Chapter 169: Incident During Filming
Chapter 169
Lin Yuan was aware that the two actors didn't get along, but he couldn't interfere and criticize their relationship.
After all, he didn't know who was right and who was wrong. Generally speaking, no one can say for sure in this kind of situation.
Moreover, despite their poor relationship, they presented a harmonious atmosphere in front of the camera, as if they were good brothers who had known each other since a past life.
Lin Yuan would never be able to do it; he finds it very difficult to get along with people he doesn't get along with, and he's too lazy to even pretend.
Feng once summarized it as: "This is the difference in emotional intelligence."
Lin Yuan: "?"
His agent quickly made amends, implying that while there are many people with high emotional intelligence in the entertainment industry, Lin Yuan's genuine personality is rare.
In any case, Lin Yuan at least has a few friends, so he doesn't have to be a loner.
Originally, this wouldn't have bothered Lin Yuan at all. In the first few scenes, everyone was a student studying late into the night, striving towards their ambitions and ideals.
At this point, one of them kept making mistakes.
The actor who was acting opposite him had to turn back and reshoot his part.
Lin Yuan's scene happened to be right next to the two of them.
The director could cut out the beginning and end and only have the two of them reshoot, but it would be better to have Lin Yuan as a third person in this story.
Out of careful consideration, Lin Yuan decided to reshoot the scene.
But that guy's NG didn't stop.
Gradually, Lin Yuan also sensed that something was wrong.
The director's face had turned cold, indicating that he had noticed it first. Lin Yuan felt that the person who made the NG probably didn't do it on purpose at first, but just wanted to drag the other person down with them.
But another person took advantage of this opportunity to make him create even more NGs.
No one is innocent in this matter.
Objectively speaking, Lin Yuan may be more innocent.
He was a little angry.
He understood that the director was angry, because the director was calling him: "Lin Yuan, your part of this scene is done, take a break for a while."
Feng Zeng happened to be nearby and nodded to Lin Yuan: "Don't get involved in this for now."
"Do you really think of me as a fool?" Lin Yuan asked, puzzled. "Do I really look that foolish?"
"Almost." The agent called someone to touch up Lin Yuan's makeup. "You'll definitely want to shoot it again later."
"It all depends on whether the director can handle it."
Li Xinjin has a good temper. Lin Yuan heard from rumors in the industry that this director is not the kind of bully and usually doesn't get angry.
He has worked with many big-name actors, and they all speak highly of him, saying that Li Xinjin is a peacemaker. If conflicts arise between actors and they get angry with each other, the director will help to defuse the situation.
This personality trait has both advantages and disadvantages; it can make people think he's easy to bully.
Generally speaking, actors lead the way in their performances, but there are also those who are particularly ungrateful.
Lin Yuan continued to observe from the sidelines.
The director told him to go rest, but he didn't sit in the RV. Instead, he waited on the side. The scene wasn't finished filming yet, and he had to continue shooting.
Lin Yuan would rather use that time to carefully read the script and think about how to interact with the other actors.
Lin Yuan thus witnessed a rare moment of brilliance from director Li Xinjin.
He discovered that directors with good tempers and those with bad tempers have different characteristics when they get angry.
For example, director Ren Maoxing is the type to vent his anger quickly. He doesn't use very harsh language, but his anger comes and goes quickly, and it's over once it's gone.
Director Li Xinjin's style is that he never calls "cut".
The two actors kept filming their scenes together, and after filming, the director only had two words—"Let's do it again."
They reshot it, then did it again, and then did it once more.
In the sweltering heat of summer, when temperatures had already risen and the air felt stifling like an oven, the atmosphere on set was as cold as an icebox.
At this moment, Lin Yuan remained silent, never intending to disturb the director's authority.
His ideas were the same as the director's.
Since you've accepted the role, you should film it properly. Do you expect the entire crew to play house with you?
The crew fell silent; everyone consciously stopped talking, fearing they might offend the director.
Actors who weren't involved in the filming dared not come to join the fun, and instead sent their own agents, each cautiously trying to gauge the direction of the production crew.
It was almost evening, and the sky was getting dark. There were no night scenes to film today, so Lin Yuan put away his script and said, "I can't wait any longer."
He definitely won't be able to film his scene today.
There were two other people on set who were suffering from a bitter taste, repeatedly filming scenes that had been repeated countless times.
If the director doesn't call "cut," no one will try to stop the filming.
Just as Lin Yuan was about to leave, one of the agents walked towards him with a smile, bowing to Lin Yuan and being very polite to Feng Zeng. After busying himself for a while, he finally made his intention clear: "Mr. Lin, could you please tell Director Li that today's filming is over?"
In his opinion, Lin Yuan was the only person in the "Ascending to the Clouds" crew who could persuade Li Xinjin.
Both actors are signed to big companies and have considerable connections. If someone one level above their agent were to come and persuade them, Li Xinjin should be able to convince them.
The key point is—given today's situation, the agent doesn't dare tell the boss at all.
I was too embarrassed to say it.
What did you say? That you acted like a diva on set and delayed the filming schedule? Or that you were selfishly causing trouble for your fellow crew members, even making the lead actor, Lin Yuan, go through several takes with them?
He simply couldn't bring himself to say those words.
The boss would be angry if he heard that.
They lost the opportunity to film "Up in the Clouds," while there are plenty of actors in the industry who would love to compete for it.
Although Li Xinjin is known as an honest man, even honest men can be fierce.
Lin Yuan simply shook his head slightly: "It would be best to let Director Li calm down. My advice would only add fuel to the fire."
Even if he could persuade him, Lin Yuan wouldn't.
The other party's agent also looked miserable: "How long will this take to finish?"
