Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 452 Finals

Early the next morning, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei rushed to the variety show park to participate in the recording work.

At this stage when the program is about to end, compared to the recording atmosphere of the previous stages, during the last recording process, the young couple obviously felt a different atmosphere from the past.

In the previous stage of recording, Hu Ge and the others could still talk and laugh with them, and there were always relaxing moments.

But facing the finals this time, facing the last hurdle of the entire competitive stage, Hu Ge and the others were obviously more serious than before, went all out, and were also more nervous.

In this tense atmosphere, it also made them feel a sense of competition, which is also quite interesting.

The performance of the stage of the finals this time is different from the stages of previous stages. The students do not need to go on stage to perform in real time this time.

The four finalists, led by four director judges and four performance judges, filmed a 10-minute micro-movie in advance.

A total of four microfilms will be played on the big screen in the studio. After the broadcast, the audience and media judges will vote to determine the championship.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei conducted a two-day recording work in the variety show zone, and after three and a half months, the final of "I Am an Actor" is coming.

——September 2.

In the afternoon, the sun is just right.

A gust of wind blew, and it was not as cold as before. The capital, which had been frozen for a month or two, showed signs of rejuvenation.

Hundreds of spectators and media judges entered the channel of the studio one after another, preparing to watch the finals.

From the stage performance that has always been before, to the micro-movie on the screen of the finals, the change of the program format made them look forward to it.

The four students who entered the finals were all voted by them, and they were also very interested in which student would win the championship.

All the way into the studio, the noise of each other's communication can be heard endlessly, which seems to be disturbing.

In the guest area of ​​the studio, among a group of screenwriters, directors and producers in the industry, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei sat side by side among them.

The young couple turned their heads and glanced at the large crowd of spectators who were bustling in, just in time to meet some spectators looking at them deliberately.

An inadvertent stare between the idol and the fan made one wave his hand excitedly and the other smile back.

Immediately, the young couple turned back to continue communicating with the teachers.

"There is still a big difference between stage performance and screen performance." Chu Xuan said casually.

"That's for sure." Liu Yi, who was sitting on Chu Xuan's right, nodded: "Stage performances belong to the category of drama, and works on the screen belong to the category of film and television dramas. The core of the former is pure art and technology, while the latter has commercial attributes. , the forms of the scripts are different between the two, and the impressions given to the audience are also different."

Wen Muye, who was sitting behind Chu Xuan, expressed his opinion: "In the current market, it is still necessary to be on the screen. The performance and image on the screen is the kingly way to make the audience like it. The performance in the form of drama is too small."

Liu Yi clasped his hands together and nodded slightly: "So in the last part of the show, we made a micro-movie, and changed the form of performance to make the audience feel fresh. At the same time, it can be regarded as a big push for Hu Ge and them, so that people in the industry can see them on the screen. How much love is received by the audience behind the scenes, their commercial value will be raised accordingly."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded. Although drama is the best form of performance art, the threshold for audiences to watch dramas is destined to make dramas more niche, and film and television dramas without thresholds are the mainstream in the market.

At the very beginning of the show, due to too many students and poor allocation of resources, the show could only be presented as a stage performance.

And in this last round of stage, the resources of the crew were concentrated on four students, and the organizing committee followed the mainstream of the market and made micro-movies on the stage of the finals.

Before the show started, everyone was chatting casually, coupled with the voices of hundreds of spectators, the environment of the studio was extraordinarily noisy.

When He Jiong came up, the audience cheered and shouted "Teacher He" one after another, and then gradually became quiet.

He Jiong was quite tired in the past few months. He flew to Beijing to work on "I Am an Actor" every few days, and flew back to Star City to work on "Happy Camp" every few days.

The two sides ran back and forth, but neither side was delayed.

I have to say that in terms of hosting, He Jiong's professional ability is really good, and he can quickly adapt to different types of variety shows, which is really a talent.

Under the auspices of He Jiong, Hu Ge, Yang Mi, Yang Rui, and Bai Cheng came to the stage one by one and introduced themselves.

"Hugo!"

"Yang Mi!"

"Yang Rui!"

"White tree!"

"..."

There were shouts one after another at the scene, and from the size of the voices shouting names, one could tell who was more popular.

"Yang Mi's popularity is still high." Liu Yi raised his mouth slightly, drawing conclusions from the endless sound waves.

"She has a few works out, it's normal." Chu Xuan said.

"Yang Rui has more works than her, so what?" Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows.

