Chapter 274 Don’t make it too hard on yourself
The director was also dumbfounded. Chen Li had always left him with the impression of being very dedicated, serious and humble.
What happened today? I didn't blame her for not performing well.
Seeing that Sui Yu was about to speak again, Xiang Tian quickly said, "Okay, okay, A Li, you should take a rest first. Your hands are frozen red."
After he finished speaking, he asked the staff to clear the scene first and go back to the village to shoot the next scene.
Before leaving, Sui Yu glared at Chen Li fiercely, muttering unconvincedly, "It's inexplicable!"
Chen Li ignored her and walked to a rock by the river and stood there, staring blankly at the river flowing quietly in front of her. She didn't care about her frozen hands at all, but she felt very lost in her heart.
She suddenly became so angry just now. Although it was because Sui Yu touched her bottom line of not using a substitute, she was actually more angry with herself.
The feeling of powerlessness in performing in a field she was not good at made her a little restless today, and Sui Yu was very tactless. If it were in the past, Chen Li would definitely not argue with her, but today she did not control her emotions.
"Ali!"
At this time, Tan Yue ran over from not far away: "Why don't you go back? I see the director and the others have gone back!"
Chen Li came back to her senses, suppressed the emotions in her eyes, turned around and said, "It's okay, I just want to calm down."
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Tan Yue asked tentatively: "What's wrong? Didn't you perform well?"
Chen Li's expression was bitter as she pulled the corners of her lips into a wry smile: "It's not that I didn't act well, it's that I don't know how to act at all."
Tan Yue knew that Chen Li was filming a scene of washing clothes by the river today. For her, a child who grew up in the city, she probably had never washed clothes by hand, let alone scrubbing clothes with a stone slab by the river.
"Oh, no actor is omnipotent. I've even seen veteran actors with decades of experience crying on the set because they couldn't find the right rhythm for comedy!" Tan Yue said seriously.
Chen Li couldn't help but be shocked when she heard this: "Really?"
"Ah!" Tan Yue nodded, leaned closer and whispered, "That's it..."
Hearing the name, Shen Li's eyes widened: "Have you ever seen her cry?"
"I've seen this happen a lot when I was an extra," Tan Yue said, trying to comfort her. "So don't be too hard on yourself. Don't get stuck in a rut. You've only been in the industry for less than a year. How can you possibly perform to your satisfaction every time?"
This method of using real-life examples to comfort people is indeed effective. Chen Li felt relieved after hearing it.
As expected, she is always too stubborn when it comes to matters related to acting, but this is clearly not her character.
Just then, a girl in a flowery top and gray pants came towards the river carrying a basin of clothes.
Seeing Chen Li and Tan Yue from afar, the little girl stared at them curiously while walking to the stone slab on the other side.
Everyone knows that there is a film crew coming to the village to shoot a movie. At first, some people were curious and kept going to watch the fun. But after a few days, there were no more people coming to watch. After all, in the countryside, everyone from the elderly to the children has endless work to do every day.
The girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, and was very thin, but the basin of clothes that was sticking out of her head was held in her hands as if it were nothing.
Chen Li noticed the girl and her eyes were subconsciously drawn to her. She saw the girl skillfully pick up a black coat, wet it by waving it in the water, and then rub it on the stone slab.
She washed rhythmically, and with every rub, she could hear the sound of cloth rubbing against the stone.
Then she applied soap and continued to rub. After friction, the soap produced gray-black foam. The girl then threw the clothes into the river to wash them thoroughly. The clothes were washed clean quickly.
Chen Li was mesmerized by what she saw. This was exactly the effect she should have performed. Now, seeing it with her own eyes, she realized how clumsy and unnatural her performance was.
She instinctively raised her feet and walked towards the little girl. Seeing this, Tan Yue hurriedly followed.
The little girl felt someone approaching and couldn't help but stop what she was doing and looked back. There was no fear on her childish face, only curiosity. She looked at Chen Li and asked in a clear voice: "Sister, do you need help?"
She didn't know what her sister was going to do, but she thought that since her sister came to her side, she might need her help with something.
Seeing this, Chen Li smiled slightly, and simply walked to the girl and squatted down: "Sister wants to learn how to wash clothes from you, is that okay?"
"Washing clothes?" The little girl was a little surprised when she heard it, and looked at Chen Li with a puzzled look: "Do I need to learn to wash clothes? The girls in our village know how to do it."
"I see. Everyone in the city uses washing machines, right?"
Chen Li nodded: "Yes, so my sister doesn't know how to wash clothes on the slate with her hands, can you teach me?"
"Of course, it's actually very simple." The girl took out a piece of clothing from the wooden basin and handed it to Chen Li: "Sister, come with me, you will learn it in no time!"
So, Chen Li and the little girl learned to wash clothes by the river.
Tan Yue behind him took out his mobile phone at some point and recorded the whole scene.
In the village, Sui Yu sat in the yard outside the male actors' dressing room, wiping her tears and sobbing softly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Therefore, she quickly attracted the attention of several male actors. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, they couldn't just ignore her crying in the yard, so the boys came forward to comfort her.
"Do you think I'm kind? She's so unreasonable!"
"It's obvious that she didn't act well, so why is she taking her anger out on me?"
"Besides, it's not shameful to use a body double. If everyone were to look like her, all the body doubles would be out of a job!"
"Your kindness is truly misunderstood. I only wanted to help her because she's young and inexperienced."
Sui Yu seemed to be full of bitterness, crying and complaining.
"Okay, Sister Sui Yu, Chen Li definitely didn't mean it. She was upset because she couldn't perform well."
"Don't cry, Sister Sui Yu. If she doesn't appreciate it, then just leave her alone in the future."
"We're all in the same crew and will be working together later. Sister Sui Yu, don't bother with her."
The male actors all surrounded her, and some who thought there was nothing wrong with Sui Yu tried to comfort her, but some did not say anything. These few who did not say anything also gradually saw through Sui Yu's character after spending some time with her.
Some men can't tell that girls are pretending, they just don't want to expose her.
After a while, Sui Yu wiped her tears and stood up, still looking embarrassed and said: "I am just too disappointed. Normally, no matter how hard or difficult the filming is, I will not shed a single tear. Today, I really don't want to cry in front of you. I am really embarrassed."
(End of this chapter)
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