Chapter 167 Four Lines
Zhang Yuan got his own script.

But after opening it, he was dumbfounded and the corners of his mouth twitched.

There are only four lines in total.

"Hey."

"Correct."

"what."

"Row."

They are all modal particles!

"This is not the same as what Brother Qian said on stage." Zhang Yuan scratched his head and complained.

"Brother Qian has more words than me."

Zhang Yuan originally thought that the so-called guest appearance could at least be a role at the level of Teacher Fan Wei.

In "Cell Phone", Fan Wei played the male protagonist Yan Shouyi's cousin from his hometown. In total, his screen time was less than five minutes.

But he was overthinking. How could he compare with Teacher Fan?

There are several pages of lines.

"It's convenient for me. Memorizing the lines isn't hard." He said with a wry smile.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his sad face, Fan Bingbing, who had just arrived at the set, leaned over and looked at the script in his hand.

“Hehehe…” Fan Ye covered her mouth and laughed: “You don’t even have as many lines as the male lead in the porn movie.”

Zhang Yuan: …

I'm going to shut your mouth one day!
"Don't worry about it. It's good enough that you can show your face." Seeing his face turn pale, Fan Bingbing comforted him.

"At least you don't have to rely on drinking and being groped to get a role."

Her expression suddenly dimmed.

"That's not because I'm a virgin, it's mainly because there are too few female directors." Zhang Yuan replied with a squint.

"Hehehe...you're so funny. By the way, leave me your cell phone number so we can contact each other later." After all, Fan Bingbing is a person who can do great things, and he immediately pulled himself out of his depressed mood.

The two exchanged numbers, and then Zhang Yuan found a quiet place, took out the small notebook he carried with him, and began to write and draw.

Soon, the crew was ready and about to start filming.

The background of this scene is an internal meeting of the program team. In addition to Ge You who plays Yan Shouyi and Zhang Guoli who plays Fei Mo, there are three TV station staff members including Zhang Yuan in the scene.

The filming location was chosen in the large living room of a villa in the suburbs, which was decorated to be filled with books and the fragrance of ink.

Full of talk about morality, but full of thieves and prostitutes, this is the contrast between the scene and the characters in the scene.

The plot of this play is in line with the principle of three flips and four shakes in crosstalk concept.

Fei Mo's speech was interrupted repeatedly, and in the end he even forgot what he was going to say.

He slammed the table angrily, lit a cigarette and started to teach his men a lesson.

The purpose of this scene is to point out the theme of the film through Mr. Fei’s words: everyone’s mobile phone contains unspeakable secrets.

There are five people in one scene, no big actions, just lines.

This scene actually feels like a stage play.

According to the plot, when Zhang Yuan answered the phone, it should be the third time that Mr. Fei was interrupted, and then he lit a cigarette and started swearing.

All the actors were in place, Zhang Guoli and Ge You sat opposite each other, as did another actor. Only Zhang Yuan stood alone, like a dividing line, between the two groups.

The good thing is that the camera is facing him directly, so his face can be shown, and it is a frontal face at that.

Zhang Yuan guessed that Xu Fan must have fought for this seat.

So don’t worry about what other purposes they have in asking you to come here, they are really here to get the job done, and they are very clear about it.

Now he is wearing a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans and a pair of black leather shoes.

This outfit made him look like a mature, old worker, at least ten years older than his actual age.

"All departments are prepared."

“The actors are getting into the zone.”

"ACTION!"

Following the assistant director's call, Zhang Yuan's pitifully small role officially started filming.

"Hello, there's a phone call, there's a phone call..."

In the quiet scene, a ringtone with a baby voice was heard.

Even though it seems tacky now, it was very popular back then, and you had to pay an extra 6 dollars a month to be eligible to use it.

When Zhang Yuan, who was sitting on a plastic chair, heard the ringtone, he immediately turned sideways and raised one of his thighs to make it easier for him to take out the phone from his trouser pocket.

