Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 766 From the Beginning to the End
The hero Jock is a "clown with cancer" in the "real world", reflecting the countless lower-class people who are forced by the pressure of survival and cancer patients who have completely lost hope in life.

In the role of Song Xiaobao, a person who shares the same suffering as him, the male protagonist Jock bursts out the "light" in his heart. This "light" can be interpreted through the plot of the two characters as: even if life is full of difficulties, one can still face the sea, be happy in one's heart, release and find happiness to make up for the shortcomings and regrets in one's heart. The intention and empathy of this character also come from this.

With this intention and sense of empathy, the character of Jock has a soul.

But this is the soul of the "Joker". If the character is to have a progressive level of emotions, it needs to be sublimated.

The male protagonist Jock plays the clown in the "real world" because of the inferiority, depression, and social phobia brought about by cancer and waiting to die. Under the guidance of his deep desire for survival and happiness,
He was forced to choose to hide his inferiority complex by not showing his true face to others, hide his social phobia by not communicating with others, and just immerse himself in his own world of performance to hide his inner depression. In this state, he experienced being a clown who made the audience happy through his performance and thus brought himself happiness.

This is the choice brought to the male protagonist by factors in the "real world", but these factors do not exist in the "game world", so the male protagonist must undergo a transformation.

Faced with a pile of "data" in the "game world", the player as the fourth calamity is fearless, let alone inferiority complex and social phobia.

The clown can perform magic, and the magician can also perform magic, and these two professions have the same attributes.

But one is a comedy performance and the other is like a gentleman, and these two professions are potentially contradictory.

There is something thought-provoking here. The clown and the magician are professions with the same attributes, but one hides his face and the other shows it. This is equivalent to: once the clown takes off his mask, he becomes a magician.

People who are often forced by life find it difficult to reveal their true colors and can only hide their faces.

Therefore, in the script design of "You Who Came From the Stars", the male protagonist Jock needs to take off his mask and work as a magician in the "game world" to complete this metaphor, add depth and connotation, and satisfy the audience's spiritual expectations while also enriching the character's intention.

However, if the changes are made solely based on the character's personal initiative, more thought will be needed to make the male protagonist move closer to the direction of a magician in a logically self-consistent way, which requires external forces to drive the rhythm of the plot.

Lens:

From behind, Chu Xuan is sitting on a virtual device, which is a massage chair with a helmet attached. The props are all painted with a layer of green paint, waiting for high-tech special effects processing in the later stage.

This scene with Chu Xuan is the first time that Qiao Ke enters and exits the "game world". Since his parents died due to researching virtual equipment, he has always been very resistant to virtual equipment and virtual games and has never played any virtual games.

Because he received the "light" from Wu Xiaobao, he felt relieved for a while. After returning home, he had the courage to open the dusty birthday gift given to him by his parents when the accident happened, which was a virtual device, and then entered the "virtual game" to experience it once.

After experiencing a series of funny events caused by him, the fourth disaster, he ended up watching the heroine's short film "An Xin Competition" in the theater.

At this time, the heroine has not appeared yet, but is only presented on the screen as an actor in the form of a play within a play. The hero, Qiao Ke, has no ties to the heroine, An Xin, and is only impressed by how real the "virtual game" is: "What a real game."

There is a detail here. The helmet fell off, and some instruments on the virtual equipment that needed to be attached to the person also fell off.

Chu Xuan clearly put on these things one by one when he entered the game, but when he exited the game, they all fell off.

This detail is to remind the audience that the male protagonist Chu Xuan, Jock, is not playing a game, but has directly traveled through time.

There are some details in the drama to support the fact that the male protagonist traveled through time. However, now that the media has promoted "My Love from the Star" in everything it should, the audience will naturally understand what is going on when they watch the drama.

However, Jock, who was playing the game for the first time, didn't notice this detail. Chu Xuan simply stood up and walked out, with the camera following him.

Chu Xuan opened the door, took a step forward and then stopped. The door of the opposite room was open. Ouyang Nabi moved a small stool to sit in front of the TV, watching TV with her hands on her chin, looking very bored.

Chu Xuan blinked and pursed his lips in silence. After returning to reality, he felt socially anxious and was hesitant to speak. In the end, he closed the door and returned home without saying anything, dressing himself up as a clown.

