"The Power of Intrigue" became popular before it was even filmed, but there has been no official announcement, and the casting has become a hot topic among netizens.
[What novel is "Power and Stratagem"? Why can't I find it? Damn it!] [It's a hit before it's even filmed, amazing!]
[Do you think Gu Yanshen's Weibo fans are fake? ]
[Gu Yanshen was on the hot search a few days ago, and he promoted his new drama together with it][The topic of the movie emperor turning behind the scenes is explosive enough]
Although Lu Wenxing is the male lead of "Power Is Everything", he actually doesn't know who his partners are until he met them on the day he joined the crew.
That night, Qin Yu and Gu Yanshen organized a script reading.
After seeing Lu Wenxing, Qin Yu walked over with a smile, "Little friend, we meet again."
Lu Wenxing: "Director Qin."
Qin Yu was obviously very interested in Lu Wenxing. Director Wang was present on the set of "Hundred Ghosts", and Qin Yu behaved very obediently. Now that no one was in charge of Qin Yu, his obedient look had long disappeared into a corner.
"I didn't expect that Gu Yanshen could trick you into joining the group so easily this time."
Lu Wenxing: ???
"I heard that you two were working together on variety shows and movies, and you rejected him several times."
"Not many times."
Qin Yu said with a smile, "Well done, little friend."
Lu Wenxing: “…” Is he really Gu Yanshen’s friend?
"Gu Yanshen and I were classmates in high school. From the moment I met him, I pretended to be aloof and deep. A lot of girls in school liked him. Obviously, I was not bad looking, so why couldn't I compare to him? Later, I thought that what you can't get is the best. It is because he has a cold face all day long that girls can't catch up with him, so they regard him as a male god."
Lu Wenxing coughed, reminding Qin Yu to be more restrained, but Qin Yu was talking happily and didn't pay any attention at all.
"I'm telling you, you were right to refuse. You should have refused more times, so that he could experience what it's like to pursue someone."
Lu Wenxing coughed again, trying to think of Qin Yu's words, "Um, Director Qin..."
"You have a cold?" Qin Yu said with a "tsk". "How did Gu Yanshen take care of you? Next time he asks you out or invites you to do something, you must refuse him a hundred or eighty times, and then..."
"And then what?"
Qin Yu's body stiffened and he turned around numbly. Gu Yanshen looked at him silently with a cold face.
Qin Yu: “…”
"Why didn't you remind me?" Qin Yu complained in a low voice.
Lu Wenxing looked at him innocently, "I reminded you several times."
Qin Yu: “…”
"The other artists are already inside, you go in first."
"Okay." Lu Wenxing mourned for Qin Yu for a second, then turned and walked towards the hotel conference room.
Gu Yanshen retracted his gaze after Lu Wenxing walked away, "Why don't you say anything?"
Qin Yu: "...I haven't seen the kids for a long time, I miss them so much."
"Is it your turn?" Gu Yanshen raised his eyebrows.
"Not my turn, not my turn." Qin Yu waved his hand immediately, "It seems that you haven't caught up with the kid yet?"
"Qin Yu."
"exist."
"He has a name, don't call him kid."
"Why? Isn't this more intimate..." Facing Gu Yanshen's dark eyes, Qin Yu immediately changed his words, "Okay. Then I'll call him Xingxing."
Gu Yanshen didn't say anything, Qin Yu's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "Many people call me that, you're not jealous of that, are you?"
"I'm not going to chase him." Gu Yanshen didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes paused, "There are a lot of people in the crew, don't talk nonsense."
Qin Yu was stunned for a second by Gu Yanshen's sudden seriousness, then shook his head and smiled.
"Okay, okay, I promise not to say anything nonsense."
"Come in."
Gu Yanshen walked towards the meeting room and Qin Yu followed him.
Qin Yu felt like he had discovered something incredible. Gu Yanshen, who was labeled as a cool male god, didn't seem to realize that his attention to Lu Wenxing had long gone beyond the boundaries of friendship.
Qin Yu curled his lips, "Interesting."
[The last bet doesn’t count, let’s try again. 】
Qin Yu sent a message to his good friend.
[Gu Yanshen is a pure-hearted elementary school kid. Saying it will take three months is overestimating him. I bet he won’t be able to catch the girl in a year.] The friend on the other end of WeChat.
【？ ？ ？】
Lu Wenxing has already gotten to know the artists in the conference room, and they all know the roles they are going to play.
But there is still a lack of a second male lead.
"The second male lead hasn't come yet?" Wen Miao, who played the female lead, was stunned. "After reading the script, my favorite character is Lu Feixue."
Another actress in the same group agreed with surprise.
"Me too! Just reading the script gave me a picture. The head of Fengming Pavilion looks weird, acts casually, and doesn't care about worldly affairs. Ah! It really touches me."
"Beauty can attack me!!"
Lu Wenxing: “…”
Although this is a gay drama, the script does not distinguish between top and bottom, so why should he be the bottom?
Gu Yanshen and Qin Yu walked in, and the artists who had been chatting together sat back in their seats.
"Director Qin, Brother Shen."
"Good evening."
