Battle of the Entertainment Circle

After Shen Yaoxiang joined the crew, he traveled with the crew to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan to shoot scenes, and then went abroad to shoot. The time was not too tight, but it was an unprecedented new challenge for him. Zhang Xinrong's style is never rushing, We only shoot one or two scenes a day, or even one scene in a few days, but we must strive for excellence and do our best. Every subtle expression change, movement, and tone of voice must be carefully considered, and it is all in English, so the difficulty is natural. Not too small.

The protagonist of the story in this play is a Chinese-American who immigrated to the United States with his ancestors and was born and raised there. After joining the US Secret Service, he wandered around the world where there are wars and conspiracies, using various masks Pretending to complete the special missions on his body, he returned to China for the first time during World War II because of missions. Facing the tragic scene of wars raging everywhere and almost dying, he recalled over and over again the original beautiful and rich country that his grandfather told about when he was a child. In his appearance, the blood flowing in his bones slowly recovered. After struggling between morality and mission, emotion and reason, he finally embarked on the revolutionary road that he thought could lead to self-salvation.

In addition to many grand war scenes, the whole play is also interspersed with conspiracy and betrayal, in-depth portrayal of love, family and friendship, and the general perception of war and peace from the perspective of the protagonist. The requirements for the roles are very high. As the leading actor, Shen Yaoxiang is the core and the most important thing in the whole drama.

The pressure doubled, but it also made Shen Yaoxiang very excited. After so many years of filming, he has not found this feeling of fully devoting himself to a role in a drama for a long time.

Shanghai was the last filming location in China, and he stayed the longest. For a full month, Shen Yaoxiang didn't stay in a hotel, but rented a small apartment with Wei Ning not far from the set. Wei Ning now The basic routine of life is to sleep until almost noon, go to the set to have lunch with Shen Yaoxiang, watch him filming in the afternoon, write a song with a piece of paper when inspiration strikes, and go out for dinner together after he finishes work before going back to the residence.

The lyrics and songs he wrote down in the past few months alone are enough for him to release a new album next year, and it seems that since he was with Shen Yaoxiang, the inspiration for writing songs has improved a lot. Of course, the lyrics he wrote are mostly sweet. It's so boring that even he can't bear to look directly at him.

The people in the crew have become so used to Wei Ning's comings and goings that they turn a blind eye to it, and there are many foreign actors and staff members in the crew, and they don't know much about their affairs, and they don't even know who Wei Ning is, which actually gave him a lot of freedom , was really mistaken for Shen Yaoxiang's assistant several times, he also smiled and acquiesced without explaining.

In the past four months, the domestic scenes are coming to an end, and Shen Yaoxiang has adapted to Zhang Xinrong's shooting rhythm. The first thing after going back to rest every day is to ponder the lines of the script. When encountering bottlenecks, he discusses with Wei Ning. Although Ning is not professional in this area, he watches every scene of him almost every day, and feels more intuitively about what he shows through language, expression, and body. It gave him a lot of enlightenment, and often even brought unexpected results.

After finally returning to Beijing after the filming, the first thing Wei Ning thought about was to take Shen Yaoxiang to the temple where his mother often went to offer incense, and said that he would personally ask for another peace talisman for him.

Before he was filming in Shanghai, he was almost injured. It was a shootout scene on the street. The foreign actor who played with Shen Yaoxiang did not follow the director's instructions and shot him at close range in the chaos. Although it was a prop and fake gun , but in order to pursue a more realistic effect, the gun is loaded with gunpowder and fake bullets. Shooting within a non-safe distance will also cause injury or even death. The director was so angry that he cursed for the first time, and Wei Ning was the first to rush up to support Shen Yaoxiang who was so impacted that he stepped back several times and bent down. Fortunately, Shen Yaoxiang gave him the safety talisman earlier. It was placed in the chest pocket of his coat, and it happened that there was an iron piece embedded in the amulet, which helped him to block it. Even so, he was still shocked by the huge impact, as if his chest had been hit hard. Very painful.

Wei Ning still has lingering fears about that incident. Because Shen Yaoxiang often has various bruises and bruises on his body during filming, and has to face all kinds of potential dangers that cannot be foreseen in advance, he really has to worry about it and ask him to be safe. Talisman, even if it won't be of much use, at least it will give yourself some peace of mind.

Seeing Wei Ning piously offering incense to the merit box to pray for his own safety, Shen Yaoxiang touched his nose, feeling some indescribable feeling in his heart, very warm and with a trace of inexplicable sadness, walking out of the temple, Wei Ning took the peace he had sought The talisman was stuffed into the palm of his hand, and each of them put on a string of exactly the same prayer beads for him.

