Chapter 39: Filming with Wen Ruo Ying

  Two days later, Jang Sung-won received a notice from the production team of "Autumn Call", and then on the second day, Park Hyung-ryeol personally drove him to the location where the drama was being filmed - a village in Gangwon-do - early in the morning to report to the production team.

  At this time, the busy director Yoon Seok-ho had already forgotten that Jang Sung-won was supposed to play a small role in the drama, until the staff reminded him when Jang's scenes were about to be filmed. Director Yoon suddenly remembered that he had invited a handsome young actor to play Choi Hyeong, the biological brother of Soo-young, on a whim. The production team then notified Jang Sung-won to come over quickly, which allowed him to meet Moon Geun-young again and avoid an embarrassing situation where Director Yoon would be accused of being unreliable.

  After getting off the car, no one came to greet Zhang Chengyuan, so he and Park Hyeong-ryeol had to find the person in charge by themselves. Park Hyeong-ryeol was a bit angry, while Zhang Chengyuan didn't care, after all, he was just a newcomer actor at this time, it would be too arrogant to ask others to take him seriously, or it would be too much to expect from the entertainment industry's vision and tolerance. However, Zhang Chengyuan also wouldn't belittle himself, confident that one day he would make everyone look at him with new eyes.

  In fact, if he wants to make the world look at him with new eyes, it's not difficult at all. As long as he is willing to show his true skills and win a few Asian Games medals for South Korea, that would be easy as pie. However, Jang Sung-taek has always considered himself a descendant of the Chinese people and never thought about bringing glory to South Korea or being studied by others because of his extraordinary abilities. Therefore, he decided to start from scratch as an ordinary little artist.

  Zhang Chengyuan and Park Hyeon-ryeol wandered around the crew for over half an hour, after some trouble, they finally found a deputy director in charge of actor's affairs. After explaining their intention, this deputy director picked out a script from a pile of scripts and handed it to Zhang Chengyuan, waving his hand and ordering Zhang Chengyuan to hurry up and practice on the side, telling him not to disturb him while he worked, and that when the scene was about to be shot, he would send someone to notify Zhang Chengyuan.

  Jang Sung-won took the script, which was only one page long, without any haste or annoyance, and retreated to a corner to read it carefully. After a few minutes, he casually put the script into his pocket, chatting with Park Byung-ryul while gazing at the distant filming scene with great interest.

  It's not that he didn't take his work seriously, but the role was just too small, with only two scenes and very simple content. With his memory, he could memorize everything after reading it once or twice. At this time, Zhang Chengyuan regretted taking on this role, because not only was the role small, but it also had no distinctive features, and he was afraid that after the broadcast, he would leave little impression on the audience. However, considering that he could act with Wen Genying, a young girl, later on, Zhang Chengyuan didn't mind anymore.

  Wait, wait, wait, until after three o'clock in the afternoon, it was Zhang Chengyuan's turn to perform. Until twenty minutes before filming, Zhang Chengyuan finally saw the lovely Wen Genying. Wen Genying had no idea that Zhang Chengyuan would come here and even play her brother in the drama, so when she saw Zhang Chengyuan, she was extremely surprised and excited, chattering away and asking about his intentions.

  Due to time constraints, Zhang Chengyuan briefly handed over a few sentences, and the two began to rehearse together. Also participating in the rehearsal was Kim Hae-sook, who played Choi Eun-hee's mother in the play, a 74-year-old senior who debuted at the age of 45 or 46, with an ordinary appearance but very kind, slightly plump figure, giving people the impression of an ordinary mother.

  Jin Haesoo was slightly surprised to see Jang Sungwon, thought for a moment, and asked: "Aren't you the one who played Zhang Lie, the tiger-beating boy in 'The Medical Way'? I also appeared in that TV series." Although it was a question, her tone was very affirmative.

  However, Zhang Chengyuan didn't have any impression of her at all. After thinking carefully, he really couldn't recall having any interactions with Jin Haesoo and awkwardly said: "Senior, I'm very sorry! I don't remember ever seeing you."

  Jin Hai Shu laughed and said: "Can't remember, that's right, we haven't met before. I only recognized you after watching your performance on TV, you acted really well, it left a deep impression on me." Her eyes sparkled with amusement, seemingly appreciating Zhang Chengyuan's frank personality.

  "Indeed, it's great! He's so cool! I've never seen a young hero like Cheng Yuan Gege who is both masculine and kind-hearted, yet handsome." She laughed brightly.

