I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 562: Give up the role? (34)

In fact, there are a lot of main-theme movies every year. The Bayi Film Studio produces three to five main-theme movies every year, but they just don’t sell well!
After entering the 21st century, the Bayi Film Studio shot the "Three Shock Waves", "Heart-Breaking" and "Earth-Shattering" series, as well as military action films represented by "Breaking Out the Amazon", "Night Raid" and "J- Attack", but these films were not satisfactory in terms of word of mouth or plot.

Can you say they are not mainstream movies?

"The Founding of a Republic" was initially ridiculed by the public - Uncle Han ordered all the generals to listen up and meet him!

The conclusion of that year: Main-theme movies have no future!
Even Xu Ke was mocked for filming Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy...

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Wolf Warrior", "Operation Mekong" and then the groundbreaking "Wolf Warrior 2"...

Main theme themes are very popular!
Of course, thanks to "Sky Hunter" - "Sky Hunter" came at the right time. When a lot of filmmakers thought that "Wolf Warrior 2" was successful because of the subject matter and the trend, "Sky Hunter" stood out!
Li Chen and his ex-fiancee used "Sky Hunter" to tell everyone that the audience is not watching the subject matter or the stars!
Block a large number of war dragons, war tigers, and war leopards...

Well, Sky Hunter is pretty good, with few military errors...

If the lead actors were changed, the box office performance wouldn't be so bad - by then, Li Chen and his ex-fiancee had already had the effect of driving away customers.

"There are actually two types of so-called diverse themes. One is big IP + popular stars that no one would watch, and the other is so-called award-winning movies that don't care about domestic audiences at all..."

"I don't like these two types of themes... "Peak Explosion" tells the story of railway engineering soldiers. The main producer is the Beijing Film Studio. They approached my grandfather directly, and there was no way I could refuse..."

"Speaking of Beijing Film Studio, I read a lot of self-media saying that my resources are backed by Tencent Capital. That's not right. I have a cooperative relationship with Tencent... My most important resource..."

Shen Liang was talking when he saw someone posting a video about China Film…

He nodded: "It is indeed China Film Group, but there are many factions within China Film Group... China Film Group was jointly established by eight film enterprises and institutions, including Beijing Film Studio and China Children's Film Studio. Many of the predecessors and teachers of the former Beijing Film Studio are my connections..."

"Forget it, I won't tell you all this. You just need to know that there are many projects that I can't refuse. After all, when you are in the arena, you can't help yourself. What I can do is to straighten out the script and make the character logic clearer..."

“I watched the theatrical cut of Peaky Blinders, it’s pretty good, you can buy tickets with confidence...it’s definitely worth watching!”

"I heard that The Battle at Lake Changjin is 180 minutes long... It's a big movie. Like everyone else, I'm looking forward to it. After all, it took more than half a year to shoot..."

“…”Fame”…Filmed in 14 days, this is a script-killing movie, well worth watching multiple times…”

"Okay, I won't say any more..."

"I've been so busy lately that I don't have time to pay attention to the Olympics. How many gold medals did the Chinese team win?"

"It's 30 yuan... We are an Olympic powerhouse... It's a routine operation."

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The biggest difference between "The Beginning" and ordinary web dramas is that it is very normal!

In the first scene, Xiao Heyun kindly handed a tissue to the heroine Li Shiqing, played by Zhao Jinmai, but was mistaken for a pervert on the bus because of some physical contact...

He was so anxious to prove his innocence that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and he almost rubbed the tissue in his hand into a fire.

But in most works, the first meeting between the male and female protagonists is itself a sexual harassment drama.

Flirtatious language, intentional or unintentional physical contact, and even rude actions are all the male protagonist exuding charm. There are also female charms - the female protagonist follows a strange handsome man on the subway back to his home, and knocks him against the wall in front of his mother. Not only does the handsome man's family not blame you, but the handsome man also falls in love with the female protagonist at first sight and is attracted to her. Yes, I am talking about "Send You a Little Red Flower"!
In "The Beginning", Xiao Heyun is an ordinary office worker, a game architect by profession, and has no extraordinary family background.

The first moment he woke up from the loop, he was socially dead. He was too scared to get out of the car, so he frantically rocked the door and smashed the glass despite the driver's warnings.

Looks very fierce, but actually very weak.

A muscular man in the car pinned him to the ground in a few seconds. He tried to get up, but was pushed down by the other man again.

In addition to being pressed to the ground by a macho man, there was also a dead otaku who appeared later. Xiao Heyun and Li Shiqing agreed to check his bag, but he was knocked down again in a few seconds...

He suggested using brute force to control the opponent in the next cycle, but Li Shiqing looked at him with a look of "Where do you get your confidence from?"

Moreover, Xiao Heyun values ​​his life very much!
It was the first time for the two of them to get off the bus at the station normally - before that, they always used various excuses to force the driver to stop halfway. Li Shiqing subconsciously called the police, but he complained that it was unnecessary trouble.

Because arriving at the station normally means that they are no longer the focus of police investigation and no longer have to be involved in the murky waters of the bombing case.

Xiao Heyun optimistically assumed that getting off the bus normally might be the key to ending the cycle. If they survived, they could live a normal life.

His reasons are also very valid.

He said that he was also an ordinary person, and ordinary people are selfish and afraid of death.

Xiao Heyun really felt that he was lucky enough to survive because God was helping him, rather than choosing him to be a great hero.

Facing Li Shiqing's questioning, he felt a little annoyed because of his guilty conscience:
"Is it wrong to be afraid of death? Isn't it human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm? If I can't be as kind as you, then am I bad?"

"We are not murderers. There is no need to feel guilty because of all these people in the car, right?"

In fact, he is right. Kindness is not a cheap virtue. It must be matched with ability.

But this doesn’t sound like something the male lead in a Chinese drama would say!
The common features of the male protagonists in domestic dramas are that they "care about the people of the world" and "are brave and fearless", and each one has an astonishingly grand vision.

Xiao Heyun is a very ordinary person.

He is also a very normal person!

Only when the male protagonist is normal, the female protagonist's behavioral logic will be normal!
Moreover, there is almost no obvious emotional line in the early stage of "The Beginning", and all the true feelings expressed are more like two lonely and frightened people huddling together for warmth.

But during one explosion, Xiao Heyun reached out and protected Li Shiqing's head.

Although this action cannot change any results, this subconscious protection is far more touching than the greasy physical contact...

As they gradually approached the truth of the explosion and found that the risks of stopping it were increasing, Xiao Heyun hesitated again and wanted to keep himself out of it.

Every time, Li Shiqing advised him, "Try again," "Try one last time."

Therefore, the protagonist of "The Beginning" is actually Li Shiqing, also known as Zhao Jinmai!
So, in the cast list of “The Beginning”, Zhao Jinmai is the leading role!
Of course, this also means that whether this play can be successful depends mainly on Zhao Jinmai's performance...

(End of this chapter)