Perhaps because they shared the same suffering, Jock began to like getting along with the little girl Wu Xiaobao and was willing to dress up as a clown to make her happy.

But when Chu Xuan finished her makeup and opened the door, the scene in the room opposite was completely different.

"Wow, Dad is awesome!"

Ouyang Nabi jumped and clapped her hands happily.

Wu Qian, played by Zhang Luyi, is Wu Xiaobao's father, who is performing balloon magic for his daughter.

Chu Xuan was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

In the close-up shot, the complex look on the clown's face revealed an indescribable heart-wrenching emotion, as if his light had been deprived. The rippling eyes no longer fluctuated and slowly became dim.

"Wow, Xiaoxuan's eye acting is really smart." Tang Jili in front of the monitor praised.

"That's great." Ning Hao and the teachers nodded.

Liu Yifei held her chin with her right hand and looked at the monitor, smiling slightly while appreciating Chu Xuan's performance. She was also proud that her husband was praised.

In the final shot of this scene, Chu Xuan is shown peeping from behind, and the door slowly closes. Then, with a frontal shot, only Chu Xuan's clown face and dull eyes are slowly covered by the door, until the door closes silently and the scene ends.

Qiao Ke wanted to give Wu Xiaobao a surprise and dressed up as a clown to make her happy. However, he was replaced by Wu Qian, which made him feel very unhappy. The "light" he got from Wu Xiaobao became dimmer.

Zhang Luyi plays the role of Wu Qian, Wu Xiaobao's father, a magician. He is the root of Jock's transformation from a "clown" to a "magician" and the underlying logic of the character's behavior transformation. Just because his position as a clown who spreads and obtains happiness is replaced by a magician, Jock is given the motivation to unmask the clown and become a magician.

But Jock currently doesn’t have the courage to unveil himself and change in the “real world”, so he starts his character growth by unveiling himself and changing in the “game world”.

Lens:

From a bird's-eye view, Chu Xuan sat back in the "virtual device" and entered the "virtual game" again.

In the second "game experience", Jock joined a street clown performance team, but he no longer dressed up as a clown. Instead, he showed his true face and performed as a magician under the name "Mr. Magic".

The heroine An Xin happened to be watching the performance, and their eyes met, which marked the beginning of the fate of the hero and heroine.

"An Xin, so beautiful." Chu Xuan returned to reality from the "game" and recalled his encounter with the heroine An Xin. He immediately stood up and said, "What a pity, it's fake."

During his second "game experience", Jock also didn't pay attention to the details on the virtual device and hadn't yet discovered that he had traveled through time.

This experience brought changes to Jock. He slowly began to become himself again, and the character's inner depression was somewhat released.

Lens:

A panoramic view of the corridor. Chu Xuan walked forward with his hands in his trouser pockets. Several people came up from the stairs and the leader immediately scolded them.

"Why is he, a dying man, living here? I don't want to live with such a person. It's unlucky! Landlord, if you don't let him move out today, then I will move out."

This scene was designed to make the characters more in line with real life situations. Living with a dying person is always uncomfortable. Of course, there are also some aunties like the previous ones who love gossip but are always good. There are also many people who turn a blind eye and remain silent. Naturally, there are also people who openly express disgust and rejection.

It is unrealistic for science fiction elements to appear in cities, and we need to use these real-life situations to increase credibility and sense of immersion.

Chu Xuan stopped and said, "You are also going to die sooner or later, so how can you say that I am disgusting?"

Chu Xuan pushed the man away: "Get out of the way!"

Then one person walked downstairs.

The people who were knocked away were frightened by Chu Xuan's aura, and they were stunned and dared not speak.

The neighbors and landlord who came out to watch the show were a little surprised, mainly because Jock had been depressed since he moved in. He never communicated with anyone and never said anything when others talked about him. But today Jock seemed like a different person.

This scene is intended to illustrate the character's changes, and the lines in it are also carefully written.

Everyone will die sooner or later, so what’s the difference between you and me?
Being able to look at everything from this perspective, with the emphasis on equality of all beings, is what it means to live a transparent life.

Liu Yifei curved her eyebrows in front of the monitor. She felt that this line was very profound and might be widely circulated among netizens and become a golden sentence.