"In terms of image, Yang Mi is more reminiscent than Yang Rui, so Yang Mi is more likely to get popular, that's the only way I can explain it." Liu Yi laughed.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded slowly and looked towards the stage, waiting for the show to start.

After the scene fell silent, under He Jiong's auspices, Yang Rui was left behind.

Yang Rui introduced the works he participated in, and the audience also learned the name of the work - "Red Sorghum".

As He Jiong and Yang Rui walked off the stage, the lights on the scene dimmed, and the big screen on the stage played accordingly, and the audience also saw the name of the supporting guest——Zhang Luyi.

The eyes of many audience members lit up. Zhang Luyi's acting skills are very good, but he was eliminated in the previous stage. I didn't expect to see his performance on the stage of the finals. This is a good surprise.

And it is obvious that Yang Rui plays Jiu'er and Zhang Luyi plays Yu Zhan'ao.

As the micro-movie was broadcast, the people present looked up and watched it seriously.

Chu Xuan looked at Erlang's legs, looked at the screen, and thought about the information of this work by the way.

He remembered that "Red Sorghum" was a movie directed by Zhang Yimou in the 80s, with Jiang Wen as the hero and Gong Li as the heroine.

At that time, the number of screens in China was pitifully small, and even pirated resources were ridiculously expensive. The upper limit of the market determined the upper limit of dissemination, so this war literary film did not cause much waves when it was released.

Also because the domestic market was too small, the fifth-generation directors at that time devoted themselves to conquering foreign markets, preferring major foreign film festivals, and were proud of winning awards.

And this "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988, and it was also the first film in Asia to win the Golden Bear Award.

When the news spread back to China, the major media wrote a lot of special articles, and the popularity of Zhang Yimou and "Red Sorghum" rapidly expanded, and it was known at home and abroad for a while.

With the popularity, the voices of the people were also loud, and the relevant departments at that time began to vigorously promote the movie, and many movie theaters began to play the movie repeatedly for a long time.

For villages and towns with projectors and curtains, under the leadership of the village director, choose an open place in the village. Under the bright moon, mosquitoes are flying all over the sky. Villagers, old and young, either hold palm-leaf fans or bottles of liquor to sit with peanuts. Watch this movie on a small bamboo armchair.

Thinking about it now, it was full of age.

It is also because of this that this film has gradually become widely known and has become one of the most classic literary films directed by Zhang Yimou.

And this movie is adapted from the novel "Red Sorghum" of the same name by teacher Mo Yan. Speaking of this novel, it can be regarded as mixed at the time.

Some people say that this novel is a classic masterpiece, which records the bitterness and bitterness of our country's old era with the style of magic realism.

Some people also said that this novel slandered our country and deliberately wrote about the suffering of our country to foreigners to please Westerners.

Although there are two factions and different opinions, works of art have always been seen by the benevolent and the wise, so there is no need to take the temporary remarks seriously.

But in any case, it takes quite a lot of acting skills to show the sense of age of this movie.

Yang Rui and Zhang Luyi's acting skills are good, but it is still very difficult for him to challenge this work.

"They chose the wrong subject matter. It is too difficult for two young people to perform a sense of age." Liu Yi frowned.

Chu Xuan looked at the performance of Yang Rui and Zhang Luyi on the screen, and it was indeed a bit of a show.

"Then why did you say yes to them?" he asked.

Liu Yi is the chief screenwriter, and all scripts require his approval.

"They insisted on acting." Liu Yi shook his head.

Concubine Liu Yi stroked her hair: "It's probably the finals, and they want to participate in works that require high-level acting skills to conquer the audience."

"This idea is good." Wen Muye said in the back: "But they overestimated their own level, the things of the old era were not performed, and it was performed as a modern urban and rural drama."

"Yes." Liu Yi turned his head and looked at Wen Muye with a smile: "It's the same as mine."

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi were amused when they heard the words, feeling amused.

Facts proved that their feelings were correct. When the 10-minute "Red Sorghum" was played, apart from the normal applause, there was not much extra response.

The comments of the eight judges were also very sharp, directly pointing out the problem.

"This work doesn't suit you, not because of your lack of ability, but because you have never experienced the things of that era at all, so you are not suitable for this kind of work at all."

Yang Rui and Zhang Luyi looked at each other, each sighed in their hearts, they really overestimated themselves.

Zhang Luyi's eyes were apologetic, after all, he was a helping assistant, and now he seemed to have screwed up, which made him feel sorry.

Yang Rui shook his head, smiled indifferently, and immediately walked off the stage with Zhang Luyi.

