fringe artist

Chapter 7 7. A little metaphysics
The small room was filled with the smell of tobacco, and the actors and staff sitting or standing all looked at Chen Li'an, who stood out from the crowd.

In the room besides Chen Li'an, there were three professional actors who played the roles of Qi Lei's girlfriend, sister and teacher respectively.

They both stopped talking and only exchanged mutual surprise with eye contact.

They have all studied the script, and now it feels like Qi Lei has stepped out of the script.

Chen Li'an looked up at them, walked up to Ma Xiaoqing, and asked in a cold but familiar tone: "You are Shao Yun."

Ma Xiaoqing took down the cigarette from her mouth in surprise, and was very surprised in her heart. She didn't know how he knew that the character he was going to play was Qi Lei's girlfriend Shao Yun.

It was the first time they met, and they didn't introduce themselves, not to mention she was not the only woman in the room, why did they immediately identify themselves as "Shao Yun"?
"How do you know I'm Shao Yun? No, I mean how do you know I'm playing Shao Yun." Ma Xiaoqing's tone was surprised with curiosity.

Chen Li'an raised his eyebrows slightly, and said naturally: "Feeling."

After Chen Li'an and Ma Xiaoqing greeted each other, they looked at Bai Yu, who played the role of the older sister, and called out, "Sister."

Chen Li'an called out the roles played by the two actors in the movie one after another, and everyone in the room was a little surprised.

What surprised them even more was that Chen Li'an then accurately identified who were actors and what roles they played in the movie.

This feeling, no, this kind of intuition is already a terrible intuition, and it has a kind of weirdness of mysticism.

This is to find a monster over here!
No, this is finding a mental patient!

Facing everyone's curiosity, Chen Li'an's explanation was far-fetched.

"This is an actor's intuition. I can feel the familiarity and idiosyncrasy in you."

Of course Chen Li'an would not say that he has seen a movie, this is too metaphysical.

This kind of explanation is getting more and more metaphysical, but everyone can't figure out the specific reason, so they can only choose to believe it reluctantly.

At the same time, he made up his mind to stay away from this strange man in the next period of time, Qi Lei is a person with abnormal mentality.

The current Chen Li'an was as abnormal as Qi Lei in their eyes, if one day he couldn't think about it and took him away with him, it would be bad.

Wang Xiaoshuai's small eyes are filled with disbelief. Is this an intuition brought about by being too involved in the drama, or is it a strange mental disorder?

Shu Qi also felt that Chen Li'an's current state was a bit strange.

"Li'an..."

Just as Shu Qi was about to ask, she suddenly remembered that Chen Li'an forbade them to call her by her real name, so she immediately changed her words: "Qi Lei, why have you been there recently?"

Chen Li'an put his hands in his pockets, his long hair covered his eyes like a log, and he answered after a long time:
"draw."

While Chen Li'an was silent, the few people in the room did not speak, but just waited quietly.

It seemed that they were all affected by the aura of Chen Li'an, and they were deeply afraid that what they said would affect Chen Li'an.

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, everyone took a breath quietly, almost forgetting that they could breathe just now.

Chen Li'an's aura does not feel oppressive, nor does it make people nervous.

It's just that nervous feeling that made everyone feel a little apprehensive, not daring to meet Chen Li'an's eyes.

Non-professional actors are better, they don't feel deeply, but professional actors and directors feel deeply.

Artists are mostly sensitive and have a stronger perception of things.

They felt that Chen Li'an would think about committing suicide or going crazy at any time, so they didn't dare to speak loudly.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Chen Li'an took out a cigarette case from his pocket and lit a cigarette and said slowly, "I've been looking for character status recently, so I'm sorry to scare you."

Everyone in the room looked at each other, really frightened.

But Shu Qi was the first to react, and turned to look at Wang Xiaoshuai, with surprise and excitement on her face. Such a movie can find such a good actor, it is really profitable!

Wang Xiaoshuai also breathed a sigh of relief, squeezed out a smile and said, "Understood, that is, if you get into the drama too deeply, will you?"

