Chapter 18 Sorrow +3 (Ch 18)

Arriving at the set,

Director Zhao was surprised to see him coming so early in the morning, and even flipped through the script in his hand.

“Aren’t you filming in the afternoon? Why are you here so early?”

Qi Jia walked up to him with a smile, offered him a cigarette and said.

“I’m used to getting up early, and I want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn more.”

Director Zhao took the cigarette, not complaining about the cheap price, and let Qi Jia light it for him. He took a puff and nodded.

“Yeah, young people should be more diligent. The entertainment industry nowadays is not as dedicated as before~”

While the two were talking, Chen Long arrived and was delighted when he saw Qi Jia.

“Qi Jia, you look pretty good. It seems like you can drink as much as I do. Let’s continue tonight.”

After seeing the two men drinking and bragging, Qi Jia was no longer as reserved as he was at the beginning and made a joke.

“Damn it! Brother, you are still bragging. I drank more than 20 of the 30 packs of beer by myself, and you only drank 7 or 8 bottles.”

“Thirty dozen?”

After hearing this, Director Zhao and Chen Long were somewhat puzzled.

They clearly remembered ordering twenty dozen last night.

“That wine tasted like cold water. I didn’t drink enough, so I ordered another dozen.”

Qi Jia continued to brag.

“Amazing! You are a very capable guy. If I were young, I could do the same.”

Chen Long gave Qi Jia a thumbs up, and then found an excuse to think about the past.

Then he looked at Director Zhao standing beside him.

“Old Zhao, this guy is not only a good actor, but also has a high alcohol tolerance. He is quite interesting.”

Director Zhao looked at him as if he were a fool, then scolded him with a smile.

“Tall chicken hair, I paid for it myself. I don’t know how much you drank. He was just teasing you.”

Anyway, the filming hasn’t started yet, so the three of them bragged for a while.

Qi Jia thought about it and told them what Lin Hai had done to help him in the morning.

After all, when Lin Hai was promoting him, he used the two people’s skins.

“Hey, that’s all. It’s okay. Don’t worry about it.”

“Besides, he wasn’t talking nonsense. Joining the group and drinking were both facts.”

After hearing this, Director Zhao and Chen Long looked at each other, smiled, and waved their hands indifferently.

However, his opinion of Qi Jia was a little higher in his heart. After all, he was the first one to tell him about this.

It proves that he is a very down-to-earth person and we can become close friends.

“But Qi Jia, if you want to become a big star, you still have a long way to go.

You still need to work on your acting skills, and don’t think about taking advantage of your current popularity to make bad movies.”

Director Zhao gave another reminder in a serious tone.

After hearing this, Qi Jia nodded solemnly, indicating that he would definitely remember these words.

…

The morning was basically all about Chen Long and the others’ performances. He stood outside the venue, trying to see if there were any acting skills he could copy.

But maybe it was because the plot was rather flat in these few shots, and he waited for the whole morning but nothing happened. He couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

At noon, I went out to eat at Shaxian Restaurant, then found a cool place to rest.

I didn’t return to the crew until 2pm. We were going to shoot a chase scene that afternoon.

After Liu Wu and Zhang Shaochun were discovered by the Japanese, a gunfight broke out, and they fought and retreated.

The two sides chased each other in the street. Finally, Liu Wu covered Zhang Shaochun’s retreat.

They chose to stay and delay time, and died heroically. After changing their clothes and putting on makeup,

Director Zhao called him and Chen Long aside and first told them about the scenes for the afternoon.

He also talked about the issues that the characters played by the two people should pay attention to in this scene, and finally spoke earnestly.

“The scene where Liu Wu sacrifices himself will be a small climax of the whole play, so you two must express your emotions well.”

“Especially Qi Jia, I hope you can perform at the level you showed on the day of the audition, especially the eye expression and emotions.”

“I understand, Director Zhao. Don’t worry, I will do a good job.” Qi Jia nodded seriously.

Inside the venue,

The extras, who were playing the role of the Japanese, had already taken their positions on the street with their Type 38 rifles in hand.

Qi Jia and Chen Long both had prop blood on their bodies, and they looked rather embarrassed.

