The next day, the two bosses of Tangren Film and Television gathered on the set.
It’s still the same scene as yesterday, the same actors as yesterday, and the same play as yesterday.

Before the filming began, Liu Pinyan hugged Liu Xixi's waist and cried softly.

It was her first time to act in a costume drama and she was extremely excited, especially when she saw herself in the mirror in a red dress and beautiful makeup. It was the first time she discovered that she could be so beautiful.

Not to mention him, even Mr. Wang Lujiang who played Liu Jinyuan was the same.

He particularly likes his top scholar outfit.

After the show yesterday, everyone took off their makeup and costumes together. He left with an excuse and couldn't be found for more than two hours.

It wasn't until Zhang Yuan led the makeup artist to knock on his hotel room door that they discovered this guy was posing in the room and taking selfies with a camera...

Anyway, the scene was very embarrassing.

He saw Wang Lujiang almost digging through the hotel floor with his toes covered in white cotton socks to add a few extra rooms for the residents downstairs.

Wang Lujiang is already in his thirties now, and he still looks so handsome when he occasionally wears ancient costumes, let alone Liu Pinyan, a fifteen-year-old girl.

"Xixi, I'm going to be fired from the crew..."

"Call my sister."

"Sister Sissi, I'm going to be fired from the crew."

"Hey hey hey..."

Liu Xixi caught a younger one and took advantage of the older ones.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who said the crew is going to fire you?" Director Wu stepped forward to comfort her.

Having a role snatched away during the audition can already make an actor extremely uncomfortable, and being temporarily replaced after filming begins is even worse.

Just like looking for a job, failing the interview is one thing, but being asked to leave the company after the internship period is over is really painful.

"I just want your sister An Yixuan to try out the character of Lin Yueru."

"Ah..." Liu Pinyan cried so hard that snot bubbles came out of his nose.

Li Guoli and Cai Yinong looked at each other.

"There's no need to act, it's just Anu."

"Um……"

Boss Cai looked at Zhang Yuan who was reciting the script.

"He still has a sharp eye." Boss Cai said with a smile: "I saw it before the filming even started. Liu Pinyan is more suitable for the role of Anu."

"Yeah." Li Guoli sighed, feeling that Zhang Yuan was increasingly difficult to deal with.

He holds dual positions as a director and the boss of a film and television company. With these two positions in his hands, he completely crushes ordinary actors, and all the actors obey his orders.

But when it came to Zhang Yuan, he found that neither of his two identities was useful.

After all, he has an identity that can suppress the director and the boss, and that is investor.

But what made Director Li most uncomfortable was that after Zhang Yuan raised opinions on the casting and was rejected by him, he did not confront him head-on using his status as an investor.

Not only that, now that his statement has been confirmed, this person did not jump up and pretend to be a big deal, but instead acted as if all this did not exist.

This is what bothers him the most.

What the other person said is right and his attitude is okay, what would you do?
When you encounter any disagreements in the future, will you still have the nerve to turn against others?
This was Zhang Yuan's plan. After all, he was coveting the Sugar Man Company, so he had to make friends with these two to have a chance to take advantage of the situation.

"All departments are in place!"

Both bosses are present today, so the crew members are working extra hard.

As the saying goes, if you don’t hit the lazy and stupid, you won’t be able to hit the blind.

Anyone who slacks off when the boss is present is considered blind.

"ACTION!"

"Okay, a great man should not bear grudges." Zhang Yuan looked straight ahead just like he did yesterday, not even looking at An Yixuan, who played Lin Yueru, as the wine glass was handed to him.

"Hey!" An Yixuan stood up angrily.

But unlike Liu Pinyan's performance yesterday, Miss An not only raised her hand and slapped the table, but also glared and raised her eyebrows.

That kind of rude energy came at me in an instant.

"Cousin, after all, Mr. Li was injured because of you. You should drink this glass of wine."

Teacher Wang Lujiang, who plays Liu Jinyuan, persuaded him slowly and softly.

You know what, this guy who is usually lively and gossipy, can play the role of the well-behaved top scholar without any misstep.

