Chapter 118

  His face was blank for three seconds before he reacted and realized that Jiang Chuan had misunderstood his intention - in fact, he didn't come to talk to Xide with the intention of turning things around, but rather because there was something important to discuss. Moreover, this little devil's ability to change the subject was very strong, and it was easy for the topic to be led astray while talking... everyone else was laughing, so it would be weird if he wasn't laughing too?

  Jin Yan slightly furrowed his brow, his gaze passing over Fang Yu to look for Jiang Chuan, but he found that the man was no longer on the beach. Instead, he had agilely climbed up the rocky shore with a tripod and camera, helping the staff with preparations - and seemed to be doing it very seriously. Jin Yan stared at him for a long time, but he didn't turn his head around.

  At this time, director Peter came over and asked Jianran to get ready. The first shot was him sitting by the sea singing a song to attract mermaids. Because of the post-production dubbing, he had to sing on the spot, regardless of how good or bad it sounded, at least he had to open his mouth and make some noise - this point Jianran had expected early on, but now that he thought about it, with such strong winds and waves, and so many people staring at him, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He patted the sand off his butt and stood up. At this moment, Xide, who was sitting on the beach, suddenly called out to him. Jianran lowered his head: "What's wrong?"

  "We still have a kissing scene today," Xi De revealed a sly smile, "have you thought about how to shoot it?"

  He subconsciously looked up to find Jiang Chuan - it took him a while to react and realize why he was looking for him, so he withdrew his gaze, thought for a moment, and said lightly: "Just shoot directly, the camera is too close in the water, it's not good to borrow a position... besides, I think even if the camera doesn't have to be that close, Peter won't allow us to use borrowing positions like this..."

  After all, the script of MV is written clearly and unmistakably, with a clear beginning and end, and the words used are behavioral verbs such as "kiss".

  Rather than some other ambiguous substitute word.

  This is enough to illustrate what the scriptwriter and director of this MV, "Leviathan", want to express. That's why I said that the plot of this MV is "too rich and full".

  At this time, he heard Jian Ran's answer. The red-haired youth's amber eyes sparkled with delight, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, as if he had been waiting for this answer. Before Jian Ran could finish saying "just don't be too excessive", he hastily interrupted him: "Fatty, it was my first time kissing a guy on the big screen."

  "It sounds like I'm very experienced," Jian Yan said with a embarrassed expression, "and also, don't call me that name, what if someone else hears it..."

  "They don't even know what I used to call you, or how nervous I was... Can I stick out my tongue for a moment?"

  "...... Of course not."

  Xide showed a disappointed expression without hiding it; at this time, Fang Yu's calm and composed expression was like looking at Su Daji.

  At this time, workers came to carry the stretcher with Hid on it, and Hid's hands naturally wrapped around the sturdy shoulders of the workers who came to help him. As they heaved him onto the stretcher, his pale hands rested on their shoulders, while he turned his head back, with a lazy expression, talking to someone behind him - his hair fell from his shoulder as he moved, forming a striking contrast between red and pale skin.

  In an instant, the strange theme song that had been puzzling him in his heart was answered - Hider indeed matched "Siren" very well, slender, delicate, with a refined face and full of an otherworldly, arrogant and narcissistic aura... If it were Jiang Chuan instead, that murderous, mature and sexy guy could only hold a trident to play the role of Siren's father, Poseidon.

  Jin Ran glanced at Jiang Chuan, and by this time the man had already stood firm on the beach. The two of them locked eyes for a moment before the latter looked away first. Jin Ran pouted and could only climb up onto the rocky reef alone, his feet hurting slightly from the uneven stones. He sat down in the spot designated by the director, with the turbulent sea beneath him. The waves crashed against the rocky wall, making a "whooshing" sound as they churned up layers of fine foam. From a distance, it didn't seem like much, but now that he was sitting so close, Jin Ran couldn't shake off the illusion that something would emerge from the waves and drag him into the sea...

  The waves splashed against his feet, wetting them. On such a hot summer day, it felt refreshingly cool.

  The sea breeze swept across his face, and he gazed out at the vast, endless ocean in the distance. Suddenly, an indescribable thrill rose up in his heart. When the director asked him from behind if he was ready, he nodded and replied in a slightly louder voice, "I'm ready."

  "Imagine you are a sailor sitting alone under the moonlight, without a wife or son, but with only one heart yearning for the freedom of sailing—"

  “……”

  He closed his eyes quietly.

  Put yourself in such an environment: the sea, moonlight, seagulls, and waves.

