Chapter 54: I've got this Celebrity's back (14)
Gu Xi looked at him.
Lu Qingzhou stood up straight under the light of the sun. He had his lips pursed so tightly, they had turned pale. But the light in his eyes was bright. The sunlight in the mountains was not quite as dazzling. Light and shadow fell through the layers of branches and leaves, clearly illuminating the soft down on his ears, making him appear terribly beautiful.
Film Emperor Gu suddenly felt that everyone else were particular eyesores.
Director Liang the eyesore, couldn't make heads or tails of this sudden inexplicable disgust. He raised his hand and waved it a couple of times in front of Gu Xi's face, which Gu Xi casually pushed aside.
Gu Xi couldn't kiss him in front of others but as before, Gu Xi still gave him a little smile. His eyes followed the delicate contours of his face. Like every kiss, it lightly touched the corner of Lu Qingzhou's lips. He raised his head to meet his dark eyes. "You can."
How can he not?
To praise, one must first disparage. He had originally planned to hold back for a few more days, let things bottom out and then strike back.
But his little paparazzo was willing to accompany him.
Lu Qingzhou didn't like strangers, didn't like the camera. He was bullied just now but despite not even knowing whether he would be bullied again, he was willing to accompany him.
He could be wronged but his assistant couldn't.
Gu Xi still hasn't tried on the 'throwing-his-weight-around' arrogant persona and now he was very much in the mood to try it. He went through in his mind the script he had taken. Half-jokingly, he turned to Liang Yuan. "Director Liang, I can see that the crew is also suffocating to death here. You wouldn't mind if I take a couple of your cast to give them a bit of exposure, do you?"
This kind of media excursion was usually for just one person. Now that they couldn't enter the filming area, they had no choice but to set up their cameras in the specially set up interview area. The protagonist of this interview was quite generous by taking two other people with him. These actors could use this interview to show their face, which could also be considered as exposure.
Liang Yuan's filming project was strictly guarded against the media. Cast and crew are stuck in this remote mountainous area for months on end. For a celebrity who was serious about attracting traffic, not being able to show his face for a few months was undoubtedly a tortuous loss. Hearing of this opportunity, many people's eyes lit up.
What 'take a couple of your cast'?
Even at a time like this, Gu Xi still didn't know better to worry.
Liang Yuan frowned and was about to lecture him about not knowing how to handle proper business when he was momentarily stunned by Gu Xi's unsmiling look. His heart suddenly jumped. "Come back!"
It seemed that Gu Xi had known earlier on that he would speak. He grabbed Lu Qingzhou to stop and he calmly turned around.
Liang Yuan's face darkened.
It had happened so suddenly. Liang Yuan hadn't made many commercial films and it was his first time experiencing this kind of thing. He was a little muddled at first but Gu Xi had reminded him with his feigned joking manner.
There was a mole in the crew.
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The more he wanted to know the actual situation the more he couldn't speak up. Liang Yuan suppressed his anger and said solemnly to his assistant, "Mr. Gu is not here for a visit. I invited him here to play a guest role. If they insist on coming in for an interview then they should come in and film the day to day operation of the crew. What do they mean by just interviewing a single person?"
There hasn't been a reporter among the crew in two months. As soon as he said that, many eyes suddenly lit up on the sidelines. A lot of people even immediately began to tidy up their appearance. In contrast, not many people were curious about Gu Xi's cameo.
The cast has been left up in these mountains for two months. They had to leave their Weibo accounts to be managed by their agency's team. There were many, many people who want to take advantage of this opportunity to show their faces. Even if he tried to search this way, he might not be able to find which one of them was the mole.
Liang Yuan felt a headache coming on and sighed lightly. Just as he was about to let Gu Xi pick some passerby character to perform, Gu Xi had already walked over and reached out for his script.
After a momentary stalemate, Liang Yuan resignedly handed over the script.
*
The reporters were brought in and it didn't take long for the sidelines to be packed.
