Hacked

The word "practice" is easy to say, but hard to implement. Usually, I can talk about anything with Bai Ye, but after I changed my status to "the one I'm pursuing", Qi Xingchen didn't know what to talk about.

He returned to the hotel with the crew's car, nestled in the big bed like a shrimp, remembered the paragraph he saw on the Internet during this time, and reported to the post like an explanation: [I'm off the show].

...... And then the phone just went dead, and nothing happened.

Well, the first experience of love has failed, Qi Xingchen angrily shoved his cell phone under his pillow and took out his script.

So poor An Ran became Bai Ye's scapegoat.

Ten o'clock in the evening, An Ran yawns, "Xingchen, is it ready?"

"How do I look to you, a little more wolf-doggy?"

"...... Better than last time, but leaves something to be desired."

"Stay with me a little longer then."

Eleven o'clock, An Ran's head is spinning: "Xingchen, is it okay?"

"Am I reading my lines a little fast, coyotes aren't supposed to speak so plainly."

"Yes."

"Then ....." Qi Xingchen looks at An Ran whose eyes are glazed over , "You go back to sleep, thanks An Ran sis."

An Ran cheered, then responded, "What about you?"

"I'll practice a little longer."

"You have your play tomorrow morning, I'll come and get you at seven in the morning, so don't stay in bed!"

"Can't," Qi Xingchen pushed her out of the way, "You get your beauty sleep."

An Ran's not quite An Ran's back to her room, Qi Xingchen locks the door and walks to the mirror.

He had never shot a movie before, and the original owner's experience was almost negligible. Now he is empty with the theoretical knowledge he learned before entering the group, thought he could use it, today after shooting two scenes, he realized that he thought it was too simple.

He needed practice, lots and lots of practice. More than anything, he needed to know himself, to master his mannerisms and tone of voice in order to control his facial micro-expressions.

Determined, Qi Xingchen picked out a few key scenes from the script, both her own and those of the other actors. He reads the lines in front of the mirror, does the movements over and over again, and tries to get emotionally involved.

After practicing the scene where Lin Xiao's seal got sick and died, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and went back to the quilt to check the wall clock.

It's 3:00 a.m. I can't believe it's almost time to get up!

Qi Xingchen turned off the lights and tried to go to sleep, but when he closed his eyes, he saw the image of a dead seal, which made his heart ache as if it were clenched.

Tossing and turning, he couldn't sleep, but suddenly remembered that Bai Ye hadn't replied to his messages, so Qi Xingchen pulled his cell phone out from under his pillow.

[You've received a WeChat message]

Bai Ye is back? He hurriedly clicked on it.

Bo: [I'm sorry, I've been on location, my cell phone is at A Lun's place, I didn't see it.]

The time I received this message was over three hours ago, at the height of my own practicing.

Before, I blamed people for not replying to my messages, but now it's my turn to not reply for more than three hours, and Qi Xingchen is now as weak as he can be.

He put his finger on the screen and crackled a bunch of words ready to explain. After typing a second thought, in case the other party sleeping did not turn off the phone, not to be woken up?

But on second thought, if I don't explain, what if Bai Ye wakes up tomorrow morning and misunderstands that he is angry? He can't do that to someone who is kind enough to practice with him.

He cuts and cuts and cuts and cuts and cuts, so Bai Ye hums a verse of his new hit song, and when he looks at his phone for the nth time tonight, all he sees is [the other person is typing ......]

This scene is a bit familiar, it seems to have happened before, Bai Ye can even think of the little fan's tangled expression, and can't help but tease him: [Writing a love letter?

The cell phone shook, Qi Xingchen scared almost did not take off the hand - three o'clock in the morning, Bai Ye surprisingly still not sleep?

Also, love letters ...... What does it mean.

His brain is not so good after excessive grief, and it took him a moment to realize that he was now "chasing" Bai Ye.

But the love letter ...... Qi Xingchen blushed: [It's not written.]

Xingchen: [Why are you still awake?]

Bo: [has a job]

Xingchen: [Oh oh, now the work is done?]

