I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 170, The Premiere of "The World's Number One"

Different perspectives on the same person and the same role.

Erlang Shen Yang Jian is both Chen Xiang's uncle and a god of justice.

He touched the threshold of character arc—

Now I know why.

Because he is an immersive person.

Immersive style.

Isn't it just about becoming a person with flesh and blood?

Yu Mingsheng had vaguely known this before.

Li Yun is an immersive actor.

But most immersive actors.

He calls himself an immersionist, but he's actually more of a methodologist.

after all.

Immersive actors, without truly immersing themselves in the role, still rely on methodological techniques.

Just like Mr. Liu Benchang, they rely on their superb acting skills and performance techniques to portray different roles.

Li Yun, however, was completely absorbed in the world of Erlang Shen.

He became Erlang Shen.

Cao Jun developed a fever that night.

He was also conflicted.

Perhaps acting opposite Li Yun put him under a lot of pressure—he was conflicted, gradually immersing himself in the role and pondering what kind of feelings he should have for this Erlang Shen.

Chenxiang can be carefree and unconventional, or single-mindedly devoted to splitting mountains to save his mother.

But Cao Jun is not an option.

He knew that his uncle cared about him, loved him, and had his own beliefs and will, but the care was genuine.

This put Cao Jun in a dilemma.

Let him

I sensed something.

I can't tell.

I can't tell if it's me or not.

It's still about Chenxiang's feelings.

"Our Cao Jun wasn't fully immersed in the role at the beginning, but now he's truly become one with it."

At this moment, Yu Mingsheng also said in disbelief.

This time.

Cao Jun, the male lead in the junior group, also completely immersed himself in the play and became completely integrated into the role because of Li Yun.

They were integrated into the world of the Lotus Lantern.

An immersive actor.

The resulting chemical reactions.

It's not just his acting skills.

There's also the ability to elevate the performance of others, when the immersion reaches a sufficiently high peak.

Their acting skills have also reached a high level.

at this time.

Even Yu Mingsheng couldn't help but murmur.

"seemingly."

"Our Erlang Shen might be..."

I might have actually won the prize.

Liu Yehong was the most frustrated.

As a middle-aged actor, I was overshadowed by a new generation.

I originally thought my acting skills in portraying the character's arc would give me an edge over my opponent.

Now people are saying...

It's the immersive acting style that brings the atmosphere of being fully immersed in the role.

Liu Yehong felt like he was about to vomit blood. He was unhappy whether he acted well or slacked off. After all, if he slacked off, people would really think that he hadn't made a mistake in casting Erlang Shen. No matter how he acted, he was unhappy.

but.

In any case.

There is one thing that Liu Yehong absolutely cannot deny.

This person looks like my uncle.

His acting skills are actually quite good.

"Are you conflicted, Yang Jian? But we are going to do something big, so we can't be soft-hearted. You have to train your nephew and make him an external pressure on Heaven, so that he can break this old order."

"Why don't you dare to break it yourself? Hahaha, after all, if you, as the maintainer of order, were to break it yourself, then the order would lose its dignity. Even the invincible God of War in the heavens would be bound by these rules and regulations, and by his own responsibilities and divinity."

"But you're going too far."

"Therefore, a balance is key to becoming the perfect Erlang Shen, Yang Jian."

at this time.

Li Yun murmured.

The Erlang Shen Yang Jian, who was transformed from a middle-aged scholar, is too old-fashioned. He possesses invincible power, but is also bound by his own morality.

But I'm too extreme.

If it were me, as an ordinary person, a mortal, someone who yearns for love and family, standing in the same position, I would probably covet the heavens and live a carefree life with my family, caring nothing for the chaos of the world.

That way, it can't be captured in a photo.

So, this is who I am now.

The current "Yang Jian".

While maintaining the dignity of order, we must allow the external threat of agarwood to change the principles of heaven and earth from the outside in, without letting Yang Jian, the weapon representing order, lose his authority.

Let agarwood, me, the Heavenly Court, and the rules of heaven and earth.

To reach a balance point.

of course.

That being said...

But Li Yun still wanted to go head-to-head with Yang Jian.

At this time.

Yang Jian said calmly.

"In life, there is not only great love, but also small love. If we disregard great love for the sake of small love, all living beings will suffer. Gods are living beings, and mortals are also living beings."

"I only understand small love, not great love. What's the use of great love if I don't even have small love!"

Li Yun chuckled.

"If the price of becoming a hero is widowhood, loneliness, and isolation, then the very existence of this world is ironic enough."

With the merging of the two groups and the addition of Li Yun, the entire filming process sped up.

That kind of subtle, gradual addition.

Yu Mingsheng himself is also quite complex.

Li Yun, as a young man, is actually quite likable; he's polite and has good acting skills.

But... on the set of "Lotus Lantern," in this crew, he wasn't treated as a person.

He is God.

He is the God of War of Heaven, Erlang Shen.

"Well, True Lord, you can rest for three days."

