Chapter 029
Qin Yue quickly caught up with Ji Li.
The other party obviously heard his footsteps, but didn't stop, instead he walked faster and faster childishly.
“Wait.” Qin Yue held his arm helplessly, “Ji Li.”
Ji Li sighed softly with his back on the other man, and turned around wearily.
Qin Yue met his crying eyes, knowing that the other party hadn't gotten out of his character yet, but his still heart trembled at the latter's appearance.
“Brother Qin, please leave me alone. I'm really okay.” Ji Li had often encountered this kind of situation during filming before, and the former agents and directors laughed at him as if he was an idiot for getting to attached to his own character.
He had already filmed a lot of scenes, and he has been able to quickly adapt to the ups and downs of some roles, but since replacing the original owner, this ‘empathy’ ability seems to be a lot stronger.
Song Zhao is like this, and Xie Yan is like this... Whenever he plays such a big turning point, he feels uncomfortable.
Ji Li bit his lip and said, “I'll be fine alone, and I will be able to act just fine soon.”
But before the remaining sound fell, he was pulled into the arms of the other man.
The unfamiliar but warm embrace made Ji Li startled — the man's arm was very powerful, and he was tightly wrapped inside it.
Suddenly, Ji Li seemed to be able to hear the strong heartbeat of the other party. Before he could react, he felt that he was lightly patted on the side of his neck.
The man chuckles and apologizes, “I will apologize to your Xie Yan for Xie Chenyuan, don't be sad, okay? You know, Uncle Wang has some burden to carry on his own too.”
Qin Yue's voice is very nice, which is different from the character's pampering feeling.
“...I know, but he just made Xie Yan sad.” Ji Li was completely regained at this moment, and hummed in response.
He withdrew from the man's arms, his cheeks faintly ruddy, a faint hot red coloring his face.
Qin Yue saw the clarity in his eyes, and his heartstrings were slightly loose. Rarely holding the attitude of his predecessors, he exhorted, “Ji Li, acting means acting. You can't empathize with the character too deeply like this.”
It's easy to get into trouble.
Ji Li, who has always been accustomed to it, suddenly felt frustrated at this moment. He covered his lips and said vaguely, “...I can eat some ice cream.”
Qin Yue was dumbfounded by his answer. Just as he was about to say something, the pet dog Major General suddenly rushed over from the corner.
“Woof!” The Major General whirled his tail frantically, and rushed directly on Qin Yue's body.
Qin Yue was rushed two steps back because of it, and quickly rubbed the dog's head, “Quiet, sit down!”
The Major General groaned, and immediately squatted obediently at his feet.
Qi An came over from the corner slowly, panting, “It's just like I said, your Major General is getting more and more active, and taking him for a walk can make me exhausted for half my life.”
“Why do you like to exaggerate?” Qin Yue said.
“German shepherds like the Major General are generally energetic.” Ji Li answered casually, bending over and rubbing the dog, “Major General, long time no see.”
The Major General recognized Ji Li's smell and rubbed the young man's palm flatly.
“Meow~”
Suddenly, there was another cat cry, and the Major General immediately raised his ears, and after confirming the direction, he went straight to Ji Li's lounge.
Ji Li remembered that Snow Cake is still in the lounge, and hurriedly followed. He was originally worried that the dogs and cats would fight when they touched one another, but he walked in to see — Snow Cake stunned in place vigilantly, and the Major General lay softly beside the former, rubbing the tip of his nose against the cat's little paw, very pleased.
Snow Cake's big eyes flickered, and only then did he lift up his pink and tender front paws, and put a ‘patter’ on the tip of the major general’s nose.
“Is it the cat that the major general picked up last time?” Qin Yue approached, easily distinguishing it.
“Well, I was unwilling to send it to the shelter, so I just kept it myself and called it Snow Cake.” Ji Li said.
Qi An also leaned closer to watch the excitement, “Is it a good breeding, or is it just a white long-haired cat? I didn't even notice it when we last parted.”
With the effort of the three of them talking, the Major General had already wrapped Snow Cake in his arms, and he kept licking the other's hair with his tongue. Snow Cake was served warm and comfortable without struggling at all.
“The two of them seems to be fated, so they can make a cute couple together.” Qi An joked.
“Snow Cake is also a boy.” Ji Li smiled and invited the two into his lounge, “Brother Qin, come in and sit down. Let them stay and play for a while.”
In the lounge arranged by the crew, there will be no people waiting to enter, and the privacy is not bad.
Qin Yue nodded, his eyes fell casually on the script on the table.
