Chapter 297 - 297 I will Show You How I Cry
297 I will Show You How I Cry
Hearing that, Su Cunyi was curious.
“Oh yeah, may I know what’s the plot?”
“…”
Su Ji chewed on the meat and said tactfully, “…it’s a crying scene.”
“Crying at your photo,” she added a second later.
Su Cunyi’s face turned a little green.
Like a photo of a deceased person?
Su Ji glanced at them, “it’s okay if you don’t want to do it. I’ll tell them.”
Su Cunyi stopped her, “I’m not superstitious, just use my photo.”
Su Ji looked at him, “thank you.”
Su Cunyi smiled, “you don’t have to thank your father.”
**
On Tuesday morning, Pei Huai sent Su Ji to the set as usual. He coaxed her to eat breakfast and helped her pack her bag.
However, when Su Ji got out of the car, she found a small packet in her backpack.
There were a few ice bags and a bottle of eye drops.
Just as Su Ji was thinking about what these were for, she received a message from Pei Huai.
“The ice pack is for after filming. If you are not able to cry, use the eye drops.”
“Protect your eyes. Your boyfriend likes it.”
Su Ji laughed as she read the message.
The crew had already printed out Su Cunyi’s photo and made it black and white.
It was in a big photo frame with black and white flowers stuck in it.
Regardless of his age or appearance, the man was the most suitable person to be Bai Yueguang’s father.
Huang Huayu took the photo and looked at it carefully. He couldn’t find any faults at all, but he still called Su Ji to the side and said worriedly, “this is CEO Su, right? Is it okay to use his photo…”
“He said yes,” Su Ji brushed her hair back, “my dad said he wants to work with me for one episode.”
Huang Huayu was silent for a few seconds before sighing, “your father really loves you.”
“Does he?” Su Ji asked in a light tone.
Huang Huayu got two stools for them to sit on. He started with a heavy tone, “guess why I’m in a hurry to go back to my hometown as soon as the holidays start? I have a daughter. She’s just six years old, and she’s at the age where she’s the cutest. Every time I go back, she’s changed…men might not dote on their wives, but they love their daughters very deeply.”
Su Ji recalled her past and present life, “he’s only improved recently.”
“You’re his eldest daughter, so he didn’t know what to do in the beginning,” Huang Huayu said.
Su Ji did not say anything else.
In fact, if Su Cunyi had not been involved with Ning Lihua, he would not be a bad father.
Su Ji and the original Su Ji were not the same person, but at the same time, they seemed to be the same person. Whether it was her past life or her current life, she had regrets, but it was regarding her mother.
Su Ji took the photo from Huang Huayu’s hand and dressed it up before going to see Han Junlei.
The first scene of the day was the scene where Su Ji cried. Han Junlei asked Su Ji how she was feeling the moment he saw her.
Su Ji said, “pretty good.”
Han Junlei frowned.
Why was she so happy every day?
A crying scene was best acted out when one was in a bad mood!
He didn’t take long to explain the scene because there weren’t any body movements. The focus was on her emotional expression, and it was a close-up shot.
However, Han Junlei also reminded her that he wanted a scene where tears filled her eyes and the veins on her forehead throbbed, but she should not let the tears fall. He did not want her to be wailing in sorrow.
Su Ji nodded and said that she understood. Bawling didn’t fit Bai Yueguang’s character.
Han Junlei nodded. “You must express Bai Yueguang’s character and psychology to the max.”
After Su Ji left, Si Jingchuan and Xu Ni surrounded her.
Si Jingchuan said, “boss, don’t be stressed.”
Xu Ni said, “yeah, don’t feel pressured. We don’t think you can perform such a difficult crying scene anyway.”
“What?” Si Jingchuan nudged Xu Ni, “speak for yourself. I trust my boss.”
Xu Ni looked at him, “be honest. Who couldn’t sleep last night and harassed me on WeChat? You said you’re afraid your boss can’t act well?”
Su Ji: “…”
She didn’t want to talk to these two people anymore.
She tidied up and headed to the filming set. Zhou Xuefang was holding something in her hand and hurriedly came over and stuffed it into her hands., “you dropped something, I’ve brought it over for you.”
