Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Su Qing pouted, “He just doesn’t like me. He thinks I’m young and easy to bully, so he always talks about me.”
“Are you scared?”
“A little scared, but it’s okay.”
“Next time he bullies you, come to me.”
Su Qing nodded, “Thank you, Brother Lin.”
Not far away, Mo Jianying saw this series of events and found it quite interesting. He looked at Yan Qingchi and couldn’t tell that their male protagonist, who looked like a vase, had such good fighting and acting skills. Mo Jianying found it interesting and couldn’t help but look at him for a while before leaving.
After Yan Qingchi finished talking to Su Qing, he went to find Jiang Xiaoming to act. Jiang Xiaoming was practicing stick techniques. He had a foundation from what he learned in Shaolin Temple when he was a child, so this stick technique was not difficult for him. After performing it, he looked very powerful.
Yan Qingchi waited until he finished practicing before walking over. Su Qing followed him and praised, “Xiao Ming, you practiced really well.”
Jiang Xiaoming scratched his bald head and smiled embarrassedly.
Yan Qingchi raised the script in his hand and said, “I’m here to discuss the lines for the next scene with you.”
Jiang Xiaoming said hurriedly, “Wait for me, Brother Yan, I’ll go get the script.”
He ran to a chair not far away, took a sip of water, and asked his mother for the script.
When Yan Qingchi saw his mother, he remembered that Su Qing’s mother was not with her. “Where is your mother? Why isn’t she here?” he asked her.
Su Qing said softly, “My mother was not feeling well today, so I asked her to go back to the hotel to rest. Anyway, I’ll be fine on the set.”
Yan Qingchi nodded, and asked her politely, “Is it serious? What happened?”
“It’s just a stomachache. Don’t worry, Brother Lin.”
While they were talking, Jiang Xiaoming came over, “Okay, Brother Yan, let’s act together.”
“Okay.”
Yan Qingchi and Jiang Xiaoming rehearsed the scene. Although Jiang Xiaoming was a child star, he was young after all, and there were some things that he could not understand very well. But he had a natural advantage, that was, he was the same age as the character of the little monk in the play, and both of them had an innocent and optimistic spirit.
The little monk represented goodness and truth in the play. He didn’t know much about the inheritance of martial arts, but he was willing to follow the teachings of his master and listen to Wen Yao. This was his true self. He saved Yin Ling, and even though he was betrayed by Yin Ling’s mother and died because of Yin Ling, he never regretted saving Yin Ling. This was his kindness.
Jiang Xiaoming was only 14 years old and came from a good family. He was a teenager who did not know the feeling of sorrow and was cheerful by nature, so he fit the role very naturally.
Yan Qingchi was still in the exploration stage of acting, so he just gave Jiang Xiaoming a few simple pointers and left.
Jiang Xiaoming liked him very much and enthusiastically asked him when they could act together again when he was leaving.
Yan Qingchi touched his bald head and said, “It depends on the time.”
After leaving Jiang Xiaoming, Yan Qingchi looked through his next scene and found that it was the scene with Mo Jianying. Yan Qingchi had only filmed one scene with him before, which was the scene where Wen Xing passed the position of leader of the martial arts world to Wen Yao before his death. Mo Jianying’s acting skills were very good. Even if it was just one scene, Yan Qingchi felt very comfortable when acting, as if they were really Wen Xing and Wen Yao, father and son. Therefore, when Yan Qingchi saw that his opponent in the next scene was actually Mo Jianying, he couldn’t help but feel a little excited.
He quickly watched again the content they were going to shoot – Wen Xing tested Wen Yao’s swordsmanship and competed with Wen Yao. Wen Yao defeated him, and Wen Xing was very happy, feeling that the disciple was better than the master. He was in a good mood and talked to Wen Yao about some previous things in the martial arts world.
After a while, the martial arts instructor called Yan Qingchi to try out the sword. Yan Qingchi was wearing the white training suit in the play – most of the time, he wore this white training suit in this play. He took his sword, walked up to the martial arts instructor, and started practicing swordplay.
Yan Qingchi’s sword skills were very good, as agile as a swimming dragon and graceful as a startled swan. After watching him practice for the first time, the martial arts instructor asked him if he had practiced it before. Yan Qingchi just said that he had learned some at the Children’s Palace when he was a child. The instructor was very surprised and said, “You can still achieve this level now, which is really amazing.”
Yan Qingchi smiled and said thank you.
It was always easier for him to practice swordplay by himself, after all, he knew a little bit about it. However, it would be difficult for him to compete with Mo Jianying, because Mo Jianying really didn’t know how to do it.
Fortunately, the martial arts instructor was very professional and kept telling them how Yan Qingchi should respond to Mo Jianying’s sword strike, and how Mo Jianying should respond to Yan Qingchi’s sword strike. Yan Qingchi learned much faster than Mo Jianying because of his solid foundation. Seeing that Mo Jianying was still practicing hard and that there were always some moves that were not suitable for him, he took the initiative to cooperate with Mo Jianying’s sword moves and even changed a few movements so that although the effect looked the same to outsiders, it was more convenient for Mo Jianying’s movement habits.
After he finished practicing, he walked up to Mo Jianying and asked him politely, “Senior, can I try it with you?”
Mo Jianying was already in his forties but still looked very elegant. When he heard him ask this, he put away his sword moves to indicate that he could. The two of them competed back and forth, and Mo Jianying was surprised, “Did you change some of your moves?”