Yu Mingsheng felt that he was subconsciously using honorifics.

It was as if he wasn't an actor in his own production crew, but rather his own uncle.

This feeling is contradictory, but it exists, given what's right in front of us.

That kind of devotion to gods.

An involuntary respect.

He got too caught up in the role.

It even influenced him, the director.

At this moment, after filming a scene, Ma Weiguo said something.

"Perfect timing! 'The World's Number One' is about to premiere, let's go check it out together!"

Yu Mingsheng paused for a moment and then said, "The World's Number One, huh? I'm somewhat interested."

Previously, Yu Mingsheng was invited to film "The Eight Heroes," but only as assistant director. Yu Mingsheng himself was arrogant and proud, so he declined the assistant director position. It just so happened that...

The director could be considered, but ultimately, he's a producer from the Hong Kong film circle, so the appointment of a director will definitely be based primarily on Hong Kong connections.

But looking at it this way...

Thank goodness I didn't go.

"The Eight Heroes" flopped, and "The Red-Robed Girl" is the second flop.

Now the third installment of "The World's Number One" is coming soon. If I were to film it, it would probably be a shameful addition to my resume.

"I heard that Li Yun previously took on the role previously played by actor Li Jianyi."

Actually, now everyone in the crew has a newfound respect for Li Yun.

They were quite shocked by this immersive actor.

His ability to immerse himself in the role of Erlang Shen resulted in an explosive improvement in his acting skills.

It can fully express the arc of the character's movements.

But let's not talk about how mediocre the show "The World's Number One" looks.

To put it simply...

Quite a few people find this show hilarious.

Especially when the lead actors all voiced their dissatisfaction with the filming of the series, the fate of this TV drama was already sealed.

From after the Lunar New Year until now.

The ending of this drama was already predetermined.

Of course, it still generated a lot of discussion, after all, it was a hugely popular drama filmed last year, and the fact that it involved collaborations between three different industries really shocked the industry.

It generated a lot of discussion within the entire cast and crew of "The Lotus Lantern".

At this point, opinions on Li Yun's performance in the drama were probably mixed within the entire Lotus Lantern production team.

Nobody could have predicted it.

Erlang Shen plays the role of a eunuch.

The weather is terrible today.

It was gloomy and raining, and it kept raining.

Judging from the current rain trend, it seems that outdoor scenes will not be able to be filmed for the foreseeable future.

Fortunately, this was a CCTV production crew. If it were an ordinary production crew, seeing a weather forecast predicting six consecutive days of rain would probably make them extremely depressed.

That's a huge amount of money being lost.

Investors are extremely frustrated.

"I didn't expect it to be you who doesn't think much of Xiao Li." Yu Mingsheng looked at Yang Hui and Ye Jiunian with some surprise.

In fact, Yu Mingsheng has changed his attitude from before and now thinks highly of Li Yun.

However, Ye Jiunian and Yang Hui, who were watching Li Yun make a name for himself in the Lotus Lantern production team, held different attitudes.

It's all because of Li Yun's acting style.

Li Yun's acting style follows an immersive approach.

This is a way of performing with extremely high potential.

Nothing wrong with that.

But you have to immerse yourself in it.

If you can't immerse yourself in it.

"To be honest, I can't imagine what Li Yun would look like as a eunuch, the Erlang Shen." Yang Hui paused and said, "Could it be that the greatest eunuch in the world and Erlang Shen are the same type of character?"

"As far as I know, he's a pure villain."

"Right, since he's a pure villain and a pure eunuch, there's no reason for him to resemble Erlang Shen," Ye Jiunian said.

Well, there's a bit of personal feeling involved.

I genuinely feel that the characters created by the world's best screenwriter are not as good as my own.

How can a mere eunuch from a martial arts drama compare to me, the majestic Erlang Shen?

Yang Hui's analysis is more rational.

An immersive actor.

His acting style dictates that he cannot immerse himself in multiple roles.

Not to mention they are two completely different characters.

"So you're thinking that Li's inability to immerse himself in another role is due to his limited range of acting roles," Yu Mingsheng said, stroking his chin.

Both of them nodded, at least their performance wouldn't be as bad as Erlang Shen in the Lotus Lantern.

Just like the Living Buddha Ji Gong Liu Benchang, no other role can surpass his Ji Gong.

Perhaps it was because Liu Benchang himself practiced Buddhism that he developed an extraordinary sense of identification with the character of Ji Gong.

Such a role, such an opportunity, often only comes once in a lifetime.

However, at this moment, Yu Mingsheng pondered.

"What if, I mean, what if..."

"He really gets into character; this is a pure eunuch in the story, a villain, a court official."

"That would be insane," was what Ye Jiunian originally wanted to say.

They are able to immerse themselves in characters with completely different personalities.

Isn't that insane?

Ye Jiunian felt that he had made a mistake.

When did I begin to have the illusion that Li Yun wasn't insane?

(End of this chapter)