Although they all knew, by tacit understanding, that they had all come here for Gu Xi, they couldn't not give the cast and crew face. Now that they've been told that they should film the crew's daily activities, the reporters could only diligently, by order of seniority, give each and every one of the other people their screen time as they waited for Film Emperor Gu's "let's talk after I've finished business."
Gu Xi stood at the sidelines, listening to Liang Yuan explain the scene. He noticed the flashing light on his side and he pulled Lu Qingzhou to the side. Quietly protecting him, placing him easily within his reach.
Seeing him guarding the little assistant like a fussy mother hen, Liang Yuan found it both infuriating and funny. Helplessly, he rolled up the script. "I'll watch him! I'll help you watch him! Film Emperor Gu, why don't you just tie a bell around him and carry him with you?"
He had merely said it in jest but Gu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and an expression like his interest had be piqued appeared on his face.
Liang Yuan: "..."
Liang Yuan shut his mouth and prepared a folding stool for Lu Qingzhou on the sidelines, behind the camera. He placed him in the shaded tent. "Fine, fine. I'll hide him for you. Which role has Film Emperor Gu taken a fancy to?"
Most of these roles were done after one or two scenes. The crew had borrowed a lot of extras from the army. Liang Yuan originally planned to pick among them for these roles. He was going to see if they could find one or two that were good in front of the camera to train up. Being able to pick up Gu Xi was undoubtedly an unexpected stroke of good luck. Having him act out any of the roles would never be a loss.
Even if it's just a cameo, Gu Xi wanted to give a spectacular show for his little paparazzo. He held the script in his hand and made a show of earnestly considering this question.
He was being given a Film Emperor level guest actor for free. On top of that, because of a mole in his crew, this guest actor had been blocked in by reporters. Liang Yuan was too embarrassed to hurry him up. He held back his temper and accompanied him, instructing the field crew to bring two lunch boxes so that they could have their fill first.
Each character had their own advantages. Gu Xi looked through them and made idle conversation with him. All the while, Gu Xi was paying attention to the movement on the sidelines from out the corner of his eyes.
He wasn't surprised that someone in Liang Yuan's crew had tipped off the media.
He was normally very well-intentioned towards others and was never one to start stirring up trouble. He hadn't provoke a lot of people and there were even fewer who could put in such effort and money to blacken him. As it happened, there was one in Liang Yuan's cast.
Ning Feiping, one of the actors that had been brutally admonished right in the face by Liang Yuan just now.
Unlike the others, Ning Feiping was also one of the representatives of "If I don't make it here, I'll go back and inherit the family business" group within the circle. He debuted using a noble young master persona. He didn't even have any affiliation with any agency. He had opened his own personal studio. He spent money left and right to pave his way. The only role he wanted but failed to get was Fang Zhengyan in "The Journey".
This role belonged to Gu Xi.
Gu Xi's acting was almost developed enough. The role was a good one but it really wasn't challenging. In fact, he had no intention of fighting him for it. It just so happened that the two of them had ran into each other by accident during the audition. Gu Xi had performer first. When it was Ning Feiping's turn, the old director who was over sixty-years-old couldn't help but sigh, "After pearls and jade."
Ning Feiping bore a grudge against him because of this one statement.
From there on after, whenever they ran into each other at shows, Ning Feiping would always try to secretly trip him up. Unfortunately for him, Film Emperor Gu had experienced a great many storms, playing Taichi was almost second nature and he very easily deflected them. He even didn't take it very seriously.
Although he hadn't thought that the other party would make trouble with him just because of a role, the convergence of so many things made Gu Xi's thoughts turn in his mind.
There were some things that he didn't care about but other people might. Ning Feiping's career was up in the air. He was relying on brilliant roles from these past few years and the abundant resources he had in his hands to garner roles that matched his personality. All this time, he loitered around the first and second tier of the industry and has garnered quite a number of fans. Only that he was missing that chance to break out.
Without Gu Xi, this role probably would have been his.
The lunch boxes were delivered. Gu Xi was occupied by several scripts and couldn't accept them. Lu Qingzhou got up to take them. He carefully laid them down on the small table; every bit like the decent assistant.
