Chen Feng breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although Jiang Wen had modified the script and added two major supporting roles, he had not canceled his original minor role.
That role was also a pivotal character.
It served as a link between the preceding and following parts of the story.
Currently, Chen Feng only liked to choose minor roles that were short in duration and had brilliant plot points; he had no interest in major supporting roles or even lead roles.
Because the cycle was too long.
It wasted time.
Now, acting was not the main purpose; the main purpose was to increase the number of characters he could experience.
So, Chen Feng briefly looked at the newly added roles.
One was a pharmacist from the Republic of China era, and the other was a bandit.
Quite a bit of plot was arranged for them.
And they indeed increased the tension and ups and downs of the entire play.
However, the pharmacist role conflicted with the Chinese medicine doctor role, and the bandit role was almost identical to the gang leader role, so there was no real appeal.
After reading them, Chen Feng directly shook his head: "Director Jiang, no interest."
"No interest?"
Jiang Wen looked puzzled: "You're not interested in either of these two roles?"
"Truly no interest."
"This... I find it strange. Both of these roles are much richer and more challenging than that minor role. Why are you not interested?"
Chen Feng shrugged: "I genuinely have no interest. Director Jiang, don't bother. I'll just play the private tutor; that role is quite good."
"..."
Jiang Wen had a strange expression.
Chen Feng asked, puzzled: "What's wrong, Director Jiang?"
"Nothing."
Jiang Wen shook his head and put away the script.
He was also muttering to himself.
Could it be that this kid was really thinking about filming a bed scene with Song Yi?
...
There were no more objections to the role.
Thus, Chen Feng officially joined the film crew.
Since Chen Feng and Song Yi were an engaged couple in the new play, to cultivate some chemistry, the two also became temporary on-set partners.
They filmed and ate together during the day.
They also rested together at noon.
Chen Feng respectfully called her Sister Song Yi, and Song Yi affectionately called him A Feng.
Their working relationship was quite good.
At least the first few days of filming went very smoothly.
What pleased Director Jiang was that Chen Feng was indeed a genius in this field.
He integrated very quickly.
Every time he got into character, it was as if it were real.
On the contrary, Song Yi, who was considered a 'veteran actor,' often had NGs.
...
This day.
Chen Feng was to film a scene playing a musical instrument.
An ancient guqin.
The guqin is another name for the ancient zither, also called the jade zither or seven-stringed zither.
As the private tutor, Chen Feng was to play a guqin melody for Song Yi when she was still a young girl. It was in this scene that the female protagonist, played by Song Yi, became infatuated with the private tutor.
Just this one scene.
While Chen Feng was getting his makeup done, Jiang Wen had someone bring in a real guqin prop.
After everyone was in position.
Jiang Wen quickly looked at the prepared Chen Feng and casually said, "Just go through the motions; simple plucking or strumming will do. There will be dubbing later."
After speaking, he returned behind the monitor.
Chen Feng didn't say a word.
He just smiled slightly.
Song Yi, who was already posed opposite him, saw the mysterious and confident smile at the corner of Chen Feng's mouth and felt a tremor in her heart again.
After filming together for a few days, Song Yi felt as if she was truly slowly being attracted.
Chen Feng always had various endless skills.
To cultivate the feeling of being a prospective couple at the beginning, the two often secretly hid together on set to play small games or something.
To put it bluntly, it was to create a little ambiguity.
To make the two feel no estrangement or unfamiliarity.
The on-set couple model was also a recognized rule in the industry.
Some people could maintain an intimate and ambiguous relationship, but without physical intimacy.
Some people couldn't control themselves and basically ended up truly getting together.
It was too common.
So, Chen Feng also didn't mind creating a little ambiguity with Song Yi.
When the two rested, they occasionally told fortunes, read palms, or held hands and told dirty jokes, which made it very easy to create ambiguity.
Chen Feng was like a chameleon, his temperament changing instantly.
Song Yi had no resistance whatsoever.
Completely captivated.
However, the previous few days of filming were basically all literary scenes.
Everything went smoothly.
Today was the first time filming a scene with a musical instrument.
Chen Feng was going to play the zither for Song Yi.
In two more days, it would be time for their intimate scene.
Everyone knew it implicitly.
...
Soon, everyone was in position at the filming location.
As the clapperboard snapped and the director called 'Action,' Chen Feng and Song Yi, seated in the ancient study, began their lines.
After a few sentences, the private tutor decided to move the beauty's heart with a melody.
Thus, Chen Feng in front of the camera suddenly became solemn.
Scene One.
Above the desk, incense smoke curled upwards.
Chen Feng's left hand hooked the strings, and his right hand caressed the zither.
Behind the monitor.
Jiang Wen carefully stared at the screen.
He had extremely high demands for the aesthetic beauty of the shots.
At this moment, seeing Chen Feng's solemnity, he couldn't help but nod.
No wonder this kid was so insistent on playing this minor role; it seemed he had already fully understood the private tutor, this musical master.
Every gesture and movement was in character.
Just then, a clear zither sound rang out.
Jiang Wen suddenly shivered all over, and goosebumps instantly covered his body.
How strange!
Just a single pluck of the string made him get goosebumps?
Jiang Wen immediately widened his eyes and pricked up his ears.
All the staff present curiously peeked at the scene in the study.
Could he really play this?
No sooner had the thought crossed their minds than they saw Chen Feng's hands slowly begin to play, sometimes plucking, sometimes strumming, sometimes sweeping, sometimes pressing.
The zither music tinkled, its lingering notes echoing.
Jiang Wen was astonished.
He wasn't bragging; he really could play this.
Moreover, this melody, wasn't it "High Mountains and Flowing Water," one of the ten famous guqin pieces?
Within the study, the zither music poured forth.
The melodious tune reverberated around, attracting all the staff outside, who all crowded around the filming set, listening with pricked ears.
High mountains and flowing water seeking a kindred spirit...
Who was the kindred spirit?
Song Yi sat in front of Chen Feng, completely mesmerized.
As Chen Feng played, he was sometimes solemn, sometimes smiling as he met her gaze.
His eyes were filled with love.
Song Yi felt her tailbone go numb.
Her whole body felt like it was being electrified.
A taste of first love, like in college, surged into her heart.
Was the feeling of being cherished so beautiful?
For a moment, Song Yi's eyes looking at Chen Feng became misty, her pearly teeth biting her lip, and the ripples in her heart grew wider and wider.
In a trance, she seemed to truly embody the female protagonist.
Falling in love with Chen Feng, the private tutor, through a single melody.
A few minutes later.
The melody finished.
Chen Feng looked at the completely captivated Song Yi with a faint smile, then got up and leaned closer, as required by the script, bending down.
He reached out and pinched Song Yi's delicate chin.
Then, a gentle kiss.
Just a touch.
Just as he was about to leave, Song Yi unexpectedly wrapped her arms around him.
The two clung to each other.
Their tongues intertwined, their breaths mingling.
Truly, her crimson lips became light and nimble, her cloud-like steps turned ethereal and slow.
For a moment, Jiang Wen even forgot to call 'Cut'!