The latest episode of "Young Days" is is the last episode of the Venice International Film Festival, and the thank-you dinner hosted by Lu Yanhe is the main content of this episode.
In this episode, Lu Yanhe finally became the protagonist. The entire program revolved around Lu Yanhe's preparation for the dinner, and was intertwined with the content of other people, slowly unfolding.
When planning a dinner party, there are always all kinds of problems.
But these problems are rarely exposed to the public, because in most cases, people don't have the opportunity to hold such a grand dinner.
In the program, Lu Yanhe said something that became widely circulated.
"In recent years, I have come to an understanding that may not be correct, but it is now my code of conduct: if you have spent fifty dollars to entertain others, don't be reluctant to spend another hundred dollars."
This statement caused some controversy, but more discussion.
Discuss the ways of the world and the rules of social interaction.
In the comment sections of his various social media platforms, Lu Yanhe saw some fans expressing their feelings that the idol who used to be very young and clean now has social awareness.
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Social sense?
Lu Yanhe thought about it and laughed.
Ok.
People will change anyway.
How can it stay in one place without any change?
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Lu Yanhe exited his social platform interface and was about to turn off his phone when a message suddenly came in.
Miao Yue sent him the first draft of the play version of "Rouge".
She said: I finally finished writing it, but I haven’t given it to anyone yet. I want to hear your opinion first.
Lu Yanhe: OK.
He opened the electronic document of "Rouge" and saw that it had more than 400,000 words and a total of 26 episodes.
Lu Yanhe forwarded it to Wang Biao and asked him to print it out as a manuscript for him.
There are too many words, and it’s hard to read on a mobile phone.
The first draft of the drama version of "Rouge" has finally been released.
When Miao Yue was writing this script, she had been communicating with him and keeping in touch with him.
Lu Yanhe knew Miao Yue's idea of writing this script——
Based on the film version, she expanded the stories of many women in the brothel where Ruhua lived to enrich the details of that era.
In general, the main plot of the story has not changed, but a lot of enrichment and filling has been done. For example, Ruhua's life in the brothel was only briefly mentioned in the movie, and the main focus was on the scenes of her and Shi Er Shao together. In fact, Shi Er Shao was absent most of the time when Ruhua was in the brothel. In this case, what was her life like? In addition to her, there were all kinds of women in the brothel of that era. What kind of stories did they have?
Similarly, Miao Yue also made some changes to Twelve Young Master's family, adding a source-like description to Twelve Young Master's affection, cowardice and selfishness, focusing on depicting the open and secret struggles, mutual harm and selfishness in such a large mansion. Twelve Young Master, who grew up in such an environment, was attached to the love and warmth given to him by Ruhua, and it also laid a foundation for him not to die with Ruhua in the end.
At the same time, she also expanded the story of the couple in the modern background, incorporating the views of modern men and women on marriage and love, and made a comparison between the ancient and modern times. Against the backdrop of the grand history, the love between Ruhua and Shi Er Shao is tragic. Modern men and women are also entangled in trivial matters. While helping Ruhua find Shi Er Shao, they also have to face the pressure from their families and examine the love between them.
Lu Yanhe felt that Miao Yue’s idea was a good idea for the adaptation of "Rouge".
Miao Yue did not want to shoot another work of art, but to enrich the story through storytelling, enriching the freehand style of the film version into the realism of the drama version.
Lu Yanhe has always been looking forward to the script written by Miao Yue.
Rouge is a story that is just right for Miao Yue at her age. After all, it is not a particularly heavy story, and Miao Yue will not pretend to be a classic, nor will she write a melodramatic story.
However, it is quite a headache to find actors for the TV version of "Rouge".
In any case, the two roles of Shi Er Shao and Ru Hua are both difficult to play. Especially Ru Hua, Chen Bi Ge has played a great role before.
These two roles must be played by already famous actors to hold the foreground. Newcomers cannot play these roles because they cannot hold the foreground.
Of course, it’s not Lu Yanhe’s turn to be anxious here.
After all, this drama is produced by Bingyuan Video.
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After Chen Bige heard Lu Yanhe say that the first draft of the script for the drama version of Rouge was out, she also wanted to read it.
She has always said that Rouge is the best film script she has received in the past two years. In fact, this film also helped her win the Best Actress Award at the Jose-La Roche Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award at the four major international film festivals, making her one of the top Chinese actresses.
She also hopes that adapting such a story into a TV series will not ruin it.
After Lu Yanhe told Miao Yue, he also made a copy for Chen Bige.
The two of them were at the filming site of "The Seventeenth Floor" and read the script of the drama version of "Rouge".
The two of them were both holding thick scripts and reading them, which made many people in "Seventeenth Floor" curious about what they were reading.
