The lunch was boring. He Xin took a few bites and couldn't eat anymore. It wasn't that the quality of the lunch had dropped, but that he had no appetite. He sat down on the sofa again and picked up the book "Sunspot".
Not long after, the cleaning lady came in to clean up, and was surprised to see most of the food left. She had been working in the company for several years, and this was the first time she saw such a situation. She hesitated and asked: "Boss, are you eating well?"
Is it done?”
"Oh, you've eaten. Thank you for your hard work, Sister Wang!"
The more he treats people at the bottom, the more kind He Xin is, saying thank you and thanking him for his hard work. This is not because he is showing off, or that he is deliberately setting up a persona, because he was a low-level person in his previous life, and he has a certain understanding of this kind of people.
Empathy. At the same time, this is also the way he always reminds himself.
Actors, of course, refer to real actors. They are all fragile and sensitive, and driven by huge fame and fortune, they are particularly easy to lose themselves. Just like Uncle Dao Ming, who was once such an excellent actor, he has become a
, it’s almost impossible to see him create an eye-catching role again, and he looks like himself in everything he plays.
"Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?"
Plato's three ultimate questions are actually particularly applicable to actors, such as "Who am I? Why do I want to be an actor? What do you want to gain as an actor?"
He Xin's answer is that I am He Xin, and my name was He Xiaozu in my previous life. My original intention of becoming an actor was to make a living, and then I became a lover. Through this career as an actor, I can realize my ideal quality life, and at the same time gain great joy in my spiritual world.
Therefore, it is very important to recognize yourself. No matter you are a big star or a company boss, everyone is equal at least in terms of personality. Recognizing this will also allow you to better shape different personalities.
Role.
Don't always act like the lady who owns a certain restaurant. It's always said that we are Manchus, with royal blood flowing in our bones. Please, this is New China, are you the onion?
Precisely because He Xin was a low-level person in his previous life, he prefers to watch some comedies or lively dramas. So far, he has always believed that those so-called literary films are for those who have no worries about food and clothing, and who complain about no illness.
. Most ordinary people are definitely not willing to spend money to find happiness.
He was sure that the novel "Sunspot" would be made into a movie in later generations, and he must have watched it. However, in his previous life, he never liked movies with too heavy themes. He might have watched the title sequence or watched it on a TV series.
I didn’t watch a single episode anymore.
For He Xin, good-looking novels are the last word. He doesn’t know much about novel elements, perspective, structure, etc., but he instinctively knows what a good novel is.
This is a novel whose plot is not bizarre, but the inner drama is too powerful. The reason why He Xin was deeply attracted is because the characters in it are extremely vivid and full, and they reveal all the things in people's hearts that they don't want to expose.
After digging it out, he could even find many things that belonged to his innermost being.
This is a story told in three lines, corresponding to three fugitives:
One of the fugitives, Yang Zidao, is a brother who is skilled in driving and kind-hearted. He often picks up money and acts bravely when he sees justice. His taciturn temperament attracted the attention of the wealthy girl Iguka, but he could only bury this love in his heart with despair. He
He is a sinful person, a person with no tomorrow. He pins all his attachment to life and pursuit of beauty on his adopted daughter Wei, and has no courage to love anyone more.
The second fugitive, Xin Xiaofeng, is a co-police officer who assists the police in solving cases. This character setting is very exciting. A person who has committed a serious crime follows the police to solve cases every day, and he keeps burning his fingerprints with unextinguished cigarette butts. He works hard to solve the case, regardless of his own safety.
He is witty and brave, but his handsome appearance hides melancholy and confusion.
At the same time, the biggest punishment for him when he made a big mistake was that he began to be unsure of his sexual orientation, lost himself because of sex, and longed to find himself in sex. Such Xin Xiaofeng was almost intoxicated in performing a show
In the play, he is a moral law enforcer with iron shoulders, and all crimes have nowhere to hide; outside the play, he is a sober fugitive, drawing straight words in a small book, and enjoying the comfort of counting down one stroke at a time.
Chen Bijue is the most "far away from the mortal world" among the three fugitives. He raises fish and raises his daughter by the sea. He puts in the most labor and earns the lowest wage. He watches with a cold eye the worldly grudges between the boss and his wife. When he is lonely, he comforts himself with his hands and looks at the vastness in the distance.
Xingkong endures inner criticism again and again.
"The roar of life collides with such vast and empty thousand-year silence, but it is just a helpless struggle than the barking of a dog." This sentence in the book reflects the despair in Chen Bijue's heart, and he has the sharpest eyes, and
Vicious words.
