"What the hell is wrong with you!"
In the camera, Yan Qi impatiently pushed away Zhou Yuanting's arm that was on his shoulder. Stand up shakily. Judging from his body language, he was obviously drunk. But when the camera moves to a close-up of the eyes, they are exceptionally clear and alert.
He stumbled out of the bar, and the long camera followed him all the way, watching the flickering lights and the people dancing in the bar corridor from Yan Qi's perspective, then he turned the corner and went straight to the rooftop along the dark employee corridor. There was no one around, only the sound of the cold wind.
Yan Qi turned his head in anger: "What the hell were you doing in the bar just now——"
Before he finished speaking, Yan Qi felt a chill on his forehead. The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed against his forehead.
Yan Qi's body suddenly stiffened, then slowly relaxed: "A Ting, what do you want?"
In the monitor, Yan Qi was standing on the rooftop, behind him were the dazzling neon lights of Hong Kong and the sky full of stars. Zhou Yuanting pointed the gun at Yan Qi's head and turned his back to the tightly closed door. The whole person is hidden in the dark shadows.
Judging from the composition of the picture, the two people are facing each other. The colors on Yan Qi's side were bright, and Zhou Yuanting blended completely into the night. Between the two people is the edge of part of the building. Visually, it seems to divide Zhou Yuanting and Yan Qi into black and white sides.
"My informant told me that the police's original undercover candidate was Yan Yu. It was because of your firm opposition that I was chosen as the undercover agent in the end."
In the close-up shot, the slender fingers gently hooked and opened the safety pin. There was a slight click, and Zhou Yuanting's voice rang out from the darkness: "Sir Yan, do you have anything to say to me?"
The camera freezes, and Zhou Yuanting, half of his body hidden in the darkness, only reveals a vague outline. He points the gun against Yan Qi's forehead. At first glance, the two people's styles are 70% similar. However, Zhou Yuanting's half silhouette blending into the darkness actually looked more attractive in the camera than Yan Qi whose whole body was exposed to the light.
“Cut!”
There was silence on the set. The staff left the scene silently and began to set up the lighting and camera needed for the next scene. Xu Musen sat in front of the monitor for a long time without saying a word.
When it comes to acting, for non-professionals, different opinions may be held on it. There are even some brainless fans who blindly praise their idols. But for those in the industry who make a living from this business, it is very clear who is superior and who is inferior.
In the scene just now, it can be said that Yan Sheng’s performance is in line with his double gold actor award standards. Even more brilliant than most times. However, Tao Mu's performance was, without exaggeration, simply stunning.
Hear the thunder in the silence.
Even though there were no scenes of screaming and even no lines that were read out loud, Zhou Yuanting, interpreted by Tao Mu, gave people a sense of danger before a volcano erupted. It's like hot magma rolling under cold and hard rock. If you are not careful, everything will be destroyed.
The makeup artist came forward to touch up the two actors' makeup. Yan Sheng looked at Tao Mu with a serious expression.
It wasn't his illusion. When he was acting with Tao Mu just now, he did feel a suffocating feeling of being stabbed in the back.
This Tao Mu seemed to be very familiar with his acting style. Every time Yan Sheng wanted to explode and overwhelm the show, Tao Mu always took it up just right and calmly. Just like the art of using little force to move a heavy object in Tai Chi. The moves are smooth and gentle, yet both hard and soft. Every time Yan Sheng takes a role, it seems easy, but in fact, only he knows that each time he takes a role, it becomes more and more strenuous. Before Director Xu called out "cut", Yan Sheng had no time to focus on Tao Mu's scenes. Instead, he tried his best to catch Tao Mu's play.
And their acting styles are really similar.
No, it should be that Tao Mu had studied his performance style privately, so he could quietly seize the rhythm every time he made a move. Yan Sheng felt very exhausted.
"Brother Yan, you acted really well." Shen Yu stood aside with sparkling eyes, holding a bottle of mineral water with a straw inserted in it. Sincere praise for Yan Sheng's acting skills.
Yan Sheng's face turned red when he heard this. If Xu Musen hadn't called cut in time, he would have almost lost his reputation.
"My performance was average. But President Tao surprised me." Yan Sheng said, looking at Tao Mu with surprise and admiration: "I didn't expect President Tao to perform so well."
Yan Sheng is telling the truth. He could never imagine why Tao Mu, at such a young age, had such superb acting skills. He had seen many talented and spiritual newcomers in the entertainment industry, but Tao Mu was definitely the first one he had ever seen who had such strength at this age. Yan Sheng even felt that when he was nineteen years old, he didn't seem to have Tao Mu's strength.
Tao Mu's stunning performance made Yan Sheng very happy. It also aroused Yan Sheng's competitive spirit.
