Following the figure of the shop waiter, the camera panned from the center of the lobby to the two people sitting by the window.

Ren Wang, played by Sheng Yanwen, pressed his saber heavily against the foot of the table, with unsatisfactory unhappiness still in the corners of his eyes and brows, "A bunch of wine barrel trash."

"What are you annoyed about?" Feng Yao, played by Zhang Xuxi, sat opposite him and asked with a smile, "These are just a few guards in the district. When you really see the group of civil servants in the court, you will know what it means to stand up and talk." If you don’t have a back pain, why don’t you have to carry your anger on your back?”

Before the lingering sound fell, the discussion on the wine table next door spread over.

"You say that after the new emperor ascends the throne, will the world be better?"

"What's the matter? Let's endure it. I'm afraid this sick person..." The speaker replied in a low voice, "It's better to live longer than the previous one, but it's just a cover. We ordinary people, tighten your neck and keep your mouth shut. Just get on with it.”

Ren Wang and Feng Yao looked at each other, they knew each other well.

Today's Dazong dynasty is secretly controlled by the queen mother's family. First, the eunuchs gained power, and then there were literary and businessmen colluding. Among the generals, only the Xijing and Beiling families have a say, but because the two places are far away from the capital, even if they have power It doesn't work either.

The newly enthroned emperor had just turned eighteen. Because he was born with ugly scars and an ominous fate, he was taken out of the palace early to be raised. It is said that his body has been weak these years, and he can barely carry it after walking a few steps.

Before the new emperor took office, he was already a sure puppet.

"Damn, what kind of bullshit is there in this great court!" Suddenly, a drunken poor literati yelled, "The queen mother, the Song family, Dongchang, and civil servants all deserve to die!"

Everyone was startled by this man, and quickly pulled him to sit down, "What are you talking about drunk! Are you dying?"

"Fate? I have studied hard for nearly ten years, but I can't make up for the few ingots handed over by those dandies! How can this world allow those who are ambitious to stand up?"

"Why do frontier generals fight the enemy bravely, but let these ghosts who fear death enjoy peace?"

The drunken literati became more and more energetic as he spoke, and started shouting around the table with his wine jug, "Let me tell you! This king of the Western Realm shouldn't be stationed at the frontier, why bother to work for such an emperor? It's not worth dying for!"

"It's better to lead the army directly into the capital, pull out the roots of this corrupt dynasty, and establish, establish a new dynasty!"

This outrageous and insincere remark fell down, and the whole room was shocked into silence.

The camera was aimed at Sheng Yanwen sitting at the table, and the close-up images were transmitted to the monitor in real time.

Ren Wang, played by Sheng Yanwen, ignored the drunk man standing beside him, and took a sip of wine calmly on the surface. In fact, the hand holding the knife hidden under the table became tighter and tighter, and even the back of his hand burst into tears. Obvious blue veins.

Screenwriter Zhong Nan watched the forbearance conveyed by Sheng Yanwen, and finally understood why the chief producer and the author of the original work decided that Sheng Yanwen should play Ren Wang from the very beginning.

Whether it is the description of the original work or the presentation of the script, Ren Wang is by no means a simple character.

His family background determined that he had seen the ruthless killing on the battlefield early on, and it also allowed him to see through the oppression of the Ren family by the current empress dowager clan.

Just like Sheng Yanwen, who debuted in acting at the age of 17, experienced the reality and cruelty of the entertainment industry earlier than ordinary peers. While he is glamorous, he cannot avoid the dark thorns among his peers.

When actors and characters have inherent commonalities, the overall charm is naturally deepened.

Sun Cong next to him whispered, "Yanwen's control of the character is fairly smooth, and then we'll see how Shi Zhou behaves."

Compared with Sheng Yanwen, who had decided on the male lead from the beginning, they spent a lot of effort on choosing another male lead, and they chose Shi Zhou after two rounds of auditions.

The importance of the two male protagonists is equal, but if one of them loses the chain, it will affect the final presentation.

