Peninsula: I can steal the luck of disgraced celebrities

Lin Puzhi arrived at the film set at 5:30 a.m.

Inside the SBS Ilsan Production Center's studio, the lighting technicians were already setting up the lights, the track crew was laying out the moving tracks, and the production assistants were carrying prop boxes and weaving through the crowd.

The cold air of a February morning seeped in through the cracks in the shed door, carrying the smells of coffee and dust.

He changed into his costume, sat in the dressing room, and let the makeup artist apply makeup to his face.

The person in the mirror is becoming someone else.

Shen Jianxu, 29 years old, works as a stuntman.

He was adopted as an illegitimate child by the Poseidon Group when he was young, but was later abandoned after finding his real child.

"Your skin looks good."

The makeup artist was a woman in her thirties surnamed Park. Her technique was very gentle. "Did you sleep well last night?"

"good."

Last night, Lin Puzhi and He Zhuxi only briefly touched on the topic and did not take it any further.

The makeup artist smiled and gently pressed a powder puff under his eyes.

Shen Jianxu is slowly taking shape in the mirror.

The shadows on her brow bone were deepened, and the hollows below her cheekbones were emphasized, making her look ten years older than Lin Puzhi and with an inexplicable fatigue.

As we all know, filming doesn't necessarily follow the chronological order of the story.

The first scene Lin Puzhi filmed today was when Moon Jae-in, holding a coffee cup, deliberately bumped into Shim Gun-wook on a street in Seoul.

Han Ga-in plays Moon Jae-in, whose ex-boyfriend dumped her to marry a rich and beautiful woman.

In order to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend, she plans to seduce Hong Tae-sung, the son of his conglomerate.

After she succeeds, she will go to her ex-boyfriend's company and humiliate him.

However, she unexpectedly mistook the male lead, Shen Jianxu, for Hong Taicheng.

This collision was planned by Moon Jae-in.

Lin Puzhi reiterated that South Korean film and television is more than a decade ahead of China.

More than a decade later, Chinese girls finally learned this trick.

He deliberately rear-ended a wealthy person while driving, then got out of his car, handed over his business card, and said he wanted to add them on WeChat to pay compensation.

He had encountered something similar in his past life.

Lee Hyung-min sat behind the monitor, holding a cup of Americano.

He didn't call "start," but instead had Lin Puzhi and Han Jiaren walk through their positions first.

It's not acting, it's just walking.

Which direction the camera enters the frame, where it stops, and at what point the gazes meet.

Han Ga-in's steps were a beat slower than usual, not intentionally, but because of the hesitation inherent in the character of Moon Jae-in.

I want to climb higher, but I don't dare to climb too fast.

I want to get closer, but I'm afraid of getting too close.

Lee Hyung-min put down his coffee cup. "Let's begin."

Lin Puzhi walked into the frame from the other end of the street.

Shen Jianxu's gait is different from his own.

His shoulders were slightly slumped, and his center of gravity was low, like someone who was used to maintaining balance in uncertainty.

"Card."

Lee Hyung-min's voice was flat.

Lin Puzhi stopped, and Han Jiaren also stopped.

"Lin Puzhi, you saw things too early. When Shen Jianxu saw Wen Zaiyin, he didn't 'recognize' her, he 'confirmed' her. Recognizing her means seeing her for the first time, while confirming her means seeing through her tricks."

Lin Puzhi nodded, and began the second point.

"Cut, this one's through."

The morning's filming went smoothly.

Lin Puzhi went through one scene after another with Han Ga-in and Jung So-min.

In the morning, there were only scenes between Han Ga-in and Jung So-min. Their acting skills were average, but Lim Pak-ji was able to keep up.

The real test of Lin Puzhi's acting skills will come when he acts alongside Wu Yanxiu in the afternoon.

Lee Hyung-min is calling "cut" less and less often.

Lunchtime arrived forty minutes earlier than planned.

The stagehands pushed the food cart in, and the actors took their boxed lunches in twos and threes and found a place to eat.