Ji Li poured water for the two of them, and when he turned around, he noticed Qin Yue's gaze, “Brother Qin?”
The TV series is about to come to an end. Ji Li only got the script of the movie yesterday, and he brought it to the crew today, planning to take the time to go over it from the beginning.
Qin Yue asked straightforwardly, “Is this your next job?”
“Well, it's the third male in the movie. Sister Yu has already signed the contract for me and will join the team in the middle of next month.” Ji Li told the truth.
Seeing the names of the director and screenwriter on the cover, Qi An wrinkled his eyebrows imperceptibly. He couldn't help but ask, “Why did Sister Yu sign this kind of resource for you? This director, I feel a bit impressed, but this screenwriter...”
The screenwriter was unheard of.
After speaking, he glanced at his friend.
Agents like them who have been in the ‘resource sea’ all year round know people from all walks of life. It doesn't matter if the film director is a small big shot, the screenwriter wasn't heard of at all.
Is such a resource reliable?
Qin Yue met his gaze and remained silent, but he also had some doubts about this movie resource in his heart.
With the talent and aptitude of young people, it is really a little overkill to be polished in such a low-cost film.
“Mr. Qi, you really shouldn't underestimate the screenwriter. I think the screenplay is of high quality and the narrative angle is very novel.” Ji Li took a sip of water and admitted frankly, “Although the investment is a bit small, but I really went for the script of the movie.”
“As a newcomer, I can't expect to get resources that are both a big investment and a good script. It is enough for me to choose one of the two.”
When talking about the quality of the script, the sparkle in Ji Li's eyes are hard to ignore.
Good script?
Qin Yue was aroused by his curiosity and thought for two seconds, “Ji Li, do you mind if I read your script?"
“Of course, it doesn't matter.” Ji Li generously handed over the script in front of him.
Although he has signed an actor contract and is obliged to keep the content of the script confidential and prohibit leakage, the person who asked to read the script is Qin Yue, so he can rest assured.
Based on the actor's character of the other party, he will not make any ‘extraordinary’ behavior that harms his interests.
Qin Yue opened the front page of the script and specifically focused on the ‘male number three’ as said from Ji Li's mouth, and then turned to the main text.
Qi An was not surprised at his seriousness, and continued to chat with Ji Li one after another.
About twenty minutes later, Yu Fuya walked over with the styling team, “Ji Li, are you better? The next scene has to be prepared.”
When Baozi saw the cat and dog on the ground, he was startled, “Oh, why is our Snow Cake brother being licked like this?”
When Ji Li and others heard this, they moved their eyes at the same time.
Snow Cake was still nestled in the Major General's arms, but the hairs all over his body were licked wet, and it was almost overwhelmed by the major general's ‘friendly’ saliva.
Qin Yue was stunned for two seconds, and couldn't help but laugh, “Sorry, this dog is messing up again.”
“It's okay.” Ji Li also found it interesting.
Qin Yue handed the script back and got up, “We're going back first, you should prepare. See you later.”
There is another confrontation scene between them this evening, which was arranged by the crew.
“It is good.”
The Major General was reluctant when he pulled away from the cat as he was called by Qin Yue, and before leaving, he intimately arched the Snow Cake with his nose.
The latter licked his nose politely, the Major General wagged his tail with joy, and then followed his owner behind him.
Qi An joked as he walked, “Our Major General is amazing. The orphan kitty that he picked up at the beginning become his target at the second meeting?”
“What nonsense?” Qin Yue glanced at him and started talking about business. “Please help me contact the executive of the movie just now and show me the complete script.”
Qi An was taken aback, “You don't want to act on that movie, do you? Qin Yue, don't be blindly impulsive just because Ji Li said that the script is good.”
“In my age, how could I be impulsive to act in a youth movie?” Qin Yue retorted, patted his friend on the shoulder and said, “I just read the opening a little bit, and the content is not bad. If the full version of the script is suitable, we, Lixing Culture can invest some money appropriately."
As long as the investment is in place, both early stage actors and later stage announcements are suitable, and there is a certain niche market for youth movies.
Within a reasonable investment range, make sure to make a profit without losing money.
Qi An is not only a qualified broker, but also an excellent and shrewd businessman. He quickly understood what his friend meant and nodded, “Okay, I will ask later.”
“Okay.”
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The two rival scenes that Qin Yue and Ji Li have completed are all memories from five years ago, but the content of the afternoon filming returned to the current time period.
