Shen Huai considered for a long time before making the decision to let Chu Meibo go to school.

He watched all the existing videos of Chu Meibo and chatted with her.

He found that Chu Meibo was the typical "God-given" actor. She had not received any professional training and acted entirely on instinct.

Before she was assassinated, she had acted in a total of 36 works, including an innocent schoolgirl, a proud and indifferent rich lady, a experienced prostitute, and a hot and gorgeous widow. Each role was vivid and convincing. Even if you watch it again decades later, it is still amazing.

For example, this time's Aoi Ji, Director Gao was amazed by her performance.

But fortunately, this time it is a fairy tale drama. If it was a campus drama or a modern drama, it might not have such a good effect.

For an actor, life is the soil from which nutrients are drawn. After all, Chu Meibo's era is too far away from the present, and there are many things she has not experienced personally. Even if she can perform with her strong talent, it will eventually lack a sense of naturalness.

Chu Meibo has extremely high demands on herself, and she will discover this sooner or later. Instead of considering it when the time comes, it is better to prepare early.

After listening to this, Chu Meibo's originally wrinkled eyebrows relaxed, and she nodded: "You are right."

This is indeed a problem she has not considered, but as Shen Huai said, if this problem is not solved, her acting style will be greatly affected.

Shen Huai paused and continued, "Of course, you are not allowed to experience campus life all by yourself. I have also signed you up for Zhongjing Film Academy."

Chu Meibo: "Film Academy?"

Shen Huai nodded: "Although your acting skills are already very good, professional acting methods and theoretical knowledge have their value after all. Besides, Zhongjing Film Academy has more than just an acting department. It will be beneficial for you to be exposed to other aspects of film production."

Shen Huai's words convinced Chu Meibo. She was not a person who could not listen to other people's opinions. Although she was still a little uncomfortable about going to school again after being dead for almost a hundred years, she was finally not so resistant.

Seeing Chu Meibo agreed, Shen Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and it was easier for him to say the next words: "Although the score of the art academy is not high, it may still be a little difficult for you now. I have hired a tutor for you, and you must at least improve the basic courses before the start of school."

Chu Meibo: "..."

Unexpectedly, there was no way to refute.

Although Shen Huai did everything for her consideration, Chu Meibo still frowned suspiciously: "Why do I feel that your purpose is not pure?"

Shen Huai looked calm: "You think too much. I am a professional agent, and everything I do is for my artists."

Chu Meibo still didn't believe it, but she really didn't see any flaws in Shen Huai, so she could only let it go with half belief and half doubt.

Shen Huai silently told himself that he was really doing this for Chu Meibo's own good, and it was definitely not because he didn't want to drink the soup that Chu Meibo had stewed.

-

In the following time, Chu Meibo was busy studying the script and shaping the characters, and the rest was to study hard.

For her, this was simply a nightmare. She had always had good grades since she was a child. In her previous life, before she entered the film company, she was admitted to Dongjiang University, which was enough to be called a top student at the time.

The school also taught English and mathematics in the past, but English had not been used for so many years that it had degenerated. As for mathematics, it was used even less, and the difficulty at that time could not be compared with that of now. After counting, it turned out that only Chinese and history were good, and the others were a mess.

The tutor that Shen Huai hired for her was a famous local teacher. When the teachers saw Chu Meibo's grades, none of them had a good look on their faces. This was probably the worst student in their teaching career.

This look deeply hurt Chu Meibo's self-esteem.

From that day on, she competed with herself. Fortunately, she had a good memory, was smart, and was good at drawing inferences from one instance. No matter what she learned, she made rapid progress. In just half a month, her grades had improved greatly.

And in this fulfilling study life, "The Secret" finally started filming.

Before the official filming, all the actors had to take makeup photos first.

Kui Ji has two sets of clothes in total, one set is when she pretended to be an orphan and followed the male protagonist Chang Yu, and the other set is her outfit after she restored her identity.

The former is a very simple cloth dress, but the latter is a gorgeous red dress, which are two completely different extremes.

Chu Meibo changed into the first set of clothes first. When she walked out of the dressing room, her eyebrows were lowered, and her eyes were full of light when she looked at people, like a pitiful little white flower. However, her eyebrows moved, and she also revealed a bit of evil.

Director Gao didn't expect that she was so into the role now, and he was immediately excited: "Quick! Shoot quickly!"

The photographer also got inspiration and kept asking Chu Meibo to change her movements. Chu Meibo had never taken makeup photos before, but she seemed to know how to show herself in the camera naturally.

The photographer became more and more excited, and he didn't know how many photos he took before he stopped and let Chu Meibo change into the second set of clothes.

Director Gao looked at the photos in the camera with him and said with emotion: "This kind of person is born to stand in front of the camera."

Director Gao said, and then looked at Shen Huai standing beside him, and said with a smile: "Xiao Shen, your vision is really amazing. You brought out Xu Anqi back then, and now this one is even more amazing. You have found all the most spiritual female stars in China. How did you do it?"

