Chapter 797: I Am a Police Officer

The filming of *Infernal Affairs* was proceeding in an orderly manner.

During this process, the 【Key】 extension period for *The Wandering Earth* also expired, and it was pulled from theaters.

Penguin Video spent a large sum of money to purchase the exclusive streaming rights for this film across the entire internet.

Because this film is of extraordinary significance, it is likely that even many years from now, even if Huaxia's Science Fiction films keep getting better, there will still be people in the future who will specifically revisit this film to see what kind of film the pioneering work of Huaxia's Science Fiction cinema really was.

By this time, Luo Mo had completely adapted to the rhythm of filming Hong Kong movies.

Come to think of it, he also found it quite fresh to collaborate with a group of Hong Kong Actors.

Moreover, these people were actually quite fun in private, and getting along with them was fairly comfortable.

All the Actors had read the script for *Infernal Affairs*, and they knew deep down just how Ox the script for this film was.

Therefore, many of them gave it their all while filming.

Many golden supporting Actors knew very well in their hearts that sometimes, the amount of screen time was not important.

If this film was classic enough, even if you only had a few shots in it, as long as your performance was outstanding enough, it might be enough to make people remember you for a lifetime.

To a certain extent, this was definitely better than taking the lead in a bad film.

Seeing everyone working so hard, Luo Mo revealed to them: "I have also prepared a sequel for the *Infernal Affairs* script."

"As long as the final result of this film is good, we will start the sequel next year."

This was undoubtedly good news.

The content being filmed today was the scenes involving Luo Mo and Xu Chujing.

Yes, Jing was also participating in this film.

Although the *Infernal Affairs* series was male-dominated, there was one female character who actually played a very important role.

At the same time, her existence also made the character of Chen Yongren more well-rounded, leaving a ray of light in his dark situation.

The character played by Xu Chujing was exactly this one—Li Xin'er.

On Earth, this character was played by Chen Huilin.

Chen Huilin was still very young at that time and possessed a unique sense of beauty.

At first, she was Chen Yongren's Psychologist, and later, feelings developed between them.

Chen Yongren told her the secret that he was actually a police officer.

Many good Actors, if a character comes with a profession, will first go to understand that profession before acting, or even spend some time at the workplace to ensure their performance is authentic enough.

As for the profession of Psychologist, Xu Chujing was naturally incomparably familiar with it.

After all, her good friend Ye Mei was a top-tier Psychologist in the country, whose fees were frighteningly high, yet she never lacked business.

However, in Xu Chujing's heart, she was a failed Psychologist.

Because not only did she fail to cure her own "Cat illness," she even let it deepen into a daily fetish.

Upon learning that Xu Chujing was going to play a Psychologist in Luo Mo's new film, Ye Mei immediately got excited.

"Do you want me to personally guide you?" Ye Mei asked enthusiastically.

"Why don't I just let you play the role and take the opportunity to debut?" Xu Chujing replied.

Ye Mei considered it seriously and finally said: "If you don't mind me acting in romantic scenes with Luo Mo, it's not impossible. By the way, there are no bed scenes, right? I can't accept bed scenes, especially with your man, and also..."

She blabbered on and on, making the Diva Xu frown.

Good grief, are you actually starting to seriously consider this?

Besides that, Ye Mei also offered to lend her things to Xu Chujing for free.

Such as White Lab Coats, Gold-rimmed Glasses, hourglasses, pocket watches, alarm clocks, etc.

Xu Chujing: "..."

According to the content in the script, the interactions between Li Xin'er and Chen Yongren were also relatively mundane.

And not all Psychologists were like Ye Mei, who liked to wear White Lab Coats; there were not many moments for the Psychologist to show off skills in the first film either.

She felt that even if these things were borrowed, their ultimate use might not be on the set, but in a hotel.

—Politely declined.

Today, the makeup artist for the crew applied very light makeup on Xu Chujing and drew her eyebrows and eyes to be softer, diminishing her innate glamorous and imposing beauty.