Shen Yaoxiang smiled and said, "I really didn't expect you to believe this."

"It's better to believe it, and it really saved you from disaster before." Wei Ning said seriously, and the way he lowered his eyes showed that he was really worried.

Shen Yaoxiang sighed lightly, and grabbed his shoulders: "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to me. At most, I won't take any dangerous scenes in the future or let a substitute do it for me. Is that okay?"

Wei Ning nodded, secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

Mother Wei called to ask them to go home for dinner. Knowing that they were going to the United States in a few days, and they had been there for several months, she specially asked them to go back to have a meal as a gift for them. passed.

Wei's mother cooked a whole table of dishes and asked them to eat more, saying that they would have nothing to eat when they went abroad, Wei Ning smiled triumphantly: "Yaoxiang can cook, so he can cook for me."

Wei's mother scolded him: "You are so embarrassed, he worked so hard filming, why don't you cook for him? Speaking of which, you are still a person who has lived abroad for several years, and you don't even know how to cook. How can you be a little bit in this regard?" Don't you look like me?"

Shen Yaoxiang raised his eyebrows at him, his eyes filled with narrow smiles, Wei Ning couldn't hold back, and argued: "He won't let me be me..."

"Isn't it all about giving you opportunities these few months?" Shen Yaoxiang also pushed him: "Before, he promised to cook for me, but in the end, he would either eat box lunch with me or go to the restaurant every day."

"Hey!"

It's not that he doesn't want to do it, firstly, the conditions outside are not allowed, and secondly, the Shen Yaoxiang he made is not willing to eat at all, well, at this time, he has the face to complain.

So parents took turns to criticize him for not being able to live, Wei Ning didn't dare to argue any more, so he just lowered his head and ate in silence, Shen Yaoxiang looked at his bitter haha, the hand under the table touched his and wanted to grab it , was thrown away by Wei Ning.

He also lost his temper.

She stretched out her hand again, grabbed him resolutely this time, rubbed against his palm before letting go, Wei Ning glared at him and rolled her eyes, completely ignoring him.

After dinner, Shen Yaoxiang went to help Wei's mother wash the dishes, Wei Ning went back to the house directly, Wei's mother felt that she had spoiled the child since she was a child, Shen Yaoxiang smiled, and said: "Ningning is actually very good, he I love you too, but I just don’t know how to express it, and it’s not a big deal if you have a young master’s temper.”

Wei's mother sighed helplessly: "This child really wants to find a girl like this, but he has cheated her, and you are the only one who can tolerate him like this."

"...I think he looks quite cute like this." It was much more real than the Wei Ning he knew before, who was always trying to disguise himself with a sleek appearance, and it made him feel like him even more.

Mother Wei saw the Buddhist beads on his wrist and asked him, "Did you go to the temple today?"

"Well, Ningning said to ask for a peace talisman and went."

"He grew up so big and only his grandfather went to the temple to offer incense when he was seriously ill. It's really..."

Shen Yaoxiang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and the smile in his eyes became more intense.

After washing the dishes and returning to the house, Wei Ning leaned on the sofa to play pad games as expected, Shen Yaoxiang walked up to take the pad from his hand, and asked him: "Your mother said you rarely go to temples. Didn't know you believed this?"

"I believe it. When I was very young, I was so sick that I almost died. The doctor said there was nothing I could do. My mother took me to the temple for two days and then miraculously healed. I have the protection of a Bodhisattva. Of course I believe it."

"There is such a thing?" Shen Yaoxiang was a little scared when he heard it, but fortunately he has survived alive and kicking to this day.

"Really, do you think I made it up?"

"So you let the Bodhisattva bless me too?" Shen Yaoxiang stretched out his hand and pinched his upturned nose, and smiled: "Are you so reluctant to part with me?"

Wei Ning wrapped his arms around his waist, and nodded vigorously: "We are still so young, so to speak, we can live a good life for decades, if something happens to you, what do you ask me to do?"

"... Isn't it just filming a scene? You said it was like going through fire and water."

Wei Ning's eyes are very serious, and his tone is also very solemn: "I still want to grow old with you, so please don't leave me alone."

Shen Yaoxiang looked into his bright eyes, and the joke on his face slowly receded. He stretched out his hand to caress his face, and said seriously: "Don't worry, I will spare my life. I haven't lived enough, so I'm with you." How could I be willing to end it so soon when you are together."

He said, shaking the beads on his wrist, and his tone became more relaxed: "I will always wear the gift you gave me."

Wei Ning closed his eyes, and the corner of his mouth finally burst into a relieved smile.