Another scene starts.

When the whole room was silent, a clear but smiling voice suddenly broke into everyone's eardrums, "It's interesting, but weeping like blood when I hear drunken words, who knows that false words are as clever as springs, and drinking tea is actually a good show." play."[*]

As soon as this line appeared, it easily grabbed everyone's attention.

Zhong Nan observed something, and couldn't help but look at his friend, "Did Shi Zhou adjust his voice on purpose?"

Sun Cong looked at him, and there was a hint of surprise in his usually serious eyes, "It should be, his accent and pronunciation are much better than in the audition, and he fits the role better."

You must know that Shi Zhou only made his debut three years before he took over "A Troubled Times". The roles and experience he played are limited, and he didn't go through systematic class teaching before his debut.

Compared with the rumors about the coexistence of acting experience and academic study, he suffered a fundamental disadvantage.

Shi Zhou's line performance during the audition is not bad, but there are still some discrepancies between his original voice and the character.

Their play adopts the method of dubbing by actors in the later stage, and the requirements for live radio are not high.

Sun Cong originally thought to ask a professional dubbing instructor to guide and fine-tune Shi Zhou's tone and sense of play when he dubbed later, but he didn't expect the other party to discover this problem by himself and correct it during the official shooting?

Not only that, but his line skills sounded much better than before.

Sun Cong became more and more interested, staring at Shi Zhou's exclusive lens in the lower right corner.

Everyone in the inn lobby looked towards the source of the sound——

In the aisle on the second floor, a man in white clothes with an outstanding figure was sitting leaning on the railing. His whole body exuded a sense of coldness and alienation, but the upper half of his face was covered by an exquisitely crafted mask, so it was impossible to get a glimpse of his whole picture.

Bai Ruyu held the teacup lightly in her hand, and lightly opened her thin red lips to drink in. A simple movement can make people's eyes linger, like looking up at the moon in the sky when viewed from a distance.

"Good show?"

The drunken literati's eyes froze slightly, and soon he pointed out angrily, "I am a literati who reads sage books, how can I be compared to that low-level actor? You, where did you come from? Are you wearing Who are you fooling with the broken mask?"

The white-clothed man played by Shi Zhou tilted his head slightly, looking down at everyone, "Everyone's thoughts are drifting outside, only hoping for the distinguished guests to come in, naturally I don't know where I came from."

His gaze returned to the drunken literati, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth was fleeting, "You have been living in poverty for ten years, and you have read a lot of sage books, how can you not understand what I mean?"

At the same time, the close-up shots downstairs are simultaneously recording the interpretation of the rumors.

Ren Wang understood the metaphor of the man in white, and remembered some strange things he had done after entering the city. He put the wine pot back on the table calmly, and gestured to Feng Yao who was sitting opposite him by covering it up.

In the next second, the blood-soaked long knife, which had seen countless slaughters on the battlefield, came out of its body in an instant, and went straight to the life of the Chinese drunk.

Before the tragic cry came out, he was already dead, and the short blade hidden in the cuff also fell to the ground.

"Card! It's over!"

Sun Cong shouted decisively, and then ordered, "Give the actor a blood bag, let's make up the coherent shot of Ren killing the assassin downstairs first, and then continue with the next encirclement scene."

The staff on the set quickly got busy. Sheng Yanwen, Shi Zhou and others walked back outside under the awning, led by Sun Cong to check the replay of the camera.

At the end of the replay, Sun Cong praised by name for the first time, "Shizhou, this performance has exceeded my highest expectations, very good."

Shi Zhou smiled slightly, "Thank you director."

Sun Cong looked at Sheng Yanwen and Zhang Xuxi at the side, and he was not biased, "The performance of the two of you is also very good. I praise Shizhou because he has more and more difficult scenes in static presentations."

When the male protagonist Yan Zhui wears a mask to show people, he uses another layer of vest identity, called Bai Yu.

