Xiao Fengque coughed up a mouthful of blood, leaned on the door, and walked out of the ordination room with difficulty.
A figure approached from across the hall. Xiao Fengque squinted, his eyes slightly blurred from the torture, and struggled to make out the other person's face.
It's Xie An. That simple-minded, foolish boy.
Almost instantly, Xiao Fengque's body straightened naturally, as upright as a pine tree. The pain on his face vanished, replaced by a nonchalant expression. Apart from slightly disordered breathing, he was completely different from before.
We must not show weakness in front of our opponents.
One must not appear weak.
We can't let Xie An think that Xiao Fengque can't withstand a mere fifty lashes.
Xiao Fengque strode towards Xie An, his steps steady and his movements swift. When he stood before Xie An, a smile was already on his face.
Yi Tianzhao sat behind the monitor, shaking his head inwardly.
Comparisons are odious. Shang Yechu only needed a few actions, without any lines, to perfectly convey Xiao Fengque's stubborn and unyielding spirit. Li Yi, on the other hand, just walked straight over, like a robot from the movie "The Combat Is Inspired."
Yi Tianzhao has developed a set of methods to deal with this acting gap. Whenever Li Yi can't keep up with Shang Yechu's acting, the post-production team will cut all the shots to Shang Yechu's side, keeping only Li Yi's voice-over.
Anyway, Shang Yechu's acting skills are excellent. Even when Li Yi's acting is like a wooden block with legs, Shang Yechu never laughs and continues to act without any hesitation. Just by looking at Shang Yechu's expressions, the audience can automatically imagine how Li Yi should have acted.
Yi Tianzhao remembered a scene in the first book where Xie An picked up a scroll and indignantly denounced the villain's evil deeds. That scroll happened to be related to the Xiao family.
Because of Li Yi's personal issues, he once again turned his "righteous indignation" into a ridiculous act, almost making Yi Tianzhao laugh out loud. Only Shang Yechu stared at Li Yi with a sad, resentful, and barely suppressed rage look in her eyes, completely oblivious to Li Yi's ridiculous face, only seeing the white shadow of the dossier. When Li Yi looked over, her expression turned calm and indifferent.
Many people have a mindset of habitually relying on the strong. Although Yi Tianzhao is not completely dependent on Shang Yechu, he is showing signs of thinking, "Since you can act well no matter what, I'll leave it all to you."
Yi Tianzhao didn't call "cut," and filming continued. Jiang Shang Nongchaosheng frowned slightly but said nothing.
Xiao Fengque stood in front of Xie An, meeting his gaze without fear.
The moment their eyes met, both of them were startled.
The next second, Xiao Fengque burst into arrogant laughter!
"Cut!"
Yi Tianzhao had no choice but to call a halt, because Shang Yechu had laughed, but Li Yi hadn't laughed at all!
Li Yi immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, director, I—I was just spacing out."
With Li Yi's grandmother sitting nearby, Yi Tianzhao couldn't say anything and waved his hand to indicate that they should start over.
"Action!"
The second time, Shang Yechu completed the entire process meticulously, just as before, without the slightest impatience or negligence.
"Cut!"
Yi Tianzhao said with a headache, "Li Yi, when you laugh, you have to really laugh... laugh heartily, laugh with a sense of relief, OK?"
Li Yi's smile looked like he'd been punched, like a farmhand forced to work for a landlord. He completely disregarded Shang Yechu's suave smile.
"Action!"
The third time.
"Crack! Crack! Crack! Li Yi, open your mouth wider—don't be so stiff, don't stare straight at Ye Chu!"
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