"Scary."
"Anyone who gets entangled with a pervert like Li Yu is truly unlucky."
In the end, neither Li Yu nor Gu Chao had the strength to continue fighting. Li Yu, while spitting blood, described to Gu Chao the feeling of watching living people turn into corpses, and he even seemed somewhat satisfied when he talked about it.
"Who made me meet you?" he chuckled. "You have everything I don't: family, friends, happiness."
Yet Gu Chao was willing to face Li Yu, who was like that, and treat him as an equal.
Li Yu's mind had long been twisted. The more Gu Chaoyue treated him as a normal person, the more he wanted to see the expression on the other person's face when his happiness was destroyed.
He wanted everyone to experience the misfortune he had suffered.
Gu Chao's anger, Gu Chao's sorrow... only brought Li Yu a deep sense of satisfaction.
Even if he is killed, Gu Chao will still be unable to live in this world with a normal personality. This is Li Yu's expectation, and it is also what is destined to happen in the movie.
"OK, this one is approved too."
Qu Xiyu called out softly, and Ji Yan and Xi Ming, who were lying on the ground, got up and washed off their makeup. The bloody and mangled effect was of course created by makeup, but the two had indeed taken several punches during the fight. The makeup artist used a little force, and Ji Yan couldn't help but shout, "Be gentle, be gentle."
"I almost forgot that Teacher Ji makes a living with her looks." The makeup artist chuckled, but her hands moved quickly. After removing the makeup, Ji Yan realized that there was a red spot on her face, and it might even swell up tomorrow.
Moreover, he hasn't completely shaken off the psychological state of the character Li Yu.
In "The Vanishing Murder," Cheng Yuan is a character who is half-psycho and half-normal, while Li Yu is a completely psychopathic character. In order to play this role well, in addition to studying the script, Ji Yan also watched a lot of documentaries about psychopathic killers and psychopathic psychology. If it weren't for filming, Ji Yan would never have touched this kind of documentary.
Since filming "I, Nameless", Ji Yan has been praised most for his ability to empathize, but to be honest, it was not a pleasant thing to empathize when portraying the character Li Yu.
On the contrary, Ji Yan felt that he needed to adjust for a few days.
When portraying the character Li Yu, he always tried to approach it from Li Yu's perspective. When Ji Yan was acting, he always put himself in Li Yu's shoes and assumed that he was Li Yu.
He felt okay during the filming because a sense of responsibility sustained him.
However, as the story progressed, in addition to physical exhaustion, Ji Yan felt that his brain was also quite tired.
"What should I do if I become a pervert?" Ji Yan asked her boyfriend.
"Like a panda?"
Ji Yan: "...I'm a erotic panda, not a perverted panda, thank you."
In order to pull Ji Yan back from the path of becoming a pervert, Ning Wei revealed part of another new song to him—this one turned out to be a complete and utter love song.
Ning Wei has written love songs, but they were not released on albums before "Blue".
But this song—
"Was this written for me?"
Although he asked the question, Ji Yan knew that he didn't need to ask for the answer at all—others might not be able to understand, but as a fan of "Blue," he understood Ning Wei's hidden emotions in the song the moment the melody started.
Having a boyfriend who can write songs is really great.
The song was much sweeter than he had imagined, and the fatigue he had accumulated during the filming of "Black Curtain" seemed to be healed at this moment.
Ji Yan felt that at this moment, only the song written by his teacher Ning could save him.
"Yes."
Ning Wei's reply was as brief as ever, yet it made Ji Yan unable to help but smile.
Has the song been named yet?
"It's decided, it will be called 'You'."
Ji Yan wanted to say that the name didn't sound "blue" enough, but there was nothing he could do. He was the one who brought Ning Wei down from her pedestal, and from today onwards, the song titles of his teacher Ning would probably become more and more plain.
"When are you coming back?" Ning Wei asked this question again.
"The final scenes have been filmed. I'll wait a bit longer and see if there's anything that needs to be reshot."
He joined the film crew of "Black Curtain" at the end of May. The filming progressed much faster than he expected. It's now the end of September. If time is fast enough, he should be able to make it to the end of the National Day holiday.
Of course, the film's fast pace is inseparable from the outstanding performances of Xi Ming, himself, and other actors. Although Ji Yan may be suspected of self-praise, apart from some initial issues with his collaboration with Xi Ming, the two became increasingly in sync as filming progressed, and many scenes were completed in one take.
Qu Xiyu's tightly furrowed brows relaxed considerably.
"Sigh, I'll be busy again when I get back." Ji Yan sent several panda sighing emojis in a row. In order to keep up with Teacher Ning's speed in sending rabbit emojis, Ji Yan also increased his collection of panda emojis. Now his panda emojis are ranked number one in the "Black Curtain" crew, beating 99% of the staff and actors. Not only that, he also promoted the panda emojis like crazy in the crew.
Then one day, he discovered that he had been turned into an emoji.
