Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 86: The Trouble in Heaven (24)

Sounds familiar, right? Most of these are dramas that once invited Chen Linfeng, but because Chen Linfeng did not accept the invitation, they asked Cao Jun to take over the role.

It can be said that the appearance of Chen Linfeng cut off Cao Jun's luck. It was also because Chen Linfeng temporarily gave up acting in order to write novels that Cao Jun had a chance of survival.

Although it's a bit shameless to say this.

After that, there was a formal press conference where reporters asked questions.

Chen Linfeng and Shu Chang, as the protagonists, sat in the middle with Yu Shengming, while the other actors sat on both sides.

The focus of the reporters' questions was mainly on Chen Linfeng and Liu Xiaoqing.

Needless to say, Chen Linfeng has been incredibly popular in recent years, and since he has not appeared in many movies abroad, the audience is even more interested in him.

This is Liu Xiaoqing's first new work since she was released on bail last fall.

However, the reporter at this time still had some professionalism. After asking the two some questions, he returned to the normal questioning of the TV series under the control of the host.

"Excuse me, Chen Linfeng, you haven't acted in a TV series for several years. Why did you take on this drama this time?"

"Because this drama is excellent, whether it is the director, other actors, or the script, they are all top-notch. I am very happy to play a major role in such a drama."

"Jiao Enjun, do you agree with what Chen Linfeng said?"

"Of course I..."

……

After the interview, the director symbolically shot a shot and ended the morning's activities.

Although the filming started today, in the afternoon, the director was not in a hurry to carry out the shooting plan immediately. Instead, he gathered all the actors together to read the script.

Originally, Yu Shengming, a director from Hong Kong, did not have this habit.

But who made him shoot the sequel to Journey to the West which had explosive ratings? Now that he is shooting a new drama, he has a burden in his mind, thinking that it cannot be too much worse than the previous one.

In order to improve the quality of the new drama as much as possible, Director Yu learned from mainland directors and organized a reading session before filming began.

The press conference just ended today. There were the most people present. All the actors sat together, with screenwriter Jiu Nian and the director sitting next to them. If the actors had any questions while reading the script, they could ask directly.

A staff member began to read the narration, telling the story of San Sheng Mu and Liu Yanchang, and then Erlang Shen suppressed his sister.

This scene doesn't have much content. Park Si-yeon, who plays the role of the Third Holy Mother, does not speak Chinese, so the lines were spoken by the staff and the scene was quickly transitioned.

Sixteen years later, when Chenxiang has grown up, Chen Linfeng begins to recite his lines.

He had memorized the entire script, and now he was just looking at it and speaking the lines in a boyish tone.

Yu Shengming was listening at the side and felt a little uncomfortable.

It’s not that Chen Linfeng’s lines are bad.

But in the early days, Chenxiang was an uneducated person who did not do things meticulously. The most classic criticism of him was that his elders always felt that what he said and did was just good enough, which was very different from Chen Linfeng's own experience.

Yu Shengming wasn't sure if he was the only one who felt this way, so he lowered his head and wrote it down in his notebook.

Chen Linfeng himself did not feel any sense of disobedience and he was fully engaged in the reading.

He has also worked as a screenwriter, and he always ponders and polishes the lines. Now when he speaks the lines, he always reads them in the way he is used to. The meaning may not change, but it feels better when he says it.

For such changes that have a better effect, Chen Linfeng will write them down in a notebook.

Others were not so bold, but they also had different opinions on some lines and would interrupt the read-along from time to time to communicate with the screenwriter.

The script reading itself is for this purpose, to allow the screenwriter and actors to communicate and reconcile the script, and finally reach a consensus to reduce disputes after filming. This script reading lasted for three days. The plot in the beginning was fine, but as it went on, Chen Linfeng felt that there were problems with the script.

He got the script very early. He didn't feel anything when he was reading it before, but when they were reading the script together, he felt differently.

After all, when the actors are reading their lines, their perspective is different and they are closer to the performance state, so they can appreciate the more subtle aspects of the plot.

In the end, Chen Linfeng couldn't help it and went to find the director at night.

"Uncle Yu, are you busy?"

"Xiao Feng is here. I have nothing to do. Come in and sit down."

Yu Shengming was finalizing the details for tomorrow's shooting. When he saw Chen Linfeng coming over, he put his things on the table and waved for him to come over.

Chen Linfeng held the script in his hand, sat next to Yu Shengming, spread out the book, and said, "Uncle Yu, I have a little suggestion for the script, can I tell you?"

Yu Shengming smiled, "You kid is still making this up. If you have any opinions, just say it directly. I believe that with your level, you won't make any nonsense comments."

“It’s mainly a question of the protagonist’s growth line.

At the beginning, Chenxiang always did things just fine, and then he suffered a great loss and grew up. I think the screenwriter designed this very cleverly. "

"But what?" Director Yu knew that there would be something further to come after these words.

"But he grew up too late. From knowing his own life experience to being hunted by Roaring Sky Dog and being hunted by his own uncle, he also experienced the hardship of his elders passing away."

This is what Chen Linfeng couldn't understand. "If Chen Xiang can't grow after so many experiences, then he is too heartless."

Yu Shengming pondered for a moment and said, "Your logic is certainly good, but it doesn't mean that the original script is not good. It is normal for a teenager to grow up slowly, and Chenxiang is not completely untouched.

Moreover, if he had not made any mistakes, and the plot had only been going up since he became Sun Wukong's apprentice, the drama of the disturbance in Heaven would have ended badly. What reason would Yang Jian have to suppress a nephew who did not make any mistakes? "

"This is what I'm going to say next," Chen Linfeng clapped his hands.
"The Heavenly Palace scene is obviously modeled after the Monkey King's classic Heavenly Palace scene in Journey to the West. It is thrilling to the end, and there are setbacks in the middle, such as being caught and thrown into the alchemy furnace.

But that was also force majeure in the face of a powerful enemy, and the Great Sage quickly escaped and fought his way up to the sky, achieving the climax of the Trouble in Heaven. "

Yu Shengming listened quietly.

"Looking back at the current situation in Heaven, Chenxiang is unreliable in every way. When the Jade Emperor wanted to pardon him and the Three Holy Mothers several times, he pretended to be the Jade Emperor and tore up the Book of Life and Death. It really makes people feel that he doesn't know what is good for him.

In between, there are a lot of earthly plots interspersed, which makes the scenes in heaven incoherent and directly weakens the audience's excitement when they see Chenxiang gain great magic power and great abilities. "

The most important thing is that the protagonist’s highlight role was eliminated.

Otherwise, a character similar to Sun Wukong's havoc in heaven should not be completely overshadowed by Erlang Shen in later generations.

Chen Linfeng read a lot of online novels and American TV series in his previous life. In his opinion, excellent works certainly have their own characteristics in terms of plot.

However, the handling of the burst of pleasure is similar, and both parties will try their best to avoid emotional incoherence.

Leaving a hook to make readers curious about the subsequent plot is one thing, but when it’s time to make readers happy, you can’t drag it out or put pressure on the protagonist and make the readers feel unsatisfied.

He has always paid attention to this issue when writing novels in this life.

Yu Shengming opened the script that Chen Linfeng brought. There were red lines on it, and the points just mentioned were marked with emphasis.

There are also some text annotations in the book, such as "After the test, the protagonist carried five thousand books, but there was no change in his behavior", "Sun Wukong's ability was too weakened, and he no longer has an indestructible body", "The plot of Xiaoyu's parents is a bit lengthy", "The overall strength of Heaven is too weak", etc.

You can see that it took a lot of thought.

(End of this chapter)