After Xuan family was destroyed, the male protagonist Xuan Ming was separated from the others and disappeared for a while. Under Xie Yan's deliberate misleading, the heroine and others directed the spearhead of the murder case at the empress dowager in the deep palace and the people beside her.
Seeing that the time was right, Xie Yan summoned his men secretly, planning to enter the palace and take the lives of the Dog Emperor and the Queen Mother.
What he didn't know was that the heroine had already secretly solved the misunderstanding, and found evidence that Xie Yan did evil and colluded with the enemy country.
The two act separately. The male protagonist exposed Xie Yan’s crimes in front of the emperor and the queen mother, and sets a trap with the guards in the palace; the female protagonist pretends to enter the palace to 'assassinate' the queen mother, and uses skills to lead Xie Yan and the others to accompany her entrance to the palace.
Finally, the two men and horses collided, and Xie Yan, who had been disguised for a long time, revealed his true colors.
The male lead halo is always useful.
Xie Yan's men were knocked back to pieces, and he was also unable to withstand the siege of everyone. Severely wounded, he relied on the obsession in his heart to resist stubbornly, and he disappeared in full view...
At six o'clock in the evening, the busyness of the studio continued.
Ji Li changed into the last set of scenes, stroking every blood-stained 'tattered' sword mounted on his clothes with a complicated mood. Not only that, even the shirt and exposed skin were also done by the careful crew.
In the description of the script, the besieged Xie Yan was surrounded by wounds all over his body, almost stained with blood.
Standing outside the sleeping hall, Ji Li sighed slightly, looking at Qin Yue who was also preparing in the hall.
In the script, everyone thought that Xie Yan was struggling to escape and wanted to wait until the next time to make a comeback. They didn't want to give such a wicked one a trace of life, so they searched every corner.
But they all thought wrong.
Xie Yan didn't even think about running away from the beginning, or even staying alive. He just wanted to die by Xie Chenyuan's side, even if he could only see the cold and disgusted eyes of the other party before he died.
Not far away, Yao Chuan yelled with a loudspeaker, “Ji Li, are you ready?”
When Ji Li returned to his senses, he realized that the staff around him had cleared the scene and left.
He temporarily suppressed his thoughts, rushed to Yao Chuan and the others with a ‘good’ gesture, and immediately walked to the designated starting position.
But within thirty seconds, Yao Chuan's ‘Action’ rang.
Xie Yan covered the unstoppable blood hole in his chest, and his steps were anxious and swaying, as if he would collapse completely at any time. Step by step, he finally came to the place where he thought about day and night.
The secret road that was unintentionally discovered that year has not been sealed, so he can escape the chase of everyone and escape here temporarily.
Xie Chenyuan has been living in this Hall of Purity since he became the ‘Regent’ in people's words.
The door of the palace that was closed at this moment invisibly added a layer of obstacle to Xie Yan's heart. His steps suddenly stopped, and he hesitated at the door of the sleeping hall.
When Yao Chuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but straighten up.
Ji Li raised his right hand and didn't push the door directly like during the trial, but hesitated for two or three seconds in the air.
Immediately afterwards, he started desperately wiping the blood on his face with his hands and tidying up his messy hair, trying to make a clean look like in the past.
It's a pity, getting more and more confused.
Xie Yan stared at his blood-stained palm, took two steps back ridiculously and sadly, and dropped two tears unexpectedly.
This series of actions is amazing! Moreover, the camera teacher also gave close-ups very well!
Xie Yan did not cry when he was besieged by others; when he was seriously injured, he did not cry. And now, standing in front of Xie Chenyuan's sleeping hall, looking at the familiar blood in his palm, he was suddenly completely crushed.
The screenwriter Fang Zhixing knew that tonight was Ji Li's finale, and came to the filming scene specially. But he didn't expect that the young man's actions, which were separated from the script, instantly filled the character's psychology and metaphors.
Yes, in the depths of Xie Yan's heart, he has become a villain with his hands full of sins. What kind of face should he meet with the former Uncle Wang?
The night is cold, and the heart is even colder.
The melodious sound of the piano came from the sleeping hall, and it was Xie Chenyuan's tune that he played from childhood to grandeur. Xie Yan was stunned, the doubts and grievances that had been accumulated in his heart for many years finally broke out like a mountain torrent.
“Why on earth are you betraying me?!”
“Why do you not want me anymore?!”
“Why are you leaving me alone?!”
Ji Li's explosive power was terrifying, and the heart-piercing questioning sound made everyone on the set feel sad. Many staff members who had read the original and understood the plot before and after were cried on the spot.
