1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 146 Script Reading
"love letter?!"

As soon as Ji Qinglan finished speaking, the members in the room exclaimed in surprise.

As students of Beijing Normal University, they naturally knew the fame of this novel. "Love Letter" can be said to be the most popular novel in this period, and even in the next few months.

Almost every college student in Beijing has a copy of the book. Some have even read it three times or more and know the plot like the back of their hand. If you ask them to write their reflections, they will likely give a lot.

But when "Love Letter" was adapted into a drama, no one really thought about it in this way.

Suddenly, Cheng Kaiyan, the author of "Love Letter", said that he wanted to adapt it into a play, and everyone couldn't help but look forward to it.

"A love letter! I'm looking forward to what the drama will be like."

"The scene is definitely a problem. It's spring now, where is the snow?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the members started chattering about it.

There is no other reason, it’s because “Love Letter” is so attractive.

"Didn't he say he couldn't write a play? How come he could do it all of a sudden? He even adapted the love letter into a play..."

Zhao Ruixue stood in the crowd with a calm expression, biting her tender lips with her white teeth. She was a little confused in her heart, but after thinking about it for a while, she had a guess.

Maybe it’s because of what I said yesterday...but didn’t he hear it?

The girl felt both happy that this was written for herself, and a sense of bitterness.

Because her intuition told her that this was not an action done because he still liked her, but more like compensation.

Maybe this is okay...

Zhao Ruixue calmed down. She was not a person who liked to drag things out or get entangled.

She walked forward and said calmly, "Since Teacher Cheng is here with the script, let's take a look at it first. Time is running out, so we need to familiarize ourselves with the script as soon as possible and start rehearsing."

"Ah."

At Zhao Ruixue's reminder, everyone in the drama club nodded.

After this incident, everyone knew that Zhao Xuemei was a methodical person, who did things in an orderly manner and was a steady person.

So everyone returned to their seats with great anticipation, looking forward to what the story of "Love Letter" would be like after being adapted into a drama.

"Cough cough!"

President Liu Zhiyi coughed lightly, snatched the book from Ji Qinglan, clapped his hands and said, "Well, I declare the reading of the Love Letter script officially open. The tasks just assigned are invalid. Everyone just wait for Teacher Cheng to assign new tasks."

After saying that, he looked at Cheng Kaiyan eagerly, waiting for the old man to speak. This was very spineless.

You know, they had already assigned the tasks for "The Merchant of Venice". Now that Cheng Kaiyan came with the script of "Love Letter", this useless president immediately announced his defection and threw himself into the arms of Cheng Kaiyan, a talented teacher from Beijing Normal University.

"Little President, how ridiculous!"

"Senior Liu surrendered too quickly. You're the president."

"When Teacher Cheng comes, President Liu immediately becomes Little Sister Liu, right? You're just short of serving him tea and water!"

Everyone looked at him with disdain, and the girls started to make fun of him.

The boys just smiled and said nothing. There was nothing they could do as there were more girls than boys in the drama club.

Then Liu Zhiyi kept saying that everything he said was for the good of the society. Can the affairs of scholars be called surrender?
The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After everyone played around for a while, they closed the curtains and the room quickly became dark, with only a light above their heads on.

The light was dim all around, with only one light on above my head.

More than ten people surrounded the table.

Cheng Kaiyan then instructed Zhao Ruixue to take out a small blackboard from the cabinet, place it in front of the conference table, and write a few large and beautiful words on it: Northern Drama Society - Reading Session of the Script of "Love Letter".

"Well, this makes it more atmospheric and formal."

Liu Zhiyi nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, Teacher Cheng is very professional."

"As expected of a great writer, hehe."

Thanks to Cheng Kaiyan's script, everyone felt much better.

Script reading is a very common part of drama performances.

The reading allows the actors and production team to have direct contact with the script for the first time, so that they can have a preliminary understanding of the content, style and requirements of the script.

During the reading process, roles are assigned, understanding is deepened, creative ideas are exchanged, and details such as the set and music are finalized.

Cheng Kaiyan had read relevant professional books and had some understanding of these processes, so it was natural for him to lead this reading session.

Secondly, as a script writer, he also hopes that the script reading can deepen their understanding of the story and characters, so as to present the drama perfectly to the audience.

Cheng Kaiyan's eyes slowly swept over the members.

There are a total of sixteen people, twelve girls and four boys. These are the members of the drama club who are participating in this event.

Cheng Kaiyan found that everyone was sitting properly, with a mixture of excitement and nervousness in their expressions.

