Fang Lin, the director of the concept advertisement, was a very capable woman. After politely shaking hands and sitting down, she took out a stack of storyboards from her canvas bag and began to explain her ideas for the commercial to Logan Hunter.
This series is about "eternity", and the new diamond set "Jumang" to be launched in spring. She wanted to use the concept of past and present lives to express eternity. She said that she hesitated between European and Chinese styles for a long time, and finally chose to present it in a combination of Chinese and Western ways.
Logan Hunter nodded passively - he didn't care about the concept Fang Lin wanted to express, he only cared about what he wanted to do.
Fortunately, Fang Lin seemed to notice his boredom, so she quickly started talking about the plot. He then crossed his relaxed hands over his abdomen with great interest and listened to her attentively.
The story is divided into three parts: past, present and future.
In the past, the protagonist Ju Mang, who represented the God of Spring, fought a great battle with Xuan Ming, who represented the God of Winter. Ju Mang died under Xuan Ming's blade and disappeared forever. Since then, the four seasons of spring and autumn have been separated, the rain and dew have dried up, and the ice valley has condensed.
Now, Gou Mang, a social animal, is living a life of clocking in at work every day. Suddenly, Xuan Ming appears and disappears in the mirror. Gou Mang thinks it is an illusion, but Xuan Ming appears more and more frequently. At this time, the protective shield surrounding the entire city is also shattered by a mysterious force. Xuan Ming brings his troops to capture Gou Mang.
In the future, Gou Mang, who had been running for his life in a panic, fled to the burial place of his previous life which had been frozen for thousands of miles. Thinking of his past and present lives, he took out his soul to awaken his real body. The resurrected Gou Mang fought with Xuan Ming, but Xuan Ming deliberately lost this time and finally revealed his true identity to Gou Mang.
It turns out that he is Ju Mang, and Ju Mang is also him. In short, the four seasons are one, but they are separated like the positive and negative sides of human nature. They have already devoured summer and autumn respectively, and will inherit the devoured character of each other.
The fierceness of summer was revealed by Xuanming; the coldness of autumn was borne by Ju Mang - but in the end, only one could survive.
So the battle has to continue until the remaining three seasons of blood are shed, and then true "eternity" can be achieved.
Xuanming died, and the tears he shed turned into the last "Eternal Diamond" in Ju Mang's palm.
"...Gone?" Logan Hunter asked.
"Gone."
Fang Lin took a sip of coffee gracefully.
Logan Hunter: ???
"So this commercial has a tragic ending?" He widened his eyes slightly, "and the man killed himself?"
"That's right, that's why I have to meet you before filming starts." Fang Lin said, "Because I don't have a script, I only have the storyboards drawn by my assistant. If you are the person I want, you can be a perfect match."
"...Am I the one you want?" Logan Hunter asked.
"It's still a little bit short." Fang Lin said, pursing her lips and smiling, "but it's already very close."
Logan Hunter didn't understand whether this sentence was a compliment or an insult to himself.
Although Fang Lin expressed her satisfaction in a restrained manner, it seemed that everything was OK overall.
The first "interview" was considered passed. After saying goodbye to the other party, Logan Hunter immediately went to the next one - which was the gay micro-film called "The Boss Works Overtime Every Day".
The story tells about the hard-working overtime employee Xiao Wang who suddenly gets a new boss. The new boss An Xu is handsome, rich, capable, and his S3xual orientation is unknown.
Xiao Wang got a fever after working overtime once. When An Xu found out, he immediately took him to the hospital and took good care of him. Xiao Wang fell in love with An Xu and secretly kept an eye on his movements every day.
Since then, An Xu often brought him a cup of coffee when he was working overtime. Xiao Wang tentatively gave him a lunch box in return, and An Xu accepted. Their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds. Of course, there were some misunderstandings during the period, but they were quickly resolved. After going through hardships, the two were more certain of each other's inner thoughts.
On the weekend, An Xu invited Xiao Wang to the amusement park, but unfortunately it started raining halfway through the fun. Xiao Wang dragged him to his home to change clothes, and then... they became lovers?
Logan Hunter flipped through the frayed script several times in the car. It was filled with complaints and the character biography that Qi Yuan had helped him write.
"Don't company bosses and employees have to work now? They can date every day without getting bored."