Li Yuefeng was the first to ask Lu Yanhe: "What script are you guys reading? Are you and Sister Bi Ge going to work together again?"
Lu Yanhe then explained what the script was.
When Li Yuefeng heard that it was the script of the drama version of "Rouge", he became interested.
"Have you decided on the male lead? If not, let me play the role." He was not polite at all and asked for it right away.
Lu Yanhe said, "It hasn't been decided yet, but one thing is that I'm not in charge of this drama. It's produced by Bingyuan Video. They bought the copyright. Miao Yue wrote the script and asked me to help take a look. Another thing is that even if I'm in charge, you know, we still have to audition. We have to find the most suitable actors."
Li Yuefeng will play the Twelve Young Master?
It’s not that Lu Yanhe looked down on Li Yuefeng, but he felt that Li Yuefeng was not suitable.
He doesn't have the temperament of a young master - the kind of person who has been pampered since childhood and seems a little indecisive at first glance.
Li Yuefeng is actually the type of sunny and cheerful school hunk.
He is more suitable for the role of the male lead in films like "You Are the Apple of My Eye".
After Lu Yanhe said this, Li Yuefeng looked at him with some depression.
"Why don't you trust me so much?"
"Do you want to hear the truth?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Li Yuefeng nodded, "You go ahead."
"I don't think you are suitable for the role of the Twelfth Young Master." Lu Yanhe said bluntly.
Li Yuefeng: “…”
"Last time for 'Squid Game', you also asked me to audition." There was a hint of complaint in Li Yuefeng's tone.
"In fact, if you had auditioned for Squid Game last time, you would have had a great chance of getting the role." Lu Yanhe also said frankly, "The only hesitation I had about you last time was that you had played in The Seventeenth Floor, and if you were to play another film of the same genre, would the audience be confused? Apart from this, I think you are very suitable for the role of Liu Zefan in every aspect."
Li Yuefeng looked at Lu Yanhe in disbelief, "Then why are you letting me audition?!"
"I told you that almost every role requires an audition, makeup, styling, and a final look before you can decide." Lu Yanhe said, "Even if I think you are suitable, this step is still necessary."
Li Yuefeng: "Damn it, I just missed out on a role that could have made me famous all over the world?"
The young policeman played by Liu Zefan is indeed very popular, especially in Asian countries.
Lu Yanhe said, "You don't have to think like that. This is just one play and one role. There will be many more plays and many more roles in the future. Li Yuefeng, I really treat you as a friend, so I tell you this. Don't be afraid of auditions. Even if the producer doesn't require you to audition, you should take the initiative to ask for an audition, do your makeup, try a scene, find someone who will tell you the truth, and listen to their opinions. Don't be afraid of finding out that you are not suitable for this role. If you can really find this out before filming, it's a good thing. Any play must be tested in front of the audience. If you can find out in advance that you are not suitable for a role, you can avoid a performance that may fail."
What Lu Yanhe said is completely in conflict with Li Yuefeng's understanding of acting.
Li Yuefeng hesitated for a moment and said nothing.
Lu Yanhe didn't say much.
In short, if Li Yuefeng wants to act in his drama, then it's fine. In fact, Lu Yanhe is still inclined towards him now, without the rejection he had after their first collaboration in "Seventeenth Floor" (he must admit that he didn't like Li Yuefeng so much at the beginning because he felt that Li Yuefeng was too utilitarian), but auditions and screen tests are essential steps, no matter what the relationship is.
The only three people who had not gone through this step were Chen Bige, Jiang Yuqian, and Jiang Jun. Even Huang Kairen had a serious audition and makeup test. The three of them didn't have to go through this step because Lu Yanhe had already decided to find them to film and then tailored the script for them.
Maybe in the future Lu Yanhe will feel that Li Yuefeng really needs such a script to make a breakthrough, and Lu Yanhe will also write such a script for Li Yuefeng, but not now.
Lu Yanhe didn't know whether his rejection attitude would make Li Yuefeng become more distant from him.
He hopes that Li Yuefeng really understands one thing: if something is not suitable, it will be forced to be unsatisfactory and will never be sweet.
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"This script is well-written, but does the structure need to be restructured?" Chen Bige said after reading Miao Yue's script, "I think each of the sections is good content, but when put together, it feels a bit disorganized and not so connected, especially in episodes 7 to 11, almost all of which are used to talk about the troubles in the Twelve Young Master's family. Although they are also written very well, Ruhua's story line and the lines of the two people in modern times have not been advanced. It's like they have disappeared. As a drama, it still needs some adjustments, right?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I have the same feeling about this part. I can understand why Miao Yue wrote it this way instead of writing multiple stories at the same time. She probably wanted to write about everything in Twelve Young Master's family in one go. She used a particularly risky writing method. Twelve Young Master's family already has quite a few people. To clarify their relationships, she also needs to tell their small family history clearly within a few episodes. If she doesn't write it in a concentrated way, the audience may not be able to remember it."
