Chapter 133: The vicious female supporting role is not worthy, hold on to that showy star (16)
Although the subject matter and intention of the novel they are remaking this time are profound, it is an old novel after all, and it cannot escape some melodramatic plots, such as the scene they are about to shoot.
After suffering bullying at school, the heroine suffered a mental breakdown and ran to the sea on a rainy and high-tide day, attempting to commit suicide. She was rescued by the character played by Li Ziyan.
It's a rather clichéd plot, but it's also a turning point in the article, with quite important significance, and most readers will feel surging emotions when they see it.
The director thought about it for a long time but still didn't delete this part, so now Li Ziyan and the others are standing on the beach ready to shoot.
It is impossible to choose a rainy day specifically for shooting, and it doesn’t rain much in this place at this season, so artificial rainfall is used to assist in shooting. Fortunately, the current technology is very good and can fully meet the expected requirements.
The director's face looked unhappy. He knew that Lu Sirui was pretentious, and he was also very conflicted when signing her into the crew. If it weren't for the other party's generous investment, he would never have agreed. But there was no way now. The dust had settled, and they could only proceed like this. Just looking at the actor's stand-in standing next to Lu Sirui, wearing the same costume, he was still very angry.
"Okay, everyone, get ready, prepare to shoot, lifeguards, be ready, staff, don't let your guard down." The precipitation is fake, but in order to make it look realistic, they chose to film this scene at the seaside. There won't be a high tide today, but the weather is overcast and windy, so they still have to take precautions to ensure safety.
Li Ziyan was wearing the blue and white striped high school uniform, revealing a fair and clean little face. He looked as young and immature as a high school student. He stood not far away and looked at the back of his stand-in. The moment the director said "start", his eyes changed.
Because Lu Sirui used a body double, the scene of her walking into the sea had already been filmed in advance. Now this part is mainly to shoot the shots of Li Ziyan.
As the girl in front of him sank deeper and deeper into the sea, the confusion in Li Ziyan's eyes turned into panic and anxiety. He opened his mouth, his legs still weak, but he rushed forward without hesitation, faster and faster. The rain poured down, soaking their clothes.
Half of the girl's body had already entered the sea. The sea surface was constantly turbulent due to the wind, but Li Ziyan did not stop and finally swam to the girl and hugged her shoulders.
But for some reason, perhaps the stand-in was not professional enough, or perhaps she was a little scared, her foot under the water suddenly kicked Li Ziyan's leg. The severe pain and the feeling of difficulty standing firm in the water suddenly knocked Li Ziyan down, and he fell into the water, and his hands loosened.
"stop!"
The filming went well in the previous parts, but an accident happened at the climax, and the director was forced to call cut. However, he did not blame Li Ziyan. This kind of scene cannot be filmed in one take, and Li Ziyan's performance just now was already very good.
"Are you okay? Can we continue filming?"
Li Ziyan was picked up by the lifeguard and slowly walked ashore. He nodded, but his face was not very good. He glanced at Lu Sirui, who was smiling not far away, with a dark look in his eyes. His heart sank slightly. He already had the answer in his mind. If he didn't satisfy Lu Sirui this time, he would not be able to shoot this scene well.
Just as he expected, he filmed four or five more takes, and only ended when Li Ziyan's face turned abnormally pale.
"Brother Ziyan!" Xiaoke was almost heartbroken. Li Ziyan's face was frozen blue and white. It was a cloudy day, with strong winds. The sea water was cold, and the rain was also cold. Li Ziyan was completely soaked. The staff and director also came up to bring hot water and towels to wrap him up.
"Thank you for your hard work today, Xiao Li. Go back and have a rest. Take some medicine and don't catch a cold."
"Thank you, director." Li Ziyan forced a smile and nodded. Just as Xiaoke helped him up, his legs suddenly went weak and he knelt on the ground. The people around him were startled and hurriedly helped him up.
"Brother Ziyan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Xiao Ke was in a panic. She was still a newcomer, and usually she and Li Ziyan were like friends. She was young, so she lost her composure at this moment. Fortunately, the director and the assistant director were not stupid. They quickly lifted up Li Ziyan's trouser legs and found two large bruises on his knees and the back of his legs. "What's going on?!"
There were many staff members around. When they saw the injuries on Li Ziyan's legs, their faces changed. There was a red tinge next to the two bruises. It was obvious that they were not old injuries, but were just left.
Thinking of the several NGs just now, the director's face changed. The assistant director looked at him and then looked at Lu Sirui who had already got into the nanny car not far away and was looking very happy.
During the filming just now, Li Ziyan had always performed well, but he got stuck in the same place so many times. It would be too much of a coincidence to say that it was just an accident. Now that they saw this, they had a guess in their minds.
But the filming was all done underwater, and Lu Sirui didn't do it herself, so it's hard to explain.
"It's okay, just a little bump, nothing serious." Li Ziyan shook his head, lowered his trouser legs, sneezed, and then nudged Xiaoke. "Director, I'm going to go take a shower first. I'm afraid it will affect tomorrow's filming."
"I'll give you a day off tomorrow. Get some rest. Don't worry." A crying child gets milk, but a silent child is also loved. Li Ziyan's professional skills, good temper, and good manners make anyone feel a little more favorable towards him, especially when compared to such a prickly person. The director had a cold face, but softened his voice to comfort Li Ziyan. Xiaoke felt uncomfortable too, pouting, and took Li Ziyan back to the hotel with a distressed look on her face.
After returning home, Li Ziyan took medicine under Xiaoke's care, sprayed Yunnan Baiyao on the two injured parts of his legs, and applied ice compresses, but the bluish-white color on his face did not fade much, and he even had a slight fever.
Li Ziyan supported his head and lay on the bed, slowly closing his eyes, not noticing Xiaoke who was taking pictures of his legs with her mobile phone not far away.
That evening, after Duan Jiaxi finished a day's filming, he saw Xiao Wang standing next to the camera with a frown and a look of deep resentment on his face. He raised his cell phone and handed it to him.
Duan Jiaxi was puzzled. He opened his phone and saw a photo. It showed a pair of snow-white, slender legs with two shocking bruises on them. A red mole on the inner thigh revealed the owner of the leg.
Duan Jiaxi's face turned dark at that moment, and the hand holding the phone almost broke it.
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