Qin Li quickly caught up with Ji Li.
The other party clearly heard his footsteps, but did not stop. Instead, he walked faster and faster like a child.
"Wait." Qin Li pulled his arm helplessly, "Ji Li."
Ji Li let out a sigh of relief with his back to him, then turned around dejectedly.
Qin Li met his eyes that seemed to want to cry but couldn't. Even though he knew that the other party had not yet gotten over the drama, his heart still trembled.
"Brother Li, don't worry about me, I'm really fine." Ji Li had often encountered this situation when filming before. His previous agents and directors all laughed at him for being a drama addict.
Originally, he had filmed more scenes and was able to quickly adapt to the ups and downs of some roles, but since he replaced the original owner, this "empathy" ability seemed to have inexplicably become much stronger.
This was the case with Song Zhao and Xie Yan... Whenever he had to perform such a dramatic turning point, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Ji Li gritted his teeth and said, "I just need to be alone and quiet, and I'll be able to get out of the play soon."
But before he could finish his words, he was pulled into the other person's arms.
Ji Li was startled by the strange yet warm embrace - the man's arms were very strong and held him tightly in his arms.
Suddenly, Ji Li seemed to be able to hear the other person's strong heartbeat. Before he could react, he felt someone patting his neck lightly.
The man chuckled and apologized, "I apologize to your Xie Yan on behalf of Xie Chenyuan. Don't be sad, okay? You know, Uncle Wang has his own things to bear."
Qin Li’s voice is very nice, with a sense of favor that is different from the character.
"...I know, but he just made Xie Yan sad." Ji Li finally came to his senses and responded with a snort.
He pulled out of the man's arms, his cheeks slightly flushed.
Qin Li saw the clarity in his eyes and felt relieved. He rarely acted like a senior and warned, "Ji Li, acting is acting, you can't empathize too deeply with the character like this."
It's easy to get into trouble.
Ji Li, who was used to it, suddenly felt a little guilty at this moment. He covered his lips and said vaguely, "...I'll be fine after eating some ice cream."
Qin Li was left at a loss for words by his answer. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw his beloved dog, the Major General, suddenly rushing towards him from the corner.
"Ah!" The major general spun his tail wildly and pounced directly on Qin Li.
Qin Li was caught off guard by the dog's sudden attack and took two steps back. He quickly rubbed the dog's head and said, "Be quiet and sit down!"
The major general uttered a whimper, then immediately squatted down obediently at his feet.
Qi An came around the corner a little late, panting, "I'm telling you, your major general is getting more and more restless. Taking him for a walk can make me exhausted."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say." Qin Li said.
"German Shepherds like Major General are usually full of energy." Ji Li added casually, bending down and rubbing the dog, "Major General, long time no see."
The major general recognized Ji Li's scent and rubbed the young man's palm in a flattering manner.
"Meow~"
Suddenly, another cat's meow was heard. The major general immediately pricked up his ears and after confirming the direction, he went straight to Ji Li's lounge.
Ji Li remembered Xue Bing who was still in the lounge and hurried to follow him. He was originally worried that the cat and dog would fight when they met, but when he walked in he saw—
Xuebing was seen standing there alertly, while the major general lay completely limp beside the former, rubbing the cat's paws with his nose in an extremely flattering manner.
Xuebing stared with his big eyes blinking, then he raised his pink front paw and placed it on the major general's nose with a "click".
"Is it the cat that the major general brought back last time?" Qin Li walked closer and easily identified it.
"Well, I couldn't bear to send it to a pet shop, so I just kept it myself and named it Xuebing." Ji Li said.
Qi An also came closer to watch the fun, "It's really well raised. It's a white long-haired cat. I couldn't tell at the time because it was too young."
While the three were talking, the major general had already lifted Xue Bing into his arms and was licking his fur with his tongue. Xuebing was served so warmly that he was so comfortable that he didn't struggle at all.
"They seem to be destined to be together. Why don't we just pair them up?" Qi An said jokingly.
"Xuebing is also a boy." Ji Li smiled and invited the two to his lounge. "Brother Li, come in and sit down. Let them stay and play for a while."
The lounge arranged by the crew is not open to outsiders, so the privacy is quite good.
Qin Li nodded, his eyes inadvertently falling on the script on the table.
Ji Li poured water for the two of them. As soon as he turned around, he noticed Qin Li's gaze, "Brother Li?"
The TV series is about to be completed. Ji Li just got the movie script yesterday and brought it to the crew today, intending to take time to go over it again from the beginning.
