Chapter 86 Extra A-2
Under Qiao Yiqiao's proud gaze, Sachiko first took some time to digest the subject matter before reading the outline.
This outline is not a traditional one either, but rather very... weird and dreamy.
This story takes place on a planet mentioned in the worldview of "Qiong Yu" - the Swamp.
Yes, the name of this planet is Quagmire.
And the protagonist of the story is a... pie man.
Sachiko first digested these strange names, and then looked at the story seriously.
The first sentence of the opening is——
Welcome to the quagmire.
Hundreds of years ago, the most dangerous mentally ill people from various planets were thrown here, but they never thought that it would develop into such a...
A deformed and beautiful place.
Fists are kindness, explosions are smiles, killings are love.
At least, that's how the billions of viewers watching live here understand it.
Yes, every corner of the quagmire is being broadcast live around the world, like an extremely perverted reality show.
The protagonist of this reality show, which has recently gained a billion views, is an extremely weak guy.
His name is Pie Man.
No one knows who created him, all we know is that his internal organs, blood, brain... are all extremely delicious.
Everyone wanted to eat him.
But the audience never expected that such a guy, who they thought was at the mercy of others, would actually become the ruler of the world.
When all the crazy people in Swamp City raised their arms and shouted and rose up in rebellion at the call of the Pie Man, the boundary between Swamp City and the normal world was easily broken.
There is no more Swamp City in the world, or rather, the world is full of Swamp City.
The story begins from the perspective of Tang, the pie man.
There are two main lines in the whole story. The first is the story of the Pie Man looking for his creator.
The citizens all want to eat Tang, and even he wants to eat himself.
But he knew he couldn't do that.
When he was created, the consciousness implanted in him was that "he is the perfect food."
It deserves to die on the taste buds of the most refined connoisseurs.
He believes that the most perfect connoisseur is his master.
He just wanted to find his master.
Then he uses all his tentacles to confine and wrap his master.
When the master is exhausted, thirsty, hungry, then say to him:
"Please enjoy me."
This is also the title of the film -
Please Enjoy Me
The story also begins in a dark laboratory.
Even the outline uses the first-person perspective after entering the story.
“I think I should be delicious.
Because the moment consciousness entered my brain, I saw him.
——My boy.
My boy's throat rolled, and I saw a drop of sweat sliding down his elegant neck, like a diamond ball cutting crystal. His Adam's apple and collarbone rose and fell, and his breathing was violent. Like all hungry humans who have uncontrollable physiological reactions when facing delicious food, he turned back into a beast that eats raw meat and drinks blood.
He is excited.
But he didn't dare to look me in the eye. I knew why. He didn't want to know my soul. In this way, he might treat me like the things he had made before, which he had to tear apart and chew at will, without caring about the appearance of eating, just to fill his stomach.
Sorry, they may be my kind, but I still have to say this word
——Defective products.
Those hundreds, even thousands, have now transformed their body atoms back into the defective products of stars.
But I'm different.
I'm not defective.
I am his work of art, a work of art that belongs to him alone.
He had to see me, all of me.
So, I quietly controlled a muscle on my back, making it slender and flexible, turning it into a swimming fish, letting it swim gently through the mucus soaked in me, and drilled out of this bulky box along a pipe.
Then it went around behind my boy, and I used all my strength to let it wrap around his neck like a python, forcing him to look up at me.
We looked at each other first.
His eyes were amber, trembling, terrified, unbelievable... but full of greed.
That's the way I like it.
And I also caught a glimpse of my appearance in the reflection of the two clear pools of poisonous water.
I was soaking in a giant, transparent nutrient tank filled with a sticky liquid that kept me afloat and made my skin almost transparent.
Perfect as a piece of jade, which is also the way he likes it.
Then, I started to turn around.
My boy tried to struggle,
But his strength is nothing compared to mine.
He had to appreciate me, every inch of me.
I am his...I am his work.
I untied the tube connected to my belly button and began to churn and transform in the nutrient tank. The liquid was too sticky, so my speed was extremely slow, but it seemed more solemn.
