Xiao Jiashu had to retouch his makeup because he had soaked in the water earlier. Ji Mian, who had changed into a new pair of pants, did not dare go in, so he could only stand outside the door with a cigarette in his hand.

Donald, who played the male lead, came over and said with a smile, “Give me one.”

Ji Mian took out his cigarette case and handed it to him, they blew out smoke in front of each other and talked.

“That little cutie,” Donald pointed to the door panel and asked, “Is he straight or bent?”

Many Hollywood stars are bisexual and like both men and women, Donald is one of them. He stared deeply at the door panel, as if he wanted to carve out a hole in it. The picture just now was still clearly engraved in his mind, which is unforgettable for him, the handsome young man floating in a blue liquid, tiny bubbles clinging to his white skin, and his muscles taut, like a beast, beautiful and deadly.

Originally, Donald, who was simply admiring the other’s beauty, was instantly aroused by his desire to conquer. He licked his dry lips, his heart full of excitement.

Ji Mian spoke coldly, “Don’t bother him, he’s straight.”

Donald raised his eyebrows, “No wonder you don’t dare to go in, afraid of being tempted? Straight men can also be bent, as long as you have the means.”

“No, believe me, bending a straight man is not as good as you think it is. Donald, please stay away from him. He only has filming in his mind, nothing else. Don’t ruin his simple mindset ” Ji Mian’s tone was very serious.

Donald raised his hands. “Okay, okay, I won’t touch him, man. Please don’t look at me like that.”

While the two were talking, Xiao Jiashu walked out, his upper body still naked, but he was wearing a pair of flesh-colored boxer shorts on his lower body. Only one nude shot was required for the movie, and the subsequent shooting will find various angles to hide his lower body, so naturally he does not need to be naked. Besides, later he will have to shoot a few fighting sequences, the thing will dangle around without clothes and the scene would become indecent.

Those were the exact words of director Stisen, when he said it, the two makeup artists were red in the face, while Xiao Jiashu did not even frown. When he entered the studio, he was a machine, completely obeying the director’s instructions, he could do whatever the director tells him to do, and all personal feelings would be put aside for the meantime.

“Ji Ge, Mr. Donald.” He nodded at the two of them with a faint expression, and then walked to the set.

Donald stared at his perky ass and sighed, “The character is so cool and tasteful. Ji, if he hadn’t been brought by you, I would definitely fuck him.”

Cool? Ji Mian shook his head and smiled bitterly.

After the first shot, Stisen had confidence in Xiao Jiashu’s acting skills. He originally thought that Ji had brought a vase to the crew, but now it seems that this is not the case. “Xiao, let me talk to you about the following scene. As the zergs are closing in, the sage1 decides to activate you after reading the information in the lab, but the captain, played by Donald, disagrees, so they have an argument and start fighting. While you stay submerged in the tank until they finish brawling. Try to hold your breath and cooperate with them. If you can’t hold it, you can come up. We can shoot in separate shots and edit them later, but I still have to say that I hope this scene can be finished in one shot, so that the most ideal effect can be achieved because while they are fighting, I have to take close-ups of your face to render your sense of danger and the urgency of the situation. Do you understand?”

“Understood.” Xiao Jiashu nodded his head without hesitation.

“OK, good boy, I like your work ethic.” Stevens patted him on the shoulder and shouted, “Prepare for the next one, please take your places.”

The actors immediately walked into the shooting area, Xiao Jiashu took a deep breath, then sank into the water, and clapperboard was quickly used.

Ji Mian went to the glass tank and stared at 001 quietly. In the end, he opened the control box outside the tank, ready to start the wake-up program. Donald, the captain of the expedition, grabbed his wrist and questioned in a deep voice, “What do you want to do?”

“To wake up CT001, of course. Didn’t you see that?”

“But he was the destroyer of the Earth! Do you want to get us killed?”

“On the contrary, I’m saving you. I just read the information left by the researchers. They have erased 001’s self-awareness. Now he’s just a machine. He only obeys human orders and won’t endanger our safety. The Zerg is about to attack, do you have any other options?”

“We can choose to kill the siege, instead of awakening a destroyer stained with human blood…”

Due to the urgency of the situation, the two men’s lines were also read quickly, one insisted on their own views, while the other disagreed, and it soon developed from an argument to a fight. While filming the confrontation between the two, several cameras took a close-up of Xiao Jiashu soaked in a glass tank, especially his closed eyes and calm face. It was as if he would forever be asleep in one second, and open his eyes in the next. The fierce fighting outside formed a strong contrast with his quiet and peaceful demeanor, and vividly heightens the urgent, bizarre, and dangerous atmosphere.

