The Heartbeats of the Hidden Actors Chapter 6

Even when eating fried eggs, Nathan Drake's movements were still elegant and pleasing to the eye. He put down his chopsticks and walked into the kitchen, took two pairs of knives and forks, rolled up the cuffs of his black shirt, and gently cut the fried egg in the middle, and the sticky yolk slowly flowed out. Nathan Drake cut the egg white into several pieces, slowly picked up one piece with a fork, dipped it in a little egg yolk and put it into his mouth. The height of his thin lips seemed to be carefully calculated, which was out of place in the dilapidated house.

Ethan Smith didn't know if Nathan Drake was just trying to look cool or if he really ate like this every time. He thought it was the latter. With him... there was no need to look cool. He took the knife and fork that Nathan Drake had handed over, and hesitated for a long time with both hands in the air. He wanted to cut it several times, but stopped. Finally, he sighed silently, put down the knife and fork, picked up the plate with his left hand and put it to his mouth, picked up the chopsticks with his right hand again, pulled out a little of the fried egg, and bit off a third of it in one bite.

Nathan Drake acted as if no one was around and never looked at Ethan Smith straight in the eye after saying "oh".

Ethan Smith finished the fried eggs and put the plate back on the table: "Nathan Drake, thank you for yesterday."

It was only then that Nathan Drake raised his eyelids and glanced at Ethan Smith.

Ethan Smith took a sip of the milk in the cup, and then licked the milky white milk off his lips with his tongue: "Thank goodness for you, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Nathan Drake's expression remained calm. He looked away and put the plate aside: "It's okay. The circle is too small and you are a newcomer. Don't make a scene."

"Yeah." The two plays he had acted in before were too long ago, so Nathan Drake was not wrong to say that he was a newcomer.

Nathan Drake didn't touch the dry-looking bread. He drank the milk from the cup, then got up and went to the kitchen to wash his hands and mouth, ready to go to the set. Ethan Smith's cups were all very childish, with all kinds of small animals painted on them.

Ethan Smith, who also finished breakfast, went into the bedroom to change clothes. He simply wore a white T-shirt, a blue plaid shirt over the T-shirt, and jeans. He looked young and no one could tell that he was almost 30.

When he returned to the outside, he found Nathan Drake looking down at the cover of the wedding photo album that he had casually placed on the shelf in the corridor. Ethan Smith smiled and said, "My latest part-time job is to be a model for a friend's wedding photography studio and take promotional photos."

"Yeah." Nathan Drake's voice was always slightly cold, like some kind of metal.

"You can pick it up and read it."

Ethan Smith originally thought that Nathan Drake would not be interested, but Nathan Drake was silent for a moment and actually picked it up, expressionless, and flipped through the pages. There were several sets of photos. In the first set, Ethan Smith wore a white shirt, a black jacket, matching pants, and a bow tie. The groom's suit was very slim, making him look thin and long-legged. In the second set, he was wearing a traditional Chinese dress. The dark red wedding gown was embroidered with auspicious beasts, and other colors seemed to flow through the gold thread. Then came the third set...a gray Republic of China-style gown. In every photo, Ethan Smith smiled happily, looking gently at the "bride" beside him as if it was really the most important day in his life. Nathan Drake flipped through the pages very slowly, staring at Ethan Smith with some light-colored eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Ethan Smith moved to Nathan Drake's side: "How is it? Is it a good photo?"

Nathan Drake closed the album and put it back on the shelf: "Too ordinary."

"Really?" Ethan Smith said, "I think it's great." The photo studio owned by my friend is already very high-end, and it is said that all the customers are high-income people.

Nathan Drake shook his head.

"What does it mean to be extraordinary?"

Nathan Drake turned his head and locked his eyes with Ethan Smith. His deep gaze seemed to reach deep into his heart. Ethan Smith's heart skipped a beat, and he felt as if an invisible force was pouring down, about to completely drown him. After a few seconds, Nathan Drake said, "Let's go."

"Where to?"

"The film set. Where else do you think we're going?"

"...oh."

...

Director Oliver Brooks had already arrived on the set. Many staff members were setting up the scenery, lighting, pulling cables, and laying tracks. Caleb Bennett lowered his head to fiddle with his camera, and randomly asked two people to stand over. He tested the lighting and made adjustments over and over again.

Oliver Brooks said, "Go and get ready."

Nathan Drake said: "Yeah."

Oliver Brooks added, "Today is the third day. After these few hours, most of Ethan Smith's scenes will be over. You are all happy, right?" Most actors think that shooting passionate scenes is the most tiring - the solar lamps are close, and each time it is like taking a hot bath. You have to stay in one pose for half a day, and you can't shake, and you have to maintain exaggerated facial expressions.

Nathan Drake seemed to be reminded of something, and repeated it inexplicably: "It's been...most of the time?"

Oliver Brooks was very surprised and said, "Of course."

Nathan Drake lowered his eyes and was silent for a while before saying, "It's okay."

"Then go put on your makeup."

In this scene, director Oliver Brooks arranged a new posture for the two of them - fighting against each other. They wrapped their key parts with stockings, and then tightly wrapped them with yellow tape for several circles, and then hugged each other, quietly waiting for the filming.

Ethan Smith felt that Director Li...had a lot of tricks.

