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Editor: Sai Hiroto

The news that Su Xinghe was filming a movie not only caused discussion among fans and haters but also caused a lot of discussion in the industry.

It's not because he made a bad movie. There are so many actors who make bad movies every year, which is not surprising because there are too many investments in these bad movies.

In recent years, some people have tried to make movies with science fiction backgrounds, but the things they made were ridiculed by the public, so those who dare to spend money on them now are already warriors.

And the person who was praised as a warrior by everyone is Qin Xuan, the boss of Tiancheng.

Perhaps because this matter was discussed a lot, even Qin's biological father and elder brother called.

Of course, they didn't come to blame Qin Xuan but to ask if he needed help.

Qin Xuan very impolitely sought help.

His father and elder brother have many more connections than him, and when the time comes, he may have to rely on his parents to get the movie promotion and scheduling done.

Speaking of which, he, the domineering boss, is still not domineering enough.

After Qin Xuan seriously reviewed himself, he quickly went to the set.

Today is the first day of filming. When Qin Xuan arrived, a scene of Su Xinghe was being filmed.

The movie "Alien" is also referred to as a science fiction film by the marketing accounts, but it is not a science fiction movie in the strict sense. It involves very few sophisticated and cutting-edge scientific theories and is more about using a background to shoot a more commercial heroic story.

This is also a way to please people because if the background is set directly in China, the audience will inevitably have a sense of separation. When the heroes are saving the city, the first thing the audience thinks of may not be how handsome the heroes are, but where the police are.

In this peaceful era, trust in the government is rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people. If anything happens that endangers public safety, domestic superheroes are by their side—this consensus will prevent the audience from bringing it into the content of the movie.

That's why Wei Yun set this story in a city in the future.

Of course, even if the story is not set in modern times or the country, the things expressed in this story are different from the core of personal heroism.

The character named Lu Tao, played by Su Xinghe can only be regarded as one of the heroes, not the only hero.

What is being filmed now is the scene when he first appears.

Qin Xuan sat next to Wei Yun, staring at Su Xinghe intently.

It was not the first time he watched Su Xinghe act, but every time he watched, he would have a completely different feeling.

This time was no exception.

When Su Xinghe appeared, he wondered if the young man in front of him was the one he knew.

In the surveillance camera, Su Xinghe was dressed very simply, even shabby, with messy hair and dark skin. He looked particularly rough but also particularly handsome.

But unlike his previous delicate handsomeness, as soon as he walked out, he made people feel a kind of beastly aura, fierce, rough, wild...

These adjectives are not inconsistent with him at all.

President Qin, who has been working overtime recently to prepare for the movie, said that he hadn't seen him for more than a month, so how could he have become like this!

Wei Yun was obviously very satisfied. Although Lu Tao in "Alien" and Yu Hanyan in "Silence" are both madmen among geniuses and geniuses among madmen, the characteristics of these two people are different.

It only took Su Xinghe one month to forget Yu Hanyan and become Lu Tao, which surprised Wei Yun, who had high hopes for him.

No wonder his teacher regretted losing such an actor. Anyone would regret it.

Su Xinghe's appearance obviously shocked not only Qin Xuan but also most of the staff.

The crew had been in closed training before, so except for the makeup artist and a few staff members, no one else actually knew what image Su Xinghe would appear in.

Of course, they know now.

Some of the passers-by who liked Su Xinghe were still criticizing this look in their hearts, but when Su Xinghe moved, the male hormones that came to their faces made them shut up completely.

It smells so good.

Although it's very rough, it smells so good!

Su Xinghe turned on the TV in the cramped and gloomy room. A closer look revealed that the TV was made entirely of broken garbage.

But surprisingly, both the picture quality and the sound were very clear.

And there was a bed less than half a meter away from the TV.

The old and worn bedside table was piled with tattered paper books. Although the camera scanned very quickly, if you paused, you would find that the exposed covers were all written with professional book titles that ordinary people could not understand.

Su Xinghe sat on the bed, casually picked up the barbell lying on the pile of books next to him, and raised it casually.

The barbell looked very heavy, but he didn't use much effort. Except for the muscles in his arms, his breathing rhythm didn't change.

At this moment, the TV had already started playing the news.

The world in the news seemed to be in a different dimension from Su Xinghe's small house of only more than ten square meters.

At least from the news, you can't imagine that there are such poor corners in the world outside where technology is changing with each passing day.

Su Xinghe curled his lips and turned off the TV.

He stood up and opened the door. The picture on the monitor kept moving up with his sight and finally overlooked this slum piled up like a low-quality Lego toy.

