The man was dressed simply and low-key, but his noble temperament could not be concealed. He wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, and his eyes hidden under the lenses seemed to be naturally smiling.
It makes people feel good just by looking at it.
Zheng Anxing waved to him quickly and asked jokingly, "How come your Majesty is free to come here today?"
The other person was the actor who played Prince Cao Shijing in the movie, his name was Yuan Yifei.
Yuan Yifei walked closer with a smile, his eyes flicked towards Qin Li, and said, "I was idle at the hotel, so I came to check on General Song."
Qin Li looked as if he was about to laugh, and said, "The crew didn't schedule any scenes for you these past two days, and you seem to be having a very comfortable time."
Yuan Yifei raised his eyebrows and said, "Thank you, thank you. I have an easier life than you."
Ji Li sat in his seat and silently observed the person who came, and the content of the book automatically emerged in his mind - Yuan Yifei was one of the few actors who had both strength and popularity, and he had also won the Best Actor Award. Later, he collaborated with the protagonist Ji Yunqi on a movie, which led to the two of them becoming both mentor and friend.
Yuan Yifei noticed this gaze and shifted his eyes to Ji Li.
Zheng Anxing introduced him, "This is the actor who plays Song Zhao, Ji Li. Yifei, this kid has a talent for acting and has never been afraid to act with Qin Li. It's a pity that you two don't have a scene together this time."
After filming these scenes, Zheng Anxing liked Ji Li from the bottom of his heart, and when he saw the familiar actor, he immediately praised him.
Ji Li smiled slightly and stood up, "Hello, Teacher Yuan."
According to the original owner's current qualifications, he has to call everyone "teacher".
"Hello, I know you." Yuan Yifei nodded at him.
"...know me?" Ji Li didn't understand.
"I heard from the staff this morning that a new actor has come. He acted with Qin Li in one take last night."
Yuan Yifei glanced at the screenwriter who was traveling with him, "Sister Fang and I are very curious. We saw your role was on the notice this morning, so we decided to come over and take a look."
Qin Li took a sip of the water handed to him by his assistant and said with a smile, "Is it possible that you are not here to visit me at work, but to see Ji Li?"
"Why, are you jealous?" Yuan Yifei asked.
Before this movie, he and Qin Li had worked together twice. The two were already old friends and could make any jokes together.
Qin Li said slowly, "Then you can go."
The crew members saw the two people's joking interaction and burst into laughter, and Ji Li also curled his lips.
Zheng Anxing said, "Yifei, you and Teacher Chen Fang have come at the right time. Our end will be the highlight of the Song brothers."
This is also the last scene of the character Song Zhao.
Ji Li thought of the complexity of the next scene and wanted to leave enough time to prepare his emotions. "Director, if there's nothing else, I'll go and rest first."
"Well, go ahead. There's still time before the next scene." Zheng Anxing said.
Ji Li nodded politely to Qin Li and Yuan Yifei, then picked up his small backpack and left.
It was not until the other person's back disappeared at the door that Qin Li looked at Yuan Yifei and said, "Would you like to sit in my RV for a while?"
"OK."
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Forty minutes later, the filming location moved to the street outside the restaurant.
After filling his stomach, Song Zhaoji was concerned about his fellow beggars at the city gate, so Song Yi specially ordered the restaurant to make some simple noodles and food, and delivered them to the beggar refugees with his brother.
What was unexpected was that there were a few assassins mixed in with this group of beggars. At the critical moment, Song Zhao stood in front of Song Yi without hesitation and stabbed the sharp dagger into his heart.
The plot is simple, but it is really difficult to act.
Having known each other for less than a day, they had to face separation of life and death. The emotions that the two brothers showed in their final farewell were very touching. If one of Ji Li and Qin Li couldn't keep up with the mood, this plot would be ruined.
Zheng Anxing was afraid of over-exerting the actors' emotions, so he only let them rehearse the scene once before officially starting filming. Ji Li closed his eyes and had to repeatedly imagine the opportunity for every emotional point in his mind.
"Are you nervous?" Qin Li asked from the side.
Ji Li looked over and answered irrelevantly, "Teacher Qin Li, do you believe me?"
