I'm not a drama freak, I can really see through the script

Chapter 191: Fahai, the boundless power, the vast sea
In the following time, Li Xuan prepared for the next filming of "Legend of White Snake" in the dormitory. The process was really very short, because this TV series was actually very short, basically equivalent to a skit-level production.

I went back and had a meal with my uncle, and talked about what had happened recently. Sure enough, my uncle listened to my advice and did not continue to drink and look for dramas. Instead, he took exams. In just two years, he got his lawyer license and accounting license. Sometimes people don’t know how much potential they have unless they push themselves. But my uncle passed the CPA exam without making a fuss.

The awesome thing about this is that you can earn 6,000 yuan a month just by registering with the company - and that's 6,000 yuan in this day and age.

I wonder if my ex-aunt regrets abandoning my uncle now?
At this time, Li Xuan was also a little dazed. That fat uncle who was always smiling foolishly could actually do this.

The driving force behind Wei Ming's research is actually very simple - the contract traps in the entertainment industry are bad.

Li Xuan, okay.

Bad people will definitely try to harm good people.

So I can't let my nephew get cheated.

With this motivation, I got my CPA certificate and my lawyer certificate.
"Well, uncle, you should take a break for a while. It must be very tiring to pass these exams."

Wei Ming did not deny this - he needed to have some fun and wash his feet.

"Don't be too tired. You need to balance work and rest." Wei Ming suddenly looked at Li Xuan with a bit of lewdness and said, "The girls from Beijing Film Academy are pretty good, right?"

The heart of gossip is burning.

"They're all pretty good, both beautiful women and handsome men. Not necessarily handsome men."

"You're not a kid anymore."

"Tsk, you're not a child anymore." Li Xuan teased.

"I'm different."

At this time, Wei Ming said leisurely: "I have given up hope on love, but I still can't do it without you."

"Let's talk about this later."

Li Xuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

No matter what emotions he felt in his heart, Li Xuan was still quite firm on one thing.

That is, my current task is only one, and that is to build a career!

However, Li Xuan did not continue talking about this topic with his uncle as he had to get busy. Besides, after chatting with Liu Yifei, he also had some insights.

Sometimes, the me who is immersed in the role conflicts with my true self.

As a moon worshipper, my mind is naturally full of the destruction of this world.

If I were Li Xiaoyao, I would naturally make a different choice.
Different butts mean different choices.

As Li Xiaoyao, I have a wife as beautiful as a flower, a lover like a fairy, powerful martial arts, and am favored by a man like the Sword Saint. These are what I have in my life. Isn't this what people want in their lives?

What the hell is this scientific logic? If I were Li Xiaoyao, I would definitely use Infinite Love on Banyue without hesitation!

It's not great love. Great love is actually something very illusory. At least for Li Xuan, this feeling is like this. No matter whether it is filming or making a name for himself, he does not have any lofty ambitions to clean up the entertainment industry. My most basic needs are nothing more than fame, fortune and health, as well as the pride of being an uncle, so that the two of us can hold our heads up high and live with our chests held high.

For Li Xuan, it's about pushing himself.

It is the infinity of small love.

At this time, Baiyue, who was next to Li Xuan, seemed somewhat helpless and said.

"Without ambition, you are like a rotten tree that cannot be carved. There is no great love in your heart."

"You're such a jerk, and you still have the nerve to criticize me? If your adoptive father hadn't given you that stick, you might still be laughing and joking around. Would you still be the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult that everyone admires?"

Li Xuan spoke frankly at this time. He felt that he should have a clear understanding of the Moon Worshiper. This was a shocking evil spirit who lacked love. If he had not lacked love since childhood, he probably would not deny this world driven by love - he hated others for having it, laughed at others for not having it, and turned evil when others had it but he did not.

At this moment, Bai Yue was speechless and hid himself. Perhaps it was just like what Li Xuan had said. If the Great Sage had not been hit by Elder Shi's stick that year, he would probably have become the serious Lord Shi. Unfortunately, there is no if in this world.

This is a truth that Li Xuan only recently realized, which is related to the [input] ability of acting.

The characters are also flesh and blood, and have flaws. There are probably not so many recognized perfect people in this world - except for the founding father, there is really no one who is perfect.

Perfect people are great, but people with flesh and blood can make people feel more involved and empathetic.

So when acting, I can slightly highlight the character's shortcomings, or in other words, the emotional deficiencies.
It's a way of building a character.
“Take notes, take notes.”

At this time, Li Xuan recorded these things in his attribute panel notebook.

Although it is possible to rely on cheats to immerse oneself in a role, acting insights and learning improvements can still improve one's expressiveness.

For example, no matter how deeply I immerse myself in the film now, I can never compare myself with Heath Ledger in "Joker" or with Mr. Bean in "Mr. Bean". But this does not mean that Li Xuan does not want to surpass them.

