Chapter 615 Filming Wrapped
Huang Feng was unaware that Lu Yanhe wanted to sign a contract with him.
When he learned that Lu Yanhe was about to finish filming and leave the "Tropical Rainy Season" crew, he, who had been jumping around on set and never stopped for a moment, suddenly became quiet, glancing at Lu Yanhe from time to time, as if he wanted to say something but didn't.
Lu Yanhe noticed his unusual behavior and initially thought something was wrong with Huang Feng. However, when he tried to go over and ask him, Huang Feng suddenly ran away, as if he were avoiding him.
Completely baffled, Lu Yanhe asked Wang Biao, "What have I done to offend him this time?"
That's how it is when you deal with kids; you never know what you did to upset them.
Wang Biao: "No, I don't think so."
He was completely baffled.
Qin Shulan answered Lu Yanhe's question, saying, "He's probably a little upset because you're about to leave the crew."
Lu Yanhe looked at Qin Shulan with a puzzled expression.
"ah?"
He didn't understand.
What emotion are you experiencing?
Are you reluctant to part with him? If you are, shouldn't you be trying to talk to him more? Why are you avoiding him?
At lunchtime, Lu Yanhe, carrying his tray, went straight to Huang Feng and sat down.
Huang Feng's face was full of questions, as he looked at Lu Yanhe with a puzzled expression.
Lu Yanhe asked, "You can't bear to part with me?"
Huang Feng immediately showed a look of disgust.
"How could that be?"
Lu Yanhe: "I don't think that's possible. But you suddenly started avoiding me today. I thought we had become friends. What did I do to offend you?"
Huang Feng pouted and said, "We've only known each other for a few days, how did we become friends?"
Lu Yanhe: "We acted together, and even played brothers in the play. How can we not be friends?"
Huang Feng, with a smug look on his face, said, "I have very high standards for my friends."
Lu Yanhe nodded: "I sensed it, but I'm going back to China soon. Are you sure I'm not your friend yet? If you don't think I'm your friend yet, does that mean we can't contact each other anymore?"
A moment of hesitation flashed across Huang Feng's face.
Lu Yanhe caught the momentary look of confusion on his face, and then laughed.
“Okay, even if you don’t consider me a friend, I already consider you a friend.” Lu Yanhe patted Huang Feng on the shoulder. “Your mother has my contact information. If you miss me or want to contact me for anything, you can contact me anytime.”
Huang Feng puffed out his cheeks.
Huang Fenglian gave Lu Yanhe a grateful smile.
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Chen Ziyan arrived in the afternoon.
She showed no signs of travel fatigue, walking in with a bright and energetic air. Dressed in a professional suit, she was capable, slender, and walked with a steady yet quick gait, as if she were in an office building.
This is a look that is rarely seen on film sets, so it attracts a lot of attention.
After everyone learned that she was Lu Yanhe's manager, they suddenly realized, "Oh, I see."
It's not surprising that Lu Yanhe's agent appeared in this kind of image.
However, many people in the crew didn't know what Chen Ziyan was there for.
They assumed that Chen Ziyan had come to take Lu Yanhe back.
At this moment, many people felt a pang of reluctance. To many of them, Lu Yanhe was a superstar from the world of fame and fortune they could only dream of entering. His arrival as an actor on set brought a dreamlike impact.
His dedication and superb acting skills were merely embellishments to his celebrity status. His arrival transformed their production crew into an international and prestigious one, bringing not only his performance but also a star aura. Now that he's leaving, the crew will return to its ordinary state.
When Lu Yanhe was about to film the last scene, everyone's emotions became even stronger.
Chen Ziyan and Yuan Hai stood behind Huang Tianlin, watching the monitor together.
In this scene, Lu Yanhe packs his things and leaves the house alone.
It is a major scene for Lu Yanhe, and also his solo performance.
Chen Ziyan is not worried about Lu Yanhe's acting skills at all, and believes that he will do a good job.
However, she did not expect that when Lu Yanhe began to make preparations, the film set suddenly fell silent and no one spoke.
In fact, most of the work that everyone was doing came to a standstill.
It seemed that everyone wanted to create a quiet and undisturbed environment for Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe sat alone in a chair, trying to calm himself down.
More than his preparations, Chen Ziyan is now concerned about the reactions of those around her.
Curious, she whispered to Wang Biao beside her, "Is everyone like this when Yan He is acting?"
Wang Biao shook his head: "It wasn't like this before."
Wang Biao added, "Everyone is very reluctant to part with Brother Lu."
Chen Ziyan nodded.
In this scene, Huang Tianlin handed the initiative over to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe can start whenever he's ready and wants to.
He did not intend to urge Lu Yanhe before this.
In the final scene, Huang Tianlin had to admit that Lu Yanhe never lowered his standards for himself; in fact, they were far higher than what he, as the director, expected of him.
Huang Tianlin wanted to hand over the initiative in the final scene to Lu Yanhe.
Because this scene also marks the first time Lu Yanhe makes a voluntary decision in the film: to leave this home.
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As a result, they filmed until evening, but the scene still wasn't approved.
Chen Ziyan was completely stunned.
She stood by and watched the whole thing, and felt that Lu Yanhe had actually acted well enough, so why didn't Huang Tianlin nod in approval?
If filming is finished today, Lu Yanhe can wrap up filming and then change his flight to go back to China tomorrow.
But looking at it this way, we'll have to keep filming tomorrow.
To Chen Ziyan's surprise, everyone else had an expression that seemed to take it all for granted and that it was perfectly normal.
Even Lu Yanhe had no objections.
This scene can't be filmed tonight.
The daylight was no longer sufficient for them to continue filming.
