You, don't flirt!

After more than half a month of filming, the unfinished part of "Heartstab" has finally been reduced to the background of the last two venues.

The first venue background is the ballroom.

The ballroom is not only the place where Bai Musheng and Chu Nianyu met for the first time in the movie, but also an important venue where traces of their relationship gradually developed.Therefore, the number of shots in the background of the dance hall occupies a large proportion in the entire script, and its importance is also very high.

According to Kang Chengyu's request, Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi must maintain continuity in the shortest possible time in order to best express this series of shots.

Before starting the shooting, it was expected that this would be a big project, and the atmosphere of the whole crew was a bit heavy.

The little buddies who came to deliver food in the morning carried the breakfast box into the set, and were taken aback by the inexplicably solemn atmosphere.

In the dressing room at this time, Kang Chengyu was doing "pre-shooting mobilization" with his two leading actors with a serious expression.

"I have no other requirements for these few scenes today."

Kang Chengyu looked at Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi in the mirror, "The only thing is to avoid NG and try to complete it in one go."

Before Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi could react, the makeup artists on both sides looked at each other helplessly.

This request alone is difficult enough, what else do you want?

But neither of them dared to speak out, and each looked sympathetically at the lead actor they were in charge of.

Having been filming with Kang Chengyu for more than a month, Du Wenjin has not shown any obvious reaction to Kang Chengyu's request.

Li Xiaoqi hesitated.

"Director Kang, I'm a little stressed in this scene."

"..."

Du Wenjin glanced at Li Xiaoqi in surprise.

He has worked with Li Xiaoqi for such a long time, and he already has a good understanding of the other party's ability and personality, so at this time he naturally understands that Li Xiaoqi is definitely not trying to win the director's sympathy in advance because he wants to prevent mistakes.

Moreover, he does not think that Kang Chengyu, who has entered a state of high-efficiency work, will have the emotion of "sympathy".

Kang Chengyu couldn't help frowning when he heard Li Xiaoqi's words.

For more than a month, he has always kept the performance of the two leading actors in mind, and he has his own judgment——

Li Xiaoqi is just like the impression left by him during the audition. Whether it is the basic skills of an actor or some long-term shooting skills, she still has enough strength; moreover, the other party's serious attitude towards work is also worthy of recognition.

But that's all, especially compared to Du Wenjin's performance.

Thinking of this, Kang Chengyi glanced at Du Wenjin with some emotion.

At the beginning, I accepted Kang Yunyun's recommendation, and I was somewhat surprised by this young man's acting skills at the audition scene.

However, that kind of surprise had a completely different reason than the male artist in the public and media comments.At least in terms of satisfaction with the two actors, Kang Chengyu admitted that he was more inclined to Li Xiaoqi, who was born in a major, in his heart.

However, in the next month or so of filming, Kang Chengyu witnessed Du Wenjin's growth at a speed that surprised him—from an excellent shot script, from the guidance of truly valuable professionals, But the most important thing is because of the growth and moldability of the actors themselves.

The aura of the actor he felt during the audition has begun to find the right time and place, and it will be expressed in a form that is gradually proficient and approaching perfection.

Therefore, Kang Chengyu can fully understand the source of Li Xiaoqi's "pressure". He can even say that, as a bystander on the sidelines, only facing the monitor of the shooting scene, sometimes the expressiveness and aura emanating from Du Wenjin It will make Kang Chengyu feel amazing and shocked.

... He hadn't experienced this feeling in an actor for too long.

Acting against such an actor, when the gap is still small, it may play a positive role in driving and promoting; but once the gap is too large...

Kang Chengyu looked at Li Xiaoqi and sighed silently.

...Once the gap is too large, the person acting in the opposite role will bring crushing pressure to his partner, and a good show may collapse directly because the partner cannot bear the pressure of the opposite role.

Kang Chengyu could tell that Li Xiaoqi had shown this tendency more and more in the past two days.

——This is also the reason why he asked to speed up the shooting progress, hoping that all the sub-shots in the background of the dance hall can be done in one go to reduce NG.

Because once there are too many NGs, Li Xiaoqi's mentality and acting tension will probably be out of balance.

However, what troubled Kang Chengwei the most was that Du Wenjin's performance was an excellent momentum of progress for himself—Kang Chengwei felt that he had no reason to let Du Wenjin suppress his progressive instinct, which was related to an actor. heights to be achieved in the future.

"...Xiao Qi."

Kang Chengyu softened his tone a little, "I can understand your current pressure, but I also hope you know that at this stage, it is very important for both the crew and yourself."

Li Xiaoqi was startled, and looked at Kang Chengyu in puzzlement.

