This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

Chapter 426: Whose roadshow is talking about life?

"First of all, congratulations to Lin Xing for the good results of this movie. The box office forecast is now heading towards 25 billion or even 30 billion. So, Lin Xing, will you make an art film next???"

At the roadshow in Shanghai today, an audience member asked Lin Xing.

“No, are you a reporter or a spectator?”

Lin Xing was a little happy: "Today is the sixth day of the release of "Going to Heaven". I am not thinking about the next drama now, I am only thinking about this movie..."

For Lin Xing, he is not someone who can do two things at the same time.

What’s more important is that he is now thinking about this movie alone, and he needs to promote this movie with all his strength.

Of course, Lin Xing has not yet finished filming some of the TV series "The Era of Hard Work".

His plan was to go back to filming the drama after the roadshow for the movie "Going to Heaven" was over after about a month.

How can I think about the next movie?

"Brother Xing, I want to ask, since the husband of Mo Sanmei's ex-girlfriend died in the play, does Mo Sanmei still like her?"

This was asked by a girl.

Because she always felt that Mo Sanmei was alone in the end of the movie, wasn't she a little lonely? ?

"I need to tell you about this."

At this time, Qi Ning, the screenwriter and director of "Going to Heaven", said: "In fact, the script was not like this at the beginning. At the beginning, the script wanted Mo Sanmei and Xiao Wu's mother to have feelings for each other. We thought that Mo Sanmei would always have love..."

This is indeed the original script.

However, during the script discussion, Lin Xing felt that the coming of Xiao Wu's mother disrupted the original rhythm.

Therefore, Lin Xing suggested not to give Xiao Wu’s mother too many roles, because this is not a family ethics drama.

Why on earth did she go abroad?

What did she experience abroad?
Why did she come back?

Why does she have to fight for Xiao Wu's custody?

Why is it so difficult to whitewash her? Why is it so necessary to whitewash her?
Not only that, she also had to give Mo Sanmei some so-called emotional connection? ?

In Lin Xing's opinion, these are totally unnecessary.

This drama is about the funeral industry, or more precisely, funerals.

The most important thing in life is death.

So this drama is actually about funerals, about human nature at funerals, about the various aspects of life at funerals, and even about a person's life from birth to death, and then the trivial things in between.

But these trivial matters can also crush people.

Many times, human nature can be seen in hospitals, and other than that, at funerals.

So, Lin Xing told Qi Ning about this matter, and he did not intend to suppress everything himself.

Because Lin Xing is just an actor, although he has read scripts and some director books, he feels that he is not professional.

For this reason, Lin Xing just brought up this matter at the [Script Seminar].

Finally, after everyone’s discussion, it was decided to weaken and remove the role of Xiaowu’s mother.

Because she is not important.

Not many people mentioned this during the roadshow. Only Qi Ning said that the good performance of the movie was all thanks to Lin Xing.

At that time, no one connected this incident with what is happening today.

Who could have even thought that Lin Xing would change the script?
You have to know that as a screenwriter or a director, most of the time, they hate to modify the script.

Just like what a famous screenwriter said before: "Even if the best actor or actress came, he couldn't change my script. They are just illiterate."

Also, many celebrities nowadays change the script not for the whole drama, on the contrary, they just want to make their roles better and more vivid.

Not only that, some stars also asked the second male and female actors in the same crew to reduce their roles.

The reason is very simple.

Prevent the second male and second female from overturning the table.

It is really not easy for someone like Lin Xing to change the script in order to benefit other people in the same crew.

Although the role of Xiao Wu's mother, an actress in the same crew, was reduced a lot this time, Lin Xing really did it for the good of the entire movie.

The actress who played Xiao Wu's mother also had no objection to this.

Because it would be a lie to say I had no opinion at the beginning. After all, who would want their scenes to be deleted like this? ?
But during the filming, the actor saw with his own eyes what it means to be a hard worker and what it means to do everything for the sake of the show.

That's exactly the case. At today's roadshow, Zhang Xian, the actress who played Xiao Wu's mother, had no objections and she expressed her gratitude to Lin Xing.

She believes that Lin Xing has taught her a lot.

After Qi Ning and Zhang Xian finished talking, Lin Xing also smiled and said, "In fact, there are not so many so-called halos. I always feel that everything is for the movie. When I put myself in Mo Sanmei's shoes, what would he do? He loves his ex-girlfriend, but that was only a period of time. Love is like this. Loving at that time does not mean that you will continue to love in the future. At the same time, I don’t think Mo Sanmei is lonely, because he still has Xiao Wu to accompany him. In addition, he has many friends. I don’t think love is necessarily everything in life. Getting married and having children is an option, but not getting married and not having children is also an option. In the movie, when Mo Sanmei went through so many things, he saw so many joys and sorrows, separations and deaths. I don’t think he was thinking about finding another half at that stage..."

At this point, Lin Xing paused and continued, "But this is life. Your ideas are different at every stage of life. Today you may be thinking about not getting married or having children, and in the next stage you may be thinking about having children. I still say that we should not always plan our next five or ten years, because it is impossible to plan. The world is changing, people are changing, and everything is being discussed. Who can predict the future? So I think what we should do is to enjoy the present to the fullest, don't waste our time, don't squander our energy, don't waste time, that's all..."

Good guy.

During other roadshows, Lin Xing basically talked about other things, and he didn't even say much about his insights into life.