Learn, improve, and copy. Even if I am now, if I give myself another chance to play Murong Fu in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", my expression will definitely be fuller and more perfect.

It's wonderful to have a character that has already reached the peak and can surpass it again.

"What? Why are you going to Hangzhou so suddenly?"

"Let's go watch The Legend of White Snake."

"You like this?"

Wu Jinquan looked at his son and didn't expect that this boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually liked the style of "The Legend of White Snake".

"Oh, why can't I like the style of "The Legend of White Snake"?" Wu Jing looked at his father and laughed: "Do you think I just like watching the kind of fighting and killing?"

"Why, it's not like that?"

"you really are."

Wu Jing was speechless.
I'm actually quite gentle, and I like myths and legends like "The Legend of the White Snake" and "The Lotus Lantern."
Of course, this doesn't conflict with the fact that I like martial arts and fighting.

At this time, Wu Jing said.

"It's a good opportunity to travel to Hangzhou. Didn't you always say you wanted to visit West Lake?"

"Well, let's call Wu Bin as well."

Wu Jinquan thought about it and it made sense. In fact, martial arts, like myths and legends, belonged to the camp of "traditional culture". They were both cultural products that had to find their place in the new era.

With the development of the times, you can tell by looking at the movies that topped the box office this year.

"The Matrix 2" and "The Matrix 3", as well as "Terminator 3", are foreign-imported action blockbusters that combine shotguns and tough guys.

It seems that in people's minds, 'Kung Fu' in action movies has been replaced by 'shotgun'.

The so-called tradition has long been replaced by these trendy things.

It has a lot of traditional cultural themes, and gives people the feeling of being wanderers in the world.

"Suddenly I feel like we're from a different era. Cheng Shilong has long embraced scenes like exploding guns, while we're still just foolishly punching the air."

"Actually, your lamentations have nothing to do with my desire to see the live performance of Legend of the White Snake." Wu Jing complained about his father: "It's just a trip to West Lake in Hangzhou, so let's go or not."

"I'll go, I'll go. I heard that your new friend seems to be here too."

"Li Xuan?"

The new "Legend of the White Snake" stars Liu Tao and Pan Yueming.

The current Pan Yuanming is not the fat guy in "Day and Night Chase", and the current Bai Jie is still the same Bai Jie in the future. Li Xuan really thinks there has been no change at all.

She is worthy of being the legendary queen of young ladies, the whitest of the white knots.

That wonderful feeling of a young woman that does not change from youth to middle age.

Fatty Pan. When he was young, he really had the temperament of a scholarly family - or perhaps, this was the temperament his background brought him. His father was a scholar at Peking University, and his mother was a teacher at a key middle school. When he was a child, he lived in an ordinary courtyard house. He was considered an authentic Beijinger. If you count his position when he first debuted, he should be a nobleman of the same level as Wu Jing.

His first works were all about Sun Xiu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"Our Fahai is here. It's okay. It won't affect your filming. Go ahead."

At this time, Wu Jialuo was looking at Fahai. Next to him were Xu Xian and the White Snake, who had been reading for a long time. Pan Yueming and Liu Tao had also been reading with the script for a long time. Liu Tao even greeted Li Xuan.

"Long time no see, I didn't expect to see you here again."

Liu Tao looked at Li Xuan with some emotion. The last time they met was in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". At that time, Azhu and Murong Fu had some interactions, but not much. After all, Azhu was once Murong Fu's maid. However, they did not have many scenes together in the true sense.

"Yeah, actually it still feels like a lifetime ago."

Li Xuan also felt emotional, especially since he had been through so many film crews, "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" seemed like a lifetime ago to him.

Murong Fu's life has been going on for a very long time.

It's like a dream, and I still feel very moved when I wake up.
"Come here, Pan Yueming, let me introduce you, this is..."

"Li Xuan, right? I've heard of you a long time ago." At this time, Pan Yueming said with a little sincerity: "Hello, I have heard about your story. You are very amazing and I admire you very much."

"my business?"

"Well, there are two people in the Beijing circle right now. One is you, and the other is Jiang Wen."

"Jiang Wen has also become a source of fun?"

"Hahahahaha, he's been banned for so many years, ever since 'Looking for a Gun', and now he's gone back to being an actor. He doesn't have any good resources or good works, so many people want to hire him as a screenwriter, but he keeps hesitating. Either he won't do the film, or he's given permission to do it under a pseudonym."

Pan Yueming said with a smile.

No wonder Jiang Wen, now a powerful and influential figure, was able to produce the "Let the Bullets Fly" trilogy. It turns out that during his time of being banned, there were indeed people who were trying to trip him up.
Of course, the joke about Li Xuan himself is concentrated among the second generation in these circles. Zhang Mo and others are the ones who say that Li Xuan will not be able to jump around for a few more years. He will be unemployed after graduating from his senior year, and it will still be his era then - not only that, his target is the male protagonists of the 1995 and 1996 grades who were at the time. Standing on the same horizon with them is his goal.

