Chapter 13
While the two makeup artists were whispering excitedly, Lu Zixi's performance had already officially begun.
Since this filming involves very few scenes with dialogue, the plot relies heavily on the actors' actions and expressions. This is the first scene Lu Zixi will be filming, as he lacks the voice actor's excellent dialogue skills to enhance his performance, relying solely on his own acting skills. In the film's setting, the female lead, played by Yan Zhi, is a cute, well-behaved girl with average grades and no special talents. The male lead has been a popular figure since childhood, a typical campus idol with countless secret crushes. These two coincidentally are childhood sweethearts, forming a mutual attraction, giving rise to the story's theme of "first love." In other words, it's a story similar to a prince falling in love with Cinderella. The focus isn't on Cinderella, but on the prince. A sufficiently handsome and charming prince can carry the story, and Cinderella's slightly stiff performance doesn't matter; it actually better reflects her nervousness at meeting her crush.
It was precisely because of this that, after Chang Yi was suddenly poached by Tianhan, Yuanhong was put in such a difficult position. Yan Zhi had more than one album this time, and others with greater status had already participated. Generally speaking, only one senior figure was needed to bring in traffic. If there were two or even more people with higher status than her, it would not only split the attention and traffic between them, but also elevate Yan Zhi's status to an excessively high level, which was not in line with strategic development. Furthermore, Yuanhong wanted to embarrass Chang Yi, so it was reasonable that the next "prince" they chose had to be someone less famous. However, fame is often consistent with ability. Someone who was not famous enough, young enough to be filming campus scenes, and strong enough in ability was a nearly impossible task.
At this time, Lu Zixi appeared.
This newcomer, whom no one had ever met, miraculously met all their requirements and even exceeded their goals, which made them change the original script for this newcomer and want to create a scene for him that can fully demonstrate all his advantages. Everyone is looking forward to his next performance.
In this scene, the male protagonist played by Lu Zixi has just led his class basketball team to defeat the class next door and win the final. A group of people are surrounding him to congratulate him, but he just wants to know where the female protagonist who was cheering him on just now has gone. It is short, but the eye acting is very sufficient.
The young man played by Lu Zixi stood in the middle of the studio, rolled up his sleeves, and took the bottle of mineral water handed to him by the extras playing the fan girls. He wiped his sweaty forehead with his wristband, and stared at the farthest point that the camera could capture, as if waiting for something.
Soon, the girl played by Yan Zhi appeared from the corner. She looked over here for a while, stood on tiptoe, and waved to the boy happily.
To everyone's surprise, the boy did not show the same happy expression. Instead, he pretended not to see anything, quickly turned around, unscrewed the mineral water bottle, and secretly sprinkled water droplets on his face and forehead. He looked sweaty, then he turned around hastily, met the girl's bright eyes, and turned his head away embarrassedly.
Sunlight streamed into the basketball court through the window. The bustling crowd seemed to have disappeared. Only the eyes of the two people met in the air, touched slightly, and then quickly retracted, like the new leaves of a mimosa, tentatively stretching out in the air.
"Do you have a tissue?" the boy struggled to push through the crowd and stubbornly stood beside the girl, looking down at her. His breathing was still a little unstable due to the intense exercise just now. His expression seemed fearless, but his eyes were slightly evasive, as if he was guilty. His earlobes also betrayed their owner mercilessly, gradually turning red. "Well, let me, wipe the sweat off my face."
The girl was stunned for a second before she quickly pulled out a full pack of tissues from her pocket and handed it over nervously and expectantly.
The moment the items were exchanged in their hands, the boy's fingertips suddenly touched the back of the girl's hand.
Both of them retracted their hands as if they had been electrocuted, and the tissue almost fell to the ground. The boy squeezed in the crowd, frantically catching the thing his sweetheart gave him. At that moment, his original confidence and boldness were all overshadowed by his fluttering youthful look. His clear and clean eyes were full of love, making people almost forget that this was acting.
"Cut! Very good!" The director sitting behind the monitor signaled Lu Zixi to stop. "Here's the napkin. Did you add that scene yourself?"