A few minutes passed, or a few hours, it doesn’t matter, time is not important, nothing is important.
I changed into countless forms, always letting my boy look at me.
I have no reservations.
He almost collapsed, and finally took out snacks from his pocket: clay, ceramics, glass, and crystal.
A crystal like him.
Then, he ate them one by one. I knew that he wanted to eat me, but he couldn't, at least not at the moment. So he found these garbage to try to stimulate his numb taste buds and fill his hungry stomach.
Crunch.
He chewed the crystals vigorously, the fine and rough stuff cracked his perfect white teeth, even scratched his delicate mouth and esophagus, and finally turned into a pink crystal mixture that flowed deep into his body.
This makes me a little angry.
I hope what he is chewing is my body. My blood vessels, my skin, my internal organs, my tears... everything about me.
But my boy, he wasn't ready yet.
Then I saw blood flowing out from the corner of his mouth and tears falling at the same time.
Blood is normal, but this tear irritated me.
Why would he cry over his food?
However, in just a moment of distraction, he caught my flaw.
He threw the electric wire that he had secretly held in his hand for an unknown period of time into the nutrient solution, and the electric current flowed through my veins.
My vision gradually blurred, and I saw his dejected figure running away in the opposite direction of me.
My boys, oh, my boys.
He ran away.
As I lay dying, I suddenly wondered why I felt he was “my boy”.
This was the first line of words that came to my mind the moment I regained consciousness, and it became his code name in my mind.
But I suddenly remembered that this was also my code name in his heart.
Because, after making thousands of defective products that failed to satisfy his discerning taste buds, he decided to create one final work of art, which is me.
He placed his own cells into the original embryos.
I grew up by absorbing nutrients from his cells.
One split, two splits... I enjoyed his blood, some organs and liquids of various flavors.
And what I ate was not just his tissue.
And some of his memories and feelings.
This became our common feeling.
Now, I will fall asleep again. Perhaps death will only make people feel a sense of nothingness, just like before birth.
But this time, I will definitely dream about him.
Because of him, he will never forget me.
I have enjoyed every bit of your juices, and now I just want you to enjoy me to your heart's content.
But until then…
Please enjoy our shared dream first, my boy."
When Sachiko read this, she just felt that she needed to slow down.
This is an extremely absurd setting.
The protagonist is a pie-in-the-sky man who only wants to be eaten by his master.
But the second line is very dramatic.
So much so that Sachiko did not even raise her head during the entire reading process and finished it in one go.
While trying to find his master, the Pie Man met many mental patients.
Even his experience was broadcast live by cameras throughout the quagmire, affecting many people throughout the interstellar nation.
However, it was during his absurd adventure that the shadows of resistance were ignited in many people.
A magnificent adventure begins.
Tang never imagined that he just wanted to be eaten by his master, but unexpectedly became a symbol of resistance.
Finally, the mentally ill people in the quagmire rushed out of the quagmire, left the live broadcast, and were no longer symbols of entertainment for the interstellar people.
They once again integrated into every corner of the interstellar world.
But the pie man never found his master.
Perhaps his master, his boy, was already dead, and the countless cells in his body had long since turned into stars, scattered throughout every corner of the universe.
But the Pie Man is still looking for him, just like at the beginning of the film.
Even the protagonist’s arc is still weird and anti-routine.
From the beginning to the end, the protagonist only wanted to be eaten by the master. Even though he became a symbol, he did not follow everyone in the end to rise up and continue to complete the symbol.
mission.
What he wanted was always simple and pure.
After reading it, Sachiko felt it was very moving.
A group of highly dangerous mentally ill prisoners depict an elegy for an oppressed era.
This even made her feel tragic and moving.
She didn't know how to describe the story.
It is so weird, so weird that it is unbelievable, yet fascinating.
Even the behavioral logic of each character is bizarre yet reasonable, and ultimately combines into such a rebellious story.
After reading it, she even felt exhausted and powerless, yet extremely shocked.
