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

Chapter 323, Go and respect them, these people who have faded into the dust of the world.

Chapter 323, Go and respect them, these people who have faded into the dust of the world.
At this time, Liu Yifei was on a plane, reading the script as she went.
If she could, she would prefer to take a green-skinned train or a bus to Gansu to film and experience the feeling of the character, but the reality didn't allow it.

The person is already famous.

Today, Liu Yifei has become a nationally renowned female celebrity thanks to her roles as Zhao Ling'er and Xiaolongnu. When this status comes to her, many things become beyond her control. If she travels by train or bus, the troubles she faces along the way are no less than those she encounters while copying a script.

From the very beginning, Liu Yifei felt that she should be able to do it.

You should be able to understand the feelings that this role evokes in you.

But in reality, when she looked at the role and the script, she felt it was very challenging.
The real show is about to begin.

She then realized that this was very difficult.

Ordinary, lonely.

Even when facing Li Xuan, she knew she would feel anxious and insecure, but overall, her life had always been filled with a sense of being loved.

Being pampered and successful.

Having grown up in this environment, she wanted to experience the feeling of being abandoned and the feeling of being ordinary. At least, her own life experience couldn't provide that.

You can only feel using your true 'self'.

Go. Become.

Role.

How do I become the character?
At this moment, Liu Yifei was looking at the script and murmured, "What if... what if I weren't Liu Yifei, and Brother Li wasn't Brother Li? What if he were Ma Youtie, an 'ordinary' person, someone who's just drifting through life?"

She was thinking about that feeling, and I wasn't approaching it from an 'ordinary' perspective.

I don't dwell on whether it's ordinary or not; I just try to connect with the feeling I have for Brother Li.

But when Brother Li becomes Ma Youtie.

When he becomes 'ordinary', can I still find that feeling?

When I arrived at the film set, everything from the start of filming to the reading session wasn't too complicated.

Yu Hua optimized some details in the script, but these were all for other characters. As for the feeling of the two main characters, it still needs to be grasped by themselves.

The feelings between Li Xuan and Liu Yifei.
Even after makeup was applied, her natural charm was still undeniable. Even Yu Hua, an observer, muttered, "This casting is really bad."

Even if makeup makes them look less attractive, their inherent temperament still sets them apart from ordinary people.

This difference, in terms of the standard of 'qualification', is actually a trivial matter, but on site, upon closer inspection, one can still see some incongruity.

Some of Liu Yifei's extraordinary qualities.

For the production crew, this was something they took for granted, something they didn't need to question, or rather, something they didn't need to care about.

Given that Liu Yifei is an international star and Li Xuan is a rising star of the seventh generation, how can they find a sense of ordinariness under such circumstances?

At least in Yu Hua's opinion, these two 'young people' are good at acting.

Unlike actors like Ge You, who don't need to physically experience the past to understand the characters and immerse themselves in the roles simply by understanding the script, some actors still lack a certain 'spirit'.

Even Stephen Chow, after achieving great success, still lacks the feeling he had when playing 'ordinary people' in his early acting days.

Even the most powerful and skilled actor couldn't overcome this feeling, so how could these two young people in front of me possibly have the qualifications to overcome it? At the very least, they certainly wouldn't be without flaws.

However, Yu Hua also absolutely affirmed Li Xuan's talent.

In fact, for Yu Hua, the biggest flaw in the script was the casting of the two lead actors, Li Xuan and Liu Yifei.
If I can really perform well, maybe in the end I can actually compete for an award.

People grow, from humble to confident, from weak to strong.

At this moment, Li Xuan finished her makeup and looked at the 'Ma Youtie' in the mirror.

Today, among the seventh generation of directors and among the young new generation of actors, I have already achieved a certain status and am no longer an unknown figure.

Even among actors, directors, and screenwriters of the same generation, he is among the best.
Who doesn't say that Li Xuan is the rising star of the Chinese entertainment industry?
Neither the Hong Kong circle nor the Beijing circle can deny this fact.

If no unexpected oppression occurs, he may become a pillar of the Chinese entertainment industry in the future.

Can I really handle such a 'mortal'?

May I.
Even in the simulation, Li Xuan lacked a sense of immersion for a while.

Even though the simulation was complete and I had survived as Ma Youtie for a while, I still felt something was missing.

As for what he was lacking, Li Xuan didn't know. He only knew that he was missing something in this role.
Even though he could sense the character's suffering and was confident that he could deliver a satisfactory performance, Li Xuan still felt it wasn't enough.

