The rumble of the engine running in the closed cabin was soft and monotonous, the air conditioner silently sent gentle warm air inside, and the moonlight occasionally shone through the treetops, covering the cabin with a comfortable and dim hazy glow.
Han Li turned his head and looked at Meng Mingxuan.
He closed his eyes, rested his forehead against the car window, and breathed steadily, as if he had fallen asleep.
His soft light brown hair fell on his cheeks, swaying slightly as the vehicle moved forward. His clothes were almost completely dry, but his brows were still furrowed, as if they would never relax.
He was sleeping against the car door, looking so peaceful and harmless in the flickering light.
The vehicle drove into a large forest. In the suddenly darkened car, only the blurred outline of the young man's eyebrows and eyes could be seen. He seemed very familiar, yet completely strange.
In the darkness, the passage of time seems to be difficult to calculate. Every second is stretched into eternity, and the long time is condensed and solidified into a short moment.
Han Li's knee was aching slightly.
Although he couldn't see anything, he seemed to still be able to feel the heat coming from the young man sleeping next to him. His mind subconsciously recalled the moment when the other party supported him just now, and their eyes met without warning. The pair of amber eyes stared at him steadily, as if he could see his tiny shadow reflected in the depths of the other's pupils.
He frowned slightly, and there seemed to be a hint of concern and protection in his eyes.
Han Li stretched out his hand as if possessed by a ghost and reached into the darkness around him.
When his fingertips touched the other person's soft and cold cheek, he suddenly withdrew his hand as if he was scalded, and slowly clenched his slender fingers into a fist on his knees, his mind instantly in a mess.
The car gradually slowed down, and the bright lights of the hotel appeared in front, shining through the car windows.
Shen Kong opened his eyes, and his expression instantly became clear.
Han Li's voice came from beside him, and his calm and indifferent voice seemed to contain some unstable emotional fluctuations:
"Someone will give you the door card of your room shortly. Replacement clothes and necessities have been delivered... I still have some matters to take care of."
After saying that, he opened the car door and walked out, his straight back showing a sense of panic and urgency.
Chen Kong straightened up and watched through the car window as Han Li's back was swallowed by the brilliant lights from the hotel. He hesitated for a second, raised his hand and touched his cheek, which seemed to still have a little cold temperature, like a fleeting illusion, or a ray of dream shining into reality.
strangeness……
Chen Kong had a good sleep on the big bed in the hotel. When he woke up, it was already afternoon. The nerves and muscles that had been tense all the time on the mountain seemed to have finally relaxed. Only then did he belatedly feel the soreness and pain spreading from his bones.
Then he learned that Han Li had taken the earliest flight back to City A early this morning. It seemed that the official business in City E had been completed, so there was no need for him to stay any longer.
Before Chen Kong had time to think carefully about his next move, the follow-up handling of the incident in Yunwu Mountain made him very busy. Not only did he have to go to the relevant departments for routine filing, but he also had to be on guard against the media reporters who swarmed in after hearing that all the trapped people had been rescued. He even had to take time out to "deal with" the eyewitnesses on the mountain.
But unexpectedly, this matter was much easier than Shen Kong had imagined.
They all seemed to be terribly frightened by some fantasy of their own. Chen Kong didn't even need to speak. He only needed to turn around in front of them with a smile on his face, and they would point to the ground and the sky and swear that they would never reveal any information to anyone.
Although it was a bit puzzling, Chen Kong was also happy to see it happen.
After all, his temporary identity now also makes him a public figure, so it would be best to keep out of trouble.
This incident also caused the program "7 Days in the Wild" to be greatly controversial online. Although all the trapped people were rescued safely, the negligence of the program team cannot be ignored. This caused the program planners and relevant senior executives to be overwhelmed by the public opinion crisis and the police investigation needs. In addition, several cameras were left in the mountains, so the post-processing and editing of the program would have to wait until the fog dissipated before it could begin, and the broadcast had to be postponed.
Before the results of the treatment came out, Shen Kong flew back quickly at the urging of his agent.
After returning to the city, he didn't even have time to catch his breath before he joined the crew.
"Guiyuan Tower" had already started filming. Since Chen Kong had been delayed for a few days in E City, he needed to catch up with everyone's progress after joining the crew. In addition, Pei Xiuran's perfectionism was almost obsessive-compulsive, so the training Chen Kong received after joining the crew was extremely rigorous.
Pei Xiuran chose Shen Kong as Shen Guiyuan's eye due to some characteristics of his. However, Shen Kong had never acted in a play, let alone received any professional training. Although he was quite experienced in imitation, being an actor meant portraying a character that had never appeared before. So this not only meant that Shen Kong's imitation skills were completely useless, but also became a stumbling block for him to some extent.