In the original book, the mask that Bai Yu wears covers his entire face, but considering the impressive performance of the whole play and the integrity of the original story, the crew changed the mask to only cover half of his face.

Even so, it would be more difficult to express the emotional changes of the characters with half a mask than ordinary acting, but Shi Zhou not only grasped the lines accurately, but even the subtle changes in expressions were not to be picked.

Sheng Yanwen focused on his role during the filming, but now that he is out of the role and watching the replay of the camera, he knows how many times Shi Zhou on the second floor has changed his emotions in the short performance just now——

From the fleeting sneer when he sees everything, to the restraint and deviation of his eyes when he is reminded by words, to the ruthless and coldness of watching the show when Ren Wang draws his sword.

In just a few lines, the metaphors in the characters' hearts are vividly expressed.

This kind of expressiveness is really something that non-major students can do in just three years?

Sheng Yanwen's implying probing eyes fell on Shi Zhou's face unconsciously, and a thought never crossed his mind.

Shi Zhou looked at each other in time, and asked tacitly, "Are you qualified to be your opponent?"

"..."

Sheng Yanwen's answer was stuck in his throat, ready to come out.

Suddenly, the chief martial arts director stood outside the inn and said, "Yanwen, Xu Xi, come here and put on the wire and rehearse the action scenes."

"coming."

Zhang Xuxi was the first to answer and walked over.

"I'll go there first too." Sheng Yanwen nodded slightly, not knowing whether to tell the director or Shi Zhou beside him.

"Go." Sun Cong replied.

Shi Zhou, who was not 'recognized' by Sheng Yanwen, suppressed his little disappointment, but when he glimpsed the opponent's right hand from the corner of his eye, he froze suddenly, hesitated for a moment and remained silent.

Shi Zhou, who had nothing to do for the time being, walked back to the exclusive rest area, "Hanhan, I'm a little thirsty."

"Water or almond milk?"

Hanhan took out both the water and the drink, and the admiration in his eyes hadn't dissipated, "Brother Zhou, did Director Sun praise you just now? I knew you were fine!"

Shi Zhou picked up his favorite almond lotion and moistened his throat, his calm expression showed no pride.

I think that when he first acted in this scene that year, he didn't have a smooth life. Director Sun Cong got stuck for several rounds of close-up shots alone, and even had to shoot one by one with a distracted look under the high demands of the other party.

At that time, Shi Zhou just felt that he couldn't be heard as a joke by the famous rumors, so he had to dig into the script to study after the play every day.

After the whole filming of "The World in Troubled Times" was finished, he made rapid progress under the guidance of Sun Cong, and finally managed to integrate the character with himself, and even the level of his lines rose to a higher level.

From the first day back from time travel, Shi Zhou began to study the script and lines again. If he made a mistake again now, wouldn't it be a waste of all his previous efforts?

Shi Zhou glanced at Sheng Yanwen, who was practicing martial arts scenes not far away, and rarely showed a trace of depression, "When did you get enlightened?"

Back then they joined the group as opposites, and as a result, they developed a different kind of affection during the performance. Unfortunately, the interval was so long that Shi Zhou had already forgotten when the relationship between the two warmed up.

Hanhan followed Shi Zhou's gaze and asked, "Brother Zhou, who are you looking at?"

Shi Zhou took another two mouthfuls of almond milk and hummed, "Look at the wood."

Some people, when they are not enlightened, speak and act like a nobleman; once they are enlightened, they dare to say any provocative words.

Hanhan still felt strange, "What kind of wood? Brother Zhou, why are your ears so red? Don't you think it's hot again?"

"fine."

Shi Zhou, who was distracted thinking about 'bad' things, was guilty and perfunctory, and changed the subject, "By the way, I remember that we have anti-inflammatory drugs for external application in our car? You can get one later."

Hanhan worried, "Brother Zhou, are you injured?"

Shi Zhou looked back, "No, it's for someone else."

After all, this is the first day of filming.

If he wants the wood to bloom, I'm afraid it will take some effort.

