Chapter 64 Chapter 64
A certain club in Beijing.
Several investors were chatting together.
Investor A said mysteriously, "Have you heard? Bu Qianwei has been chosen as the female lead for CEO Gu's new project!"
Investor B was shocked. "Really? No way! I remember CEO Gu is famous for his discerning eye for talent. How could he...?"
Investor C couldn't help but scoff. "He just got lucky, that's all. Now his true colors are showing! With Bu Qianwei's Golden Broom Award-winning acting skills, who in their right mind would choose her?"
Investor D patted his chest, relieved. "Luckily I didn't invest!"
Investor B: "Let's not say that yet. The movie hasn't been filmed yet, what if it turns out alright?"
Investor C: "Hahahaha, impossible! You really think Gu Xing Shi is a god? Even if he were a god, Bu Qianwei's acting skills are beyond saving. I'm just waiting to see how badly this movie flops. Maybe it will directly shatter Wen Yue's undefeated reputation in the investment world!"
Investor B: "I don't think so. When CEO Gu's previous two dramas aired, didn't you all also sing its doom? Didn't they both become huge hits later?"
"That was then!" Investor C said confidently, "This time he'll definitely flop!"
Investor B: "What if it doesn't flop?"
Investor C gritted his teeth. "If this movie's box office revenue exceeds 100 million, I'll call him dad!!"
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For Sun Hongfei, it only took a moment to go from "This movie is a sure hit" to "This movie is doomed."
From the moment the female lead was decided to the official start of filming, he still couldn't understand why Gu Xing Shi would choose Bu Qianwei.
He thought Pei Zhuo Zhi would understand him, but he turned around to see Pei Zhuo Zhi looking at Gu Xing Shi with admiration: "As expected of CEO Gu, this casting is amazing!!!"
Sun Hongfei: "...Ah?"
Their nonchalant acceptance not only struck a blow to his aesthetics but also to his pride in his reading comprehension.
But since CEO Gu and Director Pei both thought Bu Qianwei was good, maybe he hadn't discovered her acting talent?
So, for the next few days, Sun Hongfei watched Bu Qianwei's dramas every day, only to have nightmares every night and almost suffered a nervous breakdown.
He looked at Gu Xing Shi with worry, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Gu Xing Shi noticed the expression on his face and said thoughtfully, "Lao Sun, the restroom is over there."
Sun Hongfei: "..."
He finally couldn't hold it in any longer. "CEO Gu, I still don't understand why you chose Bu Qianwei as the female lead?"
Gu Xing Shi asked in confusion, "Haven't you asked this question many times? I've already said it, it's because she's beautiful!"
Sun Hongfei despaired. He pathetically asked Pei Zhuo Zhi again, "Director Pei, do you think so too?"
Pei Zhuo Zhi nodded. "Isn't that obvious?"
Sun Hongfei: "!!!"
Where is it obvious!!!
Gu Xing Shi: "Don't you think she's simply our destined female lead?"
Sun Hongfei: "..."
Just as Sun Hongfei was questioning himself, Bu Qianwei walked in, surrounded by her assistant and bodyguards.
She only had light makeup on, wearing a beige trench coat, her thick black hair casually draped behind her.
It was a simple and plain outfit, but it made her even more stunning.
If some people's beauty is only visible to fans, then Bu Qianwei's beauty is objectively present, even her haters have to admit it.
When she first debuted, she gained millions of fans with just one photo, and was hailed as the rising star of the entertainment industry.
Unfortunately, God opened a door of beauty for her, but nailed shut the window of acting talent.
But even so, Bu Qianwei still used her beauty to her advantage, relying on her face to become a top female star in the entertainment industry.
At this moment, she just stood there, like a magnet, attracting everyone's attention.
Sun Hongfei couldn't help but think of the first scene of the female lead's appearance in the script.
This kind of extremely impactful beauty.
As long as she stood there, the character was already established.
Sun Hongfei vaguely understood why Gu Xing Shi chose her as the female lead.
A tall woman in a business suit walked out and chatted with Gu Xing Shi and the others. "My name is Lin Xia Yu, and I'm Qianwei's agent."
