Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 109 Wujiapo

At the press conference for the launch of "The Legend of Xue Rengui", Li Boda, as the leading male actor, sat next to the director, occupying the main seat, and the others sat down in order.

A group of reporters were already waiting there.

"Li Boda, are you confident in playing the role of Xue Rengui?"

"Of course I'm confident. I've even done some research and understanding on the character of Xue Rengui..."

"Li Boda, this [Legend of Xue Rengui] is the second part of [Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties]. You have played the role of Yuwen Chengdu in [Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties]. Now you are playing Xue Rengui in [Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties: Legend of Xue Rengui]. Don't you think it is inappropriate? After all, if Yuwen Chengdu looks exactly like Xue Rengui, then Xue Rengui should be Yuwen Rengui." A reporter stood up and started talking like this.

Many reporters and crew members around couldn't help laughing.

In fact, what the reporter said is indeed a problem.

I don’t know if it was for publicity or something, but at the beginning, the play "Legend of Xue Rengui" was a counterpart to the second part of "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties". The original name of the script was "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties: Legend of Xue Rengui".

Now let Li Boda play Xue Rengui. If the film is shot according to that line, it will be a problem for Li Boda, who played the role of Yuwen Chengdu before, to play Xue Rengui again.

But this is just an excuse. Even the reporter who raised this issue actually just wanted to make some news so that the newspaper could sell better after the news was reported.

"Actually, Yuwen Chengdu could also have the surname Xue." Li Boda said this seriously.

This immediately made everyone who had finally stopped laughing start laughing again.

Because of this question, the atmosphere at the press conference became much better.

"Li Boda, please tell me——"

"Li Boda..."

“Hello, Li Boda…”

In the entire crew, Li Boda is the most famous compared to others. In terms of status and reputation, he is almost a step ahead of other actors.

So when these reporters asked questions during the interview, seventy to eighty percent of them were directed at Li Boda, and other people rarely received any attention.

However, Li Boda did not find it strange at all, because this was how he had come all the way.

"...In order to understand the character of Xue Rengui, I even deliberately learned a singing style from an opera about Xue Rengui."

"Sing one!"

"Li Boda, come sing for us!"

The reporters were all excited, and one by one, their cameras were all pointed at Li Boda.

Everyone in the crew looked at Li Boda in surprise, and even worried that there might be some problems with Li Boda's concert.

However, the director of "The Legend of Xue Rengui" was still full of expectations for Li Boda. Although he did not know that Li Boda had this ability before, since Li Boda dared to say such words on this occasion, he thought there would be no problem.

Li Boda stood up, and as soon as he showed his figure, the aura of his whole body came out.

To be honest, these days, there are very few people who like opera.

The reporters and others were joining in the fun, wanting to hear Li Boda sing, all for the excitement and the news.

So even though Li Boda's appearance after he stood up was quite impressive, to those who didn't understand, it was actually just that.

"Third sister, no matter how many mistakes I made, they were all my husband's fault. Please forgive me..." The opening line with a unique opera tone made many people's eyes light up.

"Ah~ My wife, Wang Baochuan, how pitiful you are, guarding the cold kiln, how pitiful you are, all alone, waiting for me, Xue Nanpinggui, for eighteen years..."

Because Li Boda knew that not many people like to listen to opera these days, so before the performance, he made some adjustments and slightly changed the singing style, so that the opera deviated a little bit in the direction of a song.

With Li Kuilei's ability, it was quite easy for Li Boda to make such subtle adjustments.

So he created the "Wujia Po" that he sings now.

"Good!" After Li Boda finished singing a section, the director looked at Li Boda with his eyes shining. He didn't expect that Li Boda was not only a good actor, but he could also sing. Moreover, he was different from others. Others sang and released albums, but Li Boda actually sang directly.

Although the director had previously been indifferent to opera and would switch the channel whenever he saw an opera program, he felt particularly moved by Li Boda's performance and thought it was particularly good.

"Clap clap clap!"

Following the director's lead, others, including reporters, began to applaud.

"Li Boda, you are such a good opera singer, did you learn it specially?" After the applause died down, a reporter immediately stood up and asked.

