18.
In the past few days, when Zhuang Qin had free time from work, he wasn’t idle.
In the film, there was a small amount of Thai dialogue; not too much. Most were dialogues with neighbors, street vendors, and the police. But, it was after all an unfamiliar language. An Ke has been in Southeast Asia for ten years and should be very proficient in speaking. If he plays him by himself, it is naturally impossible to find someone to voice over for him later. So he can only do his homework in advance.
He marked the Chinese lines and Thai pronunciation in the book and listened to voice exercises every day.
In addition, he also bought a few short pure white T-shirts for filming off the Internet. What are the habits of this character and how does he act? He pictured all these in his mind.
To realize this persona, it was not enough to only rely on his acting. Of course, the general crew was equipped with a costume team and a makeup artist.
His role was relatively simple compared to Li Mu’s. Jiang Zhuo’s role required learning how to shoot, fight, darts… and even vegetable cutting skills.
Their rehearsal was scheduled for 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, but where it would be held was still unknown.
“There are paparazzi cars outside my neighborhood all year round, so I may not be able to go to the hotel. “Zhuang Qin sent this message.
Li Mu: “Okay. ”
Zhuang Qin silently waited for his next sentence, but after waiting for five minutes, there was still no reply.
He had to send another message: “Where shall we meet? ”
After more than ten seconds, Li Mu replied: “You decide. ”
Zhuang Qin: “… let me think about it. ”
Rehearsing was a very personal matter. It was definitely not possible in noisy places. Coffee shops and the like were too open. The private rooms of clubs were soundproof, but he doesn’t have a driver’s license and doesn’t have a car. Xiao Lian finally took a vacation, and did he really want to call him back because of a personal matter?
Just as he was thinking about what method was appropriate, a message came from the other end: “Where is your home? ”
Want to come to my house to rehearse?
Zhuang Qin was taken aback and didn’t know how to reply for a while. He asked Director Guo to come over the other day for a reason and he was easy-going. Li Mu was different.
He doesn’t look like the kind of person who would offer to come to his home to rehearse.
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After thinking for a while, Zhuang Qin finally sent the address.
“In this community, I live in Building A, Unit 3 on the 17th floor. There is security. Are you driving here?”
“Driving. ”
“Then report my house number when you enter the underground parking lot. I will ask the security guard to open the door for you. We also have access control downstairs. I will pick you up in the underground garage when you arrive tomorrow. ”
Li Mu understood that as a public figure, he did not dare to go out and replied“ “Okay. ”
Zhuang Qin: “Then which scene are you interested in? In the shooting plan, the shooting starts from the middle stage… We can go through the lines from the first scene first, and then follow the shooting plan if we have extra time. ”
Li Mu: “Listen to you. ”
Unexpectedly, Li Mu was not the type he imagined. Although he only sends very few words in the chat, he had an easy-going temperament.
Zhuang Qin arranged everything. He started to clean the house in the evening. The aunty had already come to clean it once two days ago, but he liked to put things everywhere, and the house got a bit messy.
After tidying up the first floor, he used a vacuum cleaner for another half an hour and finally turned on the sweeping robot switch. Zhuang Qin then went upstairs and sat on the small sofa next to the bed and recited his lines alone.
Not only does he read the lines, but he had to read them out. Many lines look fine when they are written out, so you can only know if there is a problem if you read them out.
The next morning.
Zhuang Qin got up and fried eggs. He cut some salad to eat it with; he took out the steak from the refrigerator and also fried it. He basically didn’t know how to cook and can only do these simple things. After eating, he continued to read the script. He jogged on the treadmill for two hours and memorized his lines while running.
When Li Mu sent a message that he was downstairs, Zhuang Qin had just finished taking a shower.
Eh?
Why did you come an hour early? Didn’t you say three o’clock?
Zhuang Qin was afraid that he would have to wait for a long time so he only put on a long cotton-padded jacket on top of his pajamas and took the elevator down. Their community had one elevator per household. To enter the elevator, you have to swipe your card and press the house number.
The elevator door opened and Zhuang Qin walked out. He didn’t see anyone but noticed a black luxury car that pressed its horn.
The license plate number starts with Ji and comes from Hebei.
Zhuang Qin looked over, not very sure. He could vaguely see that the driver was not Li Mu.
