Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 836 A spontaneous trip (V)
After a series of NGs, director Gao Jun decided to take a halftime break and was very considerate in allowing Tang Yan and Luo Jin to interact with their friends Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

Tang Yan trotted over and happily hugged Liu Yifei. They hadn't seen each other for half a year since the company's annual meeting at the beginning of the year, so it was naturally a joy to meet each other.

Luo Jin took a sip of the mineral water, then handed the bottle to his assistant, walked over and gave Chu Xuan a bear hug. The two sisters next to him had only not seen each other for half a year, but Luo Jin and Chu Xuan had not seen each other for more than a year.

They were once roommates and brothers, then collaborated in "Zhu Xian", and later reached a busy stage where they could only contact each other through phone calls. It was not until this year that Luo Jin joined Tang Ren that this friendship was completely sealed.

Now that the two brothers have met, they are filled with the joy of seeing each other again after a long absence.

But even though there were many things they wanted to talk about, it was not appropriate on the current set, so they had to put the reminiscing about the past aside for the time being. Tang Yan also brought up the topic about filming.

"Please teach us how to act. We have been cut off 6 times. It is just in time for you two to perform a love scene together. It is better to come at the right time than to come early. Please help us."

Tang Yan looked at Liu Yifei, then at Chu Xuan. Her joke was accompanied by a serious attitude. She really wanted the couple to help them.

"Wait."

"What the hell is this emotional double act?"

Chu Xuan found fault with her words and was slightly surprised by this inexplicable adjective.

Luo Jin said humorously: "It was Hu Ge who evaluated you. He said that in the crosstalk world, there are Qizhi Dabing, the top artists who perform double acts, and in the film and television industry, there are you, the double act artists who perform emotional dramas."

It's a double act, one singing and the other responding, and the partners need to have super tacit understanding. If one of them fails to cooperate well, the performance will be ruined.

This was also the humorous evaluation that Hu Ge gave to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's acting together when their Tang Ren artists had a private gathering. It was humorous, but the evaluation was still quite high. They were the only pair who could perform the double act in crosstalk well and could walk onto the Spring Festival Gala stage like Qizhi and Dabing.

From this, it can be seen that Hu Ge's appreciation for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei is very high.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were both laughing awkwardly. What are the categories of romance in the film and television industry? Double-act artists in emotional dramas? What kind of brain circuits can come up with these words? This old Hu is really funny. I will talk to him tomorrow when I go to Hengdian.

"What is this scene about?" Chu Xuan got back to the point.

He was just watching the scene for fun, without having read the corresponding script description, nor did he know the character traits and personalities, and he didn't know what effect the scene required. Naturally, he didn't understand what was wrong with the two people's acting in the scene.

Through Tang Yan's simple narration, he gradually came to understand.

The heroine Ruoxi is liked by the Fourth Master, the Eighth Master, the Ninth Master, the Fourteenth Master, and the Crown Prince seems to like her too...

"My goodness, are there no women in your palace?" Chu Xuan was surprised.

A bunch of princes like one woman. How beautiful is this woman?
If there really is such a woman, she would be the emperor's choice, and it would not be the turn of a group of princes to fight for her.

An inadvertent complaint made the crew laugh. Luo Jin couldn't help but say, "We have many women in the palace, but she is the only heroine."

Tang Yan twisted her body and said proudly, "So many men like me, so you have a problem with that? I can't do anything about the scriptwriter writing it this way."

Seeing how proud she was, Liu Yifei couldn't help but pinch her, and Tang Yan quickly dodged.

Chu Xuan shook his head, finding this plot interesting.

The screenwriter who designed this script is most likely a woman. No male screenwriter could design such a plot. Men have no sense of immersion in it, but such a plot has a fatal appeal to a large number of women.

With a plot like this of multiple men chasing one woman, no matter whether it makes sense or not, no matter why the princes only chase the heroine as if they have never seen a woman before, no matter how badly such a TV series is made, there will be a large number of women who love to watch it.

From a commercial perspective, the script is a success. The show would have been a huge hit had it followed its original trajectory, and the current story framework of the script seems to have remained largely unchanged.

Moreover, the female lead Tang Yan is now more popular than the newcomer Liu Shishi in the original trajectory. Although the male lead Luo Jin is not as good as Wu Qilong, his CP feeling with Tang Yan is more realistic and more suitable. I think the result after the broadcast of this drama should be more popular than the original trajectory.

