29: Chapter 29 I'm a fan of your looks

Lin Chuyan has been really enjoying acting these past few days.

He followed his teacher's advice and focused more on grasping the character relationships.

It sounds simple, but it is hard to do.

This requires him to be familiar enough with the script—not just studying his own role, but analyzing every character related to him.

What is their relationship with him? Are they just superiors and subordinates? Or is there an emotional connection? Thus, he uses dialogue and body language to show the character relationships.

When he needed to express his emotions, he also followed his teacher's words. He did not overthink it; he grasped the emotion, then let go and acted. Coupled with the two-layer contrast he had designed beforehand, the final effect was indeed quite good.

He could only sigh that a teacher is indeed a teacher; even from thousands of miles away, they could help him achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Unfortunately, Zhao Xiaojun had already wrapped up his scenes and left. Lin Chuyan felt that if he could do that scene of "confronting the Emperor" again, he could definitely act even better than before.

While he was enjoying himself, Director Yang Yang was racking his brain over a new, tricky problem.

Under his arrangement, the scenes between Lin Chuyan and Shi Shilan were concentrated at the end. Upon filming, he discovered that Lin Chuyan's eyes were acting so well, completely filled with love.

Acting well naturally meant the scene was passed quickly.

Then, seeing Zhou Qi trying to look at Shi Shilan with the same expression today, Director Yang Yang realized something was wrong.

Damn it, he had not felt that Zhou Qi acted poorly before, so why was he completely crushed in comparison?

If it can be saved, he should try to save it...

"Cut!"

"Zhou Qi, pay attention to your eyes. There needs to be light in them, understand? The woman you treasure has been recovered after being lost. Give me some surprise and love, okay? It is not enough right now."

Zhou Qi just felt confused. Had he not been acting like this the whole time?

However, he could not say anything: "Okay, Director Yang, let's do it again."

...

"Cut!"

"No, in this scene, your wife has been framed. She has been in jail for so many days and has only just been rescued, and you are looking at her with that kind of expression? Is there any difference between this look and finding money on the road? Does this make sense?"

And so.

"Cut! Take a break, eat lunch, and we will continue after."

The director shook his head and walked away.

Leaving behind Zhou Qi, who was full of fire and questions.

What kind of madness was the director having? He felt that the last take was the best he had done recently!

Why?

However, he could not vent this anger.

The way the director looked at him was a bit unfriendly, and he did not dare to touch that bad luck.

Fortunately, the answer was delivered soon.

At noon, as several people were eating boxed lunches, Director Yang Yang said something that almost choked Zhou Qi:

"Zhou Qi, you need to learn from Lin Chuyan regarding your eye acting. Commander Ye Fei and drama are a husband and wife who have been through life and death. When people watch it later, if you are not even as good as the Prince of Qin, is that appropriate?"

Well, so that was the crux of the matter.

It is one thing to say others are better than him, but to say Lin Chuyan?

Are you serious?

Praising his acting? Comparing one to elevate the other? Is that not going too far?

As if no one knew, did Lin Chuyan not get in through your connections, Director Yang Yang?

Everyone is about the same, what are you pretending for?

This is intolerable...

He did not intend to do anything, but if he did not vent a little, he would feel really unhappy.

He glanced sideways at Lin Chuyan, who was eating with his head down, and smiled:

"That is true. After all, Teacher Lin is someone who has made a Spring Festival Movie Season film. This point is definitely incomparable, and it is worth us newcomers learning from him."

Once these words were out, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became strange.

You do not hit people in the face, but he was making Lin Chuyan lose face in front of so many people? They had not heard of any grudge between these two after filming for so many days, right?

Director Yang Yang squinted and did not speak.

Shi Shilan was stunned, and then felt a bit angry.

The other actors held a wait-and-see attitude.

Lin Chuyan had been focused on his meal, not expecting the topic to suddenly turn to him, and, why was someone being so passive-aggressive?

He swallowed the bite of rice in his mouth and smiled innocently:

"My movie flopped, so do not learn from me, and do not misinterpret what Director Yang Yang meant. Director Yang Yang said your eye acting is not good, that you are not as good as me in this regard, and you need to practice more. Even if you do not believe me, you should believe Director Yang Yang, right? Keep it up, you are younger than me. As long as you do not step into the pits I have stepped into, you will definitely have a better future than me. Right, Director Yang Yang?"

