Under Li Yu's direct gaze, Gu Chao's expression remained unchanged. He finished his cigarette and casually stubbed it out on the bar: "I can let Xiao Cuo off the hook, but you... that has nothing to do with Xiao Cuo, right?"
The cigarette butt left a clear mark on the light-colored bar counter.
"So what do you want to do?" Li Yu asked softly.
He leaned slightly to the side, slowly moving closer to Gu Chao, his gaze still fiercely aggressive. The pistol remained in his hand, gleaming coldly under the warm yellow light.
At that very moment, almost in the blink of an eye, Gu Chao's fingers suddenly hooked onto the pistol, and the next moment, his fingers were also moving nimbly, and the pistol reached Li Yu's temple.
“Oh,” Li Yu sighed softly, “cool.”
The moment Gu Chao made his move, Li Yu's men also turned their attention to him. If Gu Chao dared to attack Li Yu, then the next moment, the heavy encirclement inside the bar would surely keep Gu Chao here.
Moreover, Li Yu showed no fear of death.
Like a mentally ill person in the traditional sense, Li Yu is not a normal person. If it were an ordinary person, being held to death by a hand or a gun would probably either be scared or cry out in pain. Even the most composed person would at most be able to remain calm.
However, in the footage displayed on the monitor, Li Yu's expression was somewhat excited, even bordering on eager.
His gaze toward Gu Chao was filled with excitement, as if he hoped the other would pull the trigger at any moment. His sticky appearance even carried an indescribable desire, which was certainly not the expression a normal person would show.
Kong Fei, who had no scenes to film today, touched his arm, and a gust of wind even gave him goosebumps.
That's definitely... a pervert.
Ji Yan perfectly captured Li Yu's twisted nature. Kong Fei thought that if someone looked at him with that expression in normal life, he would probably feel disgusted and vomit.
"Let's make a deal," Gu Chao said to Li Yu, pouring cold water on the other's excitement.
But Li Yu quickly regained his composure. In the movie "Black Curtain," Li Yu is the final boss because he is not a stereotypical villain. He also uses his brain to think, but he prefers exciting scenes and uses a series of glamorous crimes to satisfy his perverted psychology.
Kong Fei had already silently given Ji Yan a thumbs up in his heart.
While Kong Fei was still developing his career in the film industry, Xi Ming was already a well-known actor. It was no surprise to Kong Fei that he could easily handle the role of Gu Chao. However, Ji Yan was a newcomer who developed during the time Kong Fei left the entertainment industry. He was incredibly young and had even won the Chang Kong Award, which Kong Fei envied.
Watching this scene between the other party and Xi Ming, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as giving me goosebumps.
It can be said that Ji Yan not only caught up with Xi Ming in this scene, but also did not fall behind in the scene with Xi Ming. At least in this performance, Kong Fei's eyes were not only on Gu Chao played by Xi Ming, but he also paid a lot of attention to Li Yu played by Ji Yan.
Kong Fei also knew that Ji Yan was not only a very popular actor at the moment, but also had a number of fans that were among the top in the entertainment industry. However, Ji Yan seemed to have no idol baggage. He took playing a pervert very seriously and was not worried at all about his fans running away when they saw him in this perverted state.
...
"What deal?"
Even though Gu Chao only needed to pull the trigger lightly for Li Yu to go directly to meet the King of Hell, Li Yu was clearly more interested in something exciting that could pique his interest, and the so-called deal that Gu Chao mentioned was exactly what interested him.
"Just like the Huashan case, in the Shixiang case, if you can dig up more evidence for me, I'll help you erase all the evidence in the bureau's records."
Li Yu turned to him instead: "Officer Gu, you said it before, didn't you? The mistake I made wasn't a small one."
"This is a deal; you can choose not to participate." Gu Chao's gaze was calm, but he pressed the pistol in his hand forcefully towards Li Yu's temple.
"Don't use so much force, I'm scared." Li Yu held Gu Chao's hand. "Brother Gu, it seems you're more nervous than I thought. You should be more familiar with this gun than I am. You should know the weight of the bare P322, right?"
Gu Chao has been handling guns for many years and is quite familiar with all kinds of guns, including the one Li Yu used to threaten him.
"I know." Gu Chao smiled faintly. He quickly moved the P322 pistol away and pulled Li Yu to a different position. Li Yu now had another pistol on his temple.
"As expected, you can't hide it from Brother Gu." Li Yu smiled slightly.
He initially used only an empty gun to threaten Gu Chao.
However, what excited Li Yu even more than shooting Gu Chao to death was that Gu Chao discovered the gun wasn't real. This gave him the feeling that Gu Chao was his destined rival, so Li Yu was determined that Gu Chao must die by his hand.
It would be too easy for him to let the other person die here. He wanted to play a few rounds of cat-and-mouse games with the other person and then slowly observe the other person's despair.
