I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: You Are the One Overflowing with Talent!

Translator: Lordbluefire

Editor: Lordbluefire

Just the first scene alone took them a whole day until dusk before they finished filming it.

Lu Yuan shouted so much that he had a dry mouth and tongue. His aura was chaotic; in fact, he even felt that the manner of how he smoked was starting to get a little inelegant.

When they first started the shoot, Lu Yuan’s interest level was still very high. When he looked at the crew members busying about, Lu Yuan felt the sense of accomplishment of a leader.

He wanted to make the full use of this month to posture as a director, acting cool as much as he could. After all, he knew that he might not have another opportunity like this in the future.

Why was this so?

After wrapping up the filming of [Burial], Lu Yuan would immediately return to his hometown. Why would he give a damn about the entertainment business?

Who said that one must definitely live a grand and spectacular life just because they underwent rebirth?

Who said that they had to be the number one?

Some people would have such a fate, but some people didn’t.

Lu Yuan was very clear in his heart about what advantages he had. After he exhausted these advantages, he would be useless. Rather than persisting feeble-mindedly, he might as well use the chance to get more money every time he could. After that, he would return to his hometown and open a small restaurant or something, living an easy life.

This was then the correct path for Lu Yuan!

(Superstar? Creator? Actor? A Big-Name Director?)

(What jokes are these? Do they have anything to do with me?)

After all, he didn’t even apply for the license to operate the company ‘Distant Films’. It could be considered a fake company.

“Old Lu, I’ll leave these things to you,” said Lu Yuan

“Mn, alright,” replied Lu Yihong

Xia Hong was stunned. “What? Are you really going to let Yihong carry all of this? Have you gone crazy?”

“We need him to do this for the shoot.”

“I can report you if you abuse your authority like this!”

“Go ahead and report. Anyway, this is something where both parties are willing. I didn’t force him!”

“You are using the status of a director to bully an actor!”

“What? What do you mean by bullying? Don’t you see everyone else is also carrying stuff as they walked to the shooting site? Everyone is the same in this team. I treat everyone equally!”

“What about you? Everyone in the crew is carrying stuff, but why are your hands empty?”

“Me? My work is much more exhausting than you guys!”

“What’s so exhausting about your work?”

“I have to think of the camera angles, the overall situation, the details, the foreshadowing, and the embellishments. Naturally, when it is needed, I also have to consider special effects. Are all of these not exhausting…? I can tell you that my workload might be lesser than them, but I’m someone irreplaceable.”

“You!”

“I contributed brainpower! You can’t see the efforts I put in, and you can’t experience the insomnia that haunts me. Look at my dark circles, they are far darker compared to Old Lu’s!”

“…”

After Li Qing and Fatty Wei, who were following behind, heard the conversation between Lu Yuan and Xia Hong, they involuntarily rolled their eyes. They felt like kicking Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan’s current expression was extremely repulsive!

He seemed solemn and had a straight face. Other than transporting the necessary key equipment using a car, the rest of the equipment was transported to the shooting site via manpower.

Damn!

(You said it was necessary to let Lu Yihong carry the equipment to put himself in a fatigued state. But what about now? Are you not making everyone do the same thing?)

(Are you Lu Bapi (cruel exploitation)?)

(Ok, that is not important. But why did you describe yourself as someone decent? Dark circles under the eyes, insomnia… I know that you were watching a TV drama for the greater part of last night!)

…

The rays of the morning sun were bright and beautiful. It felt very comfortable. The weather these few days would also be splendid.

Xia Hong gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Right now, she felt like tearing Lu Yuan into shreds.

Why was there such a shameless person in the world?

He was simply talking nonsense, twisting words, and forcing logic!

Naturally, his nonsense wasn’t important. What was crazy was that Lu Yihong actually did what he said!

After that, she cast a look like she hated iron for not being able to become steel at the spirited Lu Yihong! 

She grew even more enraged after that!

(You idiot. If the company doesn’t put you in cold storage, who would they put? Lu Yuan told you to carry stuff and you feel alright to do so?)

………

The shooting site was about 4 km away from the company.

It was neither far nor near.

In any case, this distance caused Lu Yihong to pant heavily. He felt that his entire body was devoid of strength.

Naturally, Fatty Wei was panting heavily like Lu Yihong as well. As for Li Qing, he came over by car to load the key equipment to the set, and he had arrived earlier to make arrangements for things that needed his supervision. Hence, Lu Yuan wasn’t able to swindle him into carrying stuff.

Half an hour later when Lu Yuan and the others arrived on the mountain, Li Qing was almost done with his arrangements.