He wouldn't bother with a grasshopper in autumn!
Even though he said that, I still felt like he cared about it.
At this point, Pan Yueming smiled. "I really admire you. As my dad would say, you have character. In this era, there are very few people with character, and you are one of them."

"Thank you for your evaluation, uncle."

"It doesn't matter."

In fact, Pan Yueming still likes Li Xuan very much - from the time he heard about Li Xuan to the first time he met him, he liked this young man very much. Perhaps it was because of the influence of his father, he liked this kind of person with character and demeanor.

However, Liu Tao also sensed something strange in his words; Pan Yueming was acting in a completely condescending manner.
Of course, liking is one thing, but now liking is also a bit top-down. Even Pan Yueming didn't hear it. That kind of "appreciation" is actually a bit top-down.
It's more like instinct.

Liu Tao also hurriedly said.

"Okay, let's go get the script. We don't want to lose track of the reaction when we start filming."

"Oh, yes, you are Fahai and I am Xu Xian. This time's Legend of White Snake is really interesting. We play the role of love rivals." Pan Yueming said with interest. Many things in this time's Legend of White Snake are subversive.

Fahai and Xu Xian are love rivals. Generally speaking, in traditional dramas, the relationship between Xu Xian and Fahai is more like that between a headhunter and a potential stock - you have to know that Xu Xian is a good man for nine generations. If he can be saved and become a Buddha, it will definitely be an important KPI indicator for Fahai, and he and Bai Suzhen will have an irreconcilable relationship.

Bai Suzhen ate the elixir that made Fahai ascend to heaven, yet they could develop feelings for each other. This is a little unbelievable for fans of the original novel.

However, now is a new era, and many things are not so traditional and not so conventional.

"Actually, he didn't mean any harm. He was very serious and hardworking during our group reading, and he's a very gentle person."

At this time, Liu Tao came to find Li Xuan and whispered in his ear to comfort him.
To Liu Tao, Li Xuan is more like a hardworking younger brother.
Talented and capable, yet possessing a spirit, an unyielding spirit, this is what Liu Tao feels is Li Xuan's most striking quality. Initially, no one thought he could play Murong Fu well, but the facts proved that he not only portrayed Murong Fu well, but also to a degree that even Jin Yong was impressed. His ability to understand the script is truly remarkable.
"nothing."

At this time, Li Xuan smiled faintly, but he didn't care too much. He took the script and read it. This version of "Legend of White Snake" is indeed subversive, but to a large extent, what kind of feeling it will present depends on how the actors interpret the roles.

For example, Liu Tao - she was actually quite tired in terms of getting into the role.

Pan Yueming looks very good, gentle, bookish, and a bit sunny. Judging from previous derivative works of "Legend of the White Snake", this version of Xu Xian is actually quite likable. He is not cowardly or pedantic, and is relatively sincere in his feelings. It's just that Liu Tao herself doesn't like this type of boy.

That’s right, no matter how outstanding a boy is, she doesn’t like him.

She likes [men].

In the hotel, Li Xuan was looking at the script in his hand, singing as he read.

"Fahai Fahai, you don't understand love~"

For a well-known mythological drama like "The Legend of White Snake", the characters in the script are actually mostly familiar, including the ill-fated mandarin duck Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, the cowardly and kind-hearted Xu Xian, the brave and upright Bai Suzhen despite the flooding of Jinshan Mountain and the theft of elixirs, the old and stubborn Fahai, and a group of small-time nobles, princes and villains in Xu Xian's line. If there was no Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian would have died eight hundred times already. This is the original version of "The Legend of White Snake".

The Bai Jie version of the Legend of the White Snake is quite different. In terms of the emotional plot, Fahai, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian are in a love triangle.
But even if there is a love triangle.

The character of Fahai also has a background.

To subdue demons and monsters.

Eliminating demons is the foundation of his character.

As a high monk of Buddhism.
Even after witnessing the unwavering love between the White Snake and Xu Xian, he still "refused to repent", making him a typical villain-type character. Many subcultures have even been derived from the name of Fahai, such as "Fahai, you don't understand love" and "Fahai, you are really not bad", and other slightly sarcastic remarks.

His image is also closer to the glue between the male and female protagonists.

His image became somewhat humorous.

But if you think about it carefully, his image is indeed quite humorous, a stubborn bald monk.

Except for one version.

At this time, Li Xuan's vision began to blur. If I became Fahai, what kind of image would I have?

Love is a positive image in the Legend of the White Snake. The love story between the White Snake Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian is touching, but I, the stubborn Fahai, tried to prevent this relationship from happening.