His eyes stayed on the last K!ss scene, and he twirled the pen between his fingers a little angrily:
"And I've never done a K!ssing scene before...why the hell did he give me a scene like this?"
"Just think of it as your first K!ss on screen." Qi Yuan said calmly, "As an actor, since you have accepted this script, you must be responsible for the role. K!ssing is nothing. If you play a beggar, you have to eat the buns thrown on the ground."
"Then arrange for me to eat the steamed buns on the ground. I don't want to have a K!ssing scene with a stranger." Logan Hunter turned his face away with some resistance. "Eating Sh!t is fine, but I just don't want to play this scene."
Qi Yuan laughed out loud and shook her head like an old mother:
"Didn't I tell you the purpose of this scene? You have to K!ss. If you don't want to, then go and discuss with the director about using a second shot. Why are you so fussy about it?"
"I'm not worried about it," he said. "I'll see when I get to the scene."
...
The crew of "The Boss Works Overtime Every Day" looks a little strange.
He originally thought that there would be a group of screenwriters gathered together, but he found that there was only one male screenwriter in the group. Not only did the director show respect for him, but other people in the crew also seemed to respect him very much.
Xiaohu quickly brought a wave of news while he was trying on makeup, saying that this project was an IP adaptation, the screenwriter was also the author of the original IP, and had a very close relationship with the director Guoguo. This project was only able to go forward with Guoguo's strong matchmaking efforts.
"...That's not right." Logan Hunter lowered his voice as the makeup artist entered the fitting room to find a suit that would suit him. "With such a lineup, how could they choose me for the role? I don't even have a representative work."
Xiaohu imitated him and whispered:
"Mr. Yang invested money and asked Director Jiang to copy a video of yours and send it to him."
Logan Hunter continued to lower his voice:
"So, I'm bringing in capital this time???"
Xiaohu answered quietly:
"Yes."
Logan Hunter was so angry that he accidentally knocked over the foundation box.
He was very angry, but he didn't know what he was angry about.
Indeed, when Xian Ni became a demon, he also invested with capital, and it was more legitimate than it is now. At most, he complained about Ethan Collins's bad taste and felt a little aggrieved, but not angry. But this time--- Ethan Collins handed the script to him personally, and listened to him and Qi Yuan discussing the script while working. When he asked about the last scene, he replied calmly, "Aren't all romance dramas like this?", showing an attitude that he was surprised by everything. It was really... I feel so angry when I think about it now!
But if you think about it carefully, what the other party said makes sense. If there is no K!ssing or touching in a love drama, what are the audience watching? Platonic spiritual communication?
"...What the hell am I angry about?" He looked at himself in the mirror. "What are you angry about?"
The makeup artist ran back when he heard the sound, and saw the foundation box fell on the ground, but he didn't care. Instead, he rushed to Logan Hunter and reached out to push back the messy hair on his forehead. After making sure that he had returned to his perfect, tall, rich and handsome appearance, he squatted down to pick up the foundation box.
Professionalism!
Logan Hunter stood in awe.
Just then, a young man wearing sneakers and a loose sports jacket walked in with two bags of fruit. He had black hair and black eyes, and a handsome face. When he saw Logan Hunter and the makeup artist were there, he immediately smiled very gently.
"Hello, Mr. Gao. I just bought some fruit. Let's eat together."
Makeup artist Xiao Gao responded with a smile:
"Okay, okay, you put it here first, I'll go call them... Oh, by the way, you haven't met them yet, right?" Xiao Gao stepped aside as if remembering something, and introduced with a smile, "Teacher Mai Sang, this is your partner, Xiao Wang, her name is Sunny, isn't she sweet?"
Logan Hunter simply didn't know how to respond.
In his impression, regardless of whether the address is for a man or a woman, admitting that the person is "very sweet" always carries an inexplicable ambiguous meaning. He had never praised Ethan Collins for being so sweet, so how could he possibly praise a stranger whom he had just met for less than three seconds?
"Hahaha, Teacher Sunny is indeed very sunny. Before we came, Brother Mai said that he was looking forward to this cooperation and chatted with us all the way in the car."
Xiaohu smiled brightly and quickly saved the embarrassing situation that was about to happen:
"Brother Mai, I didn't disappoint you, did I?"