Ji Qinglan's hands were placed on the table, crossed up and down, and combined with her petite body, she looked like an elementary school student.

So he smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, just relax. Although you call me teacher, I'm not a real teacher. I won't answer questions like you do in class. Here you can just speak freely about your feelings and understanding of the script."

"alright, I got it."

"I believe that everyone has watched Love Letter to some extent, or at least has a general understanding of it."

Cheng Kaiyan asked them to raise their hands if they had seen the film, and after a statistics, she found that most people had seen it, and only a few had not.

So Cheng Kaiyan distributed the only copy of the script in her hand to those who had not seen it. This made some members look at them with envy, after all, this was the script of "Love Letter".

Cheng Kaiyan went on to say: “After the love letter was adapted into a play, the story did not change, only some details were adjusted. The first act of a play usually lays the groundwork for the story background and the characters’ emotions, and paves the way for the subsequent conflicts.

The first scene of Love Letter is no exception. When it comes to love letters, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? "

"It's a letter sent to heaven, carrying Miss Hiroko's love!"

The quiet girl Zhang Chun was the first to raise her hand and answer actively. She was not very high-profile in her daily life, but she was quite proactive when it came to things that interested her.

"No! It was the staggered peeking of two people in the library, the shy blushing faces of the boy and girl, and the ignorant and innocent secret love!"

Ji Qinglan retorted that she loved the innocent and beautiful scene of the library the most.

The bookshelf, the library card, the sunshine, the wind, the white curtains, and the boy’s moving hair are as beautiful as a wonderful impressionist portrait.

"Is it a contradiction?"

Zhao Ruixue's heart moved and she spoke softly.

"Hey? Is there a contradiction in the love letter? Isn't it about love?"

Liu Zhiyi scratched his head and asked curiously.

"Idiot! There are too many contradictions in the opening chapter!"

A boy rolled his eyes speechlessly. As a boy, he could actually put himself in the dead man's perspective and realized that no one cared about him after his death. His fiancée found a new lover, and Qiuye, who "killed" him, coveted his fiancée...

"How dare you! How dare you talk like that?"

Liu Zhiyi's face turned red with anger. If looks could kill, this boy would have died a hundred times.

“Yes, Ruixue is right. There are indeed many contradictions in the beginning, but they only serve as the background of the story.

Plus, it was just published not long ago, so everyone doesn’t have time to savor it carefully, but I won’t reveal it in advance. Now everyone pick up your pens and write down the first task, which is to write a biography of the character. ”

"A brief biography?"

"Why write this?"

Everyone looked at Cheng Kaiyan in confusion.

"To deepen your understanding of the role, you can't just instill understanding. You need to comprehend it on your own. Then combined with my understanding as a creator, it will be perfect. Now we can begin. Go back and get the book. Read it and understand it at the same time."

Cheng Kaiyan explained, and with an order, everyone hurriedly got up and went back to the dormitory to get their books.

However, only Zhao Ruixue and Ji Qinglan and a few others were still sitting in the conference room.

"Ruixue, why don't you go back and get it?"

Cheng Kaiyan asked casually.

Zhao Ruixue glanced at him without saying anything, but just poked her head with her white fingers.

Oh... I've already memorized this girl in my head.

Ji Qinglan, who was standing by, held a copy of People's Literature in her hand and said proudly, "I just bought it yesterday and haven't finished reading it yet. I always carry it with me. Teacher Xiao Cheng, do you think I'm good to you? Let me play the leading role later~"

When he said the last two sentences, Cheng Kaiyan blinked and looked at him eagerly.

Zhao Ruixue at the side raised her eyebrows and said, "You are so arrogant. You want to play the leading female role?"

"What's the matter! What's the matter! An actress who doesn't want to play the leading female role is not a good actress, Teacher Xiao Cheng, are you right?"

Ji Qinglan snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Yes Yes Yes."

……

After chatting for a while, the students came back one after another, each holding a copy of People's Literature.

After everyone arrived, the room quickly became quiet.

Everyone read carefully and wrote and drew with a pen in their hands.

Cheng Kaiyan walked around the room like a teacher.

Sometimes I would look down to see how this was written, and sometimes I would drink tea.

Since the plot of the first act only goes as far as the intense conflict between the heroine and Akiba, the plot is not complicated as everyone can guess the inner thoughts of the characters while watching.

"Kacha kacha~"

In the quiet activity room, the only sounds could be heard: the movement of the pointer and the subtle sounds of turning pages and writing. Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Kaiyan saw that everyone had stopped writing one after another, so she clapped her hands and asked, "Have you all finished writing?"

