This director needs to apologize

Chapter 329 Happy Ending
After waiting for Pan Yueming to tidy up and take his seat again, Chen Yiming asked with great interest, "Teacher Pan, you didn't dare to press the elevator button just now, is it because the floor number is no longer 12A, but 13?"

Pan Yueming nodded, "That's how it was designed."

Chen Yiming backed up tactically, "But if I remember correctly, the number in the script I gave you has not changed yet, it is still 12A."

Pan Yueming nodded again, "That's true. I changed 13 myself."

Chen Yiming asked, "Why the change? The logic of the original script is very clear. The node where the floors merge to 13 is not here."

Pan Yueming scratched his hair and replied rather embarrassedly, "As far as the male lead role I have is concerned, changing it to 13 makes perfect sense, and only with this change can the whole performance be more complete."

Chen Yiming spread his hands and complained, "But Teacher Pan, you are complete, I will have a bug later."

Pan Yueming replied very bachelorly, "When filming, of course I was based on Director Chen's complete script. I just presented my current understanding of the characters and performed based on my understanding."

Chen Yiming was in a mixed mood for a moment. Who said Lao Pan was honest and good at making friends with good men? He was obviously a very scheming and cunning man.

If the two had not met each other once and had a pleasant conversation, Chen Yiming would not have believed that he would dare to be so bold and pull off tricks in the crucial final round of auditions.

I don’t know why the heroine’s husband undergoes such a huge change just by playing online games, but his lines and plot tell me that he really doesn’t care about survival, whether it’s himself or others, or even the entire consciousness space.

Chen Yiming laughed when he heard this, "Old Pan, why do you have to dress up my role as the leading actor in such a colorful way? Isn't it better to be more straightforward?"

Or was it his agent who bewitched him?
At this time, Liao Shan, who was sitting in the lounge next door, sneezed wildly, causing everyone in the room to look sideways.

He will harm others and has sympathy for unawakened NPCs.

Such a setting will only appear in artistic creation and is a conjecture of all human beings, both at home and abroad. We assume that people, or beings, who live too long and experience too much will forget the meaning and direction of life. For them, death is not terrible.

If I were asked to choose, I wouldn't choose to play this character. It's too vain, I can't find an anchor, and I don't feel at ease when acting. "

He knows gratitude and repayment, and he keeps in mind and responds to every little bit of kindness from female players.

Chen Yiming held his shoulders noncommittally and raised his chin to signal him to continue.

But now that I have come out of that trough of life, my state of mind no longer fits, and subjectively I don’t want to recall or relate to it anymore. "

Therefore, I think there may not be a fixed and correct understanding and method of acting for the heroine's husband. Under the condition that consciousness and memory can be transferred, no matter what the acting is like, it can be justified.

I think the exploration of the reasons is the real value of consciousness space.

Although the male protagonist's story line is closer to the logic of movie narrative, the police story line is more metaphorical. Why does an AI that follows programmed instincts show many inherent human bad qualities?

Chen Yiming pressed this section for the time being and followed Pan Yueming's words and asked, "Then tell me about your understanding of the three characters. If you were given the choice, which character would you rather play and why?"

"I'm not sure exactly what the heroine's husband is. I personally acted him as an unscrupulous lost person. The character design is similar to some kind of immortal existence.

This character caused me to think a lot about the story itself, but it was still not my first choice. His negative attitude reminded me of a lot of things about myself.

“Compared with the heroine’s husband, the role of the policeman is more down-to-earth. I define him as a lost person who drifts with the flow.

If time went back one year, I would be very willing to play this role, because at that time, my state of mind and way of thinking were closer to those of the police.

Pan Yueming had obviously considered this issue for a long time, and he came up with it almost without thinking.

He knows how to hide himself and not let himself stand out too much.

At the same time, he is cowardly and slow. Although he is getting closer to the truth of the world, he still has difficulty making the decision to fight.

In my eyes, he is more like a flesh-and-blood person than a real player in the consciousness space, such as his partner or the heroine's incarnation.

Pan Yueming also laughed and pointed to the corner mischievously, "The video is being recorded over there."

The two of them had a tacit understanding of each other's jokes, and the gloomy atmosphere in the room was swept away.

Pan Yueming cleared his throat and continued, "If the police officer is the evolution process from alien to human, the male protagonist is the evolution process from human to alien. Although both of them are autonomous AI, their story paths are completely opposite.

I understand that the male protagonist treats himself as a real human being from the beginning. The people around him are all strange in their own way, but none of them can shake his firm understanding of himself.

Only after admitting this major premise can we truly understand why the process of gradually getting closer to the truth of the world will make him extremely painful.

