Chapter 113 113 Continuing the Phone Call
Chapter 113
Lin Yuan also wrote a rather long character biography for the role of Han Shen. He started analyzing the character after receiving the script.
Although Lin Yuan joined the crew relatively late, his communication with the director and screenwriter started quite early.
He is the kind of actor who prepares in advance.
He did a good job in the preliminary work, which made filming easier and less time-consuming.
There will be new troubles after joining the group, so at least this way we can avoid piling up the troubles.
For Han Shen, the scenes he filmed these past few days were just the beginning. He had only just experienced the thrill of revenge and had just stepped into the darkness.
Next, he began to struggle.
Han Shen found his love.
He is also a living, breathing human being. His experiences in his youth made him cold-hearted, but that doesn't mean he is completely heartless.
My sister also met someone who genuinely cares about her.
Han Shen is very wary of people, and he can tell whether that boy is sincere towards Han Wen.
If it weren't for genuine feelings... he might have been more decisive and severed the connection between them.
But that person was sincere.
For Han Wen, sincerity is equally precious. Therefore, Han Shen can temporarily give up protecting Han Wen and prevent her from going any deeper into that dark world.
Han Wen can have her own ordinary and happy life.
This is the choice Han Shen faces.
For Lin Yuan, this was the most challenging aspect of the role.
Since becoming an actor, Lin Yuan has summarized one experience: good people are easy to play, and bad people, especially those stereotypical characters who go down a dark path, are not difficult to play either.
The most difficult thing to act out is when feigned sincerity is mixed with genuine feelings, making it hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Humans are inherently complex.
However, displaying complex details on the screen is extremely difficult.
Film and television works always contain exaggerated elements. No matter how exquisite the production, the portrayal of people is less than one-tenth of the complexity of human beings themselves.
In the early stages, Han Shen was more pure-hearted, with his mind filled with thoughts of revenge and no other intentions.
But once he had concerns, once he had more human emotions, and once he could entrust his sister to another trustworthy person, he began to have more things to think about.
"This is so difficult," Lin Yuan sighed. "I flipped through the character biographies I wrote before, and I felt that I was quite talented."
"How can you remember something that's so long?" Wang Zhimin leaned over to take a look. "And the handwriting is so small."
"Don't you write too?" Lin Yuan asked him in return.
"I did write, but I only wrote a few words."
Wang Zhimin plays the villain in the play, and his appearance is a little later. However, the play "Mandala" is short, so his "lateness" is not unlimited. Wang Zhimin arrived at the set earlier.
The two had worked together on "The Powerful Minister," so they were more familiar with each other when they chatted.
After "The Powerful Minister", Wang Zhimin received more acting offers than before. His portrayal of Song Kuan in the drama left a deep impression on many viewers.
Wang Zhimin is getting old and has passed the stage of building his career, but for an actor like him who has played supporting roles for many years, it's always good to earn more money.
Besides, Lin Yuan isn't a difficult actor to get along with, and his acting skills are quite good.
As he gets older, Wang Zhimin is quite afraid of encountering actors who are completely incapable of acting. These actors don't mind taking takes and will film the same scene over and over again, which Wang Zhimin finds unbearable.
He's fine if he can sit, but if he has to film scenes where he has to kneel and kowtow, that's really unbearable for him. If it's hot or cold, the feeling is indescribably uncomfortable.
Some young actors still show him respect as a senior actor.
Some people see Wang Zhimin as an older, washed-up celebrity who lives off experience and will never become famous again, so there's no need to respect him.
What's wrong with Wang Zhimin filming a few more scenes?
Their time is far more valuable than this kind of stale coffee.
When the production team of "Mandala" invited him, Wang Zhimin came as soon as his schedule was right. He had worked with Lin Yuan before and knew his style. At least in this production team, he had no chance of being bullied.
He's played more than one villainous role.
In "The Powerful Minister", the confrontation between Shao Jing and Song Kuan was only brief, and Song Kuan was killed off early on. In "Mandala", the villain He Jiuzhang is an important figure who runs through Han Shen's life, and their tug-of-war continues until the end of the story.
He Jiuzhang is not a stereotypical villain either; his conflict with Han Shen is quite interesting.
In short, Wang Zhimin had made preparations well in advance.
After reading the script, he roughly understood what kind of performance the director wanted him to deliver.
The conflict between Han Shen and the villain is definitely one of the biggest highlights of the whole story. Neither Han Shen nor Lin Yuan can be treated lightly.
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The only thing Lin Yuan wanted to complain about in the script of "Mandala" was that the methods of surveillance and investigation were practically non-existent. Han Shen, the person with connections, just blatantly appeared near the lawyer's house, and no one investigated him at all.
"There aren't even any police officers in this script." — This is Shi Ran's complaint. "The world in the story is the world that every mystery novelist longs for."
After getting to know Shi Ran, Lin Yuan learned that Shi Ran was a mystery novel enthusiast who had read all kinds of novels.
According to her, with the development of DNA technology and surveillance, traditional orthodox mystery novels have gradually lost their market, which is why so-called new orthodox mystery novels have gradually emerged. There's no other way; mystery novelists have nothing to write about. Just like in the script of "Mandala," Han Shen was probably listed as a suspect a long time ago, but no one bothered to take him seriously.
Shi Ran's greatest hobby is reading detective novels.
She doesn't like reading on electronic screens; she only reads physical books.
Unfortunately, there are few films like this in the industry, and not many people ask her to act in them.
Han Wen is already playing a relatively mature role in her acting career. In the early stages, she mostly played the female lead's best friend, who was usually lively and cute. If it was a period drama, she would play the female lead's younger sister or the male lead's junior sister.
