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It took Xie Lansheng three full hours to read the letter.Then, I tossed and turned all night, my heart was sore, and even my toes curled up.In the end, there was also Xinye in the dream, he was so outstanding, he was eye-catching, but also... lonely.

After waking up again, Xie Lansheng went to return the notebook.He could have put the notebook on the table while the other party was away, but he didn't.Although he still doesn't know much about his Xin Lansheng, he thinks that he should tell the other party face to face: the recipients have read all the letters, and your letter has been received.rather than ambiguous.Xie Lansheng felt that if he was the best actor, he wouldn't want his beloved to keep silent in the face of these things.

But he was still cowardly after all, so he chose to return early in the morning before going to the restaurant.They are about to start work, and they can chat for 5 minutes at most.

Xie Lansheng knocked on the door, and Xinye quickly came over and opened.

"Ah, Xinye." Xie Lansheng held the book solemnly with both hands, "That's right, this...he finished reading it."

"Have you finished watching?" Xin Ye asked, "Does he have anything to say?"

Xie Lansheng thought for a while, but didn't say directly, he just said: "He said he was sorry, he made the book dirty."

"Dirty?"

"Well, the letter from February 1992, 2, he stained it."

Xin Ye was a little confused, so he turned the notebook to that page, his fingers froze.

The inscription "Yoursever, Xin Ye" on that page was soaked by someone.Because it was wiped by hand, the blue and black ink smeared to the right.

He knows what that water is.

Smiling, Xinye held the note in one hand, and handed it back to Xie Lansheng: "Please tell me, he doesn't need to return it. These letters are for him, so he just keeps them. How have I lived these four years?" I know it in my own mind."

Xie Lansheng also knew that Xinye had a photographic memory, but he still hesitated to accept this - it was too heavy.So Xinye raised his eyes to look at him, without blinking or moving his hands. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while. Lan Sheng felt that he couldn't say no again, so he backed down and nodded: "That's fine. I'll bring it to him, too. Tell him."

"Thanks."

"Well, eat quickly and get ready to start work." Xie Lansheng regained his aura.

"Row."

Although Xie Lansheng said "OK", just when Xie Lansheng was about to turn around, Shen Ye stopped him suddenly and said, "Thank you, Director."

"Ok?"

"Hug me." Xin Ye said, "We haven't been in touch for four years, and when we meet again, we don't even have a simple hug. This is unbelievable in the United States, and I'm not used to it."

"..." It's too cunning, Xie Lansheng thought: Xin Ye knew that after reading those letters, he couldn't refuse such a simple request.

"Huh?" Xinye grabbed his shoulder.

"..."

Before Xie Lansheng could answer, he suddenly heard "I'm sorry", and then felt that he had bumped into a generous chest.

Xinye couldn't restrain herself any longer before she got the answer.

Xinye hugged the person in his arms—so agile, so alive, with one arm around his shoulders and the other around his waist, as if wanting to melt the person into flesh and blood, his chest was already on fire.He hugged Xie Lansheng tightly, his eyes slightly opened, and he didn't cross the boundary, just rubbed his forehead gently against the other's forehead, once and for all, but Xie Lansheng was a little weak, looking out from Xinye's shoulder, he only saw The sun is rising outside the window in the morning.

Qi Yong was about to have dinner, and seeing Xin Ye's door was ajar, he pushed it openly, then he was startled and ran away.

Did those two get back together...

Qi Yong thought about the reunion of the two after four years, and muttered in a rough voice: "It's so cruel..."

…………

After breakfast, everyone started working.

Today, I will shoot a few exterior scenes first, which are some scenes where Lang Ying's relationship warmed up after returning to Beijing.

Cai Kuan and Lang Ying made an appointment to meet at the station in Xizhimen, and decided where to go when they thought about it.The two were embarrassed after seeing each other, so they asked Lang Ying "did you receive the last letter?" Lang Ying said "received", and was speechless.They looked at each other silently, couldn't help laughing, retracted it again, couldn't help laughing again, retracted it again.

They discussed where to go, but their thoughts seemed to be stuck, and they didn't have an idea for most of the day. Finally, they decided to get on the next bus, follow the flow, and see where it is at the end.

They sat on the bus, wobbly.Whenever the bus made a sharp turn, the two of them leaned together, sweet and secret.

The terminus is a park.There was a fountain pool there, but the inside of the pool was dry.In the play, Cai Kuan ran over to watch it, but did not expect that as soon as he got close to the fountain, water would burst out!He yelled, raised his hands and ran away, bumping into Lang Ying's chest.Lang Ying put his arms around Caikuan's waist and turned away, so that the water would not splash Caikuan, and then ran away with a smile.

Xie Lansheng had already figured out what time the fountain opened, so he was waiting to take pictures.But because he only had one chance, he made everyone stand up.

"Caikuan" will run over and come back again, and the requirements for the core players are extremely high, and they cannot be confused.