Not enough
Once the feeling of being qualified has already occurred to Li Xuan, he is absolutely not satisfied with just being 'qualified'.

At this time, Li Xuan murmured.

"Only now do I realize how incredibly talented you are."

"Is it like this?"

“Yes, your observations on marginalized people are truly remarkable; I feel ashamed of my own lack of expertise.” Li Xuan looked frankly at Er Dongsheng beside him.

This translucent Er Dongsheng looks even younger.

It seems that he has returned to his acting days, his talents as an actor and director overflowing, the energetic young Er Dongsheng, the Er Dongsheng who made his debut with "The Lunatics".
Li Xuan learned the skill of 'observing marginalized people' from him.

Perhaps, the 'Er Dongsheng' before us is a manifestation of this skill.

He was at his peak.

At this point, Er Dongsheng continued.

"You also climbed up step by step from the bottom, from [0] to your current level. Now, as a seventh-generation director, as a new generation actor, and as one of the 'Four Little Fresh Meat', you are already extraordinary. Because you have climbed up step by step, you can have a natural sense of immersion in most levels of roles. You can play the feeling of an [ordinary person], but Ma Youtie is different, or rather, the group of people he represents is different."

"Marginalized people are not the bottom class; they are not [0], but [negative numbers]. They live a messed-up life of negative numbers, the kind of people that even ordinary, average people can look down upon."

They are negative numbers.

Ok.

Li Xuan also realized that people like Ma Youtie, their lives, were worse than anyone else's.

It was a kind of misery that even Li Xuan had never experienced or played out before—being forgotten by society and everyone else, with no one remembering him from birth to death.

If this were a shonen manga, such a person would probably burn themselves out to unleash overwhelming power—but this is reality, this is Earth, this is the city, this is the masses, this is the ordinary world.

they.

Forgotten.

They are a group of forgotten marginalized people.

Hidden into the dust and smoke—this is the meaning of their name; they are forgotten marginalized people.

"You don't need to try to emulate them or enter their lives. If you haven't experienced it, it's futile to force yourself to understand it. What you need to do is not become them. You've already experienced and felt enough, and you should know that simply trying to emulate their lives is useless because they are floating. Just like how the existence of the rich is suspended in the air for ordinary people, isn't the dust and smoke also suspended in the air for ordinary people?"

"Observe them, and then."

"Go and respect them, go and respect them—"

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration—

Suddenly, a feeling of enlightenment came to me, inexplicably.

It's not about 'putting yourself into' their lives, but about observing and respecting them.

Not all characters can be felt by becoming them.
Observe, respect, and emulate them.

Li Xuan seemed to understand.
Looking at Derek Yee beside him, Li Xuan bowed deeply: "Thank you."

The plot of "Hidden in the Dust" is actually quite simple: two lonely, marginalized people.
Yu Hua is quite skilled at this, and in fact, she came this time specifically to help Li Xuan improve his skills.

We need to refine some details during the performance.

Especially after observing top actors and serving as a literary consultant for top directors' works, he knew that Li Xuan probably needed help.
That was his initial thought. When Ge You and Gong Li were able to deliver such masterful performances as 'Pingfan,' he felt that Li Xuan must have some shortcomings.

But when Li Xuan came out after finishing his makeup this time...

Yu Hua was also stunned.
If Yu Hua could sense that Li Xuan was deliberately creating an air of 'ordinariness' when discussing the script when he first arrived on set, then she knew that Li Xuan still had room for improvement.

When he realized that he needed to consciously control his ordinary feelings, he knew that Li Xuan was still lacking something.

But at this time.

When Li Xuan started filming again, things were different from yesterday.
The feeling of 'ordinary' has been lost.

wrong.

I feel nothing at all.

In a daze, the person standing in front of Yu Hua was not Li Xuan, the Li Xuan who could be considered outstanding among the younger generation in the entertainment industry.

Instead, it was someone as ordinary as dust.

A man in the mud and sand.

An unknown entity existing amidst the dust and smoke.

This is what it means to disappear into the dust and smoke.

"Why don't you go visit the set in the Northwest? I've heard it's a poor and desolate place."

