“Boss, if I smoke Brother Long’s cigarette, I’m afraid I won’t be able to withstand the bloody storm in the future.” Yan Ye still looked indifferent.

Bai Ying’s eyes were slightly cold, and he said slowly, “——Who is your boss?”

After Yan Ye heard this, he picked up a cigarette.

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

According to the script, he would light the cigarette and suddenly put it into Brother Long’s mouth. After Brother Long choked and it was determined that there was no problem, Yan Ye would then pick another one to smoke himself.

But after watching the scene between Gu Xiaowei and Luo Yu, Director Lin frowned and shouted “Cut——.”

The tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.

Gu Xiaowei’s assistant Xiao Qin ran over to bring water.

“Brother Gu, do you want some water?”

Gu Xiaowei was still immersed in the atmosphere just now. When he looked up, he saw Luo Yu opposite him chatting with the actor who played Brother Long. The two appeared like the best of buddies. If it weren’t for the fact that the cigarette case in front of them was just a prop, these two people could smoke together on the spot.

He still remembered Bai Ying’s words “Who is your boss?” He was caught by Bai Ying’s eyes, as if a fire had been lit in the humid and sultry heat, burning everything inside. Wanting nothing more than the world to be turned upside down, that that person would lose his composure and show a flustered expression.

“I just said two lines, and I’m not thirsty. Go ask Luo Yu… and other actors if they want to drink water.” Gu Xiaowei said.

“En, okay!”

Xiao Qin stopped directly in front of Luo Yu, “Brother Gu asked if you want to drink water!”

Luo Yu was startled for a moment and looked in the direction of Gu Xiaowei. Gu Xiaowei was reading the script with his head lowered and his eyes lowered. The unrestrained wildness just now was pulled back, as if Gu Xiaowei and Yan Ye were two sides of a coin. Completely different but able to be flipped at any time.

“Thank you.” Luo Yu smiled, and Xiao Qin beamed happily.

Xiao Qin offered water to several other actors, and everyone thanked her one after another.

“Bai Ying… uh, Luo Yu, come here.” Lin Yue, who was sitting in front of the screen, waved to Luo Yu.

“Ah? Me?” Luo Yu quickly stood up and ran towards Lin Yue.

Luo Yu thought to himself, was there something about the character that he didn’t understand well?

But the scene he had performed with Gu Xiaowei just now seemed quite satisfying to him.

After these ten years of accumulation, he should be able to perform his best.

As soon as he walked to the screen, Lin Yue motioned to the assistant director next to him to give up his seat, pulled a stool over and had Luo Yu sit down.

“Director Lin, did I miss something?” Luo Yu looked at Lin Yue.

Screenwriter Hua next to them was tapping the keyboard on his laptop, typing furiously.

“Don’t lower yourself yet. I and the other crew members think you performed very well. When you were acting opposite Brother Long, you held it up high and put it down gently. It was a very good performance.” Lin Yue’s voice was very gentle.

“Then it’s the scene with Yan Ye?”

Director Lin smiled and patted his shoulder: “The scene with Yan Ye was even more beyond our hopes. Xiao Gu’s acting skills and aura are not something ordinary actors can match. Not only did you match it well, you also performed well the feeling of testing and confronting the other.”

“Then… what’s wrong?” Luo Yu eagerly wanted to know where he didn’t understand correctly.

“No, no, no, Screenwriter Hua, the assistant director and I all felt that the tension of the confrontation between Bai Ying and Yan Ye came through the screen. Even without editing, we all thought it was very stunning. It’s because of the peak set off by the performance from the two of you. But if Yan Ye sticks a cigarette into Brother Long’s mouth instead of continuing confronting you, the feeling that you two have evoked in the audience would not be maintained. So we decided to change it.”

“Oh.”

Luo Yu nodded blankly, and then looked in the direction of Gu Xiaowei. Gu Xiaowei continued to read the script without moving.

Was it only his role that needed to be changed? Shouldn’t Gu Xiaowei be called over too?

Finally, Screenwriter Hua stopped his furious typing and handed it to Lin Yue to read.

Lin Yue looked at it for a while, nodded with satisfaction, and then showed it to Luo Yu.

“Just keep acting like this.” Lin Yue said.

Luo Yu looked at it and his eyes almost fell out of their sockets, “So… so wild? Should we tell Gu Xiaowei about this?”

Lin Yue smiled like a gentleman, but Luo Yu felt that he looked a bit scummy.

“No, if we let him know, his reaction will not be the effect we want. It’s exactly his on-the-spot reaction that we want.”

Effect? What effect did the two bigwigs want?

Luo Yu looked at Lin Yue and then at Screenwriter Hua, “The effect you want… is for Bai Ying to be beaten to death by Yan Ye? I have no doubt that Yan Ye will pick up the coffee table and smash it on Bai Ying’s head.”

Lin Yue laughed, and even the thermos cup in his hand trembled slightly, “No, no, you have to believe in Gu Xiaowei’s refinement.”

Luo Yu raised his hands to cover his face, “Okay…”

Of course Gu Xiaowei was a refined gentleman, but Yan Ye might not be!

“Continue filming and start again from Bai Ying’s words, ‘Who is your boss?’! Bai Ying’s lines have been slightly changed, but the rest will continue to perform as usual!”

Luo Yu took a deep breath.