Qin Li asked straight to the point, "Is this your next job?"
"Yes, I'm the third male lead in the movie. Sister Yu has already signed the contract for me, and I will join the crew in the middle of next month." Ji Li told the truth.
Qi An glanced at the names of the director and screenwriter on the cover, and frowned slightly. He couldn't help but ask, "Why would Sister Yu sign this kind of resource for you? I have some impression of this director, but this screenwriter..."
Unheard of.
After saying that, he glanced at his friend.
Brokers like them who have been immersed in the "sea of resources" for many years have some understanding of people from all walks of life. It’s okay that the film director is a minor figure, but I’ve never even heard of the screenwriter.
Are such resources reliable?
Qin Li met his gaze and remained silent, but he also had some doubts about this movie resource.
With a young man's talent and qualifications, it is really a waste of his talents to spend time polishing his skills in such low-budget movies.
"Mr. Qi, don't underestimate this screenwriter. I think the quality of this movie script is very high, and the narrative angle is also very novel." Ji Li took a sip of water and admitted frankly, "Although the investment is a bit small, I really went for the movie script."
"As a newcomer, I can't expect to get both big investment and good scripts all at once. It's enough for me to choose one of the two."
When Ji Li talked about the quality of the script, the gleam in his eyes was hard to ignore.
Good script?
Qin Li was aroused by his curiosity and thought for two seconds, "Ji Li, do you mind if I take a look at your script?"
"Of course it's okay." Ji Li generously handed over the script in front of him.
Although he had signed an actor's contract and was obliged to keep the contents of the script confidential and prohibit leaking them, he was completely relieved because the person who asked to read the script was Qin Li.
Given the other party's actor's character, he would not do anything "out of line" that would harm his interests.
Qin Li opened the first page of the script and paid special attention to the "third male" mentioned by Ji Li, and then read the main text.
Qi An was not surprised by his seriousness and continued to chat with Ji Li.
About twenty minutes later, Yu Fuya came in with her styling team. "Ji Li, are you feeling better? We need to start preparing for the next scene."
Baozi was shocked when he saw the cat and dog on the ground, "Oh my, why did our brother Bing get licked like this?"
When Ji Li and the others heard this, they all looked over at the same time -
Xuebing was still nestled in the major general's arms, but the hair all over his body was wet from being licked, and he was almost drowned in the major general's "friendly" saliva.
Qin Li was stunned for two seconds, and couldn't help laughing, "Sorry, this dog is messing around again."
"It doesn't matter." Ji Li also found it interesting.
Qin Li handed the script back and stood up. "We'll go back first. Get ready. See you later."
They also have a scene together, which was scheduled by the crew for this evening.
"good."
The major general was called up unwillingly by Qin Li, and before leaving, he nudged Snow Cake affectionately with his dog nose.
The latter licked its mouth in return, and the major general wagged his tail with joy, then happily followed back behind his master.
Qi An joked as he walked, "Our major general is amazing. He picked up a beggar kitten and they became lovers the second time they met?"
"What nonsense are you talking about." Qin Li glanced at him and got down to business. "Please help me contact the executive of the movie and get the complete script for me to see."
Qi An was shocked. "You don't want to act in it, do you? Qin Li, don't be blindly impulsive just because Ji Li said the script is good."
"I'm already this age, how could I be so impulsive as to act in a youth movie?" Qin Li retorted, patting his friend on the shoulder and saying, "I just read a little bit of the opening, and the content is pretty good. If the full version of the script is suitable, we at Lixing can invest some money appropriately."
As long as the investment is in place, and the early actors and later publicity are suitable, youth films will have a certain niche market.
Within a reasonable investment range, you can make a profit as long as you don't lose money.
Qi An is not only a qualified broker, but also an excellent and shrewd businessman. He quickly understood what his friend meant and nodded, "Okay, I'll go ask later."
"Um."
…
The two scenes that Qin Li and Ji Li have already completed were both memories from five years ago, and the content shot in the afternoon returned to the normal time point.
After the Xuan family was wiped out, the male protagonist Xuan Ming became estranged from other people and disappeared for a long time. Under Xie Yan's deliberate misleading, the heroine and others directed the blame for the murder on the empress dowager and the eunuchs beside her in the deep palace.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Xie Yan secretly summoned his men and planned to enter the palace to kill the dog emperor and the empress dowager.
