Chapter 47
Zhou Peiling never thought about taking on this drama. If the company's agent hadn't given her an ultimatum, she would never have been willing to film a web drama with a new director, third-rate actors, and even a male lead female lead. .
Since her debut, she has never made a big-budget, high-end movie. Even if she is making a TV series, she has to be careful. Although the results of her recent movies have not been good, she has just fallen into a trough for a while. It will get better in a while.
No one has ever had their lowest moments, but the agent decided that she was dead because of this little setback. Zhou Peiling felt that he was simply blind. No one else needed to tell her, Zhou Peiling herself knew that the agent was going to give up on her, otherwise such a low-end online drama would not be assigned to her.
She had never heard of the script "The Golden Guard" at all, let alone read it. The agent only told her about it after the script was completed. He asked her to film it without any room for questioning, and said that this was her turnaround. Chance.
What a joke, do you think she is a fool?
Not to mention that this web drama is a low-cost small production, the director is still a college student!
Let’s take a look at the cast. The male lead is unknown, the second male lead is a newcomer, and the female lead is an internet celebrity who dresses up as a woman. I heard there was some oolong incident that gained millions of fans in vain and there is still no one film. .
What Zhou Peiling couldn't bear the most was that she actually wanted to be a match for such an 'Internet celebrity' who dressed up as a woman!
Acting in an online drama is her limit, and her agent wants her to be a stepping stone for a male internet celebrity who is cheating on her. This is no longer a joke, but she treats herself as a joke.
Zhou Peiling received the notice to start filming early in the morning, but she kept putting it off and ignored it. Halfway through the time, the manager came to her door in person and told her that the contract would be terminated if she didn't film. She was furious, but she could only reluctantly come to the set. In this way, when she was in the car, she was already feeling unhappy. .
But now, she was repeatedly reprimanded by a director who was younger than her and made it difficult for her to get off the stage in front of so many people. If she hadn't been stopped, she would have exploded long ago.
From an angle that Xu Fei couldn't see, Zhou Peiling rolled her eyes fiercely and returned to the tent. While listening to the assistant's kind words, she took the script that had been in her hand for a month and flipped through it.
Although Zhou Peiling is arrogant, she is a keen actor. After watching a few scenes, she suddenly found that the script had some merits. The makeup artists were busy, and Zhou Peiling quickly read through the scenes related to each other, and felt more and more that this script The script is okay.
If the role is not the second female lead, but the female lead...
Then she can reluctantly accept it.
Zhou Peiling was silently calculating in her mind. At this time, the makeup artist and costume stylist stood aside. She looked in the mirror and saw that Wang Qingchen's makeup had been done.
Thinking of the director just now, Zhou Peiling left the tent unhappy. Sure enough, Xu Fei glared at her and asked to start filming her scene.
Glancing around coldly, Zhou Peiling saw several people wearing starring costumes. Two seconds later, his eyes focused on the only one among them who was dressed as a woman. There were only four starring actors in the small web drama, and apart from her, the only other female character was the male. A heroine who dresses as a woman, so to speak, he is that internet celebrity.
Just as she was thinking about it, the man was suddenly touched by Xu Fei. He froze, then stretched out his hand to her, and said with a smile: "...Hello."
It was indeed a man's voice.
After hearing the voice clearly, Zhou Peiling began to look at him carefully. The light green ancient costume looked familiar, as if he was the person blocking the way at the entrance of the crew just now. His eyes moved up and finally landed on Cheng Zhi's face.
Zhou Peiling was stunned at first, and then her expression quickly turned ugly.
It's a mixture of displeasure and jealousy.
Zhou Peiling never expected that the man who was supposed to be nondescript and dressed as a woman would look like this. If the voice hadn't proved his gender, Zhou Peiling would never have thought he was a man. Moreover, this face challenged Zhou Peiling's identity as a woman. Dignity, to star with such a person, who else would talk about her as a movie queen under the topic of cross-talk.
While Zhou Peiling was angry, her mind suddenly turned back to the conversation she had with her agent. Why did she have to play the second female lead? The answer was that the male actor who played the female lead brought money into the group. At that time, she still thought that Promise Media would pay for such an unattractive route, but now, Zhou Peiling suddenly knew the answer.