Gu Xiaowei frowned as he looked at Luo Yu’s expression as he adjusted his emotions. Based on his previous experience of working with Lin Yue, Director Lin often had some brilliant improvisations on the spot. However, in previous corporations, this impromptu line change was directed at him, but this time it was Luo Yu.

Luo Yu sat back on the sofa, his expression changed quickly, space and time were infinitely shrinking towards him, and the atmosphere returned to the tense KTV private room.

“Who is your boss?” Bai Ying asked.

Yan Ye strolled over and picked up the cigarette case on the table, but he didn’t expect Bai Ying to reach out to him at that moment. Yan Ye naturally put the cigarette case into Bai Ying’s hand.

It was as if the different scripts the two of them had were synchronized instantly.

This also gave Luo Yu the courage to continue acting according to the new script.

Bai Ying took out one of the cigarettes and held it between his lips.

Yan Ye was stunned for only a moment, then walked to Bai Ying’s side and took out his lighter.

The closer he got to Bai Ying, the playful smile on his lips became more obvious. The two of them were probing at each other, what was the other’s plan and what kind of tests would he have?

When Yan Ye clicked the lighter on, he shrouded a small half of Bai Ying’s face with his palm, which made Bai Ying’s eyes and eyelashes more visible on the screen.

There was clearly a kind of fragile elegance, but in reality Bai Ying was ruthless and cruel.

Bai Ying took a drag of the cigarette, held it between his lips, and slowly pressed the cigarette into the ashtray.

Yan Ye said lowly: “It seems that the quality of Brother Long’s cigarettes is not very good, and the boss doesn’t like it very much…”

This was a line that Gu Xiaowei said impromptuly based on Luo Yu’s performance, but it really fit the atmosphere.

While Luo Yu admired Gu Xiaowei’s acting skills in his heart, he also wanted to know… whether Gu Xiaowei could continue reacting to the changes made by the director and screenwriter.

The next second, Bai Ying grabbed Yan Ye’s loose tie with his left hand and pulled him towards him suddenly. He then made a loose fist with his other hand and pressed it on Yan Ye’s lips.

Yan Ye opened his eyes wide. In order not to lose his balance, he put his hands on the coffee table. While Bai Ying blew the cigarette smoke in his mouth from one end of his curled fist out from the other end.

Yan Ye wanted to say something out of surprise, but a wisp of smoke rushed into his open mouth. Even though there was not much scent to it anymore, it was still like strong alcohol burning his throat, and the desire in his heart boiled and hit the shackles of the cage.

Bai Ying let go, smiled and pushed Yan Ye outwards, “Ah Ye, I, the boss, will teach you a lesson today——Brother Long has been on the streets for so long, how could he entertain guests with cigarettes mixed with dirty things? Unless he doesn’t want to live anymore.”

He called Yan Ye “Ah Ye”, which meant that he temporarily accepted him.

Yan Ye looked at Bai Ying’s smiling eyes. Hypocrisy, cunning, and capriciousness were all products of those eyes, but these worldly desires just happened to be so heart-burning.

“I’ve learned a lesson.” Yan Ye smiled.

“Congratulations, you can follow me in the future. Let me see how long you can live.” Bai Ying said. 

Yan Ye looked at Bai Ying. This person was probably the most dark and gorgeous epitome in this dirty circle. He was contradictory as well as heart-stopping.

“Cut” sounded, and Luo Yu emerged from Bai Ying’s identity and took a deep breath.

He looked at Gu Xiaowei across from him and praised him sincerely, “You are so awesome! Can you pick up any lines? I even wonder if you got the new script written by Screenwriter Hua in advance!”

No one saw Gu Xiaowei’s clenched fist slowly unclenching, but then clenched and unclenched it again when Luo Yu praised him.

On the other side, Lin Yue and Hua Xingyun looked at each other and smiled.

“I didn’t expect that the first scene we filmed went so smoothly. It’s a good sign, Director Lin.” Hua Xingyun said with a smile.

“Why do I feel like you will stay up late again tonight to revise?” Lin Yue said as he covered the thermos cup.

“You understand me well. But this time Xiao Gu enters the role so quickly. Yan Ye’s cold-eyed observation and dual sense of wandering on the edge of sin are very well expressed. And Luo Yu’s Bai Ying is simply amazing, that kind of blatant collision and transgression…”

“Acting is actually just like playing chess. It’s exciting when two people are equally matched, tit for tat, back and forth.” Lin Yue said with a smile.

At the end of this scene, Luo Yu walked towards the director, wanting to see the effect of their performance just now. He glanced at Gu Xiaowei subconsciously, thinking that the other person would go with him to see it, but Gu Xiaowei went in the direction of the bathroom instead.

He at first bent over and leaned towards the screen, but unexpectedly, the director and screenwriter moved to the side and even gave him a small stool to sit on.

“I knew Gu Xiaowei’s acting skills were good before, but I really didn’t expect that he could pick up even impromptu lines. It’s amazing.” Luo Yu sighed.

And this was Gu Xiaowei, who was in his early twenties. Faced with such sudden changes, he could still carry out the role of Yan Ye to the end in a short period of time.

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

Lin Yue smiled lightly and said gently: “Luo Yu, you don’t need to praise others, you are very amazing yourself. Look carefully at Yan Ye’s eyes. When you moved close to him, there was definitely a bit of fluster deep in his heart.”

“Gu Xiaowei flustered? That’s impossible.” Luo Yu rubbed the tip of his nose.

If you would like to show some ♡  then please consider supporting this translator! ლ(⌒εー)ლ