Huayu: When the director changed his major

On September 15, the crew of "Detective Chinatown 2" began filming their final scene in New York.

Xin Yukun was leading the site staff to verify the situation and also asked the non-essential staff to leave the venue.

Today is the first time that Cheng Xiao, who plays the hacker KIKO, is taking on a pool scene.

Seeing her trembling and clinging to him, Cheng Xi couldn't help but laugh mischievously:

"You're usually pretty daring, but you still need Uncle Kun to clear the set just to film a swimsuit scene. You're useless."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiao immediately stopped trembling.

She took off the pink bath towel she was wearing and threw it towards Cheng Xi.

Fortunately, Cheng Xi reacted quickly, grabbing the towel and pulling it slightly, causing Cheng Xiao to fall into the pool next to her.

The loud "plop" as it entered the water made Cheng Xi burst into laughter.

"Boss, you're bullying me! I'm going to tell Sister Reba!"

Cheng Xi was in a particularly cheerful mood because filming was wrapping up today.

I can't wait to finish filming so I can go back and hug Dilraba and Gulnazar. That would be so wonderful.

It's better than being here in this sweltering heat every day.

However, seeing Cheng Xiao fall into the water wearing a thin swimsuit, along with the waves and her gradually developing body, was quite a sight.

This caused Cheng Xi to be momentarily dazed.

This high school student has finally grown up.

No wonder she's the oldest of the three.

That's true, she'll be taking the college entrance exam next year and will be eighteen soon.

If it weren't for her coming to New York to act with me, she would already be in the intense and exciting senior year tutoring phase with Zhou Ye.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xi shook his head.

It feels like my college entrance exam was just yesterday.

At this moment, the way he was bullying high school students by the pool made him look like a weird old man playing a raising simulation game.

To put it simply, Cheng Xi felt something was off, and there was also a vague sense of unease about her inner thoughts.

"Telling Reba won't do any good. Don't you know that Reba listens to me?"

"Forget it, stop messing around. Go swim a couple of laps to get used to it, and let's finish filming as soon as possible. You'll have nothing to do tonight, but I'll be very busy."

Seeing that Cheng Xi had become serious, Cheng Xiao didn't dare to say anything more.

He started swimming slowly in the pool as instructed.

Her lithe, youthful figure, paired with a cute yet subtly edgy swimsuit, certainly attracted the attention of many members of the crew.

Who doesn't envy young people?

After Xin Yukun and the production assistants had completed the verification, there were only seven or eight staff members on the entire filming location, plus a dozen or so scattered extras behind the swimming pool.

These are the strange and unusual detectives who appeared earlier in the villa, as well as the party staff.

The swimming pool is now located in another villa of Uncle Seven.

For the sake of the filming effect, Cheng Xi specially asked White to find him a European-style villa.

This creates a symmetrical aesthetic when photographed.

Once everything was ready, Cheng Xi called out into the walkie-talkie behind the monitor:

"action!"

The camera first focused on a close-up of Cheng Xiao.

She was seen leaning leisurely against the edge of the pool, chewing gum and replying to messages on her phone.

This kind of close-up shot is rarely used on Cheng Xiao.

Previously, she was inconspicuous among a group of people, as everyone's attention was drawn to the main character.

But now, appearing alone on camera, Cheng Xi sighed once again that Cheng Xiao had grown up.

When I first met her, she was a spirited young woman who was always ready to argue with anyone and everything.

Now, after being nurtured and cultivated by the Zui Bai system, it has already shown considerable promise.

Although her acting skills are still a bit raw, it is precisely this unpolished acting style that makes her so memorable.

Cheng Xi did not interrupt, but simply allowed the camera to faithfully record Cheng Xiao's performance.

Gradually, Cheng Xi also noticed a problem.

He shouted "Click".

"Yukun, do you sense that something's wrong?"

When Cheng Xi asked him this, Xin Yukun thought for a moment and replied:
"Well, boss, Cheng Xiao is still a member of TGgirls and is still in high school. Could you please keep this swimsuit?"

Cheng Xi looked towards the camera at that moment, which was indeed a bit inappropriate.

Actually, the swimsuit arranged for Cheng Xiao today was already the least revealing one-piece swimsuit, but there are also troubles when a high school student is too well-developed.

The lens magnifies everything.

What was originally a perfectly good shot has been turned into something borderline.

Cheng Xi hadn't considered letting others enjoy this scene with her.

They weren't shameless enough to use this gimmick to attract viewers.

Cheng Xi still possesses basic manners.

So he quickly called the stylist over and asked her to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

Xin Yukun: "No, let's just make her wear a chest binder. Cheng Xiao is still a high school student, we need to be mindful of her image."

Of course, Cheng Xi didn't need to say this; his subordinates would have already given him the hint.

Half an hour later, Cheng Xiao reappeared on camera, and she looked significantly better.

Furthermore, the stylist gave Cheng Xiao a double ponytail hairstyle, which made her look even more youthful.

It felt completely different from before.

After filming Cheng Xiao's close-up, they immediately began filming group scenes in the pool.

A group of oddly shaped detectives were dancing and barbecuing, creating quite a lively scene.