When he picked up the phone, his brows slightly frowned. After all, Mr. Fei had been interrupted twice before.

After seeing the caller ID on his cell phone, he nodded slightly towards Zhang Guoli with an apologetic look, then leaned back, picked up the call, and began his four "lines".

"Hey."

In the first sentence, he looked relaxed and his tone was very friendly.

"Correct."

With the second sentence, his expression became slightly more serious, but he quickly relaxed.

"what?"

When he said the third sentence, a hint of joy appeared between his brows, as if he had heard some good news.

At the same time, he put his right leg on his left leg and crossed his legs.

"Row."

His tone of voice was firm in the last sentence, as if he had made some kind of promise.

After finishing the four lines, he glanced at Zhang Guoli, who was waiting for him with a sullen look on his face, and quickly took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and lit it for the other party to express his apology.

"Card!"

Director Feng waved his hand and the assistant director beside him shouted to stop.

"Zhang Yuan, come here." Feng Xiaogang waved at him and called him to his side.

The other actors also gathered around and watched the replay together.

"Did I say the wrong words?" Zhang Yuan joked.

Fan Bingbing on the side almost couldn't hold it together. He could even make mistakes in saying four interjections. He might as well go and make a porn movie.

Director Feng glanced at him and knew that the other party was secretly expressing his dissatisfaction.

It’s normal that there are not enough words.

"It's not a big deal, but can you tell me that when you said these words, it seemed like you planned a lot of movements?"

Director Feng thought, well, this is it, you say it, I finish shooting, and then we can just go our separate ways after I leave.

I'm still missing a "competitor".

The so-called competitors are those who compete with you in the same field.

"Director Feng, this is what's going on." Zhang Yuan took out his little notebook and flipped through it.

"According to my costume and the character's relationship, my character should be around 30 years old, a subordinate of Fei Mo and Yan Shouyi."

"almost."

"According to the plot, Mr. Fei has been interrupted twice by phone calls. This is the third time for me, right?"

"Yes.

"Here comes the problem. As a mature subordinate, after two incidents, he answered the phone for the third time, which made his leader unhappy. This kind of behavior without workplace philosophy seems to be inappropriate for this person." Zhang Yuan said word by word.

Feng Xiaogang opened his mouth. He had never thought about this at all.

"Go on." Uncle Guoli was one of us after all, so he immediately responded.

"Then according to the plot, this call must be very important, so I would take the risk to answer it."

"However, in the script, after I hung up the phone, I didn't leave in a hurry or look anxious, but continued with the meeting." "That means the content of the call was not that important. In this case, the only important thing could be the caller."

Including Zhang Guoli, Ge You, Xu Fan, and Fan Bingbing all leaned forward and listened to his analysis with great interest.

"If it were me, there would only be three kinds of people who would make me feel so important."

"Parents, lovers, children."

"But from what I understand, I would probably ignore calls from my parents and loved ones and call back after the meeting."

"The only thing I have to do is answer the phone when it's my child's phone call, even if it's against everyone's will."

Director Feng was about to refute his statement when he heard Xu Fan speak in a sarcastic tone.

"Yes, our Xiaogang is like this. He doesn't return my calls for a long time, but his daughter will answer them no matter how busy she is."

Feng Xiaogang coughed lightly, then held back his words with an embarrassed look on his face.

Xu Fan's tone was sour, because this daughter was born to Director Feng and his ex-wife, and she was just a stepmother.

Zhang Yuan’s words just touched the thorn in her heart.

A daughter is a father's sweet cotton-padded jacket, but Director Feng loves his daughter so much not just because of this.

His daughter Feng Siyu, like Wang Fei and Li Yapeng's daughter Li Yanran, was born with cleft lip and palate, and had to undergo multiple surgeries to restore her face to normal.

Since the child was born with a disease, the father felt sorry for him and naturally took extra care of him.

Zhang Yuan ignored the couple's bickering and continued speaking.

“So my design is that the character receives a call from a child.”

“And those four sentences are also a response to the children.”