"Good evening."
Qin Yu sat in the front row and said, "Everyone is here, let's get started."
"There is still one artist who hasn't arrived yet." The person who spoke was Wen Miao, "Lu Feixue, who plays the second male lead."
Qin Yu looked at Gu Yanshen and said, "You tell me yourself."
"The Power of Intrigue" has not officially announced its cast, and even the artists in the crew only found out what roles others were playing during the conversation just now, but no one claimed the role of Lu Feixue.
"Lu Feixue is me."
Gu Yanshen's tone was calm, but it sounded like a thunderclap to the ears of the artists present.
What?
Gu Yanshen plays the second male lead?
They all knew that Gu Yanshen was also a director, and Gu Yanshen was originally an artist, so it was not surprising that he wanted to act in a drama. The problem was that Gu Yanshen wanted to act in a gay drama!!!
When Lu Wenxing got the role of the male lead, people were not particularly surprised.
Wen Miao half-jokingly said to Lu Wenxing, "Brother Shen said on Weibo that he was looking forward to the next cooperation. I thought I would have to wait for a while, but I didn't expect that you would be able to cooperate again so soon."
As a first-line actress, Wen Miao manages her facial expressions very well. No matter how shocked she is, she can maintain a calm look on her face. At this moment, what she is thinking is: It seems like I have really been hit.
However, other artists thought that Gu Yanshen was really supporting Lu Wenxing.
"If there's no problem, let's start." Qin Yu's words brought everyone present back to their senses.
The story is about how after the previous emperor passed away, his brother Feng Sheng tampered with the imperial edict, established himself as the new emperor, and put the crown prince Feng Yue under "house arrest".
When Prince Xiao returned victoriously, the new emperor Feng Sheng congratulated him. On the surface, he was attracted to Feng Xiao, but he deliberately let people spread a false rumor that he wanted to depose the crown prince and make his brother Feng Xiao the crown prince. In fact, he intended to stir up infighting between the two brothers.
The TV series opens with King Xiao, played by Lu Wenxing, returning from a victorious battle. The people rush to the city gate to welcome him and praise him as the god of war.
Because Prince Xiao held military power and was popular among the people, the new emperor Feng Sheng was wary of him. He kept Prince Xiao in the imperial city on the pretext of rewarding him, and gave him shops and mansions, as well as boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.
First, he wanted the court officials to think that he had taken a fancy to Feng Xiao, and also wanted those who had ulterior motives to target Feng Xiao first. Second, he was afraid of the military power in Feng Xiao's hands, and was worried that Feng Xiao would collude with the rebels to usurp the throne.
After Qin Yu introduced the background, he looked at Lu Wenxing, who played King Xiao.
"What do you think?"
"Prince Xiao has been living in the army since he was twelve years old, and he has no ambition to serve in the court. However, the new emperor he recognized was not Feng Sheng, who had seized the throne, but his brother, the crown prince Feng Yue."
Feng Sheng had the late emperor's will in his hand, so even if Prince Xiao had doubts, he could only check it secretly.
"He pretended not to know the new emperor's intentions and obediently stayed in the imperial city to enjoy a peaceful life. In fact, he was secretly investigating the cause of the previous emperor's death and the authenticity of the will."
Qin Yu was serious and stern when talking about the script.
"The new emperor promised the childhood sweetheart of Crown Prince Feng Yue to Prince Xiao, also in order to provoke a fight between the brothers."
The childhood sweetheart of the crown prince Feng Yue is the heroine Xue Qingruo, the daughter of the general. In order to prevent the general from missing home, the late emperor took her only daughter into the palace, adopted her as his adopted daughter, and gave her a title, so that the general could fight the war without any worries.
Xue Qingruo and Crown Prince Feng Yue have been childhood sweethearts in the palace since they were young, and they have already secretly decided to spend their lives together. Xue Qingruo is waiting for her father to return victorious from the battle, and then ask the new emperor for a marriage.
No one expected that the general stationed in the south had not yet returned, and the one who returned first was Feng Xiao from the northern border. Feng Sheng pretended to be deaf and dumb in the palace, and at the celebration banquet of King Xiao, he directly betrothed the heroine Xue Qingruo to King Xiao.
Since ancient times, there have been many cases where brothers turned against each other and fought each other over women. This was Feng Sheng's intention.
Prince Xiao has no interest in romantic relationships and secretly searches for Fengming Pavilion, which is aloof from worldly affairs.
It is rumored that Fengming Pavilion does not appear easily. They are descendants of gods and can predict the world. In the past hundred years, they have only appeared twice, once to save the world and once to destroy it.
King Xiao needs the help of Fengming Pavilion. He has a token from Fengming Pavilion in his hand. His ancestors had an agreement with Fengming Pavilion. If any of his descendants holds the token from Fengming Pavilion, Fengming Pavilion must help no matter when and where, and regardless of whether it is right or wrong.
But there is only one chance.
So Prince Xiao had been looking for the head of Fengming Pavilion, but what he didn't know was that the head of Fengming Pavilion was the sickly young man whom he accidentally rescued on the way back to Beijing and whom he couldn't drive away no matter what. He followed Prince Xiao back to Beijing and lived directly in Prince Xiao's mansion.
