This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 169 He hurt Brother Quan.
What exactly is literary literacy?
That's what you call literary literacy!
The difference between the two sets of copywriting is quite obvious.

Cheng Yarui's voice was loud but not elegant enough.

Li Haorui's recitation was elegant but not loud enough.

Cheng Yarui's face showed displeasure after seeing Li Haorui's Weibo post.

Back in the day at Star Glory Media, Li Haorui's status was far inferior to hers.

Now Li Haorui has switched jobs and become a guest of honor at Lu Ran's company.

They can all compete with her.

Over the years, she's been stuck at the top tier of singers, which has inevitably caused her some psychological issues.

Why?

Why?
Lin Xingchu, who is younger than her, has already become a superstar.

Why can't she succeed?

I was sent by the company to sing for Fei Lingyun before, but I didn't get any benefits.

Now the company has sent him out to compete against Li Haorui.

Cheng Yarui felt a lump in her throat.

We must win this match!

She absolutely has to beat Li Haorui!
She has to prove herself; she is no less capable than anyone else, and she has the talent of a superstar.

With that thought in mind, Cheng Yarui entered the recording studio.

Tang Yufeng was sitting in the recording studio.

Upon seeing Tang Yufeng, Cheng Yarui bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, Master Guan."

Tang Yufeng said with a smile, "Sit down. You've already seen all the songs, just sing a few lines."

Cheng Yarui hummed a couple of lines, referring to the lyrics.

Tang Yufeng shook his head: "The mood is off. Your singing is full of resentment. This song needs love. You should understand love, right?"

Cheng Yarui: "I understand, I'll try again."

She sang it again.

Tang Yufeng frowned, then sighed.

"Honestly, don't be so tense all the time. It's not a big deal if you're not in a good mood all day. It's not a big deal if you go out and compete in a competition. A bad mood will affect your singing."

Tang Yufeng is a top-notch lyricist and composer, as well as a top-notch producer.

He had already sensed Cheng Yarui's emotions and deduced the reason.

Cheng Yarui did not speak.

"Have you read the Four Great Classical Novels?" Tang Yufeng asked.

Cheng Yarui shook her head.

She has no time to read the Four Great Classical Novels, and she can't get into them anyway.

Tang Yufeng took out his phone and shared an audiobook with Cheng Yarui.

"I recommend a book to you, a combined edition of the Four Great Classical Novels. You can read all four books at once, saving you time and effort. The stories are even more intricate and bizarre than the originals. You'd never guess what happens next. Read it when you have some free time. Your current situation is because you haven't been reading enough."

Cheng Yarui was full of questions.

Is your compilation of the Four Great Classical Novels a legitimate book?

After Tang Yufeng finished speaking, his tone became serious.

"Your singing skills are not bad, the problem lies in your mindset. Think about it, do you sing to become a superstar, or do you sing because you love singing?"

Cheng Yarui fell into thought.

Tang Yufeng smiled faintly: "Sing first, singing is the happiest thing."

……

Nighttime, in a hotel in Beijing.

Lu Ran was sitting at his desk, studying the script for "Black Tide".

These next few days, he will be recording the first episode of "China in Classical Texts" in Beijing.

He plays a contemporary scholar, so the acting requirements aren't high.

On Earth, the scholar in this role is played by Sa Beining.

According to Xiaosa himself, the last time he acted in a stage play before filming this program was when he was in college.

In other words, Xiao Sa had no acting experience, yet he went on to play a scholar, learning and performing alongside actors from the National Theatre of China, personally experiencing what it means to learn by doing.

For someone like Lu Ran with acting experience, playing this role shouldn't be difficult.

But the roles in the movie "Black Tide" are a bit more difficult.

He plays Ah Wen, a killer who is the murder tool of gang leader Du Feng, and is quick, accurate and ruthless in his actions.

This character's driving force is simply to execute orders; there are no personal emotional fluctuations.

The highlight of the entire series is the fight scene with Hong Jun.

Even during the action scenes, the two didn't exchange a single word from the moment they met until Ah-Wen's death.

What left Lu Ran speechless was that at least the assassin in "Sha Po Lang" had a couple of lines.

Even those two lines are gone from "Black Tide".

There are differences in the script, which Pang Yuntian probably didn't expect.

Lu Ran felt he had to come up with a way, at least one line of dialogue.

He then considered the other traits of the character.