Gu Xing Shi had heard of Lin Xia Yu's reputation.
She was originally a law school graduate, but after graduation, she didn't enter the related industry, instead becoming Bu Qianwei's agent.
Lin Xia Yu protected Bu Qianwei extremely well.
With Bu Qianwei's beauty, she had not encountered any unspoken rules in her many years of debut, and has remained in the entertainment industry, Lin Xia Yu's methods were impressive.
Moreover, it is said that Lin Xia Yu's ability to secure resources is well-known in the industry, and she is meticulous about contract clauses. Gu Xing Shi was originally worried that inviting Bu Qianwei would be difficult because of Lin Xia Yu.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xia Yu readily agreed.
System: 【Lin Xia Yu grew up with Bu Qianwei. She has always taken good care of her neighbor since she was a child. Later, when Bu Qianwei entered the entertainment industry, she was worried that Bu Qianwei would be bullied, so she became her agent. She said from the beginning that she would only be Bu Qianwei's agent.】
【With her around, the company couldn't control Bu Qianwei, so they secretly tried to sow discord between them, wanting to separate the two. However, Bu Qianwei trusts Lin Xia Yu the most, no matter what they say, she never doubted Lin Xia Yu, so the company put obstacles in other places, trying to force Lin Xia Yu away.】
【Lin Xia Yu couldn't stand it anymore and was preparing to teach them a lesson, but she was worried about Bu Qianwei being implicated, so she wanted to send her to a safe place, and coincidentally saw your invitation.】
【You may not know that you have a nickname in the industry, "Friend of the Police". Lin Xia Yu may have thought that there is no safer place than your crew. In short, she sent her over this time, and she's going on a rampage when she goes back!】
Gu Xing Shi: 【...】
Lin Xia Yu was worried about leaving Bu Qianwei for so long.
So she proactively found Gu Xing Shi: "CEO Gu, we'll have to trouble you to take care of Qianwei."
Gu Xing Shi: "No problem, don't worry."
Under Gu Xing Shi's reassurance, Lin Xia Yu's guard gradually came down, but at first, she was still worried about Bu Qianwei, and as she spoke, she began to praise: "...Our Qianwei has a very good personality, she's obedient and well-behaved, she won't do anything she's not allowed to do, she's been in the industry for so many years, and she hasn't picked up any bad habits!"
System: 【Yes, yes, not to mention things like gambling, drugs and prostitution, she doesn't smoke, drink, go to bars, or date. Her only hobby is watching cheesy videos after work, she's even more boring than a workaholic!!】
Gu Xing Shi: 【...】
Lin Xia Yu felt a little embarrassed. "CEO Gu, don't you think I'm exaggerating?"
Gu Xing Shi immediately said, "How could that be! The agent knows the artist best. If she weren't so good, you wouldn't have protected her for so many years!"
Lin Xia Yu originally thought Gu Xing Shi was just being polite, but the more she talked, the more she felt that Gu Xing Shi truly believed her, and he even denied those so-called rumors spread by paparazzi more firmly than she did.
Lin Xia Yu suddenly felt like she had met a kindred spirit.
No wonder they say CEO Gu has a good eye for people!
She finally felt completely at ease.
After settling Bu Qianwei, she hurried back.
After the crew held the opening ceremony, they began filming officially.
Bu Qianwei's personality was unexpectedly good, she didn't have the arrogance of a beautiful woman, and she was very obedient during filming, doing whatever the director said, even if it meant adjusting her posture for an hour or two, she didn't complain.
Sun Hongfei had been worried she would lose her temper, but now his heart was relieved.
And, although she wasn't as quick as Qin Wen, after being trained by Pei Zhuo Zhi, she acted quite well, and there was no trace of her previous wild facial expressions and distorted acting.
So Bu Qianwei can act normally!
Sun Hongfei was both surprised and delighted, and the other half of his heart also settled down.
Pei Zhuo Zhi also nodded, sat back behind the monitor, picked up the walkie-talkie: "All departments ready, we're starting the actual shoot now, 321, action!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the camera turned on.
