Luo Bao was selected by the crew of "Chronicles of Literary Masters of the Republic of China" to be one of the 20 fans who visited the crew, but he is not as excited as he imagined.
He is now in deep confusion.
After reading the endless stream of scandalous posts online, and realizing that the veteran actor who had moved him so much was actually so unbearable, he didn't know how he would view "Chronicles of Great Writers of the Republic of China" now.
Admittedly, he liked this drama, otherwise he would not have recommended it so hard in the first place.
But after learning about the bad deeds of these actors in the past, including gambling, domestic violence, cheating, prostitution, etc., he felt that his own love was severely trampled upon.
He felt ashamed.
But he couldn't help but feel a little bit optimistic.
These negative news might be fake!
Maybe it’s all a misunderstanding!
Maybe it's pink eye that's throwing dirty water!
...But if it was a misunderstanding, why didn't the crew clarify it? And why did the old scenery remain unusually silent?
Luo Bao watched helplessly as the incident escalated. Many netizens on the forum cursed at the publication of the book for hundreds of floors, and many even reported the book "Chronicles of Great Literary Masters of the Republic of China" to the radio and television stations.
At this time when public sentiment was agitated, the crew of "Chronicles of Great Literary Masters of the Republic of China" not only did not make any explanation, but also calmly organized a tour for fans, which was almost tacit approval.
It's not that Luo Bao didn't feel disappointed. He was just as disappointed as he was now, just as he had loved the show before.
He originally didn't want to go on this visit, but after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to go.
Maybe I'm still a little unwilling to give up.
He wanted to hear the old scenery explained in person.
…
Twenty years after retiring from the entertainment industry, Zhang Yanfang never thought that she would be at the center of public opinion again and become a figure of public attention again. Even if the public opinion is infamy and the attention is full of malice, she is very satisfied.
For an actor who makes a living in front of the camera, if one day no audience pays attention to him, it will mean the death of his career.
Infamy is also fame.
For Zhang Yanfang, who has been silent for 20 years, she is happy even if she is now being criticized by everyone.
As early as when she decided to film again, she was mentally prepared for the subsequent criticisms.
After retiring from the entertainment industry, in order to make a living and to survive, she did do some... disgusting things.
Those things were unbearable to recall, but they were indeed a part of her past life, and she could not get rid of them until she died. Although the mistakes she had to make in order to survive were unbearable, there was nothing worth regretting.
What has passed has passed, and she will not think about complaining about it. All she has to do is look forward and keep moving forward.
All she could do now was to continue to grit her teeth and persevere in the long labor pains before dawn.
If she can survive, Zhang Weiler will come back to life. If she can't survive, there will just be one more ordinary person named Zhang Yanfang in the world.
Besides, weren’t they scolded enough back then?
Now that they are being scolded, doesn’t that just prove that some people are starting to pay attention to them?
Zhang Yanfang and her old friends have experienced ups and downs and have gone through a lot of hardships. They have long since taken fame lightly.
In their opinion, it is good enough to have a role to play and to be able to make a living as an actor again.
Wu Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Just think of it as me paying for my past mistakes."
Zhang Yanfang smiled and asked him, "Will you gamble again in the future?"
Wu Yan lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, exhaled a smoke ring, and replied calmly: "I have already thought about it. When I can no longer control myself and still want to gamble, I will jump off the building and put an end to it all."
Zhang Yanfang was shocked and completely understood the determination of her old friend.
At the same time when the negative information was exposed online, Shi Jing told them: "I will take care of everything, you just need to focus on filming. Please believe me, I will convert your current scolding into future traffic."
This 24-year-old young man is calm and steady beyond his age, which makes his words have a magical soothing charm.
Zhang Yanfang wanted to believe him.
Now there is no other way except to believe him.
The current situation made them wait, so even though the outside world is in an uproar, these old guys have not been disrupted and are still filming diligently every day.
It's just that the young actors in the crew can't keep their cool.
Huang Tingting, who plays Li Shuran, is only 14 years old this year. How could she have seen such a big scene? She has also been affected a lot these days. She looks more and more haggard. She was in a very bad state during filming, which delayed a lot of progress.
Huang Tingting's agent was very excited and comforted her that being black and red is also red. But Huang Tingting was too young to accept it.
Zhang Yanfang heard that Huang Tingting's agent had already contacted the director, hoping that the crew would cooperate with them in public relations, and it would be best to remove Huang Tingting and minimize the impact of the incident as soon as possible.
But he was rejected by Shi Jing.
Although Wang Yanfang doesn't care about the online criticism, she also knows that if such negative news continues, it will cause great trouble to the crew. The worst case scenario is that the TV series may be banned.
She didn't know what Shi Jing was planning behind the scenes, but she decided to believe him.
Shi Jing trusted them in the beginning, so he had the courage to choose them to film the movie. Now, it is time for them to believe him.