The unhappiness in his chest was swept clear away. Gu Xi's expression turned warm and threw all other thoughts to the back of his mind. He was about to get up to tease the little paparazzo, only to find that Liang Yuan's expression was a bit wrong.
"It's okay, it's okay. Have your lunch first. I'll go and tell them to hurry up with the set—"
Seeing him look over, Liang Yuan spoke quickly and kept trying to push him out. Instead, Gu Xi stopped, rolled the script in his hand and blocked Liang Yuan's arm.
"…I'm on the crew and this is just hearsay. What I know might not be accurate. But that Yixing tea set is a very precious antique indeed. This much I understand."
"Yes, I'm ashamed to say it but actually, I saw the Yixing tea set first. At that time, I was competing against Teacher Zhou at the auction but I couldn't outbid him. This for me is just a bit of a hobby but he really likes this thing."
"That was a quality item indeed. It's natural to be tempted by it. That crew member must have some financial difficulties or maybe she was just young and naïve. She must have taken a fancy to it and not knowing how expensive it was, she just couldn't help it…"
Ning Feiping stood on the sidelines, even-tempered and good -humored, his words suitable for the occasion. Gone was the sorry figure he had cut when Liang Yuan had berated him before.
Gu Xi's expression sank.
"Don't be stubborn! It's not difficult to explain this. Does he have any say in all this? Just bear with it for now…Didn't you say before that you were going to slap their faces later on!"
In any case, Gu Xi was now plagued by negative scandals. Liang Yuan was afraid he wouldn't be able to bear it and so, he lowered his voice to remind him and also dragged him back.
The news didn't say whether the crew member had been a man or a woman and because they had used the implication-laden phrase 'pretty face', most people were probably like Liang Yuan, who got the wrong idea. Their thoughts strayed to hints of unspoken rules afoot.
Ning Feiping was brimming with confidence. He tried his best to support Zhou Tong without mentioning Gu Xi. But little did he know that even if he smashed this matter to the ground, at most, Gu Xi would be branded as rash; he might even gain a reputation of being loyal, knowing to recognize kindness and seeking ways to return it. In the eyes of ordinary people, they wouldn't think much of it.
As long as Gu Xi was willing to bear it for now. He just needed to bear with it for now.
Liang Yuan dragged the person to the side of the camera, making sure that he couldn't hear anything anymore. He pushed him to sit down, "It's alright. You should eat first and I will deal with it—"
His voice suddenly stopped.
Lu Qingzhou had already finished eating and he had already put away his lunch box. Gu Xi's lunch box obviously didn't have just a single portion of meat. The soy-braised shredded pork was crammed full into the lunch box and the shiny red-braised pork was poured over the rice so carefully that the lunch box almost couldn't be covered with the lid.
The little assistant sitting at the table obviously didn't know the portions of the crew's lunch boxes. He even thought that he wouldn't be found out, his dark eyes clear and bright. He had carefully hidden away the light in his eyes showing how proud he was of himself. However, he couldn't hide it from eyes of a seasoned director who spent all his time on shooting sites and a specialized actor.
Liang Yuan opened his mouth, suddenly unable to say anything. He only whispered to him, "Old Gu…"
'Bear it', my ass.
Gu Xi didn't look at him. He turned the script to a page and slapped it against his chest. "I'll play this. Go and set the scene up."
Liang Yuan didn't speak much. He took the script and left. Gu Xi took a deep breath. Using the edge of the table for support, he leaned over and took Lu Qingzhou into his arms.
His hands were shaking.
Lu Qingzhou had been sitting too far away and didn't know what had happened. He quickly raised his hand to receive him. "Do you feel hot? Sit down, I'll get water…"
Gu Xi's chest ached. He pressed the person into his arms and his voice was hoarse, "Have you eaten?"
"I've eaten..."
Behind the camera was the sun-shade tent away from other people. It was enclosed on three sides and people inside couldn't easily be seen. Lu Qingzhou hugged him back and sat down, thinking he had been wronged. He held him gently and handed the chopsticks over. "Are we going to the interview already?"
