Chapter 21
After the ad was modified, the ending became more meaningful. The scene where Fei Chang walked toward Chen Yueyang could be seen as a love for “underwear”, but could also be seen as a love for “Chen Yueyang”. If you said it was straight, it was straight. If you said it was bent, it was bent. All in all, it depended on the audience’s interpretation.
This time, Fei Chang entered the play very quickly. The Enoki Mushroom female lead came over and made a few sexy poses around him, and he took the opportunity to put his hand on the girl’s waist.
This scene, taken from left and right, with close-ups and long shots, was shot six times, so Fei Chang’s hand also touched the small, slender waist of the Enoki Mushroom six times.
Outside the scene, Chen Yueyang apologized and said to the brand, “I’m really sorry, I still have a show to shoot in the evening, and the schedule is very tight. Earlier, changing the script delayed us by an hour. Could you please speed things up a little?”
The brand representative was self-aware, and quickly went to speak with the director. The director looked at the viewfinder and felt that he had enough material. Waving a big hand, he decided this scene was over and moved onto the next scene.
Jing Jiren said, “…Why don’t I know that you still have a program to shoot tonight?”
Chen Yueyang smiled and said, “That means you are still not qualified as an agent.”
“…”
The next scene was Chen Yueyang’s one-man show: He walked out of the dark bar, step by step into the aperture. The spotlight kissed his body, and he raised his eyebrows, piercing straight into the viewers’ hearts.
Even though in the final commercial, this scene was less than 10 seconds long, it had to be shot carefully. The cameraman had a serious look on his face, and he murmured for a while with the director.
Fei Chang sneaked behind the director to peep into the viewfinder. Chen Yueyang seemed to have a sixth sense and looked up at the camera. At focal length, the imaginary became real, and the beauty of a man emerged.
Fei Chang felt that he was about to die. The cause of death was insufficient blood supply to the brain.
Chen Yueyang had been working for many years and had a solid professional background. The director asked for a retake over and over again from multiple angles, but his movements had not changed at all. Fei Chang watched for a while, and realized how big the gap between them was. The little seed of inferiority showed some signs of germination.
In the last scene, all three actors played at the same time. The Enoki Mushroom walked toward Chen Yueyang, and Fei Chang stopped her with a large hand, displaying a domineering aura. Except Fei Chang was too eager to perform well and used too much strength. The Enoki Mushroom was thin and long, only 90 catties1[90 catties = 54 kg] at 1.75 meters tall, and she was almost thrown out by Fei Chang with one hand.
The Enoki Mushroom was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Chen Yueyang had a gentlemanly demeanor, and started comforting her gently. The Enoki Mushroom threw herself on his shoulder, eating her fill of the male god’s tofu[Taking advantage of someone sexually.].
Fei Chang was angry and regretful. He also wanted to cry on his senior brother’s shoulder, but he was so tall. If he threw himself over, he wouldn’t look like a small cat acting coquettish, but like a tiger eating someone.
During the next retake, Fei Chang had learned his lesson, and he stopped three centimeters in front of the Enoki Mushroom and didn’t touch a single hair on her body. This time the take passed smoothly.
— Electric light bulbs2[Third wheel.] were really too annoying.
Don’t think that a commercial only played for one short minute. The actual shooting process was quite tortuous. From when they entered the studio at 8 in the morning to when they finished at 4 in the afternoon, they spent almost an entire day. When Fei Chang and Chen Yueyang returned to the makeup room, Fei Chang slumped in a chair and didn’t want to move. They had to remove their makeup first, before they could go back and change their clothes.
Chen Yueyang attached great importance to image management. As long as he left the frame, his robe would be closed fully and his belt would be tied tightly. Compared to him, Fei Chang didn’t have so much idol baggage. His robe was wide open, revealing solid-color boxer briefs wrapped around his butt, covering the butterfly buttocks that the director so highly praised.
Chen Yueyang asked, “Tired?”
“Yeah… and recording shows is not the same kind of tiring…”
Although variety shows were often recorded for many hours at a time, they would be walking, playing, chatting, and interacting with each other throughout the show, so they wouldn’t be as mentally exhausted. For commercials, they had to repeat the same actions over and over again, sometimes stopping to adjust the lights and lenses, which was truly too tedious.
Compared with the wilted Fei Chang, Chen Yueyang didn’t show the slightest exhaustion. He was truly an outstanding idol, who had been honed for so many years under the cameras.
The little inferiority in Fei Chang’s heart came out again.
Chen Yueyang didn’t know why he was depressed, thinking that he was unwell. He walked to his side, looked down at Fei Chang who was curled up in the chair looking aggrieved. He stretched out his hand and placed it on Fei Chang’s forehead.
The forehead was warm. The palm was also warm. Chen Yueyang simply wanted to test the baby giraffe’s temperature, worrying that he had caught a cold after taking filming in his underwear for so long.
The palm only stayed on his forehead for five seconds. After confirming that he didn’t have a fever, Chen Yueyang quickly lifted his hand. But who would have thought, after he had moved a centimeter away, Fei Chang’s large palm immediately caught up and grabbed his wrist abruptly.
Chen Yueyang stared at him in surprise, only to see the young man’s face flushed bright red, still looking back stubbornly and firmly.
“Senior brother…” Fei Chang felt that he must be possessed by a ghost, to say such shameless words to the unattainable moon, “Actually, to me, you are…”
Before Chen Yueyang could react, the light bulb above his head suddenly exploded, dazzling sparks flashed, and the entire dressing room plunged into darkness in an instant.
Fei Chang had only spoken halfway when his tone changed, becoming a short and powerful “Damn!”
Damn it, it was an electric light bulb again.
- 1[90 catties = 54 kg]
- 2[Third wheel.]