"Push the long shot towards the medium shot, and pay attention to the symmetry of the image."

"Preserve a few more close-up shots."

Actually, today's filming task was very easy; the total amount of footage we had in the movie was only about ten seconds.

However, in order to perfect the visuals, Cheng Xi not only found a suitable villa, but also arranged for each character who appeared earlier to make a "callback".

This also reflects the detectives' personalities.

It's a type of group arc light, which gives the film a better texture and a denser amount of information.

As the close-up shot progressed, Cheng Xi suddenly exclaimed "Huh?" and pointed at a bikini-clad waitress holding a tray in the frame, saying, "Is this person an extra?"

Xin Yukun looked curiously in the direction Cheng Xi was pointing. It was a very beautiful Asian face, and it looked like he was Chinese.

Knowing his boss's preferences, he assumed Cheng Xi had taken a liking to this person, so after thinking for a moment, he replied:
"Probably. The extras for this project were all found for us by the New York team. Boss, should I look for information on this person?"

"No need, I should know her."

"Huh? Oh. This."

Xin Yukun was momentarily speechless.

"I'll have her come over when we celebrate after filming."

"It's okay, just focus on filming. I'll handle things myself."

Since this was the last scene in New York, we rented a nice villa.

There were even pool parties and barbecues.

So Cheng Xi decided to let everyone celebrate on the spot after filming was over.

This is a reward for everyone's hard work over the past few months.

Cheng Xi was almost unable to recognize the Asian face he had just seen on camera.

If it weren't for the high-definition lens magnifying the view and revealing the mole on the tip of her nose, I might have completely forgotten about her face.

That was after the middle school entrance exam, when Cheng Xi and Gao Chunyang went to the provincial capital to attend an English summer camp.

It was also at that summer camp that Cheng Xi heard the passionate foreign teacher introduce New York, the world's capital of freedom.

And they played the classic New York anthem, "Empire State of Mind."

She is the white moonlight in the hearts of Cheng Xi and Da Chun.

There was nothing they could do; they were both from a small county and were both in top classes.

Everyone is so focused on studying that they don't care much about their appearance.

This was his first time attending a summer camp in the provincial capital, and seeing such a refined and well-dressed girl, it was impossible not to feel admiration.

But they were all hidden very carefully.

Looking at my outdated outfit, I felt unworthy of it.

At that time, both of them were very innocent, and there was no such thing as "simp" or "bowing sheep" back then.

After the summer camp ended, Da Chun and Cheng Xi wanted to say something to this girl.

But before he could even say anything after greeting them, he watched her get into her family's Mercedes, smile, and say goodbye as she left.

He didn't know how Da Chun was feeling at that moment.

But Cheng Xi herself felt a bit depressed.

Although her smile truly made the whole spring seem to bloom.

One cannot possess youth or experience it. At that moment, as Cheng Xi watched the Mercedes drive away, all he wanted was to achieve great things in his youth.

I later heard that this girl came to New York, but I never expected to run into her again when I was doing it all over again.

It truly made Cheng Xi marvel at the wonder of fate.

But what's most amazing is that back then, every move she made could affect her, but now she feels no ripples in her heart.

It's not that I miss her, it's that I miss my past self.

A feeling of calm melancholy.

"Hello, Yuan. I didn't expect to run into you in New York."

When filming ended and everyone was celebrating, Cheng Xi came directly to her and said something.

"Hello, great director, it's been a long time."

Yuan Chenjing blinked and smiled, her expression natural and poised.

"How did you end up working as an actor on a film set?"

"I came to see you, but I don't have your contact information."

"Okay, I'll treat you to barbecue tonight."

"Then I'll thank you, old classmate."

The crew members, seeing this situation, found it strange, but no one bothered Cheng Xi and the other person.

Even Cheng Xiao only dared to gossip about the relationship between Xin Yukun and Xin Yukun.

The two had a few drinks and chatted for a while, and Cheng Xi got a general idea of ​​Yuan Chenjing's current situation.

It turns out that after the summer camp for the high school entrance exam, her family sent her to study in the United States.

I also attended an Ivy League university.

He is a typical prodigy.

But her situation doesn't look very optimistic right now.

Under Cheng Xi's questioning, Yuan Chenjing, slightly tipsy, explained her purpose.

It turns out that her family's business went bankrupt when she was a junior in college.

She also owed a lot of debt, which she, a recent graduate, had to shoulder.

"Cheng Xi, should I not have told you these things?"

Looking at the once ever-smiling Bai Yueguang, now she was shedding tears and saying these things in front of her.

Cheng Xi remained silent.

Does life change us, or are we changed by life?

If this is how they meet, Cheng Xi would rather the two of them forget each other and remain strangers.

Why do you think I would help you?

"I don't feel that way, I just want to find someone to talk to."

Cheng Xi smiled but didn't expose her.

I specifically came here, used connections to get in as an extra, and I was even wearing a swimsuit.

If Cheng Xi still believes what she says, then he has lived two lifetimes in vain.

Cheng Xi roughly knew what would happen next, but she couldn't bear to watch her performance any longer.

This performance will not only hurt him.

And there's Da Chun.

He knew that Da Chun still liked her.

As a result, she never got married. (End of Chapter)