Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 343 The dynasty’s collapse begins from within

After dinner, the most complete script reading meeting of the entire crew began.

The main purpose is to let the director and actors talk about their understanding of the script separately so as to deepen the emotions of the characters they play.

In Chinese folk legends, Yue Lao is a god of marriage who uses red strings to bring people together for a happy marriage, and he carries the dreams of countless people for beautiful love.

The movie "Yue Lao" is based on this legend, constructing a fantasy world that is both traditional and modern.

The film has two main plot lines, one about eternal love, and the other about obsession and letting go of obsession.

The rules of the underworld in the film are simply:
After a person dies, his or her soul will receive a string of prayer beads. The beads are black and white. The black color represents karma, and the white color represents merit. If the beads are all white, the person can be reincarnated as a human, and if they are all black, the person will be reduced to ashes. The more white beads the person has, the better the chance of reincarnation.

If one is not satisfied with his chances of reincarnation, he can whiten his rosary by accumulating merits through serving as a priest in the underworld.

If you let go of all your obsessions, you can ascend to the other shore of liberation.

In fact, it is similar to the popular Japanese drama "Restart of Life" in 2023. If you don't have enough merit, you will be reincarnated as a cat, dog or other animal. If you have enough merit, you can be reincarnated as a human.

The first line mainly tells the love story between the male protagonist Aze and the female protagonist Xiaoyou, which is sweet but has a sad ending.

Aze has liked Xiaoyou since fifth grade and pursued her relentlessly, but was struck to death by lightning on the day of proposing to her.

Aze only has five white beads, so he can only be reborn as a snail, so he chooses to work as a matchmaker in the underworld. Later, he meets another heroine, Nian Nian, Shen Nianwei, during the matchmaker training, and the two become matchmaker partners. During the process of being partners, Nian Nian gradually falls in love with Aze.

After that, Aze, who accidentally regained his memories of the human world, and Xiaoyou, who can see souls, started a "love story between a human and a ghost".

Although Nian Nian was jealous, she still tried her best to help the two of them achieve their love, and finally got the chance to love each other in the next life.

(The original second female lead had pink hair, which Oda happened to have)

The second line mainly focuses on the obsession of the villain Guitou Cheng in the film and the process of him gradually letting go of his obsession.

Five hundred years ago, Gui Tou Cheng, who was betrayed to death by his brother, came to the underworld full of resentment. It turned out that there was only one white dot on his rosary, which represented the only good deed he had done in his life. The merciful King Yama decided to let Gui Tou Cheng take on an important priesthood, giving him the opportunity to wash the rosary white and even go to the other side.

However, over the past five hundred years, seeing his enemies reincarnate again and again, and seeing the liberated souls fly to the other side one by one, Guitou Cheng's resentment grew deeper and deeper, so he came to the world of the living and killed one by one those who betrayed him in his previous life, and Aze's girlfriend Xiaoyou was one of the people on Guitou Cheng's revenge list.

If we were to say that there is any difference between the version of "Yue Lao" starred by Shen Juan and the original version, it is actually that some changes have been made in the details in order to conform to the actual social situation and humanistic culture, but the overall story framework and core of the film will definitely not change much.

For example, the bloody and violent elements of the villain's revenge plot were reduced, and the villain's dialect lines were changed to Mandarin to avoid sensitive associations and possible regional black rhythms.

Although the foreigners will not pay attention to these things at all after this movie was successfully exported thanks to Shen Juan's international influence, we must be on guard in China. Shen Juan's influence is too great now, and his every move may be maliciously interpreted, thus triggering a negative rhythm that radiates to the whole society.

As an idol, role model and spiritual sustenance who will have an influence on many people, Shen Juan really needs to be careful in what he says and does.

Then consider that in addition to making money, this movie also plays a positive role in spreading China's traditional culture abroad.

Very understandable.

If Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift say one day that they are going to act in a movie, their fans and other passers-by who have heard their songs will also be very interested and want to see if their acting is as good as their singing. This is roughly how Shen Juan is positioned in the eyes of foreigners.

