CH 41

Tang Er Yuan and Li Can were sitting and talking when Tang San Yuan came over with covered his hand.

Tang Er Yuan stood up at once and stared at his hand, asking, “What’s wrong?”

Tang San Yuan sighed and let go of his hand. Only then did Tang Er Yuan see that his middle finger seemed to have been injured and was wrapped in a thick layer of gauze.

Tang Er Yuan immediately became anxious: “Is it injured? I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Tang San Yuan shook his head, “It’s nothing, it’s just that when I was cutting the fruit skin, I accidentally cut it, the assistant has already treated it for me.”

Li Xin Ran walked over and asked, “San Yuan, are you hurt? Is it serious?”

Tang San Yuan was the main character, if he was injured, it might affect the progress of the whole production.

Tang San Yuan shook his head, “It’s not serious, but it might affect the shooting of the next scene.”

The next scene will have a close-up of the two of them clasping their fingers, but now Tang San Yuan’s hand is injured and bandaged so thickly, so naturally it can’t be filmed.

Li Xin Ran couldn’t help but frown, this scene was very important, it was the breaking point for the characters’ emotions in the drama. The scenes and lighting had all been set up, the sun was shining outside today, just right for the scenes in the movie.

It was a pity to miss it but Tang San Yuan was injured and couldn’t force him to shoot it. Li Xin Ran comforted Tang San Yuan with a bit of worry: “It’s okay, we can make up this scene later.”

Tang San Yuan’s eyes moved around and said, “Actually, it’s fine to shoot today, after all, the scenes are all set.”

“But your hand……” Li Xin Ran hesitated.

Tang San Yuan smiled, then turned his head to look at Tang Er Yuan, “Actually, you can let my brother shoot it for me.”

Tang Er Yuan pointed to himself, “……me?”

Tang San Yuan nodded, “Your side profile is very similar to mine, this scene is mainly to capture a kind of hazy beauty, so it is shot from the side at a distance, in a single take, won’t take the front profile, you and I should have the same effect.”

Li Xin Ran walked to the side of Tang Er Yuan, looked at his side face and compared it with Tang San Yuan’s side face, he couldn’t help but see the difference before his eyes, their side faces did look eighty or ninety percent alike. Let the makeup artist fix the makeup, the difference definitely won’t be visible.

“But I don’t know how act.” Tang Er Yuan frowned slightly, of the several brothers, he and Tang San Yuan were indeed the most alike, but he knew nothing about acting.

Li Xin Ran smiled, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have acting skills, another actor is doing the lead in this scene, just lie down and cooperate properly.”

Li Can had been listening next to him and couldn’t help but ask when he heard this, “What scene needs lying down to cooperate?”

Tang San Yuan looked at him with a faint smile and deliberately said aloud: “The bed scene ah.”

Li Can’s eyebrows twisted up at once and without hesitation he said, “No, Er Yuan doesn’t look anything like you, this method won’t work, it’s better to wait until you’ve recovered from your injury before making up the shot.”

Li Xin Ran didn’t agree, “But I think the side faces do look alike, it will be a waste of funds if we do a makeup shoot.”

“Obviously doesn’t look alike at all, don’t worry about the funding, money is not a problem, I’ll pay for the makeup shoot.” Li Can’s eyebrows hid his anger, in his eyes, Tang Er Yuan was unique, there was no resemblance at all to Tang San Yuan even though they were brothers.

“No need to go to all that trouble, I can just act.” Tang Er Yuan spoke up, his brother’s finger was injured and he happened to be here, it was only right to help out.

Before Li Can could object, Tang San Yuan hurriedly and happily said, “Thank you Ge!”

Li Can frowned unhappily, but was in no position to stop it, so he could only stand with a black face and glare at Tang Er Yuan, who directly ignored his stare, or rather didn’t notice it at all.

Looking at Li Can’s black face, Tang San Yuan hummed happily as he took Tang Er Yuan to the dressing room and asked the makeup artist to put on some light makeup and fix his hair. Then, he personally helped him change into the white shirt he needed to wear for the shoot, the collar of the white shirt was slightly too big, revealing Tang Er Yuan’s delicate collarbone, making him look innocent and sexy.

When Tang Er Yuan came out with a complete look, Li Xin Ran couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Tang Er Yuan’s side face looked similar to Tang San Yuan’s from afar and could definitely be faked.

The lighting technician was already in place and Li Xin Ran had his assistant clear the scene, leaving only a few important staff members in the room.

Naturally, Li Can did not go out, he stood to the side with his arms clasped, naturally forming an icy aura.

The male model’s name was Wang Nai Qing, he was a little surprised to see a change in his co-actor and greeted Tang Er Yuan in a formal manner.

In this scene, the character played by Tang Er Yuan is lying in bed taking a nap, the sunlight is just hitting his face, it looks soft and beautiful, Wang Nai Qing walks in and sees this scene, he is unconsciously attracted to it, stands frozen in place and looks at him, then walks in. First, he gently strokes his face, then cannot help being tempted and became more and more wanton, Tang Er Yuan wakes up but does not struggle, acquiescing to Wang Nai Qing’s behaviour. Through this scene, the two understand each other’s feelings and breaks through the boundaries.

Everything is ready, Tang Er Yuan lies on a big white bed with a soft quilt over his body. He took a deep breath, inexplicably a little nervous, and unconsciously turned his head to look at Li Can, who was also looking at him, with a face so dark that water could drip out of it.

“Are you ready?” Li Xin Ran asked.

Tang Er Yuan withdrew his eyes and nodded to Li Xin Ran, the clapperboard snapped and the room fell silent.

