Chapter 94: "Ci Jing" "Ci Jing, Ci Jing, the most unforgettable thing in the world is...
Qiao Zheng's "The Lonely Boat" was completed later than Qiao Zhizheng's "Tower of Love 12", but "The Lonely Boat" was released before "Tower of Love 12" during the Spring Festival.
"The Lonely Boat" is no longer "The Lonely Boat", the name has been changed to "Ci Jing", the re-edited "Ci Jing".
The original story of "The Lonely Boat" tells the story of the conflict between the imperial court and the underworld. The male protagonist Qin Mu, played by Xu Ying, runs between the imperial court and the underworld, committed to easing the conflict between the two. However, his actions touch the interests of the bigwigs on both sides, and he is hunted by the bigwigs on both sides and even those close to him do not understand him. This is the origin of the original film title "The Lonely Boat". Sticking to one's ideals when not being understood is like a lone boat on the vast sea, sailing on the river and the sea without knowing the direction or destination.
The heroine's presence is weak. She appears as the heroine's confidant. Because of her emotional entanglement with the hero, she is traditionally regarded as the heroine.
The second female lead played by Qiao Zheng has a slightly smaller role than the male lead. The movie is opened from the perspective of the male lead Qin Mu. Jiang Ci played by Qiao Zheng can be defined as a villain. She almost chases Qin Mu all the way to kill him. If it weren't for the noble people who rescued him many times, Qin Mu would have died several times.
If the film is viewed from Jiang Ci's perspective, Qin Mu can be defined as a villain. The imperial court suppresses the martial arts world, and the solid power of the martial arts world restrains the imperial court, which is gorgeous on the outside but corrupt on the inside. Although the lives of the people under this delicate balance cannot be called rich, they are stable. The appearance of Qin Mu breaks this balance. Although he says that he wants everyone to live a better life, his decisions indirectly kill many people along the way. He kills a few people in order to save the world. A few people are unwilling to die, so they hire the famous killer Jiang Ci to hunt down the male protagonist.
"The Lonely Boat" slowly unfolds the story from Qin Mu's perspective, while "Ci Jing" begins the story from Jiang Ci's perspective.
In "The Lonely Boat", Qin Mu is a player in the game and participates in promoting the development of the whole story.
In "Ci Jing", Jiang Ci is an outsider, observing the changes in the world as a killer, but he is also an insider, being swept forward by the unpredictable torrent of fate.
In general, "The Lonely Boat" has become "The Mirror", the original male lead's role has been greatly reduced, and the original second female lead has become the female lead. Many of Xu Ying's fans left after Xu Ying publicly apologized to Qiao Zhizheng, and only a small number of them remained, who firmly believed that Xu Ying was not wrong and that Qiao Zhizheng deliberately harmed him.
You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep. They are enjoying themselves in their own dreams. When "Ci Jing" was announced, Xu Ying's fans were extremely dissatisfied.
"Xu Ying is the male lead, so why isn't he on the poster?"
"Or maybe it's just the power of capital. Qiao Zheng relied on her wealth and power to cut Xu Ying's role and keep the lion's share for herself."
"The dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon. Qiao Zheng, do you still remember when Qiao Zhizheng was suppressed and her scenes were deleted? Didn't you even help her get revenge on the director? Why are you bullying others now?"
"Capital is different. She went straight from second female lead to female lead. Hmm, why didn't you change all her roles from the beginning? Xu Ying didn't have any credits on the crew, but she must have worked hard. You took her for so many days on the set, and we worked so hard on filming for so many days, and then you cut out most of it. It's like we're back to the old days."
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Fans of Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng appeared in the comment section simultaneously. One was defending their own daughter, while the other was showing affection for her. Not every fan felt that Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng were a good match, but what's wrong with that? Some fans of both sides agreed that the other wasn't worthy of their daughter. When things were fine, they could just curse each other behind closed doors. When things got serious, they naturally stood together and spoke out against the outside world.
In the comment section, fans brought the other fan's steaming Xu Ying into the center of the topic.
"Have you read the director's statement? Why are you shouting nonsense? This is the director's own editing and presentation of the film. Qiao Zheng was just following his instructions from beginning to end."
"Xu Jiajun, please wake up! Your steamed chicken has already admitted its fault and fled abroad in disgrace. He didn't even say anything, and yet you're fighting for him."
"They may not appreciate it, and may even pretend it never happened, leaving you to be punished."
"Is it true that Xu Ying didn't cause today's incident alone?"
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It was eight o'clock in the morning and Xu Ying, who was abroad, had already entered darkness. The phone rang in the bedroom. Xu Ying, who was standing on the balcony, had to go through the living room to answer the call.
The call seemed to be urgent. After no one answered for a long time and the call was automatically hung up, the noisy "ling ling ling~" sound rang again.
When passing by the living room, Xu Ying glanced at Xu Xiangwan, who was lying on the sofa with a decadent look on her face, and shook her head with a sigh.
People from families like theirs should have realized long ago that there are only two choices in life when they are born: either money or love.
From childhood to university, Xu Xiangwan had the best material things. He ate the best, drank the best, wore the best, played the best, and wanted the best of everything.
