1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 60 is about my childhood self!

After listening to each of their opinions, Xia Tian wrote a few words in his notebook.

"Then let me tell you what I think..."

After Xia Tian said this, the others perked up.

As the original author, one of the screenwriters, and director, his opinion is undoubtedly the most important.

"Arong's opinion of Cheng Dieyi is good, and he analyzed his psychology very carefully... But I think there is one point that he overlooked..."

“People are complex. There is no such thing as an ideal good person.”

"Cheng Dieyi isn't as harmless as you think. His psychology is flawed. For example, he deliberately smoked opium to lure Duan Xiaolou to help him. He watched the female fans' pursuit and suicidal behavior with a spectator's attitude. He also repeatedly sabotaged Juxian out of jealousy, bringing shame to her."

"And Duan Xiaolou wasn't that bad either. In the story, Duan Xiaolou, facing high pressure, revealed Cheng Dieyi's experience of being molested by a homosexual. In anger, Cheng Dieyi also exposed Juxian's past as a prostitute, and Juxian was thus drawn into the vortex."

"At this point, Duan Xiaolou must scold Juxian and divorce her to show they have drawn a clear line between them and to get rid of Juxian so she won't get hurt."

Xia Tian leaned back in his chair and whispered, "At this time, when a man scolds a woman, it's actually to protect her. But what a woman wants is not just a man's protection, but also loyalty to love. In the end, Juxian could only repay him with her own death."

"Juxian was loyal to her love and ultimately chose death, which was actually a reflection of Yu Ji's choice to commit suicide in despair."

"So in this work, Juxian became the real Concubine Yu, while Cheng Dieyi could only play Concubine Yu in the play."

Seeing everyone silent and thoughtful, Xia Tian continued, "What Cheng Dieyi hoped for from Duan Xiaolou was a theatrical ideal, while what Juxian hoped for from Duan Xiaolou was an ideal of life."

"Duan Xiaolou gradually lost the sense of loyalty he once had when he 'took a beating for his junior fellow apprentice' and the arrogance he had when he 'threw bricks', and lived a miserable life in submission to the powerful..."

After everyone discussed the core of the character, they felt tired and drank some tea to think about it.

Xia Tian began to discuss the plot with the screenwriter Lu Wei.

"In the entire script, Duan Xiaolou and Cheng Dieyi sang a total of six times."

"But except for this last time, the first five times were all performed on stage. And I want a certain effect: as soon as they start singing, something bad will happen!"

"In other words, I can't let them sing to their heart's content. This is also a reflection of their fate..."

"The life drama of Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou is always interrupted by various external forces and irresistible forces."

Lu Wei nodded as he listened. This hidden setting was very touching and meaningful.

But this made Ah Rong furious: "Tianzai, you are really, really cruel!"

At the same time, Gong Li also rolled his eyes at Xia Tian to express his dissatisfaction. In just a moment, A Rong and Gong Li felt that they shared the same hatred and their relationship became much closer!

Xia Tian ignored them—what do you know? Art is about pain! Happiness makes people superficial, only different kinds of pain can make people think deeply.
Xia Tian said to Gu Changwei, "I don't want those scar movies. I don't intend to criticize anything, nor do I intend to recall anything."

"That period of historical upheaval was like an unavoidable natural disaster. What I want to show is the various reactions of the people in the camera during the disaster. As for the nature of the natural disaster, I won't discuss it..."

Xia Tian intends to blur this part of the content, only showing people without showing his own opinions.

This is not because he is being cunning or afraid, but because Xia Tian feels that neither he, other creators, nor people who are alive today are qualified to evaluate that period of time.

This can only be left to future generations and let history judge it.

"The core of the film should be about a generation of people struggling with unrequited love amidst the turbulent times... Everyone is like an ant, helpless."

"I need to make it clear that this is not a trauma film, nor is it a homosexual film!"

"First, Cheng Dieyi was deeply in love with Duan Xiaolou. But Duan Xiaolou never explicitly expressed his love for Dieyi. Instead, he chose to marry Juxian. There was no so-called condition of love between the two parties."

"Secondly, Cheng Dieyi isn't actually gay. He probably suffers from gender dysphoria, or what people commonly call gender identity disorder. It was caused by a tragedy in childhood..."

"Cheng Dieyi's tragedy was caused by the times. His transformation from a 'man' to a 'woman' was not something he could resist personally; it was simply a compromise to 'live'. This profound change in both body and mind was also a form of hidden resistance."

"Duan Xiaolou is the fake Overlord, Cheng Dieyi is not the real Concubine Yu. Like a moth, they eventually fly into the fire and burn into ashes. This question, filled with tragic grandeur, asks: who is he? He wholeheartedly accepts the role swap forced upon him by fate, believing it to be an active control. In the end, it was all a dream, nothing more than passive helplessness."