Lin Puzhi was eating a box of kimchi soup rice while leaning against a prop box in the corner of the studio.

The scene filmed in the afternoon was the first scene between Shen Jianxu and Hong Tailuo.

Oh Yeon-soo plays Hong Tae-ra, the eldest daughter of the Haeshin Group.

In the first episode, she mistakenly believed that Shen Jianxu had abducted her daughter and slapped him.

Shen Jianxu pinched off a lock of hair from Hong Tailuo's chest. Feeling humiliated, she slapped her again.

But in reality, this was part of Shen Jianxu's plan.

"Cut. Very good." Lee Hyung-min's voice held a low, suppressed satisfaction, like a teacher reluctant to praise a student.

Wu Yanxiu stepped out of character, glanced at Lin Puzhi, and said, "You learn very quickly."

"The senior mentor is very good at guiding us."

After filming the scene, Lin Puzhi quickly opened the system panel.

"System, disable [Forced Luck]."

[Beep! Passive skill - Strong Luck has been deactivated.]

Total usage time: 6 minutes.

[Duration of Misfortune: 6 minutes.]

[Current remaining good deeds points: 180.]

Lin Puzhi took a deep breath.

That's right, in order to perform this role well, Lin Puzhi used "Strong Luck" again to bring out his best performance.

The effect was obvious; this scene was even more difficult than the one in the morning.

But Lin Puzhi felt that every move he made and every glance he gave was just right.

"Using 'strong luck' in acting really helps improve one's skills."

Many actors fail to perform well precisely because they don't know what is right.

Under the influence of [Strong Luck], every intuition he had was the correct answer.

"Six minutes shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Lin Puzhi picked up his water cup to take a sip, but found it was empty, so he went back to the first floor of the production center to get more water.

The water dispenser is located at the end of the first-floor corridor, near the emergency exit.

He filled his water glass and turned to go back when he heard a sound.

It was Han Ga-in's voice, and that of another man.

Her voice was low, but in the empty corridor, every word was clear.

What are you doing on set?

"What are you doing? As her husband, can't I come to the film set to visit my wife?"

"As long as you don't cause trouble, it's fine."

The man chuckled.

"Making trouble? I came to see my wife, is that making trouble?"

"Zhengxun——"

"The script is more important than my husband, your career is more important than my dignity. Do you know how I feel when I see you being intimate with other men on TV?!"

Han Jiaren sighed deeply and said:

"There's no need for us to argue about this on set anymore. We've already separated because of this drama; what's the point of arguing anymore?"

The man sneered, "It will only affect the rest of the crew and the media's opinion of you, right?"

Han Jiaren did not answer.

Lin Puzhi never expected that he would hear such a shocking piece of gossip while getting water.

He was afraid that the two of them would find out when they came out, so he turned around and prepared to leave.

But when he turned around, an accident occurred.

The thermos cup made a very soft "clang" sound when it touched the stainless steel casing of the water dispenser.

The sounds in the corridor stopped.

The door to the emergency exit was pushed open.

Han Jiaren and the strange man walked out.

"How long have you been here?" Han Jiaren's voice was very low.

Lin Puzhi looked at her. "Get some water."

"I'm asking you how long you've been here."

"Let's start with 'What are you doing on set?'"

Han Jiaren's lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Yeon Jung-hoon, however, had something to say.

"You are Lin Puzhi."

"Yes."

"The one who played Shen Jianxu."

"Yes."

Yeon Jung-hoon nodded, then turned to Han Ga-in and said sarcastically:

"Compared to him, my husband is really old and faded. Having the opportunity to film kissing scenes with such a young and handsome junior—that's probably your real purpose for making a comeback!"

Han Jiaren did not reply.

Lin Puzhi did not reply.

But in his heart he cried out:

"Even if I, Lin Puzhi, were to die, even if I jumped off the Samsung Group headquarters building, I would never use the [Strong Luck] skill again!"