There are many luxury cars in their community. Although this one was relatively rare, it was not without this type of car.
He texted: “I can’t find you. Is the Ji license plate yours? ”
There was no reply, but the car door at the back seat of the Ji plated car opened.
Zhuang Qin walked over and saw Li Mu – who was wearing an off-white coat and sitting in the back seat. The driver was a middle-aged man.
“Hello.” Zhuang Qin said.
Li Mu was a little surprised when he saw him wearing only a padded jacket over pajamas and didn’t wear a hat: “Get in the car first. ”
“Oh…” Zhuang Qin sat down, a little bewildered. He should get in the car?
He didn’t react until the driver started the car.
Could it be that he asked for his address yesterday, not because he wanted to come to his house to rehearse?
”Why are you wearing pajamas?”
“I was in a hurry when I went out, so I forgot…” Zhuang Qin dared not imagine the consequences of dressing this way if he was recognized and photographed.
“I seem to have forgotten to bring the script… but I have it on my phone, so I have no problem with the lines.” Zhuang Qin thought. He didn’t even wear a mask so the probability of being recognized was very high, “Where are we going now?” ”
Li Mu replied: “The office building of my friend’s company. ”
Qiu Ming’s newly established media company had merged and acquired a small brokerage company and leased their Grade A office building.
“What? Are there a lot of people in that company? Will I be allowed in if I’m dressed this way”. Seeing the car drive out of the parking lot, Zhuang Qin said stiffly, “I’m the only one in my house, and it’s still very close. Why don’t you just come to my house?”
Li Mu looked at him.
Zhuang Qin put his hand in his pocket, a little uneasy.
Li Mu asked the driver to turn around and return to the parking lot.
After turning around, the previous way reappeared.
After getting out of the car, Li Mu first asked the driver to leave and went upstairs with Zhuang Qin. The elevator was access controlled, and there was a fingerprint lock when entering the door. Zhuang Qin took out a pair of new slippers. He said, “The house is a bit small, but make yourself comfortable”
Zhuang Qin washed his hands and opened the refrigerator: “I have hot water, mineral water, juice, yogurt, and a coffee machine here, but I haven’t used that yet. Which one do you want to drink? ”
“Mineral water is fine”. The decoration style of this home was modern and simple. The furniture was mostly white and there were a lot of colorful succulents on the balcony. There was a green broad-leaved plant next to the sofa and there were a few photos hanging on the wall. Such as a family group photo. It was a large family of six people.
Seeing him standing, Zhuang Qin pointed to the sofa: “You can sit down. ”
Li Mu nodded. He didn’t look too much at the furnishings in the house and sat with the script on his lap.
Zhuang Qin washed the fruit and put it in the fruit tray; he handed him the water and took off his coat and hung it. He then sat on the sofa seat next to him while maintaining a certain distance.
“We’ll start directly from the…….fourth scene, right? “Zhuang Qin opened his script which was plastered with red and green notes, “First, we’ll read it to scene 40, then take a break and then continue later.”
The first 4 scenes were all action scenes of fleeing and gun battles on the streets with only supporting character lines of: “He’s there! ”
It can be skipped directly.
[Scene 5/Outside the house/During the day]
Jiang Zhuo was pressing down the bleeding wound on his abdomen and leaning against the wall of a quiet corridor. He held a pistol tightly in his hand and looked in the direction of the exit.
An Ke was playing the harmonica at home as usual. Suddenly, he heard something and opened the door in the living room.
In front of his blurred sight; there was an obstacle.
An Ke: Are you here to repair the plumbing?
Jiang Zhuo narrowed his eyes and turned his head to stare at him dangerously.
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Zhuang Qin gradually entered the state. He could pick up the lines without having to constantly look at the script. While reciting lines, he also performed some actions according to the script description. For example, take eating: he also picked up an apple and bit it while blowing a harmonica. He just bought the harmonica, but it was very difficult to play, so he just mimicked the movements.
Li Mu has an excellent memory and was not dependent on the script.
Zhuang Qin found that he was very smooth with his lines and looked very familiar with them. There was almost no stuck state and his tone was very close to the character itself.
Two hours passed, and the lines reached the middle and back paragraphs.
The intimate scenes became more.