She relaxed on the sofa for several minutes. Finally, she looked at Qiao Yiqiao and said calmly, "Go ahead and shoot."
…
After getting the approval of the investor father Sachiko, Qiao Yi Qiao first spent more than three months to complete the writing of the entire script.
After his close cooperation with Shen Si, he hadn't written a script by himself for a long time. Now that he had such an opportunity, he cherished it very much and weighed every word carefully.
It’s a pity that as a musical, Qiao Yiqiao doesn’t have much room to perform.
Because most of the lines and actions will be presented in the form of songs and dances, all Qiao Yiqiao can write are most of the scene descriptions and stage prompts.
But even so, he still enjoyed it very much.
Usually, a 120-minute script has 25,000 to 35,000 words. Some movie scripts with high dialogue density and frequent scene changes may have up to 40,000 words. However, Qiao Yiqiao's "Enjoy Me" has less than 20,000 words.
The rest of the content needs to be filled with a lot of singing and dancing.
As for this candidate, Qiao Yi Qiao also had an answer in his mind.
Qi Siqi was a little surprised when he received Qiao Yi Qiao's call.
"What?" Qi Siqi thought it was a bit outrageous. "You want to make a musical? Or a crime-themed musical?"
But although he was surprised, the other party was Qiao Yiqiao after all...
There is also rationality in the absurdity.
Qi Siqi soon received Qiao Yiqiao's script and fell into deep thought as usual after reading it.
He had never seen such a movie before. Even every character in it, even if they were not the protagonists but just a mentally ill villain in the corner, was particularly weird and attractive.
So, without hesitation, Qi Siqi
Gave a positive answer.
"Okay, I'll take this job!"
Over the years, Qi Siqi has gained great recognition in China and has become famous internationally by playing an important role in the "Qiong Yu" series.
Many people call him the next international superstar from China.
It can be said that he has been receiving film offers both at home and abroad.
But Qi Siqi is famous for his strange temper.
Logically, he should, like many Chinese artists, take on some big Hollywood productions to broaden his international acting range.
But Qi Siqi has been taking on domestic works, many of which are low-cost art films.
However, even so, Qi Siqi's popularity remains unabated and he has won many domestic and international awards.
He has a very unique eye for selecting films. Even if a film is not favored by the industry, it can achieve good results with his participation.
Qi Siqi feels that he has been on a very smooth path as an actor.
So he always feels itchy in his heart.
He started out as an original singer, but in recent years he has been working on movies and TV series and has hardly ever created music.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Yi Qiao gave him such a good yet strange opportunity.
He felt that he and Qiao Yi Qiao had a bit of "like-mindedness".
Just when he was thinking about pursuing a career in music, Qiao Yi Qiao came with the opportunity.
So in the following days, he began to create intensively.
Perhaps it was because his personality was very similar to Qiao Yi Qiao's, or perhaps it was because he had some resonance with every character in this story - after all, he also came from the bottom of society and had rebelled against huge capital - in short, the entire creation went unexpectedly smoothly.
How smooth was it?
On the first day when he decided to start composing, Qi Siqi sat down at the piano and in just ten minutes he played a melody that he thought was really cool.
This melody was used in the climax of the entire film and is also the theme song of the film, called "Enjoy Me".
Then, in the next three months, he felt that inspiration was bursting out every day, and finally he wrote 14 songs to be used in the movie, as well as lyrics for a large number of dialogue passages.
When he finished writing the last note, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Maybe he had been holding it in for too long. He really hadn't created music freely for a long time. It all felt so good.
But he was also worried.
This is the first time in his life that he has been able to create something so smoothly, and it is also his first time to create a music film. He doesn't know if it will work.
So, with a little bit of trepidation, he packed up all the songs and sent them to Qiao Yiqiao.
The first song Qiao Yiqiao listened to was "Please Enjoy Me".
After listening to this, Qiao Yiqiao had only one thought in his mind -
It's done.
After just listening to a few sentences, Qiao Yiqiao felt that the fantastic and weird style he imagined was just right.
