Filming for "Anna Doraemon" has finally begun.
Luo Yao was very puzzled as to why the atmosphere between Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi had changed so drastically after they had just gone to a tourist attraction in Taiwan. The bland and innocent roommate relationship had suddenly transformed into an indescribable, sticky, twisted, and strange atmosphere.
The way Shang Yechu looked at Yang Huanyi now always seemed to carry a strange, lingering affection. Her actions also betrayed a hint of desire—not lust, of course; Luo Yao couldn't quite put her finger on it. Anyway, her lover didn't see her like that. Yang Huanyi was even stranger, always seeming to avoid Shang Yechu, as if afraid Shang Yechu would devour her.
They're not quite lovers, not quite friends, not quite colleagues.
However, this atmosphere wasn't bad at all; on the contrary, it was wonderful! It was much more suitable than Luo Yao had imagined. "Anna Doriya" was originally a gloomy and sad story, and the socialist sisterhood that Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi had shown a few days ago made it seem like they were filming an anti-warlord propaganda film.
As long as filming can proceed as planned, that's good. Luo Yao wasn't interested in Yang Huanyi and Shang Yechu's private lives. He was only slightly curious but didn't ask any further questions.
On the first day of filming, in order to get the actors used to each other, no scenes with intense emotions were filmed. Only a father-daughter scene between Zhao Cheng and Zhao Lele, and a scene between Lin Fengyu and Zhao Cheng were filmed separately.
Shang Ye had heard from the crew that the actor who played Zhao Cheng was gay. Fortunately, his acting was quite good, and he didn't make the audience feel too out of place.
Although Lin Fengyu's character in the script is a woman defiled by Zhao Cheng, Luo Yao believes that using numerous erotic scenes to depict Zhao Cheng's abuse of Lin Fengyu would deviate from the script's main theme. Since the script unfolds from both Lin Fengyu's and Zhao Lele's perspectives, it should emphasize Lin Fengyu's pain at being forced into this role, rather than Zhao Cheng's smug satisfaction of "wielding power while indulging in pleasure." Otherwise, the audience might empathize with Zhao Cheng and find it enjoyable!
This would undoubtedly sacrifice some commercial appeal, but Luo Yao insisted on doing so. Therefore, the scenes between Yang Huanyi and Zhao Cheng were all filled with pain and darkness, making the viewers extremely uncomfortable.
When Shang Yechu learned about this, she felt a sense of admiration for this fledgling director for the first time. She had seen too many directors compromise for commercial reasons. Not to mention Gu Wenhua, an extreme example, even Zheng Bohan and Xu Hanwen gave Shi Shan a second lead role, didn't they?
Luo Yao's interpretation gave Shang Yechu some new perspectives on the script. She had initially focused only on the relationship between Zhao Lele and Lin Fengyu, remaining indifferent to Zhao Cheng, the father. She couldn't help it; that's how she treated her ex-father, so she habitually handled the script that way. It was like a butcher instinctively wanting to stab and bleed a pig; asking her to groom it felt strange!
Luo Yao's actions made Shang Yechu re-evaluate Zhao Lele's attitude towards Zhao Cheng.
Lin Fengyu's character is far more complex than Zhao Lele's. Therefore, if she wants to defeat Yang Huanyi and win the favor of the audience and the art circle, she must start from the details and explore Zhao Lele's character.
What is Zhao Lele's character? It's nothing more than "love"—love to the point of madness, love to the point of recklessness, wanting to drag the whole world down with her love. Within this love lies a fervent possessiveness, completely different from the "love means letting go," "love is about fulfillment," and "your happiness is my happiness" themes found in other works.
Since love is the main theme of Zhao Lele's character, as long as this love is established, the character will also be established.
When Shang Yechu first analyzed the relationship between Zhao Lele and Zhao Cheng in his notes, he only wrote two words: "So-so".
After discovering the true relationship between Zhao Cheng and Lin Fengyu, Zhao Lele went berserk in a rage and killed her own father with a dagger. She even kissed Lin Fengyu next to Zhao Cheng's corpse. This behavior, like dancing on a grave, led Shang Yechu to naturally conclude that they were a fake father and daughter.
Now, Shang Yechu crossed out "make do" and changed it to "deep affection".
The deeper Zhao Lele's relationship with Zhao Cheng, the more shocking her act of patricide becomes, and the more believable her fervent love for Lin Fengyu becomes. The character's madness and self-centeredness are thus revealed more vividly.
As a result, Shang Yechu amplified the violent and willful aspects of Zhao Lele's personality. She wrote a short biography for Zhao Lele: Zhao Lele lost her mother at birth and was raised by a wet nurse and nanny. Zhao Cheng was away fighting for many years, and the wet nurse and nanny, being servants, dared not discipline the child. Therefore, Zhao Lele grew up to be a troublemaker. From childhood to adulthood, Zhao Cheng hired many tutors for Zhao Lele, but the unruly Zhao Lele tricked and drove them away in various ways.
Therefore, Lin Fengyu's ability to appease Zhao Lele through his own skills becomes all the more precious.