As a true Shanghainese, Cai Yulong's understanding of remote areas is basically that they are similar to the location of Batman from the famous DC comics.
“I’m at ease letting her film alone in the US, so how could I not be at ease letting her film in Gansu?” Liu Lili looked at Cai Yulong with a strange expression and said, “You’ve asked a strange question. Besides, I believe Li Xuan will protect her.”

protection
Cai Yulong was somewhat intrigued, but she didn't reveal her intentions. After all, the person involved's mother was right there, so what could she, as an outsider, say?

"The United States? Isn't that good? The land of the Statue of Liberty."

Cai Yulong didn't seem to have much longing in his eyes, but his impression of America was genuinely quite good.
Liu Lili didn't want to discuss these debatable points with her too much, mainly because she felt they weren't worth watching.

She, as a mother, couldn't even imagine her daughter playing the role of a 'pitiful person'.

Unless, of course, his own daughter can act with pure acting skills.

That would be even more so.
Um.
If Li Xuan had even the slightest chance, then his pampered young lady daughter had absolutely no chance of successfully portraying the role.
This wasn't a matter of doubting her, but rather a matter of knowing that she was definitely incapable of completing the task.

There's absolutely no way we can't do it.

"In other words, you don't want to see your daughter's bad performance beforehand, which is why you're not visiting her on set."

"If that's how you see it, then you could say this movie was her own choice, a film she chose as part of her 'growth.' Even if it turns out to be an awkward movie, I'll still support her."

"very nice."

Cai Yulong didn't dwell on things with Liu Lili anymore. She focused on her work in the TV drama field, working on "Strange Tales of Liaozhai" and Tangren's upcoming major project, "Chinese Paladin 3". Although Hu Qu is now somewhat overshadowed by Li Xuan among the younger generation, he is still one of the most formidable and outstanding among the younger generation in the industry as a whole!

Especially after being provoked by Li Xuan, he gained a deeper understanding of his acting skills and wanted to try new, more serious roles.

This is his choice.

Originally, the two were chatting.

Meanwhile, a message arrived, and both of them received it.
This can be considered a major event in the entertainment industry.

Liu Lili then spoke with great interest.

"Oh, so it seems that the seventh leader will be born at this moment."

The undisputed leader of the Fifth Generation is Zhang Yimou. Even if he and Ma Xiaogang are considered the two giants of the Beijing circle, Zhang Yimou is definitely the strongest among the Fifth Generation. No one can disagree with that!

The claim of being a sixth generation is debatable. It should be considered a boastful statement. However, the reason for this debatability depends on whether Jiang Wen admits to being a fifth or sixth generation. If I, Jiang Wen, admit to being a sixth generation, then this leader will have to be replaced.

As for the seventh generation.

It has always been said that Lu Chuan was the one who passed it down.

However, this is still open to discussion.

Now that this news has come out...

Lu Chuan thus solidified his position as the seventh generation leader.

Hong Kong Film Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, Golden Horse Awards.

When he wins one award in each of these three major categories, it demonstrates his status and strength.

This earned them absolute recognition.

"Congratulations, Director Lu."

"You should be the undisputed leader of the seventh generation of directors. We young people admire you very much."

"Let alone the seventh generation of directors, even the sixth and fifth generations might not be able to compare with the eldest."

At this moment, Lu Chuan was enjoying the feeling of the thunderbolt hitting his heart.

He received wonderful praise, high regard, and even admiration. Today, at this small gathering of Beijing's elite in a restaurant, he was undoubtedly the star of the show.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is the result of the joint efforts of me and my crew. It was worth the 120 days I spent filming in the no-man's land to bring this work to life."

"Director Lu, you can't say that. When 90% of the actors in this crew were amateurs, you were able to achieve such success with them. Isn't that your achievement? Isn't that your talent?" At this moment, someone next to him said with a hint of flattery.

Lu Chuan did not deny this.

Since you all think so, then so be it. Lu Chuan's smile never faded.

This time, it's "Kekexili".

They won all three awards.

Who among the seventh generation of directors dares to say they aren't the best?

Who dares to say that?!
At this point, the fact that "Nanjing" withdrew from the release schedule had already humiliated him, but now "Kekexili" has redeemed him.

This art film was shot over 120 days in a no-man's-land.

In the full sense.

The thing that the award-winning work most desires to achieve.

Win an award.

And it's not even an award.

Still three.

My art films have won three of the highest awards in the Chinese-speaking world.

I'm too strong.

Who dares to criticize me now?
Who dares to insult me now?
At this moment, Lu Chuan was at the banquet.

Then I thought of my teacher.

Now, when receiving these awards...

Lu Chuan's respect for Jiang Wen had also diminished considerably.