Bo: [It's almost time, you go to sleep first]

In order not to delay Bai Ye's work, so that he can finish it quickly and go to bed quickly, Qi Xingchen said good night to Bai Ye and hurriedly locked the screen.

Then, as if remembering something, he flicked his cell phone back on, identified A Lun from the Poor Travelers group, and sent a friend request.

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The shadow of a seal dangled in his mind, and Qi Xingchen followed it through the night, not falling asleep.

At 5:30 a.m., he knocked tentatively on An Ran's door.

The door quickly opened, inside An Ran fully dressed, rubbing his eyes surprised: "Xingchen, you got up by ...... yourself! No, why are the circles under your eyes so dark, did you lose sleep?"

"Well, I didn't sleep well last night."

"Then hurry back to bed, I was just about to make you breakfast, I'll go get you when I'm done."

So it turns out that she gets up early in the morning to make breakfast for him, Qi Xingchen waved his hand, "Don't do it, let's go out for a change, I want to eat shrimp congee."

After that, he forcefully dragged An Ran out and called Old Qin to join him for a deluxe prawn congee, packing a dozen servings along the way.

When he arrived at the Oceanarium, the other actors hadn't come yet, and the staff only had the make-up artist and the props team in. He asked An Ran to distribute the congee to the props team, took a copy and dug into the dressing room, "Good morning sister, I've brought you congee!"

Tao Tao and Feng Qingyuan have their own styling teams, so the stylists hired by the crew are mainly for supporting roles.

The makeup artist couldn't help but laugh along with him when she heard his upturned tail, "Why are you here so early today?"

Qi Xingchen said, "Just happened to come over after dinner, you drink congee first, and help me put on makeup afterward."

"No, I'll make you up first," the make-up artist pressed him towards the chair, "You have a small face and well-defined features, so it's especially good to paint, and you'll be done in twenty minutes ...... Saying that you have a bit big dark circles under your eyes today ......"

After applying his makeup and styling, Qi Xingchen enters his home turf, the SEAL training grounds.

His brother, Xiangxiang, is already up and exercising on his back across from his handler.

Qi Xingchen asks for a few tips on how to cultivate a relationship with a seal, jots them down in a cell phone memo, and tells the handler to go backstage for porridge.

Then he stayed on the field by himself, took thirteen steps from this side of the training field, went over the iron fence, jumped over to the thermostatic pool over there, took seventeen more steps, and stopped where he was.

So on and so forth, the cycle keeps going.

The first scene of the day started at 8:30, and Shang Yuliang arrived at 8:00, saw Qi Xingchen walking around, and grabbed the handler who had finished taming Xiangxiang: "What time did he get here?"

"A little after seven, I think? I'm not sure, he came into training at seven-thirty."

"And how many times has he walked like that?"

"Let's see," said the handler, confused as to why he was asking, trying to remember, "twenty or thirty times I think."

Shang Yuliang said "thank you" and let the keeper go.

The keepers don't know what Qi Xingchen is doing and think he's wandering around, but Shang Yuliang knows that Qi Xingchen is practicing his alignment.

In small scenes, such as inside a residential house, the size of a room is limited, and the lighting is arranged so that a well-lit scene can be taken in any position.

The Oceanarium is a large scene, and for the sake of the aborigines - those sea creatures, the crew did not install lights throughout the museum when setting up the scene, using small rows of lights and reflectors this primitive method of dimming, so the optimal range of the scene is limited, and the need for the actors to accurately walk and stand position.

Especially for Qi Xingchen's scene this morning, Lin Xiao had to go from the seal training ground to the beluga heated pool to find Ji Yan. It's a big span and there are a lot of steps, so if you take a wrong step and don't get the lighting right, you need to overturn and re-shoot the scene.

So Qi Xingchen came early.

Shang Yuliang looks at the little newcomer who keeps going over the fence, smiles, and goes back to his machine.

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With Qi Xingchen's frantic practice last night and this morning, the first Ji Yan Lin Xiao rivalry scene in the morning went exceptionally well, passing in one go.

