Pure Snow Crown Chapter 8

Tyler Lu was stunned by the laughter, and then he heard Ethan Jiang, who was laughing so hard, say with a somewhat unstable breath after a while: "Why did you suddenly call me Sunday?"

"Isn't that what all your fans call you?" Tyler Lu calmed himself down and found his tongue again.

"You're not my fan." Ethan Jiang laughed, "And my nickname... you know that because of my 'Xing' character, people just call me Zhou Xing for convenience, and then it becomes Sunday, right? Then they cut off the tail for convenience and just call me Sun, and those haters just call me Sandy---"

Tyler Lu also laughed out loud.

He heard Ethan Jiang on the phone saying: "Let me tell you, I actually feel quite strange when people call me Sunday, Sunday. You can just call me Ethan Jiang directly---"

"Brother Jiang." Tyler Lu called out with a smile. Of course, he didn't call the other person's name directly, because that would be too rude, right?

And how do you know I’m not your fan? He replied in his mind, and asked himself: Am I his fan?

Of course! Of course I am his fan! He answered himself almost without hesitation. If you are not his fan, why do you call him, follow his Weibo, and search for his news obsessively for no reason?

"By the way, what was the matter with your call?" After joking, Ethan Jiang asked his original question again.

He had almost finished his lunch, and now he was talking to Tyler Lu while looking at the revised script. When he read the line "Lucas Shu showed a cold and sarcastic smile for the first time", he heard Tyler Lu say:

"Oh, nothing serious. I just went to the teacher's house yesterday and sat for a while. The teacher said that I still need to work on it. Sometimes I let it go too much, and sometimes I hold it back too much. I need to practice more, but it's almost there now."

These words went around in Ethan Jiang's mind for a while before he finally understood them.

[…Is it possible to transform someone who has never been exposed to acting into a qualified actor in just two or three days?] Ethan Jiang couldn't help but say something to Max in his heart.

[Isn’t there one right in front of you?] Max replied calmly.

[Is this the so-called S-level talent?] Ethan Jiang couldn't help but ask.

[That’s a miracle.] Max said, adding, [It’s just like you completing the system’s ultimate mission and becoming a superstar.]

[...] Ethan Jiang.

He responded to Tyler Lu's words: "...I think you definitely didn't tell Teacher Chen how long you practiced."

Tyler Lu on the other end heard this answer and coughed twice with a little pride: "I am really quite talented?"

"Talent level S." Ethan Jiang said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "But it's a miracle."

Tyler Lu laughed. He wanted to talk to Ethan Jiang for a while, and he was reluctant to die like this. However, he had become interested in acting in the past two days, and he also learned about some things on the set. He knew that Ethan Jiang had been working hard recently, and would not finish before 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening, and had to get up very early in the morning, which was very tiring.

It was noon, which should be the other party's rare lunch break, so he said, "Nothing else, Brother Jiang is taking a lunch break, right? I'll hang up first."

"Okay." Ethan Jiang said.

"I'll treat Brother Jiang to a meal after he finishes filming?" Tyler Lu asked tentatively.

... Since the system was installed, Ethan Jiang was really afraid of eating out, but sometimes he couldn't refuse a dinner party... But if it was Tyler Lu, Ethan Jiang thought about it and asked tentatively, "I don't really like eating out, how about you come to my house and we eat at home?"

"Okay! Goodbye, Brother Jiang!" After Tyler Lu tried, his heartbeat quickened by half. He answered hurriedly before he could hear the other party's reply clearly, and then quickly hung up the phone.

After that, he calmed down a little and thought about the last conversation, then he suddenly understood, it seemed... the other party was talking about going to his house for dinner?

He was holding the cell phone with a very strange look on his face.

"Hello, Tyler Lu?" a voice suddenly came from the side.

Tyler Lu turned around and found the three guys from the dormitory standing not far away. He asked curiously, "Why did you come down?"

"It's time to eat!" the eldest brother said casually, "What were you doing just now? Are you in love? I saw you holding your phone and talking and laughing."

"That's not true." Tyler Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but after a pause, he suddenly asked, "Well... am I good-looking?"

"You just realized it now!" the trio said in unison!

"Will... people fall in love with it at first sight?" Tyler Lu asked uncertainly.

"Women all look at the face!" the trio repeated in unison!

"Then...what about men? Do you like my type too?" Tyler Lu asked again.

...Hear, heard something terrible?

The lunch break is only one and a half to two hours, and the afternoon shooting will start soon.

The two leading actors are still studying the new script, and this time the script was originally changed because of the changes to the character Lucas Shu. Victor Zhang directly picked Ethan Jiang's role, which happened to be a relatively important scene: Caleb Zhang exposed Lucas Shu's identity, and Lucas Shu killed Caleb Zhang.

Victor Zhang first asked the staff to set up the venue, and then he called Ethan Jiang and Ryan Zhao to his side. His instructions to Ethan Jiang were relatively simple, which was "act according to your previous ideas", but for Ryan Zhao, he said much more details, especially talking about the several changes in Caleb Zhang's mentality at this moment.

After finishing the story, they left some time for the two to think over the script and cultivate their emotions. The venue was also set up. Victor Zhang sat back in the director's chair and shouted, "Ready!"

Lucas Shu walked out of the forest as usual.

