“Teacher Li, let’s do this look again. You have to remember, although you are a playboy now, your respect and admiration for your father is no less than that of others. If you don’t perform the emotions well now, the turning point and sublimation of your character’s emotions later will become abrupt.” The chief director of the “Tian Ge” crew has been very satisfied with Li Zhao’s performance and even surprised him.
Li Zhao was able to take over the roles of the veteran actors and got along well with them in private, but the director never expected that Li Zhao would be stuck in a scene that highlighted the relationship between father and son.
"I'm sorry, Director Yang." Li Zhao apologized to the director and the opposing actor.
"It's okay." The old actor patted his shoulder and said jokingly, "It seems that your father is very strict with you at home, so the way you look at me is more respectful than affectionate, right?"
Li Zhao pursed his lips and smiled.
"Teacher Li, let's take a break first. You can try to get the feeling." Director Yang saw that the child was stuck several times by him, but he didn't lose his temper. He stood up from behind the monitor and gave Li Zhao a way out: "You have been filming very hard these days. You may be too tired."
Li Zhao smiled at the director, picked up a small stool, found a corner and sat down with his head in his hands. The other people in the crew knew that he was trying to find the sense of acting, so no one went up to disturb him.
Although no one in the crew blamed him, Li Zhao knew that he was not tired, but because he did not handle the character's emotions well.
Before he was ten years old, the image of his father in his mind was that he had a gloomy face, liked to drink, and liked to beat and kick him. Maybe God suddenly realized that he was sent to the wrong family, and the teachers and the police protected him and saved him from a life of beatings and scolding.
It turns out that the parents who always beat and scolded him were not his real parents.
Maybe the textbooks were not lying to him. Mom and dad would take them to the zoo and buy them beautiful new clothes. He just lost his parents and couldn't enjoy all this.
During his years in the orphanage, he would sometimes secretly fantasize that maybe when he woke up the next morning, a loving couple would come up to him and say, "I'm sorry, child. Your parents accidentally lost you. We are here to take you home."
Although I didn't wait for them later, I was very happy living in the welfare home. Every year, kind people come to visit them, and the mothers of other children knitted two beautiful sweaters for him.
He didn't know how a normal father and son should get along with each other, so he showed his weakness when acting.
"I heard that you had to do more than ten NGs for one shot?" Song Yu came over in costume. There was a spacious place next to him, but he refused to sit down. Instead, he asked his assistant to bring a chair so that he and Li Zhao could sit face to face.
Li Zhao raised his head and looked at him with a pair of bright eyes. There was no shame or blush on his face as Song Yu had expected, which made Song Yu instantly lose the sense of accomplishment of ridiculing him.
Hearing that Li Zhao didn't perform well on the set, Song Yu rushed out of the lounge excitedly, fearing that he would be too late and miss out on the fun.
Being looked at by Li Zhao with such eyes, Song Yu felt inexplicably embarrassed. He turned his head away and snorted: "What's the point of looking at me? It's not like I'm interrupting your play."
"Brother Song, how do father and son get along?" Li Zhao smiled at Song Yu flatteringly: "Can you tell me about it?"
Song Yu: “…”
The last time Li Zhao smiled at him like this was when he asked him if he wanted to have a midnight snack.
"Isn't that right?" Song Yu dragged the stool back, and decided to stay away from Li Zhao. "My old man doesn't have much else but a lot of money. When I don't make any mistakes, I'm not only a loving father, but also a lot of money. If you mess with him, there will be chaos."
"Will he take you to the zoo?"
"No." Song Yu waved his hand.
Li Zhao suddenly realized that not all fathers would take their children to the zoo.
"When I was a kid, I hated zoos, so they usually took me to famous amusement parks abroad." Song Yu never forgot to show off his wealth and pretend to be cool whenever he could: "Why are you asking this?"
"It's okay, sorry to bother you." Li Zhao suddenly felt that he didn't really want to know what the relationship between a wealthy father and son was like.
"Tsk." Song Yu thought Li Zhao was jealous of her: "The happiness of rich people is beyond your imagination."
Li Zhao put his hands behind his back and walked aimlessly on the set of the crew until he saw an extra talking to his family on the phone. Although the extra's tone sounded a little impatient, his eyes were very peaceful. It was a kind of security that even if the road ahead is difficult, as long as his parents are there, there is a safe haven.
He stood there for a while, then turned back to find Director Yang and said, "Director Yang, let's try again."
"Okay, don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself." Director Yang comforted Li Zhao: "It's normal to be in a bad state sometimes."
"Thank you." Li Zhao took a deep breath and walked to the shooting position.
When the filming officially started, Director Yang asked the cameraman to move the camera closer and nodded, "I have this feeling. Unit 2, pay attention to Li Zhao's micro-expressions."
After a scene was successfully filmed, the veteran actor smiled and said, "Xiao Li, did you talk to your father at home on the phone and find his overwhelming love?"
Li Zhao laughed it off.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the crew's filming tasks become increasingly heavy. The character played by Li Zhao was a famous civil servant in history, so he had a lot of lines and he was exhausted every time he finished filming.
When I video chat with Yan Ting at night, he often falls asleep while chatting. Yan Ting seemed to have gotten used to his habit of sleeping whenever he wanted, so he could sleep whenever he wanted.
Sometimes when she saw that he was too tired, she would ask someone to bring him some food and drinks. So even though he was exhausted like a dog every day, Li Zhao didn't lose a pound of weight.
