Chinese Entertainment 2014: Young Actresses Are Becoming Dazzling

Chapter 96 My First Love Girlfriend Gets Angry

"Isn't it true? Didn't you ask me if I knew what the first scene was? I'm just checking with you."

"Verify?!" Chen Duling's ears were already bright red. "If you're going to verify, then verify properly. Why are you hugging me?!"

"Xu Yi said those words while holding Li Er; that's how it's written in the script."

Chen Duling glared at him, but her usually intimidating eyes were completely devoid of any threat. The corners of her mouth were uncontrollably turning upwards, making her look exactly like a first love who had been angered.

She tried hard to put on a stern face and be fierce towards him, but the surge of emotion welling up from the bottom of her heart because of Su Yu's words made it impossible for her to make any angry expression.

Finally, she could only stomp on his foot again, then clutching the script, she turned and ran. She ran several steps before turning back and shouting at him:

"You just wait, Hassan! I won't let you off easy when the actual filming starts!"

Su Yu watched her retreating figure, then patted the shoe print on his shoes with a smile.

"Director Su, I'm back!"

Su Youpeng was about to go out to see if Su Yu had arrived when he bumped into Chen Duling, who was running away. He looked at her back with some surprise but didn't notice Su Yu at the door. Su Yu called out to him, and only then did he notice that Su Yu was at the door.

"Su Yu! You're finally back!"

Su Youpeng strode forward and gave Su Yu a tight hug. "Enough with the chit-chat, are you ready?"

"Hey, why are you always in such a hurry?"

Su Yu had long regarded him as an older brother, so he spoke without restraint, with a hint of accusation:

"Look how tired those two outside are. My filming schedule is so tight this week too."

"Sigh, I didn't want to either, but time is tight and the task is heavy. The distributor wants to release it in the summer next year, and the current season and time are just right, so I have no choice but to make do with this."

Su Yu nodded helplessly, which was considered as acknowledging his reason.

......

The scene for the first scene was set under a very old camphor tree. The trunk was so thick that it would take two people to hug it. The canopy blocked out the sun, and sunlight filtered through the gaps in the branches and leaves, spreading a layer of shattered gold on the ground.

There was an old stone bench under the tree, with a thin layer of camphor leaves on its surface.

The staff set up reflectors around the shade of the trees, and several extras took their positions according to their roles.

Chen Duling had already changed into Li Er's costume, her hair was tied in a low ponytail, her face was bare, and she only had a light layer of lipstick on her lips.

She stood under the camphor tree, clutching the script in her hand, silently reciting her lines.

Su Yu had also changed his clothes, wrapped in a thick coat and wearing a scarf. He looked completely different from the sunny and clean-cut school heartthrob he had been before, with an added layer of subtle gloom.

Su Youpeng sat behind the monitor, holding a cup of hot coffee, with Rao Xueman sitting next to him. Both of them had an expression of barely suppressed anticipation on their faces.

This scene is the core turning point in the later relationship between Xu Yi and Li Er, and it is also a major scene that he has been waiting for a long time. It can be said to be very important!

But he also knew, of course, that with Su Yu around, there was nothing to worry about.

He exchanged a glance with the assistant director, then raised the megaphone.

"All departments, prepare—Action!"

Su Yu stood under the camphor tree, head bowed, back slightly hunched.

His hands were in his coat pockets, his fingers clenching and unclenching through the fabric.

This detail wasn't in the script, but Su Yu used a very small gesture to externalize Xu Yi's inner struggle and expectations.

Chen Duling stood right in front of him.

Just moments ago, she was clutching the script with an air of "I won't let you get away with this," but now she suddenly became flustered.

Of course it wasn't acting. Whenever Su Yu got serious, she would be drawn in by his magnetic field and couldn't distinguish between acting and reality.

Now Su Yu stood before her, sunlight filtering through the leaves and falling on his slightly lowered eyelashes. Everything fell silent, as if the whole world was waiting for Su Yu to speak.

Then Su Yu raised his head and looked at Chen Duling, and from that moment on, Chen Duling's heartbeat completely lost its steady rhythm.

"Li Er".

Su Yu called her name, his voice not loud, but it sounded exceptionally clear under the trees where you could hear a pin drop.

Xu Yi's downfall was not a sudden collapse, but it was from this line that people began to see through him completely. He needed someone to pull him back, and the girl in front of him, Li Er, was the only one who was still standing there and had not left.

Su Yu took another step forward, and Chen Duling subconsciously took a small step back, her back pressed against the rough trunk of the camphor tree.

Su Yu didn't stop; he reached out his hand, which he had been clenching in his pocket for a long time, his movements somewhat hurried:

"Li Er, be my girlfriend!"

Not only his actions, but Su Yu's tone also carried a hint of urgency, like a drowning person desperately trying to grab onto a piece of driftwood.

The film set was so quiet that only the camphor tree leaves rustled in the wind.

At this moment, only one thought remained in Chen Duling's mind: Promise him.

It wasn't Li Er who wanted to agree to Xu Yi's request; it was Chen Duling who wanted to agree to Su Yu's request.

The voice came so suddenly and so naturally, like a thought that had been dormant in some corner of the heart for a long time, just waiting to break through the soil upon hearing these words.

Her lips parted slightly, her eyes filled with the genuine joy and excitement that his words had conveyed.

Like the most instinctive reaction of a teenage girl when her crush confesses his love, her clear mind is tinged with an unconcealable panic.

But the character of Yi Er in the script shouldn't be like this.

Su Youpeng had repeatedly explained this scene to her beforehand, precisely because he was afraid such a thing would happen. He pointed to each line as he spoke to her:

"Du Ling, remember this: Li Er agreed to Xu Yi's request not simply because I like you!"

Although Xu Yi is still the white moonlight you used to have a crush on, he is now broken, a mess that was ruined by Li Bala and then abandoned by the whole world!

Li Er agreed to his request because she wanted to save him. Your eyes need to convey that heartache, a hint of wanting to pull this boy out of the mire. Your affection should be minimal, almost imperceptible, understand?

Of course she understood.

Su Youpeng's analysis was accurate and insightful; she even took a page of notes in her notebook at the time.

But when the actual filming started and Su Yu hugged her, she lost all reason.

They had long since forgotten about Su Youpeng's instructions.

"Click!"

Su Youpeng's voice came from behind the monitor, tinged with a hint of confusion, and I knew it meant the same relief:

"Hey, Duling, that look in your eyes is off! Think about it again, Li Er wanted to help him up, not kiss him! Your expression is too happy, that's not how Li Er is! Remember what I told you before!"

"Let's get into a rhythm, here's one more take!"