I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 429, Drifting Duckweed in Turbulent Times

"Bodyguards and Assassins" has a very corny name.

It's called Bodyguards and Assassins.

Actually, this name is quite fitting, isn't it? A group of bodyguards who have gathered together for various reasons.

But in reality, upon closer examination, the reasons do indeed appear to be different.

But in fact

Essentially, it still upholds a moral principle—a counterattack and revolution against the injustices of this era.

The nameless people who shed blood and tears were harmed by this era.

The ending was extremely cruel: the assassin team was completely wiped out, and only Li Yutang and Chen Shaobai remained of the bodyguard team; everyone else was dead.

It can be said that "Bodyguards and Assassins" is a very cruel film.

At this moment, everyone at the table was in a heavy mood. After all, they had been so deeply immersed in the experience that it wouldn't be easy for them to come out of it so quickly.

Resonance with the characters.

I feel sad for their fate.

Only Tony Leung and Li Yun were eating and drinking heartily, exchanging toasts.

He didn't look sad at all.

These two are the most deeply immersed in their roles.

Yet it seems as if one is detached from this state.

It gets farther and farther away.

Even veteran actor Wang Xueqi was affected by this dullness.

Son, friends, servants, admirers—all of them are dead here.

They didn't even see who the person they were protecting was.

He died tragically.

In the end, all they were protecting was a stand-in.

He is his son.

A stand-in.

It's a fake.

The tragedy and desolation of death.

When you die, everything is gone.

Looking around, Wang Xueqi realized that there really were only these two people, and their moods seemed completely unaffected.

This kind of bewitching feeling can even affect bystanders.

But the two people involved are the ones in this situation.

I didn't feel anything at all.

They were clearly the two most immersed in the role during filming.

Leung Ka-fai, Chan Siu-pak.

Li Yun, Yan Xiaoguo.

These two represent two people with absolutely different stances.

"You guys really don't feel anything at all?" Xie Tingfeng couldn't help but ask.

He was genuinely surprised.

Li Yun and Liang Jiahui's performance

It's like lacking emotional depth, making the character feel very separate from oneself.

That's how they feel now.

However, at this moment...

Li Yun and Liang Jiahui exchanged a glance, seemingly both seeing the emotions in each other's eyes.

Then they looked at each other and smiled.

"Cheers, teacher."

"Cheers, student."

Heavy, sorrowful.

That's a reasonable way to understand it.

From a worldly perspective...

That's just how it is.

In a general sense.

It is indeed that heavy.

After all, everyone is dead.

But Li Yun felt an unprecedented light and joy in his mind.

My heart is filled with peace and tranquility.

With a sense of tranquility in my thoughts.

Death is indeed a sad and painful thing.

Physical death.

In most cases...

They are all symbols of approaching the end.

When life ends, it all ends, but for an idealist, this end is anything but.

The lives of revolutionaries do not end so easily.

"Did the student do it correctly?"

"So, do you think the teacher is right?"

At this moment, Yan Xiaoguo and Chen Shaobai sat calmly, no longer in the position of adversaries.

There was even a sense of peaceful harmony between teachers and students.

In the end, Yan Xiaoguo understood his teacher's actions and fulfilled his teacher's wishes.

"I don't believe those foreign things you brought."

"Yes, you may not believe it, and I even think it's not the right path in the end," Chen Shaobai said frankly. "If we are wrong, then there will be new revolutionaries, new revolutionaries who will find a more correct path, to replace us old things. The only thing we cannot lack is the courage and awareness to accept new things."

At this moment, Yan Xiaoguo finally found peace.

"Yes, the student will keep your teachings in mind."

"What is there to be sad about? Wasn't the Xinhai Revolution a success? The blood of the pioneers was not shed in vain; they changed China."

At this point, Tony Leung Ka-fai said, "You all look like you've lost your parents; that's what truly disrespects the characters you're playing."

that's the truth.

Only then did people realize what was going on.

After leaving behind the last glass of wine, Li Yun prepared to turn around and go back to rest.

Before leaving, it was someone else who called Li Yun.

It's Chen Kexin.

This producer and screenwriter.

This company has been playing many petty tricks from the very beginning, trying to gain control of the discourse or other areas.

The people who made things difficult for Li Yun.

From the moment Li Yun began revising the script, the two began to clash constantly on set.

Or rather, friction and disagreement.

He felt that his power had been 'taken away,' a feeling that even led this elderly Hong Kong man to have some dark thoughts.

Some of them can even affect the darkness of the script.

But in the end he did not do so.

Because he felt that Li Yun's changes were superfluous.

There was no way to change the overall tone of the film.

Until after filming was finished.

Only then did I realize how much Li Yun had changed the film.

This even changed the overall tone of the film.

Even the basic structure has changed.

This is what the Siege of October is like today.

A bodyguard and assassin he didn't know.

Even if he thought and speculated with the darkest and most sinister ideas.

There's no way to deny something.

That's the significance of this script in his heart.

Even if we have to admit it.

It's a feeling of having to admit defeat.