During the time when Li Zhao was filming, "The Boss Girl" finally came to an end. Fans of the show burst into tears and were reluctant to part with this lovely character played by Li Zhao.
Some fans who were obsessed with Li Zhao wanted to watch other dramas of Li Zhao. After searching on the Internet, they found that Li Zhao had no other dramas.
He became famous overnight with just one play. What kind of chosen one is this? In order to gain popularity, a marketing account took a photo of Li Zhao and posted it on Weibo, saying that reposting this photo of Li Zhao would lead to fame.
This kind of Weibo post seems to help Li Zhao increase his presence, but in fact it can easily make passers-by think that everything Li Zhao has now came easily, which is very detrimental to his long-term development.
Li Zhao's work team noticed this and that evening gathered all the film and television resources that Li Zhao had participated in and worked overtime to edit the video.
"Brother Zhang, Zhao Zhao also starred in 'Xia Jun'? The ratings of this drama are very good, and it may be the highest-rated TV drama this year." The staff of the team looked through Li Zhao's performance information and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air at Li Zhao's workload. Even the look in their eyes when they looked at Zhang Xiaoyuan was strange.
Although there are Zhou Baopi-like agents in the circle, none of them are so cruel. Zhao Zhao was only 19 years old last year, and he was asked to be a stunt double for dangerous actions just to earn that little red envelope money.
“People say that Zhao Junnan’s role in ‘Xia Jun’ is very well-executed. I didn’t expect that several of the shots I like were completed by Zhao Zhao for him.” There is a young man in the team who likes the play ‘Xia Jun’ very much and even plans to recommend Zhao Junnan to star in a big movie planned by the company.
"Didn't Zhao Junnan claim that he performed many of the difficult moves in "Xia Jun" and didn't like to use a body double?" Another staff member sneered, "Artists' words are deceiving."
"Don't let the news that Zhao Zhao is Zhao Junnan's stand-in spread out now." Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "Zhao Zhao's current popularity is due to the online drama. Zhao Junnan is a first-tier actor with a lot of traffic. This time, "Xia Jun" is a hit, and he has gained a lot of passers-by fans. If the news gets out, people will think that Zhao Zhao is riding on Zhao Junnan's popularity, which will only bring him disgust."
"Brother Zhang is right." The editor nodded: "But we can cut a side shot of about one second in this video. Fans won't notice this shot now, but when Zhao Zhao wakes up..."
People admire the strong, and will also spontaneously sympathize with the suffering and grievances that the strong have suffered.
Zhao Junnan now dares to take all the credit for himself in front of the media. Don't regret it when he suffers backlash in the future.
After watching Zhao Junnan's interview, Zhang Xiaoyuan felt a little uncomfortable. It's normal for artists not wanting their fans to know that they use body doubles, but it's a bit disgusting that they don't perform many wirework and fighting scenes themselves, yet they still publicize how dedicated they are and how much they don't like using body doubles.
When they were on the set of "Xia Jun", Zhao Junnan kept saying how much he admired Zhao Zhao, and said that if there was a role suitable for Zhao Zhao, he would definitely recommend Zhao Zhao for an audition. Later, he learned from the crew members that there was a minor role in the crew of "Xia Jun" at that time. The director saw that Zhao Zhao was good at fighting scenes and planned to give the role to Zhao Zhao. Unexpectedly, after Zhao Junnan heard about it, he went to the director and said that Zhao Zhao was not suitable for the role, and the matter was dropped.
If this staff member had not had some unpleasantness with Zhao Junnan's team, this matter would not have reached his ears.
Chen Mingming is a fan of Li Zhao. Although her son is still a newcomer, she goes to the son's super topic every day to check in and brush up the data, hoping that her son can have a place on the major rankings.
That night, she was browsing Weibo posts related to Li Zhao as usual, and then she saw a video.
[No success is easy. Some people may seem glamorous on the surface, but they are actually professional cannon fodder actors behind the scenes.]
When she clicked on the video, she saw the names of the crews, some famous and some unknown.
In these dramas, Zhao Zhao has played a eunuch, a passerby classmate, a hooligan who molested the heroine and was kicked away by the hero, and he has also jumped into the mud pit again and again. Seeing Zhao Zhao, wearing the heroine's costume, struggling to climb out of the mud pit and shivering with cold, Chen Mingming felt so distressed that he wanted to get into the video and put a thick coat on his own child.
But she soon discovered that this was not the worst experience for Zizi.
Being dragged by a horse while running on the ground, having his entire knees rubbed raw, bumping into the eaves while hanging on the wire, being hit to the ground by a weapon and almost fainting, every shot is a history of suffering for the extras and stunt actors.
It turns out that the baby they treated as their treasure was having such a miserable life. Chen Mingming couldn't even bear to watch the entire video, but he couldn't help but open it again and again.
What touched Chen Mingming the most was the last moment of the video, when Zhao Zhao, wearing a clean white shirt, smiled at the camera and said, "What's wrong with you?"
The most touching thing is that after going through so many hardships, he is still as young as ever.
This smile firmly occupied Chen Mingming's heart. At this moment, she suddenly understood what it meant to fall in love at first sight.
The author has something to say: Zhang Xiaoyuan: Sell it, sell it!
Zhao Baobao: What are you selling?
Zhang Xiaoyuan: Miserable.
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