Hateful, pathetic, and hateful.

Why do I want to catch monsters?

Why stop the love between Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian?

What is it that supports me to practice this principle?

who am I?
I'm
monk.

The abbot of Jinshan Temple.

The loud sound of the Da Lu bell and the Buddhist chanting.

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately."

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately!"

"Let the knife cut down and become a Buddha."

At this moment, amidst the solemn sound of the bell.

I am in this bell.

I slowly opened my eyes and immersed myself in the Buddhist scriptures.

Humans, demons, and cultivators.

To subdue demons and monsters.

Catch the monster.

In front of me is a pitiful spider spirit, with a charming appearance and seductive eyes.

Master, please spare my life. Please forgive me for practicing hard for 500 years. I have just transformed into a human form. Please forgive me!

I wish to lay down my butcher knife and become a Buddha right now.

Amitabha, since the donor has this intention.

Well, I also feel compassion and forgive your sin. But from now on, you must never commit murder again.

Thank you, Master!

The spider spirit was bleeding profusely, and she thanked Master Fahai and the Buddha for their forgiveness.

"Buddha is merciful, is this right or wrong?"

at this time.

I asked the Buddha and felt compassion.

Is it right or wrong?

The Buddha did not respond to me.

I'm probably right.

The law is nothing but mercy
Ten years later, the spider spirit, having laid down her butcher knife, has been with her mortal lover. The laws of heaven and earth have always been that humans have their own paths, while demons have their own ways, and the two do not interfere with each other. You have your Yangguan Road, and I have mine.
I began to wonder whether the rule that humans and demons cannot fall in love was right or wrong, as they clearly loved each other so much.

As for the people the spider spirit ate when it was a monster, didn’t it also eat a lot of animals?

It was originally an ignorant act, but after she gained spiritual wisdom, she no longer engaged in cannibalism, which was considered as her fulfillment of the promise of "laying down the butcher knife".

So, I was right and should give them a chance.

fifteen years.

The daughter of the spider spirit and the woodcutter was born. When she was just born, I used my clairvoyance to see her appearance. She was very cute, pink and tender. My heart, which had long been detached from the world, felt the world again - what a lovely daughter.

Sixteen years later, her daughter was one year old. When other children could run, she was already strong enough to carry a tripod. People in the village called her a child prodigy and even called her the incarnation of the star Wu Qu.

I often disguise myself as a monk and go to [Yuanhua Village], posing as an ordinary monk, to beg for alms. The Spider Spirit and I, while ostensibly in a surveillance relationship, are actually friends. I'm with the Spider Spirit and her family, along with the village blacksmith Liu, and Old Zhang, the village doctor who often mishears plantain grass for night-shining sand. He's a rare doctor, even in his old age, claiming to be accumulating virtue for his descendants. The toothless, sly little herb collector always takes advantage of Old Zhang's hearing loss, occasionally cheating him a little. No, or rather, a little exploitation, to get a few extra coppers for a few extra pounds. Of course, the little sly guy also acts as Old Zhang's ear, helping him identify herbs and listen to his heartbeat, like the village doctor's apprentice.

I'm connected to everyone here, I know everyone here
At the age of seventeen, she ate the entire village.

When I came here as usual, I didn’t know how to describe my feelings.

Angry? Surprised? Or perhaps some other emotion.
I just want to ask, why?
I came to this village where only broken limbs were left. The spider spirit was still kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, gnawing on the villagers' arms with an innocent look on its face.

I asked, why?
The spider spirit only begs for mercy - the child is ignorant, Master, please forgive me, please forgive me
He killed an entire village, and then said that the child was ignorant, because he was really too hungry, and really too curious. He was curious about his innate differences and his own strength.

A child of mixed human and demon blood.

She could be the [Martial Star descended to earth], strong enough to lift a tripod at the age of one, with infinite strength.

It can also be a [beast mixed with the blood of evil spirits], which can naively fulfill its own appetite and use its innate power to ravage the tiny and weak humans in the world.

Amitabha.

I, Fahai, wish to cultivate under the pagoda for another five hundred years.

From that day on, I never let a monster go again - humans are humans, monsters are monsters, and the combination of monsters and humans is against the laws of nature. No matter who comes, they will not agree with me. The answer is the same no matter who comes.

Monsters and humans cannot be together.

Until one day, I met a white snake in Hangzhou, a white snake that had a karmic connection with my past life. I had no intention of arguing with her, but she insisted on "repaying me".

The way to repay the favor is to fall in love with a mortal and have a child with him.
who am I?
I am a monk and the abbot of Jinshan Temple.

It is Fahai who slays demons and eliminates evil.

It is the Dharma Sea, which has boundless magical powers and is as vast as the ocean.

(End of this chapter)