I really want to call Tong Juan to their class to show it to my students.
So, one day in late October, Tong Juan came to the first film crew in his life.
"Zhao Yu Ling" is a costume drama adapted from the online novel of the same name. The main content is the story of the unpopular Crown Prince Ji Wenyao and the two princes Ji Wenzhou and Ji Wensheng competing for the jade seal "Zhao Yu" that symbolizes imperial power. The fourth male character played by Tong Juan is Chen Liangzhao, the childhood sweetheart and study partner of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Shen Liangzhao was the prime minister's late son. When the prime minister's wife was pregnant, Shen Liangzhao's elder brother became famous in one battle and became a young and promising General of the Central Army. By the time Shen Liangzhao could walk and run, Shen Liangxuan had already become a General of the Cavalry.
As a son born in old age, Shen Liangzhao was spoiled by the whole family. He was handsome and lovable. When he was a little over one year old, his mother took him to the New Year family banquet held by the emperor. The delicate little baby caught the eye of the empress dowager and was taken to the palace to become the playmate of the prince.
The queen died of dystocia when giving birth to the prince, and the emperor did not appoint a new queen, so the prince was raised in the empress dowager's palace. When Shen Liangzhao was taken to the empress dowager's palace, the prince was already more than five years old.
But Chen Liangzhao was cute. He usually didn't cry or make a fuss. He would even pull the prince's sleeve with his little fleshy hands and call him brother in a baby voice.
The usually cold and mature prince seemed to be melted by something.
This continued until Ji Wenyao refused the marriage proposal and left the palace to build his own residence, and his interactions with Shen Liangzhao became less frequent.
When Chen Liangzhao was sixteen years old, he accidentally entered the depths of a peach forest at the eldest princess's peach blossom banquet. He encountered something unknown and fell ill after returning home. He died of the illness half a month later.
At that time, Shen Liangzhao had already become famous in the capital for his outstanding literary talent. People said that he was supposed to be a flower fairy in heaven who fell into the mortal world by mistake. The person in the forest was just a fairy from heaven calling him.
From then on, the brilliant and talented young master of the Shen family only lived in people's memories and became the white moonlight in the prince's heart.
After resigning from his post, the Prime Minister took his wife to Jiangnan. Before leaving, he gave his business interests in the court for many years to Ji Wenyao.
The emperor did not like the prince and did not care much about him. The queen died during childbirth. Even with the empress dowager protecting him, Ji Wenyao felt that his life was incomplete.
A father who is worse than not having him, concubines who are calculating in every way, brothers who have ulterior motives... There are many people around Ji Wenyao, but the only one who is truly kind to him is Shen Liangzhao.
Therefore, every time he was plotted against and heartbroken by his good father, Ji Wenyao liked to lock himself in the room and rely on memories with Shen Liangzhao to heal his trauma.
Until one day, Ji Wenyao met the heroine Jun Yu. With someone accompanying Ji Wenyao, he gradually had less time to think about Shen Liangzhao.
Finally, Ji Wenyao succeeded to the throne and became emperor. In order to commemorate Shen Liangzhao, a palace named Liangzhao Palace was built in the palace, and every year the Peach Blossom Banquet would come here to sit.
This is the biography that Tong Juan got.
As a character who always lives in memories, Tong Juan has very few scenes, which can be filmed in one day. But before officially joining the crew, Tong Juan also had to take makeup photos.
White Moonlight-type characters all have one characteristic, that is, they like to wear white clothes, not to mention a noble young man like Shen Liangzhao. Although he only has one set of clothes, it has six layers inside and outside, and the collar and cuffs are embroidered with bamboo branches with silver thread.
When the director and producer were planning the film, they could have easily cut the role and made him live only in the lines, but they didn't. In order to attract fans of his looks, they contacted Tong Juan with a trial mentality. They knew that it was just a web drama, and the production scale was barely acceptable, and Tong Juan might not be interested, but they didn't expect Tong Juan to actually accept it.
Tong Juan took the call and everything became easy.
