Chapter 473: – Recording
Although she had promised Xia Tian to return in two days, Lin Jin didn't really take it seriously. She simply thought that their conversation that day was just a joke made by Xia Tian or a joke she made to Xia Tian.
She directly brushed it off. After all, Lin Jin was someone who had important things to do.
Lin Chen took the camera and ran up to the rooftop first. Lin Jin followed behind, leisurely walking up with her hands in her pants pockets. Cousin Wu Jia’s face was full of despair and had to grab the handrails with each step. People who didn’t know better might think he was terminally ill.
"Cousin, you can’t fumble it today. Let’s try for one take." Lin Jin turned her head and joked "It's one o'clock in the afternoon now. If you mess up, us two poor younger cousins will have to stay under this blazing sun with you."
"I know." Cousin scratched the blond hair on his head with some irritation.
Her cousin’s hair was also dyed blond, but maybe because Lin Jin was more lenient with her own cousin, she didn't think there was anything wrong with the blond hair. On the other hand, she used to dislike Zhu Dong because of his blond hair and various other reasons.
When they got to the rooftop, they cleared an open space. The two, Lin Jin and Wu Jia, stood side by side facing Lin Chen.
Over this period, Lin Chen's filming skills also saw some improvements. Of course, it wasn’t in terms of cinematic techniques or anything like that, it was just that he had a better idea of how to shoot a video.
He held up the camera with one hand and had his phone in the other, shouting, "3! 2! 1! Action!"
At the same time, the music on his phone started playing.
Lin Jin’s body started moving to the music and she subconsciously glanced at cousin Wu Jia out of the corner of her eye. Her cousin’s performance didn’t seem very good. It was his first time dancing in front of the camera, looking very stiff, almost as if he was pretending to be a robot. The expression on his face also looked as if his mom just died.
Tsk.
Lin Jin had already guessed that there was no way today would finish smoothly. Softly chuckling, she took two steps back, and then sat down on a stone bench on the rooftop. She watched as cousin Wu Jia was still twisting around, completely unaware.
She gave Lin Chen a wink. Lin Chen also understood what Lin Jin was thinking, nodded and looked at Cousin Wu Jia with a serious expression. He occasionally nodded from time to time, as if he was especially satisfied with Wu Jia’s dancing.
When the song ended, Wu Jia sat straight down on the ground and looked around with a wry smile, but he didn’t hear Lin Jin at all. After being dazed for a bit, he realized that Lin Jin had gone behind him and was sitting there, happily playing on her phone.
Lin Jin looked up and smiled at cousin Wu Jia, then she criticized: "That was terrible, but it’s the first time so we’ll count it as a warm up."
"Weren’t you still dancing alright last night? Why are you so nervous today?" Lin Jin crossed her legs and gestured to Lin Chen. Lin Chen hurriedly ran over to Lin Jin with a can of iced coke, flatteringly opening it and handing it to her.
Lin Jin took a sip of the coke, then raised her eyebrow and continued saying: "Cousin, if you're going to be like this today, I’m afraid we’ll be stuck here all afternoon."
"As a man, what was originally said to be done in two days had already been dragged on for four. Could it be that you plan to delay it to five?" Lin Jin smiled as she looked at the somewhat grim looking Wu Jia.
Wu Jia couldn't refute Lin Jin’s words and just speechlessly stood there.
"Oh right. Also, when you’re dancing, even if your expression isn’t a big smile, you must at least have a bit of a smile. That stern face of yours is ugly as hell, okay?" Lin Jin especially enjoyed the feeling of scolding someone. And it was even scolding her older and more mature cousin. She instantly felt a strange sense of happiness within her, so she got more energetic as she talked. She enthusiastically said "Your hands and feet were okay yesterday, why are they like a robot today? People who didn’t know might even think you have some disease or something, okay? My video is to be uploaded online, to be watched by over a hundred thousand people! If you don’t act well, I’m afraid we’ll still be here at night, alright?"
Well, adding up several videos, the total views did indeed reach over a hundred thousand.
Cousin Wu Jia's face darkened even more after being scolded. Unable to argue back, he could only respond with actions. So he turned around to Lin Chen and said: "Let's go a few more times, let me get used to dancing in front of the camera."
"Okay." Lin Chen shouted once again: "3! 2! 1! Action!"
Since Wu Jia's dance didn't require moving around or stuff like that, Lin Chen wasn't worried about him accidentally stepping out of frame and not capturing him on camera. Besides, the camera was always under his control.
But the second time, Wu Jia continued dancing really badly. No need to mention passing, being able to score three to five points would already be very good, and this was out of a hundred points.
This time, his performance was even worse than before. The smile on his face was really creepy, it would have been better if he didn’t smile. Children would cry if they saw it, okay?
Lin Jin had also experienced this kind of situation, so she understood her cousin's performance. Although she had also made a fool of herself during her first recording, she was still countless times better than her cousin.
At that time, it had only taken less than an hour for her to finish recording for the first time.
Who knew how much time cousin Wu Jia would need.
So continuing, Lin Jin didn’t make a sound. She just crossed her legs and read a novel while Wu Jia kept dancing over and over. After each dance, he would go check the camera and correct his mistakes the next time.
After at least another hour’s time, cousin Wu Jia finally danced properly.
So the recording officially started again.
"3! 2! 1! Action!"
No matter how many times she heard it, Lin Jin always found Lin Chen's words quite funny…
Suppressing her urge to laugh, Lin Jin gradually got into the state as the music started.
She was dancing enthusiastically, but as she danced, she noticed that Lin Chen's expression looked somewhat off. Glancing at cousin Wu Jia out of the corner of her eye again, she saw that this guy, who had been dancing fine just now, once again became nervous and stiff when dancing with her.
Huh?
Wu Jia also realized that his movements were off. He helplessly shook his head and stopped, then said with a bitter smile: "I’m still not quite used to it."
Lin Jin frowned, not knowing what was going on with Wu Jia. If before it was because he hadn't danced in front of the camera and was nervous, then what's the reason now? Was dancing with her too much pressure?
"If you really can’t do it, then let’s go back and rest. We’ll wait until four or five o’clock, when the sun isn’t so harsh before coming out again." Although Lin Jin hadn't moved much, the hot sun still made her forehead sweat. Wu Jia was sweating even more, his T-shirt was already soaked.
"That works too." Lin Chen nodded without hesitation.
"Alright." Wu Jia was a bit reluctant. He sighed, but he also knew that continuing under such a hot sun might lead to problems.