"Dad, Daddy."

"Ah."

"Are you in a meeting?"

"Correct."

"I got first place in the class this time."

"what?"

"You promised to buy me a toy if you got first place in the exam."

"Row."

Zhang Yuan repeated the subtext he had designed in full, and everyone around him showed surprise.

Director Feng's eyes suddenly turned red and he nodded.

"He designed a play just for four interjections?"

What surprised him was not only that Zhang Yuan had thought deeply about the entire character for four insignificant lines.

I was even more moved by the subtext of the design.

Her daughter underwent cleft lip and palate surgery when she was less than two years old.

After the operation, the doctor advised that the child should not be allowed to cry, otherwise it would affect recovery and easily cause the wound to rupture.

For this reason, Director Feng bought new toys home every day during that period just to make his daughter happy and prevent her from crying.

When Zhang Yuan mentioned children and toys in his subtext, he thought of himself.

There is no conflict or opposition between a father who is greedy for money and lustful and a father who loves his daughter. Instead, these two qualities can exist together and even appear in the same person.

"Zhang Yuan, you are amazing. None of us have thought about it so carefully, but you have sorted out the logic of this character." Xu Fan looked happy.

After all, it was she who introduced Zhang Yuan to the crew.

Now the other party's performance is not only excellent, but also far exceeds her expectations.

She also has face.

"I find that you seem to have made progress again." Zhang Guoli also said: "You have gone a lot deeper than before in the crew of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber."

Zhang Guoli didn't expect that this kid squatted there listlessly for a long time, without saying a word, but did a big job.

No wonder he felt strange during the performance just now.

Zhang Yuan's actions and lines seem to form a system of their own, with an underlying logic.

Now that I hear it, it is indeed true.

“When we were shooting the long shot yesterday, their faces clearly weren’t shown, and Zhang Yuan also designed the characters.” Fan Bingbing was still considerate enough and found the right moment to remind the director and speak for him.

Director Feng was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Okay, this way, the logic makes sense."

“The character details are also richer.”

“The richer the details, the more realistic the characters.”

"Our film is based on realism. The more realistic it is, the better. You did a good job." He patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder.

Director Feng also found it incredible.

Originally, he thought that a young man like Zhang Yuan would at most just finish speaking the lines honestly, and it would be good enough if the character's expressions and actions did not interfere with the performance.

Unexpectedly, he also wrote his own biography and was able to justify it.

He thought about how Zhang Yuan had just arrived yesterday and helped them solve the line that they had been struggling with for a long time.

"Be a kind person!"

It seems his abilities go beyond that.

"Xiaogang." He was just thinking about it when his wife Xu Fan said, "I think he designed the characters like this."

"It's a pity to have only four modal particles. It would be better to add more roles."

Xu Fan said this and gave him a reproachful look.

I told you to give it more drama, but you didn't listen.

It's okay now.

You only gave them four lines of lyrics, but they still made something out of it.

You underestimate others too much. You should have listened to me earlier.

"Yes, you should give him more opportunities to perform." Uncle Guoli also said.

"Oh, okay, let me think about it." Director Feng was not being perfunctory; he was really considering it.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan raised his hand.

"Director Feng, if I may, I have two small comments on the scene just now."

If he had spoken like this before, Feng Xiaogang would definitely not have paid any attention to him.

Who are you? How old are you? What qualifications do you have to give advice?

But after the character analysis just now, Director Feng also felt that he had something in his mind, so he slowly turned around and looked at him.

"How to say?"

"First of all, I think there's something wrong with Uncle Guoli's performance just now."

Zhang Guoli's eyes widened.

You boy...

I have been speaking up for you, but you are using me as a target!

That is to say, he is familiar with him, and they have friendship in the crosstalk circle. Otherwise, given Zhang Guoli's temper, he would have turned against him long ago.

He looked at Zhang Yuan with a half-smile on his face, tilting his head.

"Then tell me, what did I do wrong?"

……

(End of this chapter)