Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 313 Finishing

After a short break, the staff set up the scene and filming resumed.

Actually, the role of Wang Sheng is not difficult to play.

Although, because of Wu Zhuo, this character's role was given more screen time.

However, in a sense, Wu Zhuo's character is not the true backbone of this drama.

The real highlight of this drama lies in the fairy Xiao Wei and Zhao Wei's character.

Painted Skin! (Taken from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio)

As is well known, most of the main characters in Liaozhai are female monsters.

Of course, Wu Zhuo is ultimately the one who carries the box office.

His character has many highlights.

These highlights are not about the complexity of the characters.

He's handsome, not just good-looking.

As we all know, Wu Zhuo is currently the celebrity with the most fans in China.

The four handsome members of Fahrenheit attracted a large number of fans with their good looks.

Wu Zhuo was no exception.

Many of his fans are drawn to his good looks.

Therefore, when planning the Painted Skin project, many scenes of people looking cool and stylish were included.

It might be a bit difficult for Wu Zhuo to deliver a performance worthy of an award-winning actor.

Acting cool and stylish is Wu Zhuo's forte.

He became the most popular member of Fahrenheit.

Besides his exceptional creative talent, another reason is his strong personal style.

To put it simply, they know how to act cool.

Of course, Wu Zhuo's coolness is not the kind that tends to be superficial.

It's something deeper.

Well, even Wu Zhuo himself couldn't quite explain what this thing was.

If I had to say, it would probably be about audience appeal!
Just like Andy Lau, just like Hu Ge.

You might say he's incredibly handsome, but it doesn't seem like it.

If you really think about it, their appearance is actually only above average in the industry, not perfect.

But it's precisely because of their existence that they are incredibly popular with audiences.

Whenever they appear in a movie or film, people always feel a sense of goodwill towards their characters.

Even when they are villains, the audience inexplicably hopes that they will kill the protagonist.

Wu Zhuo is roughly the same type.

The character Wang Sheng is not particularly likable.

A pedantic, bookish military man.

In his past life, when Wu Zhuo watched this show, he called him a fool more than once. Even though Xiao Wei was clearly a monster, and his relatives and friends had warned him, he still stubbornly believed that Xiao Wei was human.

But even with such a character, Wu Zhuo's performance managed to conceal that kind of pedantry.

On the contrary, Wu Zhuo's actions gave the character a charm that he didn't have in his previous life.

This must be what audience appeal is all about.

"Click..."

On set, after watching the footage on the monitor several times, Gordon Chan stood up with a smile and announced loudly:

"We've wrapped up filming!"

"Ow..."

When Gordon Chan announced the end of filming, the entire crew erupted in cheers.

Wu Jing let out a howl, took off his costume and threw it into the air, extremely excited.

The roles of the characters in the movie Painted Skin are quite clearly defined.

Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun performed most of the dramatic scenes.

Wu Zhuo and Wu Jing were responsible for most of the action scenes.

Especially Wu Jing.

He is a professional martial arts actor, much more professional than Wu Zhuo, who is only a half-baked amateur.

Eighty percent of the fight scenes in the entire series are with him.

Action scenes are much more tiring than dramatic scenes.

Injuries can happen at any time. Although Wu Jing didn't suffer any serious injuries during this filming.

But bumps and bruises are inevitable. Every night when he returned home, Wu Zhuo would see him rubbing his body with liniment.

Therefore, compared to others, Wu Jing was definitely the one who worked the hardest in this film and also the one who wanted to finish filming the earliest.

It's normal for him to be excited now that filming has wrapped up.

Wu Zhuo was also quite excited.

The filming period for "Painted Skin" was probably the longest he had ever worked on.

Even considering the time he took off, the filming of this drama lasted for about half a year.

Half a year is a really long time for him, who used to be involved in idol dramas and period dramas.

"Now that filming here is finished, what are your plans? How about we go on a trip together? I've made plans with Zhao Wei and a few other friends; we're going to Japan."

Everyone in the crew was excitedly packing their things.

Wu Zhuo didn't need it; he had the costume designer remove the clunky hard armor he was wearing.

After entering May, the weather in BJ started to warm up, and wearing this armor was really stuffy.

As soon as she took off her armor, Zhou Xun plopped down next to him, still as familiar as ever.

"I probably won't be able to go. I have events to attend in Beijing in the next few days."

Wu Zhuo shook his head.

Actually, he's no longer active.

But today is already the 10th.

A major event will happen in China the day after tomorrow.

He couldn't do much more, nor did he dare to speak or act recklessly.

All he could do was try to gather some supplies so that he could provide immediate support after the disaster struck.

This is the only thing he can do.

"That's it..."

Zhou Xun didn't chat with Wu Zhuo any longer and got up to walk towards Zhao Wei on the other side.

"You really hate them?"

Wu Jing arrived at Wu Zhuo's side at some point.

He glanced at Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei, whose expressions weren't very good, with a look of curiosity.

He couldn't understand why Wu Zhuo, who was known for his good temper in the industry, consistently gave Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei the cold shoulder.

He has seen Wu Zhuo reject Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei's advances more than once.

"I really have something to do!"

Wu Zhuo was also wronged; he really was in trouble this time.

If there's nothing else going on, he'd be willing to try and smooth things over with Zhou Xun and the others.

Even if you can't be good friends, you can at least avoid becoming enemies.

But this time it really won't work.

Wu Jing glanced at him with disbelief, said nothing more, and instead invited him to dinner.

Painted Skin is not a small production team, and the wrap party will not be taken lightly.

So there won't be a wrap party today. The production team has scheduled it for the 12th, and everyone in the crew will be there.

However, Wu Zhuo estimates that there will probably be very few people at the wrap party for this drama.

Anyway, he probably can't come.

"Ah Zhuo, I heard you started a film and television company. If you ever have a role, remember to give us a shout-out!"

Wu Jing treated everyone to dinner, but he didn't invite too many people; it was just a few roughnecks from the film crew.

Besides Wu Zhuo, there are also Jin Song and Xiao Cong from Yunnan.

Both of them play Wu Zhuo's subordinates in the drama, and their roles are not many.

But because Wu Zhuo is easygoing, we got along quite well.

At the dinner table, Jin Song drank his wine in large gulps.

She soon became a little drunk and kept asking Wu Zhuo to take good care of her.

"Don't worry! I'll definitely give you guys priority when there are roles available."

Although Jin Song isn't exactly lead actor material, his robust physique makes him very suitable for playing tough guy roles, making him an indispensable supporting actor in many productions.

Wu Zhuo's company will likely need such a role when preparing for a TV series or movie.

It's fine to hand it over to Jin Song when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)