After all, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not Jin Yong's novel, and Liu Jinyuan, the cousin of the heroine, does not fit the template of a negative character, although the ending is still not good.

"Who are you helping now?" An Yixuan said to Liu Jinyuan with a stern face, not taking the top scholar seriously at all.

This arrogant and domineering attitude was clearly written on his face, and it was very natural.

"I tell you, this bastard has it all his own fault."

"Then do you want me to stab you with the sword and see if I can give it a try?" Zhang Yuan said sarcastically.

"Then why don't you just sit here and eat your meal?"

"That was all thanks to my Ling'er."

"Then who's afraid of who?" An Yixuan looked at him aggressively with a pair of round eyes, not backing down at all.

"Cut!" Wu Jingyuan shouted, and then clapped his hands: "Good, very good!"

correct!

This taste is just right.

What is the relationship between Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru?
A pair of happy enemies!

One of them called the other a stinky egg, and the other called the other a bad girl. They went from being strangers to traveling around the world together.

Unlike Zhao Linger's loyal waiting, the two of them went from playmates to lovers.

What we want is this kind of lively scene where everyone is unwilling to accept each other and there is a lot of noise.

Red roses, as they should be.

"Director Li, President Cai, how is it?" Wu Jingyuan came to the two bosses and asked.

They both nodded.

They looked so similar and completely matched their fantasy of Lin Yueru.

"Zhang Yuan, come here." Boss Cai called him.

"Boss Cai, what's the matter?"

"You acted very well." Cai Yinong looked him up and down and found that Zhang Yuan looked more ruffian than on the first day of filming.

"After just a few days, he has integrated better with the role..."

"I want to ask you something." Aunt Cai asked, "How did you see that An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan were suitable for each other's roles?"

Zhang Yuan thought about it. He couldn’t say that he had seen it in his previous life.

So I found a very reasonable excuse.

"Boss Cai, Director Li, the theme of our play is fate."

“At the same time, the content of the story is the growth process of each character on the road to his or her destiny.”

“Since it’s about growth, we have to create a contrast between before and after growth to make the character more vivid.”

"The more innocent and lovely Zhao Linger was in the early stage, the more it showed her greatness when she sacrificed for the people."

"Similarly, the more unruly and headstrong Lin Yueru was in the early stages, the more it reflected her sadness when she was willing to sacrifice for love."

"Anu must become more innocent like a child to highlight her determination when she and her lover finally transform into a pair of lovebirds."

"In short, the greater the contrast between the characters before and after, the more it can reflect the emotional and mental growth of the characters."

"Compared to An Yixuan, Liu Pinyan is more innocent, and An Yixuan is more bright and beautiful than Liu Pinyan. Only by exchanging the two can they better fit the characters."

Director Wu nodded vigorously. That’s very well said!

It’s exactly the same as my idea!
During the previous filming, he felt that there was a difference in the tone between the two characters of Anu and Lin Yueru, and this tone was the difference in the characters' personalities.

It's actually very simple.

What is An Yixuan’s family background?
Her grandmother is a famous landlady in Taiwan, and her father is the owner of a security company. Looking at Lin Yueru, the Lin family is powerful and influential in the local area, and is involved in both black and white. Putting aside the background of the times, An Yixuan's character template is almost exactly the same as Lin Yueru.

Just like when Liu Xixi acted in a TV series for the first time, why did everyone think she performed pretty well?

Because the character of Bai Xiuzhu in "The Story of a Noble Family" is 70% similar to herself, she played herself most of the time.

And what about Liu Pinyan’s life?

She was a single parent and was taken care of by her mother, but her mother went abroad to work to make money, so she sent her to live with her brother and a female pastor.

The character of Anu is also a single parent in the TV series, and is raised by the Holy Maiden of Nanzhao Kingdom, who is actually her biological mother, played by Ms. Li Lizhen.

You see, the actor himself was raised by a female priest since childhood, while the character was raised by a saint. Both of the raisers have religious characteristics, which is a high degree of overlap.

It would be a waste of her life if she wasn't allowed to act.

Just let Ms. Li Lizhen play the role of the Saint... Anyway, this Saint is very big.

