madnovel Chapter 7 What to do if you can't cry?
Chapter 7 What to do if you can't cry?
"??ah!"
Li Qing was completely stunned, her fair cheeks turning bright red in an instant. She instinctively crossed her arms and took a half-step back.
Guo Fan was also startled. Although his roommate sometimes made inappropriate jokes, saying them in front of a girl was...
Unless... Guo Fan seemed to have guessed Qi Yue's thoughts,
He followed Qi Yue's gaze and looked over.
But he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
This girl is a bit flat-chested.
Seeing the burning gazes of the two men in front of her, Li Qing almost turned and ran away.
Seeing that things were not going well, Guo Fan quickly explained,
"Miss Li Qing, please don't misunderstand. You heard it yourself, our female lead stood us up. The character's name is Lin Yujing, nicknamed 'Big-Breasted Sister.' Qi Yue actually wanted to ask if you could fill in. Since you're also looking for a production team, why don't you give it a try with us?"
"Is that so?"
Li Qing was willing to believe that Qi Yue was not a lecherous man; after all, could a handsome guy be a bad person?
But calling her "Big-Breasted Sister" is so embarrassing, how could anyone give her such a nickname? But she still subconsciously puffed out her chest.
"...It's alright, I guess."
How can a woman admit that she has a bad figure?
"Brother Fan, give me Lin Yujing's character biography and a scene from the audition script, the one called 'Confrontation in the Interrogation Room with Yu Zui'."
Guo Fan frantically rummaged through a pile of documents and found what Qi Yue wanted. Qi Yue took it and handed it directly to Li Qing, who was still in a daze.
"Ten minutes. Look at these pages. Right here in this room, test your acting skills."
......
A week later, at the temporary film crew's base in the suburbs.
The air was thick with dust. A unique smell of boxed lunches mixed with cheap paint.
The makeshift dressing room and the rented warehouse were set up as a police operations room, which clearly indicated that this was a film crew with a very tight budget.
Li Qing changed into a sky-blue, fitted police uniform. Looking at herself in the makeup mirror, her eyebrows and eyes were deliberately drawn to be sharper, and she was still somewhat dazed.
In just a few days, her life was like a rollercoaster ride.
After years of hard work, my salary was swindled away, leaving me back to square one. I felt like the sky was falling.
Before she knew it, she unexpectedly got an audition opportunity and became the female lead in a drama.
All of this felt like an unreal dream.
But the police uniform she was wearing, the noisy and busy scenery around her, and the figure in the distance frowning and gesturing to the cameraman all told her that this was real.
Although it may just be a web series with an uncertain future, this is the first time she has played the female lead in a TV series.
Big-breasted lady? Li Qing looked down and realized that her breasts weren't actually that small; they were quite large if you squeezed them.
My gaze shifted from his chest and involuntarily followed the figure of director Qi Yue.
He's a completely different person when he's working compared to when he's not.
He wore a simple black T-shirt and work pants, always clutching a walkie-talkie or script in his hand, with sharp eyes, quick steps, and a loud voice that almost penetrated the entire theater.
He was extremely serious when directing the play, even a bit fierce.
Just now, an actress playing a policewoman was pointed out for several mistakes without any mercy by him, and the little girl almost burst into tears on the spot.
Li Qing quietly looked away, opened her script, and in the corner of the title page, she lightly drew an adorable Winnie the Pooh with a pencil.
"Miss Li Qing! Get ready, it's almost your turn!" the stagehand called out as he ran over.
Li Qing quickly closed the script, took a deep breath, suppressed the lingering feelings and dazedness in her heart, and ran over there.
In order to save money and time on venue rental to the greatest extent possible, Qi Yue did not adopt the sequential shooting method that allows actors' emotions to develop gradually. Instead, he chose the skip shooting method, which is more efficient but also tests the actors' ability to get into character instantly.
Li Qing's first scene is a major highlight.
Since learning the devastating news of her fiancé's murder, Lin Yujing had been suppressing her grief, her spirits constantly low. However, Yu Zui "comforted" her in an almost brutal way—he snatched the engagement ring she was clutching and threw it into the nearby pond, telling "Big-Breasted Sister" in his own way: He's dead! Holding onto this is useless; the living must move on.
This scene is rich in emotional layers, from suppressed sadness to anger at being offended, and then to a complete emotional release after the pretense is exposed, which places extremely high demands on the actor.
Because it was a jump shot, Li Qing had to perform this emotional outburst scene directly without sufficient emotional build-up.
Jiang Qiming was in good spirits. He could almost immediately sense the unique warmth hidden beneath Yu Zui's carefree exterior. His action of throwing the ring was both decisive and slightly awkward, showing his concern.
The problem lies with Li Qing.
In the previous few posts, no matter how she tried to evoke emotions, her "breakdown and crying" remained superficial.
Either tears fall, but the eyes are empty, lacking a true core of grief; or the expression is right, but the crying is dry and fails to move the heart.
Behind the monitor, Qi Yue's expression grew increasingly grim.
"Cut!" After the fifth call to stop, Qi Yue stood up from behind the monitor and strode to the center of the field.
The surrounding staff fell silent instantly, and the air grew heavy.
Qi Yue stood before Li Qing. His voice wasn't exactly roaring, but every word was like a cold nail, hammering into the ears of everyone present.
"You can't even cry?! I want Lin Yujing to break down, not you making faces like that! What's on your mind right now? Lines? Blocking scenes? Or what's for dinner?!"
He pointed at the script, "Your fiancé is dead! Dead! You've been holding on, pretending to be strong, and now even that last bit of hope has been thrown away by that bastard Yu Zui! You can't hold on anymore! Do you even know what it means to break down?!"
"Making so many people wait for you! Didn't you say you've been acting for four years? Is this all you've learned? Do you think the audience is stupid? That they're so easily fooled? Show us something real!"
Li Qing was completely stunned by his scolding.
My cheeks burned; it was a blow that felt like a complete denial, as if all my efforts were worthless.
She bit her lower lip so hard she could almost taste blood, desperately trying to hold back the tears that were welling up in her eyes.
I can't cry, at least not in front of him.
The surroundings were completely silent. Jiang Qiming looked at her with concern. Guo Fan wanted to step forward to persuade her, but Qi Yue glared at him and stopped him.
Qi Yue watched as Li Qing struggled to hold back her tears, her clear eyes now brimming with grievance, embarrassment, and stubbornness. He knew the time was right.
"All personnel, prepare!" Qi Yue turned away from Li Qing and walked back behind the monitor.
"One more time!"