Chapter 39: Let's Debut as a Child Star!

Kanto, Gunma Prefecture, Mount Akina.

Mount Akina is naturally that famous Mount Akina, but Shengzai is not here to race today.

There is no AE86 here, nor is there a tofu shop. After all, this world is not Initial D, but Oshi no Ko.

Facts have proved that the path of genius child star Arima Kana is quite wild.

Since Shengzai explained to Kana a few days ago that he had figured it out and wanted to try to be an artist.

Arima Kana communicated with the director by acting like a spoiled child to her mother, and finally won a passerby role for Shengzai ten days later.

Because Shengzai said he didn't need a salary, just wanted to learn some experience, plus the face of genius child star Kana, the director finally agreed reluctantly.

Shengzai is just a child now, even if he participates in a role in the crew, he needs the company of a guardian.

And originally this guardian should be served by Yuko, but because Yuko has been rushing manuscripts recently, she really has no time, so Yuko asked Kana's mother for help.

"Shengzai, I asked the director for you before, your scenes this time are not many.

Just hold the bamboo sword, make a firm look, and then wave the sword randomly in front of you.

You have to act well. This is an opportunity that Kana finally begged for you. If you drag Kana back, I won't take you to act in the future."

The wine-red-haired loli in a white little dress with a beret on her head stood in front of Shengzai with her hands on her hips, and did not forget to teach Shengzai her acting experience as a "senior."

"Okay, all units can prepare to start, and the next scene will be filmed immediately.

Kana-chan, and the child over there, is it Shengzai-kun, it's your turn to play."

Following the director's order, the crew members began to get busy quickly.

And Shengzai was soon changed into a kendo suit, and a bamboo sword was stuffed into his hand.

"Hey, didn't I say before that the prop bamboo sword should be prepared with a small size, and it should be hollow.

This child is only about five years old, you let him hold this bamboo sword as long as his height, how do you want him to wave it!"

The movie that Shengzai and the others are filming this time is a romance movie called "Protect You From Now On."

The general content of the plot is the cliché plot of the heroine running away from home because she is dissatisfied with the arranged marriage at home and meeting the true son of destiny.

Kana plays the heroine when she was a child this time, because she ran away from home and strayed into the deep mountains, and met a boy who lived in the deep mountains with his grandfather under the attack of wild wolves.

Because she is the heroine when she was a child, Kana still has many plots and shots in this movie.

It is Shengzai who plays this kendo boy, and the whole movie has almost only this shot.

Because it is a low-budget movie, he, as the second male lead, fell off the cliff after fighting with wild wolves, and then he had no shots.

When this character appears again, he is already a creamy handsome guy many years later.

According to the script, Shengzai only needs to hold the bamboo sword, manage his expression a little, and then rush to the wild wolf regardless of everything, wave the sword a few times, and the scene is over.

For a newcomer to the dragon set, the acting requirements are not high.

Plus Shengzai's appearance is also quite outstanding, so the director at that time agreed to Shengzai's guest request.

"Bamboo sword? For the first appearance, it is unexpectedly suitable for me."

The director was still scolding the prop team for not being careful, and was thinking about whether to directly process it later to reduce Shengzai's sword-waving action, but unexpectedly found that Shengzai on the other side had already held the solid bamboo sword prepared before with both hands.

And looking at the posture he set up, it seems quite like that, so he was instantly stunned.

"Shengzai-kun, can you hold this bamboo sword?"

Seeing that Shengzai's posture of holding the sword was good, the director also asked with bright eyes.

"No problem, although it is not mature, I have actually taken kendo classes."

Hearing that Shengzai had been exposed to kendo, the director was even happier, and then asked: "Then can you wave this bamboo sword?"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh———!"

Shengzai did not answer the other party's question, but directly held the bamboo sword as tall as him with both hands and waved it virtually.

"Great! Originally, letting you play this role was just looking at Arima's face.

But now it seems that no one should be more suitable for this role than you."

Looking at Shengzai waving the sword, the director also showed a look of satisfaction and praised him without hesitation.

For children who are not old, they cannot be too harsh on their acting skills. After all, genius child stars like Arima Kana are ultimately not many.

Shengzai's current kendo level perfectly matches this role, as for other acting skills, it doesn't matter.

After all preparations were completed, the actors naturally took their places.

And besides the two bean-sized actors Shengzai and Kana, another actor soon appeared.

Because it is a low-budget movie, it cannot make too realistic special effects. At the current level of technology, wanting to rely on computer synthesis to directly synthesize a lifelike wild wolf is not impossible, but the budget is simply not enough.

So in order to complete the performance, soon a police dog that looked like a wild wolf was led out by the staff.

"Kana-chan, you don't have to be too afraid. This dog is a well-trained police dog. It's just makeup now, making it look like a wolf.

Later, our personnel off the field will direct this police dog to pounce on you, and Shengzai-kun, what you have to do is wave the wooden sword in your hand to beat it back."

Despite the director's guarantee, when seeing the police dog made up as a wild wolf appear, Kana was still scared.

This is not strange. After all, their age is only five or six years old, and the police dog acting as a wild wolf opposite them is almost as tall as them even on all fours.

Such a behemoth pouncing on children, let alone being afraid, it's good that normal children don't cry on the spot.

"Shengzai-kun, don't be afraid, just imagine it as a big dog pouncing on you."

Before the official filming, the director did not forget to remind Shengzai again.

Because in this scene, Kana is a girl who ran away from home, and it is normal to be afraid when encountering wild wolves.

But Shengzai, who protects Kana, cannot show a timid expression when facing wild wolves. However, this is not a simple thing for a child.

Previously, the director thought about using the method of switching shots to directly skip Shengzai's expression, give the wild wolf a close-up, or only shoot Shengzai's back.

But the kendo Shengzai showed just now made him feel that Shengzai is a talent. If he doesn't show his face in the movie, it is really a pity.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 40 =====