In the distance of this slum, where the windows of each household are less than half a meter apart, various streamlined cars are speeding on the driveway in the air, and high-rise buildings reflecting silver light stand tall in the sun. The conveniences brought by modern technology are benefiting every corner of this world—except here.

The camera naturally cannot capture the above picture, it only captures the built model, and all of this in the end needs to be completed with special effects.

But Su Xinghe, who was filmed in another machine, seemed to be able to see everything that was originally invisible through the "slit of the sky" between the buildings.

Yes, although he can't see it, he can imagine, imagine what another world looks like.

"Cut!" This is a very long shot, without any pause in the middle.

This is also what Wei Yun wanted to try—whether Su Xinghe can finish shooting this whole segment.

Every long shot is a test for actors, especially in movies, because the movie screen will magnify every subtle expression on the actor's face.

So there are not many effective long shots in a movie.

Unexpectedly, they just started shooting and took a very good long shot.

At least Su Xinghe's performance is completely flawless. He is like the man named Lu Tao who lives in this era and this slum.

After shooting a scene, Su Xinghe still didn't react.

In fact, the scene just now was not difficult. There were not many emotions to express. It was more about using the language of the camera to express the huge differences in this world, and he was just a microcosm of the underlying differences.

Lu Tao was unwilling to accept this world and was full of ridicule and mockery, but deep in his heart, he also longed for the "normal life" in the distance.

At present, Su Xinghe can perform such complex emotions very freely.

After all, he has experienced ups and downs in many exams, has been trained in three crews, and now has a repeater, a magical tool for self-examination. If he still doesn't know how to act in this kind of play, then he is too useless.

But this is only in his own eyes. To others, it is an actor who has only been acting for two years, and he interprets the complex emotions of the character with ease.

In this entertainment industry where many actors can't even express simple emotions, Su Xinghe is already a treasure in the entire industry.

Qin Xuan immediately stood up, picked up a glass of mineral water, and walked up.

Zheng Ming quickly stopped his steps and even pulled the person next to him.

As Su Xinghe's veteran assistant, Zheng Ming has been fully experienced in various practices. When President Qin wanted to show his courtesy, they, the onlookers, had better withdraw and never dream of joining the small group of President Qin and Brother Su.

After all, these two really like to form a "small circle" so much that other people can't get in.

Sure enough, after Qin Xuan handed the mineral water to Su Xinghe, the atmosphere between the two was so harmonious that no one could get in.

The staff looked at each other and couldn't help but think of the rumors they had heard before—the story between the domineering sponsor and the simple Taoist priest.

There are many versions of this story. The most popular one is that the rich sponsor fell in love with the confused little Taoist priest at first sight, so he domineeringly threw out a natural contract, which made the little Taoist priest grateful to him and regarded him as a confidant. From then on, he used his identity as a domineering boss to completely win the heart of the little Taoist priest.

This version is the most well-known version in a small range.

Why is it only in a small range? Because Su Xinghe was a nobody before, and no one spent any effort to spread this dirty water. Although he is popular now, he disappeared into the movie invested by his own company as soon as "The Universe" was broadcast.

Therefore, there is no resource conflict between him and other stars in the entertainment industry for the time being, and others don't bother to mess with him.

So up to now, no marketing account has been so mean to post this news.

People in the industry just listened to the gossip. After all, there are too many such things in the entertainment industry. Sometimes everyone can't tell whether it is a star and a rich person in love or a star looking for a rich person to be the sponsor. So before filming a movie, everyone just chats about gossip without taking it seriously and doesn't take it too seriously.

But today, they really saw how these two people get along, and even Director Wei Yun couldn't help but suspect that the previous gossip might be true.

Whose boss is so good to artists? He has been in the entertainment industry for ten years and has never met such a boss.

His boss only pours cold water on him and never passes him water.

However, this version of the gossip may need to be revised. From the professional perspective of Director Wei Yun, it is not so much that a scheming boss forcibly seizes a confused Taoist priest, but more like a naive and innocent person pursuing another naive and innocent person.

Although the silly sweet boss and the silly sweet Taoist priest are a little different, in terms of attributes, they both seem to be naive and innocent people.

The two silly and sweet people happily chatted, not paying any attention to the eyes of the people around them.

Ah, it feels even more naive, and even the boss's status is about to fall off.

Repeater who was watching also took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing the two humans in front of him laughing so happily, even this ghost was moved.

But soon Su Xinghe was not happy, because filming a movie was indeed a painful process.

Every shot has to be polished repeatedly. Even though he thinks he has done well, the director can always find ways to do better.

Emotions have to be repeatedly nurtured and erupted. It is like a process of emptying oneself every day.