There is no "dumb movie" in movies, every frame has to keep up with focus, and the focus officer is generally the photographer's first assistant, while the film loader is generally the second assistant, responsible for setting up the camera, loading the film, changing the lens, Marking stations and so on.When filming "Growing Roots", Qi Yong has been focusing and assembling the film by himself, but this time, he brought the focus member he often cooperates with in the United States, who is also Chinese.This focus guy is very good, better at focusing than Qi Yong. It is said that the distance error between the visual target and the camera is less than 10 centimeters.Xie Lansheng also learned to follow focus, but he had to use a tape measure. Before shooting an actor, he had to touch the tape measure on the face of the actor to measure the distance, and then manipulate the machine.

Xie Lansheng and Xinye first rehearsed two or three times to determine the speed of "running" so that the focus members could easily follow the focus. Then, when the fountain opened with 10 seconds left, he ran towards the pool.The water sprayed into the air with a "poof", he yelled and turned around and ran, hitting Lang Ying's chest.

There's only one seat here.In order to reduce accidents, Xie Lansheng did not use slide rails and other tools, but used a fixed camera position to shoot. After all, it is difficult to control the speed and slowness of sliding when using slide rails. It is also a huge test to focus on both sides.

Really passed the last time.

After filming, more than a dozen people filled their stomachs first, and then moved to the set.

…………

This evening, we will be filming the scene of Cai Kuan Lang Ying's "confirmation of love", which is very important.It's an interior scene, at Lang Ying's house.

Caikuan comes to ask Lang Ying to go to the restaurant, but Lang Ying wants to shave off his beard and walk with Caikuan on the road clean and refreshed—Xin Ye has a little stubble, but it can't be seen in the exterior scene.

The single men's bathroom is messy and the mirror is also dirty. Lang Ying wanted to clean it, but Cai Kuan said it was too late, and said casually: "They are all men, I will shave them for you."

Lang Ying agreed.

Caikuan picked up the mandarin duck thermos bottle and poured the water into the carp basin, then took some tap water, threw in a towel and picked it up to cover Lang Ying's chin, then rolled the towel into another and wiped the top of his lips.

Then, he turned the soap in the palm of his hand, kneaded it again, made a hand full of bubbles, and applied it very gently on Lang Ying's lips and chin.During this period, Lang Ying kept looking down, and the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.

Cai Kuan touched the opponent's lips all over, but never touched the lips.Xinye's lips were very beautiful, and they looked extremely alluring in the middle of the white foam.

Then, Xie Lansheng, who played Caikuan, opened the razor box, put the Flying Eagle blade with the words "Shanghai, China, Flying Eagle" in the razor, screwed on the handle, held Xin Ye's face in his left hand, and slowly Scraping across the ground, from far to near, let the true face of "Lang Ying" be revealed.

He was shaving carefully, and "Lang Ying" was always staring at him.Xie Lansheng pursed his lips tightly, acting out the tension of "caikuan".

Finally, "Lang Ying" raised her neck high, exposing her most vulnerable part to the opponent who was holding the blade. "Cai Kuan" gently shaved off the fine stubble on the man's chin, and then wiped it gently from bottom to top with a towel. Looking at the smooth neck and sexy Adam's apple of the other party, he put the white towel on the edge of the basin, Holding his upper arm with both hands, she slowly moved her lips to kiss his Adam's apple.At the position of "Lang Ying"'s eyes, the setting sun outside the window is emitting golden red and golden red light. "Lang Ying" eyes were clear and bright, as if she was looking up, but she didn't seem to be looking at anything.

Here's another close-up.

Xie Lansheng's lips were pressed against each other, scorching hot, as if stung, numb and itchy, and the aroma of "Bee Blossom Sandalwood Soap" remained on his lips.

Xinye's throat rolled up and down.

And the last shot of this scene is the wide hand on Lang Ying's shoulder, implying that the two had their first kiss.

The camera panned bit by bit from the sink, and Caikuan's hands and Lang Ying's shoulders also appeared in the shot.

Xie Lansheng's fingertips moved.

"Okay! Cut!" Yu Qianzi yelled, "Director Xie, I actually think it's okay for you to boo, just shoot it without hinting."

"..." Xie Lansheng thought that this is not the inner ghost invited by Xin Ye, but he still answered very professionally: "There is no need to be too straightforward here. The several kisses between Cai Kuan and Lang Ying have different meanings and different expressions. Here It needs to be more subtle."

"Oh……"

"Okay, call it a day."

"OK."

Strangely, even though he only kissed the man's Adam's apple, after he came out, Xie Lansheng was always paranoid, feeling that the whole world was staring at his lips, the lips he had just kissed on the man's Adam's apple.

very strange.The Adam's apple is one of the most prominent symbols of the actor's identity as a man. It is completely different from the slender and soft lines of a woman's neck, but Xie Lansheng did not reject it.

Even... some pleasure.