Wang Xiaoshuai didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he wanted to express, and all eyes were on Chen Li'an, worried that he might not be able to walk out like Qi Lei in the movie.

Chen Li'an frowned slightly, took a puff of cigarette and replied, "Don't worry, I have my own method, and I won't be affected."

Hearing Chen Li'an's answer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Movies are movies, and everyone doesn't want to make a movie and cause people to die.

Shu Qi looked at Chen Li'an with admiration and said, "You are really good, there are very few actors like you."

Chen Li'an didn't like this kind of praise, isn't it the most basic thing to be an actor.

"When will it start?" Chen Li'an asked as he stubbed out his cigarette.

Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at the time and said, "Don't worry, the preparations haven't been done yet."

Chen Li'an nodded, fully understanding the fact that this messy and crude non-professional crew was inefficient.

While everyone was getting ready, Ma Xiaoqing walked up to Chen Li'an and tentatively introduced herself: "My name is Ma Xiaoqing, how do you feel now?"

Chen Li'an looked up at Ma Xiaoqing and said, "I'm a little excited, but also a little scared."

Regarding Chen Li'an's excitement, Ma Xiaoqing could still understand why, but where did the panic come from?
"Why are you panicking? Are you afraid that you won't perform well?" Ma Xiaoqing's round eyes were full of inquiry and curiosity.

Chen Li'an laughed lightly, but the corners of his mouth curled down slightly, his eyebrows raised slightly, he looked at Ma Xiaoqing and said, "It's Qi Lei who is excited and frightened, not me."

Ma Xiaoqing was taken aback for a moment, and she became more and more suspicious that Chen Li'an was too involved in the drama and his mind was out of order.

But after thinking about it, he suddenly understood the meaning of Chen Li'an's words.

Before Qi Lei made performance art, he was excited but at the same time apprehensive, worried that his art was worthless.

Ma Xiaoqing looked at Chen Li'an's pretty face, and suddenly felt that this man was not neurotic, but that his realm was too high for ordinary people to understand.

Changing her mind, Ma Xiaoqing felt that Chen Li'an was not scary at all, but had a very melancholy and profound charm.

Chen Li'an didn't care about Ma Xiaoqing's unscrupulous eyes, but just quietly waited for Wang Xiaoshuai to complete the preparations as soon as possible.

After waiting for two cigarettes, Wang Xiaoshuai finally got ready for the work, walked up to Chen Li'an and said, "It's time to start. Today we will shoot the scenes at home first."

Chen Li'an raised his brows, looked at Wang Xiaoshuai and said, "Let's shoot the first three simulated deaths first, it will help me find the feeling faster, and the logic and emotion of the characters will be smoother."

Wang Xiaoshuai was speechless all of a sudden, you still want to feel like this?
"After experiencing the previous death simulation, I was able to find the hesitation and struggle when facing the last ice burial, and truly become Qi Lei." Chen Li'an took the initiative to explain.

The story in the movie started before the last ice burial. During the process, the dissuasion of family and friends made Qi Lei hesitate whether to continue to finish the ice burial. Finally, after several things stimulated, Qi Lei resumed the ice burial. Choose to continue.

Chen Li'an wants to experience the death simulation like the characters, and truly become Qi Lei in the movie, to find the feeling of hesitation and struggle.

Wang Xiaoshuai couldn't help but took out a bag of Zhongnanhai from the pocket of his work jacket and took out a stick to light it, his eyes under the round glasses were full of hesitation.

If Chen Li'an's current state is not close to Qi Lei's, he really wants to start shooting from the burial, but now he is worried that if he really wants to shoot like this, will it affect Chen Li'an's mental state in the future.

Movies are movies and reality is reality.

Under the cyan smoke, Wang Xiaoshuai's worries were keenly captured by Chen Li'an.

"Don't worry, I have my own method and know what I'm doing." Chen Li'an explained.

Looking at Chen Li'an's firm eyes, Wang Xiaoshuai threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground, scarlet sparks splashed.

Snapped!
Wang Xiaoshuai raised his foot and stepped on the cigarette butt, making up his mind and said, "Okay, let's start with the burial!"

(End of this chapter)