There is no need to worry about publicity, as Tong Juan has been so popular recently, and this is Tong Juan’s first TV drama debut, so it naturally comes with popularity.
Therefore, the director had already made plans to coax Tong Juan into being a good person no matter how bad his temper, acting skills, or personality were, but he did not expect such a scene to happen after they met.
Tong Juan only washed her hair and didn't put on any makeup. She came with a bare face. She was a little thinner than in the photo, and she seemed to be shining when she came in from outside.
Unexpectedly, there were so many people in the room. Tong Juan hesitated for a moment and greeted them hesitantly.
The conditions in Hengdian are a bit simple. The building where the crew is staying is decorated with large white walls and white floor tiles. Each room is not very big, and various spare parts and props have to be placed there. There are not many places to stay, and now it is crowded with people.
The chief director is Han Cheng, and the director in charge of Group B's filming is Wang Xinshu. Now the two of them are squeezed into a small dressing room, along with the producer, the props team, and the costume team...
The powder room looked full.
Tong Juan thought he had done something wrong and was being tried by the three judges, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with me?"
"Oh, look at you, you scared the child." Han Cheng was the first to speak, "Hello Tong Juan, I'm Han Cheng."
Speaking of which, the crew was quite amazing. They sent the contract directly to Ji Ming and did not even ask Tong Juan to come for an audition, so it was the first time for both parties to meet.
"Hello, director." Tong Juan greeted quickly.
The short-haired woman on the other side also spoke: "I'm the producer. This is our first meeting, so just call me Sister Xu."
"This is the director of Group B, who is also filming you, Wang Xinshu."
"This is the leader of the props team..."
After everyone present had been introduced, Han Cheng said, "Xiaotong, go put on your makeup first."
Except for the people in charge of costumes and makeup, everyone else left after Han Cheng finished speaking.
The dressing room suddenly became much quieter. Tong Juan sat down in front of the makeup mirror and breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Ming didn't know what to talk about with the crew outside, and Tong Juan didn't know what to say in the dressing room alone.
Fortunately, the staff are all talkative types.
Before applying makeup to Tong Juan, the makeup artist wet a cotton pad and wiped Tong Juan's face. After gently wiping it, the makeup artist looked at the still clean cotton pad and was shocked: "You don't have makeup on?"
“No…” Tong Juan looked at herself in the mirror, “Didn’t you say we were going to take makeup photos? I didn’t put on any makeup.”
The makeup artist took a few seconds to digest this fact. Looking at Tong Juan's natural good skin, she said, "Your skin is too good, isn't it?"
It’s not like she hasn’t done makeup for teenage artists before. Regardless of gender, people in this age group have more active hormones and are more likely to get acne on their faces. But Tong Juan’s face doesn’t even have a single acne mark, and it’s smooth like a peeled egg.
Woo woo woo, after working in the industry for so many years, she finally met the legendary handsome boy.
Shen Liangzhao was only sixteen years old when he died. He had not yet performed the coming-of-age ceremony, and his hair was still in a half-bun style.
Tong Juan has a small face, so it doesn't seem like a big deal to comb all her hair up, but it can perfectly show off her pretty and delicate face.
Because the clothes are white, the stylist also tied a white headband on the tired little Maruko. The ends of the headband hung down casually and disappeared between the black hair.
Tong Juan intentionally controlled his diet a month before coming, and lost another five kilograms in order to wear ancient costumes. The six layers of clothes did not make him look bloated, but instead made him look like an immortal.
When he walked out of the dressing room, everyone present was amazed.
Isn’t this Shen Liangzhao himself?
When Shen Liangzhao appeared in the novel, the author used more than a hundred words to describe Shen Liangzhao's beauty, especially the spring banquet that killed Shen Liangzhao.
"Chen Liangzhao was still wearing a moon-white outfit, and the hairband on his head was embroidered with peach petals. Perhaps it was a bit windy today, so the little maid brought him a light pink thin cotton cloak, but it fell on the carriage.
The thin young man stood under the peach tree, his bright face was even more beautiful than the peach blossoms.