"No hurry. The interview will be after the shooting."
Gu Xi took the chopsticks and held it in his hand, unwilling to refuse the little paparazzo's kindness. He nuzzled against his cool cheek and pressed down the sourness in his heart.
"Qingzhou…that move you taught me that day; that move that looks like I'm not exerting any effort but is actually really painful. Can you teach it to me again?"
Liang Yuan went out. Only then did he take a look at which page the script was opened to.
The reason they had plunged inside this forested area was in order to shoot a joint military exercise scene. This page of the scripts as of the ending plot. This was the display of martial prowess by the Red faction's Special Forces to which the protagonist belonged to. A team of several people goes deep behind enemy lines and picks two scout regiments of the Blue faction.
The role Gu Xi chose was a staff officer of the Blue faction's scouts who committed "suicide" and abdicated during the exercise.
This character's on-screen time was less than a minute and had only a single a line. He had no name and not even a full frontal face shot. The protagonist's group trapped him in order to assume his identity and confuse the soldiers of the Blue faction. In the confusion, they would take the opportunity to wipe them out. Unexpectedly, this staff officer, who was obviously a civilian, resisted to the death, finally managing to unscrewed the signal flare during their scuffle, choosing for them to perish together instead.
Because of this action by the staff officer, two from the protagonist team died during the military exercise. It gave the recruits, who were showing off their abilities, their first lesson. It served as an important turning point in the plot.
The significance of the role itself was actually not small, but Liang Yuan insists on not adding to the scene. He wanted to use the elegance of the scene to leave a message. Few serious actor would ever be willing to take on this role that ever passersby wouldn't consider.
Liang Yuan turned the page and saw the painful hand-to-hand fighting scene in the storyboard. He couldn't help but shudder.
...
It seems that when the shooting starts in a while, he'll have to think up of some way to block the reporters.
The cast wasn't filming at the moment and many of the actors had begun to accept interviews. Ning Feiping mingled with the crowd with confidence and was carefully organizing his words when Liang Yuan's roar came without any warning from behind him. "Everyone, come back here! Stop talking already — the earlier we finish this shoot, the earlier we can rest!"
Although Liang Yuan was young, his status within the director's circle was not low. This was because he has produced excellent works one after another. This gave him enough confidence to roar at anyone and everyone on the set. No one in the crew dared to confront him. Ning Feiping, with his great financial resources, dared only drag his steps a little bit. In front of the reporters, he did not wish to create a reputation like Gu Xi's "going on strike" and "considering everyone beneath his notice". He nodded politely to the reporters, apologized and walked back quickly.
This scene happened to follow the one that had received a dozen NG just now. Shooting it now created a smooth transition. They didn't even need to change the setting.
Director Liang's mind was still laden with worry about the possibly of Film Emperor Gu beating people up. But despite this, outwardly, he still roared with complete confidence and strained his neck explaining the scene a couple of times. Gu Xi had just rolled up his sleeves and walked over.
Camouflage attire was easy to find. It was all over the set. Gu Xi stayed in the tent and coaxed the litte paparazzo to share the lunch box with him. He then went to as a crew member for a set of camouflage attire. He greeted a few familiar actors and nodded to Liang Yuan.
His little assistant followed closely beside him. Except a slight redness to his face, there was nothing unusual. It seemed that he still knew nothing of Ning Feiping's slander.
Liang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded at him. Although he knew that most everyone knew each other, he still pulled him over and introduced Gu Xi again.
Ning Feiping had been spending the day secretly hitting Gu Xi while he was down. Just now, he was feeling somewhat diffident in his heart and he uncharacteristically didn't direct a cold scowl at Gu Xi. He bowed his head, refusing to meet his eyes.
His role this time was that of a military student. He wore glasses and was cultured but his hands are absolutely ruthless. Although his was only a supporting role but he can tell that it was a role that would receive wide-spread acclaim once it was finished shooting.
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"Cut!"
Liang Yuan loudly called out for everyone to stop and waiting for everyone to adjust their condition.