Lu Yanhe was able to return to the hotel to rest that evening.
Chen Ziyan accompanied Lu Yanhe to the car. Even though it was a short distance from the film set to the van, she couldn't help but ask, "Yanhe, is Huang Tianlin deliberately dragging your time out? To be honest, I think you've acted well enough. I don't understand why he's still not satisfied."
“That’s just how he is,” Lu Yanhe said. “Sister Ziyan, you can see from the footage he shot before that he has very high requirements for the shots and the visuals. Sometimes it’s the lighting that’s not right, sometimes it’s my performance that doesn’t meet his standards, and sometimes it might be for some other reason. Anyway, if you ask him why he’s not satisfied with any of the shots, he will tell you that he really has something he’s not satisfied with. He’s very picky, but the shots that he’s satisfied with are indeed better.”
Chen Ziyan looked suspicious.
She felt that what Lu Yanhe said was a bit too far-fetched.
Lu Yanhe didn't offer any further explanation.
Movies are something that cannot be fully explained in words.
Directors are so different. Many outstanding, world-class directors, when you talk about their work habits, you often hear crew members describe them as "eccentric," "tyrannical," or "perverted." But look at their final works. Despite those terrible accusations, their films are different from other movies. Their films bear their names and have a distinct personal style.
Often, a director who is easily understood on set means that his work is too simplistic or even superficial. On the other hand, a director who truly wants to create the perfect work in his mind will not be the kind of director who is easy to work with on set, regardless of his style. He will be a director who is very demanding, troublesome, and will frequently provoke his collaborators.
There's no way around it; pursuing perfection means having extremely high and numerous requirements, which may even be misunderstood by others.
If an art film director cannot reach this level, why would Lu Yanhe need to collaborate?
Or is he just playing a supporting role?
Therefore, Lu Yanhe never complained no matter how many takes were filmed.
He even trusted Huang Tianlin's judgment, so he was able to act freely and try out every performance he could think of.
Because he knew that Huang Tianlin would definitely find the best one from those materials.
Was there really no footage available this afternoon?
Lu Yanhe believed that if he really wanted to find it, he definitely could. As long as he lowered his perfectionist standards and looked for a 90-point shot, he definitely could.
But not.
If something can be better, then we shouldn't settle for less.
This is the attitude that Huang Tianlin displayed on the set of this movie.
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The next day, Lu Yanhe slept in late.
The scenes he didn't finish filming yesterday will continue to be filmed this afternoon.
You have to wait until after 3 p.m. for the first light of day, when there's a hint of twilight, but not the somber, gloomy color that's often created using computer graphics in movies.
Lu Yanhe ate breakfast easily, read a book, and calmed himself down.
Chen Ziyan didn't return at noon either. She had come this time to talk to several people who wanted to sign contracts.
After having lunch, Lu Yanhe began to clear his mind of distractions and get into the right mindset.
I started hypnotizing myself again.
Alright, let's put aside the identity of Lu Yanhe for now.
As he stepped out of the house and into the blazing sunlight, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a profound sense of sorrow.
It's true that he, as an actor, is facing the prospect of leaving the production team, but it's also false that, as the older brother in the play, he finally chooses to pack his bags and leave home after experiencing a family storm that feels like a typhoon.
Between reality and illusion, every scene that had unfolded in the past few days flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, as if he had experienced it once and then again.
Emotions accumulate, settle, and ferment.
Lu Yanhe got his makeup and hair done and then arrived at the scene.
He kept his eyes down the whole time, not looking at anyone, immersed in this feeling of being descended from the heavens.
Everyone on set quietly made way for him, so as not to disturb him.
When Huang Tianlin saw him arrive on set in this state, he didn't say a word and told everyone on set to get ready to start filming at any time.
He walked up to Lu Yanhe and asked, "Can we take pictures now?"
Lu Yanhe hummed in agreement.
Huang Tianlin nodded, then turned to look at the others and nodded as well.
Lu Yanhe went directly to his post and waited for Huang Tianlin's instructions.
He didn't care about the surrounding lighting, nor did he think about how the camera was actually shooting.
After a whole afternoon of filming yesterday, he had completely put all those technical details out of his mind.
He waited for Huang Tianlin to shout "Action," then stood in front of the bed, slung the large bag over his shoulder, paused for two seconds, turned around, and walked towards the door.
He stopped at the door and glanced at his brother's bed.
In Huang Tianlin's lens, this glance, bathed in the gentle afternoon sunlight, seems to be coated with a layer of lingering warmth, a serene stillness.
Standing behind the monitor, Chen Ziyan looked at Lu Yanhe on the screen at this moment and felt that Lu Yanhe in this state and in this appearance was as unfamiliar as a different person.
Lu Yanhe is right.
In Huang Tianlin's lens, he presented a side of himself that he had never shown in front of the camera before.
The sunlight at that moment was just right, allowing the most subtle emotions on his face to be revealed in minute detail, without being overexposed and causing the image to become unbalanced.
He's not the pretty boy in "Love Letter," nor the crazy fortune teller in "Three Mountains," nor the handsome guy in "Friends"... If Lu Yanhe hadn't become a star, and had followed his original life trajectory, perhaps he would have become what he is today.
Black, silent, hard, stubborn, yet with a hint of softness hidden in his eyes.
You want to hug him.
But you know he won't let you hug him.
Chen Ziyan never imagined that such a drama, such a character, would allow her to see Lu Yanhe's past twenty-odd years in just one scene, and yet it was more than just those twenty-odd years.
If a young person could experience a love that lasts a lifetime at first sight, it would probably be a kind of profoundness that isn't particularly deep.
(End of this chapter)
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