Then, Bu Qianwei, who had been acting normally, suddenly started to distort her expressions.
A strong wave of mental pollution came over them.
Pei Zhuo Zhi: "???"
The cigarette in his mouth fell.
Sun Hongfei's smile froze, and the fallen heart "thumped" to the ground, shattering into pieces.
"Cut!"
Pei Zhuo Zhi stood up: "You..."
Bu Qianwei was puzzled: "Director Pei, what's wrong?"
Pei Zhuo Zhi hesitated, thinking that Bu Qianwei might not be used to filming her first scene, so he changed to a gentle tone: "It's nothing, let's film another take."
He sat down again, forgetting to put the cigarette back in his mouth: "All departments pay attention, let's do another take."
"'The Ghost Gate' scene 23, take 1, take 2, 321, action!"
Bu Qianwei stood in her position and showed an even more distorted expression than the first time, her features shifting, none of them in their proper place.
Sun Hongfei wore a mask of agony.
The dead nightmares are attacking me!!
Pei Zhuo Zhi: "!!!"
"Cut!"
He frowned at Bu Qianwei: "What's wrong with you?"
Bu Qianwei was also confused: "Director Pei, what's wrong?"
Pei Zhuo Zhi: "Come and have a look at what you just acted."
Bu Qianwei walked behind the monitor, saw her own performance, and was stunned: "Impossible! I just acted according to what Director Pei told me!"
Her expression was so genuine, as if she really didn't know why she acted that way.
Pei Zhuo Zhi let her try several more times, and it was still the same distortion.
This simply couldn't be filmed.
Pei Zhuo Zhi tightly bit the remaining half of his cigarette, staring at the monitor without knowing what to think.
Sun Hongfei was also frowning.
It's over, it's over.
His worst fear had come true!!
Only Gu Xing Shi was thoughtful. He walked to Bu Qianwei's side, Bu Qianwei was also very frustrated, hugging her knees, looking helpless.
Gu Xing Shi asked: "When you filmed before, did you ever see how you performed?"
Bu Qianwei pursed her lips: "Before, A Yu watched it, she never said I acted badly..."
Gu Xing Shi asked again: "Then, did you watch your drama after it aired?"
Bu Qianwei honestly said: "A Yu said that netizens would curse people in the bullet comments, and was afraid that I would be hurt, so she told me not to watch it, so I never watched it."
Gu Xing Shi: "..."
He knew Bu Qianwei was obedient, but she was too obedient!
He thought for a moment and asked the system: 【When Bu Qianwei first started acting, did anything happen?】
System: 【Yes. When Bu Qianwei first debuted, she was only 18 years old and had just started university when she was chosen by a crew to play a supporting role. At that time, the director wanted to take advantage of her, and after she refused, he held a grudge. So, whenever it was Bu Qianwei's scenes, he found every opportunity to scold her. Bu Qianwei was directly scolded into depression. Later, it was Lin Xia Yu who found something was wrong with her, specially found the crew and learned about this matter.】
【Lin Xia Yu helped her terminate the contract and took her back for treatment. Although she recovered later, it left a shadow in Bu Qianwei's heart. After that, her acting started to have problems. Lin Xia Yu was scared by her previous appearance, afraid that it would happen again, so her protection of her became excessive...】
Gu Xing Shi nodded secretly, this was about what he thought.
Thinking of this, he suddenly came up with an idea.
He walked to Pei Zhuo Zhi's side and whispered something in his ear, then returned to Bu Qianwei's side: "Let's try again?"
Bu Qianwei hesitated: "But, I'm afraid I still can't act well..."
Gu Xing Shi comforted her: "It's okay, we won't turn on the camera, let's just rehearse."
Hearing this, Bu Qianwei's tense shoulders seemed to relax a lot, she nodded and returned to the set.
Gu Xing Shi said casually to everyone: "Don't be nervous, everyone, the cameraman can rest for a while, let's rehearse first."
After he finished speaking, he winked at Pei Zhuo Zhi.
Pei Zhuo Zhi came out from behind the monitor: "Qianwei, let's try the scene again."
