Chapter 41: Acting in true colors (Part 1)

June 25, 2023Ai Hrist

When Gu Zhisang arrived at the set, Yu Tongqiu was filming a scene with Yang Qi, the actor who played the hero of “Legend of the Floating Sea”, and Director Liu Jin was supervising the production.

Seeing her coming, Liu Jin got up and walked over: “Master Gu, you’re here.”

Gu Zhisang: “… …”

“Director Liu, please call me by my name.”

Liu Jin also felt that it was weird to be called Master in the production crew, so he said: “I am much older than you, so I will call you Sangsang just like Tongqiu. The makeup artist is already waiting backstage. You have seen the script right?”

“I’ve seen it already.”

Before Gu Zhisang could speak, the paper figure on her shoulder suddenly moved and waved to Liu Jin.

That reply with a thin voice came from this paper figurine body!

If other people noticed this scene, they would feel horrified.

Because after that, Liu Jin yelled ‘Mom’ at a paper figurine!

Dong Ying, who was in the paper figurine said: “Sangsang worked very hard these days, trying to figure out the script every day. She has a pretty good understanding, so she is not bad as it is said on the Internet.”

Hearing this, Liu Jin was a little surprised.

His extreme attitude towards filming and actor acting was inherited from his mother Dong Ying.

Knowing his mother’s character well, Liu Jin couldn’t help being a little curious when she heard her praise Gu Zhisang.

Liu Jin said to Gu Zhisang: “Then you go to try the makeup first, and if you don’t think it’s good, you can change it.”

Gu Zhisang nodded and went backstage.

On the stage, Yu Tongqiu and Yang Qi were acting opposite each other.

This scene was the first time that the male and female protagonists have a conflict because of their standpoints, and the emotional changes must be delicate and full. Although both of them were superb actresses and best actors, they still took several shots under Director Liu’s nitpicking.

“Cut! Passed.”

After finally waiting for the director to be satisfied, Yang Qi removed the coercive sling, took the towel handed by his assistant, and wiped off his sweat: “I just saw the commotion below, who is here?”

The assistant said: “I heard that Gu Zhisang is back. It’s not that she has been delaying taking photos of her makeup, she has been away from the group for more than a month, and she really can’t delay.”

“I originally thought that her role as female No. 4 must have become yellow due to her injury. I didn’t expect that she not only turned around by relying on the new personality but also defeated Qian Zheng! The people in the circle have misjudged it. What a tough character.”

Everyone in the circle has heard about Qian Zheng’s fate.

After being reported by the artist under his real name, not only his reputation was bad, but the brokerage company also directly fired him.

He had already become a bereaved dog, but he was arrested by the police, and the video of the day he was taken away was taken by a neighbor and posted on the Internet.

In the video, Qian Zheng’s face was like dry bark, his hair had fallen out, as he was struggling and cursing;

It was said that he was not only found to be forced to pimp but also suspected of murdering other people’s lives.

For a moment, the whole internet spurned him, and other people in the circle who raised little ghosts in private also had lingering fears when they saw how inhumane he was backlashed.

The assistant lowered his voice, and said to Yang Qi: “You’ve seen those videos too, right? It’s crazy. Do you think that Gu Zhisang understands metaphysics?”

“How do I know.” Yang Qi said helplessly: “I only know that once she comes back, the crew’s good life will come to an end.”

Yu Tongqiu who was passing by happened to hear this sentence and disagreed:

“Brother Qi, you will know when you’ve been with Sangsang for a while, she’s nice.”

Yang Qi was a little surprised: “You have a good relationship with her? I thought it was your company’s marketing.”

Now he was curious, about how Gu Zhisang managed to turn around the online reviews and win the heart of the actress in just over a month.

He shrugged and went to the rest area, “I hope so.”

An hour later, just when Liu Jin thought it was time to put on her makeup, there was commotion from the direction of backstage.

He froze when he looked back.

In his line of sight was a slender beauty wearing a red dress and white feathers. A red mark between her eyebrows was eye-catching, making people speechless for a moment.