In the first kiss scene, the killer took the initiative and the boy acquiesced. Zhuang Qin’s eyes darted across the description: “There are no lines here, let’s turn the page. ”
He caught a glimpse of Li Mu’s slightly frowning expression and guessed that he should be dissatisfied with this paragraph.
Zhuang Qin tentatively said: “Actually, I think the kissing scene is a bit redundant. ”
Li Mu took a sip of mineral water to moisten his throat: “It’s okay. ”
Huh?
Li Mu: “Let’s continue from the eighty-fifth scene here. ”
The two of them sat naked in a narrow bathtub, soaking beside each other. An Ke’s eyes shifted and touched the scars on Jiang Zhuo’s body. His back was covered with various scars. An Ke asked him “Why do you want to kill people?” ”
Zhuang Qin read the words, his tone a little unstable. He thought to himself that he was lucky it was just to read lines. No need to do the movements.
Jiang Zhuo: “Everyone has an identity. I am a killer and get paid to do things. ”
“You are not doing it for money. ” An Ke knew that he had killed someone. It was the bad guy who came to his uncle’s door to collect debts. The bad guy was unfortunate enough to hit the gun of a professional killer and said something that angered him. Jiang Zhuo didn’t say a word of nonsense. As he walked over, the fruit knife on the table disappeared, and the bad guy opened his eyes and fell to the ground.
He skillfully packed and collected the body, and drove out at night to throw the body bag into the sea.
An Ke: “You did it for me. ”
Here was the second kiss scene.
The empty shot at the end was of the water from the bathtub, which flowed onto the tiles and into the drainage.
After the eighty-sixth scene, they’re in bed, shirtless, with one person leaning into the other’s arms. An Ke questions his identity and asks why he’s here, and if he would leave.
“If you want to leave, can you take me with you? ”
At this point, his feelings were tinged with a morbid dependence, but they were also very simple. Zhuang Qin recited his lines and felt that his handling here was not very good.
He has never been in a relationship and during the filming of the first two dramas, he was hardly exposed to emotional scenes.
He was unsure of how to handle it.
Li Mu read the last paragraph and looked at him.
Zhuang Qin said, “I can’t find the feeling in this paragraph. Let’s do it again? ”
The two of them repeated the right words several times, but Zhuang Qin still couldn’t find the correct tone of voice.
An Ke’s uncle is a drug dealer and at the same time, he also has a big addiction himself. There are often inexplicable people in his family. Two of them will harass him, and his uncle is very useless. He should admire people like Jiang Zhuo very much, because deep in his own heart, there is also a gene of violence.
The human heart was very complicated, and it was extremely difficult to analyze deeply.
Unable to find the feeling, Zhuang Qin became agitated. Although he didn’t show it on his face, his speed of speaking became faster.
He kept drinking water: “Go again. ”
Li Mu cooperated with him.
An hour later, Li Mu said, “This won’t work. Let’s take a break first. ”
Zhuang Qin came back to his senses a bit. He realized that he was a bit out of it.
“Sorry. ” Although he was not a director, he obviously had the director’s control and acumen for the role. He knows what’s wrong with him.
Li Mu said it was okay, and Zhuang Qin stood up: “I’ve been sitting for too long. I’ll get up and move around. ”
While twisting his wrist, he looked out to the darkening sky outside the window, and then looked at the clock on the wall: “It’s seven o’clock. It’s late. Should we stop here for today? ”
“I’ll try it with you one more time, then we’ll stop. ”
“Ok. “Zhuang Qin went upstairs to the bathroom and faced the mirror for five minutes to sort out his emotions.
He looked at the mirror and using self-hypnosis, entered into the state again.
When he came downstairs, Li Mu sat on the sofa and asked him, “How will you solve dinner? ”
“There’s steak in the refrigerator. ”
Li Mu looked down at his watch: “I’ll take you out to eat and bring you back. ”
Zhuang Qin paused and nodded.
Li Mu beckoned him over: “The last time you had not been able to find the feeling, so let’s directly confront the scene. ”
To fully enact this scene……
You need to add the movements.
What is the eighty-sixth scene of this paragraph again?
Oh… right, he is leaning in the arms of Jiang Zhuo, naked.
Zhuang Qin struggled to sort out his emotions. Impetuously, his face turned red: “Do you want to…undress? ”
