Chapter 25 Loyalty
After listening to Xu Kun's words, Li Yang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In fact, the novel also describes the plot of Tang Chaoyang and Song Jinming, each of whom took the money they got from killing people to defraud insurance, and returned home to celebrate the New Year like ordinary workers. Naturally, their wives and children also appear.
But in order to make the entire script more compact, Li Yang deleted this part of the plot in the movie script, which made the two people's family only exist in phone calls and casual conversations.
Song Jinming's son, who never appeared in the play, still played an extremely important role in the play; but Tang Chaoyang's son became an insignificant symbol because of this change.
At that time, Li Yang was just continuing the settings in the book, so he didn't think there was anything wrong.
But now, following Xu Kun's line of thought, I found that changing Tang Chaoyang into a bachelor can indeed make the subsequent enmity between the two people seem more reasonable, and it will not affect the context of the entire story.
After re-examining the plot according to this logic, Li Yang looked up at Xu Kun again. The script can be changed, but can the young man in front of him really support this role?
After hesitating for a moment, he tried to probe: "Xiao Xu, I heard that you are very good at playing villains and even got the nickname of killing machine, but I see that you look quite kind, don't you?"
The real show is coming!
Xu Kun raised his sword-like eyebrows, sneered and said: "Take another look at me."
The move of holding a sneer on the corner of his mouth is the latest achievement of his hard work in the past few months. The arc and angle are just right, which can not only bring out the ferocity of the four white eyes, but also does not appear to be deliberately exaggerated.
This sudden movement close to his face scared Li Yang.
Xu Kun lowered his eyes again, regaining his harmless look, and said with a smile: "Do you think my conditions are in line with Tang Zhaoyang's smiling tiger image?"
In the play, Song Jinming deliberately played the villain in front of Yuan Fengming in order to scare him away, while Tang Chaoyang always pretended to be a good person in front of Yuan Fengming, and only revealed his cruel nature behind his back.
Xu Kun's two faces that he switches between with ease really fit the image of Tang Chaoyang in the play.
The scale in Li Yang's heart had already tilted, and he carefully observed Xu Kun's face. Because of his deep eye sockets, Xu Kun's facial features had a three-dimensional sense, which is commonly known in the circle as a movie face.
This time the weight is even heavier.
However, after learning about Xu Kun's specific situation, Li Yang became hesitant again. Although Xu Kun's resume was more impressive than Bao Qiang's, he had only been in the circle for more than three months.
This is too short. If it was two and a half years, he would have made the decision on the spot.
slap~
At this moment, Baoqiang suddenly slapped the table and said in a hoarse voice: "If Brother Kun can't go, I won't act anymore!"
Just by looking at his baby face which has been distorted beyond human form, you can tell how difficult it was for him to make this decision.
"What nonsense!"
Xu Kun quickly scolded: "You are sick, what does it have to do with you whether I act or not?!"
He knew too well what price Baoqiang had paid to achieve his dream. He lived in a basement with seven people, eating dry bread, working hard on the construction site through the cold and hot seasons, forcing himself to please the boss, and had his head broken and bleeding several times when he was a stuntman...
After enduring ridicule and contempt for two and a half years, he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel today. If he lost this chance to turn things around because of him, Xu Kun felt that he would no longer be able to live as a human being.
Baoqiang stiffened his neck and said stubbornly: "Brother Kun, I have made up my mind. If it weren't for you, I might have given up. Besides, you have helped me so much..."
"What are you talking about!"
Xu Kun grabbed Baoqiang by the collar and said, "How can I die without this role?! Just play your leading role well, I can handle my own affairs!"
"But……"
“Two, two!”
Li Yang reacted at this time and hurriedly waved his arms to persuade: "Don't worry, don't worry, I didn't say that Xiao Xu is not needed!"
Hearing this, Baoqiang was overjoyed: "Really, Director, have you agreed to let Brother Kun play Tang Chaoyang?!"
Li Yang hesitated for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "Yes, Xiao Xu has done a good job in adapting the script, and his image is suitable. If nothing goes wrong, this role will be his."