I'm afraid it's because of this face!
Even if she is a little-known actress, as long as she has a good face and matches any financial sponsor, she can still be the protagonist. I can only hate that she, a movie queen, has to match someone like this who brings money to join the team! At that time, web dramas might even use her name to attract viewers, but in fact she was only a supporting actress!
The more Zhou Peiling thought about it, the angrier she became. She rolled her eyes and ignored the outstretched hand, and walked into the camera range without looking back.
Cheng Zhi stood there, smiled awkwardly, took back his hand, and followed.
Zhou Peiling was not the only one who was surprised on the set. The male assistant before was even more stunned. He never expected that the person he just spoke to was the lead actor in the same crew as Zhou Peiling, and he was also a man disguised as a woman! When Cheng Zhi passed by him, he raised his hand to say hello, which scared him so much that he got goosebumps all of a sudden, ah, shemale.
Cheng Zhi, who finally saw a normal straight man's reaction after such a long time: "..."
What should I do? I feel disgusted but suddenly feel so touched!
Cheng Zhi's mood brightened instantly. Originally, he didn't take Zhou Peiling's attitude to heart at all. How could he, a grown man, fight with a woman in such a petty manner? As soon as he entered the camera, Cheng Zhi thought of the surprised and disgusted expression of the male assistant just now, and couldn't bear it. Keep smiling.
Zhou Peiling became increasingly angry when she saw Cheng Zhi smiling across from him: "..."
Xu Fei stared at the script, thought for a moment and said: "Let's shoot the 'rob the man' part first, Cheng Zhi, can you do it!?"
How could any man say that he is not good at the question of whether he can do it or not? So Cheng Zhi immediately said: "Okay!"
After confirming the filming content, Cheng Zhi and Zhou Peiling read the script separately. Because of Zhou Peiling's refusal, the two did not face each other's lines, but each memorized their own lines. After about ten minutes, the filming officially started.
There were many people watching this scene, and other staff who had no work at hand gathered here. Cheng Zhi singled out Luo Nianwei, Yu and Wang Wenhang from the crowd with a glance. They gave Cheng Zhi a cheering gesture and were very responsible. The crowd became a crowd of onlookers.
Only then did he realize that he had to fight for a man with so many people and Zhou Peiling: "..."
... God gave me a normal mind.
What Xu Fei said about "stealing a man" was a scene in the script between Yuan Chunhua and Wang Qingchen about Ji Mo.
The character Wang Qingchen originally had a crush on Liao Shaoxian. After being rejected, he fell in love with Ji Mo again during a joint action with Liao Shaoxian. However, both Liao Shaoxian and Ji Mo later were Yuan Chunhua's subordinates. Wang Qingchen The character's love story is the standard female lead routine.
Normally, Cheng Zhi would definitely sympathize with the second female lead, but now faced with such a "menacing" Wang Qingchen, he really calmed down and acted like Yuan Chunhua, the female lead who is rich in men.
"Miss Yuan was not in the room last night. Where did she go?"
Wang Qingchen blinked his angry eyes, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and continued: "Miss Yuan is a lady, and her father is an important minister in the court. Why should she be involved in such a thrilling case. She is alone, even if she is less. I'm afraid it won't be good if I'm not in the room late at night."
Zhou Peiling's skills as an actor are profound, much better than newcomers like Wang Wenhang. Although her attitude is not worthy of praise, her skills in this line are indeed quite good.
Cheng Zhi rolled his eyes and showed a sly smile, "Miss Wang knows that I am not in the room late at night, so she must not know it if I am alone in the room. What's more... I am not alone, and I am not accompanied by Brother Ji. Me?"
This last sentence said by Yuan Chunhua was particularly profound. Wang Qingchen's beautiful eyes immediately widened in anger, and his beautiful eyebrows knitted together tightly.
Yuan Chunhua was like this. Although he was born noble and beautiful, he lived a flamboyant and unrestrained life, not afraid of offending or being offended by others. Cheng Zhi grasped Yuan Chunhua very well. The expression on his face was not exaggerated, but full of arrogance.
Wang Qingchen was very angry, and Zhou Peiling, who played Wang Qingchen, was even more angry.