Kang Chengyu was not stingy with explaining, and explained with a rare patience: "If you survive this stage, then those things you gain here will become positive influences, and these influences will continue to urge you in the future The improvement of acting skills—because this kind of opportunity to face and act directly is not available to everyone.”

"..."

Li Xiaoqi was silent, pondered Kang Chengyu's words several times, and finally she nodded.

"Director Kang, I will try my best to overcome it."

Kang Chengyu also nodded solemnly.

Only Du Wenjin was puzzled.

——It seems that it has something to do with me, but it seems to have nothing to do with it?

Before Du Wenjin could figure out the connection between Li Xiaoqi's performance and himself, he heard Kang Chengji make up the question worriedly——

"What do you think is the most important thing in the following series of shots at different time points?"

"Emotional progress, character inner changes."

"Yes," Kang Chengyu nodded, "but in the following series of shots, the male and female protagonists in the ballroom can only express the character's heart and emotional progress through two very limited expressions of talking and dancing-the speed of which is very high. , I hope you can catch it well."

Kang Chengyu paused here, and looked at Li Xiaoqi with complicated eyes: "Especially you, Xiaoqi, the character of Chu Nianyu has a very complicated mentality in this series of time points, and the changes are subtle, coupled with the limited character pattern , You can’t express it with excessive body and expression, you can only express it through some details, eyes and tone.”

Li Xiaoqi let out a sigh of relief: "Director Kang, I will try my best."

"..."

The word "try as much as possible" made Kang Chengyu frowned, but he also knew that putting too much pressure on Li Xiaoqi now would definitely not have a positive effect on the future performance of the actor.

Although he felt that it was not necessary, Kang Chengyu still looked at Du Wenjin again and asked a few simple words.

"In this series of dance hall shots at different time points, except for the last one, where Bai Musheng's father died and he began to have doubts about Chu Nianyu, which caused the character's inner fluctuations, the other shots are relatively easy to control."

Du Wenjin nodded, looking at the script with interest in his eyes: "Director Kang, I thought about the script for the last shot several times last night, and I have some experience in the middle, and I want to discuss it with you later."

"Okay." Kang Chengyu nodded, "When you finish your makeup, go out and find me."

Kang Chengyu took a look at the makeup progress of the two of them, and didn't wait any longer, turned around and left the dressing room.

There was silence in the dressing room for a while, and then a voice broke the silence——

"Senior Wen, I'm sorry."

"..."

Du Wenjin, who was reading the script, was taken aback, but because the make-up artist was still in order, he could only stiffen his neck and ask, "What's wrong?"

Li Xiaoqi was silent for a moment before answering: "In the past few days, I have delayed Senior Wen's progress and rhythm, and I can feel it."

Du Wenjin rarely knew how to answer the conversation.

Indeed, in the past few days he could feel some mistakes in Li Xiaoqi's performance, but it's obviously not suitable for him to bring up such things.

After thinking for a while, Du Wenjin said, "Is it because of this that you feel the pressure?"

Li Xiaoqi was a little surprised that Du Wenjin would ask such a question, she hesitated for a few seconds before answering.

Du Wenjin smiled helplessly: "If you say this, I am the one who is sorry for you. I will pay attention to matching your rhythm in the future."

"Huh?" Li Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then a little embarrassed, "Senior Wen, that's not what I meant—"

"I know you don't mean that, and you don't have to feel sorry. We are partners. The rivalry in this drama requires the tacit understanding between the two. Too much difference in rhythm will only affect the audience's viewing experience, and even There's a downside to the whole show — and I'm doing it for our mutual good."

Li Xiaoqi was silent for a longer time this time, and after this period of time, she responded softly.

"Senior Wen, you will go a long way in acting."

Being in the midst of the situation, Du Wenjin only thought that the other party was a joke and flattery, nodded and let the words pass by.As soon as his make-up was over, he left the dressing room.

…………

The shooting on this day was rare and smooth. Many of the front stage shots were shot directly, and there were a few NG shots, which were only taken once or twice, and did not have any impact on the subsequent shooting.

Even the director Kang Chengyu, who automatically turns on the hell mode as soon as he enters the working state, has a rare smile on his face.

At the end of the morning, when only the last sub-shot was left to finish shooting, the progress got stuck.

With the NG repeated over and over again, the smile on Kang Chengyu's face disappeared, and his complexion sank bit by bit.

The crew members couldn't help but sweat for Li Xiaoqi in the center of the venue.

——Almost everyone present could see that the problem was Li Xiaoqi.

"Card!!"