Given Yan Sheng's family background, he insisted on entering the entertainment industry despite his family's opposition, and naturally he really liked acting. He is talented, willing to work hard, and has good resources. He filmed one drama after another step by step, learning from experience and striving to improve in each drama. It is only after years of hard work that he has achieved his current status.
So Yan Sheng can be careless about other aspects, but he must be serious about acting.
The feeling of being suppressed while acting with Tao Mu gave Yan Sheng a long-lost excitement. Outsiders may not notice, but Yan Sheng’s family knows their own business. His acting skills have reached a bottleneck. In the past two years, he has been filming both movies and TV series. However, the actors in the same crew are either familiar faces such as Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming. They have worked together many times and have long been accustomed to each other's performance styles, and have achieved a very tacit understanding. Or like Shen Yu, although he has some talent, his acting skills are immature and he can't arouse Yan Sheng's desire to act at all.
But Tao Mu is different. After just one scene with Tao Mu, Yan Sheng felt the pleasure of meeting a worthy opponent. At this moment, Yan Sheng's persistence and love for acting occupied the most important position in his mind. He even forgot the idea of suppressing Tao Mu's performance. The only thing he thought about was how to take over Tao Mu's performance and how to perform the next performance to his heart's content.
Yan Sheng closed his eyes and pondered to himself, carefully studying the script, recalling the lines, and accumulating emotions to prepare for the next scene. He let the makeup artist touch up his face.
Shen Yu stood aside holding a bottle of mineral water, originally wanting Yan Sheng to drink some water and take a rest. As a result, Yan Sheng had no energy to deal with him at all.
Shen Yu had no choice but to leave obediently.
Xu Musen called Tao Mu and Yan Sheng to his side and began to explain the play to them. The following scene is Yan Qi’s outburst scene, and Zhou Yuanting has basically no lines. Just to cooperate with Yan Qi's role. Therefore, Xu Musen's focus in discussing the play is still on Yan Sheng.
Xu Musen hoped to finish the two-minute monologue in one take. This is a real test of an actor's acting skills. Fortunately, Yan Sheng’s acting skills have always been above average. Moreover, Tao Mu's performance further aroused Yan Sheng's desire for acting. He can't wait.
After a while, the lights and cameras were in place. The script supervisor holds the clapperboard and shouts "a" in front of the camera.
Yan Sheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly at Tao Mu: "Do you know how many years I have been in this business?"
Zhou Yuanting's hand holding the gun didn't move at all. Yan Sheng said, "Ten years. How many decades can a person have in his lifetime?"
"I entered the police academy at the age of 19 and was expelled from the police force at the age of 22. I spent a year in prison and joined a gang after being introduced by Brother K. I have been doing this for ten years. How did I survive these ten years?"
"You've only been doing this for a little over a year and you can't stand it. Have you ever thought about me?" Yan Qi laughed at himself, "I was kicked out of the police force, I can't go home, I can't recognize my relatives, my girlfriend broke up with me, and we're all colleagues. They can wear police uniforms and shout "I'm a policeman", but we have to be handcuffed and squat on the ground to take a statement. In the eyes of the police, we are gangsters, but in the gangs, we are required to always remember that we are policemen. We can never be open with our brothers. Do you think you're the only one like this?"
"That's right. When Lao Hei was exposed, the higher-ups wanted to give me another partner, but they chose my brother, but I didn't agree. In the end, they chose you. Do you think it's unfair?"
Yan Qi said this, ignoring the gun muzzle pressed against his forehead, and slowly took a step forward, forcing Zhou Yuanting to take a step back.
In the camera shot, Yan Qi took a step forward, and with the cooperation of the lighting engineer, his facial features became clearer and his micro-expressions were delicately visible. Zhou Yuanting's retreat made him completely blend into the darkness.
"You asked me if I had anything to say. What did you want me to say? Did I feel guilty?"
"I have been an undercover agent for ten years. I was so isolated from my friends that I didn't even have time to attend my mother's funeral. My brother broke up with me because of this. He entered the police academy just to put me in jail. But now that Blackie has died, the higher-ups want my brother to be an undercover agent?"
"I only have this one brother. Even if he hates me, he is still my brother. I knelt in front of my mother's grave and promised myself that I would protect him forever. But now they want my brother to be an undercover agent and live the same dark life as me. How could I agree to this?"
Yan Qi said this and took another step forward, forcing Zhou Yuanting to lean against the iron gate of the rooftop.
"Even if all the police officers in Xiangcheng are dead, I can't let my brother go down the same path as me. Of the two brothers in our Yan family, at least one must be left to take care of my father in his old age and see him to the end of his life." Yan Qi stretched out his hand to grasp the gun that was pointed at his forehead, staring at Zhou Yuanting, and spoke word by word.
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