Cheng Zhi's fake voice was natural and pleasant, and his acting skills exceeded her expectations. To be precise, she had planned to crush Cheng Zhi here and embarrass him in public, but she didn't expect that Cheng Zhi's acting skills surprised her. Such complex emotions were intertwined, and only rage could describe her feelings.
"Brother Ji takes care of you because he is from the West Factory and has to complete the task. Do you think you are very important in his heart?" Zhou Peiling said word by word. If it weren't for her quality as an actor supporting her, she would have almost said Tell me what you are.
Xu Fei stared closely at the camera. The performance of these two people was quite satisfactory. Cheng Zhi's performance was what he expected, and Zhou Peiling... just barely.
"Don't tell me the opposite. Don't you know who Ji Mo is taking care of? Miss Wang——."
Wang Qingchen's eyes twitched, and anger surged out. Ji Mo was from the West Factory, and Wang Qingchen was the adopted daughter of Admiral Wang, the director of the West Factory. Yuan Chunhua's words were heart-breaking, and they all hit Wang Qingchen's weakness.
"you!"
Zhou Peiling's anger grew stronger and stronger. The reason was the arrogance and pride on Cheng Zhi's face.
She couldn't remember that it was Yuan Chunhua's role requirement, but she just found the other person's face and face particularly difficult to watch. According to the script, Wang Qingchen should turn his back here, with his face gradually distorted.
But Zhou Peiling stepped closer to Cheng Zhi in the eyes of everyone. Suddenly, she suddenly raised her hand and hit Cheng Zhi's face hard.
Chapter 48
The moment Zhou Peiling raised her hand, everyone's eyes were focused on her, and her breathing could not help but tighten.
The reason is very simple. Even if Cheng Zhi is beaten, as long as Zhou Peiling insists that he was too involved in the drama and made an unpleasant scene in the end, he still cannot get any justice. Cheng Zhi can only be slapped in the face. Moreover, Cheng Zhi is a man. If he turns against him on the spot, Zhou Peiling will slap him down, saying that he must be careful with his money.
The bystanders all understood this truth, but no one had time to think about the situation at the time, and no one could stop him during the filming. They could only watch Zhou Peiling slap him.
Cheng Zhi, who was at the center of the incident, had the following thoughts: emmmmm... there would really be something wrong with this guy if he was hit.
Zhou Peiling took the first step, and Cheng Zhi thought to himself: Hey, it's not in the script.
Zhou Peiling took the second step, and Cheng Zhi thought to himself: Hey, she is coming towards me.
Zhou Peiling stared at him menacingly, and Cheng Zhi thought: Hiss, are you going to hit me?
Zhou Peiling raised his hand, and Cheng Zhi thought: Oh, he really wants to hit me.
In just a second or two, Cheng Zhi's brain reacted clearly to the situation. If he could still be hit like this, Cheng Zhi might be a fool.
So when Zhou Peiling's hand waved in front of his eyes, Cheng Zhi took a small step back and couldn't help but laugh: "Hey~ It didn't hit~"
The situation changed instantly. To be fair, even the little girl Luo Nian, who was worried about Cheng Zhi, felt that this sentence was very unreasonable.
Sure enough, Zhou Peiling's eyes widened as she was still being fooled by the opponent after she swung the ball in the air. She switched her other hand and fired the second shot.
Snapped!
Loud noise.
Cheng Zhi suddenly stretched out his hand and gave Zhou Peiling a slap in the air.
The air was suddenly quiet.
Then, the crowd outside the venue burst into laughter, and the camera focused on Zhou Peiling's face. Her expression was green and white, and she was almost distorted with anger.
Xu Fei showed his face expressionlessly behind the camera and said loudly: "It's stuck! It's passed."
Cheng Zhi was surprised. This scene was beyond his expectation. He looked at Xu Fei, but he only saw Xu Fei's handsome face, with no expression at all.
She had already called out the card, and Zhou Peiling couldn't take action no matter how angry she was. She turned to Xu Fei and said loudly: "What's wrong! What's the name of the photo you just took! I'm not satisfied!"