These three people, who are like brothers, are tied together by a murder committed when they were young and impulsive. Taking care of an abandoned baby is just one of the ways of atonement. Yang Zidao and Xin Xiaofeng are always ready to fight for their lives, while Chen Bijue seems to be ready at any time.
Prepare to transform into a constellation, stay in the endless black night sky, and show care and compassion to all living beings.
He Lirong said that this is China's "Crime and Punishment". He Xin has not read that world-famous book and cannot judge it from the content and literary height. To simply understand it literally, three teenagers who love astronomy are ignorant and impulsive youth criminals.
He committed an eternal crime, and in the years that followed, although he was not punished by the law, he suffered a lot in life, his ideals were destroyed, his love was hard to describe, and he lived in constant panic.
They tried to cleanse the stains on their souls with their good deeds and contributions without any regard for reward and without regrets. The sickly girl was the only sustenance for them to settle their consciences, and at the same time, it also made their lives miserable.
It is difficult to move even an inch.
Therefore, they can only wait for the second shoe upstairs to fall, because subconsciously, they believe that mistakes must be punished accordingly to feel at ease, and they also agree with the fairness of the law. This probably belongs to these three people
Crime and Punishment.
In addition to the three fugitives in the novel, there are also the paranoid and sharp detective Yi Guchun, the innocent and cunning Yi Guxia, the dark and good landlord Zhuo Shengfa, the gentle Wanwan designer Jerry, and the cute sick Yangzi Taiwei. These characters are all portrayed.
Very exciting and vivid.
The characters must have their own emphasis. Obviously, the author prefers the love between Yang Zidao and Igu Xia, because their characters are very prominent and the clues are obvious.
Maybe it was preconceived, because among all these characters, only the name Xin Xiaofeng was familiar to him, and also because he was the most silent one in the novel. At the same time, as the initiator of the family extermination case, he was under the greatest pressure and the most painful.
one of.
In addition, from a dramatic point of view, in the novel, the author describes in few words that Xin Xiaofeng, who is life-threatening at work, has a difficult life, has a strong soul, is strong in body, fragile and determined in heart, is the one with the most intense conflicts.
figure.
He Xin pays special attention to this character and subconsciously puts himself into this character when reading.
He had quit smoking for a long time, but now he dug out a pack of Chinese soft drinks for guests and lit one. He followed Xin Xiaofeng's example of smoking and stubbing out the burning cigarette butts with his left hand, but it burned his teeth and his fingers.
All blistered.
He was not surprised that Cao Baoping fell in love with this novel. From "Glorious Fury" to "Li Mi's Conjecture", it is not difficult to find that the director is very fond of black crime themes.
But the request made by Cao Baoping...
To be honest, when he was reading the novel and subconsciously imitating Xin Xiaofeng's behavior and trying to figure out his psychological activities, he already had the urge to create this character.
Transfer is definitely impossible.
He thought about it and finally called Ning Hao. After the annual commendation meeting of the Directors Association, this guy was still hanging out in Sanya, and there was obviously a young female voice on the other end of the phone.
"Isn't it convenient?"
"Uh... convenient, you say."
"Did you know there is a novel called Sunspot?"
"Sunspots? I don't know!"
"The thing is like this..."
He Xin told Ning Hao the whole story on the phone, and finally said: "The film and television copyright company of the novel has been acquired. I read this novel very well. I will ask Xiao He to send the electronic version of the novel to
In your mailbox, we will discuss the next step in detail after you read it."
Of course Ning Hao understood what he meant and said, "Okay, I'll watch it tonight."
Multi-line narrative is his specialty, and He Xin hopes to be able to digest it by himself.
…
"You're back. Hey, what's wrong with your hand?"
The attentive Cheng Hao took a quick look and noticed that the index finger of his left hand was covered with a band-aid.
"Uh, I accidentally burned it."
"Hey! You must have been smoking again, you smell like smoke."
"Is there any?"
He Xin quickly lowered his head and sniffed. People who have smoked cannot smell the smell of smoke on themselves.
"Hurry up and wash up, change your clothes, and don't choke your precious daughter. Why did you start smoking again?"
It was difficult for him to explain, so he took out the book "Sunspot" that he had read three times in a day from his bag and handed it to him: "I recommend a novel to you."
"Why, which character do you like again?"
"You should read it first and then talk about it. I think this novel is quite interesting."
"Yes, I just finished reading "The Collected Novels of Zhang Ailing"."
