Chapter 26 Joining the Group

After the Ba Ling incident was clarified, news soon came that Zuo Ran was asked for compensation by the brand he endorsed and that a crew that was planning to shoot a drama announced the suspension of cooperation, which made the comment section full of people's satisfaction.

At this time, Jiang Wu had already packed his luggage and entered the large movie theater where the "Qi Tian Jiao" crew was located, and got his script for the sixth male role.

"Didn't you say you were going to play a vase?" Jiang Wu asked in confusion, looking at the twenty-odd pages of scenes in the script.

"Director Hou said that you understood Cang Yue very well, and your eye acting was also good. You completed Cang Yue's complete experience from a young boy to a dark man based on the original."

Zhang Xiaoyu secretly said, "I played the male sixth role before purely because of the popularity of this character in the original work. Now you have the role that the male sixth role deserves. This means that Director Hou values ​​you. Brother Jiang, you should perform well. Your future is bright~"

Jiang Wu looked at the scenes of Cang Yue's youth in the script and silently felt that it was too early for his assistant to be happy.

Just as Jiang Wu expected, Zhang Xiaoyu was indeed happy too early.

Two days later, in the noisy crew, the bearded director Hou Siping looked at the man in front of him expressionlessly, "Is your previous understanding of Cang Yue really what you thought?"

"yes."

Jiang Wu has long black hair and wears a gold-studded jade crown on his head. He also wears a gorgeous dress with white and gold as the main color. Compared with the cold temperament in the makeup photos, this outfit is full of youthful spirit.

However, his expression is still calm and composed, as if he would not change his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. This temperament is very consistent with the later period of Cangyue who has witnessed many changes in the world, but what we are going to shoot now is Cangyue’s teenage period.

Although the young Cangyue was precocious, he was full of love for his country and people because he lived a wealthy life, had a noble status, and was loved by his parents and brothers. He was unaware of the impermanence and cruelty of fate. The eyes of such a person should be bright and full of novelty, not so calm.

But Jiang Wu just couldn't act it out, no matter how Hou Siping explained or guided him.

Director Hou was very puzzled. He was still a young man of 24 or 25 years old, and had only graduated from college a few years ago. He should be full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit for life, so why did he have such a disillusioned mentality?

Jiang Wu tried his best. First of all, he had never acted before. Secondly, he was already 265 years old this year. It had been more than 200 years since he was 16 or 17 years old. He really could not find the feeling of youth again.

Moreover, he was not like Cangyue when he was sixteen. He had no father or mother and was tricked back home by Yan Zhong. All he wanted was to ascend to heaven and become an immortal. How could he have any sense of youth?

Through this bullying incident, Hou Siping also got to know Jiang Wu's life experience. He knew that Jiang Wu dropped out of high school to earn money for his mother's medical treatment and that his adolescence was not happy. He did not blame him too much, but just asked him to watch a few more young people's movies to get a feel for it. If that didn't work, he could start by filming Cang Yue after he turned evil.

Jiang Wu agreed.

Not far away, Mu Xiaoying, who plays the second female lead, folded her arms and watched the scene, and said with a half-smile, "It's good to be whitewashed. Even Director Hou doesn't dare to be mean to him. When have we ever been treated like Director Hou?"

Shen Yan, who played the male lead, was taking a break while reading the script. He looked up at her when he heard this, then lowered his head and replied, "A normal person would be affected by this kind of thing. Director Hou was just a little harsh, not that unkind."

"Yes, he is getting a lot of sympathy online now. Believe it or not, if Director Hou is a little strict with him, people will immediately criticize Director Hou to death online."

Mu Xiaoying's eyes were filled with sarcasm. "I don't know who is behind him to be able to buy so many navy troops——"

"What about the dialogue?"

Mu Xiaoying was interrupted by a gentle and pleasant voice from behind. A woman in a lilac ancient costume and a girl's bun walked over. She had a bright and generous oval face, slightly curved peach blossom eyes, and a youthful and lively temperament. Only her calm and composed temperament showed that she was over 30 years old.

The visitor was none other than Zhong Xue, one of the top female stars in the mainland entertainment industry who had just won the Best Actress award.

Mu Xiaoying's expression froze for a moment, "...Sister Zhong Xue."

"Sister Zhong." Shen Yan also stood up and greeted her, then glanced at Mu Xiaoying, "We are just chatting."

Zhong Xuechun gave each of them a glass of sour plum soup and said with a smile, "Have you memorized the movements? Let's just chat. Aren't you afraid that Director Hou will overhear and scold you?"

Mu Xiaoying's face froze slightly, "...Thank you, Sister Zhong Xue, I'll go get familiar with the position in a moment."

Zhong Xue smiled at her and walked towards Jiang Wu in front of her, carrying two cups of sour plum soup.

"Being scolded?"

Jiang Wu was looking down for the youth campus drama that Zhang Xiaoyu had found when a gentle voice suddenly rang above his head. He looked up to see Zhong Xue smiling and holding a cup of sour plum soup in her hand.

"Thank you, Sister Zhong Xue!" Zhang Xiaoyu quickly took the two bowls of sour plum soup and gave his small stool to her.

Zhong Xue thanked him and sat next to Jiang Wu, her eyes falling on the school drama on his phone, "The school drama doesn't have much reference to the young Cang Yue."

Jiang Wu then looked at her, waiting for her opinion.

"Compared to your acting, I think you lack empathy for the young Cang Yue. You cannot identify with his love for all living things. Because of that love, you develop extreme emotions after losing them, which is what we call blackening."

Zhong Xue looked at him with a smile, "In fact, you are not exactly the same as the evil Cangyue. Under Cangyue's seemingly cold appearance, he actually has a persistent and nostalgic memory for his old friends, homeland, and hometown, while you really look like you have no desires or requests. Young man, you are only 25 years old, right?"

She was very accurate in what she said. Jiang Wu avoided her question and asked directly, "Then how can we achieve identification?"

"Different growth environments create different personalities and perceptions. If you can't agree with them, you can refer to the people you are familiar with and imagine what their reactions and expressions would be if they were the young Cangyue."

“…”

Jiang Wu thought about it. There weren't many people around him that he was familiar with, and it seemed that the only person who could put himself in the shoes of the young Cangyue was Yan Zhong? They were all princes?

But their personalities are completely different. Yan Zhong is so cunning that he would probably just sigh that he couldn't lead the Great Zhou if it was destroyed. It's hard to imagine that he would turn evil because of this...

Seeing that he had no idea, Zhong Xue said, "I really can't figure it out. You can talk to Director Hou and shoot the scenes after the dark turn first, so as to avoid being scolded by Director Hou halfway through the shooting."

Jiang Wu nodded, "Thank you."

Zhong Xue smiled, turned and left.

Zhang Xiaoyu came over with a cup of sour plum soup, looked at Zhong Xue's back and sighed, "Just like the rumors say, she's a very nice person. Even at her current status, she still takes the initiative to teach newcomers."

Jiang Wu took a sip of sour plum soup and hummed perfunctorily, thinking about how to replace Yan Zhong with the young Cang Yue.

He was unconsciously flipping through the plot of the young Cangyue, and his eyes happened to fall on the scene where the young Cangyue, after hearing that the enemy troops were invading nearby, entered the palace with a sword in hand and asked for orders to repel the enemy. Suddenly, some long-lost memories emerged in his mind.

He remembered that Yan Zhong had also volunteered to go to the Northern Frontier...