Many people will buy tickets to go to the cinema to join in the fun.

Even when Ba Ge acted in a movie, it attracted a lot of attention. Unfortunately, his acting skills were really bad. In addition, the market size at that time was not as strong as it is now, so he ended up with a miserable failure and had to return to the music scene in disgrace.

Therefore, we need to strengthen traditional cultural symbols in the film.

Such a good opportunity for cultural export should not be wasted.

For example, the working scene of the Yue Lao team is integrated with Chinese aesthetic elements, and traditional images such as the Chinese Valentine's Day and the marriage tree are added to highlight the red line as a symbol of Chinese marriage and love culture.

In addition, the narrative structure is optimized, compressing the early preparations for the underworld worldview, speeding up the pace and reducing the sense of procrastination.

Simplify the revenge plot and strengthen the love plot.

The film supplements the childhood memories and growing-up scenes of the male and female protagonists (inserting high school and college plots), thus avoiding the problem mentioned in many film reviews of the original time and space that "the relationship between the male and female protagonists is a bit abrupt."

To put it simply, it is about subtraction, deleting the unnecessary and redundant elements of the original version, and highlighting the main love storyline.

As for the reputation expectations for this movie, Shen Juan doesn't have particularly high requirements, as long as it is a qualified commercial film.

As long as the plot is not too weird, as long as the production level is not too bad, and as long as the release date is not too bad, he has the confidence to carry the movie he stars to a box office of over 1 billion, allowing all investors including himself to make a fortune.

As for whether the "feudal superstition" elements can pass the review?

Can Guangdian give the green light?

All we can say is that rules are made by people.

When a world-class superstar who has bravely shouldered the responsibility given by the times and has been recognized by the higher-ups wants to spread China's traditional culture through Chinese-language films, it should not be difficult for the relevant departments to make a decision in order to prevent this "son of the times" from being disappointed and embracing Hollywood movies.

The meeting ended at a little after ten o'clock in the evening.

Everyone went back to their homes.

Shen Juan returned to his room, and was greeted by the sneaky Xiaotian and the suspicious Xiaoye one after another.

Although there are surveillance cameras in the corridor, the fact that the two of them went to his room one after another and did not return all night cannot be hidden from the hotel management, but this is a high-end hotel after all. If Shen Juan sees the news "Shen Juan had a one-night stand with two women" on Weibo in a few days, the reputation of this hotel will be ruined.

It is also illegal to provide or disclose hotel surveillance content without authorization.

So relax.

The barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, and many debts are not a burden.

Anyway, the house had collapsed many times before, so Shen Juan would naturally not be afraid of another insignificant collapse.

"Would you like to drink water or beverages?"

"I'll just drink water."

"Do you have Coke? I want to drink Coke!"

Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei leaned on the sofa, one on each side, enjoying the comfort after work and the softness of the sofa. Shen Juan brought a cup of freshly boiled water and a can of iced fat-house water and placed them on the coffee table in front of them, then sat in the C position that the two of them had tacitly reserved for him.

"Thank you~"

Zhou Ye picked up the teacup, blew away the hot steam, took a sip, then moved his butt towards Shen Juan and sat next to him.

I haven't seen her for a while, and she is in urgent need of replenishing her energy to maintain her lively and cheerful little angel attitude as before!
Tian Xiwei curled her lips when she saw this. Although she didn't say thank you, she still followed suit and leaned next to Shen Juan.

There are not many beautiful things in this world. No matter how world-famous you are or how big of a world star you are, you are still my favorite and most lovely tired dog!

When Shen Juan saw that the two of them had the same reaction, he raised his hands, walked around them from behind and hugged them in his arms.

Two completely opposite scents, two completely different feels, but the same thing is that you are both my wings.

Zhou Ye, who was reading Weibo comments on his phone, turned his head to meet Shen Juan's gaze, then raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at him.