"A Zhao." A familiar voice came from behind, mixed with the wind, making it difficult to hear clearly.
Shen Liangzhao hesitated for a moment, turned around, and saw that it was the familiar prince brother, and immediately smiled: "Your Highness."
The petals blown down by the wind were particularly fond of beauties, and all fell on Shen Liangzhao, like a peach fairy in the sky. One petal fell on the bridge of the boy's nose, which scared him. His watery eyes widened, and the noble young master rarely showed some innocence and cuteness.
This is not about appreciating flowers, it is clearly about appreciating people."
Han Cheng originally thought that even if he found a more beautiful actor, he could only achieve 60% to 70% restoration. He didn't expect that when Tong Juan put on the ancient costume, it was as if Shen Liangzhao walked out of the book.
It was the first time for Tong Juan to wear such formal ancient costumes. She was a little uncomfortable with it. She looked down at her skirt and didn't even dare to pull it. "Is it... okay?"
"Don't talk yet." Han Cheng said, "Call me Prince brother."
Prince Brother is what Shen Liangzhao calls Ji Wenyao in private. Apart from Shen Liangzhao, no one else calls Ji Wenyao this way.
But he really felt a little uncomfortable letting Tong Juan shout in front of so many people.
"It's okay, relax and think of yourself as Shen Liangzhao." Wang Xinshu kindly encouraged Tong Juan when he saw that he was a little nervous.
Tong Juan took a deep breath, adjusted her expression, revealed her two dimples, and called out sweetly, "Brother Crown Prince."
His voice was originally a clear, boyish one, and he shouted these four words crisply.
Han Cheng and Wang Xinshu looked at each other and said, "Try to raise the ending tone a little and use a questioning tone."
Tong Juan obeyed and said, "Brother Crown Prince?"
Han Cheng smiled like an old father and nodded, "Not bad, not bad, that's the feeling."
…
At six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the official Weibo of "Zhao Yu Ling" was updated.
[Online drama Zhao Yu Ling v: I heard that the Shen family in Beijing is a good place.
Chen Zishan @ actor Xu Dongchen's wife @ Xue Nachen Liangxuan @ Wei Wenyechen Liangzhao @ OneSixth-Tong Juan]
A nine-square grid is also attached, which includes two makeup photos of each person and an official poster.
As a popular character in the book, Chen Liangzhao has his own attention, and netizens did not expect the crew to really find someone to play this role. After all, this kind of role is thankless, and book fans don’t care about the acting skills. As soon as they see the faces of most actors, they open the microphone first.
This time was the same. When I saw that the actor who played Chen Liangzhao was an unfamiliar name, I was already feeling mostly dissatisfied.
However, when they clicked on Tong Juan's makeup photo and saw that beautiful face, they were deeply surprised and felt it was strangely appropriate.
Bright facial features, thin body, delicate but not feminine, who the hell is this if not Shen Liangzhao?
So Tong Juan topped the trending search list again after a month.
Tong Juan is really popular.
With the broadcast of "Zhao Yu Ling", Chen Liangzhao, a character who only appeared for ten minutes in the whole drama, dominated the screen for more than a month with his smile under the peach tree.
Until the end of the TV series, Shen Liangzhao was still active in various editing videos, and his popularity was even greater than that of the drama. The CP super topic of the male lead Ji Wenyao and Shen Liangzhao was even more lively than the official super topic of the male and female protagonists.
Have you watched "Zhao Yu Ling"? It doesn't matter if you haven't watched it, as long as you like Shen Liangzhao, then we are friends!
Ji Ming did not expect that Tong Juan’s first play could achieve such results. This also strengthened his determination to train Tong Juan into a first-line star, so he had to pay more attention in selecting scripts.
However, good scripts are hard to come by, and when there were no good scripts, Ji Ming arranged acting lessons for Tong Juan. After all, Tong Juan was not from a professional background, and Shen Liangzhao was not a complicated character, so his outstanding appearance basically made up the majority of the situation. The most urgent task was to improve his own abilities.
