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Chapter 58 A Tiny Cloud (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Yi Yitian)
The male lead in the third set of palace dramas is Qi Xi. After failing his audition on the set of "The Star Planter," he successfully brought his talent to the set next door.

This is a scene where the young emperor angrily rebukes his officials, but Qi Xi's dignity is clearly lacking. When he rebukes them, he doesn't have much of an imperial demeanor; instead, he seems to be losing his temper and flying into a rage.

His comfort zone in acting is playing ordinary people. If you ask him to play a role that requires showing off his skills, his acting skills are obviously not up to par.

People with exceptional acting skills wouldn't come to this show...

Nevertheless, Qi Xi's performance was recognized by the entire judging panel, not because he was some kind of prince, but because his performance was the most upright among all the artists present.

When trying to find the tallest among the short, there needs to be a positive example.

The film "The Star-Planting Man" was the last to be shown on set, something everyone had been eagerly anticipating. It remains to be seen what changes Yu Wei made to the film.

The scene begins with the audition scene, where the male lead, recovering from a serious illness, is working despite his exhaustion. Yu Wei's performance is relaxed, but there is still some fatigue in her eyes.

If your acting isn't good enough, you can make up for it with your performance. Yu Wei deliberately stayed up all night to film this scene...

Despite cramming for a few days, Yu Wei's acting was still somewhat mediocre. It wasn't out of place, but there wasn't anything particularly outstanding about it either.

The professional judges frowned, their feelings complicated. Even if they wanted to praise someone, they wouldn't be able to find anything to say.

Soon, Chi Leying, who plays the male lead's girlfriend, arrived. The two chatted on the hillside. The female lead had already noticed his choice, so she kept avoiding him.

"I want to stay here."

This sentence is the trigger for the conflict. The female lead feels abandoned, so she leaves the mountain without looking back. Chi Leying's acting is quite commendable, at least she portrayed that helplessness.

Wait a minute, what happened to the promised adaptation?

Only then did they realize that there had been an adaptation, but even at the very end, the lines and plot remained exactly the same...

The three mentors, including Qi Yunming, all turned to look at Lin Yi, wondering what she was up to.

But before they could even ask, a children's choir suddenly broke into the air, catching everyone completely off guard.

The music is wrong.

The soft humming at the beginning seemed to have a strange magic. Even though they were eager to figure out what was going on, they were still stunned when they heard the incredibly clear "la la la~".

The music in the original film is just an ordinary Irish folk song, without any lofty themes.

When adapting the story for the local audience, Yu Wei made many considerations. The reason that scene became a classic in film and television is precisely because of the female lead's sense of relief.

Only one thing could bring her peace of mind: she understood that the male protagonist was right, and that these children deserved to be the light that was sown.

The meaning of this song is not to bid farewell to the female lead, nor to reminisce about this relationship, but simply to see the world from a child's perspective.

If it were just a simple farewell, the female lead's tears would only express sadness and grief, far less complex than those in the original film.

Therefore, Yu Wei chose "Treading the Waves," a campus folk song with a rustic flavor. Its melody is romantic enough, and its lyrics are simple and unpretentious.

Most importantly, it is indeed a song full of youthful energy and vigor, with a strong sense of the times and local flavor.

"A tiny cloud"
Slowly walked over
Please take a break.
Stop for now.

The singing, carried by the wind from the high slope, grew louder and louder. Chi Leying's back froze, and then, like a puppet, she slowly and laboriously turned her head. They sang without reservation, their voices twisted into one, carried by the mountain wind, pushing forward with all their might.

The tunes were off; some were rushed, some were drawn out, and the sounds were uneven, like a flock of untamed wild sparrows chirping.

This was recorded by a children's choir in Beijing, which Yu Wei and Lin Yi urgently found. The singing wasn't great, but it was precisely this chaotic and headstrong sincerity that touched people's hearts.

The warmth of nature and the carefree joy of children are palpable, yet to others, there's always a strange bittersweet feeling.

That phrase "stop for a while" sounds like something children would sing to them. Adults are always so busy, why don't they stop?

Just like the female lead in the film, why didn't she stay too...?

Because the adults dared not stop.

The wildflowers on the mountain are blooming!
I just arrived at the mountain.
Oh, so you're going up the mountain too?
Look at the wildflowers blooming.

The lyrics are actually just about going up the mountain to see the flowers, but in this movie, it's like a profound question posed by the male protagonist to the female protagonist.

He chose to stay because the flowers on the mountain were in bloom. Didn't you see them when you went up the mountain just now?

In the clip, Chi Leying shed two lines of clear tears perfectly. Her acting skills were incomparable to those in the original film, but because the song cleverly captured the theme, they directly felt that sense of relief through the screen.

No one understands what the male lead is doing better than the female lead. He wants to stay here and plant stars when the mountain flowers are in full bloom, so the female lead cried.

It wasn't the sadness and heartbreak of the breakup, but the struggle of not being able to have both. However, after hearing the children singing freely, she was still moved and understood and respected the male protagonist's choice to devote himself to a great cause.

The film ended with the chanting of "la la~", and the scene froze on the shot of the male and female leads looking at each other. If the original film is 100 points, then Yu Wei and Chi Leying's performances are less than 50 points.

But because of this light, gentle, and slightly melancholic song, the viewing experience at the venue was definitely 80 out of 100. They had never felt the charm of music so genuinely as they did at that moment.

The innocent voices of children paired with this song create a vivid picture, guiding people to appreciate and experience the beauty of nature.

In fact, due to cultural differences, many people could not feel the emotion of the last scene of the movie, but Yu Wei's song successfully allowed them to appreciate the beauty of the countryside and feel the so-called stars.

In addition, the song's strong sense of nostalgia caught them off guard. Even though they had never heard the song before, they clearly felt the weight of the memories.

Or perhaps, they were simply dreaming of growing up...

The new actors didn't feel it deeply, but for the four mentors and the judging panel, the song reminded them of many things, and of their childhood selves.

I remember now, I remember everything! I'm not a cow or a horse, I'm a flower of the motherland!

They had been thinking about how to praise Yu Wei, but after listening to the song and watching the video, they didn't know what to say.

When they came to their senses, they suddenly realized that Yu Wei had solved the problem that had plagued the film industry for more than 30 years.

There's no inherent good or bad between the two songs, but "Treading the Waves" is undoubtedly the best choice for localizing the original.

If one day they become the main villains in a story, they'll probably pause for a few seconds when they hear this song.

(End of this chapter)