……

After a short rest and adjustment, a new round of filming started again, and the scenes in the inn were all continuous——

After Ren Huan decisively killed the 'drunk scholar' who had ulterior motives, the other assassins who had pretended to be exposed before the time came, and immediately rushed to encircle and suppress him.

Both Ren Wang and Feng Yao are brave major generals who have been on the battlefield, how can they succeed in the case of early warning?

The two teamed up to kill all the assassins in ambush around them, but unfortunately the only one left alive chose to bite his tongue and commit suicide. Feng Yao, who knew something was wrong, went to contact his cronies in the capital.

Both Sheng Yanwen and Zhang Xuxi received formal martial arts training during the training camp, and have cooperated with martial arts actors no less than a hundred times. This seemingly extremely difficult encirclement and suppression scene was completed under the storyboard shooting. smoothly.

In a blink of an eye, it was the last scene on the first day's announcement list, which is also the top priority of today.

Shi Zhou, who was waiting at the shooting point, closed his eyes and made sure to enter the character state——

After his friend Feng Yao left temporarily, Ren Wang chose to stay in the inn to wait for the aftermath, but found Bai Yu who had been staying on the second floor and never left, and the real rivalry between the two male protagonists was extended from this.

Soon, the sound of starting up and playing the board came from outside.

--

The inn was in a mess, the original ordinary guests fled away as early as the first time, dozens of dead assassins were lying on the ground, and the strong smell of blood was permeating the air.

The white-clothed man played by Shi Zhou has just stepped out of the corner, when a sharp knife flashes across, and the blade, which has seen blood for a long time, quickly lands on the side of his neck.

"Who!"

One word, with a strong evil spirit.

Ren Wang, played by Sheng Yanwen, moved silently from the first floor to the second floor at some point, holding a knife to control his lifeline on the side of the neck.

"It's you?"

Ren Wang's eyes changed slightly, and the knife in his hand moved closer.

The opponent's hint disrupted the rhythm of the assassins and gave him and his friends a chance to counterattack in advance, but this did not mean that Ren Wang had no doubts about him.

The man in white squinted his gaze behind the mask, and before the other party could question him, he took the initiative to speak, "First, if it's an assassin I sent, there's no need to startle the snake and tell you."

"Secondly, if I were the chief envoy, it would be even more impossible for me to appear in front of the crown prince so blatantly after the assassination failed."

Shi Zhou has a good grasp of the language sense of the lines, and he shows a calm aura in a few words.

Right now, he didn't have the slightest sense of crisis that his life was hanging by a thread. Instead, he stretched out his hand and directly touched the blade, pushing back the cold blood with gentle force little by little.

The white and clean fingertips were sharply cut with a smear of blood, and Ren Wang, who was used to seeing blood, couldn't bear it for a moment.

"Forget it, it doesn't look like you're practicing martial arts." Ren Wang put away his saber in a loud voice, but he didn't let go of the person in front of him.

He is used to the cunning of the enemy on the battlefield, if the opponent is really playing tricks under his nose, then he would rather kill by mistake than let him go.

"The person who should have escaped has already escaped. What are you still doing here?"

"I still haven't finished my cup of tea."

"what?"

The camera panned back to its original position as Time Zhou moved.

The white-clothed man he played sat down with his sleeves up, slowly poured out the cold tea, and then poured warm tea from the pot. beauty.

On the side of the monitor outside, a staff member couldn't help admiring, "Shi Zhou's hands are so beautiful, even if he isn't a celebrity, he can definitely make money as a hand model."

"What are you talking about, Shi Zhou's most beautiful face is his face!" A companion joined the discussion, "However, even if he wears half a mask now, I still feel itchy."

When screenwriter Zhong Nanguan heard the discussion behind him, he showed a smile of "that's how it should be".

In the original book, even if Bai Yu wears a mask, he can't stop this innate charm. As long as he stands there quietly, it's like the moon in the sky that people can't forget.

Otherwise, he wouldn't let Ren Wang soften his heart at the first meeting, think about goodbye, and give his heart at the third meeting.

