Metaphysics, from getting started to giving up

Chapter 23

Zhou Yi looked at Broker Du, and just wanted to ask if the two of them came too early, when Broker Du opened the trunk of his private car and took it out...

A small folding stool for survival in the wild.

Manager Du handed the folding stool to Zhou Yi with great care, and patted him on the shoulder: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard. You can wait on the set first, and I have to go back to Chengfeng to deal with things. There’s an online column coming up someday, I’ll help you prepare, warm up for you, and show your face in front of the public.”

"I don't have an assistant?" Zhou Yi asked.

"What kind of assistant do you want to serve! Xiao Zhou, it's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. Come on, I'm optimistic about you," Manager Du gave him a thumbs up, "Old man, when he was filming back then, the It’s all about treating women like men, and men like animals! Don’t treat yourself like a young master.”

Zhou Animals Yi: "..."

Seeing that Manager Du actually left without looking back, Zhou Yi had no choice but to touch the bridge of his nose, helplessly spread out the folding stool, found an empty space around the location, took out his mobile phone and continued to read the old director's script.

His role in the play is the young emperor in phantom.

This play uses montage alternate shots of looking at it, almost as soon as the migrant workers look back, they will see the phantom of the former prosperous palace above the open space.

The place where the foundation was dug was once the back garden of the dynasty, and in the last scene of the play, the vision of the past seen in the eyes of Kugen overlaps with the collapse of the present.

The young emperor dressed in a gorgeous dragon robe stood far above the ruins, gazing into the distance, making it hard to tell whether he was the imagination of Kugen or the scene in the dream of an old lunatic.

He is a shadow of past glory.

Zhou Yi stood up. He had rehearsed this last scene before, and Dang Li tentatively replayed it as a practice.

He left the folded stool in place, and regarded the point where the folded stool was located as the position of the bitter root who was playing against him in the illusion, then stood on the arm and closed his eyes.After a while, it opened again and looked into the distance.Zhou Yi bowed his head, then turned his head suddenly, staring at the position of the folded stool, looking at the non-existent "root of bitterness".

There was neither sadness nor joy in his eyes, and even some compassion, completely entering the role.

At this moment, he is the embodiment of vanity in the past!

"You have pretty good eyes, young man, are you an actor here for filming?"

On the folded stool, there was a hale and hearty old man sitting impressively.

Zhou Yi: "..."

Instant embarrassment.

He froze in place, even a thick-skinned guy like Zhou Yi couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

With a sneer, Zhou Yi put his hands behind his back back in front of his body, and greeted the old man cautiously: "Hello, Mr. Ruan."

Xie Qianchou showed Zhou Yi a photo of the old director when he arranged the announcement of this micro-movie. The kind-hearted old man in front of him was the old director Ruan who had a very high status.

Unexpectedly, the old man arrived on the set earlier than most of the staff.

"I haven't seen a young actor like you for many years," Mr. Ruan smiled. "In the earliest days, those actors worked hard. I arranged them in private and worked overtime before the machine was turned on. Add some ground and practice again. Now, there are few people who work so hard."

Zhou Yi coughed, "Mr. Ruan made you laugh."

"Let's think about it, this look... You should be playing the little emperor! It's called Zhou Yi, isn't it? I remember the name of the actor," the old man said with a smile: "Don't be so modest, at your age, it's true. The acting is very good, and acting without real objects is quite a test. If you have time, you can try acting in a drama, don’t think that you don’t have much money, acting in some dramas is good for training your sense of drama.”

Zhou Yi nodded, Mr. Ruan's qualifications and calm temperament made him subconsciously assume the most respectful attitude.

He bowed to the old director: "This junior remembers Director Ruan's advice."

Mr. Ruan caressed the silver whiskers on his chin.

Years of teaching and educating people has allowed him to cultivate his moral character, and he fell in love with supporting the younger generation.

However, over the years, people's hearts have been impetuous, and the new generation worthy of pointing out in his hands are only a few cutting-edge directors like Xiao He, let alone actors.

He really hasn't seen such a good boy for a long time.

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Zhou Yi didn't know that he had already left a good impression on Mr. Ruan. After the staff of the film crew had completely set up the location, as soon as the crew took the slate, the whole crew began to run like a machine.

Different from the two online dramas that Zhou Yi participated in before, and the micro-movie directed by Xiao He, "New Year" was directed by Mr. Ruan, and he followed the taste of the old man in the appointment of actors, except for Zhou Yi, who was directed by Xie Except for "Airborne" recommended by Qian Qiu by name, the rest of the actors are first-class veteran actors.

Almost all of them were drama actors. Although their popularity is far less than that of the current popular film kings, their acting skills are comparable, and they are even better because they don't have the burden of appearance.

Before filming Zhou Yi's scenes, he moved the small folding stool and sat intently on the periphery of the scene to learn the acting skills of the old actors.