  Zhang Chengyuan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time when she confused his image in the TV show with him in real life.

  After chatting for a few sentences, the three of them started rehearsing their lines.

  The scene depicts Choi Eun-hee having a meal with her biological mother and brother. In the script, Choi Eun-hee has just returned to her biological mother's side and is still unfamiliar with her new family and home environment, even feeling a bit scared. At the same time, she tries her best to quickly integrate into this new family, but her biological mother and brother seem not to like her very much.

  In this play, the script does not provide any lines, but instead requires actors to use simple body language, subtle facial expressions and rich eye contact to portray the awkward relationship between Choi Eun-hee and her new family. This is a great test of the actors' acting skills.

  Three people had just rehearsed twice, and director Yoon Suk-ho, who had just finished filming the previous scene, was eager to start filming the three of them eating together. Perhaps he thought that this scene, although a bit difficult, would not be a challenge for Kim Hae-sook, an old hand at acting, or Mun Ka-young, a young but extremely talented actress. As for Jang Sung-won's performance, the director didn't care at all, because the role he played was just too minor. If he acted well, the audience might praise him for a moment before forgetting about it; if he acted poorly, they could simply edit out most of his scenes and not let the audience pay attention to him.

  Filming officially began: Zhang Chengyuan, playing the role of the brother, wolfed down his food with gusto, drooling and occasionally wiping his mouth with his arm, his behavior extremely rough. Wen Rongying, playing the role of Little Choi Eun-hee, watched in amazement, seemingly unable to believe that her own brother could be so different from the refined Jun-hee she once knew. She also couldn't understand how he could eat such a mess with such relish, as if he were a refugee who had gone hungry for three days.

  Suddenly, Zhang Chengyuan turned his head and stared at her coldly, scaring Wen Genying to quickly lower her head and avoid his gaze. Zhang Chengyuan's eyes were extremely cold, without a hint of warmth, as if in his eyes, Xiao Cui Enxi was just a stranger with no relation to him, not even worth his attention.

  With just this gaze, Zhang Chengyuan fully revealed the selfish and ruthless side of Cui Yingxiong's character, and the experienced director hastily instructed the cameraman to give Zhang Chengyuan a close-up shot.

  Wen looked down at the coarse food in front of her for a long time, seemingly reminded of the delicious meals her mother used to carefully cook. She couldn't muster up an appetite, and sneaked a glance at her birth mother, only to find her looking at her with complex eyes. Although she didn't say anything, Wen could tell that her mother was slightly upset. Hurriedly putting on a smile, she started eating enthusiastically, as if savoring delicacies, but it was clear that she was forcing herself to be happy.

  As the director yelled "CUT", Zhang Chengyuan and the other two passed this scene at once, all of them performed extremely well, especially Wen Genying's performance received the most praise. In this scene, Wen Genying's eyes, expressions, movements and subtle emotional changes were all very smooth, quick and natural, making people feel great admiration, Zhang Chengyuan even felt that this little girl's acting skills seemed to be more exquisite than his own, and he couldn't help but wonder: how did she practice her acting skills, was it innate?

  After finishing this scene, the next one was shot immediately: Choi Eun-hee's brother Choi Yeong-ung steals money from home and is discovered by his mother. He is chased out of the house and runs out of the door, knocking down Mun Gyeong-ok in the process, but ignores her and rushes away...

  This scene was simpler, but it didn't pass in one take, and was only passed on the third try.

  The first failure was because Zhang Chengyuan was about to collide with Wen Genying, who was walking towards him, and he subconsciously dodged to avoid hurting Wen, making Wen's falling motion look unnatural. The second failure was due to Zhang running too fast and too smoothly, so Kim Haesook couldn't keep up, not even the camera could follow. It was precisely because of Zhang's two mistakes that this shot had to be filmed three times before it passed.

  It's okay, this is still within the director's tolerance, so the director didn't yell at Zhang Chengyuan. Instead, Wen Genying's agent was heartbroken that Wen Genying had fallen twice, and silently cursed Zhang Chengyuan a few times in his heart, not caring that Zhang Chengyuan was Wen Genying's idol.

  After finishing the play, Zhang Chengyuan felt a little guilty and hurriedly apologized to Wen Genying. However, Wen Genying was not at all concerned and instead comforted Zhang Chengyuan, saying: "It's just an accident, Brother Chengyuan, you don't have to mind it, besides, I'm not hurt."

  This made Zhang Chengyuan feel that this little girl was kind and gentle, with a good heart, and he had an even better impression of her.