After experiencing the very real "game world" with the mentality of the fourth disaster, Jock's heart began to change. And with the deepening of the experience, in the process of meeting, getting to know and understanding the heroine An Xin, the heroine's purity, truth, goodness and beauty also made Jock's light inspired by Wu Xiaobao be placed on An Xin.

Jock could not deny that he fell in love with a piece of data, a feeling he had never experienced before, but he knew very well that everything was "fake". How could he possibly fall in love with a piece of data?
“It would be great if it were true. I would be so lucky to marry such a fairy as my wife.” Chu Xuan came out of the “game world” and pondered helplessly.

Liu Yifei in front of the monitor chuckled, then covered her mouth and laughed silently. The teachers also couldn't help laughing.

This line was added by Chu Xuan himself; it was not originally in the script. His reason was to make his interpretation of the role more immersive. After all, the heroine is Liu Yifei, his wife, and it would feel more special if he said some nice words.

"It's really not possible. With my conditions, I can only waste their money." Chu Xuan shook his head again and said.

Jock's feelings towards Anxin cannot be viewed purely from the perspective of a player's attitude towards an NPC.

Because Jock has never been in a relationship in real life, and he is unable to find a girlfriend due to his cancer, so the "real world"'s desire for him in this regard is equivalent to completely cutting off his future.

As for An Xin, the person who gave him the taste of love, Jock found it difficult to look at her with the mentality of a normal player, even though he thought she was just a pair of data. In the end, he chose not to hurt An Xin and deliberately avoided her.

But it is very uncomfortable to escape from love. It not only hurts yourself but also others.

After struggling in the "real world" for a long time, Qiao Ke suddenly realized what was happening after Wu Xiaobao casually said, "You give me happiness, so I will give you happiness too. Isn't that right?" He took the initiative to apologize in the "game world" and reconcile with An Xin.

At this time, Jock's mentality changed to living the rest of his life carefree. Since the "real world" cannot escape tragedy, the "fake world" is more nostalgic, and the "fake world" is fake after all, why not be free and easy and live from the heart?
In this way, the love between Qiao Ke and An Xin continued, until under Qiao Ke's encouragement and motivation, An Xin's career as an artist improved, but their relationship was exposed by the media, causing An Xin's career, which had not improved for long, to decline again.

It doesn't matter if you feel at ease. Just say "do whatever makes you feel comfortable" to comfort Jock. No matter what's happening in the outside world, we just want to be happy together.

Qiao Ke tried hard to help An Xin with advice but to no avail. Faced with the iron rule that the market does not allow celebrities to fall in love, Qiao Ke had no other choice. In order to prevent An Xin from being implicated by him, he once again chose to leave An Xin.

An Xin couldn't find Qiao Ke no matter how hard she looked. She became a different person out of grief. Ironically, her career took a turn for the better after she officially announced their breakup. She overcame all obstacles and became a movie queen.

Jock became a clown in the "real world", doing nothing every day, lying down, taking medicine, and performing on the streets, until he discovered that the "virtual game" was the real world...

"Are you moving away?"

"Yes, the world is so big, I want to go out for a walk."

"Yeah, that's right. Let's go out and see more while we can still move."

"I think so too."

"But what about your luggage?"

"I am a penniless person, and all my possessions are nothing but clouds. I just want to ask you for one favor. Please burn the black chair for me after I leave tomorrow. It is my parents' legacy, and I can't carry a chair around with me. I'll just let it go with the wind. The rest is yours. Thank you for taking care of me."

"Hey?"

The landlord looked at Chu Xuan going upstairs and widened his eyes: "Good boy, you are indifferent to life and death, so carefree?"

The camera turned and Chu Xuan went upstairs. He stopped pretending to be cool and changed from a calm state to extremely excited. He ran back home.

Chu Xuan sat on the virtual device. He had tampered with the virtual device, which would be damaged at regular intervals after a series of operations. After he put on the device, he murmured, "During the time when I was not there, did you still love me?"

The next moment, Chu Xuan's eyes became firm.

At this time, Jock was no longer decadent and inferior, but looked completely energetic.

This state lasted for a few seconds, and Liu Yifei happily picked up the intercom at the right time.

"Crack!"

"The studio is finished!"

The two-day studio set-up and filming, in which the male lead Jock interpreted his character from the beginning to the end, was successfully completed thanks to the efforts of all the crew members.

(End of this chapter)