ATAMMDO 21

Chapter 21- Cheng Qinghua: I Am Panicking

 

Jiang Liu Cheng did not feel embarrassed to be seen changing and simply continued the action of changing clothes just now.

 

Just as Qin Lu was about to speak, the phrase, ‘You stubborn little kid, what should I do with you?’ came to mind involuntarily. His expression was unnatural for a moment. Ever since that thought, he had been in the same place for a few seconds to try and calm himself down.

 

Qin Lu came over, glanced at Jiang Liu Cheng’s upper body again, and coughed lightly, “I can see that you are the kind of person who is confident when taking off his clothes because he looks skinny.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng’s back is covered with a thin layer of muscle. When he raised his hand to put on his top, his muscle layer became obvious and looked good.

 

“When I was in college, I often played basketball with the people in the dormitory. I used to run a half marathon too.” Jiang Liucheng explained calmly.

 

Qin Lu was even more surprised, “You’ve run the half marathon before?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “I was the only one who completed it. When I was a child, I lived in the mountains and often ran up and down on it. Because of this, my endurance was relatively strong. Unlike others who would not be able to do it. I can most likely be able to run a four-point marathon.”

 

Qin Lu sincerely praised, “Then you are terrific. If you are not a professional player yet, you can finish half of the run, then you are powerful.”

 

The corner of Jiang Liu Cheng’s lips bent upwards, “But it may not work now. After graduation, I have been busy and don’t have as much time to exercise.”

 

The two chatted for a while, and the makeup artist girl who left returned.

 

Zhou Wenbin was finally able to enter the dressing room as well. He looked back and forth between Qin Lu and Jiang Liu Cheng as if guessing what had happened in the room just now.

 

When he saw Jiang Liu Cheng’s clothes on the sofa, he was sure what was going on and couldn’t help but look at Qin Lu.

 

When he found Jiang Liu Cheng in the middle of changing clothes, why did Brother Qin’s first reaction was to keep himself inside the room and shut him out?

 

Shouldn’t he just leave himself out as well?

 

Qin Lu didn’t know the little confusion in Zhou Wenbin’s heart as the makeup artist girl was putting makeup on him.

 

Meanwhile, Jiang Liu Cheng stood by and watched. He didn’t leave after changing into his costume. The new background board was still being built, and his role was not yet needed for the early scenes.

 

Qin Lu’s facial features are relatively deep, and the folded angle of his lower jaw adds a bit of sharpness to the outline. He exudes the great charm of a mature man. It is no wonder that he obviously still has more fans than the active stars in the industry, even if he hasn’t played a role for more than a year now.

 

Of course, after a few days of contact, Jiang Liu Cheng is aware that Qin Lu’s success was not only because of his face, but more importantly, the reason behind it is his strength and seriousness in acting.

 

Qin Lu opened his eyes and looked through the mirror to meet Jiang Liu Cheng’s gaze, “Why are you staring at me like that?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng hardly hesitated, “I just think men who work hard are handsome.”

 

Qin Lu was stunned for a moment. But after he recovered, he asked with a smile on his face: “Really?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded seriously, “It’s true.”

 

Qin Lu felt happier.

 

Looking at the atmosphere between the two, Zhou Wenbin always felt that pink bubbles were about to pop out.

 

Is it because he’s out of his mind, or is he just so tired lately that everyone looks like a couple?

 

He doesn’t think so. At least when he watched Jiang Liu Cheng and Director Cheng Qinghua, he always felt that they were not in love at all.

 

After Qin Lu’s makeup was done, the on-set staff informed them that he would be needed soon, saying that the background had been set up and shooting could begin immediately.

 

Qin Lu still has a lot of scenes today. After filming the scenes in group A, he still has to go to the next group B for a few scenes.

 

While Jiang Liu Cheng’s roles are all on Group A’s side. 

 

After Xie Fei was admitted to the hospital, he saw his brother Xie Bing and found that it was only his wishful trust. He fainted again later. When he woke up again, he was determined to be discharged from the hospital and would not listen to any doctor’s

advice.

