we are not friends anymore

Qiao Mingxi slept soundly in the room all night, and was called up by Xiao Yan before dawn the next day.

"Brother Mingxi, the scene where you were taken away has been postponed until the afternoon." Xiao Yan reminded Qiao Mingxi while helping Qiao Mingxi pack her things. Oh, brother Mingxi, do you still remember your lines?"

"Yeah." Qiao Mingxi got up as if sleepwalking, and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Xiao Yan put away the bag, and followed behind him, chattering: "The scene on the bridge will definitely be re-shot, brother Mingxi, are you okay?"

Qiao Mingxi reacted for a while before remembering what he said: "I said no, can I not shoot it?"

"Maybe we can discuss it with the director and postpone it for two days." Xiao Yan said, "First shoot other things."

"No need." Qiao Mingxi lowered his head and washed his face, "What a trouble to others."

He has really grown up a bit, and when he was placed, he never thought whether he would trouble others.

Xiao Yan then nodded, and said with some uneasiness: "If you think it's not good, you must tell us."

As an employee of Dongxing, and always by Luna and Qiao Mingxi's side, Xiao Yan knew that Qiao Mingxi was afraid of water.

"Yeah." Qiao Mingxi nodded, giving him a rare comfort, "It's okay."

In the clean courtyard at the end of the street, the little maid in Tsing Yi was playing lazy and sat on the steps in front of the house, drowsy. Suddenly, there was an eager coughing sound in the room, and the little maid woke up suddenly, and quickly got up and pushed open the door.

"Master?"

The room was filled with a smell of medicine all the year round. On the old-style wooden bed, Yan Shaowen coughed uncomfortably with his eyes half-opened. The little maid hurriedly picked up the kettle on the table and brought a glass of water to him.

Yan Shaowen gently pushed the water glass away, but his pale eyes were dark: "Is my brother here?"

The little maid shook her head: "Young Marshal didn't come."

The light in Yan Shaowen's eyes dimmed, he pulled up the quilt and lay down again: "It's boring."

The little maid went out tactfully, Yan Shaowen huddled under the quilt with his cold hands and feet, and looked at the bed curtain quietly with his eyes.This small courtyard is located deep in a sparsely populated alley, and no one comes all day long.He stayed in such a quiet environment every day, and there was a thin layer of loneliness between his brows and eyes.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter. When the director called for a rest, everyone immediately found a shaded place to stay.Almost every assistant had ice packs and small fans in their hands. The actors took off their costumes and tried every means to cool down.

While holding a small fan and blowing fiercely on his face, the cameraman pointed to the picture on the screen and said to the director: "It will be different if you change to a better-looking person. It's much easier to shoot."

"Yeah." The director stared at the screen and nodded, but frowned again after a while, "No."

"Where?" the cameraman asked. "It's not very good, and the light is right."

The director didn't speak, just stared at the screen for a long time, and suddenly beckoned to the person next to him: "Go and call Xiao Qiao."

The lunch ordered by the crew hadn't arrived yet, Qiao Mingxi was squatting in the shade with Xiao Yan in a daze, when he heard the staff say that the director called him, he tore off the cooling ice patch from his forehead, and handed it to Xiao Yan.

"Little Qiao, come and see." The director sat on a small stool and handed him the phone in his hand, "There is still a problem with this scene."

Qiao Mingxi took the phone, and on it was the video of the monitor that someone had recorded before. It was the part where Yan Shaowen, who he played, asked Yan Shaowu if he was here.He looked carefully for a long time but didn't see why, so he turned his head and looked at the director with some doubts.

"I've thought about it carefully, and your eyes are still a bit lacking." The director said, "In the last shot, your eyes are too sad, it's over."

Qiao Mingxi was taken aback for a moment, then looked over carefully.The director explained patiently: "Yan Shaowen is indeed a very lonely person, but at the same time he has not suffered setbacks, and his eyes must still have vitality."

"Your scene is not bad at first, and it's beautiful, but it's too lifeless to work. You need to show some brilliance."

Seeing that Qiao Mingxi was frowning and couldn't figure it out, the director said again: "Well, anyway, the meal hasn't been delivered yet, I'll give you 10 minutes to think about it, and let's do these scenes again."

"...Okay." Qiao Mingxi nodded, and the director turned around and greeted the scene manager, planning to take this time to reshoot.

People in the crew are used to this, the makeup artist came to help Qiao Mingxi touch up the lost makeup, and put something on his lips to make his lips look as pale as they were in the previous filming.

The screenwriter also happened to come over at this moment, stood in front of Qiao Mingxi and watched the make-up artist busy. After watching for a long time, he suddenly said, "Are you acting in your true colors just now?"

Qiao Mingxi raised her head to look at her suspiciously, and heard the scriptwriter say, "Your stare in a daze just now is similar to that just now."

Qiao Mingxi paused and hesitated, "I'm not in a daze."

"I know." The screenwriter smiled, "It's hard to change the habit of eyes, but you can change the way of understanding. Do you know why the director said you were too emotional?"

Seeing Qiao Mingxi shaking her head, she said again: "Brother Wen should be very disappointed to hear that Yan Shaowu didn't come, but he was just disappointed that his brother was too busy and didn't have time to accompany him; your eyes just now were a little bit desperate, like The concubine in the cold palace knows that the emperor will never come to see her in this lifetime."