“Uncle Wang, why are you...” Ji Li weeped blood, his chest undulating sharply, and his tone of voice tremblingly weakened, “Why don't you want me?”
“Tell me, what did I do wrong?”
After the sound was over, his steps flickered twice, and he fell directly to one side.
Outside the set, Baozi looked terrified, angrily and anxiously, “Brother Ji is like this again! It's strange that you don't have more bruises if you fall down like this!”
“Prepare the medicine early, this child is really wanting to act.” Yu Fuya shook her head, a trace of tears flashed under her eyes.
After watching many actors act for so many years on the set, she seemed to be taken into the play for the first time.
Xie Yan crawled to the door with all his strength, trying to push open the heavy door again and again with his stretched fingertips, “...Uncle Wang.”
“Can you look at me again? Can you just look at Yan'er again...?”
Tears and blood were intertwined on his face, and the pleading voice was lower than one sentence.
Finally, footsteps sounded inside.
The heavy door was opened, Xie Yan raised his eyes tremblingly, and the man's figure was finally reflected in his vacant eyes.
He carefully hooked the hem of the black dress, and pulled out a long-lost boyish smile, “Uncle Wang.”
The blood-stained hand fell on the ground, and finally there was no movement.
Xie Yan is dead.
He died in the last glance he thought Xie Chenyuan gave him.
As everyone knows, at the moment after his death, Xie Chenyuan's eyes fell into a sad and heated scarlet.
He squatted down, stretched out the hands that had been cut by the strings, and patted Xie Yan's neck again and again, just like he did in the past.
“Yan'er.”
The whisper as light as the wind was suppressed by the sound of messy footsteps.
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The huge studio is so quiet that even the sound of needles falling to the ground can be heard. Everyone is stuck in this doomed tragic ending, and it is difficult to slow down.
This scene can no longer be judged by the performance of the actors alone.
Because Ji Li played the core of Xie Yan completely.
Until this time, everyone understood how the original author’s so-called ‘follow one person for a lifetime, who loves and hates him forever’, is how it fits.
It was Xie Chenyuan who protected Xie Yan, who was still in his infancy, brought him up and taught him everything.
Xie Yan's heart is about him, willing to follow and want to be strong and protect him. But in the end, it was him who made Xie Yan love, and it was him who made Xie Yan dug his pain deep into his bones.
Even in his death, the former rushed towards him like moths into the flames.
As a director, Yao Chuan was the first to react.
He didn't want to miss such an atmosphere. He didn't give the actors any time to buffer. He picked up the megaphone and shouted, “Everyone prepare, the next scene should be done now!”
Xu Miaomiao, who was on the sidelines, wiped her tears, and quickly recovered from her state.
Even Zhou Qingming took a long breath, struggling to withdraw his gaze from Ji Li, brewing emotions.
The next scene can be regarded as a ‘confession scene’.
When the male and female lead came, they happened to see Xie Chenyuan picking up Xie Yan's body. The guards sent by the empress dowager refused to give up, and they also said that the empress dowager’s verbal order insisted that Xie Yan’s body was broken into pieces before she was reassured.
As a result, she was unprepared, and was killed by the troops secretly deployed by the regent, leaving only the male and female masters.
The heroine Xiao Ke'er, played by Xu Miaomiao, is a daughter of an official family. In the past two days, she had heard a little about this uncle and nephew. She tolerated and tolerated, after all, she boldly asked her doubts.
Xie Chenyuan invited them into the hall and told the absurd and sad truth many years ago.
The first emperor had always suspected that Xie Yan was not his own blood, so he secretly carried out several poisonous killings by the hand of the queen. However, Xie Yan was protected by Xie Chenyuan, not only growing up safely, but also won the hearts of civil and military officials.
The first emperor didn't let go of his doubts about Xie Yan until he died.
In those days, under the instigation of the Empress, who is now the Empress Dowager, he pretended to set up the imperial decree of Xie Yan's succession to the throne, but he wrote two more autographs in secret.
One is the true will of the eleventh princes as the crown prince, and the other is an edict that accuses the ninth prince Xie Yan of ‘killing the father for the throne’ for being unjustified.
The Emperor Xian asked his personal servant to go out of the palace with a condemnation edict, and gave it to a secret guard he had trained in his early years.
Once Xie Yan ascends to the throne, this decree of crime will be made public, and the team of secret guards will sneak into the palace silently and kill Xie Yan.
