1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 58: Live, live like an animal!

[Furong Town is located in a valley plain at the junction of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. It has been a strategic pass for merchants and travelers to rest, heroes to gather and military strategists to fight for since ancient times. There are two waterways, a stream and a river, flowing around the town. They merge at the entrance of the town, so it is surrounded by water on three sides, like a narrow peninsula.]
Does it read a lot like Border Town?
The language of "Furong Town" borrows Shen Congwen's "skipping stones on the water" style of writing, which Wang Anyi also borrowed for a period of time, such as some of the narrative styles in "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".

But Wang Zengqi, a student of Shen Congwen, was not interested in his teacher's writing style. Wang Zengqi's language style was more learned from Fei Ming, a writer in the Republic of China, whom Shen Congwen also regarded as his master.

Jiang Xian had not read the novel of "Furong Town" before, but he had seen the movie of "Furong Town".

What impressed me most was Liu Xiaoqing's thought-provoking line in the movie:

"Live like an animal!"

Liu Xiaoqing had a hard time getting this role from director Xie Jin, the "Godfather of Chinese Cinema", because Xie Jin had a habit of not using celebrities in his films, and Liu Xiaoqing was already very famous at the time.

Of course, "Furong Town" also made Liu Xiaoqing successful, and she later always regarded Xie Jin as her mentor.

After Xie Jin passed away, she brought a sack of cash to the funeral and vowed to donate the annual performance fees of "The Last Night of Madame Jin" to Xie Jin's widow, because Director Xie's children were intellectually disabled.

"Let's read this novel first." The guy stretched lazily.

The night outside the window was as dark as ink, with stars twinkling. Crickets in the grass somewhere were chirping rhythmically.

The room was a bit stuffy, so Jiang Xian plugged in the vertical Shuangma brand electric fan.

He specifically looked at the fan's origin on the nameplate: Liuzhou, Guangxi.

For a moment, the wind seemed to be mixed with the aroma of snail noodles.

"This novel is about the same thing as the movie."

"Hibiscus Town", which has 17 words, is not much different from the movie remake. It describes the fate of Hu Yuyin, the "Hibiscus Fairy" who sells rice tofu in a remote rural town in western Hunan.

There was a very perverted scene where Li Guoxiang made people use wire, but we didn't dare to film it because if we did, it would have become a fucking Level 3 movie.

In that time and space in the future, there was a tourist attraction called "Furong Town", which was actually a movie shooting location. Later, it was renamed "Phoenix Ancient Town" in order to develop tourism.

The Furong Town in the novel is actually a fictional place, so don't be confused.

The next day's set was still bustling with actors and cameramen busy in the front, staff running around in the back, and two fire trucks dispatched from the county parked there to create artificial rainfall.

Jiang Xian did not appear as a guest actor today. He held an umbrella, put on a pair of frog-eye glasses, and moved closer to Zhu Lin who was reading a script.

She was wrapped in a layer of hazy water vapor, which was really elegant and hazy, like pear blossoms in the rain.

The girl glanced at him, thought of last night, her heart trembled, and she shrank her neck.

“Everyone in the crew is watching.”

"I'll tell you what happened to the play."

Jiang Xian held an umbrella for her and pointed at the camera, "Look at this rain. It would be fun if you could add a line to it."

"What word?" Zhu Lin was aroused by his curiosity.

Jiang Xian cleared his throat and said in a rhythmic voice: "Go ahead, go ahead, I will be happy only if you beat him for 49 days!"

Zhu Lin immediately understood that this was a famous line from the classic movie "Battle of Flood", and she laughed.

"What if the other way around, the drought scene asked you to add words?"

Jiang Xian immediately thought of the famous work of the dentist writer, "Oh my God, you cough."

"What? Huh? Why don't you say anything?"

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He was embarrassed when Ling Zifeng suddenly turned his head and said, "Xiao Jiang, you have a lot of ideas. In the next scene, I want to make the character of Cuicui more lively and active. Do you have any ideas?"

"Next scene? Let me take a look at the script."

Cuicui came to watch Er Lao race dragon boats, and then she heard that Er Lao and the daughter of a country gentry played by Zhu Lin were engaged. Er Lao won the first place and was so happy that he fell into the water. He hurriedly swam ashore to find Cuicui to share the good news.

Cuicui, however, became jealous and threw a tantrum. She ignored him and went to the river alone to find the big yellow dog and vented her anger on the dog.

He stared at the script, and so did Zhu Lin. He looked at her, and she happened to look up at him.

When their eyes met, the girl looked away as if she had been electrocuted, and a blush of the color of rouge appeared on her ears.

The more she acted like this, the more Jiang Xian wanted to tease her. An idea suddenly occurred to him. "I have an idea, Director Ling."

"How to say?"

"Cui Cui is making indirect accusations, and at this moment, Zhu Lin stands by to defend the dog. Doesn't the drama of this scene instantly increase?"

"Well, not bad." Ling Zifeng's eyes lit up.

Even Shen Congwen did not object, "This does seem to be more interesting."

Zhu Lin was the one who was confused. She hurriedly tugged at Jiang Xian's clothes and said, "Why did you suddenly add a scene for me? I, I'm not prepared."

"Just treat that big yellow dog as me and recite the words."

"???"

"Come on, walk through it again."

"3, 2, 1, start."

Zhu Lin stood by the river, looking at the big yellow dog struggling in the water. She felt very nervous, afraid that she would not perform well and waste film.

It would have been fine if Jiang Xian had touched her last night, but how come he dared to flirt with her so blatantly on the set?

And the lines he wrote, were they for the dog or for him?
Zhu Lin's heart was pounding, and she became more and more obsessed with this naughty brother.

What she didn't know is that there is a saying called the suspension bridge effect: the increased heartbeat caused by a tense and exciting situation will be attributed to the physiological reaction of the other person making one's heart beat, and then one will develop feelings for the other person.

Chen Hong shouted first.

"dog!"

The yellow dog swam towards Chen Hong and quickly came ashore to shake off the water. Chen Hong quickly said, "Dog, why are you acting crazy? You didn't capsize the boat, so who wanted you to fall into the water?"

Zhu Lin took a deep breath, gathered her emotions, and gently and affectionately defended this bastard.

"He's not crazy at all, he's clearly smart, cute and adorable, I like him very much."

"it is good!"

"pass!"

Ling Zifeng was very satisfied, not only with Jiang Xian's adaptation, but also with the performances of Chen Hong and Zhu Lin.

Especially Zhu Lin.

The acting was really skillful, the affection in the eyes came out naturally.

I remember that she was still a student in the Medical College. I didn't expect that she was not afraid of hard work, fatigue, and was not picky about roles when filming. She is really suitable for being an actor.

"Not bad, not bad." Jiang Xian applauded sincerely.

"Jiang Xian, you are not allowed to do this again in the future."

"Don't call me Jiang Xian anymore. It makes us seem more distant."

Zhu Lin felt that there was some truth in it. After all, he was now nominally her partner.

She glanced at him quickly.

"What are you shouting about?"

"It's up to you."

"What do you want me to call you?"

"I think?"

Jiang Xian approached her face cautiously, with a hint of desire in his eyes.

"I want you to call me."

"Brother Yudi."