Chapter 80

The next day, Chen Nuo was driven by Qi Yuntian early in the morning to a studio on the edge of the Third Ring Road.

The director was a young man in his 20s named Ye Bohan. Coincidentally, he was actually an undergraduate classmate of Zhang Yiyi, but he didn't take the postgraduate entrance exam and started working after graduating.

When shaking hands with Chen Nuo, Ye Bohan was actually bending over, very polite, and could even be described as humble. Of course, after Chen Nuo realized it, he bent even lower than him.

Ye Bohan introduced himself first and then smiled: "I went to see *The Zhang Zhang Yaba*'s house; Chen Nuo, your acting was truly impeccable. Hey, speaking of which, I'm a classmate of Zhang Yiyi and know him very well; it was really luck that he could find you. Also, when it was rumored in the class group at the beginning that Zhang Yiyi had won the Silver Bear, I was the first person in our class to believe it."

Chen Nuo looked at his expression and comforted him: "Opportunity is very important."

Ye Bohan nodded, "Yes, everything in life is fate."

Shooting this kind of insert advertisement was really very simple. Chen Nuo felt he didn't really shoot much; he just spent half a day, and in front of the green screen, he probably shot for less than 3 hours in total before Ye Bohan directly called it a wrap. This didn't even count the time the company boss came over halfway through to take photos with him.

Ye Bohan walked over, shook hands with Chen Nuo, and said: "Awesome, even shooting an ad is so awesome. With an actor like you, even the worst director can direct a good play. Of course, I'm not saying Zhang Yiyi is bad; Zhang Yiyi is indeed the one with the highest level among us."

Although Ye Bohan said this, Chen Nuo could tell from his expression that he didn't seem to think so in his heart.

Speaking of which, the money from advertisements is really too sweet. But Qi Yuntian only took this one. According to him, Chen Nuo's popularity was still too low, good brands didn't look at him yet, and he couldn't eat just any rotten food. So, what did being the lead in an art film count for? To eat well from advertisements, he still had to rely on commercial films to open up his popularity.

The day after shooting the ad, Chen Nuo returned to the *Return of the Condor Heroes* film city and began the final wrap-up of the entire drama.

Chen Nuo's last scene was a scene between Yang Guo and Lu Wushuang.

The actress playing Lu Wushuang was named Yang Rui, born in '79, a graduate of the Film Academy's 1999 vocational class; speaking of which, she could be considered Chen Nuo's senior. She had a melon-seed face, bright eyes and white teeth, and was quite pretty. Their scene was very simple: it was the first time Yang Guo and Lu Wushuang met, and Lu Wushuang was ordered by Li Mochou to capture Yang Guo.

The scene was simple, and it wasn't the first day they had acted together, so it went smoothly and was finished in one take.

As the script supervisor clapped the board, Yu Min and Zhang Jizhong had long been waiting on the side, and Zhang Jizhong was holding a large bouquet of flowers in his hand.

Amidst the applause of everyone in the crew, Zhang Jizhong first gave Chen Nuo a hug, then handed him the flowers and said: "Pleasure working with you; if there's a chance in the future, you must come to my drama again."

Chen Nuo smiled: "As long as you summon me, Director Zhang."

Yu Min also came up, hugged him, and said: "The mountains are high and the waters are long; we'll meet again in the *jianghu*."

"Thank you, Director Yu, for your care," Chen Nuo said.

For a moment, he felt a bit dazed. Without a doubt, *Return of the Condor Heroes* was the drama he had filmed for the longest time so far, and it was also the one with the most abundant harvest.

The harvest wasn't anything else, but from his opponents. Before filming *Return of the Condor Heroes*, he had filmed *The Zhang Zhang Yaba* and *Perhaps Love*.

*The Zhang Zhang Yaba* was almost his own one-man show, and the people he acted with were all amateur actors.

*Perhaps Love* went without saying; besides singing and dancing, he didn't even have two lines of dialogue.

Only in *Return of the Condor Heroes* did he have partners like Liu Yifei, Wang Luoyong, Kong Lin, Kenny Bee, Zhai Naishe, Yu Chen Hui, Yang Mi, and so on.

Among these actors, some had played the male lead twenty years ago, and some had spent their whole lives struggling in various film crews, big and small. Some were just starting out, and some had already achieved success.

They were men and women, old and young, and their acting skills varied. Acting with them was like sparring with different people from the *jianghu*.

In the drama, Yang Guo became the Condor Hero after sixteen years of *jianghu* nights and rains, wind and clouds. Outside the drama, after half a year of crawling and rolling, Chen Nuo could perhaps also be called a talented young actor?

Yang Rui also walked over, shook his hand, and said: "Chen Nuo, although I might not be qualified to say this, I still want to tell you that I like your acting, and I am honored to have a junior like you, really."

This sentence seemed a bit too heavy, so Chen Nuo quickly replied: "Sister Rui, don't be so polite with me. My skills are still far from enough; in front of real actors like you, I'm not good enough. I will definitely learn more in the future and keep up with your pace."

Yang Rui smiled, poked his shoulder with her finger, and said: "You... alright, then I'll wait for you to catch up quickly."

There were no scenes for Liu Yifei today, so when Chen Nuo saw her standing alone outside the crowd, he was slightly surprised.

Handing the flowers in his hand to Qi Yuntian on the side, Chen Nuo walked toward Liu Yifei.

Whether it was because they had filmed together for so long, or because of that phone call that night, in short, after entering the crew for the second time, the relationship between the two had unknowingly become less distant than before.

Thinking back to the beginning, whenever Liu Yifei spoke to him, she wished she could communicate by phone from 50 meters away.

After Chen Nuo went over, he didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly with a smile: "Why did you come over?"

Liu Yifei hummed: "You're one to talk, you finished filming and left alone."

Chen Nuo knew that after he wrapped up, she still had to film in the crew for more than a week. It seemed this female lead still had some small emotions. "I'm going back to class. Hey, I'm not like you; I worked hard to get into this university, so I still cherish it quite a bit."

Chen Nuo really dared to open a dye shop once he had three points of color; having become slightly familiar with Liu Yifei, he dared to say anything.

Fortunately, Liu Yifei seemed to be used to it, and only frowned at Chen Nuo's excessive joking: "One day I'll also go and ask how you got that first place in your major."

Wow, Xixi actually has a sense of humor now. Chen Nuo laughed: "Alright, let's stop here, let's not hurt each other."

Liu Yifei hesitated, then finally took a slight breath and said softly: "I still owe you a thank you. Thank you for accompanying me and talking so much that night."

Chen Nuo smiled: "You're welcome, if you have anything in the future, you can call me, I'm on 24 hours a day."

"Alright, it's a deal."

When Chen Nuo held the flowers and left the set while greeting people along the way, he couldn't help but think to himself, looking at her like that, did she take it seriously?

Liu Yifei did indeed take it seriously. Watching Chen Nuo leave while chatting and laughing with people along the way, an inexplicable feeling suddenly surged in her heart—a little bit of loneliness, and a little bit of reluctance.

She thought, calling is too strange; occasionally sending a text message should be fine.

(End of chapter)