The next day, work started as usual.

On the surface, the crew looked lively and bustling, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the atmosphere was indeed a little subtle. Lu Jiahong sat in his chair smoking, and he had been smoking from last night until now, and

he looked like he was irritated. When Xu Yan and Xiao Yuan arrived at the crew, they greeted everyone. Usually, they would raise their hands and say "Teacher Xu is here", but today only the script supervisor waved to him and asked him to put on makeup quickly.

Xiao Yuan held Xu Yan's down jacket and thermos cup, and followed behind Xu Yan, "Teacher Xu, the atmosphere is so down today..."

Xu Yan shook his head, obviously not surprised. It was a big deal for the crew to release the makeup photos, but the heat was dissipated by Xu Yan's incident. Netizens swarmed to eat the gossips one after another, such as Xu Yan imitating Liang Yisheng and Xu Yan's left ear disability. Lu Jiahong must be unhappy.

Even the number of people who scolded Xu Yan for not being worthy of playing Qingshu has decreased.

Xu Yan's studio released a trump card, and our Xu Yan just couldn't hear in his left ear. Netizens were at a loss with their keyboards in their pockets. They scolded Xu Yan under the makeup photos. It was a bit morally wrong to know that he was a disabled person. They definitely couldn't praise him for being a good match for the role of Qingshu.

Xu Yan felt guilty. The crew suffered a loss by mistake.

Xiao Yuan didn't have so many thoughts. She was still wondering, but as she pushed open the door of the dressing room, she heard the voice of a man inside.

"...It's so noisy. I told you that Xu Yan is not an easy person to deal with. You don't know what's wrong with you. Although this time..."

Xiao Yuan paused and increased the force to open the door. There was a "creaky" sound.

Zhang Yuan also turned his head and saw the two people at the door. He cleared his throat and closed his mouth. Xiao Yuan didn't look very happy, and his voice was very loud, "Brother Yi, you came here in person?"

Zhang Yuan was also Liang Yisheng's agent. He didn't have many opportunities to meet Xu Yan. He looked down on Xu Yan and Cheng Xinlu for always being in the open. He wore a pair of frameless glasses and looked decent, but he looked very ordinary when he stood next to Liang Yisheng and Xu Yan. His temperament was better than many people. After all, he had been Liang Yisheng's agent for a long time, and many people directly associated him with Liang Yisheng.

Zhang Yuanyi raised his hand to touch the glasses that had slid to the middle of his nose, "Well, follow and take a look. So many things happened when I didn't follow."

"What you said, if it wasn't a mistake in the studio, we..."

"Xiao Yuan." Xu Yan called her, and stood in front of Xiao Yuan to greet Zhang Yuanyi and Liang Yisheng, "Hello, good morning, Teacher Liang."

Liang Yisheng was wiping shadows on his face, so it was inconvenient for him to speak. He looked at Xu Yan sitting down through the mirror, and his eyes met Xu Yan's. When Zhang Yuanyi said that, his expression was indifferent. He didn't show any impatience or agree with it, as if he didn't hear it. It can be seen that Zhang Yuanyi often said this kind of words in front of Liang Yisheng, and he was not surprised.

Liang Yisheng's studio was also busy last night, clarifying that the interview about Xu Yan was released because of a staff error, and Xu Yan himself had no intention of appearing on camera, etc.

He didn't notice Xu Yan coming in at first, until Xiao Yuan spoke, and then he glanced at Zhang Yuanyi. Zhang Yuanyi's face fell, and he reached out to grab a cup of hot coffee on the table, and his tone of voice dropped, "Then you guys are busy first, I'm leaving first."

The makeup artist put away the brush, bent carefully and said, "Teacher Liang, it's done."

Liang Yisheng nodded.

His makeup was very simple, and he almost appeared without makeup. After Xu Yan sat on the chair, Liang Yisheng leaned against the wall next to him. There was no place to rest outside. There was only a small sofa and a small bench that Xu Yan "used", but he didn't like to sit there.

He didn't read the script, but just stared at his phone.

Liang Yisheng was still here. The makeup artist was stared at but still didn't dare to speak. Xu Yan had light dark circles under his eyes. She whispered, "Teacher Xu, I'll cover your dark circles. You should pay attention to rest. You only have dark circles after staying up late for one or two days. If you stay up late for a few more days, your skin will collapse."

Xu Yan nodded, "I know."

The dressing room was quiet. Liang Yisheng looked at his phone expressionlessly for a while and spoke first, "Don't mind it. He gets worse when there are too many things to do. He is getting more and more rude when he talks privately. It's a habit he has developed over the years."

Xu Yan said it was okay, but she knew in her heart that Liang Yisheng was actually saying this to the makeup artist. Zhang Yuan was indeed too talkative. After all, there was a makeup artist next to him. If she took it to heart and said something nonsense, it would be bad for Liang Yisheng. Zhang Yuanyi's attitude represents Liang Yisheng's attitude. Yesterday, because of a "show of affection" interview leaked from the studio, he complained behind the scenes that Xu Yan was not a good person and was not very decent.

Xiao Yuan sat next to him and tapped on the screen of her mobile phone. It was obvious that she was complaining to Cheng Xinlu.