Immediately afterwards, after Hu Ge introduced his own works on stage, he walked off the stage with He Jiong.

When the lights dimmed, the screen played the picture, and the people present also learned the name of the work——"Fleeing Years".

"This script is an original one. I read it well at the time, but I don't know if Hu Ge can perform it well." Liu Yi was filled with anticipation.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded, and looked at the screen expectantly.

Starring Hu Ge as Hu Xiaofei, and assistant Chen Chuang as Luo Changgui.

Hu Xiaofei, 28 years old, Luo Changgui, 50 years old.

The two are nephews and uncles, and live under the same roof.

The make-up is good, Hu Ge and Chen Chuang are on the screen, a young and half old image, which makes people believe in this relationship.

Hu Xiaofei yearned for a better life in a big city, and went out to work alone after graduating from high school at the age of 18.

Mother and uncle are busy with farm work at home, and fully support Hu Xiaofei when he goes out.

But in today's society, young people who go out to work hard have a problem that is not a problem. They are too lazy to go home during the holidays, and many people don't want to go home even during the New Year.

Hu Xiaofei, played by Hu Ge, reflects this kind of young people.

"Xiao Fei, are you coming back this year?" Mom's voice came over the phone.

"I'm not coming back, I'm busy." Hu Ge replied.

But looking at Hu Ge's expression, there was impatience hidden and a sense of strangeness emerging.

This kind of demeanor is like, as a son traveling abroad, he is very afraid of receiving a call from his mother.

Although the son did nothing wrong, he just has such a mentality.

This is because I don't know what to say to my mother.

"Hu Ge did a good job, exceeding my expectations." Liu Yi admitted.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded slightly, also showing their appreciation for Hu Ge, and continued to watch his performance.

In the micro-movie, Hu Xiaofei, played by Hu Ge, develops better and better, sending money to his family every year, but he doesn't go home every year.

It seems that I am used to life in a big city, and thinking about going back to the countryside will make me feel at a loss.

It was approaching the New Year again, and a phone call came from home.

"Xiao Fei, are you coming back this year?" The screen switched, and Chen Chuang asked while holding his mobile phone.

"Uncle, I will work overtime at five times the salary during the Chinese New Year, and I will work overtime this year." Hu Ge laughed, and the "five times the salary" in the words made him very excited.

"Okay." Chen Chuang didn't say much, as if he was preoccupied.

"Where's my mother?" Hu Ge asked.

Chen Chuang paused: "I'm busy outside."

"Okay, then I'll hang up first." Hu Ge hung up the phone.

As spring and autumn come, Hu Xiaofei, played by Hu Ge, becomes a manager. He wears a suit and has a car when traveling. The days go by, the better.

One day, when he got out of the car and walked into the office building, he inadvertently saw a scene where a mother delivered breakfast to a male employee, and he froze for a while.

It was this scene that made him decide to ask for leave to go home and take a look after a day of work.

He hasn't been home for several years, and he didn't tell his mother and uncle in advance. He bought a lot of gifts and drove the car to go home to surprise his mother and uncle.

What made him stupefied, and what made everyone's scalp tingle, was that there was a photo of Hu Xiaofei's mother hanging on the wall of the old house.

Concubine Liu Yi covered her mouth with many audience members. This scene made them a little unbearable, and their eye sockets immediately became rosy.

"Your mother won't let me tell. She said she doesn't want to disturb your life. The text messages I sent to you in the past few years are all pretending to be her." Chen Chuang was smoking a cigarette outside the door, with a dull expression on his face.

Hugo's hands trembled suddenly, and his biting lips trembled again and again.

Some viewers couldn't help sobbing: "Why did you do this! It's so annoying!"

More audiences were silent. The ending of this movie made them completely unexpected, but it made many of them tremble in their hearts and feel chills in their backs.

Who is not a worker?
Isn't it normal for people living in Beijing not to go home for several years?
Why go home without money?
Why go home without a girlfriend?
Why do you want to go home if your career fails?
This ridiculous self-esteem often makes many people who go out and work hard have a sense of fear of "going home".

However, the appearance of this micro movie made them even more frightened.

At this moment, everyone understood the meaning of this micro-movie, and it was nothing more than one sentence - go home and watch it often.

Otherwise, close relatives will never see each other for a lifetime until they die.

"I bet this work won." Chu Xuan turned his head to look at the audience, and many people had tears in their eyes. Hu Ge's work resonated strongly with those present.

