TRMP Chapter 28

Jiang Yifeng felt that the scene between the two of them now was a bit like a sugar daddy situation.

He didn’t wait for Qiao Ran to speak again before directly rejecting Qiao Ran’s proposal.

“I still want to fight for it myself.” Jiang Yifeng smiled with his eyes curved, but didn’t give Qiao Ran any chance.

Jiang Yifeng couldn’t accept so much affection from Qiao Ran.

There was some disappointment in Qiao Ran’s eyes. He stood up, patted his trouser legs, and didn’t continue to talk about it. Instead, he changed the subject with a smile: “The big scene is about to start filming tomorrow, and there will be more scenes between the two of us.”

“Want to practice in advance?” Jiang Yifeng looked up, smiling frankly: “Director Xu hasn’t been in a good mood recently. If we NG, he’ll definitely get angry.”

The closer they got to the later scenes, the more scenes Jiang Yifeng and Qiao Ran had together.

The early stages were all fragmented shooting. Then, in the last few scenes of the script, Jiang Yifeng’s style as the mastermind behind the scenes became more and more crazy. Before the bank robbers were about to be caught, Jiang Yifeng revealed himself because he was too anxious.

Qiao Ran, who played Zhao Li, was deeply in love with Jiang Yifeng. Qiao Ran, who was like a stalker, observed Jiang Yifeng and discovered clues. Jiang Yifeng, who was being chased relentlessly, also had murderous intentions — he had long harbored murderous intentions towards Qiao Ran, and would have already acted if killing Qiao Ran wouldn’t cause him to be completely exposed.

However, before he could kill the person he wanted to kill, Jiang Yifeng, this little madman, was also struggling with whether or not to do it.

It wasn’t difficult for Jiang Yifeng to play a distinctive madman.

However, in addition to playing a little madman, Jiang Yifeng also had to reveal the person’s extraordinary past through body language and eyes.

— After all, the main drama would not retain any content about the character’s dark past, but through ambiguous hints and tension, it would make people vaguely suspicious.

In order to film the last few scenes well, Jiang Yifeng had to squat by the set every morning to try to feel the character’s personality, simulate the scenes with Qiao Ran over and over again, and try to figure out the character’s mood.

Over time, even the production crew became familiar with this person who came to the set early every morning.

Everyone around him praised Jiang Yifeng for his dedication. Jiang Yifeng squinted his eyes and greeted them, then lazily lowered his eyes and continued to think about his lines.

Almost everyone praised Jiang Yifeng for his dedication, which made Jiang Yifeng a little overwhelmed.

He secretly yawned again, and then squatted unhappily by the set, watching the crew move props.

“Why did you get up so early? No wonder you’re so sleepy at night.”

A voice fell in his ear. Jiang Yifeng looked up and saw the white frame in mid-air.

Since Xie Jingshen knew that he was a real person, he rarely bothered him during filming.

He would silently float the white frame to watch him act when Jiang Yifeng was filming, but he wouldn’t disturb Jiang Yifeng’s normal life. Until night, Xie Jingshen would patiently listen to Jiang Yifeng tell him about his filming process, and then chat with Jiang Yifeng in a gentle voice.

However, in order to figure out the role, Jiang Yifeng had been going back after ten o’clock for several nights.

The two of them said good night to each other. Jiang Yifeng watched Xie Jingshen heat up the milk and go to bed, then he curved his eyes in satisfaction and said good night to Xie Jingshen, then obediently covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.

Maybe he hadn’t paid attention to him for a few days, so Xie Jingshen came to see him in the morning.

He immediately discovered that Jiang Yifeng was squatting on the set rehearsing and yawning.

As soon as Xie Jingshen saw Jiang Yifeng half-closing his eyes, he asked softly, “Are you tired?”

Jiang Yifeng rolled the script in his hand into a ball. He hid in the corner of the set again, and then looked up and smiled at Xie Jingshen: “Xie Jingshen, do you know what they said when they came just now?”

