This humble Taoist priest is going to be a movie star!

Deng Cheng couldn't see through Zhang Lin and Zhang Yao's suspicions?

Of course he noticed.

These two, if not veteran actors, are certainly talented performers.

There are huge doubts about whether an actor of Li Qing's age can play the role of Ximen Chuixue well.

Can you express that feeling of loneliness and isolation?

of course.

They had never seen Guihai Yidao.

As for the lower limit.

Deng Cheng felt that as long as Li Qing could portray the feeling of Gui Hai Yi Dao, it would be a success.

That means you've passed.

Although there are still some differences between the two.

But the coldness and ruthlessness overlap.

In Deng Cheng's mind, the lowest level of Li Qingximen Chuixue's abilities was Guihai Yidao.

Being able to portray the feeling of Guihai Yidao is already quite good.

As for the rest, let's not ask for them for now.

...

At noon, in Hengdian, at the prop lotus lake.

From the above view, the lake looks quite deep, but it's not at all. It's just a prop, an artificial lake where people can stand directly on it.

Beside them were Liu Shishi, who played Sun Xiuqing, and the female lead, who played Princess Shangguan.

They all stared at this "Ximen Chuixue" with curiosity.

Three main characters from Gu Long's novels act together.

Everyone looked on with interest, like they were just watching the drama unfold.

"He's quite handsome," Xia Cu, the actor playing Princess Shangguan, said to Liu Shishi with a smile. "He's just a little too...cute, which is quite different from his character in the novel."

He has an ethereal air about him, a slightly languid look in his eyes, and a very handsome smile; he's both dashing and adorable.

The white long gown wasn't neatly arranged and looked somewhat messy.

"Indeed, he's quite different from the image of Ximen Chuixue in my mind," Liu Shishi commented with a pout. She was also quite interested in her upcoming co-star.

I heard before that the actor who would play Ximen Chuixue might be He Dong, the same actor who played Bu Jingyun.

Now, He Dong isn't here; a new face has arrived instead.

She's quite good-looking.

It looks nice, but it lacks that certain something.

It lacks the essence of Ximen Chuixue, and compared to the mature and handsome actors Zhang Lin and Zhang Yao's portrayal of the "Lu Hua" group, it's really missing something.

Although...

"Sister Shangguan whispered to me."

"It looks so delicious...slurp slurp..."

babble?

I think I heard someone praising how delicious it was?

Looking at the actresses behind her, Liu Shishi was speechless.

They truly are the older sisters.

They are direct and straightforward in their speech and actions.

The real Ximen Chuixue wouldn't evoke feelings of cuteness or a desire to eat him.

Ximen Chuixue should be a sword.

A talented person won't be attacked by a sword!

People may respect swords, fear swords, yearn for swords, and be curious about swords, but they will never eat them!

So...

.....

the other side.

Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng also came out after finishing their makeup.

Zhang Lin gently stroked the two little tufts of mustache that had gotten on him, feeling utterly blissful.

When these two came out, the production crew and the actresses exchanged knowing smiles, somewhat abruptly...

Hehehe—

"By the way, why do you guys always laugh when they're acting together?"

Now Deng Cheng couldn't help but ask, "What's so strange about the two of them?"

Deng Cheng had previously noticed that every time Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng acted together alone, the women in the crew would start to have indescribable expressions.

"N-nothing..."

The female stagehand standing nearby barely managed to suppress her laughter.

Okay, I can't help myself.

This puzzled Deng Cheng even more.

"Explain it."

The female production assistant has come clean.

"Okay, I surrender, I surrender, Director Deng, don't you think they look good together? Don't you think their brotherhood looks sweet?"

Deng Cheng: "..."

"I know what you're thinking. They're both playboys. It's just a pure friendship, a pure brotherhood."

What strange and nonsensical things has the little girl been thinking about?

"Yes, yes, yes! Brotherhood!"

The little girl's face lit up even more as she spoke.

Deng Cheng felt that their thought processes were somewhat different from his own, and there was no point in trying to explain it.

Let's get into the zone first.

Deng Cheng said to Li Qing.

This scene begins with Ximen Chuixue standing on the lake, at which moment the Sword God is comprehending the essence of swordsmanship.

Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou followed the clues from the mansion to find the Sword God.

This is the Sword God's first appearance.

"OK."

Li Qing stood in the middle of the lake and closed his eyes.

soon.

It was as if they had entered a meditative state.

"Oh..." Zhang Lin looked at Li Qing, who had entered a meditative state, and thought to himself that he was really fast at entering a meditative state.

Almost as soon as he stood up, he was already as still as a pine tree.

"You may not know, but Xiao Li is a real Taoist priest," Deng Cheng said.

"Real Taoist priest?!"

Zhang Lin and Zhang Yao were both quite surprised.

"For a true Taoist, this state of meditation should not be difficult."

Deng Cheng was not surprised by this.

The sense of tranquility conveyed while in a meditative state was indeed portrayed very well.

Oh no, it wasn't acting, it was just him being himself!

He was just naturally playing this role, like a pine tree in deep meditation.

To be honest, the acting was really good.

"Well..." Zhang Lin touched his fake beard and muttered, "Something's not right."

"Flower-filled Pavilion," Zhang Yao said, turning around.

"What is it?"

"It just feels a bit too quiet."

Zhang Lin squinted and said, "Although this meditative state is also very good."

But it always feels like something's missing.

Zhang Yao and Zhang Lin had already been filming for several days and had a good grasp of their roles.

There weren't any extra actions, just rehearsing the lines, with most of the attention focused on Ximen Chuixue.

Deng Cheng felt the same way.

Too gentle in temperament...

However, it's not a big problem. Even in this scene, a sense of coldness can be achieved through lighting and other effects.

These static scenes are relatively easy for actors to handle; they just need to get into character a little.

Of course, if it could achieve the feeling of "Sword God" without using lighting or cutting shots, that would be the best.

However, this places extremely high demands on an actor.

At this moment, Li Qing opened his eyes and awoke from his meditative state by the lake.

"Director Deng, could you hand me a sword?"

"Okay." Deng Cheng turned around and instructed, "Xiao Zhang, go and hand Li Qing a sword."

"it is good."

The production assistant handed the prop sword to Li Qing.

"A fine sword."

Li Qing held the sword and exclaimed in admiration.

Longquan steel feels cold and heavy to the touch.

Then...

Then substitute Ximen Chuixue.

Immerse yourself in the thoughts of the Sword God.

"What you prepared..."

Just as Deng Cheng was about to go and check on Zhang Lin and Zhang Yao, the two of them were drawn to this side.

But Li Qing was still standing there.

He was holding the long sword at an angle.

With eyes closed.