After "Action", the two still started with K!ssing.

Nathan Drake lightly pressed his lips against Ethan Smith's, and Ethan Smith felt the softness and elasticity. Nathan Drake extended his tongue tip, and wrapped around Ethan Smith's tongue forcefully and domineeringly, turning and sweeping inside his lips.

Ethan Smith secretly opened his eyes and found that Nathan Drake had not completely closed his eyes. He could see a light-colored pupil under his long eyelashes and a tall nose. His lips felt like they were stung, numb, itchy, and a little painful. Ethan Smith always felt that this K!ss was different from the previous two days, with reluctance. That reluctance was suppressed very deeply, mixed with the wantonness that finally broke through the gate and rushed out. He had to look hard to find its shadow in the heavy fog.

He once again admired Yu Zuoran's acting skills. At this point in the plot, Shen Yan has decided to leave for Beiping. He joined a society and wanted to be with "everyone". Song Zhi hoped that Shen Yan could stay, but Shen Yan taught him a sentence from Qiu Jin: "In such a dangerous situation, how dare you cherish your life?" The two of them need to say goodbye temporarily, and Shen Yan should indeed be "reluctant".

Ethan Smith also K!ssed back. Nathan Drake's K!ss had a magical power, sweet like candy, but also a little sour, like a huge whirlpool that could pull a person's soul into it. Ethan Smith was led by Nathan Drake and completely entered the role, giving himself to him.

For Song Zhi in the film, he once again confirmed that the person in front of him was the one he cared about and would never change. The wandering soul finally found its home and regained some of the tenderness that was like worrying about it. He could follow Shen Yan easily and without thinking about anything, and drift to any place in this world.

In the script, after this incident, Song Zhi decided to go to Beiping with Shen Yan.

"Okay, cut!" Oliver Brooks said, "Get ready, get ready, take on the next one."

"Director Li," Caleb Bennett at the side suddenly said, "there seems to be a problem with the track." There will be an operation to push the lens over later, but when we were test shooting in the morning, every time we got to the middle, the camera would get stuck, which greatly affected the picture.

Director Oliver Brooks said: "...Then you can study it."

Ethan Smith put on the crew's bathrobe, wandered around for a while, and decided to find a place to cool down.

"Shen's House" has two floors. There is something like a stairwell on the set, and Ethan Smith decided to go there to "get some fresh air".

However, before he pushed open the door, he heard voices coming from inside. At the same time, there was some smell of smoke, which made Ethan Smith feel a little choked.

Two voices, one is Oliver Brooks's, the other is... Aiden Clark's.

Ethan Smith wanted to turn around and leave the door, but he vaguely heard his own name.

"Zhou Dazhi," Oliver Brooks said, "Mr. Xu had been holding back the second payment, how come he suddenly transferred it this morning?"

Aiden Clark said calmly: "Isn't this a good thing? Mr. Xu also promised me that he would not withdraw his investment."

"What's going on? I heard about what happened last night. You asked Ethan Smith to accompany you for drinking. You, hey, you really did it. I didn't agree with Julian Hayes going, so you asked Ethan Smith to go?"

Aiden Clark seemed to let out a mocking laugh.

Oliver Brooks seemed a little angry: "How did you solve it in the end? Ethan Smith didn't drink, so who did you take with you? You just ruined a team like this?"

Unexpectedly, Chief Producer Aiden Clark's tone changed from calm to sarcastic, which suddenly turned into an outburst!

His voice sounded like metal rubbing against each other: "Who should I take? Who the hell can I take?! What if people withdraw their investment? Can we make a movie without money? Can we? One, two, three, four, you, Julian Hayes, Nathan Drake, Ethan Smith, you are all unwilling to make sacrifices! I am alone here getting anxious! It's just a drink, is it that serious? If he can solve the problem by touching me and K!ssing me a few times, I will wake up laughing in my dreams, but he doesn't like my looks!" Aiden Clark is in his forties and looks very ordinary, with two deep wrinkles on both sides of his mouth.

Aiden Clark continued: "How did you solve it? Now I'll tell you how I solved it! I was Fcuking with Xu in the tasting room next to the wine cellar, nodding and bowing to him as I poured the last three bottles. I handed him the glass while singing those few songs of "Three Cups of Wine to Respect My Family". I took a sip after singing a line. Finally, I pretended to kneel down, tilted my head back and raised the glass with him. My knees were five centimeters from the ground, and I was almost knocked to the ground!"

Oliver Brooks said nothing.

"Julian Hayes and Ethan Smith can just drink with me, but they don't want to, so I'll do it myself, but I'll have to kneel down!"

...

"Are you satisfied?"

...

"In order to recruit an actor, I blocked her outside the community every day, begging her to take the script. It was the coldest time of the year, and I had rheumatism and couldn't sleep all night. The next night, I continued to block her! It took me a month and a half before she was willing to listen to me!"

...

"You all rely on ideals, I beg for mercy..."

... Oliver Brooks was silent for a moment, then heaved a long sigh, "Zhou Dazhi, I finally understand why your films in the past few years have become so... Director, a position full of fantasy, is definitely not suitable for you anymore." After a few seconds, "I hope you will succeed in your career as a producer. As for other...different concepts, I won't say anything."