Tang Ren's Cai Yinong understands the film and television market and knows that the audience of costume palace fighting dramas is women. He specially approved such a story script that can satisfy many fantasies of female audiences, so the basic ratings will be very secure.

The main body of Brilliant Times follows the boutique route, and the key points in judging the market are the creativity and novelty of types and elements.

As a branch of Brilliant Times, Tang Ren Film and Television focuses on accurately positioning the audience, that is, taking the traffic route.

The traffic route is to make artists famous first, and then enter the brilliant era to get rid of traffic and focus on strength, and finally transition from half traffic and half strength to become actors in the eyes of the audience rather than stars.

This is the company's long-term plan for developing branches, focusing on long-term training, and then using the actors' strength as the standard to include them in blockbusters and dramas suitable for the film and television industry, to achieve the ultimate goal of having more high-quality artists contribute to this business.

Regardless of whether this script is melodramatic or not, from the perspective of the company's long-term development, it is in line with the main planning route.

Chu Xuan didn't think about it any more, and pulled Liu Yifei to let her cooperate with him: "Come, I will try to act according to my ideas, whether you agree or not is up to you."

"Improvisation?" Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows. She was asked to cooperate without saying anything or communicating anything. Was she expected to improvise?
"A few days ago, when we went to Lingyin Temple, you walked backwards and it was very dangerous. I sternly called you to come back. How did you feel and what was your expression? Isn't this similar to this scene?" Chu Xuan said.

"Huh?" Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, and she raised her hand and made an "OK" gesture: "Come on, you give me the role and I'll take it."

The heroine Ruoxi and the hero Siye love each other, which is equivalent to the kind of confirmed romantic relationship but not quite clear, but the two know their love for each other very well.

At the same time, the Eighth Master likes Ruoxi, but Ruoxi only regards the Eighth Master as a friend. The Fourth Master suppressed the Eighth Master in order to fight for power. In Ruoxi's heart, it was equivalent to the person she loved bullying her best friend.

Ruoxi pleaded with the Fourth Master, but he became jealous and ignored her.

Ruoxi wanted to go and comfort the Eighth Master, but was afraid that the Fourth Master would think too much.

So, Ruoxi came to the river to relax in a depressed mood. When the Fourth Master got the news, he thought Ruoxi was going to commit suicide, so he hurried over.

In the eyes of the Fourth Master, Ruoxi is doing something very dangerous.

But in Ruoxi's heart, she just came here to relax.

A few days ago, she and Chu Xuan went hiking and walked backwards on the way. Chu Xuan thought it was dangerous, but she just thought it was fun. The situation was similar to this play, and the emotions were roughly the same.

As expected, art comes from life, and it is her teacher Chu who has meticulous observations in this regard. I just don't know how her teacher Chu will give her the play. It is also very interesting that she can perform a play impromptu when she comes to travel and visit the class.

“Director Gao just said that your Fourth Master is too overbearing. My understanding of what Director Gao meant was that as soon as you arrived, you started to question your beloved woman, making this character seem a little cold. Then the character of the overbearing Fourth Master seems a little deliberately templated.” Chu Xuan said.

Hearing this, Gao Jun, who was sitting under a tree, nodded slightly. Although the character's personality is overbearing and stereotyped, if he maintains such a personality when he thinks his beloved is about to do something dangerous, then it is too deliberate, and he only pays attention to the personality and not the emotions.

Chu Xuan only had a brief understanding of the play, but he was able to have this insight and understand what he meant. His acting skills are really good. He is worthy of being an industry leader who created a three-act art framework theory.

"But the Fourth Master has always been like this to Ruoxi. He is always very strict whether they are alone or in front of outsiders." Luo Jin said.

"That was in the palace. The Fourth Master was determined to become the emperor, so he had to pretend to be cool in the palace. He couldn't easily reveal his inner thoughts, lest his steady and domineering personality collapse in front of the civil and military officials in the court." Chu Xuan said.

Pretend to be cool... Luo Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The Fourth Master he played was not overbearing but pretending to be cool? You know what, from the perspective of human nature, what Lao Chu said does make sense.

But is it okay to describe his character like this? This Lao Chu is also the same type of person as Hu Ge. Often they will say something funny while talking.

Old Chu was like this before, and he is still like this now. In the blink of an eye a few years, his identity has changed and his status has risen, but this interesting soul still exists and has not changed.

"Who are you trying to show off to outside now? When facing the woman you love, your emotions will definitely change." Chu Xuan said.

“How to change, from overbearing to tender? Then the character will collapse. Now is not the time to be tender, at least not before he becomes emperor.” Luo Jin actually understands this character very well, but it is his first time acting in a palace drama and also his first time acting in a romance drama, so he lacks some acting experience.

"If a domineering person turns into a gentle one, his character will be ruined. So, wouldn't it be enough to have some tenderness in his domineering attitude?" Chu Xuan said.

Tenderness in dominance? ... Luo Jin folded his hands and said expectantly, "Director Chu, please give me some advice."

"Look." Chu Xuan ordered Luo Jin to look over with the attitude of a mentor. In fact, when he said these two words, he had already entered the state of pretending to be cool.

In his understanding, no one is born domineering and strong. Any aura and temperament is a disguise brought about by the environment, just like a person is in two different states when he is outside and when he is at home.

Whether it's so-called domineering or strong, these neutral words are often used to define characters in acting textbooks and in film and television. They are actually the disguised personalities of the characters in the corresponding environment.

If it is disguise, then it can be understood as pretending to be cool.

The word "camouflage" here is not derogatory, it is just a temporary change of people's adaptive state in different environments.

Hearing Chu Xuan's footsteps, Liu Yifei, who was standing by the river, turned her head and looked at him. Her expressionless face fits the label of Ruoxi's character, 'calm and self-assured'.

What she didn't expect was that Chu Xuan didn't say a word, and his expression remained calm without changing at all. He walked up to her at a leisurely pace, put his arms around her shoulders and held her in his arms without saying a word.

"If you feel unhappy following me, you can just say it. Why do this?" Chu Xuan whispered.

The sudden hug made Liu Yifei a little confused, but this very realistic and normal reaction was just right.

"Let me go." She struggled slightly while being restrained by Chu Xuan's hands.

"Promise me, don't do anything stupid." Chu Xuan looked at her with his eyebrows lowered but his head not lowered. The domineering feeling in his gaze was very obvious.

Liu Yifei couldn't struggle free. She lowered her head and took a deep breath. She mustered up her courage and looked up at Chu Xuan, who was very close to her: "I just came out to see the scenery. Am I so fragile in your eyes?"

Chu Xuan looked at her for a few seconds, then raised his hand to touch her face, but his face remained expressionless. Then he took her hand and turned away: "Come back with me."

Liu Yifei was pulled away, her eyes looking straight at Chu Xuan's back, she recalled the indignation she felt when she was climbing the mountain backwards a few days ago and was forcibly called back by Chu Xuan, and then she felt the sweetness of being hugged by Chu Xuan and feeling safe...

At this moment, they reflected each other. She was pretending to be calm because she was a little embarrassed to be hugged suddenly. The next moment, the corners of her mouth slowly moved, and a faint smile appeared in the corners of her eyes, but it quickly disappeared, for fear of being discovered by Chu Xuan.

"This is good!" Gao Jun's eyes lit up. He looked at the assistant director Mr. Li, then at the cameraman. His appreciation was beyond words. The teachers also nodded repeatedly.

Gao Jun walked towards Luo Jin, spread his hands and said, "No words, no expression, no unnecessary movements, no hurried or slow steps, and he held his beloved woman in his arms without thinking twice. This is very domineering."

He raised a finger and pointed in the air: "But a domineering person can still hold his lover in his arms. Isn't this a kind of tenderness in domineering?"

He walked up to her and patted her chest with the back of his hand: "Luo Jin, did you see that? It's the subtle changes in perception that reflect not the direct emotions, but the series of actions of walking all the way and holding the woman in his arms. Act according to Director Chu's expression, and you will get the effect of this scene."

After saying that, Gao Jun looked at Tang Yan again.

"Did you see Producer Liu's facial expressions and movements?"

"Being suddenly hugged, his face was stunned. This was the first action."

"Reacted and struggled slightly. This is the second action."

"I couldn't struggle, so I lowered my head and dared not look at him. This was the third move."

"Since this is the first time I've been hugged by a man, I took a deep breath to calm myself. This is the fourth move."

"After calming down, muster up the courage to look up and face the other person. This is the fifth move."

"After being forcibly dragged away, she felt the Fourth Master's love for her and smiled secretly. This was the finishing touch, which clearly explained the psychological changes of Ruoxi in this scene and also drew a perfect end to this scene. This is also the sixth action."