Gu Xi lowered his head to fix the belt of his uniform, as though completely unaware of anything. Ning Feiping frowned. Worry that the other party's has caught on to what he's been doing surged for a moment and was then was once again suppressed by reason.
With both their sides having reached this point, if Gu Xi knew that he was the mastermind behind all this, he could never remain so calm that he could still perform with him on set like this.
It was probably an accident. Maybe he had bumped into someone's equipment.
While comforting himself, he came back to his senses. Ning Feiping psyched himself up. Once he heard the signal to start, he pounced at him again.
And once again it hurt to the extreme.
This time, Ning Feiping's chest had been hit. Ning Feiping's eyes went dark for a moment. He staggered and almost fell on his ass. He couldn't help it and almost had a fit of anger when he met Gu Xi's unexpectedly cold gaze.
Ning Feiping couldn't help but frowned, suddenly feeling a little bit unsure in his heart.
Ordinarily, if he had received NG multiple times for this kind of fighting scene, he would have already called in a stand-in. But this time there were reporters all around. If he called a stand-in in front of everyone like this, who know how many people would laugh at him?
Ning Feiping was feeling apprehensive and didn't dare to have a conflict with Gu Xi at this time. He could only grit his teeth and endure it. He tried to link up with Liang Yuan, "Director, can the combat instructor give guidance to Teacher Gu again? We're not matching up very well..."
"Just how many time do you plan on getting NG on this one-minute scene! Where did you suddenly lose your head?!"
Liang Yuan turned a deaf ear and berated him coldly. Without waiting for him to recover, Liang Yuan slammed the script hard. "You better not make me reshoot this for a fourth time or else no one gets to eat anymore!"
The staff officer post was a civilian post. He was not even as proficient in fighting as most of the ordinary scouts. Excessive guidance from the combat instructor would make his moves appear too deliberate and planned out. Liang Yuan's only request to Gu Xi was to be ruthless, to try and fight with the desperation of a trapped beast. In contrast, it was the remaining few leading actors, who, in order to show the crisp and neat fighting moves to the camera, needed to strictly follow the combat instructor's requirements and failing that, had to have them start all over again.
"Does it hurt that much? Just grit and bear it. Teacher Gu even had to follow the script and get beaten by us!"
Hao Yue, who stood to the side, was young. He couldn't himself from grumbling in a low voice. Rubbing his arms, he walked back to his position. Although the remaining few did not make a sound, their expressions also showed some faint dissatisfaction.
Ning Feiping felt anger rise in his heart. He was about to retort when he saw Gu Xi, who had clearly been thrown to the ground so that his costume was covered in dirt being surrounded by several crew members patting off the dirt. He was forced to swallow his words once again.
Next time, I will also have to roll on the ground…
The look in Ning Feiping's eyes turned cold. He had already made up his mind to involve Gu Xi in a scam injury. Once he heard the signal to start, he used his body to charge in. He was about to fake his fall but his arm was suddenly caught and ruthlessly pinned to his back. He instantly lost his center of gravity and was caught by Gu Xi who was in the middle of fighting with the protagonist group. Gu Xi took this opportunity when they were all entangle and pinned him to the ground.
It was a slight deviation from the original plot and the deputy director was about to call for a stop but Liang Yuan's eyes suddenly brightened. "Don't move."
The original plan here was for the staff officer to catch their attackers off guard to unscrew the signal flare. It was completely unforeseen. The veteran scout grew sad at their failure. The civilian officer gave a desperate fight in his anger. However, it wasn't enough. Liang Yuan originally intended to use empty space to intensify the conflict. But Gu Xi performing the scene in such a way, instead, caused an unexpected tension in front of the camera.
Ning Feiping had fallen so heavily he was starting to see stars. He coughed from the dust on the ground. Gu Xi was surrounded by several people, but still had him pinned down so tightly. Panting heavily, he opened his scraped mouth and unscrewed the signal flare that represented the detonation.
Thick smoke covered the view and they weren't doing a simultaneous audio recording but Gu Xi was still leaned in close to his ear and calmly delivered the character's only line.