Cheng Hao took it and glanced at the cover, muttering: "Sunspot, written by Gua Yixu, is quite unfamiliar. I have never heard of it!"
She is probably that kind of pseudo-artistic young woman. The Zhang Ailing book beside her bed is basically a hypnotic book.
That night, while his daughter was asleep after eating, He Xin took the time to stare for a while when he suddenly heard waves of tiny sobbing in his daze.
He woke up immediately, only to find that Qijin was sleeping soundly. When he looked up, he saw his wife, holding a book and wiping tears and nose.
"Stop looking and go to sleep!"
He could understand it very well. After all, when he read this book during the day, his heart was filled with panic, and tears welled up in his eyes several times.
"Can't sleep!"
Cheng Hao wiped his slightly red and swollen eyes and asked, "Do you want to play Yang Zidao?"
This is not surprising. After all, Yang Zidao writes the most in the novel, especially the love between him and Igu Xia. It is ingenious, refined, and pathos. It is like the hometown of each other's souls, facing each other but inaccessible, making readers unable to help but shed tears of sympathy.
.
"Yang Zidao should be older than me."
In the novel, Yang Zidao is three years older than Xin Xiaofeng and Chen Bijue. Yi Guxia nicknamed him the old man, and he was so deeply ingrained in her life that she could not extricate herself.
"Do you want to play Yi Guchun?" Cheng Hao asked again, curling his lips and saying, "You don't look like a detective when you look like this?"
"I have played the role of a policeman. Don't you think the character Xin Xiaofeng is particularly intense?"
"Are you interested in this character? But this is a supporting role!" She looked surprised, but the look in her eyes when she looked at her husband became strange.
Xin Xiaofeng is gay.
He Xin felt very uncomfortable when she looked at him and said hurriedly: "Don't look at me like that. I simply think it is very challenging to create such a character!"
"It's better to play the landlord who likes to eavesdrop. The inner drama is more powerful." Cheng Hao snorted and said: "I always feel that this author has a bit of a wrong outlook on things, with long descriptions and all kinds of things.
The purpose of turning the story a hundred times is nothing more than to guide the reader's balance towards the three murderers. But what are the five members of the family who were killed by the three of them? I think Iguchun has a saying that is particularly right: 'If we are a family, father, mother
, you and I, plus Tails, were suddenly killed by everyone. What do you think? But then they got better and wiped out our family. Do you think it’s okay to get better?'"
After saying that, Cheng Hao said bitterly: "A murderer is a murderer, there is nothing to sympathize with!"
He Xin couldn't help but wonder: "Then why are you crying?"
"..."
She was stunned for a while, and then she forcefully defended herself: "I cried because Taili was so pitiful, and Iguka was so stupid..."
Suddenly she grabbed He Xin's left hand again and said, "I see, the reason why your hand is so hot is to imitate Xin Xiaofeng, right?"
…
Ning Hao called the next day:
"The novel is good, I...well, I might not be able to finish it. Now that Lao Cao has spoken, how about we cooperate with him?"
"Multi-line narrative, and I think this theme is very close to "No Man's Land". They both explore human nature. Aren't these your specialties?" He Xin was puzzled.
He originally thought that Ning Hao would like this kind of subject matter.
Ning Hao hesitated on the phone: "It's just because it's very similar to "No Man's Land" that I didn't dare to do it for fear of going astray. Teacher Cao has experience in this area, and he is much more reliable than me.
.”
"..."
He Xin paused for a long time before reluctantly accepting it, and then reminded: "When do you plan to come back? The promotion period of "Journey to the Road" is about to begin."
"Don't worry about this. I've made an agreement with Brother Zheng a long time ago. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, "囧路" will be screened in Shanghai, and I will meet him in Shanghai."
"Why are you going to Shanghai?"
"It's time to choose a location! I plan to shoot "The Crowd" in Shanghai."
When He Xin heard this, he became anxious and said hurriedly: "No, why are you shooting in Shanghai? Isn't it the same in Beijing?"
"The Crowd" is an urban film, and the most important thing is that it was shot in the capital, so he could still go home every day. To put it bluntly, he just couldn't bear to leave his precious daughter.
Ning Hao smacked his lips and said, "Tsk! How can these be the same? Shanghai is a real city, with old bungalows, rolling cages, and modern skyscrapers in Lujiazui, which have both a sense of history and a sense of modernity.
It’s definitely not the case in the capital. The old houses are all courtyards. To put it bluntly, it’s like a big village. The overall atmosphere is inconsistent with the temperament of this movie. Temperament, do you understand? The temperament of a movie is very important!”