Chu Yu raised her eyes and slightly raised her lips.
That one smile was enough to amaze the entire audience.
Chapter 40
The entire room fell silent.
All eyes instantly turned to Chu Yu, and the atmosphere around them seemed to freeze.
Sensing the eerily quiet atmosphere, Meng Fuyu subconsciously looked up in the direction where everyone's gaze was focused.
Upon seeing Chu Yu's stunning appearance in ancient costume, Meng Fuyu was also stunned on the spot.
However, he quickly regained his senses, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.
Lin Qian, who was standing next to Meng Fuyu, noticed his expression and quickly turned around warily. After seeing who it was, her brows furrowed slightly.
Chu Yu?
How did she end up here?
The relationship between Lin Qian and Chu Yu is actually not very complicated.
Simply put, the two have similar personas and image positioning, and their fan bases are also largely the same age group, leading to frequent competition between them.
However, since Chu Yu transitioned to variety shows, Lin Qian has rarely had any interaction with her, and she never expected to run into her on set today.
"You're Chu Yu?" Director Jiang Luwen stood up in surprise, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration.
Jiang Luwen had originally planned to lower his expectations for the "beautiful mother" persona, but today Chu Yu clearly gave him an unexpected surprise.
Chu Yu had heard of Director Jiang Luwen's achievements within the industry and nodded politely.
"Yes, I am Chu Yu."
Jiang Luwen nodded. "Okay, let's prepare for filming as soon as possible." He greeted Meng Fuyu and then quickly waved for people to check the scene.
The scene Chu Yu was to film actually had a very simple plot.
All she needs to do is die a beautiful and generous death, which will then lead to the main plot.
Having already learned about Chu Yu's acting skills in advance, the staff thoughtfully prepared eye drops for Chu Yu.
"Ms. Chu, when we film your second crying scene, just put in two drops of eye drops, then keep smiling and lean back. We've already put a mat behind you to ensure your safety."
After understanding the plot, Chu Yu finally felt relieved.
Sure enough, there were only two shots; once they were filmed, they would get paid.
It seems that the assistant director Xiao Li, really wasn't lying to her.
Chu Yu calmly hummed in agreement and began to lower his head, gathering his emotions.
Although it's widely rumored in the industry that Chu Yu's acting is exaggerated, it's actually not that bad.
The reason why the rumors became so outrageous was because Chu Yu herself deliberately acted out of character, coupled with the exaggerated claims in the rumors, which made outsiders' impressions of her increasingly deviate from the truth.
Jiang Luwen had already set up the camera positions for the upcoming shoot and confirmed with Chu Yu, "Are you ready? If possible, let's start filming right away."
Chu Yu gave an OK sign to the other side.
Jiang Luwen immediately raised his hand, signaling for silence from the audience. "The prelude to ' Legend of Ancient Love ': The beautiful mother's death, scene one, shot one, begin."
Background dialogue. "In ancient times, the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, Fairy Qingluan, secretly violated the heavenly rules and fell in love with the Heavenly Emperor, becoming pregnant with an unborn child. This was intolerable to the Heavenly Realm, and as punishment, a heavenly tribulation of ten thousand thunderbolts was unleashed upon her."
After the background music ended, Chu Yu slightly raised her eyes, her usually calm gaze seemingly filled with countless threads of resentment as she stared into the distance.
"Card--"
"The first shot is done." After saying that, Jiang Luwen looked at Chu Yu.
Judging from the footage just now, Chu Yu's acting skills don't seem as scary as the rumors suggest. I wonder how those rumors even started.
Lin Qian, who had been observing from the sidelines, suddenly frowned.
Because she noticed that Chu Yu's acting skills seemed to have improved somewhat?
Although that shot only lasted one scene, the actor's eyes are often the best indicator of their acting skills.
In the previous shot, Chu Yu's eyes clearly conveyed a sense of story.
This is completely different from the previous Chu Yu, whose acting was so exaggerated and almost frightening.
Wasn't it said that Chu Yu was going to switch to variety shows?
Has he been secretly honing his acting skills all this time?
Lin Qian immediately felt a significant sense of crisis.
Meng Fuyu glanced towards the film set and casually remarked, "Her period costume look is indeed very beautiful."
Lin Qian, who was just a moment ago worried about her career crisis, suddenly widened her eyes and hugged Meng Fuyu's arm tightly, " Fuyu, what do you mean by that?"
Meng Fuyu smiled and quickly reassured his girlfriend, "It's nothing, I was just saying it casually, don't overthink it."
But the more he said that, the more uneasy Lin Qian felt.
Soon, Chu Yu began filming the second shot.
Once this scene is filmed, she can smoothly collect her wages and run away.
Chu Yu had applied eye drops beforehand, and it seemed as if tears were truly welling up in her eyes, which was quite moving.
"In the prelude to ' Legend of Ancient Love,' the beautiful mother dies. Scene 1, shot 2, begin."
As the noise subsided, everyone's attention turned to Chu Yu.
She smiled gently.
As she turned around, a string of tears streamed down her cheeks.
A slender figure in red stood atop the cliff of Ten Thousand Flowers Valley. Then, several bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking Chu Yu fiercely.
In an instant, Chu Yu seemed to lose all vitality; his pupils dilated, and he slowly fell backward.
"Card--"
"Good, we passed that one. Let's try to secure another one later."
Having heard of Chu Yu's reputation, Jiang Luwen had assumed that these two scenes today might take a considerable amount of time.
But now, the filming is over in less than ten minutes.
Jiang Luwen also became increasingly skeptical of the previous rumors about Chu Yu within the industry.
Chu Yu's performance on set today, while not quite amazing, wasn't bad either.