Kang Chengyu's irritable voice swayed twice over the entire field through the sound transmission speakers, and Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi, who were stopped by the middle, turned their faces away.

Li Xiaoqi's face was obviously tired and powerless.

"How many times?!"

Even though he knew in his heart that he had to take care of the actor's emotions, Kang Chengyu exploded into a powder keg, "You told me—how many times have you been NG?!—Obviously in this scene, Bai Musheng was the most difficult to adjust, but Wen Jin turned the difficulty down. It’s here, and it’s twisted beautifully—what about you!?”

"........."

Li Xiaoqi's face turned pale.

It's just that Kang Chengyu was so angry that he didn't even dare to go forward to deliver water.

The entire crew was silent, and the staff didn't dare to take a breath, for fear that they might accidentally set the explosive barrel on fire again.

However, there are still people who are not afraid of fire.

"Director Kang, I think it's getting late, why don't you take a break first... I'll also chat with Xiao Qi to adjust my state."

Du Wenjin walked forward under the firepower, attracting the attention of the whole crew with gratitude and admiration.

Kang Chengyu glanced over with angry eyes, but when he saw the speaker clearly, his anger subsided a little.

After a moment of silence, Kang Chengyu nodded with his neck stiffened.

"...Okay, then take a break." He turned his head to look at the field manager, "Share lunch."

The crew members who worked intensively throughout the morning and noon all breathed a sigh of relief, those who should pack up their things, and those who should prepare to distribute lunch.

Du Wenjin led the depressed Li Xiaoqi back to the rest area.

"What's wrong with you?" After sitting down, Du Wenjin took the initiative to ask, "Are you feeling unwell, or...?"

Li Xiaoqi shook her head, and after a long silence, she bit her lip and said, "I can't keep up with Bai Musheng's personality change in the last scene."

"..."

Du Wenjin understood.

The last scene in the ballroom, in terms of timing, was just after Bai Musheng's father passed away, the Bai family changed drastically, and Bai Musheng also began to suspect that his beloved woman was the scourge of the Bai family.Before and after this point, Bai Musheng, as the only young master of the Bai family, turned from bohemian to gloomy and cold, and the character reversal was extremely difficult to control, which is why Kang Chengyu said that the difficulty of this scene should be on Du Wenjin.

When Du Wenjin got the script from the very beginning, what she valued the most was the part of Bai Musheng's reversal of character.

There is no doubt that this scene is a great test of the actor's performance tension. If there is a slight mishandling, it will be magnified at this point, which will affect the shooting quality of the entire script.

Kang Chengyu has expressed his concerns in this regard before, and Du Wenjin has been trying to figure out the inner changes of the characters in this scene since a long time ago, so when he actually practiced it, he grasped it very well and gave Kang Chengyu a great deal. surprise.

However, as a side effect of too perfect transformation, after Li Xiaoqi has adapted to the previous version of Bai Musheng's character, when she plays against the current "Bai Musheng", there will always be unconscious rhythm confusion, and often because of this A look or movement of the version of "Bai Musheng" forgets what he should do afterward.

It's no wonder that the last match between the two in the dance hall made Kang Chengyu repeatedly stop.

Du Wenjin looked at Li Xiaoqi's reddish eye circles, sighed, and took out her script.

"Let me analyze for you the details and heart that I am preparing for this script. You can understand it carefully, and then you can try to simulate the reaction in your brain-if there is any part that cannot be felt, we can also Play directly off the field."

"...Well," Li Xiaoqi looked at Du Wenjin gratefully, "Thank you, Senior Wen."

…………

So, half an hour later, Fang Zhihuai, who reappeared on the set to "visit the set", saw a man and a woman cuddling in the rest area as soon as he entered the studio.

Seeing Du Wenjin in the two of them clearly, Fang Zhihuai's rare smile froze into ice in an instant and smashed into his eyes.

"Fang, Mr. Fang...?"

Seeing the man striding forward, Li Xiaoqi, who was facing the direction of the entrance of the studio, changed her expression, and hurriedly took a step back, taking her hands away from Du Wenjin.

Du Wenjin, who was having the last dance scene with Li Xiaoqi, was startled for a moment, and turned to look at the person who came by.

... If it wasn't for Fang Zhihuai standing in front of her, Du Wenjin would really suspect that Li Xiaoqi had seen her boyfriend.

Otherwise, why is the reaction so violent?

However, Li Xiaoqi's deliberate avoidance not only did not ease Fang Zhihuai's expression, but instead made his expression a little bit colder.

"What were you doing just now?"

This is equivalent to an unceremonious questioning tone, and the smile on Du Wenjin's face suddenly cooled down——

"none of your business?"