 

As a last resort, the doctor called Xie Bing over and wanted him to persuade Xie Fei again.

 

But Xie Fei didn’t want to see Xie Bing. He said that the brother he admired would never help the bad guy file a lawsuit.

 

Unfortunately, these words happened to be rushed over and impulsive, and Xie Bing, who was standing outside the door, heard it.

 

This scene is not one shot to the end, so while Qin Lu is filming in Group B next door, Jiang Liu Cheng’s scene will be filmed first. They will just add Qin Lu’s scene later.

 

If it’s not related to family, Jiang Liu Cheng can finish it quickly. Even if it takes more than one, it won’t take as much. At most, it is two to three times. 

 

This disappointed Cai Ze, who wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng ridiculed him in the elevator last night. He still remembers how infuriated he felt. He wanted to give him a look in the dressing room this morning, but who knew he didn’t show up until the shooting started.

 

Cai Ze thought that the other party was late and would be scolded by the director. However, when he came out, he saw Jiang Liu Cheng coming out of Qin Lu’s dressing room. This made his mood even worse. 

 

When it was his turn to play, he played a simple scene six or seven times in a row because he was a little absent-minded.

 

“If you don’t want to shoot the scene, you can tell me. I don’t mind finding someone else for your role.” Cheng Qinghua’s face was cold, and his eyes had no warmth.

 

Cai Ze’s face turned pale, and he quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, director. I felt a little uncomfortable this morning. Maybe I had a bad stomach. I’m sorry for taking everyone’s time. I promise to adjust my state as soon as possible.”

 

Cheng Qinghua was expressionless, “I’ll give you half an hour to adjust. I won’t be giving any more extensions.”

 

Cai Ze: “Thank you, Director.”

 

Unexpectedly, he was the one who became an embarrassment in the end. Cai Ze returned to his nanny’s car with a sullen expression, no longer thinking about Jiang Liu Cheng in his mind.

 

The time passed in the busy shooting, and soon it came to the afternoon phase. Another few hours came, and before they realized it, the twilight moment started when the sun was about to go down.

 

At this time, Jiang Liu Cheng’s scene has been filmed. He is probably the most relaxed of the main actors today, as most of his scenes are spent lying on the hospital bed.

 

Then it’s over as long as the last scene is filmed.

 

Hospital wards are noisy most of the time. Some patients are a little sick and often make painful noises or divert their attention by talking.

 

Xie Fei needed a quiet environment because of his heart attack, so the hospital arranged him with another patient.

 

The patient is a woman, and today her husband came to the hospital with fruit to see her, peeling the fruit and talking about the latest news.

 

“Nowadays, lawyers will play tricks on tigers. That’s it. The ones that have been on the news recently seem to be called Xie or something. I heard that he helped a bad guy and a rich second-generation file a lawsuit and help the other party escape crime. This kind of lawyer should really be cut with a thousand cuts.”

 

“I heard that this lawyer used to help poor people file lawsuits for free. In the end, he didn’t degenerate. He only made lawsuits for the rich.”

 

“If I were his family, I wouldn’t have the face to come out to meet anyone.”

 

But the woman didn’t seem to be interested in this topic, “I was hospitalized for three days. You only came to see me today and didn’t say a word of concern to me.”

 

The man seemed slightly annoyed by the accusation, “If I am too busy, it is because I am busy making money to support our family. It’s so hard. I am talking about these gossips just so I can talk to you about something. I know I am not handsome or rich. But look at this lawyer called Xie Bing. He is good-looking and rich, but he is now a target of abuse on the Internet.”

 

Just then, a hard object flew over straight to his ear before hitting the ground. 

 

The man was startled. He turned his head and saw Xie Fei glaring at him, saying every word with emphasis, “I am not allowing you to say that to my brother.”

 

Only then did the man know that the lawyer he was talking about was the boy’s older brother.

 

Because of his wife’s questioning, the man was also angry, so he vented it on Xie Fei.

 

Xie Fei no longer likes his brother’s actions, but he still feels angry when he hears others say that his brother.

