Chapter 594: A Phenomenon-Level Cultural Symbol

The kid has weird ideas, but the kid's actually got some pep~

Although he had no idea what the hell was going on in Meng Jie's head, Bai Liang really respected her for following through on what she said!

Tough guy!

Said he wouldn't let him move, and he really wouldn't let him move!

Even though those two legs felt like they were filled with lead, barely able to lift them, she still stubbornly kept wriggling there.

The next day, she waited until almost afternoon before Meng Jie finally showed up on set, her walking posture still very strange, pretty much like those people at the gym who'd just finished leg day — even going down stairs she had to hold onto the railing.

In this state, she naturally caught Chen Hong's attention, who then came to a wonderful misunderstanding, thinking the moves she'd taught Meng Jie were really effective — look, how much force must Bai Liang have had to use on her to leave her like this?

One could say she'd never in her life experienced what Old Chen was like at his peak, and naturally hadn't been short on being a "gold miner" either.

Unlike Meng Jie, who met the fiercest him at the most beautiful age.

The envious Auntie Chen's tears were about to flow out of her mouth.

But Meng Jie was truly tear-streaked — that wasn't what she wanted at all, she always got plenty full in that department, practically overflowing.

In fact, because of how frequent it had been lately, she even felt some hyperpigmentation setting in.

Besides, this time she'd gotten herself into this state by her own effort, which made it quite a loss of face.

The key was that all the bragging she'd done in front of Bai Liang was busted on the spot.

Things like "call me whenever you miss me, but only if I'm free" — thinking about it now made Meng Jie feel terribly embarrassed.

This move was taught to her by Chen Hong: pull back a little distance, let the other person come to you of their own accord. A pull and a tug — miracle walker.

In short, she couldn't keep being like before, unconditionally plastering herself all over him the moment they met — that made her look way too easy to push around~ how would the other person ever cherish her?

The theory was correct, and Meng Jie didn't see anything wrong with it either.

Then she went off-script and added her own twist, like being a bit more aggressive. And the result is what you see now~

When Bai Liang got up in the morning, Meng Jie was actually awake too. While she peeked through half-closed eyes, her little hedgehog very tenderly and considerately helped her straighten the blanket and left her breakfast.

But Meng Jie always felt she was being sized up from head to toe by an "amused" gaze.

Right now she was just afraid that after Bai Liang finished filming he'd come over, smile sweetly, and ask her why she hadn't gone out to run her appointments?

Soon, what she'd been worried about arrived~

A "Black person" appeared in front of her, then grinned at her, flashing white teeth.

This scene tickled Meng Jie right into laughing: "How did you end up like this?"

"Today's shoot is the explosion scene, I'm not playing Yan Shuangying, so after the explosion of course I end up like this~" Bai Liang didn't even bother wiping his face with a towel, because he still had to keep filming in a bit.

"Haha, little darkie!"

Sometimes you really had to envy Meng Jie's brain — just now she was looking all worried, and in an instant she was happy again~

The speed at which she forgot her worries was absolutely astonishing!

Of course, part of the reason was that Bai Liang hadn't brought up last night's business.

Lord Bai was still very considerate. Although he had no idea what the hell Meng Jie had taken wrong, or what some senior had poured down her throat to make her come up with such an abstract move.

But he wouldn't go on the attack against her shame zone afterward — unless Meng Jie refused to learn her lesson.

At this point Meng Jie seemed to have truly forgotten last night's episode, and had already started feeling sorry for her little hedgehog.

A perfectly fine handsome guy turned into a black dog — how pitiful!

One could only say, filming war movies really does wear down the actors. The simplest example being the explosion scenes.

But in the main cast of "The Battle at Lake Changjin," basically everyone belonged to the tough-guy school, and nobody got squeamish during filming.

Of course, some people might have felt a little like being squeamish inside, but everyone around them was so badass and cool, acting like "just blow it up, bro, I'm not scared at all" — that little bit of squeamishness had to be squashed down.

Otherwise wouldn't it make everyone else look very professional and tough, and them look very fragile? That wouldn't do!

To put it bluntly, the brothers were out here competing hard~

You don't use a stunt double and just run straight at the explosion point? Then I won't either!

Especially the biggest name among them leading the charge on this stuff — like Wu Jing.

That guy had always been famously hardcore when it came to this kind of filming; otherwise he wouldn't have ended up having to lean on a crutch even at his own wedding back then.

Of course, the ones leading the charge weren't only Wu Jing. What really got everyone fired up to compete was Bai Liang charging at the front during dangerous scenes.

Damn it, he really wasn't scared at all!

Facing the explosion point up close, the director's countdown had even finished and he still didn't run.

But thinking about all the outrageous moves and "battle record" since Bai Liang's debut, it actually felt pretty reasonable.

It's just that when everyone met him, they were a bit fooled by that "pretty-boy" face of his.

When the explosion went off behind him, Bai Liang seemed to really get blown away, which panicked the whole set into rushing over — only for him to stand up the next second looking perfectly fine, and everyone was reminded just what kind of ruthless guy this was.

Turning his back on a car explosion, going one-on-one in the African wilderness, daring to jump off Zhufeng.

Of course, it might also be because once he got into acting mode, Bai Liang's face wasn't pale anymore.

After all, this wasn't an anti-Japanese drama — you couldn't have people looking like they just had their makeup done while fighting a war, or even doing their hair and stuff; everyone was covered in dust and grime, like stray dogs.

But by the second day's filming, Bai Liang did wipe his face clean.

Because the timeline jumps back — now they had to film the scene of them getting on the train to depart.

Although Chen Kaige liked to shoot in chronological order, the location hadn't been fully coordinated before, so they'd filmed the later scenes first.

Our Meng Jie is finally going to appear on screen!

Not to mention, Chen Kaige actually quite liked this scene, especially that red scarf!

Before filming, he grabbed Bai Liang and went on and on — about the meaning of the red scarf, how it was the same color as the national flag, symbolizing—

Wu Jing, listening on the side, had the muscles in his face twitching, but in the end still didn't say that line: "This thing is way too conspicuous on the battlefield, easy to give away your position."

Fighting a war in the freezing snow, and you're wearing a red scarf around your neck? Does that make sense?

But glancing at Meng Jie, who was holding the thing in her hands, so happy she was itching to try it out, Wu Jing figured he'd better shut his mouth~

This little girlfriend of Bai Liang's only has this much screen time, relying entirely on this bright red scarf to draw the audience's attention!

Besides, a war scene had already been filmed earlier, and the prop red scarf had already appeared in that segment. I always feel that Chen Kaige suddenly filmed a later scene first just to shut Wu Jing up, so they wouldn't have to reshoot.

The great director has a few tricks up his sleeve too~

But Wu Jing hadn't planned to play the villain anyway. During the earlier shoot, that thing had been stuffed by Bai Liang inside his clothes, with only a tiny bit showing.

Of course, some things that need to be argued with Chen Kaige still have to be argued.

For example, the growth arc of Wu Wanli, the male lead played by Bai Liang, can't simply be about a boy who goes through the fires of war and becomes a soldier. He should gradually come to understand what exactly he is fighting for — that sense of conviction is very important.

So he and Old Chen still have plenty of back-and-forth ahead~

Of course, this aspect isn't just about the character's plot and growth arc — the actor's performance is also extremely important.