Chapter 184: The Matter of Acting

Liu Zeliang waved his hand without hesitation and shook his head, "I'm not going on camera!"

Luo Yuzhong: "Get on it, there's no one else who can act now, it's all up to you."

Liu Zeliang immediately said: "Wait for Yang Fan a bit longer."

"Wait for my ass! This dog thing must have gone drinking again last night, and he's still snoring and can't get up!" Luo Yuzhong was furious. "When he begged me to give him a chance, I shouldn't have been soft-hearted!"

Liu Zeliang sighed, "Then... then you do it yourself, don't look for me."

Luo Yuzhong: "I'm the director!"

Liu Zeliang: "I'm still the photography director!"

Luo Yuzhong: "I don't have your good temper, I can't act out the vibe of Liu Laoshi. You're usually fussy, you're suitable!"

Liu Zeliang: "I'm fussy? Screw you!"

Luo Yuzhong and Liu Zeliang stared at each other, and everyone else remained silent.

The students on the scene were stunned, looking at these two men over forty, not understanding what was going on for a while.

Let alone these students, Lu Yan He himself couldn't understand what was going on, looking astonished.

The two stared at each other for a while, and finally, Liu Zeliang lost and glared at him dejectedly.

"It's really my bad luck to be your photography director, and now I have to be your temporary actor."

Luo Yuzhong: "Less nonsense."

He turned to look at Lu Yan He, "Little Lu, come here."

Lu Yan He hurried over.

Luo Yuzhong said: "Look, Liu Laoshi is really your Liu Laoshi now. You'll act with him later."

"Where's the script?" Liu Zeliang asked.

Luo Yuzhong asked loudly: "Where's the script?"

Someone immediately brought over a backup script.

Luo Yuzhong said: "You guys walk through the scene."

Lu Yan He felt uneasy.

First time filming, suddenly encountering a temporary change of opponent actor.

This is also...

However, for Lu Yan He, it made no difference; he hadn't met Yang Fan either.

On the contrary, he was a bit more familiar with Liu Zeliang.

Liu Zeliang is a big-name photography director in the industry, and every year's top projects are almost prioritized to ask him to hold the camera.

On set, Liu Zeliang is usually a smiling presence, able to tease everyone a bit, not the kind of high-level expert who is unapproachable.

Lu Yan He looked at Liu Zeliang.

Liu Zeliang also looked at him.

The two were silent for two seconds, and Liu Zeliang said: "What are you looking at me for? I'm not a professional actor, you are the actor, you lead me through it."

Lu Yan He really wanted to complain for himself; he wasn't a professional actor either!

But he didn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of Liu Zeliang, so he silently swallowed his words.

"Report." After Lu Yan He entered the door, he faced Liu Zeliang.

Liu Zeliang rested one hand on the podium, turned to look at this late student, and smiled brightly, "Yo, you're back? Didn't you just finish the competition yesterday? Why are you back today?"

He clearly wasn't a professional actor, but he was exceptionally relaxed, his demeanor natural, and his speech was very much like a teacher, with a sense of leisure.

Lu Yan He said: "I took the earliest flight back today."

"Okay, sit down." Liu Zeliang nodded, signaling Lu Yan He to sit.

Lu Yan He walked toward the back row of the classroom.

The classmates in the classroom were all looking at him.

Liu Zeliang's voice sounded behind him: "Students, this is Yao Yuan, who won the gold medal in the National College Student Modeling Competition yesterday. He is your senior. Because he was preparing for the competition last year, he is here to make up the credits for this course this year."

A group of people let out a "Wow—" exclamation.

Lu Yan He sat down in the last row.

A girl in front suddenly turned her head to look at him.

He saw this girl's eyes and was also stunned for a moment.

This girl was, of course, Jiang Yuqian.

"Cut!"

As soon as Luo Yuzhong shouted, Liu Zeliang on the podium stopped and turned to look at Luo Yuzhong.

"Did it pass?"

Luo Yuzhong said with a smile: "How could it not pass when you're out? You acted really well, but just now we were mainly filming Little Lu and Yuqian, and didn't capture your excellent performance, so we have to do another take."

Liu Zeliang's face collapsed completely.

He looked at Luo Yuzhong speechlessly, "I say, are you doing this on purpose? Just now I asked you if I should act seriously, and you told me to."

Luo Yuzhong said: "Only if you act seriously can Little Lu get into the play. It's his first time acting today, so you, the old senior, should lead him a bit more."

