Chapter 68 Record
Li Ji's facial features are already superior. With the specially made dark blue contact lenses and a little makeup, he looks no different from a mixed-race person.
The script of this film is excellent, and the director is also well-received in the industry. The camerawork and color tone are as bluesy and melancholic as ever.
A good film script, actors, camera movements, and director are all indispensable. In recent years, science fiction films have flourished, and film companies are more willing to invest in grand science fiction scenes rather than feature films without sensory stimulation.
Sheng Zhao is also generous, investing five times more than the film's budget, striving for the ultimate performance of the film.
So no matter in terms of plot, promotion, or effects, this movie is top-notch.
The only variable left to be tested is Li Ji's acting skills and his compatibility with the film.
But judging from the effects and reviews on the first day of its release, Li Ji was obviously recognized.
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"Who knows? I cried in the middle of the movie. What a tragic film! I thought it would be so healing and heartwarming, with a happy ending where they'd be together forever. [cry] [cry] I felt so bad after watching it. Why did he set himself on fire?"
"This movie is called 'Burned in Fire.' In both Chinese and international culture, 'Burned in Fire' is often associated with rebirth from the ashes. Halfway through, I thought it was about a fallen, bad man who gradually rose from the ashes, transforming himself... I didn't expect it to be a real 'Burned in Fire.' It's quite moving. Heartwarming stories don't always have happy endings, and redemption doesn't always pull people out of the quagmire. Perhaps when the protagonist committed suicide, he truly rose from the ashes, freed from all worldly troubles."
"My heart aches. Levi is so miserable. His mother abused him, and his father was just a hypocritical defender of the family. Because of his family's downfall, he turned to drugs and was sexually assaulted by a rebellious teenage girl. He got pregnant before he even reached adulthood, and thought his life was getting better. Unexpectedly, he was plunged into another abyss. I cried in the theater halfway through the film and couldn't stop. Even after Christian showed up and gently healed him, looking at Levi's heartbroken face, I had only one thought: he will never get better."
"Am I the only one who feels the heroine is miserable? She took such good care of him, but in the end, he set himself on fire. I wonder what kind of trauma this has caused to the child. The man who was supposed to be the stepfather ended up being a charred corpse. All of Christian's efforts were in vain. I feel like the hero only got what he deserved in the end. Who made him degenerate? Seeing him leave cigarettes in the house because of drug use and burn the child to death really made me feel stupid."
"The person above didn't understand at all. The fire in Levi's house happened because he wanted to smoke but thought of his children so he put out his cigarette, and the cigarette butt caught fire. He used to smoke in front of his children without hesitation, but it was just a momentary concern for his children that caused the tragedy. How could he not die in pain? And some people say Christian is miserable, but Levi is the worst off, okay? Didn't you notice that Vivian revealed that her father - Christian's ex-husband - was her patient. Wasn't she too concerned about Levi at the beginning? Is it really okay for a psychiatrist to fall in love with two patients? It's completely a psychiatrist's responsibility. She had a bit of a disability fetish and felt that Levi's fragility and beauty had a crush on him. Levi also noticed this. When Levi went home to beat up his bastard mother, Christian finally just fought with the woman. She didn't use the law to seek justice for Levi, but just won the fight with the mother who symbolized matriarchy and took Levi home, as if fighting for an object. Did she regard Levi as an independent personality? At that time, Levi touched her injured face and said nothing. Even though he liked Christian, he knew in his heart that no one in this world could save him, so he chose to burn himself.
"Why blame Christian? Levi is a filthy person, and Christian still likes him so much. Levi doesn't cherish me and I still want to be in a relationship with her. Levi deserves this ending entirely because of his own fault."
"What a shocking ending, but from some of the details you can tell that this is the only way he'll end up. This world can't accommodate him. Oh, I felt so bad after watching it. I really want to hug him."
"It's depressing from beginning to end. Even though there are a few heartwarming and healing moments in the middle, the overall feeling is still depressing and sad. The heavy melancholy makes it almost suffocating. I cried a lot after watching it. It's like not all redemptions have a good outcome, not all bad people are punished. Levi didn't get redemption, his mother wasn't punished, the minors who were sexually assaulted are still at large, and the government still doesn't allow abortions even though he was raped... From this personal tragedy, we can see the tragedy of the entire society. Levi's despair is inevitable. I hope that after his self-immolation, he can go to a truly beautiful world and be truly reborn from the ashes."
"Li Ji's acting is so shocking. I used to think he only relied on his looks and hype to get to this point. I used to hate him, but now I'm a fan. [Likely]"
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Obviously, the movie blew up.