Who does not know his dark history? Hiding it is the worst strategy; it is better to be open about it.

Lin Chuyan did not want people to keep using this against him, so it was better to just admit it.

I have admitted it, and if you keep harping on it, who is the small-minded one?

Director Yang Yang found it funny.

This Lin Chuyan, every sentence includes "Director Yang Yang".

He did not mind adding a stab: "Lin Chuyan is right."

So Zhou Qi held it in for a long time, and finally only managed to squeeze out a few words: "Thanks, Teacher Lin."

Look, he still has to thank us.

Lin Chuyan smiled: "You are welcome. Film well this afternoon, do not be affected by me."

Shi Shilan lowered her head and started eating again, but the smile on her face could not be stopped.

In the afternoon.

Do not know if it was because he was stimulated, but Zhou Qi's state was a bit crazed. Lin Chuyan felt that he definitely deserved half the credit for the medal.

"Okay, cut."

Zhou Qi's eyes looked like he was about to eat Shi Shilan up.

Director Yang Yang did not overthink it anymore. Let it be; at least it was better than the flatness before, and it could be considered consistent with the character's mental state under excitement.

Anyway, as long as the drama is good, the blame is not on him.

There are too many dramas where the second male lead acts better than the first, so it is not a big problem.

...

Lin Chuyan stayed on set until quite late before returning to the hotel. On the way, he took the time to call his mom and transferred 100,000 yuan to her.

Although he estimated they would not be able to spend that much money, they would most likely just save it.

Back at the hotel, he hugged his Guitar and started practicing. This was his fixed routine every night recently. After adding 5 points to it, he practiced it steadily. He felt his progress was okay, and like the Five-Step Fist, practicing it felt like achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Besides that, there was a fixed project he never expected—ever since that voice call with Ruan Xingyu, the two of them had developed the habit of having one every night before bed. He did not know who started it.

Xingxing: "Are you free?"

Lin: "Coming."

The next second, Lin Chuyan made a call.

The background noise on Ruan Xingyu's end was a bit noisy.

"What are you doing?"

"Can you not tell? Hahaha, I am watching your old talent show."

After saying that, the sound of opening a drink came through.

"Why are you drinking???"

"Hee hee hee." Ruan Xingyu could not help but laugh softly, "It is really good."

"Which part is good?"

"I am only watching your clips, oh."

"Oh, so it turns out I look good."

"Hahaha." Ruan Xingyu started laughing again, "You were so silly back then, Lin Chuyan."

"Everyone has a dark history."

"Really? I do not think I have one."

Lin Chuyan recalled that Ruan Xingyu really did not have any dark history after all these years of debut.

There were plenty of negative rumors, but they were all debunked in the end.

"Speaking of which, someone was being passive-aggressive about my dark history today."

Lin Chuyan told her what happened today, but did not expect Ruan Xingyu's focus to be completely elsewhere.

"So, is the female lead pretty?"

"She is okay, the pure and cute type."

Lin Chuyan's specialty was telling the truth.

Ruan Xingyu's tone was inexplicably light and affected, as if teasing: "Oh? Did someone get their heart moved?"

"You definitely will not believe it, but the female lead is actually my fan."

"Ah?"

"She said she voted for me before, supported me, and even saw me offline several times. You tell me, is that not a coincidence?"

"Hmph, hmph." Ruan Xingyu started making cute nasal sounds again, finally summarizing the matter with a serious tone.

"Lin Chuyan, you have so many female fans!"

"...My total Weibo follower count does not even add up to a fraction of yours, okay."

"Mine are all music fans; yours are visual fans."

"That is impossible! I follow you too, and I am not your music fan." Lin Chuyan paused, then continued, "I am your visual fan."

"Hee hee hee hee hee."

Ruan Xingyu held her phone, rolling on the bed happily.

Even though she could hear compliments from all kinds of people around her every day, why did none of them add up to this one sentence from Lin Chuyan?