What he didn't know was that the male and female protagonists had already secretly resolved the misunderstanding and found evidence that Xie Yan was committing evil and colluding with the enemy country.
The two acted separately. The male protagonist exposed Xie Yan's crimes in front of the emperor and the empress dowager, and worked with the palace guards to set a trap. The female protagonist pretended to enter the palace to "assassinate" the empress dowager, and used skills to lure Xie Yan and others to accompany her into the palace.
Finally, the two groups collided, and Xie Yan, who had been disguised for a long time, revealed his true face.
The male protagonist's halo is always useful.
Xie Yan's men were beaten back to pieces, and he was also unable to withstand the siege of the crowd. He was seriously injured but he fought back stubbornly with his determination, but he disappeared in front of everyone...
At six o'clock in the evening, the busyness on the set continued.
Ji Li put on his last set of roles, and with mixed feelings he touched every bloodstained "torn" sword edge on his clothes. Not only that, even his inner clothes and exposed skin were filled in one by one by the attentive crew members.
According to the description in the script, Xie Yan, who was surrounded and attacked, had wounds all over his body and was almost turned into a bloody man.
Ji Li stood outside the bedroom, looking at Qin Li who was also preparing inside the bedroom, and sighed slightly.
In the script, everyone thought that Xie Yan was struggling to escape and wanted to wait for the next opportunity to make a comeback. They didn't want to give such a villain any chance of survival, so they searched every corner.
But they were all wrong.
From the very beginning, Xie Yan never thought about escaping, or even about living. He just wanted to die beside Xie Chenyuan, even if he could only see the other's cold and disgusted eyes before he died.
Not far away, Yao Chuan shouted with a megaphone, "Ji Li, are you feeling okay?"
When Ji Li came back to his senses, he found that all the staff around him had cleared the area and left.
He temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his mind, made an 'OK' gesture to Yao Chuan and others, and immediately walked to the designated shooting position.
In just thirty seconds, Yao Chuan's 'Action' sounded.
Xie Yan covered the bleeding hole in his chest, his steps became hurried and shaky, as if he would collapse completely at any moment. He took one step at a time and finally arrived at the palace he had been thinking about day and night.
The secret passage that he accidentally discovered that year had not been sealed yet, so he was able to escape the pursuit of everyone and temporarily flee here.
Since Xie Chenyuan became what people call the 'Prince Regent', he has been living in this Qingxin Palace.
The tightly closed palace door at this moment added an invisible layer of obstacle to Xie Yan's heart. His steps suddenly stopped and he hesitated at the door of the bedroom.
When Yao Chuan saw this scene, he straightened up involuntarily——
Ji Li raised his right hand but did not push the door directly like he did during the audition. Instead, he paused in mid-air and hesitated for two or three seconds.
Then, he began to wipe the blood off his face and tidy up his messy hair non-stop and desperately, trying to regain his former clean appearance.
It’s a pity that things are getting worse and worse.
Xie Yan stared at his blood-stained palms, took two steps back ridiculously and pathetically, and two tears fell unexpectedly.
This series of actions is so wonderful! Moreover, the cameraman also gave a close-up very tactfully!
Xie Yan did not cry when he was surrounded and attacked; he did not cry when he was seriously injured. And now, he was standing in front of Xie Chenyuan's bedroom, looking at the familiar blood in his palm, and suddenly he was completely overwhelmed.
Screenwriter Fang Zhixing knew that tonight was the final scene for Ji Li, so he rushed to the shooting site. But he didn't expect that the young man's actions, which were out of the script, would instantly fill up the character's psychology and metaphors.
Yes, deep in Xie Yan's heart, he has become a villain with sins on his hands. How should he face his former uncle Wang?
The night is cold, and people’s hearts are even colder.
The melodious sound of the piano came from the bedroom. It was the song that Xie Chenyuan had played for him since he was a child. Xie Yan was stunned. The doubts and grievances that had accumulated in his heart for many years finally burst out like a mountain torrent.
"Why on earth did you betray me!"
"Why on earth do you not want me anymore?"
"Why on earth did you leave me alone?"
Ji Li's explosive power was terrifying, and his heart-wrenching questioning made everyone on the set feel heartbroken. Many staff members who had read the original novel and understood the plot were moved to tears on the spot.
"Uncle Wang, why are you..." Ji Li spoke with tears in his eyes, his chest heaving violently, and his tone trembled and became weaker, "Why don't you want me?"
"Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
Before the sound of the voice faded away, he staggered twice and fell to one side, exhausted.
