SUPERSTAR ASPIRATION

Chapter 43 (Crying scene~)

Translator: Vian

Editors: celes, namio

“Black Clouds” was a biographical film adapted from real life. Although it wasn’t necessary to follow reality to the smallest detail, it’s fine as long as the general framework was consistent with reality. For example, every main character was an actual person that existed. And another example, for Ling Xiao, Gu Mingxiu’s death was indeed a turning point for him in his life.  

Starting from his debut in his teens, to his first Golden Melody Award in his twenties, to his success and recognition in his thirties, Ling Xiao had already long become fully worthy of, without any reservations, his title as China’s Music God. But when he was thirty-six and his best partner, the famous lyricist, Gu Mingxiu, died in an accident, Ling Xiao suffered a hard blow.

Ever since then, Ling Xiao only released one album and only held two concerts as well.

Five years later, Ling Xiao died of illness.

This evening’s scene was Ling Xiao’s arrival at the hospital after being called by the police to go claim the body. Gu Mingxiu’s parents had died early, and he didn’t have any relatives either. Even at the age of forty-four, he wasn’t married so he had no children. His closest and best friend was only Ling Xiao. The police had long recognized Gu Mingxiu’s identity but still had to ask the body’s relatives and close friends to come claim it. This was a necessary procedure that had to be done.

So, early that morning, Ling Xiao received a call from his manager, Zhao Chuyun, and came to the hospital. 

There was silence throughout the whole studio. Everyone was holding their breath and waiting for the scene to start. 

The studio had already been arranged into a hospital set. White walls and white corridors, everything was white to the point of chilling people’s hearts. Rong Xu and Yu Siyu stood at the other end of the corridor. Both of them had changed into their costumes and done their makeup; they were just waiting for filming to start. 

“Act 362, scene 3. Start!”

When the clapper board sounded, all of the crew members’ eyes immediately went to the end of the corridor.

The manager played by Yu Siyu had always been calm and rational, but today, she deliberately used some special eye drops to make her eyes appear red and look extremely exhausted. And beside her, that handsome and elegant person was hanging his head and looking at the ground while following behind his manager.

Walking through the corridor and arriving at the room—— this was this scene’s first part. 

It should be said, Director Liang used this long first part to prepare for the full continuous filming of this one-minute scene.

The camera stayed by Rong Xu’s side, following him as he walked forward. The lighting technician’s excellent skill made this indoor scene that was filmed at night look like there really was sunlight coming in from the window at the end of the corridor, shining down on Rong Xu’s soft hair and reflecting a beautiful golden light. 

He kept his head down, quietly looking at the ground. He moved very slowly, but still indeed walked forward step by step.