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"Today's reading session ends here first. We will be taking promotional photos tomorrow morning. A car will pick us up at nine o'clock to go to the film and television city."
"Everyone, go to bed early."
Lu Wenxing was taking notes seriously the second before, but as soon as Qin Yu finished speaking, Lu Wenxing yawned continuously, with sleepiness written all over his face.
Fortunately, the meeting room was rented in the hotel. At one o'clock in the morning, everyone dragged their tired bodies back to their rooms.
"Are you so sleepy?" Gu Yanshen glanced at Lu Wenxing who was leaning his head on his assistant.
Lu Wenxing's beautiful eyes were covered by her drooping eyelashes, and it looked like she would fall asleep in the next second.
"Um."
The assistant held Lu Wenxing's head with one hand, feeling a little helpless.
"Yesterday I advised you to go to bed early, but you insisted on playing a few more games, thinking you could turn the tables every time. What happened? You lost five games in a row."
Lu Wenxing: “…”
Gu Yanshen had never seen Lu Wenxing play games, and he had been wondering why Lu Wenxing had no game addiction. It turned out that he just had never played in front of him.
After getting out of the elevator, Gu Yanshen reminded him again.
"Go back to your room and stop playing. You still have to take photos tomorrow, so you need to be in better spirits."
Lu Wenxing was too lazy to talk, and nodded to show that he had listened. After returning to his room and washing up, he set an alarm for himself and went to bed.
The next day, the artists arrived at the shooting site and began to change clothes and put on makeup.
Lu Wenxing was not the first one to come out, but as soon as he came out, everyone present was stunned. Those who have watched "One Hundred Ghosts" know that Lu Wenxing's ancient style looks are very good, but I didn't expect it to be even more amazing!
Lu Wenxing wanted a youthful feel in "One Hundred Ghosts". She was pretty, but the feeling was completely different from now.
Lu Wenxing in "One Hundred Ghosts" is an innocent young man, while Lu Wenxing in "Power and Intrigue" is a prince who is good at composing poems and killing enemies.
He was dressed in a gorgeous purple suit and looked very impressive.
A lot of effort went into Lu Wenxing’s styling. The makeup artist deepened the effect of the brow bones to make the eyes look deeper. The delicate makeup clearly outlined the jawline, highlighting his handsome facial features.
Just by standing there, Lu Wenxing could make countless noble ladies in the capital fall in love with him without any acting.
“How amazing!”
Wen Miao stood up from the stool and said, "Great! I'm going to fall in love with someone else."
The male artist who plays the role of the crown prince Feng Yue also made a joke. "It doesn't matter if you transfer your feelings, as long as Xue Qingruo doesn't fall in love with someone else."
Qin Yu said to Lu Wenxing, "When Gu Yanshen comes out later, take another photo with him."
Gu Yanshen plays the leader of Fengming Pavilion, a character who is flamboyant, seductive and a bit crazy. He has two looks in the play.
He looked like a sickly young man in white who had just met Prince Xiao and was kidnapped by bandits. In Prince Xiao's mansion, Lu Feixue always appeared in this guise.
Another leader of Fengming Pavilion dressed in red, cruel and ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye.
Gu Yanshen changed into white clothes, and the makeup artist deliberately gave him a sickly makeup. The two of them standing together had a strong contrast.
"Now take a single shot."
The sword in Lu Wenxing's hand was pointed directly at the camera, and with his other hand he held Gu Yanshen in a protective gesture.
This is a still of Prince Xiao rescuing Lu Feixue from the robbers.
Wen Miao and his group members are secretly showing affection.
"The cold-faced prince's little wife?"
“It seems possible.”
Each actor has more than one makeup photo, and after the shoot, they have to take promotional stills as needed.
There is more than one makeup photo of Lu Wenxing. He also has other looks, including a light and tight outfit for when he is away from the court. The props team also gave him a dagger.
After taking the solo photo, at Qin Yu's request, the makeup artist added a blood mark on Lu Wenxing's face.
Gu Yanshen has changed into red clothes, and the upturned eyeliner makes him look even more seductive.
As soon as he came out, everyone's eyes lit up.
Gu Yanshen has filmed many dramas, most of which are deep, calm, wise and steady images. This is the first time that Gu Yanshen has tried a role like this, which is free and full of dirty talk.
"Beauty Attack!!!"
"There's nothing more fun than getting paid to eat candy! And up close."
Qin Yu didn't say it, but he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart: What a perfect match!
"Imagine this." Qin Yu touched his chin, "Prince Xiao was besieged and injured, and Lu Feixue heroically saved the beauty at the critical moment."
After trying a few moves, Qin Yu had a new idea.
"Yan Shen, put your hands on Wen Xing's waist. Emphasize saving the beauty, you can get a little closer."
Lu Wenxing: “…”
Gu Yanshen: "..."
"Wow!" Several female artists excitedly held each other's hands, their eyes shining.
Wen Miao wiped the non-existent blood from his nose.
"Fuck, is this something I can watch?"
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