RPAGF Chapter 42 I just want to be famous!
Chapter 42 I just want to be famous!
"Lin Feng, do you even know how to act?!"
Yang Mi's sudden outburst completely baffled Lin Feng. "Don't you know whether I can act or not?!"
All three takes were your fault, okay? You couldn't even keep up with the scene, so how can you say I can't act?
Besides, what right do you, Yang Mi, have to say that? You, a student with acting skills that are "at most 70 points," dare to teach a "90-point student" how to act. You're defying the heavens!
At this moment, Yang Mi walked up to Lin Feng, pointed at him and cursed, "Lin Feng, I admit you have good acting skills, but do you think that just because you have good acting skills you can bully people at will!"
Were you deliberately trying to embarrass me? You made me do so many takes, which only wastes everyone's time.
Besides, that was clearly just a wide shot, why are you taking it so seriously? We're filming a TV series, not a movie, so there's no need to be so serious, you know?
It's not that you can't pursue acting skills, but you should pursue overall rationality. What's so great about you getting 90 points when we're all at the 70-point level? That makes the whole show seem too abrupt and the overall effect is not good.
Besides, this is a period drama/idol drama! It emphasizes the emotional bond between the male and female leads, the feeling, the visuals, you know?
You're probably referring to the chemistry between the male and female leads, right?
"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I mean. The reason why your show 'Meteor Shower' was so popular, besides the plot, is because you and Deng Shuang had great chemistry as a couple, and fans loved watching it!"
This collaboration needs to create that kind of chemistry, to strengthen the on-screen couple's chemistry, for the show to succeed. Now is not the time to pursue artistic merit.
Sometimes, TV dramas do need to maintain an overall style and not highlight individual characters too much. A 90-point drama plus a 70-point drama is indeed not as good as two 80-point dramas, or even two 70-point dramas, because the rhythm is the same for the whole.
It's like the dramatic, heartfelt expressions of a romance novelist like Qiong Yao: "I know he loves you so painfully! So painfully!" "I also know you love him so painfully! So painfully!"
Taking this line out of context is silly, but making it twice with "It's so painful" is even sillier. However, if the whole series uses this repetitive expression, the audiovisual language becomes stylized, and that's what turns it into a Qiong Yao drama.
Yu Zheng, standing nearby, also subtly remarked, "What Yang Mi said makes some sense. This is a TV drama; we pay more attention to the visual effects and the pacing of the plot throughout the day."
Sometimes you don't need to take things too seriously. After all, you can't see these things on the small screen. The main thing for this drama is that the two of you need to have chemistry; that's what makes the show interesting.
What's it to you! This is between the male and female leads, what does it have to do with you, the screenwriter? Go play with your "white moonlight" He Shengming!
Lin Feng ignored Yu Zheng. He understood Yang Mi's meaning: it wasn't that he thought Yu Zheng's acting was bad, but rather that he thought it was too good, and the gap between him and Yang Mi was too large.
Without the chemistry between the male and female leads, they can both be equally silly, equally stupid, equally naive, and equally bad at acting. Only when they are unified and coordinated can they have chemistry.
However, instead of looking for the reasons within himself and trying to improve his acting skills, Yang Mi made Lin Feng lower his acting skills, which made Lin Feng very unhappy. More importantly, Yang Mi's attitude made Lin Feng even more unhappy.
Sister, are we that close?! How dare you order me around!
Therefore, Lin Feng didn't hold back and launched a barrage of criticism at Yang Mi, saying, "Why don't you think about improving yourself instead of dragging others down?"
When it comes to acting, from my school days until now, I've always had the highest standards. This is the first time I've heard of acting down to a lower level. You're really amazing!
"Did our school teachers teach you this, Sister Mi? I think you've gotten so used to taking on multiple roles that you've forgotten how to act!"
Lin Feng's words were rather harsh, almost bringing Yang Mi to tears. However, she possessed a very strong heart and managed to hold back her tears, saying, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that."
The reason Yang Mi snapped at Lin Feng earlier was mainly because she was under a lot of pressure lately, due to her decision not to renew her contract with Rong Xinda.
Suddenly, a lot of negative information about her appeared online, such as taking on multiple roles at the same time, having plastic surgery, acting like a diva, having smelly feet, etc., which were all "blackened by the entire internet." Her feet smell really good, so why does she say that her feet smell bad?
Yang Mi thought fiercely, "I should really let Lin Feng taste my toes, so he won't bully me all the time!" This was the first time she had ever encountered a male protagonist who could make her suffer.
Of course, Yang Mi herself admitted that she has been taking on too many roles recently, which has scattered her energy. She has taken on three roles in a row: "Palace," "The New Four Young Masters of Beijing," and "The Great Case of Hongwu."
