After writing the book, all of Yokohama wanted to hunt me down

"The name is the shortest "curse".

And everything in the world has a name. 』

Yuan Xuan once again received a letter from Director Kaidao, this time he told her in the letter that there was one thing that had troubled him for a long time.

That is, the character "Bie Tian Wang" in the movie failed to find a suitable actor to play it.

He thought that since Yuan Xuan could recommend a suitable candidate like Tong Mo, maybe he could also provide him with some suggestions on who could play the role of "Bie Tian Wang".

The image of Bie Tian Wang she portrayed in the novel is actually very vague, not as specific as the Patriarch of the Bliss Sect.

Director Kaido has not been able to find an actress with this temperament, even though he has auditioned many actors.

Age is one aspect of the problem. There are not many young actors with acting skills, but the bigger reason is that even director Kaido has not really understood the meaning of the role of "Bie Tian Wang".

What is the reason for her to set up such a "role"?

Or, does "Bie Tian Wang" really exist?

A commonly used method of expression in novels is to concretize certain concepts, give them "names" or images, and make them have a common cognition in the eyes of readers.

Is it the same for the "Bie Tian Wang" in the novel?

Director Kaido almost started to think about it.

He "confided" his troubles to Yuan Xuan.

After reading the letter from director Kaido, Yuanxuan felt a little complicated about it. When setting up the plot location of the temple of the Manshi Bliss Sect, compared with the ancestor of the Wanshi Bliss Sect, her main purpose was to get rid of the heavenly king.

It is to rationalize the existence of "Bie Tian Wang" and make the novel conform to the logic of the big concept, so there is this place.

If you want to ask Yuanxuan, which of the two roles "Patriarch of the Bliss Sect" and "Bie Tianwang" does she have the deeper affection for, the answer does not need to be thought about at all.

——It’s the king of heaven.

Especially after finishing the novel "Memory", perhaps because of the psychological suggestion, she felt that the origin of "Bie Tian Wang" was just like what she wrote in the novel.

Director Kaido couldn't find a suitable candidate to play "Bie Tian Wang", and she was also anxious.

"It's that director's letter again?"

While she was thinking, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's voice sounded.

Yuan Xuan nodded, "Director Haidao said that he encountered a problem. He couldn't find a suitable actor for a role, so he would like to ask me again about the character design of this role and whether I am suitable. Candidates can be recommended."

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko watched her quietly without saying a word.

He showed a look of incomprehension.

Seeing him showing such an expression, Yuanxuan was a little surprised for a while. This look of Shibusawa Ryuhiko is very rare, and it even suddenly makes people feel "cute".

There seemed to be some kind of thought in her heart that began to stir, Yuan Xuan hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold back and stretched out her hand.

Because Shibusawa Ryuhiko leaned down to look at the envelope while leaning on the back of her chair, the height difference between them was not that big, and Yuanxuan easily "touched" the top of Shibusawa Ryuhiko's hair.

The slightly cool and soft hair passed through her fingertips like a stream of water.

——White hair.

My elder brother has beautiful white hair, and "Bie Tian Wang" also has beautiful white hair.

But Yuanxuan's hair is a light pink "purple", which is the color inherited from her father.

As long as she could remember, her father had been on the battlefield for a long time, which resulted in only Yuan Xuan's hair being different from the others in the "family".

One day, she looked back and forth between her brother and mother, and then looked down at the hair hanging on her chest.

— Only she is different.

Realizing this, Yuan Xuan seemed to have something extra in her heart, which even made her toss and turn, sleepless nights and nights.

The brother who noticed her abnormality and saw that her mental state was not good coaxed her to tell him the reason in a soft voice.

"Is it a secret that even I can't tell?"

When her brother asked her this, Yuan Xuan shook her head.

It's no secret, it's obvious.

The elder brother who knew the reason laughed, he hugged the little Yuan Xuan, pressed her cheek and asked her, "Will Xuan hate me and mother because of this?"

She shook her head, how could this be possible.

"Then we are the same as you, Xuan will always be my cutest sister, it has nothing to do with the color of the hair."

He said that Yeon Hyun's hair is very beautiful.

Although Yuan Xuan did not speak at the time because she was shy, in her opinion, her brother's hair was the most beautiful.

Probably because she stared at Shibusawa Ryuhiko for too long, Shibusawa Ryuhiko reminded, "What do you think?"

She seemed to be still immersed in the memories of the past, as if she was still talking to her brother, she said, "The white hair is very beautiful."