Lin Yuan often saw her carrying a book in and out of the film set. Those books usually had sensational titles, such as "XX Bone" or "X Tomb XX".
Shi Ran tried to persuade Lin Yuan: "It's not scary at all, really, believe me."
It's not really that scary... The problem is that when Lin Yuan is on set, he only has time to read at night. He gets very dissatisfied if he can't see the ending of a mystery novel, and after seeing the ending, Lin Yuan's mind inevitably gets caught up in wild fantasies, and he doesn't even dare to go to the toilet afterward.
So when Shi Ran tried to recommend it to him again, Lin Yuan resolutely refused.
He will absolutely not eat it again.
...
When it's time to delve into a character, Lin Yuan focuses entirely on that. As the weather warms up, Lin Yuan's mind becomes less rigid. Although analyzing a character is tiring, Lin Yuan still makes time to conceive songs.
Filming isn't truly lonely. With so many people in the crew, the other actors' scenes can also complement Lin Yuan's. In this environment, it's impossible for him to perform too badly.
Writing songs is true loneliness.
When Lin Yuan was conceiving a song, he felt inspiration flow into his brain like threads, but there were not just one thread, but countless threads, which were difficult for him to grasp.
Sometimes I would sit there all night without even finishing a single sheet of music.
“Why don’t you try your insights from filming?” Feng once suggested, “like ‘Love and Hate’.”
Lin Yuan sighed: "I feel that 'Love and Hate' can be used to summarize all the works I have ever made."
In the TV series and movies he directed, there was less love and more hate.
So much so that whenever Lin Yuan wanted to draw inspiration from his works, only "Love and Hate" would come to mind.
"Inspiration doesn't just appear out of thin air," his agent comforted him. "Take your time, it'll come eventually."
"We can't afford to take it slow either," Lin Yuan sighed. "Suddenly, I realize that having multiple roles isn't such a bad thing after all."
When the audience asked him to film a movie, he would say that he was busy with some songs.
If his neighbors ask him to release a song, he can use filming a TV series as an excuse.
A perfect match.
Inspiration doesn't come often, but it does come occasionally.
Lin Yuan stayed up all night again, but this time, he wrote a second song for his new album.
Unlike "Memories", this song has a long title: "The First Love I Never Had".
Although when it comes to insights from filming, "Love and Hate" can cover everything.
However, in his previous works, Shao Jing's love and hate for the emperor and the case in "Major Case" were always mutual.
I loved, but I also hated.
Han Shen, however, was different.
His love and hate are not directed at the same person.
He learned to hate too early, but not to love. Or rather, he chose to give up on love. When his first love came, he turned and ran away, so he never had it.
Both "Memories" and "The First Love I Never Had" are songs with a melancholic tone.
The moment Lin Yuan finished writing the melody for this song, he thought to himself—next time he absolutely had to make a comedy.
Ideally, it should be something that makes people laugh out loud.
He felt like he was turning into a bitter gourd because he kept filming and writing sad things.
Even bitter melon might not be as bitter as this.
When writing lyrics, Lin Yuan also felt particularly frustrated.
He filled it out while gritting his teeth.
"It's very well written," Feng Zeng commented. "Very detailed."
A singer who has recently emerged is good at writing about the things around him, every blade of grass and every tree, the everyday life on the street, and he incorporates them into his songs so that listeners can empathize with them.
Lin Yuan excels at revealing delicate emotions to others, even the most hidden ones.
Perhaps it is because of his profession as an actor that Lin Yuan has developed such sensitivity.
Or perhaps it's because of his past experiences.
Lin Yuan is doing very well now, but he had no connection with the phrase "smooth sailing" before.
Feng Zeng only hoped that Lin Yuan was indeed writing about Han Shen in this song, without including his own experiences.
The last line of the song consists of only three simple words: "He's gone."
It's unclear whether the story is about Han Shen's youth wasted on revenge or about his abandonment of his true self.
In short, none of these are good things.
It can easily lead to depression.
The agent was wondering if Lin Yuan would become depressed from writing this kind of song all the time when a phone call came in.
A familiar face from "A Thousand Mountains," the award-winning actor Li Mobei.
Lin Yuan hadn't seen him for a long time; their last contact was during the Spring Festival when they exchanged New Year's greetings.
Li Mobei didn't stand on ceremony with Lin Yuan at all, and went straight to the point: "Are you in XXX right now?"
Lin Yuan looked horrified: "You've become a stalker now?"
"I saw you yesterday," Li Mobei said. "I need your help with something."
Does Ni Heng know?
Lin Yuan nodded.
This is a rising legal expert in the entertainment industry, the kind who's made the news.
“Then you should know that a certain unlucky film crew signed a contract with him, and he was arrested after only three days of filming,” Li Mobei added. “That unlucky film crew is the one I’m currently filming with.”
"Do you have time to cover for Ni Heng's role?"
Li Mobei originally didn't plan to look for Lin Yuan.
Unfortunately, the timing, location, and people were all in sync—Lin Yuan's filming location happened to be near the filming location rented by their crew.
Ni Heng's role has few scenes, but it carries significant weight.
Just like Gu Yilou in "A Thousand Mountains".
To be precise, this character has less screen time than Gu Yilou, but given that he is a character with many twists and turns, his impact after the movie is released will be no less than that of Gu Yilou.
Lin Yuanren happened to be there.
If I can help out temporarily, the production team of "Mandala" should agree.
Lin Yuan didn't ask about the salary; he trusted that Li Mobei wouldn't treat him unfairly. He only asked one question: "Is this character a good guy or a bad guy?"
"Well... he's not a good person, that's all I can say."
"Goodbye!" Lin Yuan said decisively, "I'm not doing it."
Does he have a villainous face?
How many villains has he played?
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