Yan Qingchi nodded, “I changed it according to your habits, but outsiders can’t see it. It’s just that it will be more convenient for you.”
Mo Jianying was even more surprised, “You can do this.”
“Just trying it casually.” Yan Qingchi said modestly.
However, Mo Jianying did not believe his modesty. He looked at Yan Qingchi and felt that he was more capable than he had previously thought.
Unlike Su Qing, Mo Jianying didn’t know much about Yan Qingchi before they met on the crew. He didn’t watch variety shows or idol dramas, and the only work of his he had heard of was “Lost”. He also knew him from what his agent told him. Yan Qingchi was nominated for the Best Newcomer in the just-concluded Golden Osmanthus Awards but unfortunately lost to the 17-year-old Lin Yao.
Mo Jianying felt that since she lost, she shouldn’t bring it up again. After all, there were so many people nominated for the Golden Osmanthus Awards every year, but in the end, let alone the nominees, no one might even remember many of the winners. Only the best actor and best actress would be remembered, and the others would be forgotten as time went by.
But now, he looked at Yan Qingchi, thought about how he had seen him teach Zhang Cong a lesson before, and how clever he was now, he felt that Yan Qingchi was quite interesting, at least more interesting than he thought.
Yan Qingchi and Mo Jianying exchanged a few more moves. The martial arts instructor looked at their moves and found that they had made slight changes, but it did not affect the visual effect. Therefore, he did not say anything and directly called Fu Minzhi over.
Fu Minzhi took a look and was very satisfied, so he asked them to move to the camera and prepare for shooting.
Yan Qingchi spoke his lines calmly according to Wen Yao’s emotions. Mo Jianying looked at him and picked up his sword. “Xiao Yao, it’s been a long time since I last competed with you?”
Yan Qingchi nodded.
Mo Jianying said, “Pick up your sword, let’s have a match.”
Yan Qingchi said nothing more, picked up his sword, and the two began the contest between father and son.
Fu Minzhi asked them to shoot this fighting scene three times in total. She kept looking at the images in the camera, observing the movements and expressions of the two people, and selected the shots that she was most satisfied with.
After Yan Qingchi and Mo Jianying finished filming this scene, it was almost dark. It was a rare day that he didn’t have any night scenes, so Yan Qingchi returned to the hotel early to rest.
After he finished his shower, he started a video call. Jiang Mochen was surprised, “Why are you up so early today?”
“Because there were no night scenes, we finished work early.”
“It’s not easy.” Jiang Mochen sighed.
“Yes.”
“The New Year is coming soon. Will your crew have a holiday?”
Yan Qingchi checked the calendar on his phone after hearing this. The New Year was early this year, and it would be in a week. However, from what Fu Minzhi said, it seemed that they would have to spend this year on the crew.
“We may not take a holiday but will spend New Year’s Eve on the set.”
Although Jiang Mochen had thought about this situation before, he was still reluctant to accept it when he heard him say it. “I now feel that being an actor is really a profession that is not conducive to the relationship between husband and wife. It’s okay that we can’t see each other on weekdays, but why do we have to be separated during the New Year? It will simply increase the divorce rate in society.”
Yan Qingchi comforted him, “We will meet when I finish filming.”
“Waiting for you to finish filming will take March or April at the earliest.”
“There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Jiang Mochen suddenly thought that Yan Qingchi couldn’t go home for the New Year, but he could visit Yan Qingchi on the set and spend the New Year with him.
He was just about to speak when he heard Yan Qingchi say, “Have you bought your New Year’s goods this year? I’ve been filming and reading scripts every day on the crew. If you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have realized that the New Year is almost here. You can take Qi Qi and Yan Yan to your home to celebrate the New Year and then bring the two children back to my home to see their parents on the first day of the new year.”
Jiang Mochen swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and responded with a “OK”. However, although he said this, he had already planned everything in his heart – he wanted to give Yan Qingchi a New Year’s surprise.
When Qi Qi heard that his father couldn’t come back for the New Year, his mouth flattened. He didn’t say anything, but looked at Jiang Mochen with grievance, until Jiang Mochen hugged him tightly and coaxed him, “If Dad doesn’t come back, we can go over.”
“Go over?”
“Yes, just like the last time, Qi Qi can go to see Dad with his father, and we will spend the New Year with Dad at his place.”
When Qi Qi heard that they could spend the New Year together, he immediately nodded happily, but soon thought, “Then will Yan Yan go with us?”
“Yan Yan can’t, he is too young, it’s not convenient.”
“But the three of us are together, Yan Yan is not here, isn’t it pitiful for Yan Yan?” Qi Qi tried hard to fight for the right to spend the New Year together for his younger brother, “Take Yan Yan with you, Yan Yan is so well-behaved, Yan Yan must want to go too.”
Jiang Mochen looked at his son, and Qi Qi acted like a spoiled child to him, “Okay? Or should we ask Dad?”
“You can’t ask your father. This time it’s a surprise for your father, so he can’t know now.” Jiang Mochen said. He looked at Qi Qi’s eager eyes and thought for a while. “How about this, I’ll ask grandma if I can take Yan Yan out. If I can, we’ll take Yan Yan with us. If not, let Yan Yan stay at home and celebrate the New Year with grandpa and grandma, okay?”
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