Chapter 27: Neurotic Patients Have More Joy

7 month 20 day.

All the actors have assembled and set off for Fuhai City, Yuanxing Province.

On the plane, in the first class cabin, Cheng Cheng was typing on his notebook at a rapid speed.

Li Yang sat next to him and asked curiously, "Director, what are you writing?"

Cheng Cheng turned his head and answered Li Yang's question, but his hands were still typing. The number of words in the document displayed in the lower left corner of the screen continued to increase:
"Oh, I'm writing a novel. It's a fairy tale novel for all ages."

Li Yang looked at the strange sight in front of him, his mouth twitching constantly, his heart breaking:
You're not even looking at the screen! Are you sure you're not typing randomly?!
And what the hell is a fairy tale novel for all ages?

Are these two words related in any way?
Li Yang had something to complain about but he didn't dare to say it. He said, "Oh, Director, then go ahead and write. I won't bother you."

Cheng Cheng said: "It doesn't matter."

He moved his left eye to the left, staring at the computer, and moved his right eye to the right, looking at Li Yang, and said:
"that's it."

Li Yang was so frightened: (｀Д)!!
Long live!
What did I see? ! ! !

One eye facing left and one eye facing right, is this really something a human can do?

Cheng Cheng gave himself a thumbs up in his heart:

He used the designated body part fine-tuning pills on his eyes to increase their flexibility, and it finally came in handy today!
Looking at the newly added points, he was satisfied. He stopped trying to scare Li Yang and turned around to continue typing.

Sitting behind them, Yan Gou'er was looking out the window at the cotton fields covered with white clouds, his mind wandering.

Wen Lian opened her red lips slightly and asked softly, "What's wrong, Xiao Gou? You seem unhappy."

Yan Gou'er shook his head gently and said, "No, nothing."

She has some concerns, but doesn't want to say them out loud and affect everyone.

Ever since the news of her starring in Sung Seong's movie spread, she has become a "celebrity" in school, someone who is expected to be seen making a fool of herself.

In the past, no one had ever mentioned her title of being the best in her profession. During casting, performances, and competition for honors, no one would ever say, "Ah, Yan Gou'er is the best in focus, give this role to her," "Yan Gou'er is the best in focus, let her perform on stage," or "Yan Gou'er is the best in focus, the scholarship should be given to her."

On the contrary, at this time, her "first in profession" became particularly eye-catching.

It seems that linking "professional first" with "Cheng Cheng's movie" can better prove the mistake of her choice and give people a sense of pleasure in destroying a genius.

Even her acting teacher called her to the office and gave her a scolding:
"Yan Gou'er, the teacher understands you. The teacher knows that you feel unwilling when you see other students get roles. But don't worry about how they got the roles. It proves that they have the ability. You are eager to get roles, but you can't give up on yourself and not be picky about what roles you take!

You have completely ruined your own future. Not only that, but you have also brought shame to our entire major and the entire school. You don't care, but the school does! Netizens are so venomous nowadays. There are already such voices on the Internet!
In fact, the teacher has been trying to find a solution. Han Feng will be filming a new play next month and will be back at school for casting. I wanted to recommend you to go, but what about you? You made such a scene and let down the teacher's hard work!"

Yan Gou'er tried to convince the teacher at first, but the more she reasoned, the more stubborn she seemed to the teacher. Finally, the teacher was heartbroken and kicked her out of the office.

"Are you paying attention to the sounds from the outside world?" Wen Lian asked.

Wen Lian looked at Yan Gou'er as if she saw her former self and said:
"Our entire crew is composed of people who are not afraid of boiling water, including the director, Li Yang, me, and Qi Hao. You are the only one who has just started this journey. It is normal to care about the outside world's voices, but remember, don't let them affect you. Do you want to hear them say, 'I knew she made the wrong choice', or 'She actually made the right choice?' I have experienced the former, but now I want to experience the latter."

Yan Gou'er's expression relaxed: "Thank you Sister Lian, I'm much better now."

Wen Lian smiled and said, "Don't thank me. Look at our director. When has he ever cared about these things?"

As she spoke, she patted the back of Cheng Cheng's chair and called out, "Director, Director."

Cheng Cheng turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Lian asked: "Why do you insist that we buy tickets for noon?"

Cheng Cheng turned one eye to look at her and said seriously, "Because something will happen sooner or later."

Wen Lian raised an eyebrow at Yan Gou'er, meaning, look, our director's mental state is so stable!

Yan Gou'er shrugged his shoulders and almost laughed out loud.

Cheng Cheng asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Wen Lian said, "It's alright, Director, go back to your work."

Cheng Cheng turned his head and said, "Oh, okay."

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After arriving in Fuhai City and meeting with the crew, Cheng Cheng and Beret started a 15-day training for actors including Li Yang, Yan Gou'er, and Wen Lian.

Then, they were amazed by Cheng Cheng. Not only the actors, but also the crew members, the beret, the exposed private parts, the small belly, were all amazed by Cheng Cheng!
They discovered that Cheng Cheng actually understood movies and acting!

For each role, Cheng Cheng can analyze the character's background from shallow to deep, and provide practical interpretation methods to help the actors get into the role.