But this time is different.

This time it was because an audience member mentioned it, and coupled with the additions made by Qi Ning and Zhang Xian to this issue, Lin Xing had more to say.

Finally, Lin Xing said: "Of course, this is just my personal opinion. I remember there was a saying that I learned a lot of principles, read a lot of books, and listened to a lot of life philosophy stories, but I still can't live a good life. I still think that everyone has a path that everyone wants to take. All we have to do is to take the right path. The right path may be difficult to take, but as long as we keep going in the right direction, it will be fine."

After Lin Xing finished speaking, another audience member stood up and said, "Brother Xing, how can you tell if your path is correct? I am indeed like you said, I often read some life philosophy, even some inspiring words and books. But even so, I can't control myself.

Every night I tell myself to work hard and not to check my phone or do anything else the next day. But the next day I can't control myself.

I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I currently only last 5 minutes a day at most and I almost never put my phone down.

I check my phone on my way to work, I check my phone while I’m working, I check my phone while I eat, I check my phone while I sleep, and I even take my phone with me when I go to the bathroom.

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Good guy.

Those who know this might think it's a roadshow of "Going to Heaven", while those who don't might think it's a lecture on self-control.

Look, this audience member didn’t even talk about the movie, he was just talking about his own things.

He even seemed so confused.

"I actually don't know what to do with what you said. I can give you a lot of suggestions for improvement, but I think it would be bad for you to just listen to these suggestions."

Lin Xing smiled and said, "In fact, we often shouldn't set goals for ourselves, and we shouldn't treat life as a 100-meter sprint. I remember when I went to the Film Academy, a teacher said something to me. He told me that actors are like flowing water, not competing for the first place, but for continuous flow. Just like me, I became famous at a young age. I was so popular at the beginning, but what was the result? Wasn't it still..."

Lin Xing used himself as an example, he was indeed the idol of countless people, and at that time there was not even a concept of top star.

But Lin Xing was definitely one of the top stars at that time.

And what happened next?

It doesn't mean it's out of date just because it's out of date.

Not only that, don’t you see many child stars in the entertainment industry who are like this? ?
Basically, no matter how glorious they were when they were child stars, they were out of date later on.

On the contrary, some actors may have always been tepid, but they eventually made it to the uncle circle and then became a big hit.

It’s impossible to tell.

Just like the relatives and friends around some people, they did not have a very good life in the past, and many times they were even looked down upon by others.

But later, after ten or twenty years, their lives suddenly became better, while those who mocked and looked down on them lived worse and worse.

"There's a saying in online literature that goes 'Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west'. Actually, this is quite true, because life is like a marathon. When you haven't reached the end, you have no idea or clarity on what will happen..."

Lin Xing said again at last: "Just like in our movie, isn't the saying on the phone that nothing matters more than death? As long as we are alive, life is full of uncertainty..."

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This roadshow eventually turned into a discussion on life.

Originally, one host wanted to take control and said we should discuss the movie more, but Lin Xing said that since the movie is about life events, why not discuss life? ?
In the end, it even turned into a book club where everyone opened their hearts.

Everyone expressed their own opinions.

Lin Xing smiled and said, "Look, I think that in many cases we should seek common ground while reserving differences. Most of the time we can disagree with others. You think that getting married and having children is a must, but I think that not getting married and not having children is inevitable. You like Lin Xing, and I hate Lin Xing. This is all normal. There is no need for us to quarrel over this, because we should focus our energy on things that are more worthy of discussion.

Sometimes when we watch movies or TV series, we feel that time flies by so fast, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. But if you look at the reality, isn’t it the same? ? ?

Like me, I was once one of the most popular members of the group [Xing Yao Hai]. That was fourteen or fifteen years ago. How old was I at that time?
Then I became out of fashion, and when I think about it, these ten years of being out of fashion just seemed like a blink of an eye???
What I am most grateful for is that "Let's Farm" allowed more audiences to know me, and "Let's Farm" was three or four years ago.

Look, isn’t this a lot of time?

……

This remark really resonated with me.

"That's right. I didn't realize that it had been more than ten years since I graduated from high school."

"Yes, I always thought I was still a child, but in the blink of an eye I became a middle-aged man in my thirties."

"Life really flies by in the blink of an eye. I don't know why, but I found that time flies by so fast after I turned 30. Many times, when I meet with friends, I realize that the last time we met was three or four years ago."

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"It really is just a matter of seconds. Time really goes by so fast."

"Oh my god, I really didn't expect that Wu Yao's house has been in ruins for three or four years."

"No, your idea is a bit..."

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At this point, the roadshow finally came to an end amidst the heated discussions among everyone.

Later, Lin Xing accepted an interview with media reporters.

"I really didn't expect the box office to exceed 100 million yuan on a weekday, and I also saw the support from people in the funeral industry, plus the support from other audiences. I am really grateful to them."

"The audience is really the loveliest people. As long as you shoot a good film and they like it, they will promote it to anyone."

"No, I just said it during the roadshow. I really haven't thought about the next movie for now. I just want to finish the roadshow first."

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Lin Xing also opened his heart to the media reporters.

But to be honest, these interviews are basically just talking about the same thing, and it's very repetitive.

So in the end Lin Xing said: "No matter what, this is my job, so I don't feel tired or not. Just try your best to do it well."

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(End of this chapter)