pressure
The high-intensity shooting was too much for many people to bear, and some behind-the-scenes staff were so tired that they had to take sick leave.
Small roles like Li Lai are better off, as they have fewer scenes and can rest. The two leading actors have more scenes, the intensity is high, and they have even less time to rest.
Lu Jia was so exhausted on the set that he asked a doctor to give him amino acids to replenish his energy, not to mention that he also had to meet Jing Shengxi for some business cooperation.
In order to squeeze out time, we have to shoot for more than 30 hours at a time.
This was also criticized by Li Lai, who did not have any time to digest the role.
She was supposed to visit the screenwriter today. After the agreed time, Li Lai waited for Jing Shengxi for a long time but he didn't show up. She went to the set to find him, but the assistant told her that Jing Shengxi was resting in the dressing room.
Seeing that the door was not closed, Li Li knocked on it from outside: "It's time to get up."
Jing Shengxi didn't respond. Li Li suspected he might have fallen into a deep sleep, so he shouted again, "We're going to visit the screenwriter. Wake up."
Jing Shengxi moved on the sofa, rolled over and fell to the ground. After lying on the ground for a few seconds, he slowly got up.
"Li Li, why are you here?"
Pretending.
This is what Li Li said in his heart. Jing Shengxi used to be a very light sleeper. If the faucet upstairs was not turned on properly in the middle of the night, it would make him unable to sleep.
"The director asked you and me to visit the screenwriter. Do you still want to wash up?"
Jing Shengxi was still a little dazed. He stood up from the ground, adjusted his appearance in front of the mirror, and said to Li Li, "Have you eaten? There are sandwiches in the refrigerator."
"have eaten."
Li Li stood at the door waiting for Jing Shengxi.
He washed his face, adjusted his hair, pressed the bell on the dressing table, and said, "Two breakfasts, please."
Breakfast was so hard to swallow, not only because of the black coffee and whole wheat bread, but also because she was eating breakfast with Jing Shengxi.
Li Li eats fast, Jing Shengxi eats slowly.
After finishing her coffee, Li Li waited for Jing Shengxi to finish eating. She lowered her eyes to look at her phone. It was now 8:27 in the morning. If they rushed over at this time, they would probably be kept for lunch.
"Do you have any scenes today?" Jing Shengxi asked after taking a sip of coffee.
"The assistant director said he would call me when it was time for my scene."
Jing Shengxi thought for a moment: "I read the script, you and I still have four scenes to shoot."
Li Li said "oh" and said nothing more. Her eyes were blank and she was thinking, could I be staying with him the whole day?
After breakfast, the two of them took the stairs down to the underground garage.
Li Lai let him sit in the back seat of the car.
"Why can't I sit in the passenger seat now?" Jing Shengxi asked deliberately.
"Don't be so funny, there's a good chance you'll catch up on some sleep later, and you won't have to worry about being photographed."
There were so many media outlets and stalkers taking secret photos outside the building. Li Lai was afraid that the two of them would become a hot topic again, so she let him sit in the back seat of the car. The media couldn't take photos, and if they did, he would just be catching up on his sleep. No one would believe the news if it got out.
However, Li Li underestimated Jing Shengxi's shamelessness.
He was sitting in the back seat in a suit and tie, and with Li Lai's casual sporty style, she felt that the only news they could appear in was "Shocking, Jing Shengxi's driver is actually a woman."
"Where's the screenwriter's address?"
"I'll add you on WeChat."
Doesn’t he know that adding WeChat is a very private thing?
"I'll use the map to navigate there."
“WeChat can also provide map navigation.”
He still wasn't sleepy, and still wasn't tired enough to talk so much nonsense in a day.
"Add it, send me the address."
After being rejected many times by the "new friend", the two of them had their first chat record because of the address issue.
The first one: "Hello, I'm Jing Shengxi."
The second is the screenwriter's address.
The navigation indicated that the driving distance would take an hour, so Li Li turned on the stereo and played some music to make the hour less awkward.
Jing Shengxi: "Where's your previous car?"
“Sold.”
"Huh? So you sold your favorite car?"
Li Li didn't care much: "I had to pay more than 40 million yuan in liquidated damages and losses. If I don't sell the car, how can I pay it back? I don't want to be restricted from driving."
Jing Shengxi, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, was silent for a moment before asking stiffly, "Then why didn't you look for me then?"
"We broke up, why would I look for you?"
"Have you broken up?" Jing Shengxi asked.
Not having the courage to look directly into Jing Shengxi's scorching eyes in the rearview mirror, Li Li gripped the steering wheel tightly, talking to him and to herself.
"We've been apart for five or six years. Don't try to follow the Korean drama routine. It doesn't suit us."
They continued driving in silence, one looking at the road and the other looking out the window.
Regarding the serious issue of breaking up, Li Lai also thought about it seriously for a long time.
They had a quarrel and a cold war ensued, then his career suffered a severe blow, and then he had to deal with various business contracts, and when they met again, they quarreled again.
Meeting and quarreling, quarreling and meeting again, this is a vicious cycle
There were many topics in the quarrel, ranging from small things like Li Li having to pay attention to the water, electricity, gas bills at home and watering the flowers and plants at home, to big things like Jing Shengxi's female co-artist stealing his resources.