Moreover, his acting guidance is even accurate to the level of micro-expressions. He can give you each character's state and appearance when they appear on the screen, and how their emotions progress when facing conflicts!
Is this still the same Cheng Cheng?
This completely overturned everyone's three views!
This is of course thanks to the help of the system. It can only be said that it is worthy of being a big gift package. After integrating it into his memory, Cheng Cheng has equivalent to shooting it once. This is the second time.

However, after this period of time, Cheng Cheng's temperament as a tyrant on the set could no longer be concealed.

The price of having a big gift package in his mind is that he becomes somewhat autocratic, monopolizing power, and cannot tolerate the actors' own opinions. Of course, he will adopt them if they are beneficial, but most of the self-opinions seem to him to be redundant and useless.

Cheng Cheng’s most common saying is “I don’t care what you think, I care what I think.”

Another point is that everyone, including the actors and crew members, are increasingly worried about Cheng Cheng's mental state.

He is really sick!

For example, one day Cheng Cheng suddenly started taking medicine. When others asked him why, he said he had a cold. Well, this is normal.

But then something went wrong.

On the first day, Cheng Cheng took the medicine before meals. On the second day, Cheng Cheng took it after meals.

On the third day, he went even further and ate it with rice.

Li Yang asked him why.

Cheng Cheng replied: I can't let this disease discover the pattern of my medication. I want to catch it off guard.

Everyone: What a rigorous logic!

In addition, Cheng Cheng has many other psychotic behaviors.

For example, he would often wash his hands and then look at the empty space in front of him excitedly, as if he was participating in something very important;
When he sees an actor who doesn’t want to eat the box lunch, he will take out his wallet. Just when the actor thinks Cheng Cheng will give him money, Cheng Cheng takes out a pair of chopsticks from his wallet and tells him to use them to eat what he likes!

Where did you get these chopsticks from? Damn it!
Also, online, a netizen shared that his cat had passed away, and the first commenter said "My condolences", Cheng Cheng also commented "My condolences", and a long list of people followed him and posted "My condolences", until one person realized something was wrong:

Wait, Cheng Cheng, why are you all saying condolences to the first poster? And the netizens behind, didn’t you notice when you were following the formation? It wasn’t his cat that died!

In short, there are simply too many such things to count.

Another day, the sun was shining, and Cheng Cheng appeared on the set.

Li Yang: "Director, good morning!"

Cheng Cheng was stunned: "Who are you?"

Li Yang: “”

What? Who am I? I am Li Yang!

Li Yang was confused: "Director Cheng, don't you recognize me?"

Cheng Cheng said: "I am not Cheng Cheng, I am Cheng Cheng's clone. Cheng Cheng said he was too sleepy and didn't want to get up, so I came to take his place today. You can call me Director Cheng, Cheng Cheng's Cheng."

Qi Hao came over and said, "Director, what are you talking about?"

Li Yang's mind was in a mess: "Don't make any noise, I'm thinking."

Qi Hao: "What's wrong?"

Li Yang: "Director Cheng said that he is no longer Director Cheng, but Director Cheng's clone, so he doesn't recognize me anymore."

Qi Hao: "Director, do you know me?"

Cheng Cheng shook his head: "I don't know him."

The situation here quickly attracted attention, and other people also gathered around. After Li Yang explained the situation clearly, everyone was stunned.

Wen Lian: "Director, I'm Wen Lian, the heroine of your movie, don't you remember me?"

Cheng Cheng shook his head: "I don't remember."

Beret: "What about me?"

Cheng Cheng shook his head: "I don't know him either."

It's all exposed there: "What about me, what about me?"

Cheng Cheng continued to shake his head.

At this time, Yan Gou'er popped up and handed Cheng Cheng an egg: "Director, director, me, me, me!"

Cheng Cheng reached out to take the egg, his eyes lit up: "I know you, Cheng Cheng told me that you are Yan Gou'er!"

Yan Gou'er grinned.

Wen Lian looked at Yan Gou'er with admiration: How did you find a way to get along with a mentally ill person? !

Li Yang said: "Since the director's 'doppelganger' doesn't remember us, how about each of us introduce ourselves?"

He looked around, asking for everyone's opinions.

Everyone agreed.

Cheng Cheng also said: "Okay, okay."

"I'm Wen Lian."

"I'm Qi Hao."

Noon, sidelines.

Wen Lian ate her meal and complained, "It's so tiring to get along with a mentally ill person."

Yan Gou'er smiled and said, "It's okay. Hehe, although the director often has seizures, it doesn't affect others, and it's quite interesting."

Wen Lian also smiled: "That's right, it's really silly and funny. If he's not mentally ill, the director is really nice. He takes good care of us, explains things attentively, is a good person, and is handsome."

Yan Gou'er glanced sideways: "Sister Lian, are you moved?"

Wen Lian said, "How is that possible? Let's not talk about whether he likes me or not. Just think about being with him. Aren't you afraid that he will chop your head off like a watermelon when you sleep at night?"

Yan Gou'er shrank back in fear, but immediately retorted:
"How is that possible? The director isn't that scary~"

(End of this chapter)