Chapter 72: The Actor in the Candlelight
"Please play Mr. Ning Jun's film "Dream Chaser"!"
The host He Zhou pointed to the big screen, and then slowly retreated to the bottom of the stage.
The entire recording hall was instantly pitch black, as if a movie was being shown in a theater.
Slowly, the big screen lit up, and the opening credits of "Dream Chaser" appeared.
The melodious background music is slowly opened with the subtitles in the play.
Chief Director: Xu Qing.
Chief screenwriter: Ning Jun.
Starring:...
This work is the script of the famous screenwriter Ning Jun.
And Ning Jun is also the screenwriter of a well-known literary film in China, and he is also one of the two old screenwriters in Group A.
As the short drama progresses slowly, the plot gradually climaxes, and the audience is hearty, still in the typical style of Teacher Ning Jun, and the literary film is slightly absurd and mocking reality.
Especially in the last shot of the film, when the protagonist jumps off from the rooftop, it makes the audience's scalp tingle.
The story is very simple, it is an ordinary office worker, because he worked diligently, but when he reached the age of thirty-five, he was ruthlessly dismissed by the company.
dismissed the unemployed protagonist and found liver cancer.
When his life was desperate, he returned to his old house in the countryside and lived with an old yellow dog.
During this period, he felt the warmth and care of the villagers and healed him.
Just as he was preparing to die, the hospital called, the diagnosis was wrong, and he did not have liver cancer.
At that moment, he was resurrected with full blood, and then returned to the city, but the promise that the villagers would donate all their savings to the village to build roads after his death was not fulfilled.
The village chief took a few villagers to look for him, but he scolded them away.
After that, he found another job, and just when he was full of pride, he was really sick, this time not liver cancer, but pancreatic cancer.
He couldn't stand this absurd truth and finally chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building.
He had hoped that standing on the rooftop, the villagers behind him would be able to hold him.
But the villagers stared at him numbly, witnessing his death.
The film is about human nature, complex human nature.
Although the film is "Dream Chaser", the content is very different, and this is also used for comparison.
With the sound of applause, with the comments of the four mentors and the comments of the professional judges, the media finally voted, and the public judges, that is, the audience, also voted.
"Let's congratulate Mr. Ning Jun on winning this "Dream Chaser"..."
The host He Zhou is also an old variety show, and he deliberately dragged a long tone to give him enough suspense.
Just when the audience was about to lose patience, he continued to speak: "959 votes!" ”
Instantly, the audience began to exclaim, and everyone was surprised.
Because 500 public judges are 500 votes.
And the 100 media people in the media area, each of them have five votes, which adds up to 1,000 votes.
Ning Jun's 959 votes will be a limit that is basically unsurpassable.
Yang Fan sat in the last row of chairs for the screenwriter, with no expression.
His work was scheduled to be played in the penultimate row, and it is estimated that the audience will have a kind of aesthetic fatigue and physical exertion at that time.
I hope to be promoted, as for the first and second places, he doesn't dare to think about it, he just wants to win the third place.
"Next, please play Mr. Meng Dong's work "Love for Three Dollars"."
This is a well-known screenwriter who has been in the industry for more than 15 years.
The curtain slowly pulls in, and the recording continues.
A few minutes later.
"This work received 789 votes, congratulations to Mr. Meng Dong!"
The recording process was very smooth, which may be the reason for the very high standard and quality of the short play.
Soon, an hour of recording time passed.
The first eight works have basically been played, and they have also received their respective votes, but none of them exceeded 800 votes.
"The current ranking situation is that Mr. Ning Jun's work "Dream Chaser" ranks first with 959 votes."
"Mr. Si Liuyi's work "Time is Hard to Go Back" ranked second with 912 votes."
"Teacher Meng Dong's work "Three Yuan Love" ranked third with 789 votes.
"In other words, the next work will determine whether Mr. Si Liuyi can determine the top three positions!"
The host He Zhou emphasized the current situation, because Si Liuyi's works ranked second, but as long as Yang Fan's works exceeded the third place, it meant that Si Liuyi was officially promoted.
No one can afford to lose a one-to-one game.
"Okay, let's invite Mr. Yi An's work "The Actor in the Candlelight" next!"
As the host's words fell, the recording hall went dark, and then the curtain slowly opened.
Unlike the others, there are no letters at the beginning, and there is no introduction of the director and actors.
is an interview, Shen Cong, played by Shen Songwen, sits on a chair, looks at Erlang's legs, and there are microphones in front of him, and the flash is constantly flashing.
This set of shots is undoubtedly hinting to all the audience that the Shen Cong who was interviewed is a star, a very popular star.
"May I ask Mr. Shen Cong, what was your experience before you became famous in your early years, share it with us?"
A female reporter asked, and many reporters around her echoed her.
Shen Cong's face instantly became complicated, and then fell into a look of reminiscence.
"That's in..."
With a flicker, the camera takes a turn and goes back ten years.
It was autumn, and the leaves were yellow.
"Fellow tourists, this is the most famous..."
Shen Cong was sweating and wearing tour guide clothes, holding the tour guide flag in his hand, shouting at the top of his voice, facing the noisy tourists.
The story begins.
At first, the audience still felt fresh, because this kind of interlude, especially the celebrity interviews, and then reminiscences, made the audience very interested in watching it.
Gradually, the audience's eyes turned red.
Especially the quarrel between Shen Cong and his son Shen Xiaoxiao at home, the outburst of emotions made the plot immediately tense, and the tension of the plot increased.
When Shen Xiaoxiao was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle, the blood on the ground after falling to the ground seemed to freeze the frame, and after a burst of tinnitus, Shen Cong's shouts came.
"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao!!"
"Dad is wrong, dad is wrong!"
Shen Songwen played a father alive, especially after his son's car accident, his stunned demeanor was simply vivid and touched countless audiences.
At this point in the plot, it stands to reason that it should be a happy finale, right?
No, far from it.
Yang Fan is also good at literary films, especially the sadistic plots, which are even more perfect.
At this time, Shen Cong's old mother was sick and cancerous.
The old mother was also hospitalized, and the son was already unconscious due to the car accident.
The daughter-in-law has long been divorced and has fallen into an existential crisis in the family, forcing Shen Cong to be a tour guide during the day and a substitute driver at night.
Although this plot is not much, only two minutes, it is very sadistic and makes people cry when they watch it.
It was at this moment that the light appeared, as beautiful as the leaves through which the morning sun rises under the lens.
A screenwriter named Yi An found Shen Cong, and there was a play that invited Shen Cong to audition, and he played himself, and adapted the plot according to him.
The audience suddenly exclaimed, oh my God, isn't this a drama within a play?
Shen Songwen plays Shen Cong, why not himself?
And screenwriter Yi An, isn't he the creator of this script?
He helped Shen Cong get a new life, re-enter the industry as an actor, and finally became an actor.
In the end, behind the camera, Shen Cong shouted the sentence, I am actor Shen Cong.
As for why the show is called The Actor in the Candlelight?
A lot of people don't understand this.
Even after watching the film, the audience is a little ignorant.
"Okay, the video is over."
The host He Zhou walked onto the stage as he spoke.
"Four mentors, after watching the film, do you have anything to say?"