Furthermore, this background makes Zhao Lele's willful and unruly nature more plausible. It's no wonder that a child raised as a "lower class" child would be so arrogant and self-centered. If her tantrums always went her way, then being unreasonable would become the norm.
Shang Yechu made half a notebook and showed it to Yang Huanyi and Luo Yaoyi.
Luo Yao praised her highly, saying, "Ye Chu, you're making me, the director, feel embarrassed!" Yang Huanyi took a few breaths and didn't say much.
Shang Yechu had already thoroughly grasped Zhao Lele's character. After that incident in the woods, she became even more formidable, initially only showing a slight tendency to overtake Yang Huanyi, but now she had surpassed him in every aspect.
Working with a genius is painful. If this genius is also very diligent, even willing to risk their life and self for the sake of the play, then all that awaits the other actors is to burn out the candles and extinguish the candles.
This was Shang Yechu's first time playing a spoiled rich kid type of character. Surprisingly, she handled it with remarkable ease. She perfectly captured Zhao Lele's infuriatingly arrogant and domineering nature. Despite being utterly detestable, Zhao Lele also displayed a girlish naiveté that made her difficult to dislike. Luo Yao showered her with praise, his eyes gleaming.
What Luo Yao didn't know was that Shang Yechu had lived with the real Yaozu for two or three decades, and after entering the entertainment industry, she encountered many spoiled rich kids and people with connections, accumulating a wealth of experience. Add to that a touch of infatuation, a touch of arrogance, and a touch of youthful energy, and Zhao Lele, a character that evokes both love and hate, comes to life.
Yang Huanyi's acting career, however, has not been very smooth. Ever since he analyzed Lin Fengyu's image with Shang Yechu, Yang Huanyi has felt constrained by something.
A reserved personality is difficult to portray. One wrong move and it can come across as constipated or spineless. Yang Huanyi's portrayal was cautious and steady, quite convincing. However, compared to the dazzling Zhao Lele, it felt somewhat bland.
It's neither flawed nor particularly impressive.
Luo Yao, speaking in his island accent, explained the scene to Yang Huanyi over and over again, hoping she would relax a bit.
Luo Yao excels at capturing the delicate emotions between women, provided that those emotions exist to some extent!
Yang Huanyi's emotions were too reserved; she rarely showed them. Even if Luo Yao were a thousand-armed Guanyin, he couldn't handle something that didn't exist at all.
Left with no other choice, Luo Yao could only desperately hint to Shang Yechu to seduce Yang Huanyi and see if he could arouse Yang Huanyi's feelings.
Shang Yechu had been dissatisfied with Yang Huanyi's state for a long time. Although in Zhao Lele's world, Lin Fengyu loved her madly, Shang Yechu still had eyes and a brain, and couldn't be blind like Zhao Lele.
Yang Huanyi's attitude towards her was less about tolerance and forbearance and more about "giving in." To put it bluntly, he was being outmaneuvered by Shang Yechu. In order not to appear weak, he had no choice but to choose the safest approach, seeking no merit but avoiding mistakes.
"Anna Doraemon" is about the relationship between two people. If Yang Huanyi continues like this, Zhao Lele's love will also be unsustainable!
Although Luo Yao's talk of seduction and enticement was somewhat outrageous, it had its own logic. Shang Yechu felt it was time for her to make her move.
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Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi were having dinner inside the house.
Thankfully, Shang Yechu no longer needs to eat diet meals. In the script, Zhao Lele is a teenage girl, while Shang Yechu is already an adult, with overly angular features, making them mismatched in appearance. To make herself look younger, Shang Yechu not only made adjustments to her eyes and hairstyle, but also specifically reported to Luo Yao, arguing that gaining weight was necessary to appear younger.
A little bit of cheek fat can soften facial contours and make one look younger. Besides, Zhao Lele is living a happy life, so a little bit of "happy weight gain" is normal.
Luo Yao approved the request, and as a result, Shang Yechu finally had some meat in his three daily meals.
Yang Huanyi continued eating her birdseed. After all, Lin Fengyu had been living a miserable and dark life in the Zhao family. She was quite plump, and seemed to be forcing herself to be melancholic.
In front of Shang Yechu was a pile of hamburgers, cola chicken wings, grilled fish, chocolate, peanut butter toast, and various fruits—there was no other way; this was the most lucrative thing the crew could manage to get from this remote place. Yang Huanyi ate her boiled egg whites and chicken breast slowly and deliberately, not even glancing in Shang Yechu's direction.
A few days ago, Yang Huanyi made Shang Yechu eat birdseed for several days; these days, Yang Huanyi has been slacking off (every scene is only 80 points, what's the difference between that and 0 points?), which has affected the filming. Shang Yechu was holding back her anger and deliberately crunched loudly while eating the chicken wings.
Yang Huanyi ignored him, chewing on the boiled egg white as if it were a phoenix egg.
Shang Yechu smacked the whole plate of chicken wings, while Yang Huanyi didn't even lift his eyelids.
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