Today, the B team did not go out, Feng Qingyuan and Shang Yuliang quite a personal friend, standing behind Shang Yuliang, "Yo" a sound: "This young man not only looks good, acting skills are not bad."

"Come on," Shang Yuliang rolled his eyes, "you didn't see yesterday, like a wooden man."

"It's impossible," Feng Qingyuan said in disbelief, "that the difference would be so great after a night's interval?"

"You stayed up late practicing, look at those dark circles under your eyes, tsk tsk." Shang Yuliang nodded to the playback image on the monitor.

Feng Qingyuan stepped forward, and sure enough, Qi Xingchen's eyes had a heavy greenish-black color, the kind that can't be covered by concealer, but fortunately it didn't affect the picture.

Feng Qingyuan pondered for a moment, "This child, in the future, if he doesn't take the crooked path and develops according to this route, he definitely can't go wrong."

"What makes it so?"

"Is it interesting that you knowingly ask?" Feng Qingyuan flirted with Shang Yuliang, "Rein from a wooden man to the level he is now in one night, is that something you can do with just hard work? It's just a matter of being talented and smart."

"Don't be too absolute in everything." Shang Yuliang sounded like he was denying Feng Qingyuan, but his tone was lighthearted.

Qi Xingchen stepped down to wipe off the water sprayed by the beluga whale, and the next scene was Xu Sheng's. Shang Yuliang smiled and said, "Xiao Xu and Xiao Qi are two extremes. Shang Yuliang smacked his lips, "Xiao Xu and Xiao Qi are two extremes, they tend to over-exert themselves in acting."

Feng Qingyuan is a good old man, picking out good things to say: "Xiao Xu is a good kid, maybe he didn't get used to shooting yesterday, but he'll be fine today."

Shang Yuliang nodded his head, the field note hit the board. Xu Sheng, wearing an overcoat and walking with the wind, enters the Oceanarium, calling out Ji Yan's name.

Ji Yan rushed out, "What's wrong?"

Xu Sheng: "......"

Shang Yuliang: "Cut! Xiao Xu, where are the lines? Don't just stand there without saying anything, didn't you sleep last night ......"

But Qi Xingchen doesn't know how Xu Sheng performs. After changing out of his wet clothes, he sees that there's still some time left before the next show and sends a red packet to A Lun, who has passed his friend request.

Xingchen: [A Lun, collect the red packet and buy a bottle of vitamins for your boss when you have time.]

A Lun: [Okay]

A Lun: [I don't need the red packet, I've been keeping all kinds of nutritional pills for my boss]

Xingchen: [OK, then you remember to remind him to eat. Vitamins are anti-fatigue, like he worked so late last night, he must take some vitamins to replenish].

A Lun: [I know]

Then A Lun felt something strange: "Xingchen, when you say "that late", how late is it?

Qi Xingchen: [It's past 3:00 a.m., to be precise, it's still not finished at 3:00 a.m.]

Are you sure? A Lun said, "Yesterday, my boss went back to the hotel at eleven o'clock, you're not remembering, are you?

Qi Xingchen: [No way, I was tweeting with him last night at 3:00, believe it or not.]

Qi Xingchen sent A Lun a screenshot of the last page of his and Bai Ye's chat, avoiding any discussion of "love letters", and clearly noting the time of the chat.

A Lun look, can not help but laugh: [Harm, my boss lied to you, he definitely went back early last night. He's talking to you this late, so he's probably waiting for you to reply.

After posting this, someone called A Lun, and A Lun threw down his cell phone and went straight to work.

Qi Xingchen was left alone and confused.

So Bai Ye really ...... Waiting to hear from himself until 3:00 a.m.?

Either go back tonight and ask around, Qi Xingchen thought, if it's true, apologize to the person properly and buy some ......

"Xingchen, Xingchen!"

Qi Xingchen was wondering what to buy for Bai Ye when An Ran suddenly ran in.

Her character was more composed than girls of her age, and she was seldom in a hurry. Qi Xingchen had a bad feeling and got up, "What happened? You slow down and talk."

"No, it's fine," An Ran gasped, handing her cell phone to Qi Xingchen, "Xingchen, you've been hacked!"