“Hmm?”

“They said I’m dedicated.” Jiang Yifeng tilted his head and looked into Xie Jingshen’s eyes.

Xie Jingshen asked him if he was tired.

Whether it was Qiao Ran, who had a good relationship with him, or Xu Chen, they were all happy to see him studying and pondering the play early and late, and they would also provide him with help.

They said he was dedicated, but they didn’t ask him if he was tired.

Jiang Yifeng felt that his heart was like melting into a pool of soft water, and even his eyebrows and eyes were adorned with a smile.

“But I’m so tired.” Jiang Yifeng put his head on the pillar: “I feel like I haven’t been able to bring out that feeling…”

“What?”

“A kind of, it’s hard to say, I feel like my acting doesn’t have a sense of story.” After all, Jiang Yifeng wasn’t from a professional background. He didn’t have much acting experience, and he mostly played extras. No character was as complicated as this one.

He was very distinctive. Grasping the characteristics to act was simple and brilliant, but his past was too complicated.

Jiang Yifeng wasn’t very satisfied.

“I’m always pestering people to accompany me through the scenes, I’m embarrassed.” Jiang Yifeng touched his nose: “But I can’t figure it out.”

Jiang Yifeng’s aggrieved expression fell into Xie Jingshen’s eyes. He thought of Jiang Yifeng’s role, and his throat unconsciously swallowed.

“You, you can act with me.”

Jiang Yifeng looked at Xie Jingshen in surprise.

Xie Jingshen’s hands were clasped together at the tip of his nose. He was silent for a moment before saying with a smile: “I’ll try with you.”

After all, his brothers always said that he was quite good at acting.

“Then I’ll go back earlier at night.” Jiang Yifeng didn’t refuse. He closed his eyes tiredly. Xie Jingshen didn’t disturb him. Instead, he said softly: “If it’s your turn to film, I’ll call you… rest for a while, we still have to rehearse at night.”

“Then you call me.” Jiang Yifeng closed his eyes and said with a smile.

Soft bangs were resting on the pillar, and the golden but not dazzling halo of the morning sun sprinkled on his face. Jiang Yifeng looked like a pretty doll.

He didn’t know how long he slept before Xie Jingshen’s gentle voice woke him up. Jiang Yifeng yawned before seeing the person under the camera doing the last rehearsal.

And this was exactly the scene before Jiang Yifeng.

“Xie Jingshen, how did you know…” Jiang Yifeng subconsciously looked up.

“Didn’t you say it yesterday.” Xie Jingshen put down the documents in his hand and looked at the phone camera with gentle eyes: “If you tell me, I will definitely remember it, right?”

Jiang Yifeng felt a little dizzy.

Maybe the morning light was too dazzling, and the warm heat made Jiang Yifeng feel dizzy.

His hands hugged his knees, and he sat for a while before standing up.

The white frame had disappeared.

But Jiang Yifeng took a long time to stop his heartbeat.

“You woke up just in time. I saw you sleeping so soundly just now, so I didn’t call you.” Qiao Ran waved to Jiang Yifeng at the edge of the set. Jiang Yifeng nodded to Qiao Ran.

This scene was where he wanted to kill Qiao Ran, but was stopped by his adoptive father.

Jiang Yifeng, who had an affair with his adoptive father and had a love-hate relationship with him, revealed for the first time in the script that his relationship with his adoptive father was unusual.

Jiang Yifeng and Xu Chen had discussed this scene many times, but they couldn’t decide whether to play the two of them as if they were on the verge of fighting, or to show it through details.

In the end, the old actor who played the adoptive father decided to use an introverted performance method.

The background of the plot was that a pedophile died in their jurisdiction. The deceased died horribly, and the police had to focus on finding the murderer while searching for the bank robbers.

“Did you kill him?” The adoptive father’s voice was very deep, with a bit of gnashing teeth in his low tone: “I still have to help you clean up the mess.”

