Good Samaritan Mr Yu

Chapter 1:    Their first encounter on a rainy night

Translator: Aafkee

Proofreader: ChaiTea

It was already late into the night.
The high wattage tower lamps shone brightly on the film set, making it look like it was still daytime in the afternoon.
Only when a man stepped outside did he notice the moon hanging high up in the sky.
It was another long day of filming which lasted till the second day.

“Thank you for your hard work, Brother Shen*.”

(T/N: It is common to call someone whom you respect older brothers and sisters.
Usually, someone who is older and more experienced.)

Shen Yu nodded and smiled at the staff who was carrying equipment.
He had yet to take off his costume.
He was wearing a long wig that was loosely worn in a bun, his clothes whiter than snow, his slightly downturned eyes gave others the aura of being naturally harmless.
At the intersection between the strong lighting and the night sky, the corners of his lips lifted, it was as if he was a handsome young man who had come out from the ancient books.

He was good looking.

That was Shen Yu’s manager’s most direct judgement of him.

Unfortunately, in this bizarre and motley entertainment circle, being good looking was nothing special at all.
Even if you were lacking in the looks department, it was easy to go under the knife to make it work.

Shen Yu had a pretty and charming face, yet he was slightly lacking if he wanted to dominate the industry with just his looks alone; he had graduated from a proper academy of performing arts, but he was slightly short of capable of dominating the industry with his acting skills alone; he had a pretty good personality, yet it was not unique enough that could pave him a path in the industry. 

Simply put; you could not really verbalise his bad points, nor could you pinpoint his good points.

It was not impossible for such a person to become famous in the entertainment circle, but he needed luck.
Clearly, Shen Yu did not have such luck.

It had already been six years since he had entered the entertainment circle since he graduated.
He signed with a small company that had limited resources, acted in all sorts of different films, but only one television drama was given a fixed time slot to be broadcasted and its popularity was mediocre.
Shen Yu’s curriculum vitae could only be described as insubstantial.

Such a dark and turbulent industry was extremely good at dulling a person’s edge.
After six years of ups and downs, a 27-year-old Shen Yu had long forgotten those unrealistic dreams from when he was still in school.
Right now, he merely wished for roles in films that could earn him an honest living which to feed himself.

The staff who was carrying the equipment returned to his work after his greeting while Shen Yu walked towards the makeup room.
He ran into a few more people who called him Brother Shen and greeted him, and he would stop every single time to nod back politely as his response.

This film, “The Pursuit of the Wind”, was an adaptation of a novel with the same title, set in ancient times.
The original work was not that popular, but since the author was from a rich family, the author got investments here and there to form a troupe, fulfilling the author’s own dream of having their own film.

Therefore, almost the whole team in charge of the original work were younger than Shen Yu, and the whole of the main cast, except for Shen Yu, were all rookies, which made Shen Yu one of the most experienced and oldest people in the crew.

However, Shen Yu knew his place.
The only reason why they were calling him Brother Shen was due to his relatively more experience and his decent personality.
It would, definitely, become a joke if he really was to act as if he was all that.

Shen Yu’s manager was working with a few artists simultaneously and he had never been his manager’s focus.
His assistant, Dachuan, had to take leave for his family member who was down with a serious illness.
Shen Yu was in a situation where he had absolutely no manpower he could rely on. 

Fortunately, Shen Yu was not some precious young master.
He had been scaling walls and lifting roof tiles since he was ten.
It was a common occurrence for him to be playing games overnight and only wiping his face simply before rushing to school the next morning.
He had only become more spoiled after he became an artist where there would always be someone to help him to do whatever he had to do, spoiling him and changing the little guy into a pretty, flowery boy. 

The roughness in the flowery boy’s bones had yet to disappear.
The scene he had just taken just now was the last night scene for today.
It could not be helped that an amateur troupe such as this lacked professionalism and no makeup artists could be seen.
Shen Yu could not be bothered to ask about it so he decided to change out of his costume and removed his makeup and wig by himself.
He combed through his hair with both hands, thought that he did not look too bad and left with his phone and bag right after. 

The background and scenes used by the film, “The Pursuit of the Wind”, mainly took place in a large-scale antiquity area specifically developed by the government as a commercial base for filming, travelling, and shopping.

 
The cast and crew were staying in a hotel in a small city near the filming base, which was only about a half-hour car ride from where they filmed from.
Shen Yu greeted the rest of the cast and crew.
Seeing that they were still packing up, Shen Yu went to his car in the underground car park and drove back to his hotel unhurriedly as he hummed an unknown tune.

The advantage of not being popular can finally be seen at such times, as Shen Yu never had to worry about being surrounded by his fans nor did he have the trouble of being chased by the paparazzi.
All he had to do was focus on refining his own acting and be a true actor, which was exactly what his teacher had always advocated.
Unfortunately, more often than not, a “true actor”* was not given many opportunities to act in a notable film.
Shen Yu could only try his best and, at the very least, make sure that the role given to him would not be ruined by his own hands.

(T/N: A “true actor” as in someone who actually works hard and focuses on building up their fame and career through hard work rather than neglecting their acting skills and using underhanded methods to get there.)

Shen Yu took time to reflect on his own acting during the daytime as he drove unhurriedly.
Without warning, it started raining outside and the rain was pitter-pattering on the car, producing a rhythmic beat as the raindrops pounded on the glass windows.
Shen Yu was not in a rush.
On the contrary, he reduced the speed of his car even more, enjoying his alone time as he listened to the sound of the rain.

Finally, as he neared the city centre, he saw the bright city light