Qiao Mingxi frowned, carefully thinking about the meaning of her words.The screenwriter said with a smile: "It's okay if you act on purpose, it's just a little too hard; but if it's your nature, it's a little troublesome, why don't you try to think of something happy."

The screenwriter dragged a stool and sat down beside him, analyzed it in detail, then patted him on the shoulder and left.Qiao Mingxi was thinking seriously in his head, and kept changing his tone and eyes as he repeated his lines: "Is my brother here?"

"Your brother is here." There was a sudden chill on his cheeks, Qiao Mingxi was so absorbed in his thoughts that he was rarely taken aback.

The make-up artist next to him who had just taken away the tools yelled: "The foundation is gone! My little fresh meat!" Then he patted the visitor, holding Qiao Mingxi's face carefully for a second time :"so far so good."

Xue Qiao laughed twice, handed the cold Coke to Qiao Mingxi, but said to the makeup artist, "I'm sorry, Miss Huang."

Qiao Mingxi thanked him, but didn't pick up the Coke: "Thank you, no need."

"Drink some, it's so hot." Xue Qiao said, "With a straw, it won't mess with flowers."

"No need." Qiao Mingxi still shook his head.

Xiao Yan explained: "Thank you Brother Xue, Brother Ming Xi has a bad stomach and can't drink ice."

Xue Qiao withdrew her hand when she heard the words, and sat down beside Qiao Mingxi: "I feel that you are in poor health? You fell into the water yesterday, are you feeling better?"

Qiao Mingxi shook his head: "Thank you, I'm fine."

Seeing that his eyes were wandering, Xue Qiao guessed that he was still thinking about what the screenwriter would say, so he didn't bother him, and instead chatted speculatively with Xiao Yan at the side.

Xue Qiao graduated from a serious acting major. His classmates are brothers and sisters who have won various awards. He has a solid professional foundation and a typical easy-going style from that prestigious school. Almost everyone who works with him All the previous crews praised him.

Originally, he and Ji Yan could be regarded as "opposites". They were similar in age, tall and handsome in appearance, and their fans had been turned upside down.Later, after Ji Yan signed to Huang Yao, he started attacking the big screen, and the smoke among the fans gradually cleared up.It's just that Huang Yao asked Ji Yan to act in a TV series this time, and the fans may not be peaceful again.

Qiao Mingxi thought about it for a while, and his eyes became more vivid during the reshoots. The director struggled for a long time, but in the end he reluctantly let it go. Everyone really dispersed to have lunch and rest this time.

However, the director still called Qiao Mingxi over: "Let's go through this today, but let me tell you in advance that it hasn't reached the level I want most. I'll try again in a few days. Remember to go back and continue to think about it. "

"Okay." Qiao Mingxi nodded, "Director, you have worked hard."

The director waved his hand: "Little Qiao, you are still very good, but you can see that you haven't found your own direction, so there is no rush."

Qiao Mingxi listened carefully, and the director chatted with him a few more words before letting him go back for dinner.Qiao Mingxi was so hot that he lost his appetite. He drank more than half of the mineral water that Xiao Yan handed over, but barely moved his food.

Since the shooting in the morning was slower than expected, Qiao Mingxi's bamboo bridge scene yesterday was also postponed to the afternoon, so everyone's rest time was also reduced a lot. The so-called lunch break is just a time for everyone to eat a few bites.

The set crew checked the bamboo bridge carefully over and over again, and handed over to the director after confirming that there would be no more problems.Qiao Mingxi had a time span between the morning scene and the afternoon scene, and the costumes and makeup had to be changed and redone.All work is like pressing the fast forward button, coupled with the hot weather, many people feel a little impetuous.

Qiao Mingxi's acting skills are quite good, but she won't make some low-level mistakes.Except for the reshoots before the meal, almost all the scenes in the morning went smoothly.

But in the afternoon it started to go wrong.

The director had already talked about the scene to the two of them the day before. Xue Qiao was in good condition, and the changes in his eyes were even better than the day before. It stands to reason that this scene should be easy as long as there is no accident like yesterday. .

But Qiao Mingxi stopped at the first line.

He seemed to have forgotten the words, and his voice trembled a little, causing the director to yell "click".Everyone thought that he hadn't entered the state for the time being, so they joked a few words lightly.Unexpectedly, the next few times his lines were spoken intermittently, and his walking pace was not steady. Wendi, who was originally a lively and lively brother, was played weak and timid by him.

"Crack!"

The director stopped again, poked his head out from behind the monitor and shouted to Qiao Mingxi: "Little Qiao?!"

With his back to the director, Qiao Mingxi stretched out his hand to make an "ok" gesture. The director wiped the sweat from the corner of his eyes, picked up the script and slapped it twice, and said impatiently, "Do it again!"

"Wait!" Xue Qiao shouted suddenly on the bamboo bridge. Everyone didn't know what he was going to do, but they saw him stepping in front of Qiao Mingxi, "Mingxi? Are you okay?"

He put his hand on Qiao Mingxi's shoulder, and immediately noticed that the boy in front of him was shaking violently.

Qiao Mingxi looked up at him, her lips were so pale that there was no blood in them.