The meme is a screenshot from "Yi's" travel vlog, and 99.9% of Ji Yan's expressions of utter despair come from there.
On the first day, the memes only circulated privately within the "Black Curtain" crew.
The next day, memes covered Weibo.
On the third day, emojis dominated all social media.
On the fourth day, Panda Head Ji Yan is about to rule the Earth.
Ji Yan: "...Save some good ones."
In short, ever since Xie Mingxuan and the others took time out of their busy schedules preparing for the concert to send Ji Yan's emojis, Ji Yan realized how widely the emojis were used.
What made him even more aware was the profile pictures of his fans... Previously, his fans' profile pictures were either his handsome stage photos or stills of the character He Tang from "I, Nameless," since He Tang was the most handsome character played by Ji Yan. Some fans even used his chibi-style profile pictures. But overnight, a bunch of panda heads suddenly appeared in front of Ji Yan's eyes.
Many fans changed their profile pictures to panda heads, and the percentage of die-hard fans is even higher...
Ji Yan: "...Let's get something better."
His words were absolutely sincere.
Ji Yan thought that, given his teacher Ning's personality, he wouldn't do something as outrageous as sending him an emoji, but... Teacher Ning actually did it. He must have sent it by accident, and fearing that Ji Yan would find out, he deleted the emoji within five seconds.
Ji Yan: "...I saw it."
"You didn't see anything."
"But I really saw it."
"No."
"Are you planning to stubbornly defend yourself with your words even if the sky is falling, Teacher Ning?"
Ji Yan was met with a long silence. After a long while, Ning Wei obediently posted a new emoji, Ning Wei's version of a panda head.
But Ji Yan was still not satisfied: "Why are your emojis so much better looking than mine?"
Ha, he's already seen through this man; he even deliberately chose good-looking pictures to make the memes.
That's too cunning.
Ji Yan then began a long and arduous search, but he discovered that because Ning Wei attended few public events, few unflattering photos of him were preserved. Even his expressions of complete immersion at concerts were considered handsome from a fan's perspective.
However, Ji Yan's efforts eventually paid off. He stopped searching online and instead went through his own photo album. He had many exclusive photos of Teacher Ning on his phone, including several blurry ones.
Ji Yan diligently turned his photo into a panda head. To be precise, it was no longer a normal panda head, but an alien panda head. Thanks to Ji Yan's unique photography skills, Ning Wei in his photo enjoyed VIP treatment—under the blurry lens, Ning Wei successfully had four eyes.
Ning Wei: "..."
Ning Wei was very tolerant of everything Ji Yan did, so he didn't comment on the memes Ji Yan made himself. But one day, when Duan Yiran happened to see the new panda head, she asked, "Have you successfully mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?"
Ning Wei's cold expression made Duan Yiran choose to silently avoid him.
They look so alike!
well.
After starting a relationship with Ji Yan, Ning Wei became increasingly intolerant of well-intentioned criticism.
...
Ji Yan didn't stay on the set of "Black Curtain" for long. After filming wrapped up, he rushed back to City A. Starting in October, "Wings" would be holding concerts in more than a dozen cities across the country. Xie Mingxuan and the others had been preparing for the concerts, and now only Ji Yan was missing.
Since there aren't many dance parts in the four albums of "Wings", and Ji Yan didn't have enough time to rehearse the dances, this concert of "Wings" will still mainly focus on standing and performing. There may only be 3 or 4 songs with dances in a concert. Therefore, the group discussed adding more interactive segments with fans.
After returning, Ji Yan increased his practice time. During the filming of "Black Curtain," all the work related to the concert was coordinated by Xie Mingxuan and the other two, as well as Ye Ying. Naturally, he couldn't let his teammates down in terms of performance, so he had to do his best.
"Are you feeling alright?" Fang Yu asked Ji Yan. "Take a couple of days off. You can still squeeze in two days."
Fang Yu and the others heard from Ji Yan's assistant about the pressure he was under while filming "Black Curtain". To be honest, they were quite surprised when Ji Yan came back. He looked much thinner and his skin was darker, but he looked more robust. However, he didn't seem to be in a good mood.
"It's not because I'm tired. As I mentioned before, I played a psychopath in 'The Curtain'."
"Someone like Cheng Yuan?"
"Two hundred times that of Cheng Yuan."
"No wonder." Fang Yu patted Ji Yan on the shoulder. "Rest for a bit and get yourself in a good state. You just got off the plane, so take it easy for now."
Fang Yu, ever the pundit, asked again, "So, what's the fate of these characters this time...?"
Ji Yan: "...Dead."
Fang Yu: "..."
He patted Ji Yan on the shoulder meaningfully: "Kid, be strong."
Fang Yu felt that, given Ji Yan's career trajectory, it wouldn't be a problem for him to be called a "character killer" in the future. Since the movie "I, Nameless," Ji Yan has never played a character with a happy ending, or even a tragic ending; without exception, they all died.
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