“No.” Jiang Yifeng shook his head. He stood in front of his adoptive father, like a small and young child. Even if the dress was exaggerated, his temperament was still introverted and beautiful, which was different from his usual domineering appearance.

“Then who could it be?” The adoptive father’s face got closer.

There were already wrinkles on that face, but it had a mature and compelling charm. Jiang Yifeng’s eyes looked at his adoptive father.

He suddenly raised his hand, grabbed his adoptive father’s tie, and in the adoptive father’s suddenly changed expression, Jiang Yifeng slowly and methodically helped him tie the loose tie, his voice still soft: “You know, if I were to kill someone, the first person I would kill would definitely be you.”

His eyes were lowered, as if he dared not look at his adoptive father. The adoptive father’s hand rose, then fell heavily.

And Jiang Yifeng laughed again: “Besides, this is not a mess, this is a good thing to buy you time.”

The adoptive father’s hand rose, as if he wanted to touch Jiang Yifeng’s cheek.

His voice became more gentle: “Good boy.”

“Good night, daddy.”

After the scene was finished, Xu Chen was still not very satisfied.

Logically speaking, the little madman’s momentum was indeed suppressed when he was with his adoptive father.

Jiang Yifeng’s performance alone was also remarkable.

But Xu Chen always felt that something was wrong.

“I can’t say it, but I always feel that something is wrong.” Xu Chen stared at the camera.

Jiang Yifeng pursed his lips.

The action of tying the tie was added temporarily.

However, it wasn’t because Jiang Yifeng felt it was appropriate — his heart told him that this little villain, whose heart had completely collapsed and gone mad, should look directly into his adoptive father’s eyes, provocatively and gently, but Jiang Yifeng flinched when he looked up.

He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to act it out, so he changed his approach.

Xu Chen reshot it again.

This time, the part of tying the tie was removed, but the effect was not as good as the first time.

Xu Chen looked at the screen with a tangled expression. He suddenly turned his head and asked Jiang Yifeng: “What do you think this character’s feelings are for his adoptive father?”

“It’s, dependence and inescapable disgust.”

“He must be disgusted with his adoptive father.” Xu Chen said seriously: “But disgust is definitely not the main color.”

Jiang Yifeng’s hand was on the table, and he subconsciously tapped the table with his index finger, carefully recalling all the plots about him and his adoptive father.

“Stockholm.” Jiang Yifeng’s hand stopped, “He wants to kill his adoptive father, but not because of hatred. He should be full of distorted love and attachment to his adoptive father, like a child, and also like a lover.”

“He should only drag his adoptive father down with him before he dies.”

This character’s background was too complicated.

However, if he wanted to clearly express the character’s complex characteristics in just a few appearances…

Jiang Yifeng felt even more pressure.

“Think about it again.”

Xu Chen made a decision.

“I’ll give you a day.”

The part originally scheduled for tomorrow was moved to today’s filming, and Jiang Yifeng suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

The movie was filmed for three months, but the edited version was only two hours long.

Therefore, every shot and every look was very important. If the relationship between the characters and their state of mind could be expressed in the shortest time, then don’t spend a lot of time filming trivial and irrelevant plots.

Jiang Yifeng didn’t stay on the set any longer.

After returning to the hotel, he hugged the pillow and practiced in front of the dressing mirror over and over again.

It’s a pity that every time he felt that his eyes were either full of bitterness and hatred, or too deliberately coquettish.

“It can’t be like this.” Jiang Yifeng looked at himself in the mirror and said in a deep voice: “There must be love, attachment, like a child’s distorted but permissive attachment to an opposite-sex elder.”

But Jiang Yifeng looked at his young and beautiful face in the mirror and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly: “Alas, I’m still too good-looking…”

The author has something to say:

Jiang Xiaofeng: I’m so pretty~

Others: Hahahaha you’re so good at joking.

President Xie: Yes, baby is super pretty, is my pretty wife~