"As the most youthful male star in the domestic entertainment industry, big star, do you want to see what netizens think of you?"

"Why once?"

"They said that you don't look as youthful as before. The current god of youth seems to be Liu Haoran."

Shark arm! Liu Haoran is worthy of being compared with Shen Juan? This is an insult to Shen Juan! It's too disgusting!

In a corner where the two of them couldn't see, Tian Xiwei, with a look of disdain on her face, severely humiliated this well-known wallflower in the domestic entertainment industry in her heart.

"Is that so?" Shen Juan smiled, then said, "But I don't want to read it, why don't you read it to me?"

"No! Some of the words in it are very embarrassing."

"We have done all kinds of shameful things, why do you still care about this?" Shen Juan was referring to the two nights they played mahjong in Hokkaido. Under the catalysis of hormones, everyone did a lot of things that they would not have been likely to do in the past, and the relationship between them also heated up rapidly.

“These two things are different”

"What difference can it make?"

"No matter how shameful what we did was, I was willing to do it. But these comments are different. These comments are written by your dream female fans from their perspective. Sometimes I can even feel from their sincere words that they love you more than I do." "Although I am indeed very grateful to them, they are just fans no matter what. How can they compare with you?"

Zhou Ye looked calm, "But before I really got to know you, I was actually half a fan of yours."

Seeing that Shen Juan seemed to be caught up in the ambiguous atmosphere deliberately created by this green tea bitch and was getting sick of her, Tian Xiwei frowned slightly and spoke out to destroy the atmosphere: "You are embarrassed, I am embarrassed, if you can't do it, let me do it, don't dawdle here and waste time, okay?"

Seeing that Tian Xiwei had been ruining his plans time and again since she met Juanjuan tonight, Zhou Ye, who could no longer tolerate it, immediately retorted, "Are you the King of Anxiety? All you do is worry all day long. What the hell does my chat with Juanjuan have to do with you? If you don't like it, just go back to your room!"

"I think you are really trying to make trouble, Zhou Ye!" Tian Xiwei was a little confused. She didn't expect Zhou Ye to dare to be so mean to her.

But soon, a raging fire was ignited by the constant competition for females. "I tell you, I have tolerated you for a long time! Our (alliance) can be disbanded at any time!"

"Just disband! You don't really think Xiaoxiao and I need you? You were just casually pulled in to make up the numbers when we formed the team. Do you know Kevin Durant from the NBA? Before you came to the Warriors, we were already the champions!" Zhou Ye quoted from classics to anger Tian Xiwei.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Juan knew that their relationship might deteriorate and become estranged like that between Green and Durant.

There might be problems in the Randong team's locker room.

As for whether Xiaoxiao has taken sides with Xiaoye?

I can only say it's like a station.

Anyway, Shen Juan didn't quite believe that Xiao Xiao would take the initiative to interfere in their dispute and destroy the hard-earned peaceful atmosphere.

As expected, the collapse of a dynasty often starts from within, and the structure of the "Sister-in-law 101" alliance is about to change.

Tian Xiwei was so angry that she gnashed her teeth. She wished she could ask Shen Juan to push Zhou Ye onto the bed and yell, "Bullshit! Your whole family is Durant! I'm telling you, even if I lead the team alone, I won't lose to you two! Only cattle and horses travel together, and wild beasts always walk alone."

Zhou Ye laughed, his expression contemptuous: "If you don't understand, just ask. Isn't the lone wolf kicked out by the wolf pack a wild dog?"

"You wild big-headed dog!"

"Who has a bigger head than you? Juanjuan said you look like Stitch, but I don't think so. I think you look more like the Wangzai on the Wangzai milk." Zhou Ye was quite proud of the new nickname she came up with on the spur of the moment. I was wondering why she looked a little familiar, and it turns out to be Wangzai, hahahaha!
It's a pity that Tian Xiwei was not affected at all. In fact, she had experienced the experience of being in the same frame with Ren Min in the past year. Too many people, especially Shen Juan's fans, humiliated her appearance from all directions and angles. It was like the nine-fold thunder tribulation, which helped her forge an indomitable mentality.