Then he became serious again: "But I have to say something ugly in advance. You two will definitely go down to the mine, and you may encounter some dangers. If you are worried about this..."
"Director, don't worry, as long as I can play the leading role, I'm not afraid of anything!"
Wang Baoqiang was the first to pat his chest and express his position. Xu Kun also smiled and said: "I am not looking for death, but I am not afraid of death either."
So these two roles were tentatively finalized.
However, Li Yang was still a little worried, and suggested that before going to Shanxi to film, the actor who played Song Jinming, Li Yixiang, the only one of the three protagonists who graduated from a professional school, should help the two of them sort out their respective roles.
To put it bluntly, they just wanted Li Yixiang to lead them first.
In addition, Li Yang also plans to modify some details in the play according to Xu Kun's ideas.
For example, because Tang Chaoyang is a few years older than Song Jinming and has more subjective initiative, Tang Chaoyang is the dominant one between the two.
Now that Tang Chaoyang has become a young man in his twenties, it should be Song Jinming who should lead the gang.
This would also add another hidden plot: Tang Chaoyang, relying on his youth and strength, always intentionally or unintentionally challenges Song Jinming's dominant position. In order to maintain his dominant position, Song Jinming had to bite the bullet and continue to push forward his plan of killing people for insurance fraud, even if he felt sympathy for Yuan Fengming.
It’s true, after adjusting along this line of thought, the script seems to be more reasonable, but I don’t know if I can achieve the effect I want.
The meal lasted until half past ten.
After agreeing to introduce Li Yixiang to the two of them the next day, Li Yang took a taxi and left first.
Since this place was not far from the rental house, Xu Kun and Bao Qiang chose to walk back as usual.
On the way, Xu Kun rubbed Baoqiang's coarse short hair fiercely, blaming him for threatening Li Yang with a strike.
"Are you stupid? When you become famous in movies, why don't you help me? You threaten me with a strike for no reason. If Director Li doesn't buy it, then both of us will end up with nothing!"
Bao Qiang smiled and said, "I didn't think so much at the time."
"You boy!"
Xu Kun rubbed it hard again. Although he complained, he felt warm in his heart. Since his grandfather passed away when he was twelve years old, only Brother Yong had given him the same feeling as family.
Now there is another Wang Baoqiang.
If he had some utilitarianism when he was with Baoqiang before, now he sincerely hopes that Baoqiang can embark on the road to achieving his dream as soon as possible.
"correct."
When they were almost at the rental house, Xu Kun suddenly thought of a question: "Why do you say 'I' in every sentence today?"
It was understandable that he spoke with his accent when he was excited at the beginning, but it was a bit strange that Baoqiang was still saying "I I I" when they were almost home.
This kid was clearly still working hard to learn Mandarin a few days ago.
"I just want to get into the role in advance."
Bao Qiang said with some pride: "When I heard that the director wanted to find a country person at the Beijing Film Studio, I quietly changed my accent back."
"You boy!"
After getting along for a long time, Xu Kun realized that Baoqiang was actually a smart person. This intelligence was hidden under his silly appearance, which made him look like a pig pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
The two returned to the yard chatting and laughing, and saw the young man next door drinking alone under the persimmon tree. The rental house with the door open was empty.
As expected, Boss Lin was right.
Xu Kun dug out a few bottles of beer from the house, took Baoqiang to sit opposite him, and without saying a word, he quietly accompanied the civil engineer to drink until he was drunk.
After carrying the civil engineer back into the house, Xu Kun used a pillow and quilt to secure him in a side-lying position to prevent him from choking to death in the middle of the night.
Seeing the civil engineer still calling "Swallow" in a daze, Xu Kun couldn't help but shake his head secretly. The character design he had previously given to Tang Chaoyang was actually mixed with some of his real thoughts.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to get married and have children, but he mainly wants to live a few more years happily, at least wait until he is 35 to get married and have children - there are so many beautiful women in the entertainment industry, he should experience a few of them while he is still young, right?
(End of this chapter)