Outside the studio, Baozi was terrified, angry and anxious. "Brother Ji is like this again! If he falls down like this, it will be strange if he doesn't get bruises all over his body!"
"Prepare the medicine in advance. This child really cares more about acting than his life." Yu Fuya shook her head, tears flashing in her eyes.
After so many years of watching dramas on set, she seemed to be brought into the play for the first time.
Xie Yan used all his strength to crawl to the door, and his stretched fingertips tried to push open the heavy door again and again, "...Uncle Wang."
"Can you look at me again? Can you let Yan'er look at you again..."
Tears and blood were intertwined on his face, and the pleas that came out became less and less.
Finally, footsteps were heard from the inside.
The heavy door was opened, Xie Yan raised his eyes tremblingly, and the figure of that person finally appeared in his distracted vision.
He carefully hooked the black hem and smiled a long-lost childish smile, "Uncle Wang."
The bloody hand fell to the ground and finally stopped moving.
Xie Yan is dead.
He died in the last look that he thought was given to him by Xie Chenyuan.
Little did he know that the moment Xie Chenyuan died, his eyes were filled with a blood-red of sadness and helplessness.
He squatted down, stretched out his hands that had long been cut by the strings, and patted Xie Yan's neck again and again, just like he did in the past.
"Yan'er."
The whisper, as light as the wind, was suppressed by a burst of chaotic footsteps.
…
The huge set was so quiet that even the sound of a pin drop could be heard. Everyone was caught up in this doomed tragic ending and could hardly recover.
This play can no longer be judged solely by the actors' acting skills.
Because Ji Li completely brought to life the core of Xie Yan.
It was not until this time that everyone understood how true the original author's words, 'Follow one person for a lifetime, love and hate one person for a lifetime', were.
It was Xie Chenyuan who protected the infant Xie Yan, brought him up and taught him everything.
Xie Yan has him in his heart, and follows him voluntarily, wanting to become strong and protect him. But in the end, he was the one who made Xie Yan unable to get the love he wanted, and he was also the one who made Xie Yan deeply hurt.
Even in the final death, the former rushed towards him like a moth to a flame.
As the director, Yao Chuan was the first to react.
He didn't want to miss this kind of atmosphere, and without giving the actors any time to buffer, he picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Everyone get ready, next scene is coming soon!"
Xu Miaomiao, who was watching from the sidelines, wiped away her tears and quickly regained her composure.
Even Zhou Qingming took a long breath, and with difficulty took his gaze away from Ji Li, brewing his emotions.
The next scene can be regarded as a "confession" -
When the male and female protagonists brought their people to the scene, they happened to see Xie Chenyuan holding up Xie Yan's body. The guards sent by the Queen Mother refused to give in and insisted on conveying the Queen Mother's oral order, and that they would not be at peace until Xie Yan was cut into pieces.
As a result, they were unexpectedly killed by the troops secretly deployed by the Regent, leaving only the male and female protagonists.
The heroine Xiao Ke'er, played by Xu Miaomiao, is the daughter of an official. She has heard a little about the affairs of this uncle and nephew in the past two days. She has endured it again and again, but finally she boldly asked the doubts in her heart.
Xie Chenyuan invited them into the hall and told them the absurd and sad truth that happened many years ago.
The late emperor had always suspected that Xie Yan was not his biological son, so he secretly poisoned him several times through the Queen. However, Xie Yan was secretly protected by Xie Chenyuan, so he not only grew up safely, but also won the hearts of civil and military officials.
The late emperor never let go of his suspicion of Xie Yan until his death.
At that time, at the instigation of the Empress Dowager, now the Empress Dowager, he pretended to issue an imperial decree for Xie Yan to succeed to the throne, but secretly wrote two personal edicts.
One was the true decree to establish the eleventh prince as the crown prince, while the other was an imperial edict accusing the ninth prince Xie Yan of "killing his father and ascending the throne" in an unjustified manner.
The late emperor sent his personal eunuch out of the palace with the imperial edict of acquittal and handed him over to a secret guard that he had trained in his early years.
Once Xie Yan ascends the throne, this edict of acquittal will be made public, and the secret guards will sneak into the palace quietly and kill Xie Yan.
Xie Chenyuan had heard about how powerful that secret guard was. He didn't want to risk Xie Yan's life, and he didn't want him to be scolded by the people of the world.
Therefore, he pretended to agree to cooperate with the Queen, and took the opportunity to send Xie Yan out of this "cannibalistic" palace under the name of "house arrest".
