Chapter 211: Brief Recovery
After some pushing and shoving, the teacher from the Central Academy of Drama who played the heroine's mother and Yang Lixin were on Tian Youliang's left and right, followed by the heroine's father and Song Xinxin.
Xu Kun was right under Song Xunxun.
After all, it is a 25-episode urban romance drama, and there are actually not that many main actors. Including Chen Xuebin and Tian Youliang who attended the show, there are only thirteen or fourteen in total.
This made the empty chair opposite Xu Kun particularly eye-catching.
Song Xunxun asked in confusion: "Isn't it time? Why hasn't the heroine arrived yet?"
Tian Youliang, who was hosting the event, explained: "This is what happened. The heroine had a minor eye problem, so she went to the optical shop to get checked out. She should be here by noon."
In fact, it is because of the problem of distracted eyes.
In order to correct Liu Shishi's biggest flaw before filming began, Tian Youliang specially invited a senior female teacher from the Central Academy of Drama to train her - the process of his selecting Liu Shishi had already caused some controversy, and if he trained her personally, he would never be able to clear himself from the blame.
But to be honest, after half a month, the results of the training cannot be said to be completely zero, but they are extremely limited.
The problem of Liu Shishi's dull eyes is due to psychological and acting factors, but the former can still be overcome, while the latter cannot be improved in a short period of time.
And these two factors are not the biggest ones.
The real reason why her eyes were dull was mainly a physiological problem.
First of all, she is the exact opposite of Xu Kun, with big black pupils and little white in her eyes, and her upper eyelids are weak, unable to be raised as high as Xu Kun's.
This results in her upper eyelid always covering part of her pupil intentionally or unintentionally, giving people a listless feeling.
She also has strabismus. When she looks straight ahead, one of her eyes is always slightly tilted. Although the situation is not very serious, combined with the wider distance between her eyes, it gives people the illusion that she is not focused enough and is always absent-minded.
It just so happens that this girl is mildly myopic, which makes this series of problems even more serious.
The problem of strabismus can be adjusted and concealed by eye makeup. This is what Liu Shishi did during the re-examination, but unfortunately Tian Youliang made things worse.
As for the problem of upper eyelid weakness.
Ophthalmologists say that the symptoms can be relieved and improved through eye massage and eye movements, but this requires persistent exercise and is not something that can be achieved easily.
Of course, surgery can also solve the problem.
But Liu Shishi doesn’t have this idea for the time being, and the crew can’t wait that long.
In the end, Xu Kun came up with a crooked idea and simply customized a pair of contact lenses for Liu Shishi that could lift up the upper eyelids.
Liu Shishi went to get her contact lenses this morning.
Anyway, the heroine is not here for the time being, and it will not affect the formal start of the script reading.
Tian Youliang first set the tone for the crew, which is that although the story is more entertaining and there are many exaggerated scenes and lines in the play, the performance should still be as solid as possible and conform to the logic of the characters.
Because the leading actress was not there, the content of the script read in the morning mainly focused on the daily interactions of Xu Kun's family of three.
In the original drama, Meng Hao's father was set as a retired senior cadre, but considering that Meng Hao was imprisoned for seven years for intentionally injuring Hao Liang in the later period.
In order to avoid people saying that he was reflecting something, Xu Kun discussed with Tian Youliang and changed the character to a university professor - this character is also more in line with Teacher Yang Lixin's temperament.
Meng's mother, played by Song Xinxin, still retains the identity of a gynecologist in the original novel, as well as her slightly strong personality - of course, her strong personality is mainly directed at her husband, and she dotes on her baby son.
Because she was eager to have a grandson, when she learned that her son had a crush on someone else's girlfriend, Meng's mother not only did not stop him, but instead, despite Meng's father's opposition, she directly used her connections to contact Lin Yuxin's parents and arranged a meeting between the two families without Lin Yuxin's knowledge.
Lin Yuxin's parents are not ordinary people either. Her father is also an associate professor at a university - his status is not as high as Meng's father's, but his personality is not much different from Meng's father.