Liu Yi smiled slightly: "When I got this script, I said, if you act well, you have a great chance of winning, if you don't act well, you will be bloody. Hu Ge performed well, and the final ending did not use the method of performing with all his might, but It expresses this effect with a painful and silent expression, and the emotion of grief is more moving than heart-to-heart."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded, and I said pitifully, "You all made me cry."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yi turned their heads to look at her from left to right, seeing her face covered with tears, they couldn't help laughing.

This kind of subject matter that reflects common phenomena in reality, if it is put in a movie theater for money to watch, it is estimated that few people will like to watch it.

But put it on the show, let the audience watch it with the mentality of watching it for fun, and the movie suddenly reverses, that is very powerful.

The judges also gave good comments: "The performance is good, thought-provoking and thought-provoking."

The audience is still full of emotions, and the content of the movie makes them look confused and contemplative, which also shows that this movie has won their hearts and the response is good.

Hu Ge's "Fleeing Years" made the atmosphere a little gloomy.

But Yang Mi and Tang Yan's next work "Love" seems a little cheerful.

"This is also original." Concubine Liu Yi wiped the corners of her eyes with a tissue. At this time, she had returned to normal.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yi nodded and looked up at the screen together.

Yang Mi plays Yang Lele, a naive and lively college graduate waiting for a job.

What makes the audience interesting is that assistant actor Tang Yan actually plays an angel?
Is this an urban fantasy drama?
In everyone's eyes, Yang Lele, played by Yang Mi, is blessed with great luck, and Tang Yan, an angel, comes to him on his own initiative.

"What wish do you have? I can satisfy you." Tang Yanyan said.

"Who are you? Are you sick?" Yang Mi looked in disbelief.

This scene also made the audience smile a little and feel funny.

Until Tang Yan cast a spell, Yang Mi was completely stunned, and then believed that Tang Yan was an angel.

Immediately, Yang Mi excitedly said many wishes, and Tang Yan, an angel, helped Yang Mi realize them one by one.

Such a comedy element, although it is not as deep as "Fleeing Years", it also makes the audience feel relaxed and happy to watch.

It's just that in the process of the wishes being fulfilled one by one, some viewers discovered a clue - the more Yang Mi's wishes were fulfilled, the more unsightly her face would be, as if she was sick.

"Another reversal?" Some viewers speculated.

As the plot unfolded, it turned out that the viewer was right.

"I want to make my family happy every day!" Yang Mi looked at Tang Yan expectantly.

However, when the omnipotent angel Tang Yan heard this wish, she was suddenly silent.

"Sorry, I can't make this wish come true," she said.

Hearing this, Yang Mi was stunned.

But amidst Yang Mi's stunned expression, the screen switched one by one.

In a ward, Yang Mi was lying unconscious on the hospital bed with an oxygen mask on her mouth, and the machine next to her was beeping frighteningly to detect her heart rate.

Several group performance teachers pretended to be Yang Mi's family members outside the ward, looking at Yang Mi on the hospital bed through the window. Some of the family members were crying, some were anxious, some were mournful, and some were full of encouragement. Yang Mi encourages Yang Mi to survive.

The camera slid, and the audience only found out on the medical record that Yang Mi had cancer.

With the broadcast of the plot, the audience finally figured out the context of this work.

It turned out that the so-called angel was imagined by Yang Mi, and the previous scene was also Yang Mi's dream world.

Yang Mi knew that she was going to die, but she had too many regrets in her heart, so she imagined that an angel would come out to help her fulfill the regrets.

But as the saying goes, who has no regrets in his life?
Those who do not have regrets, are dead.

And a perfect life includes regrets.

This is the first meaning of this story.

And when Yang Mi expressed her wish to make her family happy every day, the angel said that she could not fulfill this wish.

Because this wish can only be fulfilled by Yang Mi herself.

But Yang Mi is seriously ill, how to fulfill this wish?
In the picture, as the heart rate curve of the machine returned to normal, it represented that Yang Mi was fighting against the serious illness on the hospital bed. The end of this story gave the answer.

——Even if it’s not for yourself, think about your family, and face any difficulties you encounter at any time.

This story begins with comedy, ends with tragedy, and ends with comedy, which makes the audience feel relieved. Such a beautiful and inspirational story is the most popular.

The audience burst into applause, and the audience also came out of the low mood brought by Hu Ge's "Fleeing Years", and felt a little happy because of Yang Mi's "Love".

"That's right, you've opened your mind." Concubine Liu Yi clapped her hands. She liked Yang Mi's "Love" very much. Its family affection, fantasy, from giving up treatment to actively coping... all three views are very good. Yes, this is great.