Liu Zeliang's face looked like he was about to curse the next second, and it took a while before he held it back.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from outside.

Yang Fan pushed open the front door of the classroom with a red face, entered, and walked toward Luo Yuzhong with an uneasy and guilty face.

"Director, I'm sorry, I—"

"Didn't I have someone notify you not to come?" Luo Yuzhong interrupted him and said coldly.

Yang Fan immediately said: "Director, I didn't mean to, I—"

"I don't want to hear any more excuses from you. You went drinking again last night, right?" Luo Yuzhong's eyes seemed to contain sword light, looking at Yang Fan sharply.

Yang Fan wanted to say more.

"Why don't I go test you now? If it turns out you didn't drink, I'll apologize to you," Luo Yuzhong said directly.

Yang Fan's face was as dark as black soil.

"Director, I know I was wrong, give me another chance!" Yang Fan's emotions suddenly became a bit agitated, "I definitely know I was wrong, I won't commit it again, I will act this role well, really!"

"No need." Luo Yuzhong waved his hand, "I've already given you the chance, you didn't cherish it yourself."

Yang Fan still wanted to say something.

Luo Yuzhong suddenly roared again: "Kick him out! Why let him stay here?"

Yang Fan looked at Luo Yuzhong in shock, as if he hadn't expected Luo Yuzhong to be so heartless to him.

"Director!"

"Don't call me director!" Luo Yuzhong roared.

The scene fell into a terrible silence again.

After kicking the person away, they continued filming.

Lu Yan He was affected a bit, and his state was very wrong.

He thought Luo Yuzhong was going to scold him, but he didn't scold anything, called him over, gave him a few instructions, and just continued filming directly.

At noon, the crew's lunch was solved in the school cafeteria.

A small cafeteria was specifically moved for them to set up tables.

Lu Yan He sat at a table with the director and the others.

He filmed all morning, and it was his first time acting, so his brain was a bit dizzy, but at the same time, he was a bit excited.

From the initial unfamiliarity to the later familiarity, Lu Yan He finally no longer had the fear of acting.

"Little Lu's acting today was his first time, and his comprehension is quite good. Whatever I said, he understood it immediately," Luo Yuzhong praised Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He was flattered, "Thank you, Director."

Luo Yuzhong: "It's just that the psychological burden is too heavy. You are a young newcomer actor, why put such a big psychological burden on yourself? It's normal if you act poorly. Why do you have such high requirements for every scene?"

Before Lu Yan He could speak, Liu Zeliang interjected and retorted: "Isn't it because you are famous for being fierce, and Little Lu is afraid of messing up and being scolded by you."

Lu Yan He hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, it's not. My personality is just like this, always wanting to do the best within my ability. I also know this makes my psychological burden a bit heavy, but I can't adjust it."

"It's also a good thing. An actor's spirit should be a bit higher, don't act blindly in any play," Luo Yuzhong said. "Your Sister Yuqian is a leader; she has high requirements for herself. Even in some low-quality plays, her role and performance are not perfunctory at all, and you can see her dedication."

Jiang Yuqian showed a look of being unable to laugh or cry and said: "If you, Director, found me more plays to act in, I wouldn't act in those low-quality plays."

"You two are really good children, don't become like Yang Fan." Saying this, Luo Yuzhong suddenly sighed, "You don't know, Yang Fan was actually a very good actor when he was young. His first play was filmed with me. It's a pity that something happened to his family later, and since then he developed a habit of alcoholism, and his acting lost its former aura and even his professionalism. This time he begged me for a long time, hoping I would give him another chance. He promised me that he would definitely quit drinking during the filming and would definitely not delay the filming again. As a result, he didn't last a day, which disappointed me."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuqian said: "Director, don't worry, I know what my dream is. In order to realize my dream, nothing else will affect my acting."

Yang Fan's matter made Lu Yan He fall into deep thought.

Liu Zeliang tsked and said: "You two look really good, it's a pity that the rival scenes in 'The Golden Age' this time are so few, adding up to only two episodes. If there is a play looking for you to act in a sister-brother romance in the future, it will probably look very good."

Lu Yan He instantly choked.

Jiang Yuqian laughed, "Don't tease him, his skin is thin."

Liu Zeliang immediately educated him: "Yan He, a man's skin can't be thin, you have to practice it."