Qi Siqi's music not only has a unique melody, but also all the arrangements and soundtracks highlight the four words of rebellion. The mix of various instruments, including folk instruments and Western instruments, creates a calm yet crazy atmosphere as a whole.
There are 14 songs, each of which perfectly fits the mood and atmosphere of the corresponding scenes in the script, and each one is particularly weird and beautiful.
It sounds good, that’s the most important thing.
Qiao Yi Qiao made almost no suggestions for revisions, except that the length of some tracks needed to be adjusted. The two of them met for a week and finalized all the songs, which they then sent to Sachiko.
Although Sachiko doesn't know much about music, her cultural background is quite suitable. Her father is Chinese, her mother is from Country J, and she herself grew up in Country A. She was immediately attracted to this kind of mixed music.
After listening, she and Qiao Yiqiao had the same idea.
This thing is done.
…
After finalizing the script and music, the two most important things come to mind.
The first thing was to find the right choreographer.
Qi Siqi recommended a very suitable choreographer to Qiao Yiqiao.
This person's name is Xiao Q. He originally studied ballet and worked in an art troupe for a while when he was young. But later he had a sex change operation due to gender identity issues and withdrew from the art troupe. Later he taught himself modern dance, jazz, and even some street dance. He is a real dance fanatic.
Qiao Yiqiao felt that she was suitable after only meeting her once.
Sure enough, a few days later, he saw the dance demo given by Xiao Q.
In the demo, he played seven or eight roles. The dance moves of each character not only perfectly displayed the personality, but also fit in well with Qi Siqi's music. It also integrated many dance styles and schools. Qiao Yiqiao was dazzled after watching it.
It looks so good.
So, even if Xiao Q
It’s settled.
In order to better guide the actors, Qiao Yi Qiao also choreographed with Xiao Q and even learned a lot.
Because Qiao Yi Qiao had some martial arts background and had studied Nuo opera before, he was able to pick up dancing quickly.
Even Xiao Q exclaimed that if Qiao Yi Qiao could start from elementary school, there would be no place for him.
While Qiao Yi Qiao was learning dance and choreographing with Xiao Q, he was also busy with another thing.
That is to find actors.
Because all members of the Xicui Gang have played roles in "The Sky", the protagonist of "Enjoy Me", a derivative work of "The Sky", cannot be any of the actors who have previously participated in the show.
This made it much more difficult for Qiao Yi Qiao to select actors.
Fortunately, Qiao Yi Qiao is now famous, and as soon as he released the information that he was selecting actors, many people began to sign up to participate.
The most important thing here is obviously the actor who plays the protagonist Tang.
Tang not only had to have outstanding looks, but also had to be able to handle singing and dancing scenes, so the casting director initially decided to look for someone from the musical theatre majors of major universities.
The casting director screened round after round and selected a number of suitable actors. Qiao Yi Qiao auditioned them one by one, but always felt that something was missing.
They have received too much professional training, and their lives are too regular and normal, and they don't seem to have the feeling of confusion and inner conflict that the character of Tang should have.
Casting directors had to broaden their casting horizons and start looking for amateurs from all walks of life.
This aspect of selection is obviously much more difficult. After all, amateurs all have their own characteristics, which almost makes the casting director exhausted. Qiao Yiqiao's workload also increased a lot when he was auditioning them. He had to chat with each amateur and examine their music and dance qualities, which almost exhausted his efforts.
But unfortunately, the results were minimal.
Some people's conditions are indeed good, but Qiao Yiqiao seems to feel that there is some aura that doesn't match them.
Just when Qiao Yi Qiao was planning to select some relatively suitable candidates from those who he had previously considered acceptable for a second audition, there was a knock on his door.
This is a person who doesn't look particularly outstanding from his resume. He seems to be just a music and dance enthusiast. He has no professional training and has not even submitted a music and dance audition video.
But when Qiao Yi Qiao saw him for the first time, he couldn't help but exclaim "Wow" in his heart.
The visitor is named A Sui, an albino.
Ah Sui timidly greeted Qiao Yiqiao, "Director Qiao Yiqiao... Hello, I want to audition for the role of Tang."