The judges also gave a good evaluation: "Although there is not much level in the performance, the story is very good, full of creativity, very down-to-earth, and the concept is also very positive, which is very good."

However, Yang Mi's "Love" is indeed positive in three views.

But the last work, "I Am a Murderer" by Bailong, caused some controversy.

Bai Cheng plays Bai Su, and Lei Jiayin plays Lei Kai. They are husband and wife in the film.

Originally, these two people played CP so that the audience could eat melons.

But the story is too heavy, but it makes the audience unable to eat this melon.

The children of Bai Su and Lei Kai are high school students who are severely bullied on campus.

"Don't come over, or I'll jump, believe it or not!" A 16-year-old group performer and a boy shouted from the edge of the roof of the teaching building.

"You dance! You have the guts to dance! You are not human if you don't dance!" A group of bum-like students laughed.

To their astonishment, a figure jumped down, really jumped off the building.

Seeing this scene, the audience was a little frightened.

"Isn't this too daring to shoot? Is it so real?" Some viewers were shocked.

This is the beginning of the story, and because of this beginning, as parents, Bai Susu and Lei Kai fell to the bottom, and the state of the whole person became lifeless in the following life.

Gradually, Bai Susu's mental state developed problems, and Lei Kai also drank and missed his son all day long.

Seeing this scene, the hearts of the audience also sank following the atmosphere of the movie.

However, what made them even more horrified was that when Bai Susu was wandering the streets at night like a walking corpse, she occasionally encountered a scumbag student who caused his son to jump off a building.

Bai Susu seemed to be stimulated, followed all the way, took the stone and smashed the student to death on the spot.

"Too daring to shoot." Some viewers were frightened.

The story progressed to this point, the dead person, the police quickly launched an investigation, and quickly locked on Bai Susu's family.

However, on the night that Bai Susu committed murder, her husband Lei Kai witnessed all this, but did not stop it.

But what no one knows is that after Bai Susu murdered and left, Lei Kai helped clean up the scene and deliberately left his fingerprints on the stone.

Bai Susu and Lei Kai were taken to investigate by the police. In the two interrogation rooms, they were questioned by the police respectively.

"I killed people." Bai Susu said with a calm face.

"I killed people." Lei Kai said without any emotion on his face.

"Hiss..." One of the producers took a deep breath and said appreciatively, "This plot is amazing, I like this kind of story."

"Why did you kill him?" The police on both sides asked at the same time.

"He killed my son." Bai Susu roared suddenly, his handcuffed hands struggling fiercely, his eyes full of hatred.

"Avenge my son." Lei Kai was indifferent, acting as if he should take it for granted.

"Did you know that your husband Lei Kai's fingerprints were kept on the murder weapon," the police said.

Bai Susu was stunned suddenly, as if thinking of something, she said hoarsely: "I killed the man! I plead guilty!"

On the other side, the police asked: "Your fingerprints covered Bai Susu's. Do you think you can save her life by doing this?"

Lei Kai is no longer calm, but his complexion changed, and he looked up calmly: "She was not strong enough, she didn't kill him the first time, I made up for it."

"This Lei Jiayin's acting skills exploded." Concubine Liu Yi praised.

Chu Xuan smiled slightly and nodded. This level of performance is indeed good enough.

With the development of the plot, in the end, Skynet was fully restored, and the murderer Bai Susu was arrested and brought to justice.

In Chu Xuan's view, it would be better if the plot of who is the murderer between the couple is more intense and suspenseful, or it would be better if the police catch the wrong person and then create suspense again, so that the movie will be more exciting.

However, in order not to smear the police with the content of the movie, the screenwriter let the plot find the real murderer at once, which lacked a lot of highlights.

Of course, this is only a 10-minute micro-movie. It is already very good that Lei Jiayin and Bai Hao can act like this. It is indeed a burst of acting skills.

The things expressed in this "I am a murderer" are also very realistic. After all, campus bullying has been reported in the news every year. The relevant departments have always attached great importance to it, but it is still difficult to prevent such things from happening.

Among them, the hero and heroine use their own behavior to solve this kind of matter. Although such behavior is definitely wrong, it will definitely sound the alarm for some people after it is broadcast.

And the plot where both husband and wife admit that they are the murderer in order to protect each other in the police station is also moving and pitiful.

But the root of the matter is still the matter of campus bullying, which is the culprit.

This movie is a tragedy, but this tragedy is very realistic.

And with the black screen and the lighting of the scene, this also indicates that all the works will be displayed, and the championship of "I Am an Actor" will be announced soon.

(End of this chapter)