That talent

Chen Kexin didn't say anything.

In the end, I just wanted to say...

"I'll add your name to the screenwriter section."

"Thanks."

"You deserve it," Chen Kexin joked. "If the final result isn't good, we'll both be held responsible."

"Then I'm willing to carry them together."

"Haha, cheers!"

Li Yun drank quite a bit of alcohol today.

Even with Li Yun's current physical condition, he couldn't help but feel a little tipsy after drinking this much alcohol.

Yesterday, Tony Leung Ka-fai also got drunk. As a versatile actor, he is not as open-minded as he seems. Even though he feels genuinely happy and joyful for the fates of his characters as an actor, he is actually heartbroken by their departure and death.

Chen Shaobai and Yan Xiaoguo disappeared.

But the actors and rickshaw pullers haven't disappeared.

Their feelings are still there.

They will die.

But he did not die in confusion.

His gaze was firm.

"Will I be able to go to school in the future? Will rickshaw pullers like us also have the right to read and write?"

"Studying is an obligation in our time. Even if you don't want to go, you still have to go through nine years of compulsory education. There's no choice in that," Li Yun teased the driver next to her.

Then the driver smiled broadly. In fact, it would be a lie to say that they were not confused at all.

They didn't know if doing so was the right thing to do.

I only know one thing.

That means things have changed at least for now.

That will do.

That's enough.

The gambler was a scoundrel, but he didn't want his daughter to follow in his footsteps, nor did he want him to become a scoundrel in this era.

The beggar was depraved, but even in his depravity, he knew that there were even more depraved things in this world, things that were even more evil and untouchable.

This extremely evil thing is called opium.

Things that lead to physical depravity.

He shouldn't exist in this world.

If I, in my depravity, could do anything good before I die...

Then this matter should be one of them.

This can be considered the last thing he did for the imperial court and the country as the top martial arts champion.

Li Yun didn't expect the actor to be the last to leave.

He stood right in front of Li Yun.

Although she was a martial arts actress, she simply loved singing opera.

I like the music.

I like to sing songs.

He expresses his thoughts, anger, and all sorts of emotions through singing.

Go sing it out.

Her tomboyish appearance was transformed into a woman's at this point.

"My father always wanted a boy to inherit everything from him. I said I could do it too, but he said that this was not something a girl should do. In order not to disappoint my father, I was a tomboy from birth to death. I had to hide the things I liked. I never thought that I would have the chance to wear this red dress in the end."

Actress in red makeup.

Surprisingly, some of them are quite good-looking.

She said she wanted to sing one last song before she left, to sing a song to send off everyone, her comrades-in-arms, her fellow soldiers.

"Unfortunately, I don't know what song to sing."

"I'll teach you..." The superstar personality not far away wanted to sing with her, for one last song.

At this moment, Li Yun said.

Let me teach you.

In one scene of the play, the water sleeves rise and fall.

Singing of joys and sorrows, of partings and reunions, has nothing to do with me.

Fans open and close, gongs and drums sound and then fall silent.

Love in the play, people outside the play—who can say?

He is used to expressing all his emotions in his performance.

So what if the lyrics are sung through?

White bones and blue ashes are all me

In this chaotic world, we drift like duckweed, watching the flames of war engulf the land.

位卑未敢忘忧国

Even if no one knows me

The land is shattered, and we drift like duckweed in a chaotic world.

I am but a humble person.

We dare not forget the nation's peril. In this era of internal and external troubles, we must make our own choices.

Li Yuchun was also drunk at this time. She was one of the few "connections" who were arranged to join the crew.

However, unlike other people with connections who act like they're doing nothing, she doesn't think that everything she has received is a given.

There is never anything that is taken for granted.

As a singer, she knew that she could never match her predecessors in terms of acting skills.

So she also made good use of her dance skills and performed well in the action scenes, which earned her praise from Master Donnie Yen.

She was not ostracized here.

On the contrary, everyone really liked her hardworking personality.

Try your best to do it.

Slightly tipsy, she really liked director Li Yun, whether it was his acting skills, his talent as a director, or his talent as a screenwriter.

They are all very capable.

While Li Yuchun was inferior to everyone else in every other aspect, his drinking capacity was something that made all the men around him admit defeat.

In this state of slight intoxication

She thought she heard someone singing.

It sounds so good.

Is it a girl?

Do we have any girls around here who can sing as well as us?

Maybe not.

Being a singer is her profession; you can hear what her singing skills represent, and you can also hear the surging emotions contained in this song.

Until she discovered that it was the person singing so passionately.

He was her director.

It was Yan Xiaoguo of the Qing Dynasty.

She felt...

Is it because I can't hold my liquor?

I'm really drunk.

"Reward: Qing Dynasty Killer Fist"

"Constitution +5, Energy +5".

"The dull-witted wise man: Everyone thinks you are dull-witted, but they are very wrong. Those who think you are dull-witted are the truly foolish ones. You are just implementing the path to saving the country in your own way."

Only then did Li Yun break free from the feeling of the siege of October.

It felt like a lifetime had passed.