"You dare touch my people… how do you know that I wouldn't dare to risk my life?"
...
Ning Feiping suddenly felt a chill go down his back.
The smoke from the signal flare was so thick, people couldn't open their eyes. Liang Yuan's voice penetrated through the smoke. "It's done! It's done! Field crew, come here and start packing up!"
Gu Xi let go of his hold on Ning Feiping and stood up from the ground. He fixed his clothes as though nothing had happened. He nodded towards Liang Yuan and brushed off the dust from his body as he walked towards the sidelines.
Lu Qingzhou had been keeping watch from the sidelines all this time. Seeing him coming, he hurriedly went over to inspect his scratches. However, Gu Xi raised his arms and caught him.
Greeted with the little paparazzo's worried eyes, Gu Xi raised the corner of his lips. He pulled out a military cap from under the shoulder strap and placed it on his head. Rubbing his head a couple of times, he said, "Let's go. It's time for our interview."
*
At the set of "The Fall."
Mu Jinchu was easy-going and gentle, but he was unexpectedly strict about the shooting. After repeated discussions, they were finally able to settle on the changes to the main storyline.
"President Mu, don't worry. When Mr. Lu comes, I will fully respect his opinions."
Li Renyi was already sweating bucket loads. Seeing him nod, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and repeatedly promised, "The crew is absolutely clean. The crew will issue a unified statement before tonight about all those things before. There will be no more of those disgusting matters …"
The reporters who allowed among the crew were all trying their best to grab first-hand information. Grabbing what little mobile signal they could, they had already stirred up a new round of uproar on the Internet.
Ning Feiping's interview was displayed on the tablet laying on top of the desk. He was right in the middle of talking about how that crew member must be "young and naive". Li Renyi's back grew taut. In his mind, he hastened the time limit from tonight to five o'clock in the afternoon. He raised his hand to turn off the tablet but was blocked using the script in Mu Jinchu's hand.
"The waters are deep in this industry and I understand that sometimes things are done that aren't of one's own volition."
Mu Jinchu smiled and put down the revised script. He didn't seem to be irritated by those offensive remarks. He took off his glasses and spoke slowly.
"Xiao Zhou has experienced some unpleasant things so when it comes to his protection we can all be quite high-strung. I hope you can understand."
"Of course, of course. We all understand."
Li Renyi nodded repeatedly and then cautiously reminded. "President Mu, this Ning Feiping's family is quite powerful. We don't know if he might disturb Mr. Lu…"
"They will be able to settle him soon. There's no need for me to interfere. Xiao Lu can move my company and cast as he wishes. If that is still not enough then I'll just buy a few more companies."
Mu Jinchu appeared unconcerned. He waved his hand with a smile and his eyes fell to the screen.
Gu Xi, in front of the camera, was dressed in a military uniform. Although it was still stained with dust, it made him appear more majestic and heroic. There was a young man that he kept by his side. You could feel the tightness of the youth's body through his clothes. The corners of his lips were already pressed into a thin line but it was evident that he had no intention of stepping aside, as a firmly stood on guard beside him.
He actually seemed to be guarding him so closely as to not permit anything through.
The reporters were hounding him relentlessly. They carried with them a glimmer of hope and tried their best to raise the microphone towards him. "Teacher Gu, about those rumors of 'engaging in unspoken rules on the set' and 'flying into a rage over a pretty face', would you like to clarify those rumors? Were you really abusing unspoken rules?"
This kind of problem already had nowhere to go and now wasn't worth worrying about. A look of relief appeared in Mu Jinchu's eyes and he nodded lightly, "I came here to see him. Now that all the most important things have been arranged, I can now go back and report to his father…"
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Xi's voice came clearly through the video, "I have."
Mu Jinchu: "..."
Gu Xi was unaware that someone was especially watching his live broadcast beyond the camera. He rubbed the little paparazzo's cap-covered head. He corners of his lips ticked up. He removed a bell from his key holder and handed it over into his hand to hold. He looked steadily at the camera.
"Here."