Chapter 77: Hanging Out with Big Guys

Spitting water, of course, wasn't Chen Nuo's improvisation; it was arranged by Yu Min.

Chen Nuo felt it was a bit inappropriate at the time and specifically looked at Liu Yifei's expression. As a result, Liu Yifei was very professional and didn't speak out against it. Since she didn't say anything, he had to follow the director's requirements.

But when shooting, Chen Nuo still held back, only shooting a small line of water from his mouth, and it was aimed at the position of Liu Yifei's forehead. Even so, watching the water droplets shoot on her beautiful face, sliding down her black and white eyes and high, slightly curved nose, he couldn't help but feel terrified.

Afraid that the other party would turn her face and slap him.

However, Liu Yifei not only didn't say much, but was very into the scene, took out a handkerchief from her pocket, slowly wiped the water on her face, and then looked at him with a reproachful look, and then walked up, gently wiping the water on Chen Nuo's face with her hand, her expression very serious and her movements very careful.

This was, of course, also an action required by Yu Min.

However, Chen Nuo still didn't quiet down. Turning around, the fake ponytail whipped a face of water at Liu Yifei again.

Liu Yifei sighed imperceptibly, touched the tear in the back of Chen Nuo's clothes with her hand, and said: "Look at you, you are such a big person, don't you even know that there is such a big hole in your clothes?"

Chen Nuo turned his back, and a gentle smile, completely different from before, suddenly appeared on his face.

This lens ends.

The director shouted cut, and the field clerk hit the tail board.

Yu Min sat by the monitor, next to him was Zhang Jizhong.

Zhang Big Beard also came to this scene today, but he hadn't said much before. Seeing this, Zhang Jizhong asked: "Do you want to do it again?"

Yu Min tasted it, "What do you think?"

"That expression at the end, did you ask Chen Nuo to act like that?"

"No. I just wanted him to act out Yang Guo's playfulness, but don't act too much like a child. I didn't expect him to add this at the end."

Zhang Jizhong thought for a while and said: "I think it's added well. In this way, the logic of the whole front has changed. According to the previous acting method, Yang Guo and Li Xiaolong Maiden are more like son and mother; the son is naughty, and the mother tolerates him and takes care of him. But this is actually not very good for the subsequent development of the relationship between the two.

Yu Min nodded and said: "It is indeed. With this smile, it shows that Yang Guo has actually grown up, and his relationship with Li Xiaolong Maiden is not just a master and apprentice, but also mixed with some love between men and women. He was deliberately messing around with her to make Li Xiaolong Maiden happy, and also showed the smart and precocious side of Yang Guo's character, which is really quite good. Then... how about passing this take?"

Zhang Jizhong nodded and said: "Okay."

Hearing Yu Min say this scene passed, Liu Yifei couldn't help but look at Chen Nuo. Chen Nuo also looked over, their eyes intertwined, and both smiled.

Liu Yifei felt that she had been acting very smoothly during this period. When reading the script, if there was anything she didn't understand, she would send a text message to ask Chen Nuo, and nine times out of ten, she would get a reliable suggestion.

It was the same in the process of actual performance. Neither Chen Kun in *The Story of a Noble Family* nor Lin

It feels really good to hang out with a big shot.

As for being sprayed with water by Chen Nuo just now, Liu Yifei felt it didn't really matter; it was just clean water, after all.

But at that moment, she didn't seem to consider whether she would still feel it didn't matter if the person spraying the water hadn't been Chen Nuo.

Liu Yifei and Chen Nuo were both standing still, quite close to each other. Although this scene was finished, they still needed to shoot some additional angles. At the same time, both of their faces and hair were wet, so they needed the makeup artists and stylists to come over for touch-ups.

To prevent any discrepancies in their positioning between different shots, both rookies didn't run around and chose to wait where they were.

Many veteran actors wouldn't worry about this.

For example, Ceng Zhiwei once said on a show that when he filmed eating scenes, he could clearly remember the sequence of every chopstick movement, what he picked up, and how many times he chewed. He could maintain perfect consistency between different shots, making it very comfortable for the post-production team.

That is the mark of a veteran actor who has spent a lifetime acting; various skills have long since become instinct. However, Chen Nuo was still quite far from that level, so to avoid being scolded by the post-production team, he stayed put just like Liu Yifei.

"Your mom keeps looking over here," Chen Nuo said softly, his lips barely moving while the stylist helped dry his hair.

Liu Yifei glanced at the distance with her peripheral vision and, mimicking him, spoke using her throat without moving her lips: "She's been a bit oversensitive lately."

Chen Nuo said, "Did you sneak out to play again and get caught?"

Liu Yifei resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said, "Boring."

Chen Nuo twitched the corner of his mouth, "Next time, find me to go with you."

Liu Yifei said, "Heh."

The next shot to be filled in was the first one, a close-up of Liu Yifei wiping the water off him.

Chen Nuo was like a restless little monkey, baring his teeth and grimacing, forming a sharp contrast with Liu Yifei's calm expression.

The second shot was a close-up of Liu Yifei after being splashed by Chen Nuo, with only her face in the frame. But Chen Nuo didn't leave; he continued to make expressions off-camera, allowing Liu Yifei to perfectly perform that look of being both annoyed and amused.

The third shot...

Almost every shot was done in one take; there were rarely second attempts.

Zhang Jizhong looked approving and said, "Yifei's progress is truly visible to the naked eye; it's much, much better than during *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*."

Yu Min was working with Liu Yifei for the first time, so he didn't have as many thoughts. He simply spoke from a director's perspective: "Based on the current situation, I think we can move our shooting schedule forward. Chen Nuo asked me last night if he could finish his parts before his school starts in September. I looked at the current progress and feel it's possible if we push a bit. This way, your pressure won't be as high, and it will be easier to report to the investors."

Zhang Jizhong pondered for a moment and said, "Moving it forward is good, of course, but the quality must be guaranteed."

Yu Min nodded, "That goes without saying. If I hadn't seen that both Chen Nuo and Yifei had entered their state, I wouldn't dare to think this way."

Zhang Jizhong said, "Alright then, I'll call Zhao Jian, and the three of us will discuss it further. If it's feasible, let's start working overtime from tomorrow."

Chen Nuo didn't know that the question he raised while emboldened by alcohol had been taken to heart by Yu Min as a request, and that Yu Min had found an opportunity the very next day to tell Zhang Jizhong.

He only discovered that from that day on, his rest time became less and less, his shooting tasks became heavier and heavier, and eventually, even sleeping became a luxury.

(End of chapter)