"Then why not cut some characters?" Chen Bige said, "This is also the second point I want to make. I can understand why we need to enrich the family situation of the Twelve Young Master, but if it is placed under the entire main storyline and cannot serve to create obstacles for the love between the Twelve Young Master and Ruhua, and explain why the Twelve Young Master is such a person, I think they should all be deleted. If Miao Yue really wants to write the story of this big family, she can take this chapter out separately and shoot a side story at that time, and put it in the main film, which will greatly affect the overall rhythm."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Top actors like Chen Bige have read too many scripts and watched too many TV dramas. Their eyes are already very discerning, and they know clearly what is good and what is bad. Moreover, Lu Yanhe did not expect that Chen Bige would be so sincere in making so many suggestions.
Lu Yanhe summarized Chen Bige's opinions with his own and sent them to Miao Yue.
Miao Yue's first reaction was: Ah, as expected, you also think it's too bloated. I myself feel that the Twelve Young Master's family stories are too many and too detailed. I always want to make each character less stereotyped, and it's actually like writing a small side story.
Lu Yanhe: I can feel that you are trying to achieve the effect of writing about an era with one family in "Dream of Red Mansions" with this part, but it is indeed a bit abrupt to put it in the whole main film. I think Chen Bige's opinion makes sense. You have already written it in such detail, it would not be appropriate to abandon it all. Maybe you can shoot a special volume and shoot it together, and then broadcast it as an independent special episode.
Miao Yue: Okay, I’ll think about it and I’ll communicate with Bingyuan Video.
Lu Yanhe: Yeah.
A creator who has a little bit of pursuit will have ambition. Everyone knows that he may not be able to finish the Dream of Red Mansions in his whole life, but he has been influenced by these classic literary works since childhood. In the process of creation, he will inevitably follow their shadow, because the literary view, aesthetic view, and even the method of creating a work will be affected by them.
Any story about a family cannot avoid being influenced by "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Just like any other story about political intrigue, it is impossible to say that it can escape the influence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The part about Twelve Young Master's family written by Miao Yue is obviously influenced by Dream of the Red Chamber. I dare not compare it, but it is indeed better. All kinds of characters are stained with the decadent atmosphere of that era. Everyone has the afterglow of the setting sun.
Lu Yanhe even felt that this was the best part of Miao Yue's entire script, where the plot and characters flowed most smoothly, as if all had been done in one go.
There are indeed differences between women and men.
If Lu Yanhe were asked to write such a family drama, it would be hard for him to imagine that he could write as well as Miao Yue, pouring a kind of compassion into each character as he watched them approach the end of their era.
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Two days later, Li Yuefeng came to find Lu Yanhe.
"I've been thinking about what you said to me these past two days." Li Yuefeng said to Lu Yanhe seriously, "Although you said that I'm not suitable for the role of Twelve Young Master, I still want to audition. Since you told me that auditioning is such a good process, I want to see what's wrong with me in your eyes after my audition, and how I'm inferior to others."
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Li Yuefeng would come here with his knife sharpened, as if he had been aroused by his competitive spirit.
He nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell Bingyuan Video about your interest in this role. I don't know if they will arrange an audition, but I will definitely strongly recommend that they organize an audition. Although it is very likely that they will directly choose you when they know you are willing to play the role - Li Yuefeng, I am not lying to you, I don't think you are suitable for this role."
"You don't have to repeat the same thing a second time," Li Yuefeng waved his hand at Lu Yanhe in disdain, "It's because I'm a generous person that I don't bother with you. If it were someone else, I would have been angry with you a long time ago."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
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"Why is Li Yuefeng talking so funny?"
On the phone, Chen Siqi smiled.
Lu Yanhe: "I've known him for a long time, and I find that he is indeed quite interesting."
"I know what you're talking about." Chen Siqi said, "Because he's very direct, so even if he's very realistic and mercenary sometimes, you still think he's good."
"Correct."
"Have you seen it? Some of your fans said in your comment section that it feels like you have become materialistic." Chen Siqi was talking about the impact of the show "Young Days".
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "I see. That's good. If everyone can see that I have changed and their impression of me is no longer the same as before, that's a good thing."
"Many fans are disappointed and feel that you are no longer the Lu Yanhe they liked."
"Then I can't stay eighteen forever." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi: "Aren't you going to explain it to everyone?"
"I don't want to explain." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't want to have to stand up and explain every time I cause controversy. It's obviously nothing, how can I explain to them that people grow and change? How can I explain that my behavior is not mercenary? This kind of thing, anyway, true can't be false, false can't be true. If I really become mercenary in their eyes, there is no point in explaining."
"I think you're a little bit defensive against your fans now."