Any director with relatively relaxed requirements would not have noticed the subtle difference, but Pei Xiuran was different. He blocked Chen Kong's shots again and again, and re-shot them again and again, even if it slowed down the shooting progress of the entire crew. All the members were exhausted, and every shot seemed like pardon. After the shooting, Pei Xiuran finally discovered Chen Kong's lack of basic acting skills, so he personally arranged relevant teachers and coaches for him, occupying all of Chen Kong's free time.
While Chen Kong was extremely busy, he still spared some time and energy to pay attention to the developments of Han Li's companies and Han family industries to prevent major changes. But during this period of time, the two sides were exceptionally calm. Han Li still maintained a steady growth and upward trend, and Han's Enterprise, as an old leading enterprise, was still far ahead in its respective fields and dominated the market. The two seemed to have nothing to do with each other, and on the surface there was no visible deep-seated contradiction.
In the crew, Pei Xiuran was still as strict as ever. He turned a deaf ear to everyone's complaints and repeatedly polished the acting skills of all the actors. As long as he was not satisfied with something or a shot did not achieve the effect he had in mind, he would start over without mercy. His obsessive-compulsive disorder almost made the entire crew miserable.
And Chen Kong is the special focus of attention.
Although he does not have many roles and shots in the entire drama, he is the actor who has been blocked the most times. In the past month since the filming began, Pei Xiuran would focus on him almost every time he showed up, even during breaks.
The tense atmosphere on the set made the air seem to be filled with the thick smell of gunpowder. The camera bodies were burning hot from the long-term and endless filming. The only sounds that could be heard in the silent set were the buzzing of the machines and the subtle sounds of the different camera positions being switched. Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the scene being filmed.
Pei Xiuran sat at the edge of the set, staring intently at the gradually closer shot on the screen.
A crucial scene in the play is being filmed on the set.
Shen Guiyuan sat quietly in the banquet that seemed to be full of singing and dancing, but was actually shrouded in murderous intent. His figure was submerged in the crowd, like a small and inconspicuous member of the crowd. However, there was a deadly blade hidden in his sleeve, as if it could suddenly tear the cloth in the next second, rip open the soft throats of the people having fun on the field, taste the strong smell of blood, and start a lingering massacre.
All the drama is concentrated in this moment, and the intense tension that is about to explode is contained in that fleeting second.
All the emotions were suppressed on the seemingly calm surface, like a volcano about to erupt, which seemed to be able to break through the fragile crust in the next second and pour the scorching magma onto the ground.
But at this moment, Pei Xiuran shouted "Cut".
Everyone in the crew couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
This scene has been reshot eighty-seven times. This seemingly futile repetitive work has almost pushed all the crew members to the brink of collapse.
But this time was different from the previous times. Pei Xiuran did not call Chen Kong over the moment he called a halt. Instead, he frowned and stared at the small screen in front of him, replaying the previous few minutes of footage over and over again, as if he was thinking about something.
Although Meng Mingxuan's astonishing lack of basic performance theory shocked him at first, it was not unexpected for him.
——After all, the clips of him previously starring in a web drama were spread all over the Internet, and his clumsy and awkward acting skills were almost unbearable to watch.
Therefore, Pei Xiuran was ready to train Meng Mingxuan from scratch.
But when the filming really started, what Pei Xiuran did not expect was that after a brief and awkward stage of stagnation, the development potential shown by Meng Mingxuan made him somewhat frightened.
Although he didn't care about the opinions of the outside media, he was also aware of his extraordinary strictness on the set. However, Meng Mingxuan had no complaints at all during this level of devilish training. What shocked Pei Xiuran the most was...
With every retake, he gets a little better.
Like a beast that learns from every hunt, Meng Mingxuan grabs more nutrients at an almost terrifying speed. Every reshoot brings new changes to the scene, injects new power, and even brings new inspiration to Pei Xiuran.
This scene has been filmed dozens of times. If Pei Xiuran shouted "Cut" out of dissatisfaction at the beginning, later on it was because he wanted to see to what extent he could push Meng Mingxuan and see how much potential he had.
And now, even if Pei Xiu Ran examined and evaluated him with his most stringent standards, he could not find any dissatisfaction.
He took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with amazing brilliance——
This is a good seedling.
Pei Xiuran restrained his thoughts, raised his hand and tapped the hot screen, accurately pointing out several other actors whose conditions were not quite right, then turned around and ordered:
"Reset the camera position and reshoot these people."
The assistant director next to him was a little surprised: "Then...Meng Mingxuan...?"
Pei Xiuran fixed his eyes on the screen again and said, "Meng Mingxuan passed. Let him prepare for the next one."
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