美滋滋

Ch18 - Pick You Up From Work

It had been a few days since entering the crew and the shooting went smoothly. His assistant worried about food and accommodations while the production crew was friendly and enthusiastic. Even Zhao Yingnan, who won the Golden Flower Award and was playing the male lead, specifically had an assistant come up to Li Zhao and say Li Zhao could discuss things with him if there was anything he didn’t understand.

Liu Fen, the actress who won the Flying Crane Award, also personally came to Li Zhao and praised him. 

“Teacher Li, you are the focus of this scene. You must show the character’s natural elegance and beauty. The camera will be moved here and give you a close-up on your eyes. Let’s see if we can get a good shot to the end. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you can’t do it. This scene is very difficult. Many people who have been in the business for several years can’t do it.” The director explained to Li Zhao about the scene. “Let’s try it twice first. If it doesn’t work then we can change the shooting plan.”

“Okay.” Li Zhao was wearing embroidered clothes, a jade hat and handmade embroidered shoes. A cold wind blew and he couldn’t help shivering. The staff member nearby saw this and stuffed a hand warmer into Li Zhao’s hand.

Before the shooting, Li Zhao was hanging on the wire. The director followed holding the horn and shouted, “Teacher Li, now you now to show that sense of elegance that overflows from the screen. Your posture must be beautiful so that when the female audience sees you, they can’t help their hearts racing. We want this type of feeling, do you understand?”

The greatest significance of Li Zhao’s role was to please a party of the audience. He actually had another identity, which was the biggest villain of the movie. However, it was only implied in the script and nothing directly pointed it out until the end. 

Li Zhao, “……”

To tell the truth, he didn’t quite understand. However, he was already hung up and the cold wind was blowing. He could only try to understand. He shot several times in a row before finally managing to get the feeling. By the time Li Zhao came down, he was frozen stiff. Da Ke brought him some hot tea and Li Zhao’s teeth chatted as he drank a few mouthfuls.

“Teacher Li, the effect is particularly good.” The director walked through Li Zhao’s group and praised Li Zhao before saying, “However, we still have to take a side shot. Do you think you can work harder?”

Li Zhao found that although the director spoke good words, he never let Li Zhao do less than was necessary. He asked the makeup artist to fix Li Zhao’s lips and started to shoot the side shots.

“Sister Liu, don’t you think the little actor pushed by the investor is quite good?” This actress was the one who played the second female lead, Liu Fen’s junior apprentice sister. They had different appearances and development routs so they had a good relationship over the years.

“Do you think he is acting well or looks good?” Liu Fen gave her junior apprentice sister a cup of ginger tea. “It can be seen that his performance is untrained but he has an aura around him. Combined with the bonus of his appearance, it is more than enough for him to play his role. In the end, he is the new person our company wants to raise. He needs some ability.”

On the day that Li Zhao came to the crew, the company’s senior management had specifically called her and asked him to take care of a new person when free.