"I can't say I'm against my fans, but I admit that I don't really want to take their comments about me seriously now." Lu Yanhe said, "In the beginning, I really cared about it. I can't say I don't care now, but I can't care about everything they say. Because I can't stay in a particularly good state every day. I can't say that everything I do and every word I say is the most perfect. There must be times when it's not so good, and then people will inevitably say, ah, why are you like this, ah, this is not your level, ah, why do I feel that you are a bit perfunctory to us. I really often see such comments in the comment section, and later I really can only turn a blind eye to it to keep my mentality stable."
After saying this, Lu Yanhe was stunned.
"Why am I telling you this all of a sudden?"
He rarely talked about these things with Chen Siqi before.
Chen Siqi smiled and said, "That's great, you're telling me this. I rarely heard you say this before."
In the past, Lu Yanhe didn't want to bring these negative things to Chen Siqi.
Chen Siqi: "Knowing that your emotions are not that stable, I feel relieved."
"what?"
What is the logic?
Don’t girls always say they like boys who are more emotionally stable?
Chen Siqi didn't intend to explain.
She said, "After you finish filming 'Seventeen Floors', you should be able to take a break for a while, right?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "I can rest for about a month, and then I will start filming "Friends"."
"I have to go to the UK to discuss the English version with their publisher. We have been communicating via email before. Let's go there for a vacation together." Chen Siqi said, "I'm too tired recently. I want to take a break."
Lu Yanhe: "Okay, I'll ask Sister Zi Yan if there are any plans for the future and see when the time is suitable."
"Ah."
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After Lu Yanhe finished his call, he returned to the studio.
He met Song Li again.
This was his last shoot in this drama.
This time, Lian Bei discussed the play with him one-on-one.
Even though Lian Bei was really annoying, he still took Song Li's identity into consideration. It was impossible for him to cut all of his shots, so he had to keep a few usable shots in the feature film.
Therefore, Lian Bei earnestly explained to Song Li the next shots to be shot.
Lu Yanhe noticed that Song Li seemed to become a little more nervous as soon as he appeared.
He now knew what was going on.
So, Lu Yanhe left the filming site silently.
He guessed that if he was not around, Song Li would be less nervous.
Lu Yanhe did not stay on the set, but stayed in his own lounge.
About an hour later, there was a knock on the door.
Lu Yanhe said "Come in" and stood up, thinking that it was the staff who came to remind him that it was his turn to shoot.
What he didn't expect was that the person who knocked on the door was Song Li.
"Teacher Lu." Song Li stood at the door and looked at him nervously.
Lu Yanhe looked at him in surprise, then realized his purpose, smiled, nodded, and said, "Hello, Song Li."
Song Li was stunned.
He asked in surprise, "Do you know me?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Of course."
Song Li scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I acted so badly that I delayed the progress of the crew. I'm really sorry."
He thought that it was because of this reason that Lu Yanhe remembered him.
Lu Yanhe didn't explain further.
"Is today your last shoot?"
Song Li nodded and said, "I will leave after the filming today, so I want to say hello to you before I leave. I...I want to experience the crew because of you. Of course, now I find that I am not suitable for it, and I will not act again in the future."
He said somewhat embarrassedly.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"You...what are you going to do in the future?"
Song Li thought for a moment and said, "My family helped me contact a director and asked me to go to his company to learn first. Although my acting skills are terrible, I still like this industry very much and I want to continue working in this industry."
"Good." Lu Yanhe laughed, "Fortunately, this shoot didn't make you feel disgusted with film and television dramas."
"How could that be? I've watched you perform live several times and was stunned." Song Li said, "It's just that I'm not good enough."
"But I know you've always wanted to do this well." Lu Yanhe said, "Let's add each other as friends."
"Ah?" Song Li looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise. He didn't expect that Lu Yanhe would take the initiative to ask to add him as a friend.
Lu Yanhe said, "Actually, I knew why you came to this crew before, and I thought about whether I should take the initiative to talk to you, but I was worried that it would make you more uncomfortable, so I kept it as it is. I don't know what I can do for you, but I am lucky that someone became interested in this industry because of me and came to work in this industry. So, if you need me in the future, you can always find me."
Song Li looked at Lu Yanhe in shock and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Are you such a nice person?"
Lu Yanhe smiled and shrugged, "It's OK, not great, just the best I can do."
Song Li added Lu Yanhe as a friend in surprise.
After knocking on the door, the development of events was completely beyond Song Li's expectations and plans.
Lu Yanhe nodded to Song Li.
"The next scene should be mine, I have to prepare." Lu Yanhe said, "I wish you a happy wrap."
Song Li came back to his senses and nodded, "Thank you."
This was the first time he heard someone say this to him.
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Recommended old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" (End of this chapter)