Xie Chenyuan had heard of how powerful the dark guard was. He didn't want to risk Xie Yan's life, let alone being scolded by the people of the world.
Therefore, he pretended to agree to cooperate with the queen, and took the opportunity to send Xie Yan out of this ‘cannibal’ palace in the name of ‘house arrest’.
What people call the ‘regent’ is actually the queen's superficial method of threatening and imprisoning Xie Chenyuan.
Naturally, Xie Chenyuan would not let this woman control him. For the past five years, he seemed to have stayed peacefully in the palace to assist the emperor, but in fact he had been searching for the edict and secret guards, hoping to completely clear Xie Yan's worries.
The five-year period is approaching, the dark guards have been removed, and the edict has been destroyed.
It's a pity that there is a gap between people, Xie Yan was hurt too deeply by him, and hidden too deeply. When he realized what the former had done in the past five years, everything was too late.
In this world, the country belongs to the the Xie family, and the people of the Li are innocent. Xie Chenyuan can't protect him. It's not that he doesn't want to save him, but Xie Yan has already cut his life.
What about the final confession? Between the two, it has long since been back in the past.
Instead of this, it is better to let Xie Yan die with the ‘hatred’ in his heart, rather than with regret and nostalgia.
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Most of this scene is Xie Chenyuan's monologue.
Qin Yue controls the character's psychology very well, and when he interprets such a long line of lines, everyone is shocked that nothing is wrong, it is perfect and impeccable.
Xu Miaomiao and Zhou Qingming were taken into the play by his excellent acting, and the reaction at every point was very appropriate. Especially for the former, she acted for four years, and for the first time she was sad and couldn't score clearly in and out of the play.
She was crying for Xie Yan, and her heart was crying for the wronged CP.
She didn't understand, what kind of emotion Xie Chenyuan had towards Xie Yan?
Said it was love, he watched Xie Yan die without mentioning that year. He said he didn’t love, but he had expected Xie Yan to come, dispatched the guards early, and played a childhood song to the other party in pain...
After Xie Yan's death, Xie Chenyuan looked terribly calm, but his eyes were crazy again.
No wonder, there are so many book fans stuck in this relationship between uncle and nephew, the author has never explained their relationship, and book fans can only imagine the answer by themselves.
Without an answer, it becomes the most obsessive and moving thing.
Staring at the frozen monitor screen, Yao Chuan, the director, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Asking him to say what the most difficult part of this script is, it is not the hero and the heroine, but the uncle and nephew being Xie Chenyuan and Xie Yan. Now, Qin Yue and Ji Li has given him the most perfect answer.
“Finished! Thanks for your hard work, everyone!”
The heavy atmosphere of the crew was finally relieved.
Xu Miaomiao ran to find an assistant to ask for tissues. Zhou Qingming glanced at Ji Li who was still ‘playing dead’ in Qin Yue's arms, and left the filming position with a complicated expression on his face.
Although Yao Chuan called to close the work, the staff hadn't left much. Their eyes kept looking at Ji Li's body. After the scene just now, their hearts were panicked.
Even the clerk who is usually responsible for ordering meals for the actors said with a cry, “I knew that I should add more food to Ji Li on weekdays. This child, I feel so sorry for him.”
Now, in their hearts, Ji Li is Xie Yan, and Xie Yan is Ji Li.
Even if you don't want to feel bad, you will feel bad.
Qin Yue looked at the young man lying still in his arms, not feeling relaxed. From the beginning of the monologue, he felt Ji Li's tight body.
Unlike Xie Yan, who is ‘dead and without consciousness’ in the script, Ji Li can hear the truth of the scene from his mouth.
Although knowing that it is a plot, Ji Li still has gotten attached deeper and deeper.
As soon as he heard Yao Chuan yelling ‘Cut’, he buried his face in Qin Yue’s arms and cried completely uncontrollably.
Qin Yue motioned to others not to come up yet, but stroked Ji Li's back over and over again, letting him vent his emotions wantonly.
After a long time, the person in his arms moved calmly.
Qin Yue involuntarily stroked the side of Ji Li's neck with a gentle tone that he hadn't noticed, “Do you feel better now? Everyone cares about you. Be good, don't cry.”
“...”
“It's time to rest, do you want to eat ice cream? I'll buy it for you, okay?”
The young man said that he habitually eats ice cream when he is sad.
Hearing this, the person in his arms finally got up.
Ji Li used his hands to block his embarrassed face, and the answer came through his fingers, hoarse but with a hint of cuteness.
“...Brother Qin, then I want to eat the most expensive one.”
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