Wang Nai Qing entered the shot, he first stared at Tang Er Yuan’s face from afar, his eyes gradually became obsessed, then his mouth went dry as he loosened his collar and unconsciously walked towards the bed.

Wang Nai Qing, who is only nineteen years old, is probably acting in a bed scene for the first time. His movements are very stiff and his eyes are not performing well.

Li Xin Ran: “Cut! Wang Nai Qing, your movements need to be more natural.”

After the second time he still acted very unnaturally, Li Xin Ran had to shout ‘cut’ again, “Change your expression more naturally.”

Wang Nai Qing nodded, but when he turned his head and met Li Can’s dark eyes, his heart thudded.

He was an artist of Li Can’s company and the investor of this movie was also Li Can, he couldn’t help but have a slight cold sweat on his head. Why was his boss looking at him with such a horrible look, did he dislike his bad acting skills?

His heart was drumming as Li Xin Ran shouted to start again, this time he didn’t act as well as the last time, his hands were shaking as he unbuttoned his clothes.

“Cut! Don’t shake your hands, go back to the original position and start again.”

Wang Nai Qing was even more nervous, and when he started, he took the first step with the same hands and feet, like a child who had just learnt to walk.

“Cut! Wrong, start again.”

“Cut! Clothes buttons are unbuttoned slowly, not yanked open!”

“Cut! The emotion is out of place, it’s about acting like you can’t help it, not like a pervert.”

……

Not sure how many times it was repeated, the more times he NG’ed, the more nervous Wang Nai Qing became, the worse he acted, a room full of people accompanied him to repeat it again and again.

“Cut!” Li Xin Ran stopped and looked at Wang Nai Qing with some headache, “Ah Qing, don’t be nervous, just relax, find your feeling and maintain a peace of mind.”

Wang Nai Qing swallowed, took a sip of the water handed over by his assistant and tried to calm down, then nodded towards Li Xin Ran, “Okay, director.”

Li Xin Ran nodded and the clapperboard rang, Li Xin Ran looked at the screen, “Okay, ready, action!”

Wang Nai Qing did a little better this time and walked smoothly to the bedside. Although his performance was still a little raw, he barely passed the test and sat down next to Tang Er Yuan, slowly lowering his head and leaning closer and closer.

Apart from Li Can, Tang Er Yuan had never been close to another man before, and unconsciously recoiled and frowned slightly, a little resistant to the performance that followed.

Wang Nai Qing followed the plot and put his hand towards Tang Er Yuan’s face, and the moment his hand was about to come up, Tang Er Yuan unconsciously turned his head to avoid it.

“Cut!”

Tang Er Yuan sat up and apologised, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t ready just now.”

Li Xin Ran smiled good-naturedly, after all, Wang Nai Qing had just NG’ed so many times, it was normal to affect Tang Er Yuan’s mood, “It’s okay, it’s your first time acting, it’s understandable, are you ready now? If you’re ready, start over again.”

Tang Er Yuan nodded and took a deep breath and lay back down, his hands secretly clenched into fists under the covers, telling himself that this time he had to hold on no matter what, he couldn’t avoid it.

This time Wang Nai Qing acted well and got through the previous shots smoothly, it was when he was walking to the bed that he didn’t notice his feet and tripped over the footrest on the side of the bed, flopping down at once and pressing against Tang Er Yuan’s body.

He was so tall and heavy that Tang Er Yuan couldn’t help but cry out in pain as he crushed him.

Li Can’s face instantly darkened completely, and he went straight up and lifted Wang Nai Qing up.

“Is everything alright?” Li Can asked as he sat on the edge of the bed, staring nervously at Tang Er Yuan.

Tang Er Yuan rubbed the spot that was painfully pressed and shook his head, “It’s okay……”

After Wang Nai Qing stood up, he touched his forehead, there was some pain there. Li Xin Ran looked over and couldn’t help but frown at once, Wang Nai Qing’s forehead had just knocked right on the iron railing at the head of the bed and had broken a bit of skin, the wound was small but it had the slightest trace of blood.

He hurriedly asked his assistant to take Wang Nai Qing to have the wound treated, and sighed helplessly, if he continued to stumble like this, how long would this scene go on for?

At this time, Tang San Yuan, who had been standing next to him watching the scene, suddenly spoke out, “Ah Qing is injured, I guess he can’t handle it for a while and I think he looks like he has no experience at all with □□□, I’m afraid he won’t be able to act out the effect you want.”

Li Xin Ran nodded, looking at Wang Nai Qing’s performance just now, he could tell that this scene would not be acted well even if he continued to act.

He could not help but regret that he was in a hurry to find an actor and thought that the role Wang Nai Qing was playing did not require high acting skills, so he hastily booked the actor, but forgot to ask him if he had any experience in this area, and now it was too late to teach him.

Tang San Yuan suggested, “Why don’t we find a double for him for this scene?”

Li Xin Ran frowned in embarrassment, “That’s a good idea, but where can I find a double now……”

The first thing you need to do is to get a double for this scene.” Tang San Yuan smiled and pointed to Li Chan, “Our boss is good, his body shape is similar to Ah Qing’s. Anyway, Ah Qing has already finished shooting the previous scenes, just edit them and shoot the bed scenes directly.”

Tang Yuan smiled and pointed to Li Can, saying, “Our boss is good. He’s about the same size as Ah Qing. Anyway, the previous shot of Ah Qing has been finished. Just edit it and take the shot on the bed directly. Besides, it’s a long shot. He’ll show his back when he’s on top of my brother, and…”

Tang San Yuan deliberately stretched his voice and laughed, “My brother and him have known each other for a long time, so I’m sure they must work well together and be totally in tune in bed.”