Lin Yuan smiled slightly: "They're working overtime, but don't the other staff members have to work overtime too? Lighting, props, photography, script supervisor... who isn't busy? It's nothing to work overtime occasionally."
The other party glanced at Lin Yuan's expression. Although Lin Yuan was smiling, the smile did not reach his eyes.
He glanced at the scene again and saw that his own artist was about to lose his temper.
The agent could no longer persuade Lin Yuan and could only pray that his little darling wouldn't have a fit at this moment.
If it really flares up, the director won't be able to stop it.
He even had a vague suspicion that director Li Xinjin was deliberately using this as an excuse to kick out his artists.
If that happens, the situation will be even worse.
The film set was already brightly lit, with lights on, and the overtime work continued.
Because of the strong cast and crew, the production attracted a lot of media attention from the beginning of filming. In recent days, reporters and fans have been loitering around the film set.
Lin Yuan vaguely remembered that the two who were still NG had quite a few fans.
The two brokerage firms will probably have to find a way to keep quiet.
Normally, celebrities leave work early, surrounded by their agents and fans. But today, Lin Yuan left first, while the other two were still locked up in the film crew. You can imagine what happened.
In short, it has nothing to do with Lin Yuan.
Since being attacked on set before, Lin Yuan has basically stopped interacting with fans near the film set. He always leaves early and doesn't linger.
Fans are also aware of his habits and will not disturb him during filming.
It was completely dark, but there was no movement on the floor where Lin Yuan lived. Lin Yuan signaled Feng Zeng to go and find out some information.
After a while, the agent came over: "It's not over yet."
"Not yet?" Lin Yuan winked. "The director seems really angry."
"The main problem is that filming has only just begun, and they're already causing all this trouble. Don't they respect the director? The director is making an example of them."
After saying that, Feng Zeng glanced at Lin Yuan silently.
Lin Yuan pointed at himself: "You mean, I'm a monkey too?"
"almost."
"I'm innocent," Lin Yuan sighed. "Do I even need to mention my work ethic? You won't find anyone as dedicated as me in the entire crew."
"Let's just let the director temper our enthusiasm. There are still so many scenes to come. If things continue like this, what are we going to do?"
Lin Yuan has a scene to film tomorrow morning, so he didn't think much of it and took a nap first.
He didn't need to ask around; the news about yesterday's filming had already spread throughout the crew.
Lin Yuan originally thought one of them would get angry, but both of them actually held back, probably because they anticipated that the situation would become more serious if they got angry.
But one of them cried while filming.
Director Li Xinjin was truly ruthless, never calling a stop. One of the actors, probably the one whose partner had been stolen, was filled with resentment. The more he thought about it, the more upset and frustrated he became. Suddenly, he burst into tears while filming.
And so, the director didn't call "cut."
The script required the other person to express genuine emotions in this scene, which Li Xinjin had never done before. But after he cried, he probably felt the emotions were right and became more like a real person.
After staying up late into the night, the director finally gave me a pass.
After careful consideration, Lin Yuan felt that he was more suited to be a director with Ren Maoxing's personality.
Although he will definitely not be filming any more of Ren Maoxing's movies, at least not for the time being, he prefers directors to speak their minds directly rather than keeping their thoughts bottled up and not revealing their true feelings.
Of course, Lin Yuan had no objection to Li Xinjin.
Even if the director doesn't get angry, he himself is holding back his anger, and he might explode at any moment.
Indeed, everyone in the entertainment industry has their own personality.
To survive in the fiercely competitive entertainment industry, build a reputation, and direct one film after another, director Li Xinjin is clearly not to be underestimated.
After this incident, the atmosphere in the "Ascending to the Clouds" crew was completely renewed.
The two actors, who don't get along, still lack interaction and communication, but it doesn't matter, as it won't delay the filming schedule at all.
After filming resumed, the two apologized to the actors, including Lin Yuan, and other staff members.
Lin Yuan gave Feng Zeng a wink.
The agent lamented, "Don't you feel like a naive and innocent person now?"
Lin Yuan: "...Don't try to mold me in that direction, don't even think about it."
He's not going to follow that path at all.
Easily influenced by nannies.
It seems the agent repeated what Lin Yuan said that day. One of them was always very polite to Lin Yuan. Although he was quite polite at first, Lin Yuan felt that his politeness was now more sincere and warmer.
It must be said that the director's guidance was excellent.
In the script of "Ascending to the Clouds", after the college entrance examination scenes, the university scenes begin. The production team specially recreated a university campus from many years ago to try to get as close to that period of time as possible.
Surrounded by his family, Yang Ji walked to the school gate and took a precious group photo.
Yang Ji is always optimistic and never has any gloomy emotions. Although Lin Yuan has played a high school student like Chu Hua, in his mind, Yang Ji and Chu Hua are completely different.
Yang Ji was like a weed, and also like a poplar tree.
Yang Ji didn't feel that his living space was narrow; on the contrary, he felt it was vast and boundless. He had things he wanted to do, and the college entrance examination came at just the right moment, becoming the opportunity for him to realize his dreams.
Yang Ji is also a character who can make onlookers feel the light; wherever he is, there is vitality.
Director Li Xinjin only discussed the role with Lin Yuan at the very beginning. After Lin Yuan acted it out once, the director could tell that Lin Yuan's understanding of the character matched the description in the script.
Then there's no need to say more.
An actor like Lin Yuan has long since passed the stage of needing to be told how to act; he has his own plan in mind.
The director only told him to act with vitality and to let the audience see the hope in the character of Yang Ji.
This description is too general, and Lin Yuan needs to fill in the details bit by bit.
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Author's Note: Here it comes! [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers]
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