"Haha, if I'm like Wangzai, then you're like a primary school student who drinks Wangzai. We both have skinny bodies and no development anyway."

Now it was Zhou Ye's turn to break down. Although she usually acted like nothing was wrong, her figure was a lifelong pain for her.

Especially after they were frank with each other in Hokkaido, her envy and jealousy of Cheng Xiao was buried deep in her heart.

"From now on, when Juanjuan makes love with you, I have to shout out, 'Wangzai time has come! Huye's impact is outdated."

Shen Juan couldn't hold it back any longer, the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK.

Tian Xiwei didn't think much of it at first, but when she saw that even Shen Juan couldn't hold it anymore, she immediately became furious.

If she hadn't taken into consideration that Shen Juan was nearby and a direct real-life PK would have had a bad impact, she would have rushed up to attack Zhou Ye's airport, grabbed her tower and turned it 720 degrees, making her kneel down and cry and beg for mercy!
"I'm still not as good as you. If I turn off the lights, I can't even tell the front and back clearly. And didn't you show off the dress Shen Juan bought for you in the group last time? As a result, I looked at it for a long time and couldn't tell whether you posted a front or back photo. At that time, I didn't say it to save your face, but now it seems that some people are shameless~"

"You" When Zhou Ye saw Tian Xiwei's arrogant look, he was so angry that he was about to fight back but was covered his mouth by Shen Juan.

"I think we should continue with the original topic."

As a sea king who is gradually maturing and becoming great, he knows very well that he can relax freedom of speech in his fish pond, but he must never indulge himself. He needs to carefully consider what can be said and what cannot be said, and when the intensity of the verbal confrontation should be stopped.

For example, at this time he undoubtedly needs to come forward to change the subject to avoid the verbal conflict escalating into physical conflict.

"What topic?"

"A topic about youthfulness."

"Have you ever seen any youthful celebrity who can raise fish all over the world like you?" Tian Xiwei complained unhappily.

“So I am the most irreplaceable one.”

Tian Xiwei had just rolled her eyes at Shen Juan when she heard the green tea bitch who always listened to Shen Juan read out the fans' comments.

She didn't know if every girl would have a feeling of gain and loss when in love. She always felt that compared to her irritable self, Shen Juan seemed to prefer Zhou Ye, the green tea bitch who was very good at pleasing others, and Cheng Xiao, the big bear fool who was so gentle and tolerant that she admired him.

Feeling upset, she stood up and went straight to the bathroom, wanting to wash her face with cold water to cool herself down quickly.

"To me, the statement that Shen Juan doesn't have a youthful feel is as absurd as saying that there are no stars in the sky."

"It's not the youthfulness that describes Shen Juan, it's Shen Juan who describes the youthfulness. His youthfulness will never disappear no matter how many setbacks he has experienced or how great his achievements are. His eyes will never dim, and his heart will never be complacent. He will always be the Shen Juan who is full of vitality."

"I think rather than saying that he has lost his youthfulness, it's better to say that his youthfulness now is different from when he first debuted. When he first debuted, his youthfulness was clear and pure, like a glass of boiled water whose bottom you could see through at a glance. Now his youthfulness is like a lake of spring water, with a feeling of having seen thousands of things but still retaining its original intention. Of course, the lake water is also very clear, but the lake water has depth. The wind can overturn a glass of boiled water, but at most it can only disturb the surface of the lake. That's probably how it feels."

"It's fine if I just read it on my phone, but it's really embarrassing and awkward to read it out loud."

However, I have to admit that the anger caused by the quarrel with Tian Xiwei has indeed dissipated a lot.

"Isn't that what fans do with rainbow farts?"

Shen Juan didn't feel anything special, he was used to it, so he said to Zhou Ye half in a comforting and half sharing tone:

"Once you officially debut and enter the industry, you will encounter more embarrassing moments. Generally, only those who have no experience in big events and are more sensitive will find this and that awkward. In fact, most of the time no one cares. It's purely the excessive self-consciousness left over from adolescence."