"I lived in the countryside when I was a child. My grandfather was a fan of opera. I followed him and listened to opera on the radio since I was young. Then I tried to learn opera from the radio for many years. So I can be considered to have some basic skills, although it is not very formal." Li Boda lied.

"Just learned from the radio? You're really talented in that area! Have you ever considered becoming a professional opera singer?"

"Hahaha, reporter, you're joking. How can a half-baked person like me become a professional opera actor? Professional opera actors have real skills learned since childhood, which is completely different from a half-baked person like me..." Li Boda waved his hands humbly.

Li Boda has always been a popular figure among reporters, and now that he has performed the opera "Wujiaopo", he has attracted even more attention.

The other actors sat nearby, and few reporters paid any attention to them. The looks they gave Li Boda were inevitably filled with envy and jealousy.

But the fact that Li Boda could attract the attention of reporters was indeed a testament to his ability. At least, they couldn't perform opera.

After the press conference for the start of filming ended, the director immediately found Li Boda.

"Boda, I didn't expect that you are not only a good actor, but you can also sing." The director looked at Li Boda with a smile.

"Director, you are too kind. My level is just average." Li Bodat said modestly.

"You're not right to say that. Although I don't know much about opera, I think your singing is beautiful and I can listen to it. That's what's good." The director raised two thumbs up.

"Boda, it's like this, what you just sang was, it was——"

"Wujiaopo." Li Boda explained what he was singing.

"Yes, Wujiaopo, you sing it really well. How about this, you sing Wujiaopo and make it the theme song of our play?" The director said to Li Boda with a smile.

"Ah? Director, I sang Wujiaopo, which tells the story of Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan. Our play is the legend of Xue Rengui, and it's about Xue Rengui, and his wife is Liu Yinhuan. They are not the same story at all." Li Boda explained with a helpless smile.

"...Xue Pinggui and Xue Rengui, aren't they the same person?" The director frowned.

"..." Li Boda was speechless. Doesn't this director know what kind of movie he is shooting?
In fact, this situation is not uncommon. It’s like someone wants to make a TV series of Dream of Red Mansions, but the director has never read the original novel, and he still shoots it like this. What can you say?
It's like the director of this play. After he got the script, he studied it many times and had a very clear understanding of the story, but he himself had no idea what was going on with Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui, Liu Yinhuan and Wang Baochuan.

Even the director didn't know that the script of "The Legend of Xue Rengui" he was filming was adapted from "Wang Baochuan and Xue Pinggui".

Xue Pinggui attacked the Western Liang Kingdom and married its princess. In the Legend of Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui attacked the Bo Liao Kingdom, which was renamed, and married its princess.

In fact, except for some changes in the years and names, the rest of the stories follow the same pattern.

After leaving Li Boda, the director went straight to the screenwriter, intending to find out the difference between Xue Rengui and Xue Pinggui.

After the screenwriter's explanation, the director finally understood that their "Legend of Xue Rengui" could actually be changed to "Legend of Xue Pinggui". The names of the characters could be slightly changed, and the entire script would not even need to be changed too much.

Finally the director decided to change it!
Change Xue Rengui to Xue Pinggui, Liu Yinhuan to Wang Baochuan, and Bo Liao Kingdom to Xiliang Kingdom.

As for the theme song of their movie, it was changed to Wujiapo sung by Li Boda!

After all, Li Boda, who plays the male protagonist Xue Pinggui, sang the opera "Wujiaopo". This gimmick is definitely useful and can greatly increase the popularity of their TV series.

As for the crew, apart from some of the actors' names that need to be changed, everything else, whether it is props or something else, remains intact and does not need to be changed at all.

Such a small price to pay for a topic and publicity that is very easy to hype up. Anyone who doesn’t change is a fool.

So on the same day, the director contacted the producer, and then the producer went to the higher-level reporting department to apply for a name change.

As for whether it would be troublesome to change the name, that was not within the director's consideration.

When Li Boda, the actress who played Liu Yinhuan, and even the actress who played Princess Boliao were notified and found out that the names of their characters had been changed, they were all a little confused.

Whose filming company would notify the actors to change the script on the day the crew starts shooting?
Fortunately, they only changed the name and some minor details, otherwise, they would all be tempted to quit.

(End of this chapter)