Zhou Yi vaguely had an epiphany: the performances of old-school actors are very tense, and it can even be said that they are a bit exaggerated and overpowered.

For example, the current play is an old lunatic pretending to be crazy, crying and crying.

Standing in front of a group of migrant workers, the old lunatic jumped up and down. Seeing that these people took him for nothing and started digging the foundation in an orderly manner, his old face suddenly collapsed, and he simply sat down on the ground and began to cry.He was crying loudly, but he was roaring dryly. His back was sweating because he was shouting so loudly that he wet the back of his old long coat that had been patched twice.

Zhou Yi watched intently.

He thought of the two heroines of "Fox Fairy" and "Early Sun".

If the two leading actresses were to act in a crying scene, at most they would only have red eyes and tears in their eyes.

They all have image baggage, trying to cry like pear blossoms and rain, weak and pitiful.

But it's just that there is no tension at all, and it's good to cry well, but it can't express the grief and sorrow in the characters' hearts at all.

At this time, the field manager who had been waiting for the final decision came over.

Standing next to Zhou Yi, he suddenly said: "For an excellent actor, the key to his excellent acting skills lies in how he understands the role and integrates into the role, which is the so-called 'into the play'. Outside the play, you are yourself , but in the play, you are another person."

Zhou Yi looked back at him.

The scene manager smiled at him: "Don't look at me like this, I'm actually a director too. It's just that I encountered difficulties in filming in the past few years, so I went back to Ruan Lao to study for two years with the cheek to do some miscellaneous work. Breakthrough. Mr. Ruan is willing to support the younger generation, but these years the circle has been very impetuous, and there are few people who can calm down. The old man told me before that you are a good boy, and you will work harder in the future."

"Thank you, I'll do my best."

Zhou Yi nodded, and after chatting with the stage manager, he turned back to study the acting skills of the old actors.

After dusk, it was finally Zhou Yi's turn to play.

He doesn't have many roles in micro-movies, and except for the last scene looking back at the bitter root, the rest of the time he just wanders in the former palace.The part of the scene in the palace will have to wait until tomorrow to shoot at the interior location of Jindu Film and Television City. Zhou Yi's scene today is the one he practiced again before.

While the old actors were still filming other scenes, the makeup artists of the crew hurriedly brought Zhou Yi into the backstage of the temporary prefabricated room, and hurriedly changed him into the long-prepared dragon robe. Carefully put on makeup for him.

Zhou Yi has a good foundation, and only needs a little highlighter and foundation powder, unlike some actors, who have to wear heavy makeup before they dare to enter the scene.

When he walked out of the backstage, his whole demeanor changed abruptly.

The handsome young emperor walked among the ruins expressionlessly, and there was no emotion in his eyes.Kugen blinked at first, and then couldn't help stretching out his hand to rub it, feeling that everything in front of him seemed like a phantom.He watched the emperor stroll, then stopped, staring into the distance for a long time.

The young emperor opened his arms, embracing the tall buildings in the distance, where his kingdom once stood.

Kugen subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to take a closer look at the emperor.

As if feeling his gaze, the emperor paused, wanting to turn his head back, but turned his head halfway, but he turned back again.

Only Kugen was left with a deep side face as carved by a knife, which was slightly warm in the afterglow of the setting sun, but because of the lonely expression of the emperor, it seemed a little cold and lonely.

He wanted to look back.

But why look back?

Bitterroots are not his subjects.

The glory of the past is gone, and he has always been alone.

"Card!" The field manager hurriedly hit the slate.

Ruan couldn't help but stroked his beard. When he hadn't seen Zhou Yi before, in order to ensure the performance effect, he listed Zhou Yi's detailed performance methods.Unexpectedly, when he was on the scene, Zhou Yi suddenly changed some details based on his understanding of the character.

And, the effect of this change is very good.

"What a good boy!" He couldn't help but sigh again.

Going backstage and asking the makeup artists to remove their makeup, Zhou Yi freed up his hands to make a call to Xie Qianchou.The other party estimated that the matter was over, so he was too embarrassed to bother Manager Du to take him back, and asked Xie Qianchou to pick him up from the set.

But before Zhou Yi had time to look up the phone book and dial, a strange call came in.

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment and chose to answer.

It's Broker Du.

It's just that Manager Du's tone at this time was a little irritable.

"Xiao Zhou, you should go back to your place of residence later, or find a way to ask the veteran actors of the crew for advice. Don't be afraid, they will not be stingy in guiding you."

"Brother Du, why do I feel that you are not in a good mood? Is something wrong?"

The other end of the phone hesitated for a moment.

"I think Mr. Xie cares about you quite a bit. It shouldn't hurt to tell you about it," Manager Du's voice sank. "Mr. Xie, something happened."