Xia Tian said to Gu Changwei, "Have you seen The Last Emperor? Let's shoot it based on that feeling..."

Gu Changwei was stunned when he heard this: "The Last Emperor? I'd like to know about it!"

……

After the script reading, Gong Li returned to the room she had booked for her. "Don't you say the crew treated me so well, the standards were so high! When has she ever stayed in a star-rated hotel with Zhang Yimou?"
During the entire script reading process, Gong Li felt a style different from the past - that is, another style of Zhang Yimou.

"Xia Tian is very clear about what he wants. It's as if he already has a concrete image in his mind, and the whole context is very clear..." Not only is he familiar with the analysis and understanding of the story and characters, he is also very familiar with the operation of the entire crew.

The crew wasn't fully formed yet, but there were already 30 or 40 people. These 30 or 40 people were like chess pieces in Xia Tian's hands, controlled with ease. Looking down at the entire chessboard...

The atmosphere of the entire crew is so fresh that I have never seen it before!
There is a feeling of relaxation and joy!
But the crew's preparations and the actors' getting into the groove were very quick.

Gong Huang is Gong Huang after all, the pinnacle of domestic actresses in the future, and she is extremely dedicated.

After sending her the script in the summer, she began to collect information - a lot of records about prostitutes in the old society.

She had to find that feeling.

Although she played Guilian in Li Heizi's "The Enchantress" in 89 and later became a prostitute, she was different from Juxian.

Juxian is the top prostitute in the capital, and her manners and demeanor are different from those of the lowest-level prostitutes like Guilian.

……

After reading the script together, Zun Long staggered back to his room and burst into tears.

Xia Tian and A Rong had noticed his mood changes before, and then he stopped talking and remained silent. But many things are best left unsaid, and can only be dealt with alone.

Zunlong buried his head in the pillow and cried loudly!
In the script, there is a "little leper" who is Xiaodouzi's fellow apprentice. He once burst into tears when everyone in the theater applauded, saying, "How did they become such a star? How many beatings did they have to endure?"

In the end, because he wanted to sneak away from the troupe, he saw Xiao Douzi being beaten when he returned, so he simply hanged himself. Before dying, he stuffed all his favorite candied haws into his mouth...

Zun Long was abandoned as a child and did not know who his parents were. When he was six or seven years old, his adoptive mother sent him to learn opera.

There are many children in Spring and Autumn dramas. He has no parents and looks more like a European mixed-race child, so some children call him a bastard.

He got into fights with those kids... Because he had no money to go to the hospital for stitches, he went to a tailor and got eight stitches. Today, during the script reading, when they got to the part about Little Bean (Cheng Dieyi as a child) and Little Stone learning opera as children, he was already a little overwhelmed.

When Zunlong was a child, he and his senior brother were beaten by their master, and the two of them planned to escape.

He regretted his decision halfway through the run, came back, knelt down and apologized to the master, but was slapped a few more times by the master.

He had rarely eaten meat since he was a child. Once, his master gave him a piece of braised pork, but he vomited it out because he hadn't eaten meat for a long time and was beaten by his master again.

By the middle and end of the script reading, he had become less vocal.

How did they become so powerful? How many beatings did they have to endure?

This sentence is like an arrow shooting into the chest!
He now wants to make this movie well, and he must make it well, as a memorial to himself.

……

We will fill out the crew in the summer and choose a date to start filming after we finalize the young actors.

As a result, Ma Wen got the news from somewhere and came over in a hurry.

"Tian'er, you have to give me a role when you make a movie, right?!"

This guy shamelessly came up and asked for a role.

Xia Tian nodded: "Okay, I'll let you play a prostitute."

"Ah?! With my looks and temperament, do you think I'd be a decent client?" He refused to do it.

Xia Tian nodded again: "Yeah, you don't look like you have money, why don't you play a thug in a brothel? This temperament is similar~"

After being teased by Xia Tian, ​​Ma Wen gave in. "I just heard that your book is really awesome, so I wanted to take a look."

Xia Tian didn't have anything to keep secret, so he showed it to him.

He read quickly and finished it in a short while.

"Oh my! That's awesome!" He stared at Xia Tian. "Tell me, can I play Cheng Dieyi?"

Xia Tian: "Get out of my way!"

(Marvin and his brother's~)

　Thanks to book friends "Acai" and "1anCheng" for the 100-point reward~
　　I haven't been in good shape these past three days. I've only written one picture every day, and my drafts are running out!

　　
　
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