And judging from their life trajectories, Liu Pinyan and Shu Chang are actually somewhat similar. Both are single parents, made their debut as singers, and then switched to acting careers.

Liu Pinyan was lucky in that she knew an aunt whose daughter was Ou Di's ex-girlfriend Kawashima Masuyo.

When Ou Di went to serve in the military, he entrusted this girl to his friend Time Assassin to take care of her. As a result, he was stabbed in the back, and his girlfriend was "stabbed"...

Zhang Yuan always thought that crosstalk was made up, but he didn't expect that "To Entrust Wife and Son" was actually true.

In short, it was through this person's introduction that she and Joanne Tseng became a member of the "SWEETY" group. A few years later, the song "Sakura Rain" became popular all over the country during the ringtone era, which also made her famous for a while.

"Director Li?" Boss Cai saw that Li Guoli was in a daze after Zhang Yuan finished speaking, so he pushed him with his elbow.

"what?"

"what happened?"

"nothing."

Li Guoli thought, it seems that I am too stingy!
It turns out that people have been considering the effect of the film rather than personal preference. Zhang Yuan's explanation was also recognized by him.

The growth curve of a character is like that of stocks. The lower the buying point and the higher the selling point, the greater the profit.

So to make a character full, just like what Zhang Yuan said, you have to strengthen the contrast.

"What he said makes sense," Li Guoli added.

"Okay, then let's follow Zhang Yuan's advice and swap the roles of An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan."

Boss Cai looked at Director Wu and said, "The loss isn't that big now, is it?"

"About two days' work."

It would cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars for two days. Boss Cai felt a little distressed, but for the sake of the film's effect, she nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Then she turned her head and looked at Li Guoli while complaining, "Wouldn't it have been better if I had listened to him earlier?"

Director Li:......

Okay, okay, that's how you are, you always stick your elbow out.

Li Guoli doesn't understand Boss Cai yet. Once she gets angry, no one can persuade her.

Now she likes Zhang Yuan and thinks everything he does is good.

Several company executives did not notice that there was a sneaky figure lurking in the corner, eavesdropping on their conversation.

When this figure heard Boss Cai say, "Then let's do as Zhang Yuan said and swap the roles of An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan," his face fell.

Then he ran back to Liu Qianqian with a bitter face.

"Sister Sissi..."

It was Liu Pinyan whose role had just been changed.

Indeed, Anu is also an important character, but whether in the game or the TV series, she is the third female character, while Lin Yueru is the second female character!

Her status has obviously declined, so she is naturally unhappy.

Then he puffed out his cheeks and secretly glanced at Zhang Yuan not far away.

Liu Qianqian followed her gaze and asked.

"what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Liu Pinyan knew that Zhang Yuan not only had a share in the film, but was also acquainted with the bigwigs in Taiwan. He could not afford to offend him and could only sulk.

She is still young. If it were someone like Fan Bingbing, not only would she not show it on her face, she would even be able to chat and laugh.

The issues regarding the roles of Lin Yueru and Yu Anu have been resolved, but the drama still has to be filmed.

On this day, the scene filmed was Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru, and Liu Jinyuan searching for Zhao Linger along the way.

Lin Yueru still has the temper of the eldest daughter of the Lin family and is unwilling to eat steamed buns, which are food only eaten by "lower class people".

But because she was so hungry, she finally picked up the steamed bun covered with mud that Li Xiaoyao had thrown on the ground and started eating it.

At the same time, this also became a turning point in Lin Yueru's character. From this moment on, the young lady put aside her pampered nature and became a chivalrous woman who roamed the world with Li Xiaoyao.

"Oh, I'm so full. So full." Zhang Yuan said while eating a steamed bun, leaning against a huge tree with a rough bark.

"Cut!" Director Wu called for a stop: "That's enough."

"It's An Yixuan's turn to eat steamed buns. Let's get the props."

The props guy took out a big, white, plump steamed bun from a transparent plastic bag, and then...

Bang!

Throw it directly onto the ground on the set.

The current shooting location is in the woods near Hengdian, and the ground is covered with yellow soil.

The originally wet steamed bun rolled on the ground and was covered with yellow mud in all directions.

Not only that, less than half a minute after it was thrown on the ground, ants started crawling up.