A good rivalry is never the result of unilateral efforts. In addition to playing their own roles well, actors must also convey and influence the appropriate emotions to the other actors.
Ji Li never doubted the excellent acting skills of actor Qin Li, but he was afraid that the other party would not believe in him as a new actor.
Before Qin Li could answer, the prop master came up with a prepared blood bag, "Ji Li, here you go."
"Okay, everyone get ready." Zheng Anxing shouted.
Ji Li shifted his gaze and quickly contained the small amount of blood at the bottom of his tongue.
Not far away, Yuan Yifei and screenwriter Chen Fang were already sitting in front of the monitor, planning to take a good look at the next highlight.
Soon, the filming began——
Song Yi was walking behind carrying a cloth bag of food, while Song Zhao was walking in front. He would turn around from time to time and distribute the steamed buns in the bag to beggars along the street.
"Second Grandfather, this is my brother!"
"Brother Aqiao, I found my relatives."
Whenever Song Zhao, played by Ji Li, sees a beggar he knows, he will introduce him to the beggar happily. Qin Li stood behind him, the smile on his lips never loosening from beginning to end.
Qin Li put away the empty cloth bag and said gently, "Zhao'er, it's getting late. We have to go back."
He had important business to attend to and could not stay on the street for long. If the other person likes you, you can spend time with him every day after he resigns, and it doesn’t matter how much time you spend with him.
"Okay." Ji Li responded, split the bun in his hand in half, and handed it over obediently, "Brother, let's eat while we walk."
Qin Li lowered his eyes with a smile, and before he reached out to take it, Ji Li's expression changed from joy to horror, and he suddenly pushed the man in front of him away.
The sharp blade broke through the wind, rushing straight into his heart with fierce murderous intent.
The blood bag that had been hidden in his clothes was pierced by the prop knife, splattering everywhere and landing on his face.
The next second, Qin Li reacted and kicked the leading assassin away. The subordinates lurking around rushed out and the surroundings immediately turned into a melee.
Qin Li had no intention of paying attention to the noise around him, and his usually calm eyes trembled violently.
Ji Li wiped the warmth off his face hastily and forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "Brother, I..."
He bit the bloody spot under his tongue and fell backwards with his whole body trembling.
Qin Li quickly stopped him, pressing his throbbing palm tightly against the bloody hole in his brother's chest. "Zhao'er, don't be afraid. I'll take you to find a military doctor. Hold on, I'll take you there right away!"
In just a few words, Qin Li's eyes had turned red, and fear and murderous intent were suppressed deep in his pupils.
Everyone in front of the monitor was stunned by the man's change of emotions, staring at Ji Li's next reaction without daring to make a sound.
Song Zhao's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably due to the excruciating pain. The accumulated tears wet his eyelashes, making him look extremely fragile. He grabbed the other's clothes tightly with his bloodstained hands and said with affection, "Brother..."
He was very scared. He didn't want to die. He didn't want to leave his brother alone in this world.
"Are you...are you...hurt?" Broken breath and blood leaked out bit by bit from between the teeth, so light that it seemed as if it would dissipate with the wind in the next second.
"I'm fine." Qin Li gritted his teeth and squeezed out the answer.
The eyes of the person in his arms gradually dimmed, and he knew that he could no longer keep his Zhao'er.
His hands, which were used to holding swords, could not stop shaking. He stroked his brother's back tenderly, again and again, "I know you are tired. Go to sleep if you want. Brother will accompany you."
Ji Li tilted his head slightly towards Qin Li's arms, and said in a barely audible voice, "Brother, I still want to... I still want to eat the grapefruit you picked."
"Okay, I will pick it for you."
"Brother, Zhao'er..." I can't bear to leave you.
The last few words will never be uttered.
Song Zhaoqiang's eyelids, which were held open tightly, suddenly drooped. At the last moment of his life, he died in the arms of his loved ones.
…
The script supervisor Cheng Yin wiped away her tears in embarrassment, feeling so miserable at the scene.
Why must the cute little Song Zhao die! His wish is obviously very simple! Wouldn’t it be better to let him go back to his hometown with his brother?