“Hu…”

Lu Yihong panted heavily, being extremely fatigued. Right now, he only wanted to find a place to lie down or have a seat.

“Let’s get started seeing that your current state is perfect.”

“Alright!”

The filming on the second morning caused Lu Yuan to feel a little depressed. All of a sudden, he discovered that after being shouted badly by him yesterday, Lu Yihong’s acting skills had improved to an extent where Lu Yuan couldn’t find anything to complain about.

For example, how he panted, how he displayed the feeling of fatigue, how he showed the feeling of fear…

Everything was so logical, everything was so perfect.

In fact, Lu Yuan didn’t even have a chance to yell ‘cut’ in order to act cool. This time, the director was like a decorative item set on display. He simply sat there and watched the actor acting out the things in the script.

This caused Lu Yuan to feel a little awkward. However, he wasn’t a professional and he also didn’t know much. He could only watch the proceedings quietly and pretended to be mute!

During the afternoon…

“Cut!”

“Not bad! Everyone, take a break. We will film the third scene after lunch!”

“Alright!’

During the entire morning, Lu Yuan only shouted this single word after the filming wrapped up.

Naturally, he used plenty of force in this shout. The shout was so loud that Li Qing, who was immersed in the filming, trembled violently and almost peed his pants.

He speechlessly glanced at Lu Yuan whose face was flushed red.

(No one was deaf here, is there a need to shout so loudly?)

If people didn’t know that they were shooting a film here, they might assume it was an earthquake!

(Alright, alright. I know you have a loud voice, okay?)

Lu Yuan ignored all the stares and exhaled.

This shout of his vented his emotions, causing his heart to feel much more relaxed!

………

If one ignored some other aspects of Lu Yihong, he could truly be considered an extremely dedicated actor.

He would read the script during lunch, during a break, and even when he was going to the toilet. He seemed to have gone crazy.

He was fully immersed in the filming.

Lu Yuan knew that this person was extremely stubborn and was a little bigoted to the point where he was a perfectionist.

In fact, even after the filming, he still wanted to look at the captured scenes. If there was something slightly off, he would take the initiative and request Lu Yuan to do a retake.

And the moment he did so, he would request for quite a few retakes.

Although doing a retake wasn’t a huge problem for Lu Yihong, it was very problematic for Lu Yuan.

(This son of a b*tch…)

(All of these retakes are a waste of money!)

It was enough that he postured and acted cool during the first day. But after he learned how much money a retake would cost, Lu Yuan instantly became dispirited.

He didn’t dare to play anymore because he couldn’t afford it.

However, after looking at the bloodshot eyes of Lu Yihong, Lu Yuan couldn’t find it in himself to reject.

He endured the pain of spending money and closed his eyes.

“Let’s do a retake then.”

After a few retakes, Lu Yuan felt increasingly worse as he looked at the mounting expenses.

“A truly good actor has to merge with his character. At the peak of profoundness, everything will be settled within a single take! I don’t hope to see similar retake situations happening in the future. This is also a test from me to you!” Lu Yuan drew in a deep breath as he stared at Lu Yihong.

“Don’t worry, Director Lu. This is the last one!”

Lu Yihong bit his lips and nodded with extreme determination.

Under the setting sun, Lu Yuan finally heaved a sigh of relief when the production crew finished filming the last scene.

The filming progress was on-point. At the very least, it was much faster than before.

However, Fatty Wei had a complicated expression on his face as he went to look for Lu Yuan. He seemed a little embarrassed.

“I’ll return to the company a little later tonight.”

“Why?”

“Someone invited me for a coffee.”

“A female?”

“A male.”

“What? Is this some ambiguous relationship?” Lu Yuan’s expression turned strange.

“Ambiguous your ass! It’s the director of [Capital City], Shen Lianjie!”

“What is he looking for you for?”

“Most probably. He wants to strut around and brag to me as he finished the filming of [Capital City]!”

“Mn, alright. Goodbye then…”

“Mn, wait a moment. Can you go with me?”

“Why would I go there? I’m not acquainted with him…”

“I’m afraid I couldn’t control myself and would pour coffee down his head. If you come with me, you can stop me in time. Besides, you are overflowing with talent. Maybe during crucial moments, you can dampen his sharpness!” Fatty Wei panted heavily and spoke his true feelings.

“???” Lu Yuan felt very bizarre.

Dampen his sharpness?

What did it mean?

There seemed to be another meaning inside these words?

Could it be something like the Feast of Hongmen?

“Eh…in any case, you will know if you go.” Fatty Wei’s tone of voice suddenly weakened. It felt like he was begging now.

“…”

Note:

Feast of Hongmen = a banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest.