Chapter 29: Stuck
Time passed quickly as Lu Yuqi memorized her lines, lost weight, and ate nutritious meals. She became the perfect thin woman that Shang Kun wanted, with a somewhat morbid beauty.
Thanks to Shang Yi's funding, Shang Kun quickly contacted the film and television base and hotel, and prepared to start filming without stopping.
At the opening ceremony, Shang Kun prepared the best offerings and bought the thickest incense. He also asked Lu Yuqi to stand next to him and said that everything went smoothly because of Lu Yuqi. This was somewhat superstitious.
The male lead of Shang Kun's martial arts drama, Lu Yuqi, is also very familiar, he is Hu Xingchen, the male lead of Jin Ling Jing.
Hu Xingchen said that Director Shang was very kind to him and he felt the script was very good this time. He also wanted to do his best to fulfill Director Shang Kun's dream. Hu Xingchen whispered to Lu Yuqi that after filming this movie, no matter whether it was good or not, Director Shang would really retire this time.
Maybe Director Shang did not deliberately conceal this news. Looking at the entire crew, many of them are veteran actors and everyone is familiar with each other. The only newcomer here is Lu Yuqi.
"Okay, brother, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!" Hu Xingchen showed enough confidence to Lu Yuqi.
"What's the use of having you? We don't have many scenes together." Lu Yuqi rolled his eyes at Hu Xingchen.
Lu Yuqi has the most scenes with the Sixth Prince, who is also played by a new generation actor, Lin Feijie.
Netizens jokingly call him "Little Brother". Although he is not very old, he often plays roles of love, hate and passion. He has a fair and clean complexion and looks like a sesame dumpling at first glance.
Judging from his facial features, he is very similar to the Sixth Prince in the drama.
The little brother is very polite. He greets everyone he meets and keeps calling them Brother Xingchen and Brother Yuqi. At least in Lu Yuqi's eyes, he is more popular than Hu Xingchen.
Hu Xingchen himself has a somewhat eccentric personality, which is obviously different from the patient and ruthless prince in the play. However, when he puts on the costume and stands in front of the camera, he immediately becomes the ruthless and merciless prince. The speed of his role change makes Lu Yuqi admire him.
Hu Xingchen is worthy of being a child star. Not only is he not overshadowed when acting with veteran actors, he also performs with ease.
It is also obvious when acting with Lin Feijie that Hu Xingchen is more reserved, and the back and forth between the two of them is also very exciting.
Everything is going smoothly on the crew and the filming is progressing very quickly. However, when it came to Lu Yuqi, apart from the fighting scenes, the literary scenes were easily stuck. Lu Yuqi tried his best to keep up with the progress of the crew, but he still got stuck the most, which made him somewhat frustrated.
No one in the crew had any complaints about Lu Yuqi's inability to connect with the scenes or getting stuck. When they had free time, everyone gave Lu Yuqi some guidance or told him how to handle the situation.
Although Lu Yuqi's acting skills are a bit awkward and sometimes he can't keep up with the role, it's not because he has played it many times, but a big part of the reason is that his opponents' acting skills are too strong.
Because Lu Yuqi didn't get a role that day, Shangkun called for a cut. Lu Yuqi also walked to Shang Kun's side as usual, sat on a small stool beside him, and watched the replay of the previous scene on the monitor.
"There's progress, much better than before." Shang Kun did not scold Lu Yuqi but praised him instead.
"Ah, but I still get stuck the most." Lu Yuqi's voice was somewhat frustrated and unconfident.
"Well, to be honest, your role is not easy to play. I wanted to delete this role at first. You also read the ending. In fact, he is also a tragic character.
The character, the existence of this character, can explain a lot of things. ”
"So, you'll have to work harder and think more about it. You've already acted very well. Besides, your fighting scenes also save a lot of time. In comparison, it's actually not that much."
"Director Shang, are you afraid that I will stop acting and ruin your fortune?" Lu Yuqi had to think so. Shang Kun was simply too superstitious. Every day when filming starts, Lu Yuqi would say, "The shooting went smoothly today." Indeed, everything went smoothly except for him.
"What nonsense is this kid talking about?" Shang Kun did not answer Lu Yuqi's question directly at all.
Shang Kun was afraid that Lu Yuqi would say something else so he quickly sent him away and told him to go to the side and watch how the show would play out so that he could film Hu Xingchen's part.
Lu Yuqi took the script handed to him by Xiao Chen with a somewhat dejected look, and sat on a chair beside him. He had memorized the lines very well.
"Brother Lu, would you like something to drink?" Little Chenzi asked cautiously.
"No, I'm fine, don't worry." Lu Yuqi had noticed that because of his recent filming schedule, Xiao Chen was very cautious, fearing that he would offend Xiao Chen.
As if it excited him.
"Well, then Brother Lu, tell me what's the matter." Although Xiao Chen didn't know how to act, he followed Lu Yuqi in these few dramas. In fact, Lu Yuqi's acting skills have improved a lot, but there are too many good actors in this drama and he is outnumbered.
In the first few days after Lu Yuqi got stuck in the play, Xiao Chen was very worried and immediately contacted Liu Jiahe to explain the situation. Liu Jiahe was not as worried as last time and immediately flew over to see how Lu Yuqi was doing and to give him some advice.
Just tell Xiao Chen that this is a test for Lu Yuqi. After going through this, he will have a qualitative leap in acting.
Liu Jiahe was not completely reassured, so he called Lu Yuqi to discuss things. Only after he felt that there was no problem did he say this to Xiao Chen.
"Are you depressed again?" Shi Honghe, who played the minister in the play, moved a small stool and sat next to Lu Yuqi.
"Teacher Shi." Lu Yuqi greeted him with a dull voice: "Well, a little bit. You all acted too well. It got stuck when it came to me. Alas."
"How long have you been acting? How long have we been acting? There is no shortage of talented people in this circle, but there are more ordinary people who work hard."
"Um."
"You've also learned acting, right?"
"Well, I didn't learn it systematically. I just took acting classes at the company."
"Well, the courses in the company are all fast-track. Have you ever thought about going to film school to learn something?"
"Film school? Can someone like me go there? Isn't it possible to get in through exams?"
"Well, you can go and audit the class. Ask your agent to contact my assistant and get you a certificate for auditing. Then you can study hard." Shi Honghe gave Lu Yuqi a heavy blow with a nonchalant tone.
"Ah! This... Mr. Shi... Thank you so much."
"It's a small matter." Shi Honghe stroked his fake beard, "But if you want to audit, you have to wait until the filming of this play is finished."
"Yes, I know. Director Li introduced me to a teacher who performed a play at the Grand Theater and asked me to learn from him. My agent said that my acting skills are too poor now and I am not suitable."
"Well, your agent is right. You can audit the film school first, and then study there."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Shi."
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