The "Regent" as people called it was actually a cover-up method used by the Queen to threaten and put Xie Chenyuan under house arrest.
Xie Chenyuan naturally would not allow himself to be controlled by this woman. During the past five years, he seemed to be staying in the palace to assist the emperor, but in fact he had been searching for the will and the secret guards, wanting to completely help Xie Yan eliminate all worries.
The five-year period is about to end, the secret guards have been eliminated and the will has been destroyed.
It’s a pity that there is a gap between people’s hearts. Xie Yan was hurt too deeply by him and hid it too deeply. By the time he realized what the former had done in the past five years, it was too late.
This country belongs to the Xie family, the common people are innocent, and Xie Chenyuan has no way to protect him. It’s not that he didn’t want to save him, but Xie Yan had already cut off his own way of survival.
So what if I finally confessed? The two of them can no longer go back to the way they were before.
Instead of this, it would be better for Xie Yan to die with hatred in his heart rather than with regret and attachment.
…
In this scene, most of it is Xie Chenyuan's monologue.
Qin Li has a very good grasp of the character's psychology. He performed such a long passage of dialogue without making any mistakes. It was perfect and impeccable.
Xu Miaomiao and Zhou Qingming were brought into the play by this veteran actor, and their reactions at every point were appropriate. Especially the former, she had been acting for four years, and this was the first time she was so sad that she couldn't tell the difference between the role and reality.
She was crying for Xie Yan, but in her heart she was also crying for this pair of couples that were paired together by chance.
She didn't understand what kind of feelings Xie Chenyuan had for Xie Yan?
Although he said it was love, he watched Xie Yan die and never mentioned the past until his death. He said he didn't love her, but he had expected Xie Yan to come, so he sent the guards away early and played a childhood song for him in great pain...
After Xie Yan's death, Xie Chenyuan looked terrifyingly calm, but his eyes were terrifyingly crazy.
No wonder so many book fans are stuck in this uncle-nephew relationship. The author never explained their relationship, and book fans can only imagine the answer on their own.
Without an answer, it becomes the most obsessive and moving thing.
Staring at the frozen surveillance camera screen, director Yao Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If he were to say, the most difficult part of this script is not the male and female protagonists, but the uncle and nephew Xie Chenyuan and Xie Yan. Now, Qin Li and Ji Li have given him the most perfect answer.
"Passed! Thank you all for your hard work!"
The heavy atmosphere in the crew finally eased a little.
Xu Miaomiao ran to find the assistant to ask for tissues. Zhou Qingming glanced at Ji Li who was still "pretending to be dead" in Qin Li's arms, and left the shooting position with a complicated expression.
Although Yao Chuan called for the end of the work, the staff members had not yet left. They kept glancing at Ji Li. After the scene just now, they were all worried.
Even the stagehand who was usually in charge of ordering meals for the actors cried out, "If I had known this would happen, I should have ordered more dishes for Ji Li. I feel so sorry for this child."
At this point, in their hearts, Ji Li is Xie Yan and Xie Yan is Ji Li.
I feel so sad. I feel so sad for everyone.
Qin Li looked at the young man lying motionless in his arms, feeling uneasy. From the moment he started his monologue, he felt Ji Li's tense body.
Unlike Xie Yan who was "dead and unconscious" in the script, Ji Li was able to hear the truth of that year from his mouth.
Although he knew it was a plot, Ji Li got deeper and deeper into it.
As soon as he heard Yao Chuan shout "Cut", he buried his face in Qin Li's arms and cried uncontrollably until he collapsed.
Qin Li signaled others not to come up, and just stroked Ji Li's back over and over again, allowing him to vent his emotions freely.
After a long time, the person in his arms finally moved as if he had calmed down.
Qin Li couldn't help but touch Ji Li's neck gently, his tone was so gentle that he didn't even notice it, "Are you feeling better? Everyone cares about you, be good and don't cry."
“…”
"It's time to go off stage. Do you want some ice cream? I'll buy it for you, okay?"
The young man said that he habitually eats ice cream when he is sad.
After hearing this, the person in his arms finally got up.
Ji Li covered his disheveled face with both hands, and his answer came through his fingers, muffled but mixed with a hint of cuteness.
"...Brother Li, I want the most expensive one."
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Jili: The six-dollar ice cream is no longer useful.
Brother Li, who was overwhelmed by the cuteness: *&%￥#@…Okay!
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