Chapter 14
If he remembered correctly, this film also required clips of him playing basketball and musical instruments. After all, he was an all-round male god, so he had to have one or two skills of various types. However, it did not specify the type of instrument he needed to play. It was said that it was based on the actor himself. Since it was just a very short clip and there were no lines, it could be changed and adjusted flexibly.
Lu Zixi was originally very happy when he received the red envelope, but when he turned around and read the instructions, he suddenly became unhappy.
[Eating Melon System]: @Classical Music Master System, what does this [Performer] red envelope mean? It says it "doubles the performer's skill bonus and imbues them with the aura of a top-tier performer." So, does that mean the user must first be able to play that instrument? And the stronger their original ability, the stronger their enhanced ability will be?
【Classical Music Master System】: Yes, because zero multiplied by anything is zero
[Apocalypse Survival System]: You seem to be talking about my luck...
[Classical Music Master System]: What is Ou Qi?
【Doomsday Survival System】: Forget it, you don't understand @吃瓜系统 You may have a generation gap when talking to the above person, oh no, the Mariana Trench, it is working in the Middle Ages, just as toxic as the cultivation system
【Cultivation System】:?
[The Doomsday Survival System has withdrawn a message]
[Apocalypse Survival System]: Well, well, melon, so your host doesn’t know how to play any musical instruments?
【Eating Watermelon System】: Haha, yes, I am really good at backing out.
[Classical Music Master System]: What drums?
【Eating Watermelon System】: ...I'm not kidding.
[Eating Watermelon System]: I can play common things like guitar, piano and harmonica, but I only know a little bit.
As Lu Zixi chatted, he felt a little melancholy. His mother had taught him piano when she was alive. Back then, he was so small he couldn't even reach the pedals. After his mother passed away, no one cared about him, and his father wasn't home often. Children don't have much self-awareness, so Lu Zixi gradually stopped learning. When he was a little older, his father found a violin to cultivate his sentiments and forced him to practice for a few days. The sound was so manic that the whole military compound thought they were killing chickens. In the end, he didn't even practice well.
As for guitar and harmonica… he learned them to flirt with girls, but before he could do so, he fell for Yan Yunzhen. Unfortunately, the two of them struggled, not only failing to achieve a happy ending, but also nearly becoming enemies. The skills he had learned were completely useless. Later, Lu Zixi officially began his acting career, sometimes so busy that he had no time to eat or sleep, let alone play an instrument.
This can be considered a regret in his previous life.
[Apocalypse Survival System]: That's fine... well, it depends on your purpose. If your host wants to hold a concert, then it's definitely not okay. If it's just for entertainment, then it might be okay.
Classical Music Master System: Yes. I can pick a simple piece for you. If it's just for entertainment, this red envelope will be more than enough.
[Eating Watermelon System]: ...Actually, you can't choose. I only know one song for piano, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
【Classical Music Master System】:……
【Eating Watermelon System】: The harmonica only knows one song: Ode to Joy
【Classical Music Master System】:……
【Eating Watermelon System】: Guitar can only...
At this moment, the voice of the stagehand came from outside the door: "Brother Lu, the director wants to know if you have changed your clothes. He wants to discuss with you where to shoot the next scene and what musical instruments you need to prepare."
Lu Zixi was used to being called "Xiao Lu" or even "Hey" in Changxing. It took him a moment to realize that he was being called. He couldn't help but sigh that Yuanhong was indeed very humane in paying attention to details and respected every unknown little actor equally. No wonder many people who were promoted by Yuanhong were reluctant to leave here. After all, this company could give them the best.
"I'm coming, thank you for your help." Lu Zixi jumped down from the bench in the locker room and took a last look at the red envelope group.
[Classical Music Master System]: Then let’s play guitar.
[Classical Music Master System]: Anyway, it can’t sound any worse than those two.
Guitar... guitar is guitar!
After all, I practiced singing specifically for someone...
Lu Zixi scratched his hair irritably, pushed open the door of the dressing room, and was pulled by the makeup artist to reapply his makeup while saying to the stage manager, "Please prepare a guitar for me. I'll be there in a moment."
If this plot is just an ordinary transitional plot, it would be fine, but the key is that it is not. In fact, it is a very important scene in the plot, the climax of the whole process. The hero specially wrote a song for the heroine and sang it to her in front of everyone. Afterwards, the timid and shy heroine did not dare to respond directly to the hero's feelings hidden in the song. Finally, many years later, after graduating, the heroine and the hero went their separate ways. The heroine found this song on an old cassette, heard the familiar prelude, and could not help but hum it - and this is the beginning of the whole thing.
Lu Zixi needed to play at least one measure of the song so that no one would say he was wrong later, but he hadn't played the guitar in many years, and looking at the six-line score in front of him, he was a little confused.
Otherwise... just use the red envelope.
Zero multiplied by zero is zero, but at least he has a few points, so doubling it is better than nothing.
Soon, the scene was ready and all the equipment was aimed at the center of the set. Lu Zixi took the guitar prepared by the props team and was stunned for a moment.
This is a San Marco guitar, mass-produced. It is not very expensive, but the quality is pretty good. It can be seen that the props team put a lot of effort into it. It fits the positioning of the campus male god student, but it does not look shabby. It fully expresses the meaning of being simple but still not being despised.
More importantly, this is an old guitar, the same model that Lu Zixi secretly saved up money to buy in high school. It can easily remind people of that era of their past.