Xu Fei sneered and said: "I'm satisfied. I watched this drama as too serious and lacked humor. What you just shot was so funny. After thinking about it, I have to take back my evaluation of you as a rubbish actor. You did a pretty good job. Ah, the anger was so natural that I almost thought it was true feelings."
Xu Fei's eloquence in swearing is amazing. Even though he can't say bad words, he can really make the other person speechless when he trains them. Zhou Peiling stood there for a long time, and after the filming of a scene, his face looked like he was falling down. I bought a paint box with all kinds of colors, and in the end they were all mixed together, making it really ugly.
Cheng Zhi rubbed his palms in this stormy atmosphere. As a grown man, he felt his palms tingling. How hard Zhou Peiling had exerted this week.
Damn it, what kind of hatred or resentment?
Zhou Peiling stopped arguing with Xu Fei and turned to look at Cheng Zhi. The two looked at each other, and Zhou Peiling glared at him fiercely.
Zhou Peiling's male assistant immediately got into the camera and took Zhou Peiling out. At the same time, he laughed with the people around him and said, "Everyone is tired. Let's take a rest. Take a rest."
But we only filmed one scene, so what's the point of resting? Everyone thought so, but because they were too lazy to argue with Zhou Peiling, no one said anything. Xu Fei didn't bother to pay attention to Zhou Peiling. After telling the male assistant that he could only rest for fifteen minutes, he lowered his head and watched the replay just now.
Although his face was still expressionless, Cheng Zhi always felt that Xu Fei was in a good mood.
"What were you hiding from just now? If she hit you, you should give her a backhand slap and slap her directly."
When Cheng Zhi also came over to watch the replay, Xu Fei suddenly said to him. Cheng Zhi's eyes jumped and he was very surprised, "Director, you actually hit a woman?"
Xu Fei glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a man, so of course I won't fight. That's why I asked you to fight."
Cheng Zhi suddenly became quiet: "..."
Damn it, I am a man too!
After a fifteen-minute break, the afternoon shooting continued. Xu Fei concentrated on filming Zhou Peiling's scenes as he said before. Except for the first scene, Cheng Zhi spent the entire afternoon watching others acting.
During the break, Wei Heyu and Cheng Zhi sat together and said, "Director Xu Fei didn't use you all afternoon, but he insisted on calling you on for the first scene. Why do you think that is?"
Cheng Zhi blinked and said with a smile: "It's probably not because... you want me to give Zhou Peiling a blow."
Wei Heyu paused and smiled softly. He originally wanted to give Cheng Zhi some advice, but he didn't expect that Cheng Zhi's heart was like a mirror and he could see clearly.
The thing is just as Cheng Zhi said. Wang Qingchen's play clearly has the least contact with Yuan Chunhua, but Xu Fei named Cheng Zhi to start this scene. The purpose is to destroy Zhou Peiling's prestige, and his choice of Cheng Zhi shows that under Xu Fei's director In my heart, Cheng Zhi is the most powerful person who can suppress Zhou Peiling, the former actress.
"Hey, life is really scary."
Wei Heyu couldn't help but let out a sigh, patted Cheng Zhi's shoulder, and continued filming.
Cheng Zhi looked at his back and felt a little emotional for a moment.
In this life, he has a much greater chance of encountering guidance from his seniors than in his previous life. It's obviously the same way of communicating, but he doesn't know what the difference is.
Is it really because he looks good...
On a busy set, someone was suddenly immersed in deep emotion about life because of his beautiful appearance.
Time passed slowly without work. Cheng Zhi carefully planned his schedule to meet fans at noon tomorrow. After all, it was the first time he met fans after his rebirth, so he needed to be a little more solemn. I don’t know what kind of girl the other party is. It’s not long at noon and there are only a few restaurants outside the shooting base. I really need to choose carefully.
Cheng Zhi inquired with the staff and heard that Cheng Zhi was going to meet his fans. The staff expressed their congratulations. For stars who are just starting out, fans are even more precious. The staff all understand this.
Originally, Cheng Zhi only asked a few staff members, but for some reason the entire crew knew about it the next day. Near noon, Xu Fei specifically called him, and Great Mercy gave Cheng Zhi an extra hour of lunch break.
Not only that, Luo Nian also worked with several makeup artists to find a new costume for him that he had never worn before, and put on extra charming makeup.
