The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 696 Changes
"Give us back our wages!!"

"Everyone stay calm. Please believe us. The final result will satisfy everyone, but it will take time. Think about your family. If you jump, what will happen to them in the future? Come down first and talk about it later."

"If we can't get the money, we will have no future!"

"call!"

In the dark room, Duan Yihong suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked towards the hotel window and saw darkness outside through a tiny gap in the curtains. Then he realized that he had been dreaming and his tense muscles slowly relaxed.

After lying in bed for a while, he reached out and picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and took a look. The light from the screen illuminated his face. It was a quarter past four.

I put down my phone and closed my eyes again, but I couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

The character he played in "Burning Sun" is called Yi Guchun, a criminal policeman.

Yi Guchun's master is the deputy captain of the criminal police team of Xilong City, and also a criminal police officer of the serious crime team of Xilong City in northern Fujian. He has participated in handling cases of rape and murder involving the annihilation of an entire family.

The family annihilation case was the first major case that Yi Guchun was involved in after he started working. However, there were too few clues in the case, and after years of investigation, there was still no clue, which became a concern for him.

For seven years, he had been thinking about this case.

It was not until he was transferred from Xilong and met his auxiliary police officer Xin Xiaofeng that some clues appeared in the unsolved case of family murder.

Duan Yihong tossed and turned in bed.

His experience at the Xiamen police station kept flashing through his mind in the form of dreams.

He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and is an experiential actor.

Thinking that experiencing life is a must may seem like a stupid approach, but it is actually a shortcut.

Because as a creator, your vision is limited.

He didn't know how capable he was of becoming Yi Guchun, as the field of criminal police was very unfamiliar to him.

No matter how good the script is, if it doesn't touch the character's blood and nerves, you won't believe that you are Yi Guchun, the criminal policeman with the national emblem on his head.

For this purpose, he came to Xiamen Police Station in advance to experience life for a month.

This period of time to experience life is crucial for him.

He saw some reference points that he wanted or didn't want and knew which direction he should approach.

What exactly is a criminal police? All criminal police are different.

He saw some phenomena, captured some nerves, felt different temperatures, and found the strength he wanted to present.

The Xiamen police station has three police forces in one, including not only criminal police, but also household registration and patrol police.

During the first few days of experiencing life, he followed a patrolman for more than ten hours a day, and followed him in handling traffic accidents, migrant workers demanding wages, and cracking down on drug and pornography operations. It was a very unique experience.

When he first faced the incident of migrant workers jumping off buildings to commit suicide, he could not accept the most genuine emotions.

Four or five laborers were standing on the seventh or eighth floor, grabbing the railings at the edge of the building, ready to jump.

They wanted to demand their wages, saying that the contractor had run away without paying them, and that they must be paid today, or they would jump.

As an actor, he had never seen such a scene in real life and was frightened instantly.

His mind was blank at the time, with only the most instinctive fear of the imminent end of life and the most subconscious emotional expression. Tears flowed out like a flood because he was powerless and helpless and didn't know how to solve the problem.

Faced with such a situation, he really didn't know how to solve it. Then he looked at the real professional police officers around him, their calmness and professionalism, and their negotiating tone.

Comparing myself with him, I am so stupid that it is beyond words. The difference is obvious.

The policeman he followed in the first few days was a newcomer. He seemed to be full of energy and always rushed to the front. It seemed that he could only see his own value when facing dangerous situations.

One day when he got into the other party's car, the rookie policeman said, "Brother Hong, you are here. You will definitely bring me good luck today."

He was surprised and asked what good fortune was. The other party said that a crime would definitely happen today.

He thought this was an almost pathological mentality, but he could see the value of his own profession in the other person.

These things will bring him fresh feelings, he has never been exposed to them before.

He then used this information to understand the profession and gauge whether it fit the image of the criminal police he wanted to create.

And he concluded that this new policeman was probably not the Yi Guchun in his mind.

In the next few days, he noticed a deputy director of the police station, who happened to be the former captain of the criminal police brigade.

The other person is a very difficult person to approach, and is quite aloof. He thinks you are a celebrity and ignores you.

He found out that the other party was on duty that day, so he shamelessly tried to get in touch with him, asking if he smoked, drank tea, or wanted to have a midnight snack together. He also frankly said that he came with a purpose, and he would not have come if it was not for the movie.

After a few days of struggle, they slowly opened each other's heart.

But after contacting several policemen in succession, he found that the characteristics these people possessed were not necessarily what Yi Guchun had, or in other words, they were not what he wanted.

One month is neither long nor short.

Until Cao Baoping called him together, he still hadn't figured it out and became even more confused about the role of Yi Guchun.