Donald pressed Ji Mian firmly on the glass tank. The water in the tank fluctuated up and down, which also made Xiao Jiashu’s body move slightly, a string of bubbles clinging to his eyelashes began to emerge, the camera captured this subtle movement, and then lined with the blue light radiating everywhere, a terrifying atmosphere quietly formed.

Seeing this change, the heroine, Maddie, widened her eyes in horror and quickly moved away from the glass tank, but the zerg that continued to gather around them would not give them too much time to think, the metal door was about to be breached ……

From trying to activate the robot to arguing to fighting, Ji Mian, Donald and other actors showed superb acting skills, every expression and movement of theirs was in place, and they completed the scene in one go. Stisen shouted “CUT!” and then nervously asked, “Xiao, Xiao, are you okay?”

Xiao Jiashu did not respond. Ji Mian’s expression changed suddenly, and he immediately climbed up the ladder behind the glass tank. Xiao Jiashu woke up halfway through the climb, and floated up while spitting bubbles, “I’m fine.” He made an OK gesture.

Stisen breathed a huge sigh of relief, “God, you almost gave me a heart attack! This shot took over three minutes and you didn’t move!”

When he said that, the crowd reacted – Xiao was not acting in the open air like them, he was immersed in the water, and while others were performing, he didn’t even resurface once to change his breath, instead he just silently and quietly finished the performance, this is really amazing!

Xiao Jiashu was pulled to the surface by Ji Mian and took a deep breath before explaining, “Don’t worry, I practiced at home.”

Stisen laughed, “No wonder! I thought this shot would take several takes to finish. After all, normal people can only hold their breath for dozens of seconds. Xiao, you are amazing.”

Xiao Jiashu waved his hand, then looked at Ji Mian, “Ji Ge, thank you.”

Ji Mian stared at the top of his dark hair and said in a deep voice, “So you practiced holding your breath for five minutes every day just to shoot this scene?”

“Yes.” Xiao Jiashu wiped his hair with a towel and his indifferent expression, like he was talking about someone else’s business. From his point of view, this was not a big deal, and the moment he got the script, he had already thought and rehearsed about how to play each scene and how to prepare for it countless times in his mind.

Ji Mian didn’t speak for a long time, but his eyes kept fluctuating. Xiao Jiashu, don’t you think about anything other than filming? He wanted to ask, but he held back, and finally sighed, “Wipe the water off your body quickly, so you won’t catch a cold.”

The two stepped down from the glass tank and came to Stisen’s side. The monitor is playing back the footage just now, since it was taken in one shot, the consecutive clips were arranged together, and the effect was very outstanding, especially the moment when tiny bubbles slowly float up along Xiao Jiashu’s eyelashes, as if he will wake up at any moment, and this hair-trigger sense of crisis was even experienced by Maddie, who was outside the tank, and had made a very realistic response.

“Excellent! Everyone’s doing great, okay, it’s time to retouch the make up and to take a break, then we’ll move on to the next one in five minutes.” Stisen clapped his hands in a good mood.

However, everyone knew that without Xiao Jiashu’s excellent portrayal, their performance would have been interrupted twice, three times, four times, or even more, and once the good state was destroyed, it would be difficult to get it back. At this moment, they sincerely accepted this new member and went up to hug him one after another.

Xiao Jiashu responded to everyone’s kindness with a blank face, and then went back to the dressing room to touch up the makeup. For him, it’s natural to play every scene well. It’s no big deal.

Ji Mian looked at his back, suddenly remembered what he once said—Good acting skills are evenly divided, and good partners are evenly matched, he is putting this sentence into action. In the face of international film stars, he was not jittery, let alone obnoxious, he just played every scene well to not hold anyone back.

“Xiao Jiashu is really amazing,” Fang Kun interrupted Ji Mian’s contemplation. “While filming 《The Apostle》 I thought he just found a feeling and may not be able to handle other roles, but now I realize that he has put in hard work in terms of acting. If you replace him with any of those little fresh meat in China, and let them hold their breath for three minutes and strip naked in public, even if they don’t break the contract immediately, you would have to find several stand-ins, nude, back, and fighting doubles…In the end, they won’t shoot any other scenes except ones that need their face. They’ll just lay down and take money. Xiao Jiashu is very good, not pompous. “

Ji Mian said with a smile, “I remember you thought he was troublesome at the beginning? ”

Fang Kun said embarrassedly, “You can’t just judge people by their appearance, who let Xiao Jiashu have a pretentious face2? I should’ve known that this was his true character and should’ve cried and shouted in order to sign him. Just watch, he will definitely surpass you in the future.”

“Well, I am looking forward to it.” Ji Mian curled his lips happily.