It was difficult to change out of his clothes and hair during the lunch break, so the makeup artist kindly suggested that he wear the costumes from the show to spend the lunch break with the fans. This would not only allow the fans to feel close to the idol at work, but also Makeup artists can show off their skills.
Cheng Zhi sincerely felt that the reason was the latter.
Naturally, at Cheng Zhi's strong request, the costumes were changed back to men's clothes, and the makeup was tried to be as masculine as possible, but unfortunately the makeup artists had their own opinions. After Cheng Zhi looked in the mirror, he felt that he looked very much like a costume TV series A demonic saint who disguises herself as a man.
"Brother Chengzhi, don't worry, you are so beautiful now. If you go to pick up your fan later, she will definitely fall in love with you instantly!"
Cheng Zhi looked at himself in the mirror complexly, full of doubts about Luo Nian's words.
"Can't my eye shadow be lighter?"
Luo Nian solemnly said: "No, this combination is the most beautiful now. Brother Cheng Zhi's eyes are so beautiful. With this makeup, anyone who sees you will have their soul taken away."
Cheng Zhi, who doesn't want to be a 'black and white impermanent', just wants to look handsome: "..."
"By the way, Brother Chengzhi, you go to pick someone up. How do you recognize someone when you meet them?"
Cheng Zhi adjusted his long hair and costume and said, "I heard she was holding roses in her hand."
"How can a girl see a man bring a rose? He can't be a man, right?"
The makeup artists all laughed, and Cheng Zhi also laughed, and loudly said to them: "No way, it must be a girl. If the other person is a boy, I might as well not call him Cheng Zhi (zhi) from now on, but Cheng Wan." ”
The atmosphere suddenly became noisy.
Cheng Zhi stopped chatting with the makeup artists. When the time came, he went to the parking lot to wait for someone.
Cheng Zhi's words just now were not unfounded. On the contrary, he was very serious.
First of all, his fans on Weibo all call him little brother, and his tone and tone of voice can tell that he is a girl. Furthermore, Zhou Peiling's male assistant Xiang Chengzhi proved that a normal male reaction is normal. If you know Chengzhi's gender and still like him, he is probably either a late-stage face control or a gay.
But how could it be such a coincidence that the fans who finally came were gay? If Cheng Zhi's continuation of meeting a gay was really that big, he thought he might as well just change his name.
Cheng Zhi walked briskly to the parking lot. The time was 12:20, ten minutes earlier than agreed. Cheng Zhi scanned the parking lot and saw no one holding roses.
Maybe it hasn't arrived yet, Cheng Zhi thought in his mind, and suddenly felt a little nervous. To sum it up, it probably feels like I haven’t done business for a long time and am worried about my skills...
Time moved by the second, and Cheng Zhi became more and more anxious. Finally, a black nanny car drove into the parking lot and stopped in front of Cheng Zhi.
Seeing the nanny car, Cheng Zhi couldn't help but be startled. In this circle, he naturally knew which type of car was used the most. Fans... actually drove a nanny car?
Just as he was thinking about it, the car door was pushed open and a large bunch of roses was handed out from inside the car.
Then, a pair of long legs wearing suit pants came into view, and Cheng Zhi's heart skipped a beat, feeling very bad.
This man is too tall...
The cliff is a man.
The tall figure bent down and got out of the car, standing up straight in front of Cheng Zhi, holding bright red roses in his hands. It took a while for Cheng Zhi's eyes to see his face with the light behind him.
Perhaps in just a short second, the man's profound outline was completely outlined in the depths of Cheng Zhi's mind. His eyes were penetrating, and his voice was low and confusing.
Kang Chen said: "Hello, Chengzhi."
Cheng Zhi was suddenly confused: "..."
The author has something to say: Boss: "Xiao Zhi, are you happy? Are you surprised?"
Cheng Zhi: "...You have recognized the wrong person. I am not Cheng Zhi, I am Cheng Wan...orz"
When everyone thought Zhou Peiling was cannon fodder, it turned out that she was just one!
But the cannon fodder has to play his role to get the benefits. Kangkang will speed up the progress from the next chapter.
and, Lingling~ Come on, try your best to die~!
Zhou Peiling: "..."