"........."

The crew members who had just seen who was coming and started commotion, all froze in place after hearing Du Wenjin's response.

"... crazy crazy."

The little assistant, who was far away, turned around in a hurry, scratching his head and looking like he wanted to rush into the conflict circle and drag him, brother Wen, to disappear.

And Kang Chengyu, who just came over after hearing the noise, was also fortunate to hear Du Wenjin's words. After he was stunned for a moment, he hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Mr. Fang, why did you come here suddenly? We didn't advance—"

Before Kang Chengyu could finish speaking, Fang Zhihuai had already looked at the direction where Du Wenjin and Du Wenjin were, and walked over without turning their eyes.

That stern aura caused many staff members to change their expressions, and they were ready to rush up to fight later.

At the focus of everyone's attention, Li Xiaoqi, who was looking forward to some easing, stood behind Du Wenjin with a fearful expression.

Kang Chengyi frowned.

... Isn't this adding fuel to the fire?

Here, Fang Zhihuai had already walked in front of the two of them, and then stopped.

The man's expression was cold, and his dark and deep pupils swept between the two of them, with sharp needles.

Finally, the focus of his eyes fell on Du Wenjin, his thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was low——

"Let me ask one last time, what were you doing just now?"

"........."

Du Wenjin originally had a character of being soft rather than tough, but when he heard Fang Zhihuai's colder tone than before, his thin lips twitched suddenly, and his smile became colder——

"Then I'll say it one last time, it's up to you—"

"...Senior Wen."

Standing behind Du Wenjin, Li Xiaoqi called out to Du Wenjin in a tone that was about to cry.

Du Wenjin's voice stopped abruptly.

...That's right, he had forgotten that he was not afraid of Fang Zhihuai, but Li Xiaoqi's future and fate depended on Huanye, and it was all in this man's words.

"..."

It was rare for Du Wenjin to feel this deflated when facing Fang Zhihuai. He opened his jaw sideways with a displeased face, and explained: "I'm doing a dancing scene."

This explanation made Fang Zhihuai's complexion much better, but his voice was still low: "Besides shooting the camera, you shouldn't do these misleading things."

"..."

Du Wenjin didn't speak this time, she turned her head and gave Fang Zhihuai a look.

It's almost written on your face: Don't push yourself too far.

After taking that look, Du Wenjin turned to Li Xiaoqi: "I think it's almost done, right? If you think there's nothing wrong, we'll strike while the iron is hot and end this fight."

Li Xiaoqi glanced at Fang Zhihuai and nodded.

Seeing Li Xiaoqi's agreement, the person standing beside Du Wenjin Quanzuo was a mass of air, and he passed the other side directly, and walked over to Kang Chengyu's side, expressing their willingness to try the last match.

Kang Chengyu glanced at Fang Zhihuai in the rest area with lingering fear, and seeing that the other party had no obvious reaction, he turned back and responded.

"Then try again; if it still doesn't work this time, push it to the afternoon."

Du Wenjin agreed.

I don't know if the previous trial shooting was effective, or because Fang Zhihuai's presence made Li Xiaoqi really dare not take the risk of NG reshooting, the next shot that was NG countless times before, the two of them actually passed directly together.

"Card! Pass!!"

When the word "pass" was called out, most of the staff of the crew felt like they had escaped from death.

"Okay, today's intensity is so high, let's call it a day! Tomorrow's last big show, I'll come back after I have enough energy and a full meal!"

Kang Chengyu's speech drew cheers from the entire crew.

Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi returned to the rest area, and their things had already been packed by their assistants.

And Fang Zhihuai was standing next to the rest area.

"Have you had lunch?"

Fang Zhihuai walked to Du Wenjin's side.

Du Wenjin didn't raise her head: "Eat."

"..."

Fang Zhihuai lowered his eyes, the two lunch boxes of Du Wenjin and Li Xiaoqi were still intact on the table between them.

"Don't lose your temper, I'll take you to dinner?"

"Who got angry with you?!"

Du Wenjin lowered his voice, turned his face back and glared at Fang Zhihuai. He opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything because he was concerned about the crowds in the crew.

"..."

Fang Zhihuai sighed, and turned to the side, where Li Xiaoqi was standing there anxiously.

"Miss Li, let's go to lunch together, do you have time?"

Although Fang Zhihuai's question here was a question, Li Xiaoqi naturally knew that she had no right to choose.

She could only nod her head, and turned her gaze to Du Wenjin for help.

"..."

Du Wenjin looked up at Fang Zhihuai with slightly cold eyes.

After a while, the corner of his lips twitched, and he walked out first.