…
Mo Mingrui saw the film and television city from afar, took a deep breath, quickened his pace, and his heart was beating wildly.
This is it. The crew of the Republic of China filmed here. He is about to see the old scenery of the director he admires.
Mo Mingrui invested almost two months' salary in the crowdfunding of the film "Chronicles of Great Literary Masters of the Republic of China".
Perhaps because he had spent enough money, his chance came and Mo Mingrui successfully became one of the 20 people who came to visit the crew.
His cousin was not so lucky. But she probably wouldn't want to visit now.
Because of the endless negative news about the actor, my cousin has completely stopped being a fan. She used to follow "Chronicles of Great Writers of the Republic of China" with great interest, but now she is so disgusted with it that she doesn't even want to mention it.
Mo Mingrui believes that an actor's character and his work are two different things. For example, in foreign entertainment circles, it is not uncommon for actors to take drugs, visit prostitutes, get involved in gangs, drink alcohol, have sex in groups, and cheat on their partners. However, this does not prevent them from being great actors and creating many classic roles.
If an actor breaks the law, then there is no problem with the audience boycotting him. However, if it is just a moral issue, the audience can hate the person, but there is no need to attack the work.
Just like many scientists, they have bad personal ethics, but they have made many contributions in their professional fields and are admired by future generations. Does it mean that because this scientist has engaged in prostitution, cheated on his parents, or been a mistress, his scientific research results are garbage?
Humans are inherently complex animals.
If you simply criticize someone from a moral high ground, it is easy to fall into the black-and-white misunderstanding.
How many heroes and brave men in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, have had their private morals compromised but their moral integrity intact? The only people who are pure and perfect are probably the saints in legends.
Hating an actor and hating his work are two different things.
It is because my cousin mixed up these two things that she turned from a fan of "Chronicles of Writers of the Republic of China" to a hater and projected her disgust for her own actors onto "Chronicles of Writers of the Republic of China".
When Mo Mingrui walked into the film and television city, he found that there were already a few people standing at the door, both men and women, old and young, and they did not look like they were crew members from the show because of their dress.
He asked curiously, "Could it be that you are also fans who were selected by the official Weibo account of Republic of China to visit the set?"
One of the young men nodded and asked in surprise, "You too?"
"Yeah." Mo Mingrui said with a smile, "It seems like we are both very lucky."
Being praised for his good luck, the boy curled up the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile, but this smile really didn't show how happy he was.
Mo Mingrui didn't wait at the door for long. Soon, a man came out and apologized when he saw them: "Sorry, I'm late and kept you waiting."
Mo Mingrui looked at the person who came. He was a young man with average looks. He had a work ID hanging around his neck. He should be a staff member.
He introduced himself: "My name is Cheng Dali, I'm the director's assistant and part-time stagehand."
Several fans who were selected introduced themselves one after another.
The boy said: "My name is Luo Bao, and my online name is Luo Bao, not Luo Bo."
Mo Mingrui was a little surprised. It turned out that this young man was the owner of the fan group, Luo Bao, not Luobo. He didn't expect him to be so young.
…
The old scenery is not wrong, the crew of "Republic of China" was indeed very poor.
The set design is very shabby, the actors' costumes are obviously low-quality Taobao goods, and as for the makeup...
Mo Mingrui looked at the woman who was putting makeup on someone else. She was no longer young, but she was indeed pretty.
While the years have given her wrinkles, they have also endowed her with a gentle and tranquil temperament.
Her current name is Zhang Yanfang, formerly known as Zhang Weiler. Twenty years ago, she was a talented film queen who was famous all over the country.
If it weren't for the overwhelming negative information on the Internet, Mo Mingrui would not have known about her past ups and downs.
Out of curiosity, he searched for her works before she retired. Twenty years later, he was conquered again.
This woman truly deserves the title of genius.
"Chronicles of Great Writers of the Republic of China" is the result of her twenty years of hard work. She surpassed herself in this TV series and contributed master-level acting skills, which deeply impressed him.
He didn't care about Zhang Wei'er's past. He only knew that Zhang Wei'er was a good actor and was now making a good work, and that was enough.
Before he knew it, he saw a young man walking towards them. He smiled and asked the assistant, "Is everyone here?"
The assistant nodded awkwardly, "Some people didn't come."
Mo Mingrui understood why the assistant was so embarrassed, because there were only eleven fans present, including him, and nine of them had stood them up.
The young man didn't show any strangeness on his face. Instead, he smiled and said to them, "Hello, I'm one of the directors of "Records of Literary Masters of the Republic of China". My name is Shi Jing, and my online name is Old Scenery."
He has fair skin, handsome features, and a scholarly air. He looks a few years younger than Mo Mingrui!
Mo Mingrui was dumbfounded, unable to believe that Jiushi Fengjing was so young! In his expectation, Jiushi Fengjing would be at least thirty years old!
“I didn’t expect you to be so young!”
"You're not still a college student, are you?"