Qiao Yi Qiao was instantly attracted by the other person's appearance. He was so pale that he looked almost sickly, with blue veins visible on his face, but his whole temperament was very indifferent and distant.
Qiao Yiqiao sat down and said with a little curiosity: "Hello, A Sui, tell me, why do you want to play this role?"
Ah Sui felt very uncomfortable and thought for a long time before saying, "Because... I don't know what I can do. This seems... to be somewhat similar to Tang."
Then, under Qiao Yiqiao's guidance, A Sui gradually told his story.
He was born in a rather remote rural area. Because of albinism, he has been looked down upon since birth and has been regarded as an alien by many people.
Asui is the third child in the family. Because she could not get any sunlight, she could not help share much work at home since she was a child. She was also bullied by various classmates when she was in school, so she simply went out to work in society after finishing high school.
But it was not easy to find a job. Many waiter, salesperson and other positions were closed to him because of his illness. Asui had no choice but to do jobs that did not involve contact with people, such as washing dishes.
He also has hobbies. He has loved singing and dancing since he was a child, but because it makes him seem a bit "feminine", he has been lectured many times by his family, relatives and friends. After he grew up, even after coming out, he didn't dare to show himself too much, and he never learned it professionally. He just entertained himself with music after work every day.
By chance, Asui saw the news that Qiao Yiqiao's crew was recruiting actors and decided to give it a try.
After saying this, A Sui asked Qiao Yi Qiao a question.
"Director Qiao...you said, are people born to suffer? People say that everyone is born with a purpose, so what exactly is my purpose?"
Qiao Yiqiao was silent.
He didn't know how to answer.
After listening to A Sui's story, Qiao Yi Qiao felt deeply distressed and fell into deep thought.
I have to say that his personal experience is really consistent with the role of Tang.
He really likes the natural sense of confusion that Asui carries with her.
Qiao Yi Qiao was already very tempted, but he hadn't made a decision yet. After all, there was a more important consideration for the role of Tang.
He asked, "Can you sing a song for me?"
A Sui was a little reserved and nervous, but he still nodded seriously: "Okay... I'll try."
As he approached, he stood up, thought for a moment, and sang the first note.
It is no exaggeration to say that Qiao Yi Qiao was captured instantly.
He just found it a little unbelievable.
A Sui's voice was almost something he had never heard before.
It was a voice somewhere between male and female voices, no wonder it was previously considered "feminine".
But this is a very beautiful kind of "feminine". Qiao Yiqiao never thought that "feminine" was a derogatory term. It just describes a man with some feminine qualities. How can feminine qualities be an insulting word?
And A Sui has brought this feminine quality to the extreme.
His singing voice is extremely gentle and melodious, but at the same time it has the sense of power unique to men, making it difficult for people to withdraw their attention from his voice.
He was singing a popular song, "Me".
"I am who I am, a firework of different colors. I am who I am, and I want to be the strongest bubble..."
Qiao Yi Qiao vaguely felt that this was Tang.
The character suddenly came alive.
After the song was over, Qiao Yi Qiao was completely conquered by his singing.
Although he has not received much professional training, this kind of voice and simple emotions are enough to shock people.
As for the dancing level...
That is trainable.
Qiao Yiqiao couldn't hide his excitement and looked at A Sui: "Congratulations, Tang."
It took Ah Sui a while to recover from the timid look she had when she was singing just now and finally understood what Qiao Yi Qiao meant.
He said in disbelief: "But... Director Qiao, I really can't act."
"It doesn't matter," Qiao Yiqiao smiled, his eyes were particularly firm, "From today on, I will teach you how to act."
…
After deciding on the main character, the remaining characters are much easier to decide on.
Moreover, choosing A Sui also opened the door to a new world for Qiao Yiqiao - since all my characters are somewhat mentally ill, why not find some real mentally ill people to play the roles?
Of course, he can't be an aggressive mental patient.
Two weeks later, the crew was assembled. Most of the actors had some diagnosed mental illnesses, most of which were depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Some even had occasional obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, mild Alzberg syndrome, etc.