He thought of the movie "SPL: Sha Po Lang" on Earth and figured he could also have Ah Wen dye his hair blonde.

It wasn't the kind where your entire head was dyed yellow, but rather the top part of your hair was dyed yellow, with the back of your head having an inverted triangle shape of yellow, giving you a wolf-like look. "This character could be set up as someone adopted by a gang, receiving assassin training from a young age, which instilled in him absolute obedience to orders and a disregard for life."

"I need to undergo special training with short daggers, as well as combat training in confined spaces."

Lu Ran gradually perfected this role.

Just because it wasn't written in the script doesn't mean he didn't need to think about it.

Thinking about the character's backstory is part of an actor's understanding of the character, which helps them to better grasp the role.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Lu Ran opened the door, and Li Quan was standing outside.

"I've bought what you wanted."

Li Quan handed the plastic bag in his hand to Lu Ran.

There are three plastic toy daggers in here, the kind that only have a shape and no real danger.

There was also a wooden rolling pin.

"Thanks, Brother Quan. You have to be my sparring partner."

Lu Ran took the bag and took out a toy knife from it.

Li Quan's expression immediately changed.

"How can I be your sparring partner? I don't know anything."

Good grief, last time on set you were wielding that three-meter-long gun so skillfully, and now you want me to be your sparring partner?
If you want to change your agent, just say so!
"Just take the rolling pin and hit me."

Lu Ran took out the rolling pin and handed it to Li Quan.

"What are they practicing?"

Li Quan could taste the flavor.

Lu Ran doesn't want to change agents.

The rolling pin in his hand was far more lethal than the toy knife in Lu Ran's hand.

"I'm practicing my reaction time in real combat."

Lu Ran walked to the open space in the room.

His hotel room was a suite, spacious, which he prepared for better training.

"Brother Quan, you need to understand that knowing how to fight is one thing, and real combat is another. Human physiological reactions are unavoidable. It's like if something is poking your eye, your first reaction is to close your eyes. In real combat, if a knife is slashing at you or a stick is hitting you, you will instinctively dodge. I'm an actor, not a real killer."

Lu Ran gave Li Quan a brief explanation of which parts of the training he needed to do.

Li Quan had read the script for "Black Tide" and knew that Lu Ran was going to play an assassin, and that the role would consist almost entirely of action scenes.

The difference between the action scenes in "Black Tide" and "Clear Sky Song" is like the difference between a doctoral dissertation and a first-grade elementary school exam question.

In "The Song of the Clear Sky," all that matters is that you look good. After all, the audience watching "The Song of the Clear Sky" won't care whether you fight well or not, as long as it looks good.

For fantasy puppet shows, the requirements aren't that high.

"Black Tide" is a pure action film, and its highlights are the fight scenes.

Lu Ran held the toy knife in his hand, but with the tip pointing downwards. This is called a normal grip, also known as an ice pick grip.

If the knife tip is on the thumb side, this grip is called a reverse grip, also known as a hammer grip.

Ice spike attacks have a short range but are more agile, making them suitable for close-quarters combat.

The hammer grip has a long attack range, making it suitable for frontal thrusts and should be used when there is some distance between the two opponents.

Li Quan was still playing with the rolling pin in his hand.

Lu Ran said, "I'm ready. Go ahead and hit me, hit me as hard as you want."

Li Quan: "Then be careful, I've hit you."

He raised his hand and slammed a rolling pin down on Lu Ran.

Lu Ran kept repeating to himself, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"

As the rolling pin came at him, he activated his combined martial arts skills and instinctively swung the toy knife in his hand.

The toy knife and the rolling pin collided.

There was a bang.

Li Quan loosened his grip, and the rolling pin fell to the ground.

Lu Ran glanced at the plastic knife in his hand; the plastic knife was cracked.

He looked at Li Quan.

Li Quan first looked at the hand that had been holding the rolling pin, then looked at Lu Ran.

His eyes were a bit complicated.

If you look closely, you can see that his hands are trembling slightly.

Li Quan coughed twice: "Ran, well, it's not that I don't want to practice with you, but I suddenly remembered that I have something to take care of. You can practice by yourself first, I'll go first."

Li Quan turned and left.

At first, he walked at a normal pace, but then his pace quickened.

Finally, he ran away as if someone was chasing him.

A thud.

The door is closed.

"Oh no, I hit too hard just now and hurt Brother Quan." Lu Ran realized the problem.

He didn't stop himself when he struck.

(End of this chapter)