 

So the two quarreled in the ward, but it was actually just a unilateral scolding from the man.

 

Because of Xie Fei’s heart disease, he would gasp for breath if he couldn’t say a few words.

 

The man’s wife knew about Xie Fei’s situation, so she pulled the man to tell him to stop talking.

 

The nurse rushed over from behind to stop the chaos in the ward from jumping. Seeing Xie Fei’s pained expression while covering a spot on his chest, he hurriedly called the doctor again.

 

The man thought that Xie Fei was pretending and continued to ridicule him. But later, when he saw the doctors and nurses surrounding Xie Fei, he knew it was true, and he quickly said that it was none of his business.

 

“Cut!” Although Cheng Qinghua shouted outside the camera, his brows were slightly wrinkled as if he was not satisfied with something.

 

He shouted from Jiang Liu Cheng, “Come here.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng got off the hospital bed and came to the director.

 

Cheng Qinghua pulled the recorded clip back to the front, pointed to the screen and said, “Your expression here is a bit wrong. Why are you frowning when you get here? You should be angry. Although the back and forth was performed well.”

 

In this clip, the man in turn accuses his wife and wants to shirk the responsibility from the chaos he caused.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng just nodded, “I will pay attention next time.”

 

Cheng Qinghua did not ask again after hearing the words, “Let’s do it all over again.”

 

This time, Jiang Liucheng did not make the same mistake again.

 

The scene’s filming went smoothly.

 

Cheng Qinghua was very satisfied after watching it and asked everyone to take a break. After several hours of filming, not only the actors but also the staff were tired.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng was also about to go to rest when he suddenly remembered something, “By the way, Director Cheng, did you read the message I sent you?”

 

Cheng Qinghua took out his mobile phone and glanced at it, “I’ve been very busy in the morning that I wasn’t able to pay attention to my mobile phone. You don’t have to worry. Liu Yangxi is my assistant. He usually just helps me run errands and deliver breakfast. It is free, so what’s the matter? If you don’t like the previous breakfast, you can tell me or tell him.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “I’d better go down to eat alone.”

 

Cheng Qinghua agreed when he saw his insistence.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng’s last scene has been filmed, but the crew has not finished working since the others have not finished filming.

 

He didn’t stay in the crew this time to watch what others were doing. He simply returned to the hotel.

 

After over half an hour, it was already ten o’clock in the evening when he heard the sound from outside.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng opened WeChat and sent Liu Yangxi a message, asking him if the crew had finished working already.

 

Liu Yangxi replied very quickly: [The crew had already finished work. Do you need me to do anything for you?] 

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Is Director Cheng Qinghua about to return to his room already?]

 

Liu Yangxi: [We are getting ready to go upstairs now; we will be there soon.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Okay.]

 

On the floor where the room was, Liu Yangxi looked at Jiang Liu Cheng’s room door, hesitating whether to tell the director about Jiang Liu Cheng’s messages for fear of being reprimanded by the director again.

 

At this moment, Jiang Liu Cheng’s room door opened. He came out of it and walked towards them.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng handed Cheng Qinghua a notebook he bought two hours ago, “Director Cheng, please find time to fill it out.”

 

Cheng Qinghua was confused, “What is this?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said, “A questionnaire.”

 

Cheng Qinghua opened the notebook and saw the words “questionnaire” written on the first line of the first page of the notebook. And then there were two words “name” on the right side as if asking him to fill in his name.

 

Looking further down, it really is a questionnaire.

 

It’s all about his preferences, such as what colors, what animals, what music he likes, etc. It looks like more than one page, and there seem to be several pages to follow.

 

Cheng Qinghua turned to the last page, and there were several subjective and objective questions.

 

Hey guys, this isn’t a questionnaire; it’s an exam paper.

 

Cheng Qinghua, who graduated many years ago, inexplicably experienced the feeling of being dominated by test scores.

 

Why did he suddenly panic?

 

The author has something to say:

 

Qin Lu: *got the exam questions in advance.

 

Qin Lu: *thanked Zhou Wenbin.

 

Qin Lu: I will find the correct answer first.