They had spoiled her to the point of being lawless. Xu Ying didn't want to listen to them nagging anymore, so she boarded a plane to go abroad without looking back.
After studying abroad for a few years, I thought her temperament would be much more stable when she came back, but unexpectedly she became even more irritable.
She looks much more mature than before. What has changed? Or maybe nothing has changed.
Back to the past, after the conflict with Qiao Zheng, Xu Xiangwan's parents cut off her living expenses and she had to temporarily live with her brother.
The words of Xu's parents are still vivid in my mind——
"You feel like we didn't give you much love, only money. Then go and experience what it's like to live without money."
Life without money is really hard. Xu Xiangwan's quality of life is pretty good, but she can't live like this. She doesn't want to live like this.
Xu Ying and Xu Xiangwan's credit cards were both suspended. Xu Ying faced the reality. He had earned a lot of money as an actor in the entertainment industry before, which was enough for him to use.
But this money, plus a sister who spends money like water, is not enough.
Today you think your car is ugly and want to buy a new one, tomorrow you think your house is old and want to buy a new one, and the day after tomorrow you feel it’s time to buy a new bag, and you decide to buy it right then and there.
Xu Xiangwan grew up in a wealthy and comfortable home. The greatest hardship she had ever suffered in her life was the two slaps from her parents. She never worried about money. The card given by her family was suspended. Xu Xiangwan, who had no savings, wanted to buy a car, a house, or a new bag, but could only ask her brother who always doted on her to pay for her.
Surprisingly, Xu Ying refused, no matter whether Xu Xiangwan acted like a spoiled child or yelled and pointed at his nose and cried, "You all owe me this."
Xu Ying couldn't stand it anymore and had a big fight with her.
"Who owes you anything? If you really want to talk about someone who owes you something, it's Dad who owes you something, Mom who owes you something, but I never owe you anything. I'm just your brother, not your parents."
"How do they owe you anything? From childhood to adulthood, whatever you wanted was delivered the next moment. They bought you a house and gave you a yacht. They even shut down a company that had only been operating for two or three months and was starting to make a profit. What do you say they owe you? What do they owe you?"
"Xu Xiangwan, I'm your brother, so I'm telling you so clearly. Those people around you who flatter you and coax you wouldn't say such things."
"Without them, how could you have lived the life of a young lady for so many years? Do you think your friends are really friendly with you? They are just after the Xu family behind you."
"You can't have it all. You enjoy the money your parents have spent their time, money, and energy on, while at the same time complaining about how they're so busy that they don't spend time with you. Before you blame them, try to curb your extravagant nature and stop spending their money. Then ask them why they haven't been with you all these years."
Xu Xiangwan remained silent because she couldn't do it.
Xu Ying felt much better after letting out the anger that had been pent up in his heart. Looking at Xu Xiangwan lying motionless on the sofa, Xu Ying couldn't tell what he was feeling. It was very conflicted and complicated. In the end, he just walked past her into the bedroom to get his cell phone.
Media friends asked him whether he knew about the transformation of "The Lonely Boat" into "Ci Jing".
The media friends have all figured it out. As long as Xu Ying says he has no knowledge of the matter, he can use this to stir up public opinion, whitewash Xu Ying, and help him return to the entertainment industry. He himself can also benefit from this incident.
Xu Ying: "I know, I agreed."
Friends from the media: ...
That's okay.
The news was quickly forwarded among fans. I won’t go into details about the fans’ reactions, but you can imagine it wasn’t a good one.
However, passersby who were watching the reactions of Xu Ying's fans were attracted and couldn't help but explore the story behind it. After eating the whole story before and after this big melon, they couldn't help but become interested in "Ci Jing" and decided to bring their friends who love melons to the cinema to watch the rivalry between Xu Ying and Qiao Zheng.
This kind of drama where they kill each other both on and off screen, with the two main actors "pulling hair" off screen, I wonder how it will look in the movie. Can we observe their discord while watching the movie, and then post a circle of friends with a clip of the movie and say seriously, "So from this point on, they have already been at odds."
It is human nature to eat melons, especially the feeling of unraveling the "truth" through one's own observation, which is much more interesting than directly reading the summary.
Obviously, there are many people who have this idea.
As soon as the tickets for "Ci Jing" were released, they were sold out immediately.
Just wait until New Year's Eve, bring friends with the same hobbies, or martial arts film fans who are attracted by the wonderful movie clips, and fans who support it spontaneously, and go watch this movie.
Most of the people who stayed at home during the New Year holiday had money, free time and plenty of leisure time. The streets and alleys were full of joy. Near the cinema, passers-by were also discussing "Ci Jing".
While waiting in line to check my tickets, I looked at the movie ticket for "Ci Jing" in my hand. The closer it got to the showtime, the more itchy I became. I really wanted to know when Xu Ying and Qiao Zheng had a falling out!
After finally checking the tickets, I searched for the fifth screening room while silently reciting the name of the movie in my mind.
"Farewell mirror, goodbye mirror, the most unretainable thing in this world, the red face leaves the mirror, the flower leaves the tree..."
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The author has something to say: Sister Qiao: Thank you to Director Lin Yiwei for her high standards, for letting me become the female lead from the second female lead [rainbow fart][rainbow fart][rainbow fart]
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