This is not the first person to ask Shen Huai this question. Shen Huai smiled and said half-truthfully: "Luck."

"Then your luck is harder than buying a lottery ticket!" Director Gao joked.

Shen Huai showed a helpless smile, isn't it? Seeing a ghost is much more difficult than buying a lottery ticket, right?

Director Gao chatted with Shen Huai for a few more sentences. While Chu Meibo was changing her clothes and putting on makeup, he took makeup photos for several other supporting roles. In fact, their performances were not bad, but Director Gao had just finished watching Chu Meibo's and was always a little dissatisfied with their performances.

These people are all newcomers. I heard from my seniors before that Director Gao has a very good temper and is even more friendly to newcomers. It's all a lie! !

Director Gao let them go with a little regret, and complained to the assistant director: "What's wrong with the newcomers nowadays? They graduated from regular acting schools, so how come they can't even compare to Xiao Chu, who has never learned acting?!"

Assistant Director: "..."

Director Gao saw that the assistant director didn't say anything, and wondered: "Why don't you say anything?"

The assistant director looked straight behind him. Director Gao frowned, turned around, and was also stunned.

Although she only changed her clothes and makeup, Chu Meibo seemed to be a completely different person.

Her long skirt was extremely gorgeous, with a bright red background and a mandala pattern embroidered with gold thread. It was quite extravagant. If someone else wore it, it would probably just look vulgar. However, Chu Meibo's arrogant eyes and cold temperament completely overwhelmed the skirt.

Because of her age, her facial features were actually a little immature. The makeup artist raised her eyebrows and thickened her eyeliner. With her undisguised evil temperament, people almost ignored her age.

At this moment, she was the free-spirited, cruel and cold Kui Ji in the play.

Even Shen Huai, who had been mentally prepared, was stunned at this moment.

Just when everyone was in a daze, the sound of the camera flash woke them up.

Director Gao came back to his senses and saw the photographer taking pictures of Chu Meibo with a crazy look on his face.

After the makeup photos were taken, Chu Meibo went to change her clothes, but the scene was still immersed in the shock she brought. When Chu Meibo almost left with Shen Huai, the assistant director remembered to give them the shooting plan.

Kui Ji's part is not too much, and it can be finished in about half a month. Just after the shooting is finished, Chu Meibo will go to school.

Shen Huai and Chu Meibo are both quite satisfied.

Director Gao is also very satisfied. Chu Meibo's performance is better than he expected. She almost perfectly embodies the character image of Kui Ji in Director Gao's mind.

Finally, he was sure that the promotional photo of Aoi Ji put her two identities side by side, one with her head down, looking pitiful, and the other with her head slightly raised, looking arrogant.

She didn't look at the camera, but everyone who saw this still couldn't help but be attracted to her.

However, before Director Gao could appreciate the promotional photo for a while, the publicity officer came over with a computer and a bitter face: "Director Gao, this won't work!"

Director Gao frowned and looked over.

In "The Secret", except for the main actors who had specially released makeup photos, the other supporting roles were all in the nine-square grid. However, when the publicity officer released the photos, Director Gao was speechless.

It is said that they are all the same clothing style and photography, but when the makeup photos of others are put together with Chu Meibo's, it seems that they have dropped a level in an instant.

It's not that they are not good, but that Chu Meibo is too good.

This photo of her... looks like she's alive. Even in a still photo, people can feel the vividness of the character.

In comparison, the photos of others are a bit dull.

The publicity officer said helplessly, "Director Gao, what do you think we should do now?"

What else can we do? We can only change it to a less outstanding photo, otherwise, if this nine-square grid is taken out, people will think that the crew is partial.

However, Director Gao was reluctant to do so. He pondered for a moment and said, "No need to change the photo, change it to a silhouette."

The publicity officer's eyes lit up, "This is fine."

The character of Aoi Ji is a very controversial character in the original work. There are as many people who like her as those who dislike her. If it weren't for the fact that she appeared so little, she could be considered a popular villain. It's understandable that she's a little mysterious.

——

The "Tian Ji" crew quickly released the publicity photo.

The original novel has many fans, and the number of reposts and comments quickly increased.

When the supporting roles were selected in the Nine Grids, the publicity carefully included all the actors. Chu Meibo also reposted this Weibo under the guidance of Shen Huai. She didn't know what to write, so she just sent a smiling emoticon.

[Ahhhhhh! This is the little junior sister in my mind! The little junior sister is so cool! ]

[Fuck! This is Feizhe, he is too ugly! ]

[Why do everyone else have photos, only Kuiji is a silhouette! ]

[I heard that Kuiji is played by Liu Qingqing? ]

[Ahhh, Liu Qingqing! My childhood goddess (revealing age)

[How could it be Liu Qingqing? This shadow obviously doesn’t look like a person…]

[Found it, it’s this @楚眉波, who just posted a Weibo, looks like a newcomer! Did the crew just randomly find someone to play Aoi Ji?]

[Aoi Ji can’t be played by just anyone, get ready to be scolded @楚眉波]