At the end of the year, the four men who had been rooted in the school could finally come out and do activities. Tong Juan finally got rid of the status of an empty-nest elderly and had teammates again.
In December, OneSixth released their second album, "OneSixth", which has the same configuration as the one in May, but with a winter boyfriend style.
The new title song "Winter" is scheduled to debut at the New Year's Eve concert.
The New Year's Eve concert in City B was held outdoors. In the cold wind with a temperature of minus eleven or twelve degrees Celsius, five people wrapped in thick cotton-padded jackets performed three songs in the cold wind.
Although it was very cold outside, it was still very hot when moving. By the time of the last song "Call Me by Your Name", Tong Juan's neck was covered in sweat. He was a person who particularly hated sweating, so he simply unzipped his down jacket.
In order not to appear bloated, the five people wore tight-fitting short-sleeved shirts under their down jackets. They were very thin and almost outlined all the curves of their bodies.
Tong Juan was very hot, her skin was white with a hint of pink, and her slender waist caught the eyes of the audience.
After singing two songs in a row, everyone felt a little tired, so they dispersed to the side of the stage to interact with the audience.
Tong Juan and Pei Siran were standing on opposite sides of the stage, unable to see what the other was doing. Pei Siran turned around when he heard the screams from the audience and felt something was wrong. When he saw Tong Juan had taken off his coat, his smiling face darkened instantly. He walked over to Tong Juan and said, "Put on your clothes."
Tong Juan whispered: "It's hot..."
"That won't work either!"
Pei Siran picked up Tong Juan's folded clothes that were placed on the side of the stage and draped them over Tong Juan, wrapping him up like a big dumpling, "Just dance like this!"
Tong Juan: QAQ
After the last song, the five people’s schedule for this year also came to an end, and they began their rare New Year’s Day holiday.
"Tell me about your plans for the New Year." On the way back to the dormitory, Ji Ming took the opportunity to hold a small meeting. "Seven days off, is that okay?"
"Sure!!!" Wen Yu was so happy that he almost went crazy, "Brother Ming, I love you so much!"
"Don't try that." Ji Ming was unmoved. "Tell me when you're leaving and when you're coming back. The company will arrange a car to take you there. Be careful on the road."
Seven days off...
Tong Juan looked at the colorful lights outside the window, and heard the voices of Wen Yu and Shen Yuannan discussing what they would do after returning home.
He's going to do something.
Pei Siran was also very excited and subconsciously looked at Tong Juan. He saw his profile staring out the window in a daze. The light cast a beautiful outline on his face, but this handsome face looked a little lonely in the noisy car at this moment.
He opened his mouth, but in the end nothing came out.
Soon it was a few days before the New Year holiday. Tong Juan sent everyone in the house away, looked at the empty room, and collapsed on the sofa, feeling somewhat powerless.
[Xiaotong, it seems that we are the only two left today.]
[Okay, wait for me.] The system said and disappeared for a few seconds, [Okay, now go back to the main interface and take a look, I changed to a new Spring Festival skin!]
Tong Juan laughed, "You reminded me that we haven't put up the Spring Festival couplets at home yet."
Ji Ming had bought all these things before, but they had never had time to put them up. Now he is alone at home and has plenty of time to do it.
By the time he finished pasting the couplets, he had pasted paper-cuts on the doors of every room and hung small lanterns on the walls of the living room. He was so tired from climbing up and down that he was gasping for breath, but when he picked up his phone, he saw that less than half an hour had passed.
Tong Juan couldn't help but be stunned.
Is it so hard to be alone?
At this time last year, he was still recording a show with so many people. They made dumplings together and watched the Spring Festival Gala together. Thinking about it now, I actually miss them a little.
Although he said it was nothing, Tong Juan still felt a little uncomfortable.
In order to prevent the house from being too quiet, Tong Juan took out all the previous variety shows and watched them again, then stayed at home and did not forget to turn his mobile phone to silent mode, and deliberately replied to messages late, pretending to be very busy.