"It's written!"

"Then everyone please come up to the stage and talk about your understanding."

……

The following time was given to the students, who took turns to come on stage to explain their understanding of the characters.

Everyone was very passionate and spoke eloquently, which was enough to show their background as students from prestigious universities.

Some of the understandings sounded reasonable even to Cheng Kaiyan.

"The beginning of the article is mostly from the perspective of the heroine. In her perspective, the father of the male Shu is old-fashioned and addicted to alcohol. He doesn't seem to care about commemorating his son and only cares about drinking.

I think many people have been blinded by the heroine's perspective. Is this really the case? Even after four years, my father still feels upset about this matter and refuses to allow the mountaineering team, especially Qiu Ye, to come to pay tribute..."

An older boy understood it this way. He didn't think the protagonist's father was as bad as the heroine said.

He believed that the heroine's preconceived ideas and attitudes were entirely because she had fallen in love with Akiba, and she subconsciously "exonerated" this person. She was standing on the position of forgiving the mountaineering team.

"Well, your understanding is very unique. There is a Hamlet in the eyes of a thousand people. Even if the role of the father is just a background board, it is not easy to play him well."

Cheng Kaiyan applauded to show encouragement, and the others also applauded.

Then it was Zhao Ruixue's turn. Everyone looked at it. The girl calmly picked up the manuscript and expressed her understanding: "In the first scene, the scene is set in the old house of the Fujii family. There are many characters, each with their own stance.

Three years had passed since the avalanche incident, and everyone was barely able to maintain superficial calm. However, many conflicts were like turbulent undercurrents beneath the sea.

In the scene at Fujii's hometown, there is the inner conflict between Hiroko's remembrance of her lost lover and her naive love for Akiba, the love and guilt for Akiba, the hatred of her father, and the contradiction between Mrs. Andai's hope that Hiroko could get over the past and Hiroko's choice of Akiba...

In particular, the heroine is struggling inside. She does love her deceased fiancé, but she inevitably falls in love with Akiba who accompanies her gently.

But the reality is that her fiancé has passed away and cannot be resurrected, and it was Qiu Ye who killed him in disguise.

The inner contradictions and conflicts, as well as the constraints of moral ethics made it impossible for her to be with Qiu Ye with peace of mind.

So when she received the letter that there was no possibility of a reply, the balance in her heart inevitably tilted towards her fiancé, and she had a big fight with Qiu Ye.

When Hiroko learned that her fiancé fell in love with her at first sight because of his first love, she felt sad and relieved at the same time.

She finally found a reason to be with Qiu Ye with peace of mind..."

"Clap clap clap!"

"Classmate Ruixue's understanding is quite profound. It seems that Ji Qinglan will not be chosen as the heroine."

Cheng Kaiyan glanced at Ji Qinglan and joked.

Ji Qinglan frowned and looked at the biography she had written. Compared with Zhao Ruixue's, it was simply not worth mentioning.

Suddenly, it became like an eggplant hit by frost and wilted.

By the time everyone had expressed their understanding, it was already half past four.

After this round of script reading, the roles were pretty much decided.

They also talked about the subsequent scene arrangement issues. For example, Ji Qinglan suggested making a rotatable letter wall to replace the scene changes between sending and receiving letters, and let the heroine play two roles, playing Hiroko and female Fujii Itsuki.

And by focusing on the characters through lighting, the expressiveness of the characters can be improved.

After brainstorming, everyone suggested using a camera to take pictures of important and beautiful scenes, and then use a movie projector to enlarge the photos and project them onto the screen during the performance to be presented to the audience.

"My mother works at the Beijing Film Studio. I should be able to borrow some costumes and movie projectors. In this way, the problem of adapting the love letter into a play can basically be solved and covered up."

"That's great! I'm sure the audience will be amazed when we perform it."

"That's right! This time I can definitely defeat King Oedipus of Peking University, hehe!"

"The influence of love letters among young people today is not comparable to that of Oedipus Rex!"

The members looked at the drama rehearsal plan on the blackboard, their hearts full of anticipation.

By this weekend, when everyone is ready, we can start the first rehearsal.

However, Cheng Kaiyan does not have much time left, and he needs to quickly rewrite the next two scenes.

After the reading, everyone left with satisfaction.

Before long, news spread that "Love Letter" would be adapted into a play.

Thanks to the book friend 20220515214756640 for the 100 points reward

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