Luo Yuzhong looked at him with great disgust and said: "Don't use your shameless concepts to lead Little Lu astray."

Liu Zeliang: "How is this leading Little Lu astray? This is life wisdom!"

"Your life wisdom is approximately equal to dross," Luo Yuzhong said mercilessly.

Lu Yan He laughed.

Couldn't help but laugh.

The actual process of filming on set is actually not that interesting; most of the time, it is even boring.

Most of the time, Lu Yan He is waiting.

When it was really his turn to act, there wasn't much.

But during the times he performed, Lu Yan He felt an instinctive sense of excitement.

The excitement of playing another person.

As if really experiencing another person's life.

The first day's scenes were all transition scenes like the morning, almost without difficulty.

As a result, they continued filming at night.

Luo Yuzhong specifically found him and Jiang Yuqian and said: "We have to film at night these days. Originally, we were going to borrow this place for nine days, but in the end, they only agreed to give us five days, so time is a bit tight."

Lu Yan He naturally nodded.

Jiang Yuqian also had no objections and readily agreed.

At night, Lu Yan He ushered in the scene with his largest amount of lines.

It was a scene where he and Jiang Yuqian were walking on a road in the campus, chatting about future dreams.

This was also a scene where the two confirmed their feelings for each other.

This was added temporarily by Luo Yuzhong.

Originally, this scene wasn't going to be filmed on the first day.

Jiang Yuqian asked Lu Yan He if he had memorized the lines, and Lu Yan He said he had.

Jiang Yuqian nodded and said: "Give me ten minutes, I need to memorize the lines."

She took the script, went to a corner, and started memorizing the lines by herself.

When filming officially, this road had to be cleared.

Only the two of them.

In the play, it was already midnight at this time, the campus became empty, and only the two of them had just finished the student union work and came out of the office.

The blocking for this scene wasn't difficult; after coming down the steps, just keep walking forward along this road.

A very beautiful road.

A wide avenue with plane trees planted on both sides, the lush plane tree leaves made this road look like a passage through some mysterious palace.

The dim yellow streetlights rendered a hazy atmosphere.

When filming the first take, Lu Yan He and Jiang Yuqian walked side by side, with only half a body's distance between them.

"Everyone is asleep." Jiang Yuqian looked around, confirmed that there was no one around, and showed a bit of helplessness, "The dormitory manager will definitely nag me again."

Lu Yan He turned to look at Jiang Yuqian.

At this time, he actually already had a crush on Jiang Yuqian.

It just wasn't spoken out.

Jiang Yuqian happened to raise her eyes at this time and looked at him.

The gazes of the two collided for a moment and then dodged at the same time.

"Senior, what do you want to do in the future?"

"Me?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yuqian suddenly took a few steps forward, jumped down the steps, stood under the steps, and looked up at Lu Yan He who was still standing on the steps, "Senior, what do you want to do for work?"

Lu Yan He looked at the girl under the streetlight whose features were as beautiful as a painting, and was distracted for a moment. This wasn't acting; he was really distracted.

He had never seen such a little girl side of Jiang Yuqian.

In the eyes she looked at him with, there was a bright, yet trying-to-hide liking.

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and said: "Architect."

"Really amazing," Jiang Yuqian said. "I haven't even thought about what I can do in the future."

She smiled brightly, turned around, and walked forward.

Lu Yan He followed.

"They all say the construction industry is very unsuitable for girls, and going to the construction site is also very bitter," Jiang Yuqian said. "My parents have always opposed me entering this industry. At the beginning, I spent a lot of effort to persuade them to study this major."

"Since you have a goal, then do it toward the goal. Nothing compares to wanting to do this thing yourself," Lu Yan He said.

Jiang Yuqian stopped.

She turned to look at Lu Yan He, her eyes clear and bright.

"Then—Senior, do you think I can be an architect?"

"Yes, of course you can." Lu Yan He nodded, his tone sincere, not perfunctory, "Your professional ability is very strong."

"Then compared to you, Senior?" Jiang Yuqian suddenly laughed, her eyes curved into a beautiful crescent moon, "Senior, do you think I am more amazing, or are you more amazing?"

Lu Yan He was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.

"Saying it doesn't count. After we become architects, let's have a real competition."

"Senior, are you still willing to contact me after graduation?"

Lu Yan He's gaze fell on Jiang Yuqian, gradually revealing a touch of tenderness, "Of course." ===== CHAPTER 185 =====