After a few days of laziness, New Year’s Eve arrived.
Tong Juan originally wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some vegetables to make dumplings, but he went too late and the supermarket was closed. Finally, Tong Juan found a small supermarket in the community and bought a bag of frozen dumplings there.
I had just finished cooking when Wen Yu called me.
"Brothers, what are you doing?"
Tong Juan didn't turn on the camera, only the voice, "I'm cooking dumplings."
"Why don't you turn on the camera?" Wen Yu asked.
"Don't look at me if you haven't washed your hair yet." Tong Juan said casually, and immediately changed the subject, "What kind of dumplings are you guys eating tonight?"
Wen Yu was indeed taken away.
After chatting for a few more minutes, Shen Yuannan had something to do, so the five of them dispersed.
Pei Siran felt something was wrong. When they were in school before, whenever Wen Yu posted a video, the camera would turn on even if Tong Juan was styling his hair. But why didn't it turn on today at home?
He immediately changed his clothes, said something to Pei's father and mother, and walked out the door.
His home was a little far from the dormitory, and there were not many cars on the road on New Year's Eve. After waiting on the road for more than ten minutes without seeing a taxi, Pei Siran decided to run over.
It sounds a bit crazy, but on New Year's Eve, with the temperature on the street more than ten degrees below zero, Pei Siran ran all the way to the dormitory building.
The light was on in that familiar window.
Unable to explain what he felt, Pei Siran supported his legs with his hands, panting exhaustedly. After a few minutes, he felt his breathing became easier, so he took out his cold cell phone from his down jacket pocket and called Tong Juan.
"Hello." The call was quickly connected, and the background noise from Tong Juan's end seemed a little quiet.
"Have you finished your meal?" Pei Siran asked.
Tong Juan said “hmm”.
"How is it? It should be a lively New Year celebration in your hometown."
"Yeah." Tong Juan's voice was a little floating. He didn't feel it himself, but people around him could hear it. This was how he lied. "There are too many people. I don't even want to go out."
"That's good." Pei Siran stared at the upstairs window and continued, "Did you lock the door when you left? Did you turn off the power?"
"I'm not a fool. Of course I won't make such a low-level mistake."
"Yeah, yeah, you're the smartest. Okay, I won't take up any more of your time. My little brother asked me to play hide-and-seek with him."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Wait a minute." Pei Siran said suddenly.
"What's wrong?"
"Happy New Year."
Tong Juan paused and said, "Happy New Year."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Siran put the phone back into his pocket and kept his hands in his pockets without moving.
After an unknown amount of time, Pei Siran stretched his arms and called Ji Ming.
"Brother, do you know what's going on at Tong Juan's home?"
Ji Ming was a little stunned by the question, "What's going on?"
"He didn't go home for the New Year, didn't you know?"
"He said he went to see his friends. Why didn't he leave?"
"friend?"
"The situation at Tong Juan's home is quite complicated." Ji Ming said, "It's not convenient for me to tell you. Just have an idea in your mind. Don't ask him in person."
"I know. I'm not stupid."
After a beep, the world returned to silence.
Occasionally the wind blows, bringing up a layer of snow that looks like fog.
Pei Siran had been standing outside for a long time and his feet were as cold as an ice cellar, but he didn't care at all and still looked up at the familiar glass window.
For a flower grower who has been wandering outside for a year, going home for the New Year should be his biggest hope, but Tong Juan doesn’t have that.
Either they have a home but cannot go back, or they are homeless. Obviously Tong Juan is not the first type, the company gave them seven days off, and sent them off a few days before the 30th, and even bought their tickets, so it is impossible that they cannot go home.
Pei Siran suddenly remembered this time last year, when they, a group of trainees, were all video chatting with their families. The entire studio was bustling with activity, except for Tong Juan, who was very quiet.
Tong Juan... Could it be that his relationship with his family is really that bad?
The New Year hasn't even ended yet, but he feels like he should grow up.
Work hard, make money hard, and then bring Tong Juan home this time next year.
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