When the woman approached him, Liu Jin felt that Yu Jing in the book seemed to come alive, and all the words that described Yu Jing’s beauty in the book were vividly reflected in Gu Zhisang’s body at this moment.

Her phoenix eyes were depicted longer, just standing there was enough to make people believe that she was the number one beauty in the Thirteen Continents in “Legend of the Floating Sea”.

The rest of the crew also looked straight at it.

To be honest, they always knew that Gu Zhisang was beautiful, but maybe something was missing in her eyes before, and she always lacked a feeling of being amazing.

Sensing the gazes from all around, Gu Zhisang slightly frowned and looked at him: “Is it strange?”

To be honest, this was the first time she has dressed so fancy, with so many pearl hairpins, and the wig on her head was a bit heavy on her neck.

The makeup artist behind her eyes lit up excitedly: “What’s so strange? Your makeup is simply the most perfect ‘work’ of my career! Of course, it’s because Sister Sang has such a good foundation.”

“How about it, Director? Is it Si Yujing?”

Director Liu Jin, who pursues the details to the extreme, also nodded and said: “The makeup is very good. Just add a few more details, and you can take pictorial directly.”

The role of the female Si Yujing was not too much, but it runs throughout.

As the lord of a continent, she was strong and calm, with a beautiful face. After being deceived by her beloved, she was not a love brain. Instead, she directly killed the lover who betrayed her and continued to devour neighboring countries and expand her country.

From the standpoint of the protagonist group, she was a villain who provoked the flames of war, and she almost wiped out the protagonist group many times in the early stage.

But because of her decisiveness and skill in killing, she has always been a very popular female character in the book.

When “Floating Sea Legend” decided to change the drama, many book fans were very resistant.

They believed that no one could perform Si Yujing’s aura, and that no artist could be as unparalleled as her in the book. After the casting was announced, the voices of opposition from fans were overwhelming.

Because they thought Gu Zhisang couldn’t play Si Yujing’s temperament except for her face.

But at this time, Liu Jin, who was standing behind the camera, looked at the woman on the throne in front of him, lost in thought.

Can a person be like two different people in a short period?

The set of this play was so exquisite that the 13 continents in the book were shot in completely different styles. Liu Jin even specially asked people to create 13 Iron Thrones with different styles according to the description in the book.

At this time, Gu Zhisang was leaning on the throne, coordinating with the lighting master and photographer to lower and raise their eyes, and every move gave people a sense of staring.

The photographer kept pressing the shutter excitedly: “Turn your face a little bit, and you can pose with a sword…”

Before he finished speaking, Gu Zhisang looked at the iron sword for drama at her feet, hooked the blade of the sword with her toes and lifted it, and firmly held the hilt in her palm.

She held a sword flower in her backhand: “Like this?”

Cameraman: “!!!”

“Yes, yes. Director Liu, Xiao Gu went to participate in a one-month metaphysics show, but her skills have improved! It seems that you invited a Master in Martial Arts!”

Originally, the shooting time was expected to be the whole afternoon, but after more than an hour, Liu Jin got the finished film from the camera.

In terms of photography, Gu Zhisang’s face has nothing much to fix.

In the past, her limbs were too rigid in front of the camera, which made her look strange, but now that her aura of “let go” has come out, it can be used as a set makeup photo for the official announcement.

Looking at the time, Liu Jin suddenly said: “It’s still early, and the first scene originally scheduled in the script is this makeup, why don’t you try to shoot it now, to find out how you feel?”

Gu Zhisang had no objection, so Liu Jin immediately arranged for the staff to set the scene and prepare for the shooting.

He called the scene manager and said, “Go and inform Yang Qi and Yu Tongqiu, they happen to be here, and there may be an extra scene to be filmed today, so let’s shoot the thirty-seventh scene.”

After receiving the notice, Yang Qi was stunned. He looked at the script in his hand with some hesitation:

“This scene is so important, and I haven’t played it before. Is this a child’s play? Does Director Liu want to film until 9 or 10 in the evening?”

The assistant asked curiously: “Which one?”

“That scene when I first met Si Yujing.” In the original novel “Floating Sea”, this was the scene where the protagonists were summoned for the first time.