274: Chapter 274: The Strange Detail Without Lines

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The Acting continued, and the play reached its second act.

Gao Qiqiang waved his hand, calling the driver, Lu Tao, over.

The extras began to take their positions, standing behind Lu Tao and surrounding him.

Lu Tao was still forcing himself to stay calm: "What's wrong?"

Gao Qiqiang, wearing sunglasses, pointed his finger at Lu Tao: "Do you think a dead bug could fool me?"

The camera cut to Tang Xiaohu behind Gao Qiqiang. He stepped forward, his face expressionless, perhaps because he was gathering his strength.

On the contrary, Gao Qisheng beside him had a playful look in his eyes, looking a bit... smug?

If one had to describe it, it was like the look of someone watching prey fall into a carefully prepared trap.

Yes, this was the look of someone watching prey.

Who you are doesn't matter; being under his control is what matters.

Tang Xiaohu threw a punch.

And in this short shot, Gao Qisheng beside him had yet another expression.

Gao Qisheng put away his smugness, his eyes turning cold.

This was also looking at prey, but it was the cold indifference of watching prey being dealt with.

Tang Xiaohu threw a punch, and Lu Tao's mouth began to bleed.

After they reacted to each other, the camera returned to Tang Xiaohu, but Gao Qisheng beside him wasn't looking at the camera—he turned his head aside, looking into the distance. Although there was nothing much to see in the distance, you would find that, in his eyes, everything had suddenly become uninteresting.

It seemed he only enjoyed observing the struggle of the prey after it fell into the trap and the process of slaughtering it.

Director Chen smiled.

If it weren't for the impression Lin Chuyan had left on him in the previous scene, causing him to be more observant, he might have missed such a detailed performance.

In just this short moment, he, as a background character, had actually displayed three different emotions?

From smugness, to indifference, to boredom, these three emotions were all directed at the same person—Lu Tao.

Lu Tao, of course, wouldn't respond to Gao Qisheng. He had just been punched, and he had his own Acting to complete, but this didn't affect Gao Qisheng completing his interaction with Lu Tao.

As long as there is the play in the camera's view, one must perform well.

Director Chen nodded inwardly: This kind of Acting consciousness is the prerequisite for everything. Only on the basis of this consciousness can an actor further interpret, improvise, and choose suitable emotions and appropriate ways of Acting.

Lu Tao, having been punched, was a bit dazed. Gao Qiqiang spoke up: "Come on, tell me what you know."

And Lu Tao just took off the white gloves that represented his identity as a driver and threw them on the ground: "Just kill me."

Gao Qiqiang was wearing sunglasses, so the camera couldn't actually see his eyes, but as soon as his next few small gestures came out, he immediately expressed that feeling of surprise.

He first tilted his head, then lifted his chin and raised an eyebrow, as if this was the first time he had really looked at this driver, the first time he had truly recognized Lu Tao, and then he immediately looked at Gao Qisheng and Tang Xiaohu.

With him looking at them like that, both Qisheng and Hu laughed.

And here, Gao Qisheng had yet more details.

Tang Xiaohu smiled with a crooked mouth first, but Gao Qisheng's handling was—I didn't originally want to smile, but since Big Brother is smiling, I'll smile too. He looked at Lu Tao again; this time, there was no hostility of seeing prey in his eyes. He smiled gently and even gave a slight nod. Yes, he was affirming Lu Tao's choice at this moment—this was a real man.

Director Chen didn't know what to say. Good lad, you're just a background character, yet you have the play everywhere? The key is, he wasn't stealing the scene. He just stood there, properly, without any unnecessary movements, very much in line with his character, and he didn't stop his Acting for a single moment...

Director Chen felt he might be seeing things, especially that detail of "I only smile when I see Big Brother smile"—was that serious?... He decided to rewind later to see if he had misread it.

The camera returned to Gao Qiqiang, and he spoke: "Lu Tao, do you know what I used to do?"

He answered his own question, then raised his finger and pointed at the other man: "I used to sell fish. I'm particularly sensitive to weight. Let me guess, today, this car of mine must be... at least 150 jin heavier, right?"

He touched Lu Tao's face and walked toward the trunk of his car.

At this moment, Gao Qisheng smiled with his teeth showing for the first time. He smiled so happily, seemingly admiring his Big Brother's wit.

And as the three of them—Qiqiang, Qisheng, and Tang Xiaohu—walked toward the car trunk, Gao Qisheng's next action made Director Chen applaud in admiration!

If those previous performances by Gao Qisheng could be seen as accidents or coincidences in the eyes of laypeople who didn't understand Acting, then this action was undoubtedly telling everyone how a good actor interprets a script and studies a character.

the play was still going on.

Tang Xiaohu took a few quick steps, passing Gao Qiqiang, and walked toward the trunk first—this was what a subordinate should do; he was preparing to open the trunk.

Gao Qiqiang, while watching Tang Xiaohu, leaned his body toward the front right and tapped the trunk lightly—he knew there was a high probability that someone was hiding inside.

At this moment.

Tang Xiaohu was in front, Gao Qiqiang was in the middle, and Gao Qisheng walked at the very back with his hands still in his pockets.

Just as Gao Qiqiang leaned his body forward, Gao Qisheng, standing behind him, suddenly also leaned his body in the same direction, with the exact same angle.

There was no trunk in front of him, nothing at all.

He just saw his brother make this movement, so he subconsciously made the same movement.

"Snap!"

Director Chen slammed his palm onto the armrest of his director's chair.

"Hahaha, this part is truly great!" Director Chen subconsciously wanted to share it with the people beside him, but it seemed they hadn't noticed this point; it appeared most people's attention was focused on Gao Qiqiang.

Was he the only one applauding Gao Qisheng? Loneliness, it was just too lonely.

What was the situation here? One must know that Gao Qisheng had absolutely no reason to make such a movement here!

The script wouldn't write such fine details at all. He was standing beside the car body, and there was absolutely no need for him to lean toward the front right, so why did he do that?

It's simple: he was staying in sync with his Big Brother, Gao Qiqiang.

Why stay in sync? Because Gao Qisheng was just that focused on his brother! His gaze was on Gao Qiqiang most of the time; for Asheng, this was just a subconscious action.

And specifically regarding the actor, for Lin Chuyan, this was of course meticulously designed. Or rather, in this scene, he truly did keep his gaze on Gao Qiqiang, which allowed him to follow immediately the moment the latter made a move!

What is a brother-complex? Do you think it's just something you say with your mouth? Where is the persuasiveness in that? These things all need to be accumulated bit by bit through every single detail!

Director Chen also understood: This is the actor using a body movement with the same timing and angle to express the great tacit understanding between the brothers, both mentally and in habitual actions... Just through this one-second movement, the emotional arc of the character Gao Qisheng became that much fuller!

As Director Chen pondered this, he couldn't help but curse inwardly: Damn it! The outside world still underestimated Lin Chuyan...

How should he put it? He thought he had already raised his expectations for Lin Chuyan; he knew the other party had good Acting skills. But the "good" he imagined was the kind that could portray a character's crazy, dark temperament, not this kind of detail monster!

One Gao Qiqiang, with a refined appearance but playing a gang boss with absolutely no dissonance; one Gao Qisheng, so young yet having so many details in his Acting, it's truly outrageous.

Are you two fellow students both monsters, or what?