Xu Yan's makeup is more complicated than Liang Yisheng's. After all, Qingshu is a native country kid. Xu Yan's skin is too good for Qingshu. This aspect needs some treatment. Liang Yisheng stood for a while, put away his mobile phone and left the dressing room.

The first intimate scene was filmed yesterday. It was Lu Jiahong who made the scenes in advance so that the two actors could better match each other. This method is very common in filming, especially if the two actors are not familiar with each other, the director will prepare a small intimate scene in advance to let the two get used to it.

Although everyone may think that the protagonists are a couple and do not need to get familiar with each other, after all, it is their first collaboration on the big screen, and no one thinks it is wrong to follow this process. Maybe it can allow the young couple to integrate into the role more with their own feelings.

Most of the filming is not based on the plot line, but more on the scene, weather and even the actors' schedule. Sometimes, if an actor is not available, all his scenes will be shot in advance. Another important time point in "Shadow" is Qingshu's hair. There is a scene in the movie where Wei Yuan cuts Qingshu's hair, so the scene with Qingshu's long hair had to be shot first.

The makeup artist sprayed some water on Xu Yan's hair. After Liang Yisheng left, she became more talkative and said with some regret: "Teacher Xu, your hair is in good condition. My hair will split no matter how many hair masks and essential oils I use. Are you going to cut it tonight?"

Xu Yan smiled, "It might be better to grow long hair for the first time. I have seen girls shave their heads and grow their hair again for the sake of hair quality. You can try it."

The makeup artist's eyes widened, indicating that Xu Yan's styling was finished, "Forget it, forget it, I am fine like this. You are very suitable for long hair. Will you consider long hair in the future?"

"If it is necessary for filming." Xu Yan replied.

The hair is going to be cut tonight, which means that the relationship between Qingshu and Wei Yuan is gradually becoming clear, and it also means that the gap between Qingshu and Wei Yuan is quietly growing.

Starting from this summer night, Wei Yuan smiled and used scissors to trim Qingshu's long hair bit by bit, just like pruning a tree. With each cut, the lush leaves and messy branches grow again in a more regular and more indistinguishable direction, and every tree eventually grows into the same appearance. Then

in the next late autumn and early winter, the branches stubbornly pull out again, the only one in the world, proudly welcoming the heavy snow.

The last day of Xu Yan's hair was about separation.

Wei Yuan's life in the village became stable. In Qingshu's eyes, this was incredible. People in the village had a hard time making a living. Most people made a living from crops. In order to have a full meal this year, a grandmother in her sixties had to go to the fields to do farm work at four in the morning. Few people chose to work in the city. Although they made more money, they were also more tired.

But Wei Yuan seemed to have endless money.

He went to the village tavern to buy wine, cigarettes, and peanuts to go with wine. He often went to the village restaurants where people held weddings or funerals to buy food to take home. He called cats and dogs and asked the children in the village how many people were in their families. He did these things every day.

It was like having superpowers.

Qingshu occasionally watched on TV in the tavern that there were some people in this world who had superpowers, who could fly and move to another city in an instant. For a long time, he thought Wei Yuan was that kind of person.

Wei Yuan laughed when he found out. Qingshu's eyes were really beautiful. Words like clean and pure are too cliché to describe him. When he says these things to you, you won't laugh at him for being stupid or think he's naive. You'll just think he's cute, a cuteness that makes you want to possess him.

Wei Yuan bought him a pack of QQ candies, cola flavored. Qingshu had never eaten them before and thought they were very precious and didn't want them. Wei Yuan showed him the watch on his wrist and said that this watch could buy a room full of QQ candies. It's not expensive for him, but you have to call me brother, okay?

Qingshu said he wanted to go back and think about it.

Wei Yuan wanted to laugh again. This kid, who has ever seen such a cute kid? You gave him a pack of QQ candies worth two yuan and asked him to call you brother, but he actually said he wanted to go back and think about it.

But Wei Yuan didn't know that "brother" meant family to Qingshu, and Qingshu had never had a family.

Qingshu ate the candy Wei Yuan bought for him, breathed Wei Yuan's secondhand smoke, and wore the leather jacket Wei Yuan threw to him, so warm. Slowly, he got to know another world, what a writer meant, and that the superpowers on TV were all fake. Those things on TV were written by writers, that is, people like Wei Yuan, and then made into TV.

No wonder Wei Yuan had endless money.

The stories he wrote shaped another world, and he actually believed them to be true. No wonder he had endless money.

Wei Yuan asked him, do you want to be the male lead?

Qingshu didn't understand this sentence. What is a male lead?

It's the people with superpowers you see on TV. They are the most powerful people in the world.

Can I? But I don’t have super powers, I am just me.

Of course you can, but you have to tell me all your stories, do you believe me? Qingshu.

I have two parents. The first one sold me to the second one, and they wanted to sell me out, so I ran away by myself. I don’t want to be sold out all the time. Qingshu looked at Wei Yuan defenselessly and said this, with attachment, dependence, and complete trust written in his eyes.

Wei Yuan suddenly felt scared.

Afraid of disappointment, afraid that he is destined to disappoint.

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It should be finished in a few chapters, and these two chapters will focus on sorting out the play within the play. I don’t know if everyone will find it confusing to handle it this way. In a short space, Mr. Xu Liang has to explain the play within the play clearly. The author’s ability is still insufficient! I hope you will tolerate me. I will work hard to improve! This