Chapter 489 The Origin of 'The Whispers of the Inner Demon'
Hearing Yu Xuan's rebuke, Jiang Qian's newly accumulated favorable impression of her that was limited to her feminine qualities was gone! That weird desire to win and lose came back again:
"Peeping? Sorry, this is my territory."
Jiang Qian hugged his shoulders and sneered in his young and mature tone: "There is no need to peek, I can watch your performance openly."
Looking at your performance, this is a response to Yu Xuan's behavior of diverting water to the east.
Jiang Qian thought he had made a beautiful counterattack!
However, when Yu Xuan heard this, he showed no sign of being angry. Instead, he was slightly startled, and his eyes flashed with brightness for a moment!
Then, she spread her smile and came up to ask with expectation: "Can you see that I am performing? How is my performance?"
"ha?"
Jiang Qian was about to take the move, but unexpectedly the opponent had completely gone astray...
The next development of events became inevitable:
"How did my play go? Please tell me!" Yu Xuan was very interested.
"Oh," Jiang Qian's mouth moved, but he was stopped by the question, "What did you play..."
Yu Xuan blinked: "What do you think?"
The most impressive scene just now naturally appeared in Jiang Qian's mind: "...snake spirit?"
"Oh~" Yu Xuan suddenly looked furious, "It's Bai Suzhen!"
"Isn't that still a snake spirit..."
"What do you mean by your careless expression? 'Snake demon' and 'snake spirit' are completely different concepts, okay?" Yu Xuan explained while explaining that she was discovered by a talent scout and invited her to audition on the set.
's adventure.
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Jiang Qian "watched" the interaction between his former self and his sister Yu Xuan from an off-screen perspective. Similar emotions surged in his heart, but he had different feelings.
He suddenly discovered that in his childhood memories, his sister was always good at reducing big conflicts to small ones, and minimizing them to nothing. This prevented many of his bad emotions from being fueled. On the contrary, her sister's existence contributed to his inner feelings.
nourished by many positive emotions.
As shown in this "sealed" memory, his hostility towards his sister was inexplicably resolved, and his attention immediately shifted to "acting".
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"What, you want me to act with you? Haha, I don't have time."
In order to fully combat Yu Xuan's arrogance at home, Jiang Qian of course criticizes whenever he gets the chance, so he bluntly attacked his sister's "acting skills" just now, calling it "painting a tiger cannot turn against a dog"...
Yu Xuan did well. After listening to the criticism, he invited Jiang Qian to co-star in the scene to help her better understand the role and achieve the best practice effect.
Of course Jiang Qian would not agree. He had just criticized the other party's poor acting skills. Wouldn't participating in cooperation at this time be equivalent to jumping into the other party's pit? In addition, he really has no interest in this kind of "playing house" game.
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"Help me, my sister finally got such an interesting script! If I succeed in the audition, I might become an instant star and become famous and rich from now on!"
Yu Xuan delivered a daydream-like speech with a longing face:
"Once my sister becomes famous at a young age, do you think I can still treat you badly? When my sister makes enough money, she will definitely change our family to a big house! I will arrange separate rooms for you and Jiang Yang, so that you don't have to go there all day.
We don’t like each other at night…”
"Do you like painting cakes so much?" Jiang Qian asked sharply, "I'm young and easy to trick, right?"
"No, sister needs you..." Yu Xuan looked pitiful.
"I'm not interested. "The Legend of White Snake" is too childish."
Not only was Jiang Qian unmoved, he also took the opportunity to turn on his "venomous tongue" mode and bombarded the plot of "The Legend of White Snake"!
In his opinion at the time, the mythical story "The Legend of White Snake" not only greatly challenged the bottom line of human ethics, but the plot setting was also quite hasty:
How could a snake demon who has been cultivating for thousands of years become a love brain? In order to repay the kindness from his previous life, he not only dedicated himself and worked hard, but also directly tied up with his thousands of years of Taoism...
In fact, the reason why Bai Suzhen came to Xu Xian to repay her kindness was due to the guidance of Master Guanyin, which was equivalent to a task that must be completed in order to improve her cultivation.
So there are many forms of repaying kindness, so why should we take the initiative to sacrifice ourselves? Since the purpose is to ascend, why bother to spend thousands of years on Taoism for phased tasks?
Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?
Looking at Xu Xian again, Jiang Qian doesn't have much favorable impressions of this character.
In his words, Xu Xian is timid, cowardly, indecisive and lacks responsibility. Apart from being kind, how can he be worthy of the love of a peerless beauty like Bai Suzhen who has cultivated for thousands of years?
And they are the kind who contribute money and effort, have children, regardless of the consequences, regardless of the cost...
Two word summary: This is hard to comment on!
However, what surprised Jiang Qian was that Yu Xuan listened to his criticism seriously. Not only that, he also expressed full recognition of his critical thinking ability and conclusions.
Just when Jiang Qian was full of doubts, Yu Xuan suddenly changed the topic: "Actually, what I got was not the well-known script of "The Legend of White Snake", but the adapted prequel of "The Legend of White Snake"!"
"Prequel?"
"Yes, the prequel tells another story, the 'origin' of White Snake and Xu Xian."
After hearing this, Jiang Qian realized that his critical evaluation just now did no harm to the script in Yu Xuan's hands.
On the contrary, according to Yu Xuan, this "adapted prequel" is also meant to make up for the unreasonable plot of "The Legend of White Snake", shaping the male protagonist Xu Xuan, that is, Xu Xian's previous life into a brave, straightforward, affectionate and righteous man
A man; although he was born in troubled times, his heart is bright and his words and actions show the brilliance of humanity.
