Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 4 What kind of person is Hong Shixian?

Seeing the producer nod, Ling Xiaosu smiled a little more, and the director's smile also grew a little more.

"In that case, let's get started," said the director.

The photographer set up the camera while the screenwriter distributed the script.

"I'll give you 15 minutes," the director said. "It'll officially start in 15 minutes."

Ling Xiaosu flipped through the script, a look of surprise on his face.

The script was changed a lot according to his suggestions.

It's very different from the original one.

It can be seen that the crew is very sincere towards him, but unfortunately, he is really not very interested in this drama.

He had never been treated like this since his debut, being used as a platform for two women to act with him.

Qi Hui read the script carefully, understood the role, and memorized as many lines as possible.

Huh? This character of Hong Shixian doesn't seem right... Qi Hui thought to himself.

From the perspective of the script, Hong Shixian is a little different from the Hong Shixian in my memory of my previous life.

As for Zhang Ruoyun... he was a little absent-minded even when reading the script.

He came here just to make some cameos.

"Okay, time's up." The director knocked on the table and said, "Three of you, please introduce yourselves first."

"Tell me about your specialties or past works."

He didn't know much about any of the three actors.

"Director, I don't need to introduce myself, right?" Ling Xiaosu said with a grin.

The director looked at Zhang Ruoyun helplessly.

"Zhang Ruoyun, a student from the 07 acting class at Beijing Film Academy." Xiao Zhang stood up and said seriously:

“I have no special skills and no works.”

The director frowned, nodded slowly, and said nothing.

"Qi Hui, a student in the 05 acting class at the Beijing Film Academy." Qi Hui stood up and said with a smile, "I know Korean, but I don't have any works."

"Huh? Korean?" The originally nonchalant producer, screenwriter, and female lead Qiu Chixuan raised their heads almost at the same time and looked at Qi Hui in surprise.

Ling Xiaosu and Zhang Ruoyun beside him also looked at Qi Hui in surprise.

"You also understand Korean?" the director said in shock.

People who know Korean are rare talents in the entertainment industry.

Korean Wave is very rampant these days.

Korean dramas such as "Jewel in the Palace", "Autumn in My Heart", and "My Little Mermaid" were once very popular.

It is difficult for people in 2024 to imagine the popularity of Korean dramas back then.

Let’s put it this way, “Drawing Sword”, which became a classic all over the country, was qualified to compete with “Autumn in My Heart” at that time.

Korean groups such as TVXQ and Super Junior are extremely popular, and their appearance fees for a few minutes can reach millions.

Korean music, Korean stars and other Korean trends are very popular in mainland China.

Later on, a host even knelt down to his Korean idol in public.

The arrogant Korean Wave forced Jay Chou to shout at a party: "Don't let the Korean Wave become more and more arrogant, the Chinese Wave is the best."

Qi Hui smiled and nodded, it was just refreshed.

Qiu Chixuan raised his hand and asked weakly: "? (Do you really understand Korean?)"

She is not a big star like TVXQ. On the contrary, she is just a small actor and cannot come and go as she pleases like TVXQ.

She needs to follow the crew, act seriously, and endure a lot of hardships.

Moreover, her Chinese is not very good.

When working in a foreign country, I sometimes miss the accent of my hometown.

People who work away from home all have this feeling, and they feel inexplicably familiar when they hear the local accent.

It's not just Qiu Chixuan; Wu Jing is the same. When he was working hard in Hong Kong Island, Wu Jing brought tapes of Guo Degang's crosstalk collection and a radio with him, just to listen to crosstalk and northern radio to relieve his homesickness.

After all, this is not 2024 when mobile phones, the Internet, and high-speed rail are extremely developed.

Qi Hui smiled and said, "(Of course, Korean is not difficult to learn.)"

The conversation was fluent, the intonation was rhythmic, and the syllables were incomprehensible.

Everyone present understood that Qi Hui really understood Korean.

Now, even the producer who didn't care much sat up straight.

"Not bad, not bad." The director looked at Qi Hui with a bit more satisfaction in his eyes:
"Go on, tell us what you think of the character Hong Shixian."

"A playboy who is philandering and can't control himself." Zhang Ruoyun said: "I think the role of this character is to serve as a vase and a platform for the two female protagonists to play with."

Hearing this, the director and screenwriter frowned at the same time.

The character of Hong Shixian is not that simple.

"Teacher Ling, please tell me." The director and screenwriter looked at Ling Xiaosu. He was the first to come into contact with the script and had the deepest understanding of Hong Shixian.

"A timid and cowardly young man." Ling Xiaosu replied:
"The character of Hong Shixian, although he is wavering between two women, is a scumbag and a scumbag."

"But at heart, he is a coward. He doesn't dare to resist his father, nor does he dare to directly reject Ai Li. He also doesn't have the courage to confess everything to Pinru, seek forgiveness, and get his life back on track."

Hearing this, the director and screenwriter's slightly frowned brows relaxed.

Some deviations, but ok.

If we really choose him, it will be much easier to coach him after he joins the team.

"Qi Hui, what do you think of the character Hong Shixian?" the director looked at Qi Hui and asked.

Qi Hui thought for a moment and then said slowly, "This is a person with personality flaws caused by his original family."

"Oh?" The director and screenwriter looked at each other, both a little surprised.

Qi Hui continued, "First of all, he's the son of the chairman of a real estate company. His father has a strong personality and a hot temper. When he discovered his wife was gambling, instead of trying to dissuade her, he simply chopped her off with a knife."

"Secondly, Hong Shixian was terrified of his father. He kept saying his father would kill him and that he was doomed. Moreover, his father actually beat him."

"This has, to a certain extent, contributed to Hong Shixian's cowardice and lack of courage."

As he spoke, Qi Hui flipped through the script, found a few lines of dialogue and showed them to the audience, as well as two scenes of being beaten.

"Also, he has a doting mother." Qi Hui continued, "This has led to Hong Shixian being self-centered, overly demanding, and ungrateful."

"His mother's doting didn't make him mentally healthy. On the contrary, it made him even more distorted. His mother had no principles, gambled, and had a low status in the family. This kind of doting was inherently harmful to him."

"Hong Shixian grew up in a family that was extremely rich in material terms but extremely mentally distorted."

"His father brought him low self-esteem and cowardice, and his mother made him proud, vain, and ingratitude."

"Strictly speaking, Hong Shixian is a person with a mental illness."

"Ally, who lives in the Lin family, suffers from a mental illness just like Hong Shixian, and is a fellow sufferer."

"Lin Pinru, who had a healthy family and a sound personality, was Hong Shixian's salvation. Unfortunately, Hong Shixian lost his salvation."

Having said this, Qi Hui paused and said seriously:

"The theme of the play 'The Temptation of Going Home' is not about temptation and desire, but about family."

The director slapped his thigh and shouted, "Well said!"

What he wanted to film was not cheating or extramarital affairs at all.

What he wants to shoot is family!
"Great!" The screenwriter also clapped his thigh and looked at Qi Hui with satisfaction.

Beside Qi Hui, Zhang Ruoyun scratched his head. Does this playboy have so many things to dig up?

Why didn't I see it?
"So that's how it is..." Ling Xiaosu suddenly realized.

He saw that Hong Shixian was cowardly, but he also just knew where Hong Shixian's cowardice came from.

This junior brother has something!

The producer frowned and silently unscrewed the water cup to drink water.

This is not good...

(End of this chapter)