Shibusawa Ryuhiko was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't even look at Yuan Xuan for a moment.

Shibusawa Ryuhiko actually understood it himself, from the time he got along with Yuan Xuan, he already understood that the change in the way he looked at her would make things that could have been peaceful and reasonable, but become extraordinarily complicated.

Just like now, when Yuan Xuan complimented his hair, he felt that the speed of his heart beat changed.

When he was in a trance, he suddenly heard Yuan Xuan say to him, "Can I dye my hair?"

When they went for a walk a few days ago, they passed a newly opened barber shop on the way back, and the staff standing on the street handing out leaflets stuffed a leaflet for her.

She saw "hair dye" on it.

Although a lot of common sense is incomprehensible to Yuan Xuan, she is literate and can tell what it means from the flyer.

Compared with the current pink and purple, she wants to have the same color as them.

The topic changed so suddenly.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's mood was very complicated, he really wanted to persuade Yuanxuan to give up such an idea, but he couldn't find a suitable reason.

And Yuanxuan put a strand of her hair and his hair together, she said to Shibusawa Ryuhiko, "I want to be more like you."

——Also more like my brother.

When she met "Bie Tian Wang" for the first time, the idea of ​​"Bie Tian Wang is more like her brother's sister" crossed Yuan Xuan's mind.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko couldn't say the disappointing words at all.

Director Kaido is looking through the video of the actor's audition.

Although he never lets the assistant director and producer choose actors with him, he still asks the staff to record all the audition performances of the actors so that they can be watched and evaluated after the end—sometimes he can also select some of them and make An actor who is not suitable for the role performed during the audition, but is more suitable for other roles.

What he was watching was the audition for the role of "Bie Tian Wang".

The more I look at it, the more disappointed I am, because no one in the camera is "Bie Tian Wang", everyone is playing other things.

This made Director Kaido feel even more irritable.

At this time, the assistant knocked on the door carefully and walked in, placing a letter on his desk.

"Director Kaido, this is Mr. Yuan's reply..."

Although he doesn't like others to disturb him when he is working, Director Kaido has told him in advance that if "Yuan" has a reply, he can send it directly to him.

Director Kaido opened the envelope, eager to see what advice she would give.

The assistant didn't back out, he just stood at the door, quietly waiting for Director Kaido's reaction.

After reading the letter, Director Kaido raised his face. As if he suddenly understood something, he asked his assistant to order a restaurant.

"Restaurant?" The assistant didn't respond yet.

Director Kaido said, "I'm going to meet "Yuchi". "

This is the first time they have agreed to meet after a few months since they started getting in touch in the name of readers.

Yuan Xuan, who had dyed her hair, asked Shibusawa Tatsuhiko what he thought while looking in the mirror.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko hasn't gotten used to her new hair "color", but the thought of "recognizing her" engraved in his bones made him nod immediately.

"very nice."

Yuanxuan couldn't hide the happy look on her face, she held Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's arm and leaned against his side, the same hair "color" was pasted together, and it was impossible to tell who it was without careful distinction. whose hair.

The staff at the barber shop praised their good match with great discernment.

Facts have proved that such words are very useful, because after hearing such words, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko applied for a card in the store without saying a word, and was immediately upgraded to a VIP customer.

This kind of customer who treats money like waste paper and is not picky at all has always been the most popular existence in all service industries.

Immersed in the joy of having white hair herself, Yuanxuan leaned on Shibusawa Ryuhiko and walked out of the store with him.

They made an appointment to meet someone today—Director Kaido.

Although he suddenly had the idea of ​​dyeing his hair after seeing Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, Yuanxuan did not forget the troubles of director Kaido.

He said that he hoped that Yuan Xuan could give his opinion, but Yuan Xuan didn't have any suitable candidates to recommend to him, and it was completely unexpected that he could find someone like Tong Mo.

Because he took the initiative to come to her.

Yuan Xuan suddenly realized that "Bie Tian Wang" also came to her on his own initiative.

This strange thought stayed in her mind for a moment, and then she waved it away.

She focused on the phrase "a lot of actresses auditioned" mentioned in Director Kaido's letter.

She suddenly felt that maybe there were already suitable candidates among those actresses.

But Yuan Xuan had never seen those actresses with her own eyes, and she didn't know what the "audition" of actors was, so she called and asked the editor-in-chief Kurata, and got the answer that "directors usually shoot and record the actors. audition performance."

She suddenly wanted to see those people's audition performances.