"Hello Sunny, I'm Mai Sang." Someone offered him a way out, and Logan Hunter answered it without hesitation, "It's our first meeting. Please take care of me."
Sunny stared blankly at the double act of Xiao Gao and Xiao Hu, then she came to her senses, shyly reached out and held the other's hand, and said softly:
"Hello, Mr. Mai-san. I've heard a lot about you. The director showed us your performance before. It was really wonderful."
Logan Hunter smiled and nodded, but he was thinking: What the hell? Public execution???
The two shook hands symbolically and then let go. Xiao Gao had already left the room on the pretext of asking people to come for some fruit. There were only three people left in the dressing room. Seeing that the atmosphere was about to fall into silence, Sunny caught a glimpse of the script that was pressed under the makeup bag.
"Is Mr. Mai-san reading the script?"
"Yes." Logan Hunter answered fluently, "Yesterday Director Guo said that today we will mainly test shoot our own scenes... If you don't mind, we can first test the scenes for the day after tomorrow."
"Ah good."
Sunny quickly took out the script from his backpack. Logan Hunter took a look at it and secretly praised it for being reliable - Sunny's script was in a similar state to his, but the other party did not write it directly on it. Instead, he pasted it one by one with stickers and marked a lot of things, which made it look much cleaner.
Although this is just a script that can be filmed in ten days, it is obvious that the two leading actors did not treat it as a casual act.
What's more important the day after tomorrow is the fever scene that lays the foundation for the love between the two characters. The director plans to shoot the two-person scene first, and then find extras to shoot the multi-person scene in the office in one go. This order... saves time and money.
"Xiao Wang" Sunny used the dressing table as a workbench, pretending that he was still holding the mouse with his right hand to operate the computer, but in fact he had already laid down on his arm, staring tiredly at the non-existent computer - the script was hidden in his pressed arm.
I got into the role so quickly! Xiaohu thought as he secretly filmed with his phone.
The tall and handsome "An Xu" stood up from his chair, with the suit he had been wearing draped over his arm. He looked like he was getting ready to get off work, and his overly calm fox eyes looked down at the person lying on the dressing table.
"Xiao Wang?"
... The young man's black eyes looked washed out under the light, "An, Manager An?"
The man frowned slightly and immediately reached out to touch the other person's forehead. The man, who was a little blurred by the burn, tried to step back, but the other person further supported his back to prevent him from falling.
"You have a fever." The man said firmly, "Go to the hospital."
"I-I'm fine..."
The man ignored him, put his hands under his armpits, and used the force to make him stand up. Then he shook out his suit and wrapped it around this man who didn't know how to take care of himself. He squatted down neatly and looked up at the other person.
The look was calm, yet contained a certain indescribable tenderness.
"Be good and go to the hospital."
Sunny was stunned by this meaningful look.
Applause suddenly broke out, and Guo Guo, a director with a cute nickname but a rough style, walked in and said to Xiao Hu who had finished filming:
"Send me a copy later."
"No problem, Director Guo." Xiaohu pretended to be nice, "Teacher Sunny is really good, she got into the role in one second."
"Teacher Mai Sang is also very good, he is so handsome that it makes people tremble!" Guoguo said enthusiastically.
Logan Hunter: ...
I don't know why, but a compliment that should have been a happy one, when spoken by this straight bearded director, had a somewhat... ambiguous feeling.
"Thank you, Director Guo." He stood up quickly, "I just tried to rehearse the scene with Sunny and share some thoughts on the details."
"That part about putting on clothes just now is not in the script." Guo Guo said, "But this design is great, and we'll do it according to your ideas when the time comes."
"Okay, thank you Director Guo."
"Then let's eat some fruit first, and then we'll go take a selfie with little Sunny." Guo Guo said in a shrill voice, "Hurry up and return the clothes to Teacher Mai Sang, Xiao Gao, and help little Sunny put on some makeup."
Everyone rushed into the dressing room to distribute fruits. Sunny, who was sitting on a chair, quickly took off his suit and returned it to Logan Hunter. The other party looked at him with a smile with his brown fox eyes, then nodded politely and found a corner to continue looking through the messy script.
Sunny looked at herself in the mirror and thought about the look that person had given her when they were acting together just now.
---After seeing so many things, I only recognize you.
That kind of look.
...
It makes people feel like they are in love.
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