Bu Qianwei nodded, took a while to prepare her emotions, and started acting according to the script.
Pei Zhuo Zhi silently returned to the monitor, only to see Bu Qianwei's figure on the screen, and her performance was very good.
This was the method Gu Xing Shi had specifically come over to tell him.
Gu Xing Shi guessed that because of Bu Qianwei's experience, she had developed PTSD towards this filming scene, and once she realized she was in front of the camera, she would lose control of her expressions and body.
So Gu Xing Shi pretended to rehearse, but actually didn't turn off the camera. Now it seems, that was indeed the case.
After this scene was filmed, Pei Zhuo Zhi deliberately said: "Qianwei performed well just now, let's do another take."
As they expected, with the so-called "official filming", Bu Qianwei's expression became distorted again.
After Bu Qianwei finished acting, she nervously asked: "CEO Gu, Director Pei, how was it?"
Pei Zhuo Zhi specially showed her the previous footage, then motioned her to come over, and praised: "It's really good!"
Bu Qianwei was both surprised and delighted, her eyes lit up, and she seemed to have gained confidence.
Having found the problem, Pei Zhuo Zhi finally relaxed: "Let's try a different way of acting for this scene, don't worry, let's rehearse a few times..."
Sun Hongfei was dumbfounded on the side.
This works too?!
It turned out that it really did work.
Before each filming, Pei Zhuo Zhi would trick Bu Qianwei into thinking the camera wasn't on and let her rehearse several times, but he secretly turned on the camera.
When the so-called "official filming" began, he turned off the camera.
Bu Qianwei didn't suspect anything, and under this method, she became more relaxed and acted better and better.
She was beautiful and had a good personality, and she quickly became friends with the other actors in the crew.
This was something that hadn't happened in other crews. Bu Qianwei had a very happy time every day, and even felt a little reluctant to leave the crew.
Lin Xia Yu was busy with work, but she still cared very much about Bu Qianwei, and would video chat with her every few days.
Bu Qianwei's condition was visibly improving, and she was relieved.
CEO Gu is really reliable!
Entrusting her to him is no problem!!
Just before hanging up, she hesitantly asked: "How did you act?"
Bu Qianwei immediately proudly raised her chin: "The director praised me for acting well!!"
Lin Xia Yu: "!!!"
Sure enough, their Qianwei has acting skills!
It's just that she hasn't met the right director before!
CEO Gu's vision is truly exceptional!!
Coming to this crew is really the right choice!!!
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When the earlier scenes were finished, the crew was about to move to the ghost village to film the climax of the movie.
On the day before departure, Pei Zhuo Zhi, who usually worked diligently and edited his films after work, took a rare day off and went to a temple to get seventeen or eighteen protective amulets.
Then, he calmly followed the crew to Baofu City.
However, no one expected that the first scene filmed here would have problems.
In this scene, the female lead was possessed by a ghost and controlled to kill the male lead.
This is a scene with very strong emotions.
But as filming started, Pei Zhuo Zhi discovered that Bu Qianwei couldn't keep up with Qin Wen's acting.
When they filmed daily scenes before, it wasn't obvious, but in this explosive scene, the gap between Qin Wen, a talented actor, and Bu Qianwei, an ordinary actor, was evident.
The focal point of this scene should have been Bu Qianwei as the female lead, but now, Bu Qianwei was completely overshadowed by Qin Wen. In the camera, there was no one else but Qin Wen.
To continue filming this scene, unless Bu Qianwei's acting skills improve dramatically to match Qin Wen's.
But that's impossible.
Pei Zhuo Zhi was about to pull his hair out.
There was really no other way, perhaps he could only let Qin Wen compromise and lower his acting skills.
But that would be unfair to Qin Wen.
Moreover, this scene is the climax of the entire movie, and the conflict between the male and female leads is the most crucial point of the whole movie.
If this scene's emotions weren't strong enough, it might affect the overall quality of the movie.
Because Gu Xing Shi returned to Beijing to handle some matters, the only one who could discuss with Pei Zhuo Zhi was Sun Hongfei.
