Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 204 Improvisation
Feeling that Director Zhang was in a good mood at the moment, Shen Yuelou couldn't help but slowly walked over from the side.

"Director Zhang, I have something to tell you. Can I ask you for two days' leave?"

After taking a look at the shooting schedule he carried with him, Zhang Cheng nodded lightly to Shen Youyuelou: "Okay, I'll give you two days off. Your scene will be here soon. Everyone is waiting to see it. You should prepare well. Bar!"

"Yes, Director Zhang, I will definitely prepare well!"

Thanking Zhang Cheng, Shen Yuelou got up and walked out of the palace.

After leaving the imperial city, the driver Zhong Qiang was already waiting outside the palace gate.

After talking to the driver Zhong Qiang, the driver sent him directly to the training camp for the contestants of "The Rise of the National Drama: Youth Season".

Shen Yuelou naturally had to pay more attention to this variety show, which was about recruiting apprentices.

If you don’t ask any questions at ordinary times, when the program officially starts to be recorded, or when you want to set the status of master and apprentice later, people may not pay attention to you.

After living with the students for two days and expressing enough concern, Shen Yuelou hurried back to the set.

Back in the imperial city again, the filming progress of the film has advanced a lot.

Chai Yuan's teenage career is coming to an end, which means that Shen Yuelou, who plays the young Chai Yuan, will finally make an appearance.

On the day when young Chai Yuan was about to appear on camera, the shooting scene became extremely lively.

Producer Han Yuanzhen, screenwriter Pei Qingfeng, special consultants, as well as the leading actors Du Xinzhi, Chen Zhong, Wu Junmei, and the heroine Mei Jinxia who did not come from Hong Kong on the day of the launch also showed up.

Mei Jinxia plays Chai Yuchuan, the grown-up princess of Defang County in the movie, and she is also the woman who has the deepest entanglement with Chai Yuan among the three heroines.

The previous scene was still being filmed. Shen Yuelou had already changed his clothes and put on makeup. He was wearing a bright yellow silk dress and a black piping robe. His face was as handsome as a sculpture. Innate dignity and elegance.

Just looking at Boss Shen's appearance, the group of movie queens and movie kings understood why Director Zhang asked Boss Shen to play Chai Yuan.

Before this scene, the little emperor and the little princess were growing up, and a different kind of love between them began to sprout.

The empress dowager found that the relationship between her son and niece was abnormally close, so she discussed with Prince Yong and sent Chai Yuchuan, the little princess, out of the palace.

When the little princess Chai Yuchuan was carried out of the palace in sedan chairs by four eunuchs, two court ladies were combing the young emperor Chai Yuan's hair.

A little eunuch sneaked over and told the emperor that the little princess would be sent out of the palace.

Hearing this news, the young Chai Yuan immediately ran out with disheveled hair.

Along the palace wall, in a long alleyway, young Chai Yuan saw from a distance the sedan chair carrying the little princess out of the palace.

Chai Yuchuan opened the curtain of the sedan chair and kept turning around to call the emperor's brother, but the sedan chair never stopped.

Finally, when the sedan chair completely disappeared, the exhausted young Chai Yuan bent over and panted, and when he raised his head again, the actor was replaced by Shen Yuelou, and the emperor changed from a boy to a young man.

This is of course a surreal filming method. How can a person change from a teenager to a young man all of a sudden, but combined with the plot, the audience will not find it abrupt after watching it. Instead, it immediately highlights the importance of the little princess Chai Yuchuan to Chai Yuan's growth. sex.

Seeing so many pairs of eyes staring at him, Shen Yuelou not only didn't feel nervous at all, but also felt very excited in his heart.

The set is also a stage, so just treat them all as your own fans.

The sedan chair has disappeared, and there is no one around, only a long alleyway remains.

Shen Yuelou panted slightly, and when he raised his head, his eyes contained a variety of complex emotions - loneliness, helplessness, viciousness, and desire for power.

Putting it into the emperor's perspective, at this moment, he still doesn't know the difference between love and family affection, and he doesn't know the true meaning of parting. He only knows that everyone doesn't regard him as the emperor.

It was already the Republic of China outside, the small court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was controlled by Prince Yong, and the imperial palace was managed by the Queen Mother. Those court ladies and eunuchs respected him on the surface, but in fact no one would listen to him.

After the little princess left, he felt alone for the first time.

The camera kept filming his face as Shen Yuelou walked along the alleyway and returned to the palace with a look of despair.

"Crack, this one is over."

Seeing Shen Yuelou's performance, Zhang Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

The first one-man show without lines was relatively easy, but the next two scenes were the real test of Boss Shen's acting skills.

One was with Eunuch Lan, and the other was with Prince Yong.

From the beginning to the end, Zhang Cheng didn't tell Shen Yuelou the effect he wanted, and he didn't even set a clear character for Chai Yuan. Everything was left to Boss Shen to play.

After resting for a while, Shen Yuelou brewed up his emotions and started shooting the second scene.

Back in the bedroom, lying on the dragon couch, Shen Yuelou turned his back to the camera, expressing his fragility and sadness with his curled up body.

With a "creak", the palace door opened, and Eunuch Lan, the chief eunuch played by Li Xiqiao, walked in with several young eunuchs holding food boxes.

"emperor?"

Li Xiqiao bowed his waist and called softly with the eunuch's unique tone.

Seeing that Shen Yuelou didn't come back, he continued to say to himself: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to eat, I have your favorite food today..."

If it was performed according to the script, when Eunuch Lan said this, Chai Yuan would get angry, overturn the food box, and kick Eunuch Lan down. Eunuch Lan would naturally kneel on the ground and let the emperor finish the evil fire.

Eunuch Lan belonged to the Queen Mother, so the little emperor did not dare to get angry at the Queen Mother, so he could only vent his anger on Eunuch Lan.

This kind of drama has a lot of tension in the scene, and it is also helpful to the shaping of the characters. On the one hand, it shows the exquisiteness of Eunuch Lan, and on the other hand, it also shows the domineering and weak character of Chai Yuan.

The beating scene was effortless to perform and the effect seemed to be quite good, but Shen Yuelou did not choose to perform it this way.

He wanted to make Chai Yuan's character more complex and restrained.

When Mr. Lan was announcing the name of the dish, Shen Yuelou sat up suddenly, brushed back his loose hair with both hands, and leaned his body half against the pavilion wall, his face was indifferent, but he still didn't speak.

Li Xiqiao's reaction was quick. Seeing that Boss Shen had deviated from the script, Director Zhang didn't stop, so he just went ahead with the show.

The emperor kept silent, so Eunuch Lan had no choice but to mention the matter of the little princess: "I heard that Concubine Yong had a cold a few days ago, and the imperial doctor didn't see it well. The little princess just went home first, maybe he will be back in two days. .”

At this point in the plot, Chai Yuan should have regained some energy, and then asked innocently——Really?

But since he has decided to play Chai Yuan in a complicated and profound way, he naturally can't ask such a naive question.

However, it's not appropriate to keep silent. The previous few times, it can be said that Chai Yuan was in a sad state, and he didn't want to eat or talk.

What lines should be used to break the deadlock?
He suddenly remembered that after writing the theme song, he saw a beautiful scene on the set that day, where the little emperor and the little princess were flapping flying butterflies in the imperial garden.

Suddenly, Shen Yuelou blurted out: "She is my butterfly!"

Li Xiqiao's reaction was not slow either. Ever since Shen Yuelou got out of the script, he was tense, waiting for Boss Shen's lines.

(End of this chapter)