In Shang Yechu's opinion, the post from the official Weibo account of "The Mute Woman" doesn't entirely capture the film's central theme. It feels like something's missing.
Gu Wenhua had already forwarded it in a very classy style, and Shang Yechu had also come up with a caption and forwarded it as well.
@叶初Leaves：
Guan Yue only had three things in his life: mountains, memories, and that distant afternoon.
"The Mute Woman" is released today; those who are interested can go see it. [Reposted from @TheMuteWomanMovie]
Shang Yechu knew that her fans would never welcome this film that she had been "forced" to take on. Moreover, her Weibo followers were mainly young people, who might not be interested in this subject matter.
After posting this, Shang Yechu logged off Weibo and went back to the "Xiao Feng Que" drama crew to film her last scene.
The *Xiao Feng Que* series has finally come to an end. The final installment, titled *Xiao Feng Que: Return*, is quite captivating. The plot is rich, and the characters are vividly portrayed. It connects many supporting characters who appeared in previous installments, giving most of them a satisfying ending and resolution.
This project involved a huge amount of work and progressed slowly. Besides the objective reason of having a large cast, there was another extremely awkward reason.
That is, what should become of the relationship between Xiao Fengque and Xie An?
In the original novel's ending, Xiao Fengque becomes the new head of the Tianji Tower, and Xie An becomes the head of the Seven Doors. Both are highly regarded by the emperor, receiving not only ten thousand taels of gold but also a pardon from death. The emperor personally decrees, "Throughout the Rui Dynasty, the Xie and Xiao clans, except for those who commit treason, will be spared death." This means that as long as the members of Xiao Fengque's and Xie An's clans do not commit any heinous crimes such as treason that would punish nine generations of their families, the court will not kill them.
After enduring hardships, Xiao Fengque and Xie An finally confessed their feelings for each other and spent their lives together, growing old together. They also had two children, a son and a daughter. The boy was named Xie Lou, and the girl was named Xie Hu.
In the final chapter of "Phoenix Plays with Dragon," Xie Lou and Xie Hu, now grown up, continue their adventures in the martial world. They encounter a man and tell him the story of their parents. After hearing the story, the man suddenly bursts into laughter—it turns out he is an old friend of Xiao Fengque and Xie An, and has come to the capital specifically to visit them.
Xie Hu and Xie Lou were overjoyed and immediately invited this senior to their home.
The elder laughed loudly, "I already know the appearance of my old friend, why bother him again?" With that, he left, waving his tattered palm-leaf fan.
As he walked, this old friend from the martial world, returning home satisfied, sang loudly: "Alas! Let us return—"
With a chivalrous spirit and a free and unrestrained style, the three-million-word novel "Phoenix Playing with Dragon" concludes with these six words.
Even by today's standards, this is a perfect ending. The male and female protagonists are free from all worries; no force in the world can threaten their lives. They can also spend their lives with their beloved, enjoying a happy family life filled with children and grandchildren. Even the economic crisis most often encountered by martial arts heroes is resolved with a wave of Jiang Shang Nong Chao Sheng's hand.
Jiang Shang Nongchao did everything in his power to give Xiao Fengque the best ending. In an era when martial arts novel protagonists were often pierced by thousands of arrows, stabbed by swords and axes, and met with a terrible death, such a normal and heartwarming ending moved many readers to tears, leaving them bewildered.
The original ending in the script was, of course, this. But in practice, it was a completely different story.
The production team encountered the biggest problem in its history.
The problem is that Xiao Fengque and Xie An in the movie version are not very familiar with each other yet.
That's right. Even after filming seven dramas and working together for more than half a year, Xiao Fengque, the female lead of the "Xiao Fengque" series, and Xie An, the original male lead and now the male supporting actor, are still not familiar with each other.
Yi Tianzhao looked at the script with a strange expression, seeing "Xiao Fengque and Xie An holding hands and smiling," and then looked up at Shang Yechu and Li Yi sitting on either side of the crew, eighty feet apart, and felt a great pain.
Li Yi was sitting in a chair, wiping the knife. His eyes were lowered, and he remained silent, his movements slow and gentle, like a passionate young man caressing his lover. A flash of cold light appeared as the white handkerchief brushed against the blade. Even knowing it was a prop knife, Yi Tianzhao's brow twitched.
Shang Yechu was holding the script and reading it quietly. When she got to a certain sentence (judging from her lip movements, it seemed to be "Xiao Fengque embraced Xie An and closed his eyes"), her face twisted slightly, revealing an expression as if she had swallowed a fly. She turned the page and started reading another one.
It was no secret on set that Shang Yechu and Li Yi had a strained relationship. Everyone knew that the two didn't get along, except for the old lady Jiang Shang Nongchao who was still unaware.
How do you film a happy, heartwarming, and tender ending for two people like these?
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