Once such a thought arises, it cannot be dispelled. In addition, they have been wandering around their homes during this period of time, and Yuan Xuan has not started writing a new novel, so it is inevitable that they will feel a little bored.

After telling Tatsuhiko Shibusawa what he thought, he made sure again, "You want to meet him?"

Yuan Xuan nodded.

Although she still doesn't like strangers very much, in her opinion, Director Kaido should not be regarded as a stranger. They corresponded for several months, and the content of the letters sent back and forth did not make both parties feel pressured.

A very interesting and fulfilling exchange.

This kind of foreshadowing made Yuan Xuan feel that if possible, she would like to meet with director Kaidao, and if the other party didn't mind, she would also like to see the details of those auditions.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko frowned slightly upon hearing such words.

Yuan Xuan saw his mood from his subtle expression changes, "Is it not possible?"

"It's not impossible..." When he was in front of Yuanxuan, Shibusawa Ryuhiko would never speak so absolutely, and those sentences that were originally sharp and harsh would be processed into a gentle and mellow look, "I'm just worried about you."

Yuan Xuan put her arms around his neck and said don't worry, "One day I will try my best so that you don't have to worry about me anymore."

She said this very seriously, people cannot always rely on others, independence is the basis for the birth of a complete personality.

But Shibusawa Ryuhiko didn't take her words seriously. He felt that although she said so, her body movements actually revealed her true heart.

She will still rely on Shibusawa Tatsuhiko involuntarily.

In the end, they decided on a date to dye their hair and a date to meet Director Kaido.

A restaurant is always the first choice for an agreed meeting place.

In pursuit of privacy, Director Kaido asked his assistant to order a very traditional Japanese restaurant with sliding doors on both sides, one side corresponds to the corridor, and the other side corresponds to the courtyard with a pond.

This is the best location in the entire restaurant.

Yuanxuan came to the appointment with Shibusawa Tatsuhiko. On the way, Yuanxuan felt that it would be fine to come alone, but Shibusawa Ryuhiko felt uneasy, and he brought up the things from the previous signings.

"I can be your 'assistant' one more time. "

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xuan joked with him, "Then this time, I can no longer make my own decisions."

She was referring to the incident that Shibusawa Ryuhiko was called by security guards and thrown out of the signing venue because Tong Mo shook her hand.

It can be seen how good her mood is today, and it can even be said that she is a little ecstatic. Shibusawa Tatsuhiko attributes this to her dyed hair.

Are you really so happy?

The corners of Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's mouth curled up involuntarily.

He followed behind Yuanxuan, led by the waitress wearing a kimono, to the Japanese room that director Kaido had reserved in advance.

Director Kaido is a very punctual person, but when he makes appointments with people on weekdays, the other party will arrive first—but this time he came to the agreed place more than half an hour earlier and waited.

In fact, he had seen Yuan Xuan's face in the newspaper—it looked like a very young girl, with special golden cone-shaped earrings hanging from her earlobes.

She has an unusually beautiful face.

But it is not her face that makes Director Kaido pay attention, but her words.When I read the novel "Memory" for the first time, Director Kaido felt that the work had many flaws, but the book still needs to be revised before it can be turned into a script, so as long as the "kernel" is excellent, you can keep it. on heart.

But in the process of communicating with her, he seemed to read a special feeling between the lines - an indescribable sense of intimacy would involuntarily rise from his heart.

This is why Director Kaido wrote to her repeatedly.

Her "letter" has a special magic power.

When imagining the first meeting, time passed silently, the waiter opened the barrier door, Director Kaido raised his face, and he saw the figure of the other party walking in.

The white-haired girl had black eyes, and a smile appeared on her pale and beautiful face.

"Hello, Director Kaido, I'm Yuanxuan."

Director Kaido knew her real name, because it was her real name when she signed the contract.

Seeing her appearance, Director Kaido seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

After a while, he came back to his senses and asked Yuan Xuan to sit down, as if to explain his gaffe just now, "Your hair..."

Yuan Xuan immediately realized what the other party meant, "I went to dye my hair today."

After all, it was the first time we met, if you continue to ask, it would make people feel a little rude, so Director Kaido looked away, and he noticed the young man with the same white hair behind her.

"Then who is this?"

Yuan Xuan said it was her assistant.

However, with sharp eyes like Director Kaido's, he immediately saw the extremely high similarity of their hair - this is definitely not just the assistant's relationship.

He withdrew his gaze, as if he hadn't noticed anything.