At the same time, Jing's own red lips were moist and full, so the lipstick applied had to cover up this bright red, and a lighter color was used instead.

The crew's makeup artist was very skilled; it wasn't the kind of "head-swapping" technique that could be called sorcery on the internet, but the kind that could create changes in the details, thereby making the whole person look different.

Coupled with Xu Chujing's excellent acting skills, Luo Mo was still incomparably at ease with her.

The two of them hadn't collaborated in a film for a long time, and it had also been a long time since they acted in scenes with such emotional depth.

The scene they were acting today actually contained hidden feelings.

This made Luo Mo feel quite fresh.

It felt like suddenly returning to the ambiguous stage from before.

And unsurprisingly, the set was surrounded by people today.

The Mo Xu CP was famous, and there were quite a few people shipping them here in Hong Kong as well.

According to the Drama, before filming this scene of seeing the Psychologist, Chen Yongren already knew there was a mole in the police station.

After finishing his phone call with Huang Zhicheng, he declared, "I'm mentally unstable, that's it," and then hung up the phone.

Clearly, he was incomparably annoyed that there was a mole in the police station.

Of course, this was precisely the most interesting part of the film *Infernal Affairs*; both sides were infiltrating each other, and both had moles.

During the official filming, Luo Mo lay on a lounge chair, covered by a jacket, closing his eyes for a short nap.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..." There was the sound of a second hand.

The camera would move between Luo Mo and Xu Chujing.

When it moved to Li Xin'er, played by Xu Chujing, she, who was playing *Spider Solitaire*, would move the mouse while turning her head to glance at Chen Yongren, who was fast asleep not far away.

In fact, looking at the makeup, today Chen Yongren even specially combed his hair and styled it.

He was sleeping very peacefully, sleeping very deeply.

In this performance, Luo Mo did not deliberately perform that kind of conventional snoring, or smacking his lips from time to time, to show that he was sleeping very sweetly.

He was just sleeping very calmly, very calmly.

The reason is very simple.

——What Chen Yongren wanted was this moment of peace.

The stability in this short period of time was very precious to him, and also made him very comfortable.

This actually reflects from the side whether an Actor has fully grasped the script.

Oh, sorry, I wrote the script.

Just at this moment, the alarm clock rang.

As soon as the sound rang, Li Xin'er immediately raised her hand and pressed the ringtone off.

The time had arrived, but she seemed willing to let Chen Yongren take a short nap here for a while longer.

Hua Jiaqun and the others were watching the filming from the side, all analyzing how Luo Mo and Xu Chujing were handling this scene.

They were Actors themselves, so they had a sense of immersion when watching others film, even more so than those Film Critics who analyze the psychological activities of characters.

Everyone felt that Xu Chujing's handling was quite good.

On the other side, although the alarm sound stopped abruptly, Chen Yongren, who was clearly sleeping especially deeply, woke up all at once and checked his watch immediately.

In the eyes of Hua Jiaqun and the others, this handling by Luo Mo was very, very wonderful.

First, the close-up here tells the audience: "Chen Yongren is being hypocritical; the watch is a birthday gift from Huang Zhicheng. He says he never wears a watch, but he clearly wears it anyway."

Second, this could... pull in a sponsor, place a watch advertisement, hehe!

Returning to the performance itself, this is also fleshing out Chen Yongren's character design.

He values Righteousness, and he also regards Huang Zhicheng as a very important person in his life.

Besides that, checking the time immediately is equivalent to telling the audience from the side that he has overslept here before.

Perhaps it was after Li Xin'er pressed the alarm the first time that he had the experience of not waking up immediately.

However, for a person like him, he craves this peace and stability in time, but he cannot stay here for too long.

He is a person who walks between the black and white worlds; this kind of time is too luxurious for him.

Most of the time, he still has to keep his mind clear.

The underlying tone of Chen Yongren is sorrowful.

After opening his eyes, he pursed his lips, took a deep breath, let out a turbid breath, then drank some water, and even stretched.