The mother works in a foreign trade company. She is envious of the Meng family's wealth and power and is determined to marry her daughter into a wealthy family.
Lin Yuxin's brother Lin Yuchen is more complicated. He has a typical petty-bourgeois mentality. He has a side that curries favor with the powerful, but also a side that cares for his sister. There are also obvious changes between the early and late stages.
For this role, Xu Kun invited He Bing, who has been very popular recently because of "The Great Song Judge", to play it. In terms of popularity, Xu Kun is far behind him. He is only able to rely on his good relationship with the People's Art Theater and the participation of Yang Lixin and Song Xinxin. Otherwise, he might not have been invited. To be honest, Shen Teng performed the worst among this group of people.
Not only was Wen Zhang better than him, but even Jin Dong, who played the fourth male lead Mu Bai, and Jiang Xin, who played the second female lead, performed more brilliantly than him - of course, in addition to the difference in acting skills, it was more a matter of fit with the characters.
Although Shen Teng is also sunny and cheerful nowadays, he is obviously different from Meng Wei, the second young master of a wealthy family, who is sunny and cheerful and does not care about worldly matters.
Fortunately, he adapted quickly, and Meng Wei's character was relatively flat, so he was not too unable to do the job.
After the script reading in the morning, it was already 11 o'clock in the morning.
While other people went out to relax, Shen Teng shamelessly pestered Yang Lixin, wanting to get some advice from Teacher Yang.
Xu Kun also talked about the Spring Festival Gala with Song Xinxin.
"Mom, are you going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year?"
"No, why would I do that? I'd be scared and terrified on stage, and I'd have to argue with Lao Huang and Ben Shan off stage. I don't want to go through that."
Since "Hourly Worker" in 2000, Song Xinxin has missed the Spring Festival Gala for five consecutive years. According to Xu Kun's memory, she should have made a comeback this year and starred in "Talking about Things", the classic sequel of "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" with Uncle Benshan.
But judging from Song Xinxin's attitude, it is obvious that she has no intention of participating in the Spring Festival Gala again.
How is this going?
It can't be that I'm the one who influenced it, right?
Just as he was wondering, Zhu Yawen, who had been eavesdropping at the door, suddenly walked in and said that Liu Shishi had arrived.
Xu Kun quickly apologized to Song Xinxin and followed Zhu Yawen and Tian Youliang to the next door.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Liu Shishi with a bitter face putting contact lenses into her eyes.
Seeing Xu Kun and Tian Youliang coming in, she subconsciously stood up and wanted to greet them. Xu Kun raised his hand and said, "You go about your business. Hurry up and finish it. Let's see the effect."
After a pause, he asked doubtfully, "Didn't you try it in the glasses store?"
"tried."
Liu Shishi answered honestly: "But it's too uncomfortable to wear this. The people in the glasses store also specifically reminded me that this thing can't be worn for a long time, otherwise the upper eyelid will become more loose and weak, and it will easily cause various inflammations."
Xu Kun nodded and said nothing more.
Tian Youliang hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything.
This thing will definitely have some negative impact on Liu Shishi, but for an actress who wants to be famous, this is not an unbearable price to pay.
For the crew, this is a price they have to pay.
Fortunately, the cost and benefit are proportional. After Liu Shishi put on the special contact lenses and combined them with the eye makeup she had already applied, her eyes suddenly looked brand new.
It felt like a blind person regaining his sight, but unfortunately it was only a temporary recovery.
And her expression looked a little distorted, and it was obvious that this thing was almost not comfortable at all.
Tian Youliang asked worriedly, "Can you adapt? You can't act so unnatural when filming."
Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded firmly.
The young girl, who had just reached adulthood, was at the peak of her vanity. This time, she fought her way out of a crowd of professional actors and became the heroine of "The Boss", making her the center of attention at Beijing Dance Academy.
If I back down at this time, won’t I become a joke when I return to school?
So no matter how uncomfortable she felt, Liu Shishi had to grit her teeth and endure it.
(End of this chapter)