What a broken ending! What a 'rubbish' screenwriter!
Cheng Yin was so angry that she glared at the screenwriter Chen Fang beside her, only to find that the other person also had red eyes and looked like she was about to cry.
Chen Fang stared at the two brothers on the monitor and suddenly regretted the ending she had written. When she was writing the story, she thought it would be sad, but she never thought it would be so sad when it was filmed!
In the original plot, Cao Shijing, who ascended the throne, was afraid that Song Yi would become more powerful than him, so he wanted to kill him. These assassins were sent by him to kill the former.
After the assassination attempt failed and was exposed, the relationship between the monarch and his minister reached a freezing point.
Chen Fang always felt that the reason for the "breakdown of the relationship between the monarch and his subjects" in the original book was too simple, so she picked out the character Song Zhao from the original book separately.
Unlike the brief three lines in the book, she expanded Song Zhao's roles into several concise but important scenes.
For Song Yi, the two brothers had just recognized each other when his younger brother died to protect him, and the assassin was sent by the king whom he trusted the most!
Only such an opportunity can create the character's dark attributes.
When Chen Fang saw many staff members secretly wiping away tears at the scene, she knew that this original plot was right!
However, after the movie is released, she may receive razor blades sent by netizens.
The camera slowly moved down and landed on the bloody steamed bun on the ground. That was the last thing Song Zhao left to his brother Song Yi before his death. It was his treasured chance to survive.
Zheng Anxing finally called out "Cut", and for the first time the filming site was completely silent after the call to stop.
The assistant behind Yuan Yifei cried and said, "Teacher Qin acted really well. Ji Li is a new actor, but he made her so immersed in the role. It's so touching."
"...the opposite." Yuan Yifei looked at the two figures on the monitor, his eyes full of surprise.
Ji Li was still lying in Qin Li's arms without getting up. He covered his face with his hands, obviously trying to calm down. And Qin Li actually stopped the staff from coming forward for the first time, and his expression was not relaxed either.
"Brother Yuan, what's wrong?" the assistant asked in confusion.
Zheng Anxing understood, and said to Yuan Yifei, "You noticed it too? This kid is incredibly talented."
What's wrong?
Of course the assistant said it the other way around.
It was not Qin Li who brought Ji Li into the play, but Ji Li who brought Qin Li into the play.
Different from Ji Li's immersive acting style, Qin Li is a graduate of a professional school and has typical expressionist acting skills.
In the eyes of actors like Qin Li, external conditions and sound conditions are their performance tools, and actors must use these tools skillfully. [*]
Just like a sculptor and the clay in their hands, actors should have the greatest freedom to shape their own characters as they wish, rather than being controlled by the work and the role. [*]
So every time the filming is over, Qin Li can withdraw from the role cleanly and neatly as if nothing happened.
Looking at the entire entertainment industry, Yuan Yifei and Qin Li have had the most rival scenes together, and this is the first time he has seen the other person in this state.
"Director Zheng, do you think he discovered it himself?" Yuan Yifei asked.
Zheng Anxing thought for a moment and replied, "He should have noticed it from the beginning."
From the three seconds of eye contact during the first meeting yesterday, which was out of the script, to the complete immersion in the assassination scene today, no one knows his own situation better than Qin Li at this moment.
"Are you feeling better?" Qin Li looked at the person in his arms with red eyes and asked in a hoarse voice.
Ji Li sat up sullenly and answered irrelevantly, "...I want to fight the screenwriter."
"Get up, I'll go fight with you." Qin Li said unexpectedly.
The two got up from the ground and walked back to the filming and surveillance area together.
From a distance, Ji Li heard Yuan Yifei pestering the screenwriter, "Sister Fang, can you find a way to add a scene for Ji Li and me?"
He also wanted to experience Ji Li's terrifying acting talent, so he clenched his fist!
Chen Fang, who was standing beside him, didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Your Majesty, these characters were killed by the assassins you sent out. How do you want me to add them?"
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[*]The term Expressionism comes from the 19th century French actor Coglan. (To put it simply, Jili pursues "turning himself into a character", while Lige pursues "freely shaping his own character")
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