The performance here is contradictory.

It seems as if he is both exhausted and revitalized.

But this is exactly the contradiction that is needed.

He is a person with heavy footsteps.

At this moment, he is energized.

But the shackles he has followed for nearly ten years cannot be shaken off.

As time passes, this heaviness will only accumulate.

Chen Yongren stood up and remarked with emotion: "Wow, this chair, this is too great."

"Then you should buy one to take home, don't come here to sleep every time." Li Xin'er sat in front of the computer, looked up and said to Chen Yongren who was walking towards her.

"It's more comfortable here." Chen Yongren said.

The simple dialogue actually has very obvious subtext.

"Don't be so stingy, if I hadn't come up to sleep every week for these four months, where would you have the time to play games?" Chen Yongren said.

Li Xin'er turned to look at him, and with her long hair draped over her shoulders, she corrected him: "It's five months."

Chen Yongren was slightly stunned while putting on his shoes and listening to the time.

"One more month, and your mandatory treatment will be over." Li Xin'er added: "Then you can go home and sleep slowly."

Chen Yongren, feeling a bit deflated, said: "Ending so soon?"

"But I don't seem to have made any progress." He frowned and said: "How about you write a report and let me see you for a while longer?"

"Oh right, also, recently my head... it feels like it's going to split open, could it be schizophrenia?" He asked.

Li Xin'er wrote on the paper while looking up at him, and said seriously: "That's called a headache, I'll prescribe some Medicine for you."

"Actually, there's something I want to ask you." Chen Yongren exhaled a rough breath through his nose and said: "But I'm a bit embarrassed."

"What do you think of me as a person?" He asked.

Li Xin'er, who was writing, raised her eyebrows a tiny bit, then looked up at him again, their eyes meeting.

She seemed to be scrutinizing him, considering whether what he said was really the meaning she thought it was.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yongren added: "I mean, do you think I am a good person or a bad person?"

Li Xin'er looked at him, and in her bright eyes, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, she seemed to be amused by him and said: "I don't even know what kind of person you are."

Chen Yongren smiled, rested his hands on the table, leaned his body slightly forward, and said: "Let me tell you a secret, don't tell anyone else."

Li Xin'er's hand that was writing paused again, she looked up at him, her long hair swaying slightly.

"Actually, I am a police officer." Chen Yongren said.

Their eyes met, Chen Yongren had a serious face, while Li Xin'er lifted her chin slightly and playfully said: "Me too!"

Chen Yongren pointed at her with his finger, and both of them couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He thought Li Xin'er didn't take his secret seriously, but he didn't care about that either.

Perhaps after saying it, he also had a few regrets.

"Continue next week, remember the dreams you've had," Li Xin'er reminded him.

Chen Yongren stood up while saying with a smile: "I remember, I dreamt of you."

Li Xin'er looked at him, blinked her eyes, and pursed her lips, appearing as if she only took his words as glib and oily, with no intention of responding, merely saying softly: "See you next week."

The crowd of onlookers, the Actors: "Oh! This damn sense of tension during the ambiguous phase!"

Chen Yongren took the slip handed over by Li Xin'er and discovered it really only had Medicine for treating headaches.

Hearing this, Li Xin'er tilted her head and, feigning nonchalance, continued playing Spider Solitaire on the computer.

"Goodbye." Chen Yongren turned his head and walked out with a smile, even raising his hand to pat his own head, as if he truly suspected his headache was schizophrenia and his brain was broken.

Li Xin'er was secretly sizing him up, and then, when Chen Yongren turned back with a smile to take one last look at her, she very naturally continued playing Spider Solitaire, looking completely composed.

——A true master of changing faces.

After filming, even though it was already leaning toward perfection, Luo Mo still smiled and asked Xu Chujing: "Shall we film another take? Just to be safe?"

"Sure," Xu Chujing said, meeting his gaze.

Everyone: "."

Wow! I'm reporting this! They are reminiscing about their romance on the public dime!

(End of this chapter)