My stand-in (The original story)

Chapter 45

YanMingXiu almost gnashed out of his teeth, “Your name is ZhouXiang?”

The name ZhouXiang is actually a very common name. There is nothing special about it. But this person in front of him has stirred up emotions in him that he had never felt before. He could not explain why he would pay such attention to a stranger, adding on that this person’s name is ‘ZhouXiang.’ He is also named ZhouXiang?

The two words ‘Zhou Xiang’ is like a curse that can instantly erode his heart with tremendous pain. Why, why is this person also called ZhouXiang? Is God messing with him?

ZhouXiang passed by YanMingXiu and quickly ran toward the set filming the republic era drama. He ran very quickly, not turning around, trying to leave all his distress and heavy-heartedness behind, along with this person who made him restless. Completely leaving all of it behind him.

YanMingXiu stood stiffly for a few minutes; his body not moving at all.

His assistant looked at him anxiously but also incomprehensively.

YanMingXiu said to him, “Look into him, the more extensive the better.”

ZhouXiang’s role is very simple for this drama. He merely had to act as a classmate who aids the protagonist in liking the heroine. When the protagonist tries his hardest to reveal his love toward the girl, his role is just to say a few scripted lines of advice and then follow up with some sort of commotions. That would be the end of it.

The plot is so simple, yet he NG’d seven times.

When everyone could almost shoot their scenes in one to two takes, his behavior obviously causes dissatisfaction among others. His is merely a dispensable supporting role, yet wasted everyone’s time and film. ZhouXiang’s face is flushed with shame. The more he wanted to recover from the shock of running into YanMingXiu… to calm down, the more he is unable to do it.

He either forgot the scripted lines or was in a daze in the middle of the scene. Having been a stuntman for so many years, he has been cast in dozens of small supporting roles that requires him to show his face. This kind of situation has never happened before. It makes him want to just slap himself.

If it wasn’t because CaiWei was the one that introduced him to this job, the person in charge would have kicked him out.

At last, he was forcefully able to complete the scripted lines, ending his day’s torture.

Unexpectedly, after the work was over, CaiWei actually picked him up. ZhouXiang was already worried about his performance from this afternoon. He felt that he had put CaiWei to shame, yet CaiWei still came to pick him up. This made him even more embarrassingly ashamed. The person in charge must have called CaiWei to complain, so he came over specifically.

CaiWei smiled immediately upon seeing him, “I know what you wanted to say but you don’t need to say anything. It’s normal for the first time. Let me tell you a joke. It’s with my buddy ZhouXiang. The first time he acted in a movie, it was with a scene with a model that is almost as tall as him. So the director put a box under his feet but he forgot about it when they were shooting and fell off. It wasn’t such a big deal that he fell, but he fell on top of the model who was furious. Hahaha. That is way more embarrassing than you.”

ZhouXiang looked at CaiWei. When he first took that minor role where he ended up accidentally harassing that model seven to eight years ago, he really made a spectacle of himself. CaiWei was watching on the side at the time. After he finished shooting, CaiWei laughed at him the entire time. Then the two went to a bar and got drunk. At that time, it seemed that nothing was a big deal. As long as there was liquor and their brotherhood, they just laughingly passed the time.