No wonder movie stars are unable to adapt to the earth, and no wonder TV stars are not used to the environment when they start filming movies.

The shooting requirements and shooting processes of the two are really very different.

He finds it difficult, let alone others.

Lin Ran, once the top star of Tiancheng, was also forced into this movie by the agent. Although he was only a supporting role, he was tortured enough by the director.

Wei Yun even started to throw the script at him.

"You are playing a soldier! Soldier! You don't need to be cool! You don't need to be pretentious! Do you know how to act?"

Lin Ran also had a temper when filming TV series, but in this crew, he didn't dare to say a word to the director.

But he dared not to snort. He was still angry and upset, especially when he saw Su Xinghe being so popular in the crew, hugging people left and right, left...

In short, after Su Xinghe came, he, who was once the number one brother of Tiancheng, became the second brother of Tiancheng now!

He didn't want to be the second brother! He just wanted to be the boss!

Why did someone who was better looking than him, younger than him, with a better figure and better acting skills appear?

Since ‘Yu’ was born, why was ‘Liang’ born!

[*Sai: "Since I, Zhou Yu, am already alive, why does God need another Zhuge Liang?" This is the sigh of the fictional Zhou Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who lamented that his talent could not compare to Zhuge Liang's.]

Lin Ran couldn't help but stare at Su Xinghe, and he couldn't let go. After all, his psychological activities were too rich. If he only stared for a while, he couldn't finish complaining, so he couldn't take his eyes off Su Xinghe at all.

Su Xinghe is not a fool, so he obviously felt Lin Ran's attention to him.

Why stare at him every day?

Is there anything wrong with him?

Five days later, Su Xinghe couldn't bear it anymore, and he was ready to go to Lin Ran to show his cards.

If he stared at him like this, he would get angry!

Lin Ran:...

He never thought that Su Xinghe would kick such a straight ball to him.

He was stunned. Was he going to say that he stared at Su Xinghe every day because of envy and jealousy?

But he is not a fool, he will not say such words that will give others a handle, so his acting skills instantly exploded, "I am just watching how you act, you know I haven't performed well recently, and I always fail to meet the director's requirements."

After saying this, Lin Ran suddenly felt that if he had such acting skills normally, the director might not scold him every day.

Su Xinghe suddenly realized.

Is that the case?

Well, then you can ask him directly, there is really no need to stare at him so scary.

"Although my acting is not very good if you are really troubled, we can discuss it together."

So Lin Ran could only discuss the script and characters with Su Xinghe every day.

He has been in the entertainment industry for so long, but this is the first time he has acted so hard. It is really difficult for him, a salted fish with no ambitions who thinks it is okay to play around in online dramas.

Wei Yun was originally very troubled by the supporting roles that Tiancheng had inserted. Although their acting skills would not make the movie a failure, they still failed to achieve the effect of continuous improvement.

It is great that Su Xinghe is willing to stand up.

As the most popular and favored actor in Tiancheng, and with the former Tiancheng No. 1 following him every day, Su Xinghe established an informal acting mutual assistance group in the crew in just a few days.

Many actors joined in voluntarily or forcedly.

So the magical crew of "Alien" doesn't do barbecue, singing, foot washing, or massage after getting off work, but is all about the cast's own training and rehearsals.

Lin Ran, the trigger of the mutual aid group, now regrets it, especially regrets it.

What did he do wrong? Why did he stare at Su Xinghe and complain?

After graduating for so many years, he actually felt the power of the academic bully again in the entertainment industry.

"Brother Lin, let's rehearse this scene again."

Su Xinghe's voice came from the other side again. Lin Ran had a bitter face, but his body was honest, and he went to rehearse immediately.

Oh, oh, oh, although I feel very annoyed every day, I can't help but continue to rehearse. What's wrong?

Has the salted fish been changed like this?

Has the dignity of the salted fish disappeared like this?

When Wei Yun finally stopped scolding him and even praised him a few times, Lin Ran finally realized it.

His father, the top student, was obviously helping him, guiding him, and assimilating him. How could he put such terrible adjectives as devil and bully on his father, the top student?

Isn't the dignity of the salted fish just trying to turn over?!

Staring at Su Xinghe again, Lin Ran felt that he could still stick to this habit.

Because Su Xinghe would ask people to rehearse whenever he had nothing to do, the filming went exceptionally smoothly during the first month of the crew's start of filming, and even the progress was accelerated.

Therefore, when Su Xinghe asked for leave, Wei Yun agreed very generously.

Su Xinghe didn't mean to ask for leave, but this was his first cover of a first-line magazine, so Zhang Qing took it very seriously, so he had to take it seriously too.