Zhou Ye snuggled up to Shen Juan, listening to his gentle and sincere words of comfort, and her heart softened.

Although she knew that this was just Shen Juan's way of avoiding the escalation of the conflict between her and Tian Xiwei, the feeling that no matter what she said, someone would take it to heart and respond to her in a timely manner, telling her how to face things and what to do in the future, could indeed make people addicted.

Hey~
The phone in my pocket suddenly rang with a WeChat message alert.

Tian Xiwei took out her mobile phone with a puzzled look on her face, unlocked the screen, and saw the WeChat message sent by Shen Juan.

Juanbao: [I poked Yabao! ]

Tian Xiwei's mouth curled up uncontrollably. She couldn't help laughing when she thought of the superstar who was so high and mighty in front of outsiders, acting cute and coquettish with her with such a noble face. Juangou's unique contrast in the world was really unfair! It was really hard for a girl to be angry with him!
Typed reply: [You are right, I am wrong. She and I quarreled as soon as we met, and it was very difficult for you to be caught in the middle. ]

She was not an unreasonable woman from the beginning to the end, she just wanted to save face in front of that green tea bitch.

Even if that green tea bitch hadn't been there, she would have thrown herself into Shen Juan's arms and kissed him a long time ago.

His eccentricity and temper were all pretended for others to see. Only in front of Shen Juan could he reveal his true side.

Juanbao: [After all, I was the one who arranged for the two of you to meet, so I must have been partly responsible for making you angry.]

Tian Xiwei's eyes gradually softened. The courage to take responsibility and not shirk responsibility is also a very attractive trait.
[Why do you apologize so quickly every time? I heard from my roommates and besties that after a quarrel with their partners, they often wait for several days without an apology, so they just wait and see who can outlast the other, as if whoever apologizes first loses, and they say it’s no big deal to just break up and get one.]

About twenty seconds later, Shen Juan's reply was received.

[We don’t have much time, so there’s no need to compete with each other in patience. The next one will definitely not be as good as me, and apologizing is not a shameful thing. On the contrary, it proves that you are important to me. If I can get such a good girlfriend just by apologizing, then I am willing to apologize every day.]

You're trying to fool people with sweet words again!

But unfortunately, she really fell for it!
In front of Shen Juan, she is always so easy to coax.

Tian Xiwei raised her lips and thought about it happily, then continued the topic by typing: [But the real meaning of an apology is that I admit that I was wrong and am willing to accept your emotional backlash, rather than saying I'm sorry, what else do you want? Do you have this awareness? ]

Shen Juan quickly gave a reply: [I can handle any backlash you may have, so can you open the door and come out? I don't want you to cry alone in the bathroom while I can only listen and watch from outside.]

【I didn’t cry! 】

Tian Xiwei was a little amused and confused. I usually behaved in such a hot-tempered manner, but he actually thought that I was a fragile crybaby?
Juanbao: [Then come out, Tianbao. ]

Countless beautiful memories flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern. She suddenly recalled the time when she was lying weakly on the hospital bed after having her appendectomy removed. Shen Juan, who had just finished work, came to the hospital to accompany her at night. He sat in front of the bed and said to her with a gentle look in his eyes.
"Not all girls are made of candy and spice. Some girls are born to represent adventure, wine, wisdom and fearlessness, but they also deserve those beautiful things and deserve to be treated gently."

All the previous grievances and dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant, leaving only those candy fragments that were not forgotten.

Well, I am easy to please.
Tian Xiwei took a long breath at herself in the mirror, calmed herself down, and wiped the water off her face with a towel.

Then turn the toilet door handle
As a result, just after opening the door, before I could even take a step out, that apologetic kiss arrived.

Woo~
She just felt that she had met the most gentle boy made up of a snake, a snail and a puppy's tail.

(End of this chapter)