In the script, Xu Xuan stepped forward many times to rescue White Snake in distress. As a human being, he had no distinction between monsters and animals. He gave White Snake both physical and spiritual support when she was most vulnerable, leading her out of confusion;
In order to stay with the white snake, he would not hesitate to give up his essence and transform into a demon.
It was also because of Xu Xuan that White Snake had exhausted all his cultivation, and then he had the taste of the world that he later tasted in pursuit of Xu Xuan's soul.
In this way, Bai Suzhen's deep love for Xu Xian in "The Legend of White Snake" will be easier to understand.
"Well done, the woman Xu Xuan saved with his life was sent to Leifeng Pagoda by Xu Xian." Although the setting of the prequel was reasonable and sufficient, Jiang Qian couldn't help but complain.
Outside the scene, Jiang Qian couldn't help laughing as he "watched" it. He was already looking forward to the next audition with his sister.
The sealed memory must have a special reason for being sealed.
And he also knows the main plot of the film.
Of course, due to various reasons, this script was not made into a live-action movie and was instead changed into an animated movie. However, the main plot is indeed as Yu Xuan described it, without much adjustment.
"Help me!"
Yu Xuan took his brother's arm and began to rub him hard: "Please, it's too embarrassing to play a one-man show by myself. It's so difficult to imagine the opponent out of thin air... What would I do without you?"
"You can go find Jiang Yang. He's been quite free recently. He might be interested."
"No, his temperament doesn't fit the role!" Yu Xuan said without hesitation.
This may sound a bit flattering, but Jiang Qian is very useful.
Jiang Qian was very happy, especially when he appreciated his sister's submissive attitude. At the same time, he was also very curious about the fame of this White Snake prequel, so he relaxed:
"What's the benefit of me promising you?"
"When my sister gains fame and fortune, I will marry you a wife!"
"No need, let's be practical!"
"Hmm... I'll give you half of the pocket money next month?"
Jiang Qian showed three fingers without hesitation.
"Thirty percent?"
"How is that possible? Three months." Jiang Qian raised his eyebrows.
Yu Xuan gritted his teeth: "...deal!"
There are three episodes in the trial plot.
The first section is a fighting scene, which requires the auditioning actors to design their own movements according to the soundtrack. The main thing is to look at the actors' movements and fighting experience;
The second section is when Xu Xuan and White Snake are trapped in the Demon Suppression Tower. White Snake is moved by Xu Xuan's acceptance of her identity as a snake demon and takes the initiative to "promote the relationship." It is the only passionate scene in the whole play that involves thunder and lightning;
The third section is the climax at the end. Xu Xuan is about to be destroyed both physically and mentally. The highlight of the scene where White Snake cries out in grief is the highlight of the whole play.
According to the rules, the actors who audition have to perform whichever part they are drawn to. Some directors will ask for all of them, or even more.
So Yu Xuan simply prepared everything.
During the fighting scenes, Jiang Qian rarely cooperated. He basically watched from the sidelines and gave some non-professional opinions verbally.
Although Jiang Qian was not directly involved in this process, when his sister grasped the temperament of the character and completed a set of self-designed actions with her proud figure and agility, Jiang Qian couldn't help but be moved!
Previously, Yu Xuan had not shown any desire to be an actress, nor had she ever learned dance-related movements. However, the movements she designed were both sassy and smooth, and had the unique femininity, strength and softness of snakes, and temperament.
The expressiveness of coming out of the dust and every gesture is just right.
Even looking at it now, Jiang Qian has to admit Yu Xuan's talent.
He couldn't help but think that maybe Yu Xuan had mastered super-species power at that time, so that his artistic talent received additional blessings...
The problem occurred in the second part of the audition.
It's not Yu Xuan, it's Jiang Qian, the co-star.
Since this plot also includes literary dramas, action scenes, and passionate action scenes of the male protagonist Xu Xuan, this made Jiang Qian, who had never been exposed to professional acting, somewhat uncomfortable.
So much so that every time he started narrating his lines, Yu Xuan would burst into laughter, and then the practice would become unsustainable...
"Is it that funny?" Jiang Qian frowned.
"Yes, yes! You said the lines as if you were reciting the text... hahaha..."
Jiang Qian suddenly became depressed. Although he kept silent, he was already thinking about quitting.
"Forget it, let's practice the last section first, I'll help you find the feeling!" Yu Xuan said in a generous tone.
Jiang Qian did not refuse or stop.
The inexplicable desire to win is at work again - of course he will not admit that he quit because he is incompetent!
The last scene is the highlight at the end of the prequel: Xu Xuan died in order to protect the White Snake. When the White Snake found out, Xu Xuan had frozen into a lump of ice. As the formation continued, his body was about to be broken into pieces and his soul was scattered. At this time, all the reactions of the White Snake were...
It became the climax of the entire play and even the overall plot.
For Yu Xuan, this is undoubtedly an extremely delicate and complex performance, which requires actors to have a strong sense of empathy and belief.
But Jiang Qian's role was much easier. From the beginning to the end, he only had to stay still and act like an "ice lump".
Jiang Qian thought so.
However, he soon realized that this rehearsal would never be "easy" for him...
"bring it on."
Jiang Qian sat cross-legged on the old leather sofa and stretched out an arm to Yu Xuan. According to the beginning of the audition plot, the white snake that Yu Xuan was going to play was supposed to be nestled in Xu Xuan's arms.
"I'm very heavy, so be mentally prepared." Yu Xuan said and came closer.
Jiang Qian snorted: "I know."
However, his so-called "knowing" is just a perception.
When Yu Xuan truly lay down in Jiang Qian's arms, her shoulders were close to Jiang Qian's arms, and her thick black hair fell on Jiang Qian's arms. Then, she lay down slightly towards Jiang Qian's side.
…This effect seems to go beyond what is expected from “look and feel” coverage.
Jiang Qian froze, just like the character he was playing.