Fortunately, he would be back in a day at most, and it shouldn't delay the learning progress of their mutual aid group.

Before leaving, Su Xinghe patted Lin Ran's shoulder seriously and handed him the important task of rehearsal.

Lin Ran originally wanted to be lazy tonight, but he could only wail in his heart after hearing this and then took over the baton passed by Su Xinghe.

Early the next morning, Su Xinghe arrived at the studio before nine o'clock.

"Fashion" is one of the five major first-line magazines. Whether or not a star can appear on the cover of a magazine has always been one of the ways to verify the star's status.

In addition to being popular, the star who appears on the cover also needs to have an image, and the image here specifically refers to the image recognized by the fashion circle.

This time, Su Xinghe was invited because "The Universe" was indeed a hit, the second was because the set of photos he took before was indeed amazing, and the third was because Tiancheng made great efforts.

With the right time, right place, and right people, he got the cover smoothly.

Here we have to talk about Lin Ran again. As a third-tier actor who has debuted for many years, he has never appeared on the cover of a second-tier magazine. Therefore, after knowing that Su Xinghe could shoot "Fashion",... h-he, he can only work harder in acting.

The eldest brother has a high level of status, so isn't his second brother's status also raised?

Thinking of this, Lin Ran's mood really returned to calm.

This is the ultimate secret of life he has mastered: self-comfort.

Back to Su Xinghe here, he started to put on makeup after arriving at the studio.

The photographers and makeup artists of "Fashion" are all elites in the industry. They have produced many classic photos. In particular, photographer Bu Ke* is very famous in the fan circle because he has taken many acclaimed photos of many stars.

[*Sai: The photographer's name is ‘布克’ (Bu Ke), but in English, the name translates to Booker. So I don't know which one is better. I'll just leave it like that.]

Before the shooting, Bu Ke read all of Su Xinghe's works. Although he did not finish reading them, he had a general impression in his mind.

But when he looked at Su Xinghe again today, he felt that the shooting plan he had designed before seemed a bit inappropriate.

Now Su Xinghe still has the same face, but he has a kind of restrained wildness.

With such temperament, there is no need to dress up at all. Just stand in front of a suitable background, and the abundant charm of men will overflow.

So at this moment, the images of exquisiteness, abstinence, seriousness, and freshness all seemed out of place.

Bu Ke did not delay. He was inspired and discussed it with the makeup artist directly.

The makeup artist's eyes lit up when he heard this. An hour later, Su Xinghe's look was ready.

He was dressed very simply, just a white T-shirt and a pair of overalls, his hair was casually pulled up, and there was no trace of makeup on his face.

The background of the photo shoot was a bunch of roses growing among thorns—romantic, pure, and fearless.

He stood in front of the thorns leisurely, his eyes casually scanning the camera.

In the first photo, Bu Ke captured the feeling he wanted.

But this was obviously not enough, so Su Xinghe changed several sets of clothes and backgrounds for most of the next day.

Some of these clothes were simple and some were complicated, but they were all of the same brand, which was a high-end brand that Su Xinghe had intentionally contacted before.

This magazine shoot was obviously another test of the brand on the star.

After the magazine shoot, Su Xinghe was so tired that he just wanted to lie down.

But the effect was still very good, especially one of the photos, which was praised and recognized by almost everyone.

Whether it was the magazine, Tiancheng, or the brand, they all had a tacit understanding and thought that this photo should be the cover of this time.

In the photo, Su Xinghe is surrounded by thorns, and he is playing with a withered rose in his hand. As if he has noticed the attention and gaze of others, he turns his head and looks at the camera vigilantly, with a sharp look that still retains sympathy for the rose.

Gorgeous, broken, restrained, dangerous, and shining.

This photo is not complicated, but it makes people feel the seductive fragrance blowing over their faces.

Bu Ke even thinks that the endorsement photos of high-end perfumes are just like this.

Not long after, the new issue of "Fashion" magazine was sold out as soon as it came out.

Fans were as happy as if it were the New Year, and the entire Weibo square was filled with this cover.

Even the haters were so jealous that they shut up.

Damn it! It's all Bu Ke's fault! He made Su Xinghe look so good in the photo!

He is obviously not that good-looking in person! —The staunch haters said that they would never admit that this man was good-looking!

As more people saw this cover, a high-end perfume brand actually found Tiancheng.

They wanted to ask Su Xinghe to endorse a rose perfume.

After the endorsement was announced, the haters were so angry that they opened a lot of black posts about Su Xinghe.

Looking at these black posts, Su Xinghe was satisfied.

If no one scolded him, he would be tossing and turning and unable to sleep.

After all, the master said that he could live a long life only if someone scolded him.