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Chapter 222 - 214: Tongzi Brother, Save Me Please (4k)_2

Chapter 222: Chapter 214: Tongzi Brother, Save Me Please (4k)_2

In this scene, Sun Yueqing, the female lead Lin Mo, brings the character Wang Chuan, whom she plays, to her younger brother’s video studio to watch a movie together, and while watching, they talk about her brother.

I remembered that my response should be...

Wu Mu followed the script, looking at Sun Yueqing and said, "Now isn’t there one more?"

Sun Yueqing, who had been mostly focused on the movie, seemed slow to react, but once she did, her first reaction wasn’t happiness. Instead, she slowly turned her head to look at Wu Mu, and as she turned, her smile unconsciously retracted a bit.

Then, as she turned her head completely and made eye contact with Wu Mu.

Hiss!

Looking into Sun Yueqing’s dark eyes, feeling the scrutiny of her gaze, the slightly restrained curiosity and affirmation in her eyes, Wu Mu’s heart skipped a beat.

Was Sun Yueqing’s acting this powerful?

People on the internet mocked those descriptions of "a mix of indifference, mockery, and nonchalance," questioning whether one could really discern a pie chart in a pair of eyes.

But at that moment, Wu Mu felt as though he really could see the emotions in Sun Yueqing’s eyes.

She seemed like she truly embodied the character Lin Mo, searching for the thoughts of the person who had spoken these words.

In the past, when he watched some interviews with directors and actors talking about eye acting, he was hardly moved.

But this instant with Sun Yueqing made him understand what eye acting was really about.

If it were just a normal stare, he felt it wouldn’t pressure him. But under these circumstances... Wu Mu felt a bit nervous. He tried hard to immerse himself as the character Wang Chuan, hoping to convey his courage to Lin Mo through his gaze.

Sun Yueqing either felt it or not, but then there came another brilliant little touch. After half a second of eye contact with Wu Mu, her previously restrained smile involuntarily curved upwards slightly.

Wu Mu, trying to follow the script’s description, awkwardly turned to the front, pretending to watch the "movie," and then waited for Sun Yueqing’s next move.

Sun Yueqing followed suit, her gaze seemed to focus on the front as before, but one could distinctly feel that her attention was no longer there.

Her palm slowly neared Wu Mu’s palm, then gently grasped it.

Feeling the soft touch and warmth coming from her palm, Wu Mu’s arm twitched slightly in discomfort.

"Cut."

Someone called cut.

It was the director, Wang Ren.

With such obvious actions, of course, everyone around them could see.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes had already focused on them.

The looks given by the audience were clearly odd, especially the trio of veteran actors. They wanted to say something, but seemed to hesitate, stopping themselves half-way.

Sun Yueqing spoke for them.

"Stop looking so shocked! You’ve completely regressed from before!" Sun Yueqing looked like she wanted to clutch her head in distress.

Her hand was still holding Wu Mu’s hand, "You just got nervous, didn’t you? What’s there to be nervous about holding hands!"

Wu Mu defended himself, "I wasn’t nervous, just a bit uncomfortable."

Sun Yueqing glared at him, still not letting go, and while swinging their clasped hands back and forth, she demanded, "What’s so uncomfortable about it?"

Of course, it was uncomfortable because you’ve invaded personal space boundaries.

Wu Mu, helpless, naturally felt a little uneasy when someone, not yet that close to him, suddenly took his hand.

Sun Yueqing was exasperated, "You’ve completely regressed from before. Even if you used to be overly forceful in your acting, you weren’t so inhibited were you?"

She really couldn’t make heads or tails of it. So much for the saying "one should view someone with a new eye after three days apart." She really saw him in a new light now. His acting used to be bad enough, but who would have thought that now it could be even worse than before!

Wu Mu explained with a tinge of guilt, "You ambushed me too suddenly, and I wasn’t in the right state of mind."

In fact, he could seamlessly use all the skills and abilities of his predecessor, but since he was led by his own thoughts, when he wasn’t fully immersed, his will would inevitably affect the performance to some extent.

Sun Yueqing laughed, "Save that explanation for the audience when the time comes, let’s see if they understand."

She looked at Wu Mu with a sigh, "If you go on like this, you’re definitely going to be criticized harshly, and I’m going to get scolded along with you."

Not just Sun Yueqing, but even the veteran actor Cui Fu standing by were speechless. It was indeed right for them not to engage with this type of wooden-faced fresh meat; they were afraid that such people would ruin their acting skills.

Wu Mu’s recent performance, aside from being unnatural at the end, also felt like he was striving to act well, but was clearly out of character and completely out of the play.

Such acting really didn’t fit in with the rest of their crew.

But there was someone frowning even more than them, the director Wang Ren who had also made a cameo just for fun.

Wang Ren was still that silent and reticent figure, but from his tightly furrowed brows, it was clear he was not too satisfied with Wu Mu’s performance.

After a few seconds of frowning, he turned to Yang Rongfa, who was also observing, and said earnestly, "We still need to make some changes to the script."

Yang Rongfa was much calmer, "We can’t change it anymore; any more changes will affect the perception of other parts."

Actually, the matter of changing the script had undergone a series of negotiations behind the scenes. The version initially in Wu Mu’s hands was supposed to undergo even more significant changes.

According to Wang Ren, he had planned to completely remove the character of Wang Chuan’s mother, making Wu Mu’s character Wang Chuan an orphan, and recasting his personality as someone who had a strained relationship with his father due to his mother’s accidental death. It would have been ideal to add that he was also passionate about music, often writing his own songs but misunderstood by those around him.

Yang Rongfa naturally disagreed with these suggested edits.

Such significant changes were like remolding Wu Mu’s character to be tailor-made for him, essentially amounting to playing himself. Considering the state in which he had previously performed before the big director in France, there was definitely no problem with his acting, and it could even turn out to be as astonishing as when he was portraying a vagrant.

But such drastic script changes would lead to a domino effect, necessitating alterations throughout the rest, not to mention whether the other parts could be changed satisfactorily, there simply wasn’t enough time.

They didn’t have the luxury of time to painstakingly edit the script.

"Let’s just leave it as it is. If he doesn’t act well, we can reduce his screen time and opt for more long shots, focusing on other aspects," Yang Rongfa thought with an inner calmness, having prepared himself well in advance.

What could they do when the big investor insisted on this actor? They had no choice but to endure it and play the role of decorators.

The improvised scene between Wu Mu and Sun Yueqing completely extinguished the last glimmers of hope in everyone’s hearts.

Because of Wu Mu’s story about singing, everyone had held back from concluding that Wu Mu’s acting was subpar, leaving a bit of wiggle room.

What if a broken relationship or a collapsed house led to a sudden burst of acting talent?

Now it seemed purely wishful thinking.

Everyone let go of their unnecessary expectations, leaving Wu Mu quite speechless.

Come on, shouldn’t you re-evaluate me after a few days, and wait for me to scratch off a lottery ticket before you judge?

He hadn’t even drawn his lottery yet, and they’d already ambushed him like this!

Just wait, after I draw the lottery, I’ll make you all take another look.

"Tongzi, save me."

Wu Mu directly opened the system panel.

He never pretended to be good at things he wasn’t talented in; if there was a hack for it, then it was meant to be used.

As someone who made a living from gaming, it wasn’t strange for him not to act well. He wasn’t bad in his own profession.

If anyone were to be blamed, it would be only his predecessor; a professional star and he didn’t leave him a bit of that legacy.

The system panel opened up, revealing the numbers of points in front of Wu Mu.

[Points: 2361]