A-list actors

Chapter 43
After lunch, Zhou Shu returned to the Hengdian Film and Television Guild and got the script of "The Ming Dynasty".

After getting it, Zhou Shu started flipping through it. Shooting would start tomorrow, so he had to know the lines by heart today.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen didn't have many lines, and Zhou Shu spent an afternoon remembering almost all of them.

The next day, the sun was just rising, and Zhou Shu had already put on makeup and was waiting on the set.

Li Yuanming was directing the staff to arrange the scene, and various props were placed in the designated positions in an orderly manner.

The entire set was busy but not chaotic, and the scenes were enriched at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Obviously, this is a highly professional crew.

"The scene is ready and the actors are in place." An assistant director shouted.

Zhou Shu followed the instructions and sat down at the designated location, waiting for the filming to begin.

"All units are ready to...start!"

This scene was Zhou Shu's one-man show. After Li Yuanming saw that Zhou Shu was ready, he chose to start filming.

This scene is very simple. It shows Zhu Yunwen, played by Zhou Shu, reading a file in the study without saying a word.

"Okay, let's go, next game!"

There were no surprises in this scene, and Li Yuanming took the time to start the next scene.

The shooting all morning went smoothly without any accidents. After the shooting was over, Zhou Shu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now the crew is almost entirely serving him. Although Zhou Shu has confidence in his acting skills, he also feels a lot of pressure.

"Zhou Shu, your performance in the morning was very good. You have to work hard in the afternoon."

During the lunch break, Li Yuanming walked up to Zhou Shu with a box lunch and said with a smile.

"Thank you Director Li for the compliment, I will work hard."

The performance in the morning gave Zhou Shu confidence. He believed that as long as he performed normally, there would be no problems.

Li Yuanming was obviously in a very good mood. He was very satisfied with Zhou Shu's performance. If everything went normally, the filming might be completed in less than five days.

"I always feel that you are very familiar. Have we met before?"

Li Yuanming didn't feel it when he met Zhou Shu yesterday, but today he feels more and more that he and Zhou Shu should have met.

"I used to play a side role in this drama, playing the role of a little eunuch next to Zhu Di."

"No wonder I feel familiar. I didn't expect that we would still have this fate. It must have happened last year."

Li Yuanming was very familiar with the crew's shooting plan. He calculated the time and roughly knew when Zhou Shu joined the crew.

"You can reach the height of the male second in one year, the future is limitless."

It took less than a year for a secondary actor to be promoted to the male second. In Li Yuanming's memory, except for Wang Baobao, no one else could achieve it. I didn't expect to see one today.

"Director Li, that's absurd. I didn't get the second male lead by virtue of my strength."

Zhou Shu smiled bitterly. His family knew about his family affairs. Without Li Yunqiang's introduction, no matter how good his acting skills were, he would not be able to get the second male role.

"Don't belittle yourself too much. Someone is willing to help you prove that your acting skills are recognized by him, and your acting skills will be discovered sooner or later."

Li Yuanming has been in the entertainment industry for decades and has a clear understanding of the entertainment industry, although there are some people who can soar to the sky with capital hype.

But truly capable people will not be buried, but will be welcomed by major film and television companies, after all, they are the cornerstone of the film and television industry.

"Okay, you rest for a while, and I will call you later when the filming starts."

Li Yuanming threw the empty lunch box into the trash can, gave instructions and left.

"All units are ready to...start!"

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The afternoon shooting was already halfway through, and Zhou Shu stood in the hall waiting for the next scene to start.

"Zhou Shu, have you remembered the etiquette I taught you?"

Before the filming started, Li Yuanming asked worriedly.

Zhou Shu did not answer immediately. He recalled the actions that the etiquette teacher taught him just now. After finding that there were no omissions, he said yes to Li Yuanming.

"Okay, all units are ready... to start!"

Zhou Shu walked to the center of the hall and showed the actions according to memory while speaking the lines.

"Crack! Zhou Shu, your movements are not in place. Teacher Li will correct him."

The filming was paused, etiquette teacher Li explained the movements to Zhou Shu in detail, and then asked Zhou Shu to do it himself. After correcting some minor mistakes, the filming started again.

"Ka, Zhou Shu, don't pay too much attention to the movements of your hands and pay more attention to your expressions, okay?"

Zhou Shu paid too much attention to movement changes and relaxed the management of expressions, which made this person very uncoordinated, and Li Yuanming was not very satisfied with the pictures he took.

"Okay." Zhou Shu indicated that he understood.

"Again!"

Li Yuanming's mood did not change. No matter how big-name an actor is, he or she will make mistakes. Zhou Shu's several mistakes were not a big problem.

"Kah, Zhou Shu, practice for 5 minutes by yourself first, and then shoot later."

After two more filmings, Zhou Shu's performance was still unsatisfactory. The main reason was that he was not familiar with the movements. Any more filming would only be a waste of time. As an experienced director, Li Yuanming would not make such stupid mistakes.

Zhou Shu's face felt a little hot, and the whispers of the surrounding staff seemed to be laughing at him.

Since he was filming "Independent Group", he got Li Yunqiang's guidance, which made Zhou Shu understand the direction of acting training. With the help of actor training space, his acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

When filming "The Warriors", Zhou Shu was rarely asked to stop due to acting problems, and he even served as the acting director in "The Temptation of Going Home".

During the audition for "The Prosperity of Ming Dynasty", even a great director like Li Yuanming was full of praise for his acting skills.

This gave Zhou Shu an illusion, thinking that his acting skills are very mature now, and he can easily play various characters.

"It seems that without the help of actor training space, I am still just an ordinary person who cannot be more ordinary."

Zhou Shu felt a little depressed. He discovered that his talent was not very good. Without the golden finger, he might have been a walk-on all his life.

Although Zhou Shu wants to escape from here now, but the filming still has to continue, he can only forcefully hide his self-pity in his heart, and practice harder.

Five minutes later, the assistant director woke up Zhou Shu, who was still practicing, and reminded him to get ready to start shooting.

The effect this time was much better than the previous ones, but it still didn't meet Li Yuanming's standard.

After filming several more times, Li Yuanming finally announced that the scene was over.

After the scene ended, Zhou Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next shooting was also carried out in a bumpy way, without the smoothness of the morning.

The unsatisfactory filming made all the smiles on the crew disappear. Zhou Shu felt an increasing pressure on himself, making him feel breathless.

It wasn't until eight o'clock that today's shooting plan was completed.

"Alas, I only found out my true worth today."

Zhou Shu sighed with a low expression and dragged his tired body towards the door.

(End of this chapter)