She just doesn't want to be idle and wants to seize every opportunity to become popular, because only with enough quantity will the probability of finding a hit be high enough!
Yang Mi believed she would definitely become famous. "I just want to be famous" was her ambition. "Try to kill me if you dare. If you can't, then just wait and see me become even stronger!"
However, Yang Mi still had some reservations about Lin Feng. On the one hand, she was jealous of his sudden rise to fame, and on the other hand, she felt that he was easy to bully. Of all the male actors she had worked with, Lin Feng was definitely the most special one.
Sure enough, Lin Feng came again, and he came to bully her again. Moreover, Yang Mi knew that he did it on purpose.
So what if he's a good actor? What's the use of being a good actor? The key is to be famous. Well, Lin Feng is quite famous now, which makes Yang Mi furious!
Lin Feng's previous decision to suppress other actors was out of necessity, but this time it was intentional. He even deliberately increased the difficulty, just to make Yang Mi embarrass herself.
However, what impressed Lin Feng was that Yang Mi didn't say anything this time. If it was a NG, they would do it again. If it wasn't good once, they would do it twice. If it wasn't good twice, they would do it three times until Lin Feng was satisfied.
Seeing how stubborn Yang Mi was, Lin Feng felt a little sorry for her. In the following scenes, he stopped making things difficult for her and even gave her some pointers. Although he couldn't raise her score from 70 to 90, getting her to 80 would be good enough!
"Your reaction was a bit too fast!" "Actually, your movement would have been better!" "Your expression could have been more exaggerated; it would have been more interesting."
At this moment, Yang Mi suddenly felt that Lin Feng was actually quite nice, not as bad as she had imagined. Perhaps she had been too hasty at the beginning and shouldn't have lost her temper with Lin Feng.
During this break, the usually assertive Yang Mi also sincerely apologized to Lin Feng.
"Lin Feng, I'm sorry. I was too hasty at first. The main reason is that I was too busy with work in the past few days. Sometimes I had to rush to two different film sets in one day. So if there are too many takes here, it will affect the filming of my next film."
"And recently, I've been having a lot of unpleasantness with my agency about not renewing my contract. I was in a bad mood that day, and I really shouldn't have taken it out on you. I'm so sorry!"
"Well, it's work, it's okay. Everyone has their emotional moments. But with so many roles at once, it's not easy to improve your acting skills. In the end, it will all become formulaic acting."
Yang Mi is now somewhat famous because of "Chinese Paladin 3", but she has not yet become the "Queen of Black and Red" from her previous life, and she may not even be as popular as Deng Shuang now.
"All I want right now is to become famous! Nothing else matters." Yang Mi's goal is very firm.
"After you become famous, will you continue to take on multiple roles simultaneously?"
"I don't know. I'm only focused on the present. We'll talk about the future later."
"Maybe when you become famous, you'll want even more!"
However, after this incident, the two worked together much better, and the filming schedule sped up, which made Yu Zheng very happy. He was back in the spotlight.
Yu Zheng is having a great time on set. He doesn't have to direct or act, and he doesn't have to do anything. But now he likes to wander around in front of the camera, and he always likes to speak during media interviews.
Moreover, after spending this time together, Yang Mi discovered so many of Lin Feng's good qualities, beyond just his handsome and charming appearance.
Yang Mi discovered that Lin Feng was a very mature and thoughtful person. Although he was two years younger than her and debuted later, he knew more than she did in many ways.
Therefore, Yang Mi often consults Lin Feng, including when she signed with her new agency, Hong Kong Mei Ah Entertainment.
"Let me tell you! The entire Hong Kong film industry has declined. Haven't you seen a large number of Hong Kong directors moving north? Even our director of 'Palace,' Lee Wai-chu, is from Hong Kong."
Did they come to the mainland to film movies a few years ago? No, why are they coming now? It's because the entire Chinese entertainment industry is shifting its focus to the mainland.
Then why did you sign with that Hong Kong company? They don't have any resources of their own. I think you'd be better off staying in mainland China!
"Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't even look that far ahead. But if I don't sign with a Hong Kong agency, I won't get any movie resources. I want to act in movies too!"
Moreover, even if I stayed in mainland China, there wouldn't be any other suitable brokerage firms, since Rong Xinda is already considered one of the top brokerage firms in the mainland.
"You can learn from Fan Binbin, open your own studio, and even invest in your own film and television dramas and sign your own artists in the future. Why do you have to go to Hong Kong?"
Lin Feng's words enlightened Yang Mi. This was much better than simply being popular. It seemed to be her deepest ambition: "to become capital." This was really great!
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