Sun Hongfei also couldn't think of any good ideas.
After thinking over and over again, they had no choice but to ask Gu Xing Shi for help.
Gu Xing Shi, after receiving the call for help, rushed over, and went straight to the film set without even resting.
He listened to Pei Zhuo Zhi explain the situation while watching the recent footage.
When Pei Zhuo Zhi finished speaking, he had an idea, and said with ease: "It's fine, it's not a big problem."
Pei Zhuo Zhi: "!!!"
Sun Hongfei: "!!!"
That night, the scene was set up.
Bu Qianwei and Qin Wen also changed their costumes and makeup.
Bu Qianwei was a little nervous.
She knew that the recent filming was not going smoothly because of her. She tried her best to act well, but it seemed that the harder she tried, the worse she acted.
Qin Wen wanted to help her, but didn't know where to start.
Looking at the anxious looks of the two, Gu Xing Shi smiled and comforted them: "Relax, relax, let's try a different approach tonight."
When the two stood in their positions, Gu Xing Shi said: "Tonight, we won't rehearse, let's just start acting."
Bu Qianwei was immediately panicked: "Ah! But...but..."
But Gu Xing Shi had already turned and left the set, sitting next to Pei Zhuo Zhi.
Pei Zhuo Zhi, with a serious expression, picked up the walkie-talkie: "All departments prepare..."
As Pei Zhuo Zhi shouted "action", Qin Wen quickly entered the state, grabbing Bu Qianwei's wrist with a serious expression.
According to the script, at this time, the female lead's body was controlled by a ghost, twisting and deforming, her expression becoming strange.
The male lead then realizes that they were all deceived by the ghost.
He was painful, regretful, and fearful. He wanted to kill the female lead, but he couldn't bear to do it because he loved her deeply.
In this scene, Qin Wen perfectly displayed every emotional level of the male lead.
Although Bu Qianwei tried her best to act, the acting was very heavy, and she couldn't express the horrifying feeling of being possessed by a ghost.
He thought it would be the same this time, but as soon as he touched Bu Qianwei's wrist, he felt something was wrong.
He looked up to find Bu Qianwei twisting herself into a strange posture.
Her expression was even more terrifying.
Her neck was twisted, her eyes rolled up, a strange smile on her lips, and her cheeks were slightly twitching.
This almost real distortion exuded an indescribable sense of fear.
Instantly, the hairs on Qin Wen's back stood on end.
But he was a supremely talented actor, and at this moment, he instinctively adjusted this subtle emotion.
He trembled as he held Bu Qianwei's wrist, his voice fragmented in fear, but his eyes were full of pain.
But no one on the set noticed this.
Everyone's eyes were drawn to Bu Qianwei. In the close-up shot, every inch of her muscle seemed to have its own consciousness, acting independently and wildly.
Full of an uncomfortable sense of fear.
Everyone was stunned.
Sun Hongfei's mouth was wide enough to fit a fist.
What the heck!!!
This works too?!
He stared blankly at Bu Qianwei, then was startled and turned his head back.
Gu Xing Shi was very satisfied: "I said it's not a big problem. Do you still think Bu Qianwei is overshadowed by Qin Wen?"
Sun Hongfei: "!!!"
One is acting and the other is mental pollution. They aren't even on the same track! How can one overshadow the other!!
Gu Xing Shi: "Hey, I said it before! Qianwei is our destined female lead!"
Sun Hongfei: "..."
I often feel out of place in this world because I'm not crazy enough.
Qin Wen acted this scene with great ease.
The crew was also dumbfounded, to the extent that the scene was over and no one called for a cut.
Bu Qianwei vaguely realized that the scene was over, but the director didn't call for a cut, so she couldn't return to normal.
Her head, like a rusty joint, "clicked, clicked, clicked" inch by inch towards the director, then walked towards him with a distorted body.
"Di~rec~tor~, how~ did~ I~ act~?"
Pei Zhuo Zhi "ow" and pulled out a stack of amulets to block himself, shouting in fear: "You you you don't come closer ow!!!"