  At the same time, behind him, the director made a gesture, and the voices of the surrounding staff immediately became smaller. Mixed in with the waves was an unknown arrangement of the song "Siren" that seemed to come from nowhere. As everyone watched, the young man with black hair quietly closed his eyes and waited for the prelude to pass. When he should have started singing, the accompaniment suddenly dropped a tone.

  The young man with black hair opened his eyes.

  People only saw the facial muscles of the black-haired young man who was originally sitting with his back to them suddenly relax from the initial tension, as his eyebrows spread out, and the whole person looked like he had a completely new temperament. His gaze was placed in the distance, and his thin lips opened, a low and magnetic male voice sounded -

  My pirate's dream, my mission of burning and plundering; on the dark blue sea, the seawater is splashing happily.

  At this time, the staff who had worked in the recording studio couldn't help but pause for a moment, looking at each other in confusion. Before they could even read anything from their companions' eyes, the next second, the person sitting on the rock changed his movements. When singing the second paragraph, he slowly stood up from the stone, with an obvious and joyful excitement on his face. When the background sound of the third sentence of lyrics started, he slightly opened his arms, making a gesture of waving or embracing.

  Our hearts are so free, our thoughts are boundless and endless.

  He solemnly sang the first verse of his song.

  At this time, the accompaniment music was still ringing in his ears. Behind him, the director had already shouted "cut", and when the accompaniment music stopped abruptly, Jian Ran still looked a bit awkward. He touched his chin, turned around, and looked at the group of crew members behind him who were silently watching him. He said uncertainly: "Is it not okay? Actually, my acting skills can be slightly better. If I let me sing while acting, I really...".

  "Not bad."

  “……”

  "I sing better than you do in the recording studio, much better. In the video studio, you're like a dead fish that's going to die no matter how much oxygen it gets. But here, in this noisy environment, you can actually move around a bit more." Director Peter looked down at the monitor with the footage they had just shot, made some adjustments, and nodded in satisfaction. "Although it was a bit off-key at the end, it's really not bad. Let's do that segment again and we'll be done - second unit, get ready."

  He nodded slightly, unable to conceal the joy in his heart - after so many days of stagnation, heaven knows how much he needed positive encouragement at this moment. Hearing Peter say that, ignoring his terrible analogy, made him feel like a spring breeze. So in the second take, both his movements and expressions were more natural and smooth than the first time, and this simple shot was easily finished.

  Crouching behind the monitor and looking at a close-up of his own face: "......Wow, so oily."

  "You're a sailor, not some city white-collar worker. A clean face is what's really out of place." Peter said without looking up, fiddling with the footage he had just shot, "By the way, how many takes did those old guys in the final scene of 'Mysterious Seeds' need to get those classic shots?"

  He thought for a moment: "Three or four times, I guess. The water splashing out of there because the arc degree of shaking off the hair is a bit difficult, so it's hard to look good unless you shake it again and again..."

  He was halfway through his sentence when he saw Peter stop fiddling with the monitor and look up at him, so he immediately shut up: "...but this time I've accumulated a lot of experience, and when we shoot Leviathan, I'll try to make it look good."

  Stammering in English, at this time, the director's assistant standing behind Peter finally couldn't bear it anymore. She smiled with her eyes narrowed and raised her hand to pat Jianran's shoulder with the rolled-up script: "Oh, Ran, you don't understand, Peter's silence just now was a compliment to how great you are."

  His face was blank for a moment, and then he slightly widened his eyes and asked Peter, "Is that so?"

  Under the passionate gaze of a young black-haired man, Peter didn't speak, but cleared his throat and turned to let the staff prepare for the second shot. It was like breaking through the water's surface, just like when he pulled the sailor underwater after finishing the song. Meanwhile, Jian Ran, who didn't get an answer, smiled and rubbed his nose, then turned to look for Jiang Chuan. As a result, he saw the man standing not far behind the crowd, hugging his arms with a calm gaze, seemingly lost in thought. The two men's eyes met again, this time Jian Ran didn't avoid eye contact, but instead cracked a smile at the man and waved his fist in encouragement.

  Jiang Chuan slightly stunned, then raised one hand, four fingers slightly tilted at a 45-degree angle, palm facing himself, and his fingers lightly swept outward, making a "get out of here" gesture in response.

  He nodded and shrugged his shoulders, following the staff back to the reef.

  The man's hand fell, his eyes still fixed on the young black-haired man whose clothes seemed somewhat transparent due to the linen fabric, and asked Mr. Agent: "What is he doing?"

  "Just got praised and I'm flying high." Fang Yu smiled awkwardly, "Just like a primary school student."

  Jiang Chuan let out a cold snort and didn't say anything.