Ant: Thank you for the gift from nature!
"Yixuan, you rush over in a moment, pick up the bun on the ground, and bite it viciously."

"Remember, bite hard, as if you haven't eaten for ten days."

An Yixuan glanced at the steamed buns on the ground and nodded with great embarrassment.

"ACTION!"

Soon after, the camera opened again.

An Yixuan crawled towards the dirty steamed bun step by step.

He used his hands and feet, but took three steps back and was extremely conflicted.

Hunger, inner conflict, these performances are all there, but not much, and only on the surface. This seems to be a common problem among actors from Taiwan.

Zhang Yuan watched from the side and felt that her performance was not much different from that of her love rival Xu Xiyuan in later life.

Oh, maybe he shouldn’t be called a love rival. It would be more appropriate to call him a benefactor. After all, he helped her take on such a big bomb and allowed her to successfully avoid the mother and son.

An Yixuan's fingers touched the dirty bun, and she grabbed it and was about to stuff it into her mouth, then...

vomit……

"Card!"

Director Wu stood up: "What's wrong?"

"It's too dirty, I can't eat it!" An Yixuan frowned and almost cried.

If it were Zhang Yuan himself, he would definitely grit his teeth, close his eyes, and start chewing it.

But An Yixuan had been raised in wealth and had very good conditions since childhood, so she couldn't afford to suffer such a loss.

"We're filming a scene. If you take a bite, we'll immediately call cut. You don't have to eat it."

"I can't stand it..."

This pampered look is exactly like Lin Yueru!

"Director Wu." At this time, Zhang Yuan patted the director on the shoulder.

"Forget it." Zhang Yuan advised.

"never mind?"

"We have to shoot that scene. It's quite important."

Ever since the role change, Director Wu has been extra polite to him.

"I'm not saying I won't shoot anymore, I'm just saying I won't shoot it this way."

Zhang Yuan gestured: "Separate the lenses."

"Stop after she picks up the bun, and add a shot of her eating it. Just don't take a whole shot."

"Then replace the buns with clean ones in the eating scenes."

"Then you won't accept the role." Director Wu hesitated, "One second it was dirty, and the next second it was clean again."

"Put some makeup on the steamed buns." Zhang Yuan turned around and asked, "Who has chocolate?"

An Yixuan, who was squatting on the ground, raised her hand and said, "I have it with me."

He walked up and took a chocolate bar from the other person.

Zhang Yuan unwrapped the chocolate bar and stuffed it into An Yixuan's mouth.

"Open your mouth, eat it, and hold it in your mouth."

"Woooooooo..."

"Has it melted?"

An Yixuan nodded.

"lick."

Zhang Yuan handed her a clean steamed bun. An Yixuan took a look and understood what she meant.

After a while, a steamed bun covered with chocolate was ready. From a distance it looked about 70% like the one covered with mud.

"Hey!" Director Wu said in surprise.

"Not only can he act, he can also do the storyboard design and prop making..."

"This kid knows so much and his brain is so quick."

"It's really good."

Although there was a lot of saliva in the chocolate on the steamed bun, Miss An couldn't despise herself.

Director Wu followed Zhang Yuan's instructions and finished the scene after just two or three takes, saving a lot of time.

While the crew was adjusting the camera, An Yixuan came to his side with her hands behind her back and a smile on her face.

"Thank you just now."

[Received thanks from An Yixuan, temperament +1, appearance +1! ]

"It's okay. Uncle Wu Dun asked me to take care of you. It's all my duty."

Zhang Yuan: These are all big brother’s tasks.

"Hehe, I still have to thank you, but..." Miss An touched her throat and said, "Next time when you feed me chocolate, can you not poke it so hard? It's hitting my throat."

"Just get used to it."

"Does this take getting used to?"

"It will be useful in the future." Zhang Yuan said confidently.

After the two switched roles, the filming went relatively smoothly, especially Liu Pinyan's role.

The character of Anu is silly and cute, and no big problems occurred.

But just as Zhang Yuan saw, An Yixuan's shortcomings in acting experience and ability were finally exposed as the filming progressed... (End of this chapter)