He had a gentle smile on his face, and every move he made made people feel like spring breeze.

But when he saw the people in the forest, a trace of surprise flashed across his face: "...Master Zhangchou?"

With his hands behind his back and his back facing Lucas Shu, Caleb Zhang sneered.

He turned around, looked at Lucas Shu, and asked aggressively: "What's wrong? Are you surprised to see me? Are you wondering why your lackeys are not there?"

Ethan Jiang had already stood in front of Ryan Zhao.

At this moment, both of them are in the same shot, and this is the real beginning of the rivalry.

He narrowed his eyes and gently twisted his five fingers hanging down by his side. Lucas Shu's kung fu was all in his hands, and this little action was exactly the signature action of Lucas Shu when he wanted to kill someone in the play. But after doing this action, he just smiled casually, as if he was facing a unreasonable person, but even so, he was always polite: "I don't understand what Master Zhangchou said. If Master Zhangchou has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

Ryan Zhao sneered several times: "Are you afraid? Are you afraid that your secret dealings with thieves and prostitutes will be discovered? Otherwise, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Why should I be anxious?" Ethan Jiang laughed. He paced lightly. At this dangerous moment, facing the enemy who had his hand on the hilt of the sword, he did not hesitate to expose his back and his body to the enemy. He raised his chin slightly and looked towards the sky in the distance. The gentle smile on the corner of his lips had turned into a weird one when no one noticed. "Why should I be anxious---"

The camera not far away gave Ethan Jiang a close-up, accurately capturing Ethan Jiang's unnatural twitching cheeks, and the twisted gloom and excitement that seemed to be about to burst out of his face.

Ethan Jiang raised his voice, and his gentle voice instantly turned into a loud laugh, which was full of arrogance and contempt. He turned around suddenly, and his smile was as cold as if it was poisoned. His eyes also turned high and mighty in an instant, as if he was looking down at an ant or a dead person. He gently waved his sleeves, and there was even a smile in his tone. This laugh was joyful and contemptuous:

"Why should I worry about a fool?"

"Cut!" Victor Zhang yelled, and then he said angrily, "Ryan Zhao, stop being in a daze!"

Ryan Zhao came back to his senses at this time, and his face suddenly looked a little ugly.

The script was handed down in the morning, and the writing of this scene was not as detailed as Ethan Jiang's just acting. But he couldn't say that Ethan Jiang didn't follow the script and made random changes to the play. Because the other party's lines were still the same as in the script, with only a few actions added or removed at most, which was a very common thing in acting. Sometimes, even if you can't memorize the lines, it's not a big problem to change a similar synonym or omit one or two sentences...

He took a deep breath, apologized to the director first, nodded to Ethan Jiang, and followed the two back to the starting position.

Ethan Jiang once again walked out of the woods, and Ryan Zhao immediately read out his lines aggressively. The lines were exchanged smoothly one after another. When Ethan Jiang said "Why are you in a hurry---", Ryan Zhao, who had been thinking about this scene, immediately said: "You are still stubborn when you are about to die---"

"Cut!" Victor Zhang shouted from the side. His face was not looking good. "Don't interrupt. Try again."

Ryan Zhao felt as if the air he was about to breathe out was blocked in his throat.

His face couldn't help but look a little gloomy. This time he didn't even nod to Ethan Jiang. He just walked back to his seat and prepared.

Ethan Jiang took a deep breath, motioned to Mark Hu next to him to pour him a glass of water, quickly drank a few sips to moisten his throat, and returned to his original position to prepare.

The following scene seemed to be cursed. No matter how he acted, there were always some obvious mistakes, either the lines were not said correctly or the position was out of the shot. The more he got stuck, the more superficial Ryan Zhao's acting became. When it came to the seventh and eighth take, Victor Zhang finally exploded. He threw the script on the ground, stood up and angrily cursed: "Grab, grab, grab, grab your mother! Such a simple scene has not even been performed well in the first half. If you can't act, get back to where you came from!"

Ryan Zhao's face turned pale and blue, and just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Assistant Zhao who rushed over. Assistant Zhao pushed Ryan Zhao to the back and rushed to Victor Zhang, smiling apologetically. Other crew members on the set also tried to persuade the angry Victor Zhang.

Victor Zhang managed to suppress his anger, said "Take a half hour break", and walked away.

Ryan Zhao left with a cold face. Ethan Jiang had nothing to say. He found a chair and sat down. He leaned against the back of the chair and let out a long breath. He felt so dry that his head hurt. He didn't want to say a word now. He just took the cup and drank water sip by sip.

Max suddenly said: [The level of your acting just now can be rated as C-level.]

Ethan Jiang swallowed the water in his mouth, refreshed himself and said: [Isn’t my overall strength only D-level?]

[Your overall ability is D-level, but you were very dedicated just now, your acting skills were better than usual, and your level did not fluctuate much from beginning to end, so the overall score can be C-level.] Max explained.

[oh.]

[It is not easy to maintain the same level from beginning to end, and even exceed the usual level.] Max said again, [If the talent of the person who called you before is S-level, then the host's perseverance is also S-level. And both of these can and will create miracles.]

[Host, please work hard to realize your dream.] Max said.

[Yeah.] Ethan Jiang couldn't help but smile and said, [Thank you for your encouragement.]