The focus of this meeting is on the role of "Bie Tian Wang".

She has seen the appearance of the real "Bie Tian Wang" - a girl with exactly the same face as hers, with eyes that are so calm that there is no wave, and a face that is neither sad nor happy.

Yuanxuan and Bietianwang are very similar, but they are very different.

In the past, the biggest difference between them was the difference in hair color, but now it is the difference in demeanor—Yuan Xuan has become much more cheerful than before, and she is less and less like the "Bie Tian Wang".

Especially when sitting next to Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, Director Kaido could almost see the smile in her eyes, which made him guess the relationship between her and the "assistant" beside her.

—Is it a lover?

If they were siblings, they wouldn't show such eyes.This is not the look that will appear for my brother.

As the director, Kaidoyo commented from the bottom of his heart.

The meal was incidental, so it was in the best interest of both parties to resolve it as soon as possible. Their destination was director Kaido's audition site, which stored the camera and the videos taken during the audition.

On the way, Yuan Xuan suddenly asked Director Haidao, "In your opinion, what kind of character is "Bie Tian Wang"? "

Director Kaidou couldn't help but sit upright, recalling the scenes in the novel when "Bie Tian Wang" appeared.

In the first appearance, the protagonist couldn't fall asleep at night, so he walked out of the room, and he saw a figure at the end of the veranda in the distance.

And in the end, after the protagonist sent "Bietianwang" back to the Temple of the Bliss Temple with the charm he obtained from the temple shrine, he turned his head and saw her figure again.

It's like hinting at something.

He said, "It is a character used to run through the plot, and it is also a character used to prove the core of the novel."

It was the first time for Yuanxuan to hear someone mention the "kernel" in front of her, which was different from what she saw on paper - Director Kaidao mentioned it when he wrote her a letter, he felt that "Memory" The core of this work is "tragedy".

"Then I have another question, why do you think the core of "Memory" is a tragedy?"

She has been curious about this for a long time.

Director Kaido said to her, "Because in general, every story expresses some ideas, perhaps through the characters, or through the plot of the story, and the "protagonist" of the story is the best proof. "

In Yuan Xuan's works, the protagonist has actually been completely trapped—into a terrible and indescribable abyss.

This kind of hazy feeling makes people unable to delve into it deeply, but it cannot be understood from the surface alone-and this has to return to the setting of the role of "Bie Tian Wang".

In the novel, Yuan Xuan described "Bie Tian Wang" in this way.

"The lost soul lost itself in the long years and forgot his own name. He heard the call of human beings, and they called him the "King of Heaven". 』

Director Kaido asked her what that meant.

"Have you ever heard of it? The onmyojis in the Heian era were able to kill people with curses. They poured their power into words and gave "names" to all things, and these "names" became "curses" that restrained all things. . "

Such an idea seemed to be innately engraved in Yuan Xuan's mind.

Director Kaido felt very novel about this statement, he had never heard of it before, not only that - Onmyoji had already faded out of people's vision, even in the Heian Era when Onmyoji activities were the most active, there were only a few great Onmyoji His name survives.

These things have already faded out of people's vision.

So returning to "Betian King" itself, Director Kaido seems to have understood more things, "So in your opinion, "Bie Tian Wang" was not actually the first "Bie Tian Wang", but because he accepted the "name" given by people, so To become Him? "

Yuan Xuan nodded, "Yes."

Director Kaido admired such a setting.

Because this is also implying, implying that the role of "Patriarch of the Bliss Sect" also has the same situation as "Bie Tian Wang".

He also accepted the "name" given by people as the "Father of the Eternal Bliss Sect", so he became the existence that guides everyone to the world of bliss.

While talking, they arrived at the audition site of Director Kaido.

Under the leadership of Director Kaidao, Yuan Xuan came to the camera. He selected the audition videos of the actors from the camera and asked Yuan Xuan to watch them one by one.

During the process, Director Haidao also kept asking Yuan Xuan for her opinion. In her opinion, what kind of person would play the role of "Bie Tian Wang" more in line with her image of "Bie Tian Wang"?

Yuanxuan responded to each other while watching, while Shibusawa Ryuhiko played the role of "assistant" quietly, standing beside her without saying a word.

In the end, Yuan Xuan's opinion was almost the same as Director Kaido's. Among the actresses who had auditioned, there was indeed no suitable candidate.

Those are not the "Bie Tian Wang" she saw, nor the "Bie Tian Wang" imagined by director Kaido.