To be honest, there is no one more suitable than Shi Zhou in the entire entertainment circle for his natural cold beauty appearance.

But the most important thing is that Shi Zhou's aura at this moment is much more stable than when he was auditioning. It seems that he has gained several years of experience out of thin air, and he really blends the role perfectly.

It is both cold and outstanding, but also gentle and calm.

Filming continues.

Ren Wang, played by Sheng Yanwen, was still standing there, staring at him without blinking.

"I paid for this cup of tea, what a pity to waste such a good thing?" Suddenly, Shi Zhou accurately caught his gaze, raised his glass and smiled.

"My lord, do you want a drink?"

There was a hint of cunning in those eyes hidden under the cold mask, which invisibly eased the original coolness on his body.

"..."

Sheng Yanwen's breathing was slightly condensed, and Shi Zhou from the night of the makeup photo shoot uncontrollably sounded in his mind——

When the other party took the initiative to make an excuse to block the drink, he also asked him with this look in his eyes, gentle and friendly, and even concealed a trace of... indescribable affection.

In the description of the script, after Bai Yu's question, Ren Wang did have a feeling of deja vu.

The boundary between inside and outside of the play suddenly became blurred, Sheng Yanwen just stared but didn't answer.

Shi Zhou tacitly noticed Sheng Yanwen's lack of focus, and immediately added, "Your Majesty?"

Sheng Yanwen quickly returned to his senses, and his tone matched the character's anxious mood, "What kind of good thing is this ordinary rough tea? It's not as good as drinking."

The director didn't stop, so their play had to continue.

Sheng Yanwen turned around and went downstairs, with a look of annoyance on his always proud brows.

Ren Wang was used to seeing the eyes of soldiers on the battlefield since he was a child, sharp, numb, and even out of control, but he had never seen such eyes on the other party——

There was a soft look in his coldness, which almost made him shake his mind.

Ren Wang took a jug of unopened new wine, raised his head and poured it into his throat to quench the thirst that appeared at some point.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"...Bai Yu."

"Bo Yu? I remember, my name is Ren Wang."

"The son's name, Bai has already engraved it in his heart."

Sheng Yanwen and Shi Zhou's lines matched each other fluently, and a picture of a farewell scene came from the monitor——

The afterglow of the setting sun scatters into the inn, creating an opposite space of light and dark wonderfully obliquely.The white Bai Yu was in the dark, drinking tea restrainedly, while the blood-stained Ren Wang stood in the light, drinking wantonly.

Looking at each other from afar, the entanglement of fate was doomed from the very beginning.

The onlookers were shocked by the beautiful picture composition on the monitor and couldn't speak, and they didn't know who said it first.

"Fuck, I finally understand why the author keeps emphasizing in the book that these two people are related by fate, and this first scene is absolutely amazing! After the broadcast, even a fool can feel it?"

"I said it when I took the makeup photo, these two people fit the roles perfectly! They really match well."

"As an original book party, I already want to cry. In this scene, Bai Yu's dialogues are all foreshadowing! Teacher Zhong's script adaptation is so good!"

"Cut! Keep this one for now."

Sun Cong, who was sitting in the front row, finally relaxed. It was rare that he didn't show any temper on the first day of filming. He hasn't met such two leading actors who are so worry-free for a long time.

"Don't watch the replay, hurry up and prepare! While the natural light is still enough, hurry up and make up a few shots, and keep it as a spare!"

"Good director."

The sound of harmony sounded one after another.

...

Half an hour later, the crew finally completed the project smoothly according to the original schedule.

The assistant took the food and walked into the lounge, followed Sheng Yanwen's gaze to notice the wound on his tiger's jaw, and said in surprise, "Brother Wen, are you injured? Did you get hurt while filming a martial arts scene?"

I don't know when the blisters were made, and now they are more serious after breaking.

"I just noticed that it may have been strangled by the reins when filming a circus."

