True Star (巨星) [DROPPED]

Vol 2 Ch 34: Garden Scene (1)

NOTE:

This translation belongs to the translators and proofreaders of Giraffe Corps.

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The day's line practice could be considered smooth-running. Although Gino looked as though he was getting sick and tired of it, under Tang Feng's supervision and guidance, he still practiced for the whole day.

"Now, I finally understand why your line foundations are so good. God, don't you ever feel tired and bored from facing the mirror and reciting your lines over and over the whole day?" Today's practice finally ended at 4 pm. It was as though Gino's whole person just collapsed as he lay on the floor with his limbs splayed open.

"Sit up. Drink some water and then eat a lozenge. Speak less from now on if you don't want to have a sore throat tomorrow." Tang Feng made Gino a cup of honey water on the side, grabbed a lozenge, and personally placed both items on the floor beside Gino. Tang Feng was rather tired too, so he just plopped down to sit cross-legged on the floor as well.

Everyone thought of Fiennes as a big star. Most people only saw his grandeur and success, but only a few knew of his hard work and pain.

Fiennes would sometimes have four to five interviews a day. Some of his movies only had a few sentences worth of lines, but to prepare, he used to shut himself in his room every day to recite his lines in front of the mirror.....

This kind of busy and tedious lifestyle once made him feel as though it was impossible to bear, but in the end, he still pulled through.

"I used to have a teacher who once told me, the period of time where you feel the most pain is also the period where you're the closest to success. It's always darkest before the dawn. If you give up on advancing, it's the same as forfeiting all your previous work. So long as you pass the long darkness and the most painful period, then you're not far from the light of success."

Tang Feng gave the half dead Gino a hard pat on the shoulder, smiling as he said, "Did you hear that, kid?!"

"Ow! I heard it, I heard it......" Gino huffily opened his eyes, then smoothly rolled his pupils as he revealed a mouth of perfect white teeth in a smile. "You should still be younger than me. Why do you speak like a university professor?"

Tang Feng didn't reply verbally. A fist suddenly lodged itself into Gino's stomach, though the strength was naturally rather weak, and wasn't very different from a massage.

Gino exaggeratedly clutched his stomach, giving the appearance of being grievously injured. On top of rolling about on the floor, he added non-stop moans, "Ah, it hurts so bad. You injured me."

"I hope it kills you." There was no way Tang Feng was falling for that act.

Gino continued to moan in pain for a while. His body curled up like a prawn with his back facing Tang Feng. The continuous whines made it seem like it really hurt.

He hadn't really hurt Gino, right?

"Gino, are you alright?" Tang Feng was a little frightened by the other's actions. He hurriedly turned around to check whether Gino was really hurt somewhere, but the scenario that Tang Feng thought of quickly happened – that of whether Gino was intentionally tricking him.

The answer was obviously yes. Gino suddenly hugged the man then, using the fastest speed, pinned Tang Feng beneath his body, laughing delightedly like a little kid who successfully pulled off a prank. "Hahaha, I tricked you, Tang."

"This is not funny at all, Gino." Tang Feng's face cooled down rather significantly.

"Don't be like that. I was just joking around." Seeing Tang Feng getting mad, Gino immediately softened his tone. It's just that he couldn't understand why Tang Feng was so annoyed by such a small prank.