Chapter 59: Not of This World

Liu Yifei wore a white deep-collared robe, a light blue silk ribbon tied around her waist, a bun on her head adorned with a few jade hairpin flowers, wide sleeves, and fluttering clothes, walking toward this side accompanied by her mother.

Except for the makeup on her face, which was slightly tacky by Chen Nuo's 2024 aesthetic, everything else was quite good.

"Look, the appearance is really good. I dare say, no one in all of China looks more like Little Dragon Maiden than her." Zhang Jizhong said quite proudly.

Chen Nuo nodded sensibly: "Indeed, indeed. Beautiful, really beautiful. Director Zhang's vision is good."

"Hahaha, with you and Yifei, I haven't slept well for half a year, but now I finally feel at ease."

Next, the process of taking makeup photos went very smoothly, but Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei had no communication throughout the whole process.

He treated himself as a tool man. Whatever pose the photographer wanted, he would strike. Anyway, the experience of being an internet celebrity in his previous life allowed him to be happy, angry, sad, or joyful in this kind of PPT lens.

After shooting, the photographer said slightly exaggeratedly: "Unparalleled, a talented man and a beautiful woman."

Zhang Jizhong stood beside him, stroking his big beard, laughing like a blooming old chrysanthemum.

After taking the makeup photos and successfully signing the contract, Zhang Jizhong's side was considered a paragraph, just waiting for the notification to go to Jiuzhaigou to start filming.

According to Zhang Jizhong, if it's fast, it will be within a week.

The next day, Chen Nuo returned to Xichuan.

He stayed at home for a week, during which, except for occasionally looking at textbooks, he didn't review most of the time, but was reading novels and scripts.

Because the script of a TV series is different from a movie. The script of a movie is relatively short, so the script sent by the director to the main actors is generally more complete. But because TV series have more shooting scenes and characters, the script is generally distributed in parts, that is, only that part is distributed when filming that part.

For an actor like Chen Nuo, this undoubtedly increased the difficulty of his immersion in the role. After reading the script in his hand, he couldn't grasp the key points. So he went to the bookstore and bought a copy of *The Return of the Condor Heroes* to read.

Before this, he had only watched the TV series intermittently and had never held the book and finished the story completely.

He originally opened the first page with the mentality of reading a script.

"Yue Nu picks lotus by the autumn water, narrow sleeves and light gauze, revealing two golden bracelets.

Picking flowers while reflecting, the flowers are like faces, the fragrant heart only competes with silk.

The wind and waves are late at the head of the stream, the fog is heavy and the smoke is light, and the companion from the time of arrival is not seen.

The faint singing returns to the distance, and the sorrow of parting leads to the bank of the Jiangnan."

After a poem by Ouyang Xiu, that story of the Jianghu was told. Chen Nuo looked at it for a day. He didn't know the taste of food, didn't sleep or rest.

After reading it, he slept for half a day, woke up, and specifically picked out the paragraphs where Yang Guo appeared to read again. This time he looked more carefully. Although he read fewer words, he read each word more slowly. It took a full two days to finish reading.

After reading, he went to the rooftop garden of the large flat in his home to water the flowers, and then went to the computer to play *World of Warcraft* for a while. At this time, *World of Warcraft* had just conducted an internal public beta, and this public beta account was obtained by Chen Nuo after contacting Wang Zhihan after returning to Xichuan.

Chen Nuo was a hardcore casual player of *World of Warcraft* in his previous life, playing from the level 45 era to the closure of the national server. But in this life, he didn't play a human mage, but built an undead mage account, doing tasks in Deathknell to level 10 before going offline.

He went to bed early that day and woke up early the next day. Then he picked up the script.

This time, he finally saw the swords and shadows and the tenderness of the heroes inside.

During this period, Yang Mi made a call, thanking him profusely; she got the role of Guo Xiang. The time to join the crew hadn't been set yet. But she wouldn't participate in this filming in Jiuzhaigou.

Reading the script and reviewing, a week passed quickly.

Zhang Jizhong and the others really couldn't wait any longer. After deciding on him as the male lead, they transported a large batch of equipment to Jiuzhaigou without stopping. You know, Jiuzhaigou is not a place with developed transportation and roads everywhere, especially in 2005. From Chengdu, there was only one winding provincial road, sometimes crossing mountains and ridges, sometimes winding along the river, sometimes with craggy cliffs overhead, and sometimes with bottomless valleys by the roadside.

People can take planes, but that equipment can only rely on cars. According to Zhang Jizhong himself later, just transporting the filming equipment from Jingcheng to Jiuzhaigou cost over 600,000.

But a big crew doesn't care about this little money. In Xiangshan, Zhejiang, he specifically built a huge Condor Heroes Film and Television City for this play.

When Chen Nuo arrived in Jiuzhaigou, Zhang Jizhong and the others had already arrived two days earlier. When getting off the bus, the wet and cold air in the mountains hit his face, and he sneezed immediately.

When he came, Zhang Jizhong specifically asked someone to tell him that it was freezing in the mountains and he must be fully prepared. So Chen Nuo wore long johns on his lower body and a down jacket on his upper body. The cold wind scraped his face, but he didn't feel cold.

Liu Yifei happened to come out of the hotel at this time and immediately saw the big white bear sneezing not far away.

"Looks like he just arrived. Let's go up and say hello." Liu Nushi also came with her, and at this time pulled her and wanted to go forward.

Liu Yifei's body swayed, but her feet didn't move.

"Xixi, what's wrong?", thought he was specifically here to pick him up."

Liu Nushi sighed, "Xixi, you are colleagues, be enthusiastic to each other, it's okay. Listen to Mom, let's go say hello."

Chen Nuo was listening to Qi Yuntian complaining about the weather while moving luggage from the car when suddenly a beautiful woman walked over with an enthusiastic smile, Liu Yifei following behind her, pouting, looking reluctant.

"Hello Auntie Liu, hello Senior Liu, no need, we are two big men, how can we let you help."

Qi Yuntian snorted coldly from the side: "Don't put me in the same category as you, OK?"

Liu Nushi had lived abroad for many years and was long accustomed to beauties like Qi Yuntian, laughing: "Mo Xiaoqi is a beauty, more beautiful than our Xixi."

Qi Yuntian waved his hand, but didn't nod and say that was natural, but said: "No, no, we are different styles."

"Xixi, come and say hello to Chen Nuo and Mo Xiaoqi." Liu Nushi said.

Liu Yifei stepped forward expressionlessly and said softly: "Hello."

Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian looked at each other, smiled awkwardly, asked her, and then carried their luggage to settle in the hotel.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 60 =====