Yan Zhi, who was acting opposite Lu Zixi, was completely drawn into the role. Her heart was still pounding, but Lu Zixi instantly recovered his pre-acting state. He pulled up a chair and sat down behind the monitor without any airs of a male god. "I added it myself. I just saw Sister Yan put a pack of tissues in her pocket, and suddenly thought of this. If it's not appropriate..."
This face-changing speed...
The crowd of onlookers who were almost unable to control themselves because of his teasing were at a loss whether to laugh or cry for a moment. Even Yan Yunzhen couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He found a corner where no one noticed and leaned in, watching with interest.
"Didn't I tell you? Excellent!" Director Wang, who was in charge of the overall planning, clapped his hands on the back of his head and laughed. "That little detail is really well added. He wiped the sweat off his face, but he still sprinkled some water on it, just to secretly touch his loved one's hand under the guise of holding a tissue, and to get a few words of concern from her. It's very cute and youthful!"
After receiving the director's affirmation, Lu Zixi felt relieved and smiled as well.
In his previous life, he had a habit of adding his own scenes. His fame was too great, he rose to fame too quickly, and his backers were too powerful. Most people didn't dare to contradict him, and sometimes he didn't know if he was performing well or not. Now, he realized the biggest benefit of being reborn was that no one knew he was Lu Zixi, and no one would treat him as the newly minted movie star. So, if there were any issues, everyone would speak up, which was a good thing for his acting career.
In particular, he had known the film's director, Wang Er, in a previous life; the two had the privilege of collaborating several times. Therefore, Lu Zixi knew that Wang Er was a man of good temper, direct words, and high standards. If there were any flaws in his performance, Director Wang would definitely point them out. He would never lower his expectations of him simply because he thought, "This is already good enough for a newcomer." Therefore, his performance this time should be truly impeccable.
"Add another scene for the extras. A classmate comes and tries to play a prank on him, grabbing the tissues from his hand. He doesn't agree and keeps the pack of tissues as a treasure. In the distant shot, let everyone discover it as an Easter egg." Director Wang made a quick decision and arranged it immediately. "Lu... Lu Wenqi, right? Once you pass this scene, go shoot the posters and makeup photos. After that, change clothes, put on new makeup, and change the location. Try to release the makeup photos tomorrow, following up on your topic. The day after tomorrow, shoot the exterior scenes. Yuanhong will arrange for Reuters to push the hype to the peak right away."
"Okay."
Lu Zixi responded readily and turned to walk towards the extras. Suddenly, Director Wang called out to him, "I don't know if it's because we're particularly compatible or what, but you look familiar to me... Have we met before?"
"Ah...ah?" Lu Zixi nearly tripped over the microphone cord on the ground. He turned to look at Director Wang in embarrassment, "No, right?"
"Maybe it's just this feeling you have..." Director Wang thought for a moment, then finally waved his hand, "Go ahead, go on stage, and try to pass this one in one try."
Lu Zixi's heart was pounding like a drum, but he pretended to be calm on the surface. He passed the long-distance view easily, and the posters and makeup photos were no problem at all. When Yan Zhi was taking a solo photo, he took the opportunity to go to the locker room to change clothes and quickly escaped.
This is quite strange. It would be fine if Yan Yunzhen was familiar with him, but even Wang Er, who had only worked with him a few times, could see it. Isn't it impossible?
But then he thought again, Wang Er is an old director, but he has never been very famous. The period when he collaborated with him the most was when he just signed with the company. It is possible that his temperament at that time is really a bit similar to his temperament now.
It seems that he really needs to be careful in the future. It would be best if he could find a way to get some similar red envelopes as the Doomsday Survival System mentioned before, to cover up his current temperament.
Since there was still some time before the next game, Lu Zixi simply did not leave the locker room. He leaned against the wall and played with his mobile phone boredly.
The red envelope group was still as active as ever, with a group of people busily sending and grabbing red envelopes. Lu Zixi had previously sent a wave of melons to various systems, and now he still had some points to spare, so he just grabbed one for fun.
[The Melon Eating System grabbed the red envelope sent by the Classical Music Master System: Performer]
Performer?
When Lu Zixi saw the name of the red envelope, he immediately sat up straight.
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