That scene filled Li Yu with immense excitement.
"Card!"
“This shot is good.” Qu Xiyu’s tone remained calm. Regardless of Ji Yan and Xi Ming’s shooting condition, she always maintained a composed demeanor. “It doesn’t need any further changes.”
The scene was very coherent, and Ji Yan and Xi Ming both had a strong sense of camera presence. Their chemistry during filming was unparalleled. If you look closely, you can even feel that they subtly and completely revealed the characteristics of the characters.
Both actors had a desire to outdo each other during filming, but this was only in terms of their acting state. When Xi Ming was filming with 100% effort, Ji Yan was also 100% engaged, but not with the intention of highlighting himself or suppressing the other. During filming, the personalities of both characters were revealed, without one shining brightly while the other was completely overshadowed.
From this perspective, both Ji Yan and Xi Ming are very mature actors.
Qu Xiyu may not say it, but working with an actress with such a strong sense of professionalism makes things much easier for the director.
Both Xi Ming and Ji Yan are highly capable actors, but during the filming of the movie, their purpose was not to highlight themselves, but to serve the plot of "Black Curtain".
...
In the latter half of today's episode, Ji Yan and Xi Ming each have a solo scene, which is a scene after the confrontation between the two characters, Gu Chao and Li Yu. In the next scene, Gu Chao takes a long breath as he looks at the only bullet in his hand/gun. During his meeting with Li Yu, he seems calm and composed, but the moment he steps out of the bar, his back is soaked with sweat.
Suddenly, he even felt a chill run down his spine.
He recalled Li Yu's tone and expression when introducing the P3222 pistol.
Was there really no bullet in that pistol/gun of the P322?
Gu Chao was not actually certain at this moment.
The bar was dimly lit, but even so, he was certain that besides the two men pointing guns at him, there were probably many other people watching him in the dance floor, in the corners, and near the windows.
Under extreme stress, a person's judgment of weight is actually very limited.
Was there a bullet in that pistol? Li Yu was implying that there wasn't, or rather, misleading him, but Gu Chao only carried one pistol, and there was only one bullet in it.
He was lucky; God was kind to him.
Ji Yan's scene is also a scene between him and Huang Qiuhan after the two have separated.
Li Yu was observing the P322. He was naturally sure whether there were bullets in the gun, but in the script, this was left as a mystery for the audience and would not be revealed directly.
...Of course, Ji Yan himself was unaware of this.
He even went to ask Qu Xiyu about this scene in the script, but the cold-hearted director Qu didn't answer Ji Yan's question directly. Instead, she gave him two indifferent words: "Guess?"
Ji Yan: "Sorry, I don't understand."
Qu Xiyu: "..."
Xi Ming secretly told Ji Yan that Director Qu didn't like people speaking in foreign languages. Although she had studied abroad in the past, that time did not arouse her love for overseas. On the contrary, she felt a deep hatred for that experience.
Ji Yan: "Actually, I only know a few sentences."
Since his debut with "Wings", Ji Yan has been ridiculed several times for his educational background.
...
In short, the filming process of "The Curtain" went relatively smoothly, even more so than "The Vanished Murderer". All the actors in the crew were very cooperative and did not cause any of the trouble that Song Jing had caused back then.
Qu Xiyu treated the two lead actors, Xi Ming and Ji Yan, with utmost politeness, so the other actors naturally didn't dare to think about getting any preferential treatment from her. The initial atmosphere of the crew had already been set, and even if there were a few troublesome actors, Qu Xiyu could easily control them.
Based on Ji Yan's filming experience, Qu Xiyu's prestige on set is in no way inferior to that of the two great directors, Li Xiang and Zhu Shuguang.
However, Ji Yan is not the kind of troublemaker in the crew. Although as a member of an idol group, every time he joins a new crew, marketing accounts always come out to speculate that Ji Yan may become an unstable factor in the crew.
Unlike TV series, movies are a real battleground for box office revenue after their release. Even the slightest instability can have a huge impact on box office performance. Recently, although "Black Curtain" is still in production and there is no indication of when it will be released, the movie has already encountered anti-explosion measures.
Since Xi Ming couldn't find any oversights, we naturally had to start by looking through Ji Yan.
“These are all minor matters, you don’t need to worry about them.” One day during filming, Qu Xiyu specifically called Ji Yan over, “Just focus on filming, no matter what the outside world thinks, or what problems may arise after the movie is released, those are not things you need to worry about.”
Qu Xiyu rummaged through the table for a while, then handed Ji Yan a carton of milk: "Go out."
Ji Yan: "..."
Does your director have a habit of posting food photos at the drop of a hat?
But clearly, Qu Xiyu is much gentler than the rumors suggest. Although she has always been said to have a bad temper, as a director, she always puts the crew first. Even if there are unfavorable factors, she believes that they are faced by the "Black Curtain" crew, not by any particular actor.
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