To this end, Qiao Yiqiao also specially invited several psychologists, who could adjust the actors' psychological
On the other hand, they can also use their experience to tell everyone what the performance of real mental illness symptoms is like.
One dollar can do twice the work. Even though he has a lot of money, Qiao Yiqiao doesn't waste a single cent.
What followed was more than two months of singing and dancing training and pre-shooting.
Since most of the actors have a foundation in music and dance, Teacher Xiao Q did not have to spend too much effort in this area. Even those with poor foundations like A Sui were able to reach the standard after a period of training.
The pre-shoot went very smoothly because everyone was very experienced.
It was just a little difficult to get through the review, after all, the film was a bit outrageous from beginning to end, so Qiao Yi Qiao had to go to the Film Bureau to explain his creativity many times, but it finally passed.
After the actual filming began, Qiao Yi Qiao realized that their crew was really quite outrageous.
Most of the actors are a little "sick", even the behind-the-scenes staff like Xiao Q and Qi Siqi are a little sick, and Qiao Yiqiao can be called the king of the sick for being able to gather this group of people together.
Every day of shooting can be described in four words – “a riot of demons”.
Everyone's mental state always fluctuates with the characters they play. No one can survive without being crazy. Even a director like Qiao Yiqiao, who has always been calm, goes crazy.
There are all kinds of music and dance on the set every day. Many times it’s not Qiao Yi Qiao who wants to keep one take, but the actors themselves.
It was under this condition that the actors' mental states became better and better. They were immersed in the role and also reconciled with themselves.
No wonder many psychiatrists recommend that their patients socialize, have a stable job, and engage in daily physical exercise.
During the filming of Enjoy Me, all these elements came together.
Qiao Yiqiao felt that he was releasing various emotions every day, and it seemed that his overall mental state had improved.
I always felt tired and stressed every time I filmed before, but during this shoot, all of these disappeared, and were replaced by indulgence and happiness. Even if I was unhappy about something, I would feel much better by jumping around with the actors.
Every day everyone was constantly colliding with each other, and many new on-site performances and designs emerged one after another. Qiao Yi Qiao was having so much fun that he didn't care at all, and he was having a blast day and night.
In the end, even Qiao Yi Qiao, Qi Siqi, and Xiao Q designed several roles for themselves and put on heavy makeup to make cameo appearances. You really can't tell if you don't look carefully.
We filmed for three months, and every day was like a big party.
Although it was wild, everyone's professional skills were still very good and the filming was completed like this.
Even the wrap party was held in a nightclub, which may be unique in all the movies of all time. After all, eating and drinking in a restaurant is not cool.
The subsequent editing and special effects work was handed over to Qian You and Xin Nan as usual.
Both of them laughed like crazy when they saw the material. They had never made such a movie in their lives. They both said that it was "crazy literature" shining into reality.
However, such films also relieved their long-term tense nerves.
The two of them were so excited doing the post-production work that it was said that Qian You drank while editing and was slightly tipsy every day. It took him more than a month to edit and he drank through two boxes of whiskey.
Anyway, the final film came out.
It is unprecedented for two people to have sex and the effect cannot be guaranteed because they are not in a sober and rational state most of the time.
However, Qiao Yiqiao felt that this state of affairs seemed right for the two of them.
A group of main creators sat in a dark and narrow screening room, and it was not until the lights dimmed that they felt a little flustered for the first time in a long time.
Is this... okay?
The sponsor's mother Sachiko also sat in the first row with her team.
She had already heard about the crazy state of everyone during the entire filming and post-production, and her heart was beating fast.
It’s hard to imagine what the film would be like with everyone in this mental state.
But she had to admit that she was looking forward to it, and even when the lights dimmed, she became very excited.
Qiao Yi Qiao was also feeling slightly excited.
He always felt that they seemed to be playing something very different.
The screening begins.
The scene fell silent.
Then, compact drum beats and a strange male voice sounded.
A nutrition cabin appeared in front of everyone. !
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