Chapter 578: Life is like a long dream
Lin Fan, along with a group of leading actors and creative staff, bowed to the audience, then walked down the steps one by one, went to the first row, and watched the movie with the audience.
There were not many audience members, only a few hundred. Most of them were media reporters and film critics invited by the main creative team. In addition, there were sponsors, advertisers, distribution partners, etc. There were lucky audiences too, but their number was so small that Lin Fan didn't even have the nerve to open a back door for Wang Lingli and the others.
So, yes, the clumsy fangirl still didn’t get the admission, and she’s probably crying outside right now! On the stage, the staff cleared away the tables, chairs and props used in the interactive session, and the movie screen began to play the sponsor’s ads. The audience also took advantage of the last few minutes to go to the bathroom and solve physiological problems, after all, they were about to start watching the movie.
The audience will not leave during the show unless they can't hold it any longer.
Li Xiaodong, Lu Bingyang and Wei Kai sat close to each other on the left side of the first row, a little far away from the center position of Lin Fan and Xia Yan. After all, they had to be accompanied by the main members of the crew and heavyweight guests, so the positions of these three were a little off.
But none of them took it to heart. Wei Kai was even envious: "You two are so lucky. If only I had known Brother Fan earlier, maybe I could have a cameo role in Brother Fan's movie!"
Sitting in a position where it was difficult to tilt his neck, Lai Siu-tung looked a little regretful: "Brother Fan will not only shoot this one movie, there will be opportunities in the future! I'm just worried that your status may make you look bad if I invite you to come and play a cameo role."
Wei Kai said: "How could it be! You know how discriminatory the film industry is towards those of us who come from idol backgrounds! Before the incident, we were still able to receive some scripts, but after that incident, I didn't receive a single script for the whole year! Not only movies, but also TV series!"
That thing!
Lai Siu-tung was also helpless, because it was hard to say whose fault it was, because that commercial blockbuster was ultimately driven by capital. However, because of a certain person and a certain thing, the entire film industry and even the audience boycotted and rejected idols and traffic stars. Lai Siu-tung and others who were accidentally injured were really innocent.
Lu Bingyang consoled him, "The impact is only temporary, and the audiences are very forgetful. Once Brother Fan's film becomes a big hit, this prejudice will gradually be dispelled."
Moreover, as long as he doesn't aim too high and start with a big-budget film, and works his way up slowly, Lu Bingyang believes that there will be a script and a role.
Wei Kai sighed and looked helplessly at the two lucky guys: The key is that you have to have a place to stay! That's why I envy you, you have Brother Fan to guide you to slowly lay the foundation!
The lights in the venue dimmed, and the whispers in the venue quieted down. Everyone focused their eyes on the big screen.
Under dim light.
The dilapidated Lanruo Temple.
A scholar reading by lamplight at night.
A mysterious and charming woman.
Simply, one by one, presented in front of the audience.
Li Xiaodong proudly nudged Wei Kai beside him with his elbow: "I acted in it! I acted in it!"
Wei Kai: I can see it! That expression on your face is definitely your true self! But!
"That hand?" These two words seemed to be squeezed out from the back teeth.
Li Xiaodong groaned and whispered, "How can that be! Brother Fan is watching! Don't think that the camera shows me and the goddess, oh, now I have to call her sister-in-law - in fact, this shot was taken separately. Although I didn't see it, the hand could only belong to Brother Fan."
At the beginning, when Lai Siu-tung was caught by Lin Fan to polish the camera, this short opening scene tortured Lai Siu-tung terribly. The key point is that now the audience looks like he and Xia Yan are acting opposite each other, but in fact everyone in the crew knows that when filming, Lai Siu-tung was the only one.
Those intimacy, entanglement, contact, etc. do not exist!
Not only Li Xiaodong, but the rest of the crew thought of the scene when they were filming when they saw this clip. Xia Yan couldn't help but pinch Lin Fan's arm quietly while the light was insufficient.
Lin Fan let out a soft "hiss", held Xia Yan's hand with his backhand, and looked at the big screen intently.
"Life is like a long dream.
The wind and frost on the road blow dry
How many directions does a beautiful dream have in this world? Find the love in the dreamlike heart. The road is endless——"
The exciting melody diluted the gloom at the beginning of the movie. The audience's attention was attracted by the scholar played by Lin Fan. Following the scholar's footsteps, the whole story slowly unfolded.
Ning Caichen, a down-and-out scholar, had to go to Guobei County to collect debts in order to make a living. Along the way, he used his own personal experience to perfectly interpret what it means to be down-and-out for the audience in front of the screen:
The dry food was hard enough to smash rocks, the cloth shoes on my feet had a big hole in them, and the compass was spinning like a top, making it impossible to tell the direction.
As if it weren't raining heavily, it suddenly started raining heavily while I was walking on the road. I took out the oil-paper umbrella from my backpack to keep out the rain, but when I opened it, I found that the umbrella was already in tatters. It couldn't keep out anything, let alone the rain.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Ning Caichen, who was soaked like a drowned chicken, finally found a straw hut to take shelter from the rain. But just as he sat down, he saw a knight chasing a group of bandits in the distance! A good head was chopped off to the ground by the knight's sword. Ning Caichen was feeling uneasy, and the knight raised his sword and killed all the bandits. The blood splashed directly on Ning Caichen's face, and Ning Caichen didn't dare to wipe it off.
Seeing the knight walk into the hut, Ning Caichen had no choice but to run outside the hut in shame and stand shivering in the rain. The knight seemed to feel pity for the scholar and threw him a steamed bun.
Ning Caichen was afraid and timid, but he didn't dare not eat. He could only stand in the rain and eat the steamed bun in silence.
The clear theme song sounded again, and the contrast between the calm knight and the embarrassed scholar inside and outside the straw hut seemed so confused and desolate: "Life is a dream and aspiration.
There are faint tears in the dream
Where to go to find the direction in my heart
The wind seems to sigh in a dream. The road and people are endless——"
As this music played, the knight munched on a steamed bun, took his things, stood up fearlessly, walked into the rain, and slowly left.
Ning Caichen watched the knight leave, and hurried back to the straw hut, put away his broken umbrella and backpack, put on his cloth shoes with a big hole in them, and spit out all the steamed buns that he was forced to eat. He hurriedly hugged all his belongings and rushed into the heavy rain as if escaping.
At this time, four big words suddenly appeared on the big screen amid the music: Director: Lin Fan! The movie is finally released! Sprinkle flowers! Someone asked me today: On a scale of one to ten, what is the range of your headache? I said: One and ten, give me a standard first.
One is a light touch, and ten is painful like a needle prick.
I said: That's fifteen~~~~~ Alas, I touched my head and felt that I was still quite patient, then I went back to typing (end of this chapter)