Sheng Yanwen sighed, after shooting continuously all afternoon, he finally allowed himself to show a tired look, "Besides, the knives used in shooting are heavier than those in practice, and it doesn't matter if you hold them too hard."

"Brother Wen, sit down and rest for a while, I'll get some anti-inflammatory ointment."

"it is good."

Sheng Yanwen did not notice the pain when he was concentrating on filming, but now that he pays attention, he feels pain.

Not long after the assistant left, there was another knock on the door in the lounge.

Sheng Yanwen looked up, "Who?"

"it's me."

After taking off his costume, Shi Zhou pushed the door in. He looked at Sheng Yanwen, "I saw your assistant go out just now, and thought you should still be in the lounge, so I brought you something along the way."

"what?"

"When I was filming just now, I saw that your tiger's mouth seemed to be frayed, is it serious?" Shi Zhou approached.

He handed over the ointment in his hand, without concealing his intention, "This is the ointment that Hanhan keeps for me, you try it?"

Sheng Yanwen didn't expect that Shi Zhou had already noticed something that he had forgotten to notice.

He looked at the ointment handed to him, and said in a slightly slow tone, "For me?"

"Well, otherwise, who else could it be for?" Shi Zhou's eyes searched for the other's wound, and his heart ached.

Horseback riding and martial arts are inherently dangerous, and occasional scratches are normal.

When filming the encirclement and suppression scene in the afternoon, Zhang Xuxi's back of his hand was scratched by props, and the scene was quickly dealt with before returning to the official shooting.

Shi Zhou had already discovered Sheng Yanwen's injury while watching the replay, but he knew the character of the other party well, and he would never let the crew delay the shooting time to deal with such a minor injury.

Therefore, Shi Zhou had no choice but to come to the door as soon as the show was over, "Let's deal with it? It's summer, and you're not limited to this martial arts scene."

Sheng Yanwen stretched out his hand, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Shi Zhou suddenly withdrew his hand and sat down, "Let me help you, it shouldn't be convenient for you to handle it with one hand."

Sheng Yanwen wanted to refuse, but Shi Zhou had already taken apart the sterile cotton swab one step ahead, and motioned to him very naturally, "Right hand, stretch it out."

"..."

Sheng Yanwen hesitated for a moment, but finally failed to say the rejection.

Shi Zhou leaned forward a little, grabbed the opponent's wrist with one hand, and applied the sterile cotton swab to the worn-out tiger's mouth bit by bit.

The wound was suddenly strongly stimulated, Sheng Yanwen frowned instinctively.

"pain?"

"A little injury is fine."

Shi Zhou observed his expression, and when he lowered his head, he moved closer, and slowly blew two breaths towards the edge of the tiger's mouth, even caressing the fingertips that were dragging his wrist.

The stimulating pain was replaced by another unspeakable numbness, Sheng Yanwen only felt his throat tighten, and instinctively pulled his hand back suddenly.

"……Eh."

Caught off guard, Shi Zhou was pulled, and most of his body, which was already leaning forward, almost touched Sheng Yanwen's chest.

"what are you doing?"

The two asked in unison.

"I'm afraid you'll be hurt, I heard it can divert attention." Shi Zhou stared at the person in front of him, with a rare playful smile.

"Sheng Yanwen, your heartbeat seems to be a little fast?"

"No." Sheng Yanwen categorically denied, "Stay away from me, I will handle it myself."

As soon as the words fell, the assistant Xiaocheng's voice sounded at the door, "Brother Wen, I brought the medicine back, you..."

The assistant who pushed the door and entered suddenly fell silent. He obviously didn't expect Shi Zhou to appear in his lounge, let alone the two people's postures were so ambiguous.

OMG!

What has he missed these days?

Brother Wen's private relationship with Shi Zhou has also developed by leaps and bounds, right?

Eyes met, but no one spoke.

"Well, I interrupted..."

The assistant suppressed the curiosity of eating melons, and for a moment, he didn't know where the cleverness came from, "Brother Wen, you continue?"

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