They quarreled as soon as they met, and they quarreled after just a few words. They said all kinds of ugly words and vicious curses, completely forgetting that they were lovers.
A year before breaking up, two people have nothing to say to each other, but a month before breaking up, they can say anything.
We said everything except breaking up.
Of course, after such a quarrel, breaking up is inevitable.
The moment the car drove onto the overpass, there was no room to turn back.
Screenwriter Xu is now resting and working at home. Mu Yan had greeted him in advance, and Screenwriter Xu and her lover were already waiting at home.
While the two were waiting for the gifts to arrive, screenwriter Xu and her lover had already prepared a large table of food.
"I don't know what you like to eat, but I heard that Li Li is from the north and Jing Shengxi is from the south, so we have prepared both Shandong and Cantonese cuisine."
Screenwriter Xu has short hair, is slightly chubby, and has dimples when he speaks, which makes him look very cute. He doesn't look like a man who is almost fifty years old at all.
Her husband was not a talkative person. He was responsible for serving tea and water at the dinner table. He would answer questions when asked. He didn't know much about this, so he just picked up some food for everyone.
They did not talk about work during the meal. Just like any other gathering, they exchanged some jokes and gradually broke the unfamiliarity of their first meeting.
After lunch, Li Lai was busy clearing the table. She had already rolled up her sleeves to wash the dishes, but Screenwriter Xu's lover immediately pushed her out: "I'll do this job. You two go back to the real business."
Screenwriter Xu also said: "It's okay, he won't be back many times this year, so doing more work will be considered atonement."
The two followed him into the study, which was filled with books, films and records, some of which had no place to go so they were piled on the floor.
The two stood together, not daring to move, for fear of touching the books piled on the ground.
"Relax in the massage chair. I'll make you some green tea. Drinking green tea after a meal helps with digestion."
Two cups of green tea were brought over. Screenwriter Xu said he wanted some atmosphere, so he brought incense. Accompanied by curls of green smoke, the purpose of this visit officially began.
"Mu Yan told me about your two problems, and I also watched the sample footage you shot. Overall, Li Li is more capable of coming up with the best performance and capturing the character's personality."
Screenwriter Xu praised Li Lai's performance: "To be honest, I was influenced by Qiong Yao and Korean dramas when I wrote the novel, and I never thought it would be adapted into a TV series. There are many conflicts between the characters in the play that are not explained clearly. Your role is just a stereotyped cousin from a Republican drama."
Li Li felt a little embarrassed by the praise, and hurriedly complimented screenwriter Xu, saying that after rewriting the script, each character was detailed, the plot and characters were related, and she had room to play.
"There's a lot of room for actors to express themselves. They can also mix in some of their own emotions when they perform, just like when I write novels, the characters in them are somewhat like me."
Then, screenwriter Xu set his sights on Jing Shengxi: "The character you play is not like you."
"I think actors should separate themselves from the characters in the play. It would be bad if they were exactly like themselves," Jing Shengxi explained.
"No, I mean it's not as impersonal as your performance."
Li Li quickly glanced at Jing Shengxi and saw that he looked a little embarrassed.
"Have you ever seen the old version of "Xiao Family Secrets?"
Jing Shengxi hesitated for a moment: "I have seen it."
"Then has anyone told you that the drama you've been acting in has been unconsciously imitating the old male lead's way of speaking and handling emotions. It's simply copied from the old version, with no new ideas to be found."
Jing Shengxi did not answer.
Screenwriter Xu continued, "I agreed to remake this drama because I wanted to surpass the original. I wrote it to cater to the market at the time. Now technology is developing rapidly, and the public's thinking has changed. Many things have become obsolete, just like your perspective and acting."
The computer plays the old version of "The Secret of the Xiao Family", with the dialogue in the play used as background music.
The drama and lines from twenty years ago are a bit funny when you first listen to them. The male protagonist's series of parallel sentences and confessions are really annoying.
"Jing Shengxi, you have too much work to do. You no longer feel like a living person. When you face a role, you don't know how to digest the character's emotional changes. All you know is to finish filming quickly so you can rush to the next announcement. In your and Mu Yan's eyes, acting and filming are the same. It's all about completing a task."
Li Li lowered his head, realizing that this was not a visit to the screenwriter, but the director was looking for another person to scold Jing Shengxi and wake him up.
“If a person’s entire time is occupied, he will lose the time for independent thinking.”
After leaving screenwriter Xu's house, Li Li had been observing Jing Shengxi's emotions. Being questioned by two people in such a short period of time was something that he, with his proud spirit, could not bear. He always felt that he would have an emotional breakdown in the next second.
However, his emotions were more stable than expected.
He told Li Lai that he was going to the convenience store to buy some chewing gum and trace elements for dinner.
The calmer you are, the more likely you are to collapse.
Li Li intended to comfort Jing Shengxi and told him that Mu Yan also had expectations for him, so he was very strict with his performance requirements, and his performance was already very good.
Jing Shengxi smiled but said nothing, and Li Li didn't dare to say anything else, for fear of irritating him and adding unnecessary pressure to him.
After returning to the crew in the evening, Jing Shengxi went to find Mu Yan again. As for what the two talked about, Li Li didn't know.
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