Gao Jun said to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei who were walking back, "Producer Liu's six actions can be divided into two sets, which coincide with Director Chu's three actions and three lines of hugging, touching the face, and turning around. You are worthy of being the pioneers of the three-act performance. This three-act performance method is so complete that there is nothing wrong with it."

"Thank you." Chu Xuan said. They were all members of the Brilliant Times collective, and his three-act style was also known by many internal teachers. It was not surprising that Gao Jun could see through their performance style at a glance.

He could tell that Gao Jun was complimenting him intentionally, but it was also somewhat of a deliberate flattery, so there was no need to elaborate on that.

"I have been brainwashed by him. Now when I perform, I do the three-set routine naturally without even thinking about it." Liu Yifei smiled.

"It's really complete. This can be said to be your unique performance style. Others have to think about breaking down movements and expressions, but you really do it naturally." Gao Jun praised.

Luo Jin and Tang Yan watched Gao Jun praise the couple, and naturally could hear some flattery in his words, but it was undeniable that the demonstration the couple had just put in was really excellent. The male and female protagonists were both solid, and within that solidity they reflected the multi-level changes of the characters, especially since this was improvisation.

They performed it six times without success, but this couple improvised it in the first try and got it right. It was just like what Hu Ge said, these two guys are truly young double-act artists in love scenes.

This tacit understanding, this cooperation, and this perfect reaction are simply invincible.

Especially the subtle changes in Liu Yifei's expressions, which don't seem like acting at all, they are too lifelike and natural.

When it comes to interpreting romance dramas, there are couples of actors who have experience in relationships and are very loving. Singles like them really can't compare.

Fortunately, a couple set an example for them and told them to finish the performance early so they could have fun.

However, if the couple followed their plan, this scene would become Tang Yan and Luo Jin's first intimate hug scene, which was...

"Oh~"

Luo Jin was so domineering and forceful that when he pulled Tang Yan over and hugged her in his arms, Tang Yan hit her head on Luo Jin's shoulder and cried out in pain.

"Lao Luo, can you be gentler? Is this how you hold your loved one? Why don't you just carry Tang Yan?"

"Hahaha……"

Chu Xuan responded bluntly, and the entire crew burst into laughter, expressing their amusement.

"This is their first intimate scene, so there will be some obstacles."

Chu Xuan was very surprised to hear Gao Jun say that. When he first saw the two of them filming, he saw that there was drama in the eyes of the two people looking at each other. He thought that the two of them had already filmed intimate scenes to pave the way for the show, but he didn't know that they hadn't.

Since there have been no intimate scenes filmed, where did the drama in the eyes of these two people just now come from?

My goodness, could it be that these two fell in love at first sight? Or have they developed feelings for each other because of the drama?
Luo Jin joined Tang Ren in March, and the filming of "Startling by Each Step" started less than a month ago. What could have happened in such a short period of time? It seems that there is something wrong with these two guys.

"Tsk tsk tsk... If that's true, then Lao Luo you are awesome!" Chu Xuan couldn't suppress his curiosity, and looked at the two people on the set with some amusement, who seemed to be pretending to be ordinary friends.

"What are you laughing at? It's so weird." Liu Yifei caught Chu Xuan's look and felt a little strange.

Chu Xuan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I think they are already together."

"Ah! Um~" Liu Yifei screamed in surprise, and Chu Xuan quickly covered her mouth. After hesitating for a few times, she realized that her reaction was too loud, so she pried Chu Xuan's hand apart and said in a quiet voice, "Is it true?"

"I guessed." Chu Xuan whispered softly, "But based on my intuition about acting, it should be true."

Liu Yifei glanced at the two people on the set, her eyes wide open with interest, as if she had discovered big news, but after looking for a long time, she didn't find anything unusual. However, Chu Xuan would not make random comments on such matters. She immediately tilted her head and covered her mouth and said to Chu Xuan: "Tonight, you and Lao Luo sleep in one tent, and Tangtang and I sleep in another tent. We will ask each other indirectly."

"Okay." Chu Xuan nodded repeatedly.

Liu Yifei arched her eyebrows slyly, feeling that this trip was really worthwhile, as there were impromptu performances, camping overnight in the wild, and a country wedding that she might be able to participate in tomorrow, and now there was a suspected huge discovery. This was really fun.

(End of this chapter)