so fierce on the set!"
After saying that, he turned around, opened the door, and ran away.
Seeing the door slammed shut, Chu Yinlong shook his head helplessly and lowered his eyes to look at the wrinkled tie in his hand. He gently stroked the soft silk surface of the tie with his fingertips. The scene just now emerged in his mind uncontrollably, and his throat rolled unconsciously.
The next second, he strode to the closet, crumpled up his tie and threw it in randomly.
Then he took out a stick of sandalwood from his luggage, lit it, closed his eyes and meditated quietly until the incense stick burned out.
…
The next day, the shooting went very smoothly.
Although Jing Yu is not very old, he is an excellent actor who graduated from a professional school. After Chu Yinlong explained the play to him, he quickly grasped the essence of the role of Xu Zhou and became more and more adept at the role.
Of course, Chu Yinlong's prestige on the set remained unchanged, completely confirming the rumors that he had a bad temper.
Fortunately, he always had reasons and evidence when he scolded others, and when he himself did not perform well, he would go back to work and reshoot again and again, and did not relax his requirements on himself, so he did not arouse resentment from everyone, and the atmosphere in the group was not too tense.
Five days later, a major scene belonging to Jiangdao will begin filming.
This plot is also Jiang Dao’s most important indoor drama—the interrogation after Xu Zhou accidentally exposed his identity and was caught. The whole process is depressing yet full of tension. There are not many lines and dialogues, but it places high demands on the actors' micro-expressions and body language.
After applying the special effects makeup for the wounds all over her body, Jing Yu came to Jiang Dao and sighed, "Today's scene is so difficult. I think I will be scolded by Teacher Chu again... Hey, you can be a little ruthless later. It doesn't matter if you really hurt me. It's always easier to exaggerate emotions than to disguise them."
Jiang Dao raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Really?"
Jing Yu nodded solemnly: "Really!"
Jiang Dao's lips curled up into a smile: "Okay, that's what you said."
The first shot that was officially filmed was Jess grabbing Xu Zhou's hair and roughly dragging the injured and exhausted man into a small dark room.
When the board was hit, Jiang Dao's expression changed instantly.
His whole body was cold, and there was no emotion in his eyes when he looked at Jing Yu, as if he was looking at something that needed to be disposed of.
When Jingyu's eyes met Jiangdao's, he shuddered unconsciously.
Following the script's requirements, Jiang Dao grabbed Jing Yu's half-long hair, took a look at his bleeding face, then pulled his hair and dragged him to the side without mercy.
The action director had previously instructed that at this time, Jingyu should cooperate with the force of the dragging, and secretly use his hands and feet to assist the dragging process to reduce the possibility of injury. However, in just a moment of surprise, Jing Yu failed to keep up with the movement, and his scalp was suddenly pulled and hurt. He could not help but scream out in pain.
"Stop!" Chu Yinlong interrupted in a deep voice, "Jingyu, what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry!" Jing Yu covered her head, tears almost coming out, "I, I lost my concentration, it's my fault!"
While apologizing, he secretly glanced at Jiangdao and muttered in his heart: Kojima doesn't look scary at all now, what happened to him just now, why did he suddenly feel that Kojima really wanted to kill him... I was frightened by an actor who was more into the role than me, this is too embarrassing to say it out loud, no no, I must not admit it!
Jiang Dao stood aside with his arms folded, and saw Jing Yu's secret glances at him.
Looking at the aggrieved little eyes, Jiang Dao understood that he must have "used too much force" again, and his aura scared the child who had never seen real killing.
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