They stood one after the other, holding pistols in their hands. Seeing this, the director nodded to the boardmaster.

The pattern maker walked up to the machine with the pattern, raised it, and shouted.

“Wind sound, fifteen mirrors, three times a time.”

“Exon…”

As soon as the words fell, the actors started running, firing their guns as they ran.

On both sides of the street, the explosives that the blasters had pre-installed were detonated one by one.

Suddenly, gunshots and explosions rang out.

From time to time, the extras playing the devils would suddenly have a bloody wound on their bodies and then fall down.

After running about a hundred meters, this shot was over.

Then the crew changed a few more scenes and shot a few chase shots.

After some post-production editing, it will look like the two people ran a very far distance.

After quickly touching up my makeup,

Continue to shoot the last shot, which is the part where Liu Wu sacrifices himself.

Following the ending shot of the previous shot,

After the two of them finally got rid of the Japanese pursuers, they ran towards the pier.

As a result, Liu Wu’s leg was accidentally hit on the way and he fell to the ground instantly.

“Card!”

Just when everyone was about to continue the performance, Director Zhao suddenly called for a stop.

Then he walked up and said to Qi Jia.

“Qi Jia, when you fell just now, your right leg was straightened out, because you fell because you were shot.”

“If you bend it, it’s a flaw, and it’s not visually strong enough.”

“So we need to do this shot again, and you can try to get the feel for it yourself.”

After saying that, Director Zhao went and called on everyone else to get to their positions quickly.

Thinking back to what Director Zhao said, Qi Jia simulated it a few more times and finally found the feeling.

So he waved to the director and signaled that it was time to start.

“Wind sound, twenty shots, five times.”

“Exon…”

The countdown for the board beater is over.

Qi Jia and Chen Long started running again.

After running about ten meters, Qi Jia felt the blood clot on his leg burst.

Then, the right leg instantly straightened, but the left leg still maintained the posture of rushing forward.

He suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Zhang Shaochun saw that Liu Wu was shot, and in a hurry, he wanted to rush back to help him.

But he was suppressed by the enemy’s bullets and couldn’t even raise his head.

Qi Jia gritted his teeth and pretended to endure the pain, trying to crawl behind a broken wall.

Sitting against the wall, breathing heavily, he looked at Zhang Shaochun and smiled miserably.

Next came the most tear-jerking scene of this play.

In order not to hinder Zhang Shaochun, Liu Wu, played by Qi Jia, decided to stay and buy him time to escape.

“Sir, go! Go quickly!”

“If you don’t leave, I will die in front of you now!”

Qi Jia pointed the gun at his head and yelled at Zhang Shaochun who was trying to rush over not far away.

Because he used too much force, his spit flew out, veins on his neck bulged, and his voice sounded hoarse.

Zhang Shaochun, played by Chen Long, has a hesitant and resolute look on his face.

But seeing the Japanese approaching step by step, he gritted his teeth, took a last look at Liu Wu,

Turning around, he ran ahead as fast as he could.

When Liu Wu, played by Qi Jia, saw this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief.

His tense body relaxed, the corners of his mouth twitched and he shouted.

“Sir! When you get rid of these bastards, don’t forget to write me a letter!”

After saying this, he pushed himself up with both hands and stood up.

He fired several shots at the approaching Japanese soldiers.

We defeated several devils in front of us.

But then, he was shot several times.

The inertia of the bullet made his body tremble and move backwards.

Then his foot tripped over a half-broken wall.

The whole person fell backwards to the ground like a doll with its limbs broken.

His eyes just happened to see Zhang Shaochun jumping onto the boat and slowly walking away.

“Liu Wu!”

When Zhang Shaochun, played by Chen Long, turned around and saw Liu Wu falling to the ground,

He knelt on the boat, cried and shouted,

Then a green light appeared on his body.

“Ding, copyable properties are detected nearby, please choose to copy.”

“Ding, successfully copied [Emotional Acting Skill – Grief +3]”

At the same time, a reminder sounded in Qi Jia’s mind.

But he was still filming at the time, so he didn’t show any special excitement on his face.

Still with a look of relief and joy, the devils behind him gradually approached.

His eyes gradually became blurred and slowly lost their luster.