The script is set in Country L, and some of the settings and backgrounds are obviously inconsistent with those in China, but the tragedy is the same, and the discussion of the movie soared for a while.
Vegas, who plays the role of Christiane, has won an Oscar for Best Actress and is a renowned actress both at home and abroad. Some of the supporting actors in the film have also achieved great success in real life. Coupled with the large amount of marketing expenses invested by Sheng Zhao, the film has sparked quite a discussion frenzy both at home and abroad and has received very high reviews.
Li Ji lost a lot of weight during the months of filming because of the emotional mobilization and the need to be on camera. The success of the movie is not only due to the financial investment, but also to Li Ji's own acting skills. Many times, Li Ji couldn't tell whether he was Levi or Li Ji.
Sometimes he felt like Levi in the script, always falling, always in the abyss. Sometimes he would wake up from a dream, and only when he looked at the photos Sheng Zhao sent on his phone would he feel relieved for a moment.
He had been abroad for several months during the filming. Whenever he had some free time, he would fly back to China, cook a meal for Sheng Zhao, or kiss her, and then roll into bed with her.
Back and forth, like a moth to a flame, burning out its own life.
As the president, Sheng Zhao was also very busy and only found time to fly abroad to see him twice.
Sometimes he feels insecure.
When Li Ji was not in the country, he would desperately search for Sheng Zhao's name on various apps after the filming to see if there were any new scandals around her. He would spy on her various social apps like a madman.
But in the chat box between him and Sheng Zhao, he was silent for a long time but couldn't say anything coquettish. He just stroked the photo over and over again and flipped through the chat history between Sheng Zhao and him over and over again.
This state of uncertainty about whether he was still loved made him feel like he was falling into the abyss.
Will there be a young man more handsome than him around her? Will she still like him as before?
Is Duan Jingrui still seducing her as always? Is Chen Shuoxing still secretly dating her to go to the movies? Is the brother who looks at her with a strange look still coveting her?
During these months of separation, is Li Ji still loved?
Li Ji was a little panicked. Just thinking about these questions made him go crazy.
Perhaps it was because he completely empathized with the character Levi he played. He often fell into the abyss of whether he was loved, but was too stubborn to ask Sheng Zhao for confirmation.
When Li Ji finished filming his movie and returned to China, he was nervous for a long time before getting off the plane.
He was a little worried that Sheng Zhao, who came to pick him up, had a new man by his side, or that the old man had already found a way in between them. He was a little worried that the long separation would make him lose his freshness to her. He was a little worried...
But he was lost in thought, and when he looked up in a trance, he saw Sheng Zhao leaning against the side of the sports car, waiting for his arrival boredly. The moment he saw his figure, his bored eyes suddenly lit up, as if they were dyed with color in an instant.
Then she ran towards him like a shiny puppy and hugged him tightly in her arms.
“Hmm!”
Li Ji, who was a little nervous and unfamiliar, screamed in surprise and was held tightly in her arms. Her hug was hot and strong, and the "boom boom boom" of her heartbeat was almost deafening, so much so that Li Ji's eyes were a little sore.
"Welcome back, my big star."
Her voice is like a clear spring.
Li Ji pursed his lips to suppress the soreness in his eyes, and just let her hug him for a while. Then he took out the memo on his mobile phone and read it one by one.
"On May 26th, you didn't reply for half an hour, and the next day I saw a rumor about you and a certain 18th-tier celebrity named He."
"On June 7th, Chen Shuoxing posted an ambiguous post that seemed to be about a date. Did you go on a date with him that day?"
"July 13th..."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Sheng Zhao was startled. She hadn't expected him to write down such details in his memo. She quickly interrupted him and said, "May 26th, let me think... It was Li's cocktail party. I got pestered by that He Ciyuan and talked to him for a few words. I didn't expect someone would take a picture of him. And June 7th... Chen Shuoxing? He came to the company to ask me out, but I didn't meet him."
Sheng Zhao's expression was somewhat indescribable. He just stared at the page of notes on Li Ji's phone, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion, "What happened on July 13th? I have no impression, I can't remember..."
Sheng Zhao has always been confident in his memory. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of what he had done that day that was worthy of his criticism.
Li Ji paused, lowered his eyes to look at the text in the memo, and read it softly.
"On July 13th, after filming, I missed you so much that I typed the words 'I miss you' on the chat page. I hesitated for a long time before sending it. But I dreamed of you that night, and in my dream, I told you that I missed you so much."
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