The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 395 Need to Empty Your Mind

The scene of Zhao Ling'er taking a bath went smoothly without any mishaps. After Xu Jiuyang's scene was finished, it was almost time for the wedding scene.

Although I always dislike the "Chinese Paladin" series from my previous life, I don't hesitate to borrow from it when necessary, such as hiding in the closet to play kissing to avoid my grandma.

In terms of ambiguity, this little scene is very appealing, fully expressing the innocent, naive, and even budding feelings of the young boy and girl.

Therefore, playing Xu Jiuyang was really tough. Even though he tried very hard to recall the true temperament of a young man, he was still a little short. Fortunately, Liu Qianqian was there to guide him, and he eventually did a satisfactory job.

The man was extremely frustrated. He had been carried away by Liu Tianxian. If this had happened in his previous life, no one would have believed it, and they would have laughed their heads off.

However, the more frustrating part was yet to come. The wedding scene would definitely have to be more elaborate, unlike the simple one in the game, but some scenes still needed to be recreated.

such as--

"...What day will it be tomorrow? We are already strangers."

"Cut!"

At the sound of the director's voice, Xu Jiuyang came to his senses and raised his hand apologetically: "I'm sorry, it was my fault."

There's no way around it, damn it, this is a once-in-a-millennium scene. Can you imagine Liu Qianqian, who is fifteen or sixteen years old, with a chubby face, cute and adorable, being able to put on a forced smile and a sad expression, and even have tears streaming down her delicate face?
In particular, the tears rolled down naturally from her eyes, and she controlled them very well, first one drop, then two, and the tear stains were also exceptionally clear.

It's fair to say that, based on this single scene, her acting skills are absolutely on par with Zhou Xun or even Zhang Ziyi.

Even more outrageous, after the director yelled "cut," she remained sitting on the edge of the bed, staring blankly ahead, her teary eyes glazed over, until her personal maid, either Feng or Cai, came to help her up, and she snapped out of it: "Is filming... is it over?"

When she went to rest, she gave someone a sad and reluctant look, which made him tremble.

"This is unbelievable, when did Liu Yifei's acting become so good?" Xu Jiuyang muttered irritably during a break. "We shouldn't have included the poem from the game... and the director was the wrong choice too..."

The poems in the game are actually quite mediocre. Apart from "Since we don't look back, why not forget?" which is barely acceptable, the rest are just doggerel, and some don't even rhyme.

The reason it was used in a TV series is because someone decided to make a TV series that was very close to the original game, so many famous scenes had to be replicated, such as Zhao Ling'er reciting poetry on her wedding night.

As for the directors, since they couldn't hire Li Guoli, and there weren't many directors in China with experience in making fantasy films, they ended up hiring two Hong Kong directors: Liang Guoguan and Li Dachao.

The former directed the second installment of "My Date with a Vampire" in the year 2000—or rather, he was one of the executive directors.

The latter was responsible for the action direction of The Matrix—one of many action directors.

Most importantly, in their previous life, they had co-directed Zhou Yi's "Water Moon Cave," so they had some experience. Therefore, after Sister Xiaoli sent the list of directors, he chose their two names.

In conclusion, this person is actually making excuses for their own guilty conscience. After all, Liu Qianqian's glance back as she left was truly pitiful.

You should know that even when he was filming "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and acted with her countless times, he never took her seriously.

but now……

"This is really going to kill me," Xu Jiuyang sighed. "If... how am I going to explain this to my sister? And even more so, how am I going to explain this to Yangyang in the future!"

Although it was in my past life... but now... it's really quite a dilemma.

He felt something was off when filming the wedding scene before, but he didn't think much of it. Now, it's impossible not to think about it. And filming can't stop. Although the investors don't care about the money, that's not an excuse to burn it.

"Don't be afraid, it's just an illusion, it won't scare me," Xu Jiuyang encouraged himself.

Then he became even more frustrated because when Liu Qianqian finished adjusting and filmed the scene again, he couldn't keep up again.

After several attempts, Liang Guoguan had no choice but to advise, "Teacher Xu, how about we just cut this scene for now? Miss Liu isn't in a very good state... or rather, she's in too good a state. If we film it a few more times, she might not be able to get out of character."

Logically speaking, he and Li Dachao are both directors from Hong Kong; they've seen all sorts of situations, so they shouldn't have said such a thing.

Unfortunately, neither Liu Qianqian nor Xu Jiuyang were people they could control or offend, so they could only try to negotiate.

"Okay, give me... give me half an hour," Xu Jiuyang said after thinking for a moment.

Then he beckoned to Zhang Yan: "Yan'er, come with me to the car to work out the scene."

Zhang Yan paused for a moment, then pointed to herself with some uncertainty.

"Hurry up, get the script, time is precious." Xu Jiuyang said, then turned to Liang Guoguan: "Don't let anyone bother me."

“No problem, Teacher Xu.” Liang Guoguan readily agreed.

Xu Jiuyang, accompanied by his assistant, arrived at his newly purchased SUV. After driving to a secluded corner, he sat in the back and handed Zhao Ling'er's script to Zhang Yan.

"When you read it later, try to put your heart into it, put as much heart into it as possible," he said.

“Okay…okay, boss.” Zhang Yan nodded.

“But,” Xu Jiuyang’s expression turned serious, “I want you to use it while reading…”

He leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.

Zhang Yan first widened her eyes, then her face flushed red, her brows furrowing with embarrassment and annoyance, but she didn't react, only asking shyly, "Why...why?"

"Because I need to empty my mind and perform with pure technique," Xu Jiuyang said seriously. "I can get into a calm state more quickly by emptying my mind while acting.

"But...but...why can't I find someone else?" Zhang Yan felt inexplicably aggrieved.

“He Qing will play the grandmother, Deng Jie will play the aunt, Zhang Shuang and Zhao Shu are not here, Dong Qing and Liu Tao are not here,” Xu Jiuyang spread his hands, “If there were more suitable people, I would not have asked you.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan bit her lip.

“Of course, if you really don’t want to, I won’t force you. It’s not a big deal to stop the filming for a day,” Xu Jiuyang said. “However, you should go back afterward. What I need is an assistant who can help me solve problems.”

"No!" Zhang Yan cried out immediately.

She hesitated for a moment, then finally lowered her head: "I'll help you... I'll help you..."

After she finished speaking, the blush on her face spread all the way to her neck.

"Then let's get ready to begin," Xu Jiuyang said without any hint of pity. "Our time is very tight."
(End of this chapter)