In the script, Yi Guchun has a long section of lines about "love and law", which makes him very conflicted.

He particularly hates the lines in domestic film and television dramas where positive characters say something that is said to have some profound truths.

Out of touch, too fake, too great and glorious
The existence of human nature means that humans as creatures are destined to be neither black nor white.

There are not so many saints in the world. If there are, they are just pretending because their own interests have not been touched.

He didn't want to portray Yi Guchun as a high-handed policeman.

Subconsciously, he felt that Yi Guchun should still treat Xin Xiaofeng with something that was within and beyond emotion, and within and beyond the law.

Yi Guchun is not a stiff character, but a real policeman with conscience and professional attributes.

What kind of detective does he want to portray?
He didn't need Duan Yihong's things, the police officers in the police station didn't need them, and the chief didn't need them. Instead, he wanted to find Yi Guchun's own uniqueness.

Although he is a professional policeman and has solved some cases.

But a special criminal suspect like Xin Xiaofeng was right next to him, and he was an auxiliary police officer.

He had never encountered this kind of emotional exchange before, and neither had the police in the police station. So what experience could he share?

No!

If you don't have it, find the emotion that doesn't exist.

He has to find emotions that don't exist, and there are restrictions on his professional attributes as well as special relationships. This is quite difficult, and it must be both real and restrained.

Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a month, I still haven't figured it out. I can't find the right balance, and it's almost becoming a mental illness.

“Ding ding ding!!”

The alarm clock rang at 4:30, and it was time to go to work.

The media meeting for "Burning Sun" ended yesterday, and a launch conference was held in the afternoon. The official filming will begin today.

Duan Yihong got out of bed, turned on the bedside lamp, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

When he came out of the bathroom, his assistant had been waiting in the living room for a long time. When he appeared, he took out a red book from his backpack and handed it to him.

Duan Yihong glanced at it and took it. The title of the book was "The Autobiography of Carl Jung".

The author, Jung, a Swiss, is a famous psychologist and the founder of analytical psychology.

He devoted his life to the study of psychology, taking consciousness and unconsciousness, self and oneself as the axis, combining different times, spaces, cultures, human nature, etc. into a whole, forming his unique and huge ideological structure.

His analytical psychology theory is unique and has become a world-recognized authority.

Duan Yihong felt that this psychology book could help him find the answer, or more precisely, it could help Yi Guchun find the answer to how to treat Xin Xiaofeng. The filming cost of "The Burning Sun" was 3500 million yuan, and the crew was scheduled to be at the Baixiang Software Park Hotel on Guanri Road in Xiamen.

This is a quasi-five-star hotel that opened in 09. It is 9 stories high and has a total of 356 rooms. It is 8 kilometers away from the city center and is very convenient for traveling to major filming locations, about half an hour away.

This half hour was enough for him to read a psychology book and figure out Yi Guchun's psychology.

Duan Yihong walked out of the room and went to the dressing room to put on his makeup. His makeup was relatively simple. When he came out, he happened to run into Wan Qian, the actress who played his sister Yi Guya.

"Good morning."

Wan Qian covered her mouth and yawned, but she quickly retracted the yawn and waved her hand a little stiffly.

"Morning, Teacher Duan."

Duan Yihong smiled and joked: "You got up so early, there won't be any scenes for you today."

"This is a rare opportunity. I want to go and see and learn from a few more teachers."

Wan Qian didn't dare to look him in the eye because his eyes were too sharp and she always felt that she had no secrets in front of him.

Duan Yihong did not comment and walked straight towards the elevator entrance.

He is not a talkative person, but he has a surprisingly good impression of Wan Qian.

During the script reading, it was easy to see that the other party had a certain level of dialogue skills. I don’t know how he would perform on stage, but his attitude was impeccable.

Walking to the elevator, he pressed the button.

In less than half a minute, with a ding sound, the elevator door opened and a person stood inside. It was Lu Yuan.

He was wearing an old-style auxiliary police uniform, had a crew cut, and had his eyes closed. His head was slightly raised, and his nostrils were buzzing, as if he was taking a deep breath.

Wan Qian was surprised and thought his actions were a little strange. She didn't dare to ask more questions, but given their respective identities, it would be inappropriate not to say hello.

She thought about it, found a topic, and asked, "Morning, Teacher Lu, why don't I see Sister Zheng?"

Zheng Qian is just Lu Yuan's assistant, responsible for carrying bags and doing odd jobs, but her power should not be underestimated. The crew, including Wen Muye, are very polite to her.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes, squinted slightly, stared at her, and said, "Good morning, I'll let her go later."

"Oh, I see."