In the classroom, the extras had already gathered around the desks.
Lu Zixi carefully looked at the guitar tabs again and opened the red envelope.
"Do you need a music teacher?" The director didn't rush to start, but chose to ask if he was ready first, "Or can you do it on your own?"
"I can do it myself." Lu Zixi clearly felt that when he looked at the six-line music again, he no longer felt confused, but had some confidence. "But I'm not very skilled. I asked the extras to leave, and I can shoot here alone."
"Why?" Director Wang frowned.
"Because of my ability, this isn't a performance, but a solo for myself," Lu Zixi explained. "A solo only needs to move myself, so it doesn't matter if the technique isn't that strong."
Director Wang understood, thought for a moment, and then said, "Have the female lead stand outside the window and listen silently to the male lead playing the guitar. The two of them are in tune with each other, but neither of them speaks out loud - very good, this is a better missed opportunity."
Lu Zixi was very glad that he didn't need to explain much, as Director Wang already understood his thoughts. He breathed a sigh of relief and jumped onto the windowsill.
The fingers that had been neglected from practice were no longer stiff, and the strings seemed to have come alive. With the plucking of the fingertips, a string of smooth and perfect piano sounds burst out from the guitar case.
Lu Zixi was very satisfied with the effect. After testing the sound, he gradually got into the state.
On the monitor, a young man sat on the windowsill, guitar in hand, his sleeves rolled up uninhibitedly, a touch of youthful nonchalance. He occasionally plucked the strings, then paused, leaning over to write down a series of notes on a piece of paper. In the warm sunlight, the boy lowered his head, his long eyelashes casting a shadow across his eyelids. His skin was fair, his neck long, and his ankles, revealed beneath his school uniform pants, were delicate yet not thin. He was hopelessly charming.
However, he seemed unaware of what kind of luminous figure he was. He just plucked the strings gently with an expressionless face. But upon closer inspection, his eyes were filled with extreme tenderness.
He didn't look up, but he knew who was waiting for him to go home after school outside the empty classroom, and who was listening to this solo that should have belonged only to the boy to pour out his heart.
performer.
His playing skills are not worthy of these three words no matter where he plays, but in front of the person he secretly loves, his love, his youthfulness, and those unspeakable beauty and expectations of his youth are all conveyed through this unfamiliar performance.
Very touching.
Even after the sound of the piano disappeared, everyone still hadn't come back to their senses, their eyes still focused on Lu Zixi sitting by the windowsill.
"Hey, why did the piano sound stop?" Director Wang was stunned and looked up and asked.
"That..." Lu Zixi held it in for a long time, and finally decided to tell the truth, "The rest is too difficult, I don't know how to do it."
God knows why this scene took so long! He thought it would only take a dozen seconds at most. After all, this is a movie! It's not a movie! Time is precious, okay!
However, only Director Wang himself knew that it was his fault this time. He was completely immersed in Lu Zixi's performance and did not have time to call cut, which led to this somewhat embarrassing situation.
"Ah, that's okay, hahaha," Director Wang laughed dryly. "Great, this one passed!"
"No need for reshoots?" Lu Zixi jumped down from the windowsill, holding the guitar, and asked him.
"No, no," Director Wang stared at the monitor with a guilty look on his face. "Very good, very good."
"If there's anything wrong, please tell me," Lu Zixi said, still a little worried. "I'm quite resilient, don't be afraid..."
"This little guy, how come he has no confidence at all? Really." The makeup artist who had just pinched his face happened to be watching and couldn't help but come over and pinch his face again. "I told you that your performance was great. The same was true in your acting just now. You are so handsome, but you act like you don't know anything, releasing hormones everywhere!"
"Little Cupid," Yan Zhi, who had just finished work and was on good terms with the makeup artist, also laughed, "Did they shoot an arrow through your heart?"
"Oh, isn't it? I really envy you, Sister Yan, for being able to act with him," the makeup artist said with a smile, without any embarrassment, "Remember to call me when you do his makeup next time!"
Lu Zixi was surrounded by people and felt a little at a loss.
Although he was also very popular in his previous life, he was too famous after all. Many people would consider such behavior as insolent. Few people would treat him like this, let alone pinch his face. For a moment, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
"Okay, stop scaring me," Director Wang said, smiling cheerfully as he sat on the chair. When he met Lu Zixi's pure gaze, his smile lost its playfulness and gained a touch of sincerity. "Honestly, little guy, you're so talented! I haven't seen a newcomer as talented as you in a long time. You're going to be famous, for sure."
"Thank you for your good wishes." Lu Zixi said it openly and without any hesitation. His calmness made Wang Dao look at him with a new respect.
The shooting inside the room continued, but the person outside the window had already left.
Yan Yunzhen thought to himself, this guy plays the guitar pretty well, unlike the previous guy who played the guitar like he was plucking cotton.
He found himself comparing the two again, and suddenly felt a little dissatisfied with himself.
This shouldn't happen.
But why... whenever I see "Lu Wenqi", I feel that he is becoming more and more like the former "Lu Zixi"?
After waiting for a long time for all the filming to be completed and promotional materials to be released online, Lu Zixi was finally able to take a break and began to judge the true level of his performance through the comments of netizens.
He opened Weibo and a push notification popped up directly.
[@颜芝芝士糕v: This cooperation is very pleasant @陆闻启what to eat todayv[picture][picture]]
This was just a normal interaction, but for some reason, the comment section exploded.
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