She deliberately lowered her voice and did it very discreetly, as if she was really afraid that others, especially Han Junlei, would see her.
Su Ji did not need to open her hand to know that it was the bottle of eye drops that she had taken out from her bag earlier.
Zhou Xuefang was being very nice today, “Su Ji, sometimes using eye drops is a good choice. Don’t push yourself too hard. It’s better than not being able to cry. I understand you.”
The reason why Zhou Xuefang was so nice was because she really wanted Su Ji to use eye drops. The crying scene produced by eye drops could be as fake as it could be. If she failed this episode, Zhou Xuefang might be able to use the popularity of “Tonight’s Warmth” to get her part in the final ending without any effort.
Su Ji squeezed the eye drops in her hand and continued to walk towards the filming location. When she was about five or six steps away from Zhou Xuefang, she raised her hand and threw it behind her. Zhou Xuefang caught it subconsciously, but she was flustered.
Su Ji’s voice was neither too loud nor too soft, “I’ll show you all how I cry today.”
Not only for Zhou Xuefang, but also for her two little underlings.
There was a moment of silence.
The scene was set by the window of a room. It was a scene after she received a call from the police station.
She sat by the window, holding her father’s portrait in her hands. The light outside the window was just right, and a ray fell on her shoulder, but it did not give her any energy. Her face was pale, without a trace of blood.
On the other side of the window was equipment to simulate rain. Once the mood was set, the staff would block the sunlight and turn it on.
The change in the weather served as a foil to the sorrowful atmosphere.
Su Ji’s head was lowered the entire time. The staff around her were very quiet. No one made a sound so as not to interrupt her.
About ten minutes later, Su Ji nodded slightly.
This was a secret signal to the director, indicating that she was ready. The director gave a signal and all the staff got into position. The cameras started rolling.
Si Jingchuan and Xu Ni both stared at her, not looking away for even a moment.
No one, including Zhou Xuefang, could imagine what Su Ji looked like when she was filming a crying scene.
Su Ji’s head was still lowered. Some staff members wondered if she didn’t know that the shoot had started, but Han Junlei was experienced enough to immediately lower the camera and focus on her face.
The next moment, Su Ji’s bloodshot eyes on the screen made everyone’s heart tremble.
She instantly got into character!
Su Ji was looking at the portrait, her long eyelashes drooping.
At this moment, she was reliving memories of the original owner.
Those bitter nights, the helplessness she felt when she was ignored.
She sat there with her brows slightly furrowed. Her expression was like that of a child who missed her best friend, filled with regret.
The scene was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.
Their hearts ached.
They had never seen Su Ji like this. The huge contrast from her usual self touched everyone’s heart.
Han Junlei made a signal.
Under the dim light, the rain fell from the sky, pitter-patter, and finally torrential.
Su Ji’s emotions also shifted. The helplessness and confusion belonged to the original owner, but that was not enough. The images in Su Ji’s mind returned to the Shang Dynasty, back to the days when they were in the battlefield, and back to the thatched house, and the words her mother said to her before she died.
Her chest heaved for a moment, and then her emotions changed.
Tears filled her eyes almost instantly. She clutched the portrait tightly in her hands. The veins on her neck bulged, and her temples were tightly stretched. The raindrops outside the window fell on her shoulders. Even from a distance, they knew that the tears were hot, boiling, revealing a strong reluctance to part with her family and an unspeakable great sorrow.
Zhou Xuefang’s body was numb. Xu Ni couldn’t help but feel his heart clench. Si Jingchuan, on the other hand, felt as if someone had pressed on his pressure points. He was staring straight at Su Ji’s face, at every subtle expression.
Some of the people present were so shocked that they covered their mouths. Some of the more empathetic ones had already started to feel the sourness in the nose and had red eyes.
The rain was getting heavier, and Su Ji’s every breath was changing. All her emotions were magnified by the camera.
Han Junlei gestured for the camera to zoom in, from her face to her eyes, and then to the teardrop on her eyelash.
More and more tears gathered in her eyes, and the tear that she had pushed out of her eye slowly glided down her eyelashes and to the tip of her eyelashes. Finally, at the moment when it was about to fall…
“Cut!” Han Junlei’s chest heaved up and down, “done in one take!!”