After she finished speaking, Wan Qian raised her leg and was about to enter. As if she thought of something, she raised her eyes and looked at Lu Yuan, then took another careful look, her eyelids suddenly lowered, she lowered her head, and quickly walked into the elevator.

After entering the elevator, she turned around, secretly looked at the figure behind her through the reflective surface of the buttons, and pursed her lips.

It’s not an illusion, she thought to herself.

Lu Yuan's state when he opened his eyes just now had undergone a drastic change compared to yesterday.

I remember that she and Lu Yuan didn't talk much during the script reading.

The other person was like a deep pool from beginning to end, appearing amiable and calm on the surface. It was hard to guess what he was like inside, but overall he was very sunny and smiled at everyone he met, even the cleaning lady who was cleaning the room and looking at the costume lights, he was totally unassuming.

But today was different, the contrast was huge, Wan Qian vaguely felt that the other party didn't seem to want to pay attention to her.

She even wondered if she had done something wrong and offended the other party unknowingly.

Why is this man so fickle?

Wan Qian lowered her head and thought about all sorts of things. She felt that the time from the sixth floor to the first floor was really long.

"Ding dong!"

Twenty agonizing seconds passed, the elevator door opened, she was still standing there in a daze, a gentle voice came from behind her.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Ah!" She suddenly came back to her senses and looked to her side. It was still Lu Yuan.

But he returned to the same state he was in during the script reading period, with a warm smile that made people feel like spring breeze.

She was stunned and stepped aside, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, Teacher Lu, you go first."

Lu Yuan nodded to Duan Yihong, then turned and left.

Wan Qian looked at the other person's back, wondering if she had seen it wrong.

Subconsciously, he turned his gaze to Duan Yihong.

Duan Yihong didn't notice her gaze at all.

In fact, the moment the elevator door opened and Lu Yuan looked into his eyes, he was also stunned, but he quickly understood why the other person's state had changed.

Because at that moment Lu Yuan was no longer Lu Yuan, but Xin Xiaofeng!
Lonely, gloomy, shutting yourself in
But he couldn't understand why Lu Yuan could get into the role so quickly.

The most important thing is that I can switch back and forth between Xin Xiaofeng's gloom and my own sunshine so freely.

Why is he so relaxed and casual?

You know, in order to get into the role of Yi Guchun, he spent a whole month experiencing life in the police station.

Even so, he is still a little unsure about some things.

Is this the world of genius?

He doesn't understand.

Lu Yuan didn't know what the two people behind him were thinking.

Honestly speaking, even if the influence of the dream is ignored, the role of Xin Xiaofeng does not put any pressure on him now. He was just trying to find the state for the role.

Twenty minutes’ walk from the hotel, we arrived at an unfinished building.

Unfinished buildings exist in every city.

Some of the unfinished buildings in front of Lu Yuan have become vegetable and melon fields for nearby residents, while others have become gathering places for small vendors. The worst one in the northeast corner has become a garbage dump filled with garbage.

The unfinished building chosen for today's photography surprisingly avoided all of the above. Due to years of accumulation of water, a pond quietly formed at the bottom.

Of course, there was no living thing in the pond, not even a blade of grass.

There are some floating objects, such as yellow foam and green empty bottles that have been there for who knows how many years. When you get close to them, a foul stench hits you in the face.

"I'm coming." Cao Baoping squatted on the cement steps in front of the pond, covering his mouth and waving.

The staff on site were busy with the arrangements. There were frogmen in diving suits in the pond, and the extras had already put on their costumes and were in their positions.

Lu Yuan approached and first glanced at the pond, his eyes lingering on the floating objects for a moment. According to the script, he and Duan Yihong would dive into the water later.

"You guys are good at choosing a place!" He glanced at Cao Baoping with an expressionless face.

Cao Baoping raised his eyebrows, folded his arms, and walked around him twice. He felt that Lu Yuan was worthy of his name, his temperament changed in an instant, and that Xin Xiaofeng should be like this. Then he laughed.

"Didn't you say we should try to be as authentic as possible? If you want to change it, it's not too late. You're the boss anyway, and you'll have to pay for the overspending in the end."

He is a Virgo and pays special attention to details. In the few films he made in the past, he tried to shoot them realistically.

He was not worried about Lu Yuan. Given the other party's business capabilities, the effect would probably not make much difference whether the water was dirty or not.

But there were other extras, and he had doubts about their professional abilities. In order to capture their most appropriate expressions, the camera could only use real scenes.

Only Lu Yuan is the investor of this play, otherwise he wouldn't have asked any more questions.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "What else to change? This is it."

Cao Baoping said meaningfully: "Okay, when you go in later, you'd better bandage that area, otherwise you will get urethritis."

"Makeup artist, touch up your makeup, let's go first!"

(End of this chapter)