Amid the sighs of the fans, Luo Bao's questioning was particularly harsh: "Are all the things said online true? Why did you use these bad actors to film? Were you deceived?"
The young man blinked, smiled softly, and answered one by one: "Some of what is said on the Internet is true, and some is false. I know their past, and I chose them to film because they have good acting skills."
Luo Bao couldn't explain how he felt right now.
There is disappointment, annoyance, and sadness, but more of it is the anger of having my own love betrayed.
"But they have character problems!" He roared angrily, "What's the point of having good acting skills?! They are scum and villains, and they are not worthy of acting at all!"
"Those with better acting skills than them are more expensive than them, and those with better character than them are not as good as them in acting." The young man replied calmly: "Rather than looking for a saint to be a vase, I would rather find a scumbag with good acting skills to film with."
"I'm shooting a TV series, not Touching China. I want actors who can act, not just pretty faces with good personalities."
Luo Bao was speechless. He subconsciously felt that what Le Jing said was wrong, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while.
A female fan retorted: "But if the actor has bad character, it will have a very bad influence, will also teach minors bad things, and will also promote bad social trends!"
The young man nodded and continued, "So you can criticize his personality, but you have no right to criticize his works."
Luo Bao was confused, "Aren't the actor and the work one and the same?"
Le Jing thought about it and gave them a simple example: "For example, if the person who invented the air conditioner was a scumbag, would you not use the air conditioner? If the chef who cooked for you cheated on you and went to prostitutes, would you not eat the food he cooked? If the engineer who built the spaceship was a domestic abuser and gambler, would you not ride the spaceship?"
"Legal matters are left to the law, moral matters are left to morality. Actors who break the law will be punished by the law, and actors with bad morals will face public pressure. But you have no right to criticize their works, because how they interpret their works has nothing to do with their personalities. You can't deny the actors and then extend your hatred to their works."
Mo Mingrui nodded secretly in his heart.
Shi Jing's thoughts were exactly what he thought.
As long as the content of the work is legal and reasonable, the actor’s private life has nothing to do with the work.
Luo Bao's mind was in a mess and he was completely confused.
"You mean, we can criticize the actors but not the work?"
Le Jing nodded and added, "Of course, if a work violates public order and morality and has a negative impact on society, then you can also criticize the work."
"But if you think that the work is rubbish just because of the actor's private life, then that's pure venting of anger."
The fans were completely silent. Mo Mingrui saw some realization on many of their faces.
He couldn't help but look at Shi Jing with admiration. Although this young man was young, he had such a sophisticated and clear mind that not everyone could have. What's more terrifying is that he was also talented! Such a young man had a promising future.
Mo Mingrui suddenly felt very fortunate that he was able to meet him when he was just starting out, and then witness his growth with his own eyes, and even his final soaring success. This was also an unforgettable and precious experience for him.
Luo Bao finally understood Shi Jing's words completely.
After understanding, he felt ashamed again.
Fengjing is right, the mistakes of those actors have nothing to do with the TV series "Chronicles of Literary Masters of the Republic of China"!
Even if those actors are scumbags, it does not prevent "Chronicles of Literary Masters of the Republic of China" from being a good work!
He actually hated the entire TV series because of the negative news about a few actors. How childish.
"I'm sorry." Luo Bao lowered his head and apologized earnestly: "I shouldn't have extended my disgust for the private lives of individual actors to the entire TV series. This... is too immature..."
Facing the boy's sincere apology, Le Jing said with a smile: "I accept your apology, but... who said that our actors have problems with their private lives?"
Luo Bao: “Ah?”
"Ah, that's not right. Wu Yan is really a gambler, but he has changed for the better now. Why can't you let him turn back?"
Luo Bao: “Huh?”
Le Jing sighed in a pretentious manner: "Alas, our veteran actors are so miserable, so miserable, being smeared everywhere, and being blamed for everything. Isn't it just because our crew is poor and the actors are out of fashion?"
Luo Bao: "What?"
"Since you are all here, you should listen carefully to what these old seniors have to say about the past."
Le Jing touched his chin, a sly look flashing in his eyes.
He has been waiting for so long, waiting for today's fan meeting.
There's no filming today. He's going to have a face-to-face meeting.
At the symposium, veteran actors will tell their stories about the past.
The person speaking at the symposium today is Sister Zhang.
There is no whitewashing, no quibbling, and no concealment. Sister Zhang will tell you everything about her past.
It is up to the audience to judge who is right and who is wrong.
And Sister Zhang just needs to be true.
He plans to make this symposium into a documentary series, with the protagonist of each episode being a veteran actor from their crew.
He has already thought of a name, which is "The Entertainment Circle Revealed".
He will upload the documentary to StarNet when the time comes.
The only thing that can counter rumors is the truth.
The author has something to say:
Zhang Jie and the others are probably Pan Yueming from Interstellar (…)
It's just that some people are worse off than Pan Yueming ORZ
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