It feels like the eve of the Xinhai Revolution was just yesterday.

What happens within a single day.

The martyrs and heroes paid with their blood and tears.

This has brought us the peace and well-being of our time.

Generation after generation of revolutionaries.

The victory achieved.

"It's amazing! It feels like we've already finished filming 'The Young Students,' when the Qing Dynasty had already fallen, and now we're only in the early stages. Different eras, different historical experiences, different people—that's what makes filmmaking so interesting."

Let's not talk about the glory, status, and money gained from acting.

Li Yun himself found this matter quite interesting.

The act of traveling to different eras and leaving one's own mark is interesting in itself.

That's enough.

When Li Yun returned home.

There's also a sense of sudden realization.

He lay down on the sofa, took an ice-cold Coke from the refrigerator, inserted a straw, and began to think.

Bubbles produced by carbon dioxide.

It tumbles in the glass.

During the time I was filming Bodyguards and Assassins, things didn't just sit still.

Now, it's the top-rated movie I've ever released.

That movie, Let the Bullets Fly for a While.

Their offline performance has now reached a very impressive level.

It's far more impressive than Li Mo's Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War.

In terms of traffic, it's at least 1.2 times the result.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Modu's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was a failure. It is still a good achievement and a remarkable achievement that can be shown.

Soon after the film's run ended, he announced that filming for his second movie would begin.

That's also the main theme.

Judging from the response...

He draws inspiration from historical events, such as the Red Sea incident and the Mekong River incident.

The only difference is that...

His name is no longer mentioned in the "Founding of a Republic" series.

They narrowly lost.

"In the end, he was still not qualified enough to handle this level of subject matter. If he could have directed 'The Founding of the Nation' and 'The Founding of the Party,' the status he would have achieved would have been far greater. It would have been the highest honor in the film industry. When it came to promotions, ranks, and honors, this would have been the most valuable asset. My brother wanted to use these two films to regain the title of 'Model of the Times,' but it seems unlikely now."

"By the way, where's your iced cola? I can't find it."

"This is the last bottle, Uncle."

"All right."

At this moment, all Li Yuxuan could do was open a bottle of mineral water, shake it, and say, "You're going to use this to entertain your uncle when he comes to your house?"

"You came so suddenly, how was I supposed to know?"

Li Yun hadn't really thought of that.

I'll count them myself; they'll arrive around this time.

Li Yuxuan came only to talk about some things, such as the current situation of his brother.

Now he has ended up isolated and abandoned by everyone.

Even the role models of the era that he was so obsessed with have passed away.

It can be said that he no longer aspires to the highest level of fame and fortune in the future; his desires have faded.

He has already buried it.

"He used to be a great white shark, devouring everything by any means necessary, using everything as a stepping stone and nourishment for him. Family, friends, brothers and sisters, the only difference was whether they could help him in his career. But now he seems to be just an old man who keeps goldfish, completely different from the old man."

At this moment, Li Yuxuan spoke softly.

At this moment, Li Yun also fell silent.

"I never imagined he'd be like this."

In Li Yun's memory.

This guy is a person who only cares about fame and fortune; his life seems to be about acquiring fame and fortune.

Now that he says he has abandoned fame and fortune and become a little goldfish, how can Li Yun believe it?

Whether you believe it or not, this is truly happening right here.

"He has definitely changed from before."

"So what do you want to say to me? Do you want me to stage a father-son reconciliation with him? To make everything a happy family affair?"

Regardless of whether his current desires have disappeared or not.

Reconciliation is Li Yun's bottom line.

Forget about it.

"Okay. He did do something wrong back then."

Li Yuxuan didn't know what to say.

compensate?

Li Yun's talent is absolutely no less than his father's. With such talent, what kind of compensation does he need?

Money?

Status?

no.

This father and son are actually quite similar; both are incredibly obsessed with pursuing fame and fortune, and are destined to give up many things on this path.

However, there seem to be some differences between the two.

Li Yuxuan couldn't think of anything for the time being, but said, "By the way, your 'Let the Bullets Fly' has passed the preliminary review for the Five Ones Project Award."

The Five Ones Project.

I was nominated for this award.

Let the Bullets Fly has firmly established its status as a mainstream ideology.

This award was created specifically for works with a patriotic theme.

Positive energy, the main theme.

That's the label for "Let the Bullets Fly" today.

This is considered an outstanding award within the system.

"So you're here to congratulate me?"

"Yes, congratulations! At the same time, your Huabiao Award has passed the preliminary review. You can say that you have gained both fame and fortune this time. Perhaps in time, you will be able to see the stars in the sky for your father, the four filmmakers who are pressing down on him, and the even more towering Hollywood filmmakers."

"Uncle, you've said something wrong."

"What did you say?"

"I'm not going to see it for him, I'm going to see it for myself."

"All right."

At this moment, Li Yuxuan patted Li Yun on the shoulder.

"Your grandmother will also attend the upcoming Huabiao Awards. I don't ask for anything else, but it would be nice to at least see the Empress Dowager."

(End of this chapter)