  It's clear that you're still unhappy about what happened with Jian Ran and Xi De.

  And at this time, in their not far away place, the second shot has already started filming——

  The young man with black hair, who had just finished singing the first verse, suddenly stopped moving, raised his chin slightly, and made an expression as if he had heard something. This expression was neither exaggerated nor abrupt, everything looked very natural. He lowered his head, changed from standing to kneeling at the edge of the reef, and looked down into the sea.

  At this time, a red-haired young man emerged from the water.

  A high nose bridge, delicate thin lips, and those beautiful amber-colored pupils suddenly appeared in front of the young black-haired man without warning - the latter was startled, subconsciously retreating backwards wanting to shrink back, but before he could react, the boy had already raised his dazzlingly white arms to wrap around his neck, and then retreated backwards as a whole, only to hear a "splash" sound, the two entwined and fell into the water together!

  Director Peter gestures for the underwater camera to follow at speed.

  The staff on the shore were in an uproar.

  At this time, Fang Yu, who was still in awe of "Xide Jier also being quite big and yet pulling Jianran down like that", hadn't had time to react to what was happening when the man standing quietly beside him quickly walked past him and went over to look at the monitor. At this moment, the underwater camera clearly showed the two people entwined together on the seabed.

  As the raven-haired young man adapted to the water temperature, he slowly opened his eyes and let out a string of bubbles from the corner of his lips.

  At this time, the red-haired youth, who had already opened his eyes, had a mysterious smile on the corner of his lips. His hand had come down from the neck of the black-haired young man and slid to his waist. As the buoyancy lifted the clothes that had become almost completely transparent when they entered the water from his waist, the youth's hands naturally wrapped around the naked waist of the person in his arms, with skin against skin. He leaned forward slightly...

  The sunshine shines down from sleep, forming a natural and beautiful light.

  This scene is aesthetically pleasing to most people's eyes, making their feet numb and their whole body feel comfortable.

  But for some reason, Fang Yu felt a chill run down his spine as he watched.

  But it turned out his reaction was probably correct ——

  As he watched intently on the screen, the two underwater completed a series of gestures required by the script, their lips getting closer and closer, Shide slightly opened his mouth, his tongue tip slightly exposed.

  The tall, large man who was originally leaning on the table with one hand to watch the monitor suddenly burst out a loud and coarse curse, withdrew from the edge of the table, and quickly walked towards the rocky area - then before anyone could react, only a woman's shrill scream was heard from the crowd, at the same time, the man had already jumped down from the rocky area, with a loud splash, almost covering up the sound of waves crashing against the rocks.

  ……

  Finally, he was dragged back to the coast by someone holding his neck.

  And just now, that shot which looked so beautiful to everyone, of course didn't get taken because someone suddenly rushed in.

  Then all the staff present, except Fang Yu, looked silently at the two people on the reef not far away, who were arguing in Chinese without any reserve in front of everyone.

  Lying on the reef, drenched from head to toe and looking like a drowned dog, the young man with black hair had just finished the longest breath-holding in his life and felt that he would never want to hold his breath again. He was furious, staring at the man not far away who was using his big hands to comb back his equally wet hair: "Damn it, Jiang Chuan! Are you out of your mind?! You didn't even help me, what are you doing making a mess?!"

  The man's hand movement paused, turned his head, and directly used his large hand to pinch the other person's jaw, making him unable to roar at himself again. He slightly narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Didn't I tell you to borrow a position?"

  "Squeeze (borrow) hair (squeeze) —— panic (put) hand!" He was vomiting blood in his heart, and he slapped Jiang Chuan's hand away, "Shooting a movie, old man, kissing scenes are inevitable, besides, didn't you think it was normal to be indifferent? Now you're coming to me with this entanglement——"

  "Is it okay to French kiss another guy in front of your boyfriend? If you're not prepared to be someone else's lover, then don't come and flirt with me." Facing his roar, the man calmly said, "We can break up now."

  "I said it was just acting and didn't say I'd follow Xi De's tongue"

  He suddenly stopped, his voice seeming to be choked in his throat, and the impatient and violent expression on his face froze. He turned his head to look at Jiang Chuan as if he were a monster and said...

  "What did you say?"

  "If you're not ready, we can break up now."

  Jiang Chuan repeated his words expressionlessly.

  "No, wait," Jing Ran still maintained that expression that could swallow an elephant whole as he stared at Jiang Chuan, "Are we together?"

  "We used to be together, but now we're breaking up."

  "How long did it take?"

  The man furrowed his brow——

  "From that day you asked me out in front of the bathroom door till now, it's been half a month... Ah, it's really been a long time, hasn't it?"