It is also because of this major premise that his decision to stay in the conscious space at the end of the movie is logical.

To briefly summarize, the male protagonist’s cognition in the movie is a process of negation, from human, to AI, and then to AI-based human.

Despite the pain and suffering, the male protagonist still chose to approach and touch the truth firmly, and resisted the temptation of the female protagonist's incarnation, refusing to transfer his memory to the real world and become a real person. He is the only one in the movie who has managed to unite his body and mind, and recognizes the reality that lies beneath his feet as the only reality.

I think this is why Director Chen started the story with him as the protagonist. Your movies always like to have a positive tone and leave the audience with hope at the end. "

Chen Yiming laughed and said, "If you want to play the male lead, flattering me is not enough."

Pan Yueming said seriously, "What I said is true. How can I call it flattery?"

Chen Yiming stood up and walked around the table, extending his hand towards Pan Yueming, who also stood up.

"Teacher Pan really did not disappoint me. The leading actor is yours."

Pan Yueming stretched out his hands and shook Chen Yiming's hands tightly, "Thank you, Director Chen, for your trust. I'm very grateful."

There was clearly a sparkle in his eyes, and Chen Yiming looked away as if unintentionally, so as not to embarrass Lao Pan.

The audition for the male role in "The Thirteenth Floor" has been finalized. Chen Kunqiu Ren has been cast as the heroine's husband, Pan Yueming has successfully secured the male lead, and Liu Yijun has followed suit and played the policeman.

Basically a happy ending.

The next day, in the same room, the audition for the female role was successfully completed.

When I heard that the Twelve Hairpins of Bojue were gathering, Mr. Ma Yunteng, the boss of Bojue, specially took the time to come to guide the work, which made everyone at the scene "very inspired".

Not only was Da Zhuang watching the whole process with great joy, but he also actively recommended the girl he liked to Chen Yiming.

Of course, Chen Yiming sternly rejected it.

In the end, the girl Chen Yiming chose to play the role of the female player is Song Yi. She is 24 years old and is Duan Yining's junior sister at the same school.

Da Zhuang was very unhappy about this, and asked Chen Yiming for an explanation, saying, "It's neither beautiful, nor innocent, nor sweet. How does it meet your own requirements for a character?"

Chen Yiming said he had no comment. The director had his own reasons for choosing the actors and there was no need to explain them to outsiders.

Besides, "I haven't returned the goods to the girl you like, right? That's enough to maintain the chairman's authority."

In fact, I really didn't think too much about Chen Yiming's casting. If I really want to say it, it just looks right and feels right.

The 12 girls are all good-looking. You know, they are all female students selected from the acting majors of three schools, so their appearance is definitely not bad.

But Chen Yiming didn't want this character to be too beautiful, because in reality, when an average-looking person suddenly appears as a handsome guy and a beautiful girl, there will inevitably be a sense of gap, and it is difficult to control his mentality.

As for the role of a female player, what she needs is a consistent mentality.

Therefore, logically, there cannot be too big a gap between the real and virtual looks, so he tends to choose a girl with a score of 70, or a less recognized beauty.

Song Yi happens to be in this range, with excellent figure, posture, and skin color, but she is not a popular beauty in terms of appearance.

The eyes are slightly smaller and wider apart, and the face is slightly longer. The temperament of an actress with this kind of appearance is closer to that of a scheming girl or a sentimental type, which has nothing to do with innocence anyway.

However, Song Yi's smile saved her performance to a great extent. When she smiled, her facial features moved in a positive direction, shortening the distance between them and changing her temperament.

Coupled with the bonus of acting, she has the ability to play the role of an innocent and kind-hearted little white flower.

After a round of interviews, Chen Yiming weighed everything up and finally chose Song Yi, who had sub-optimal congenital conditions and outstanding acting skills. Several other girls whose acting skills still need to be honed were more suitable than Song Yi to play a supporting role to sell their looks.

Of course, among the 12 people, there are some who are determined not to play the female lead. Chen Yiming can only express regret for this and look forward to working together next time (crossed out).

At this point, the cast of "The Thirteenth Floor" was completed. Chen Yiming left the follow-up work to Xiaomei, and he immediately left for Chongqing to meet up with the pre-production photography team and Xie Tianfang to solve the scenery problem.

After an on-site inspection, we learned that although Chongqing is known as an 8D city, based on Chen Yiming's specific needs, there were not as many suitable filming locations as expected.

First of all, it cannot be too new or too old. The new-style communities built in recent years will definitely not work, because the style of the closed park is incompatible with the movie. Of course it won't work if it's too old, because there aren't enough old floors that are too old.

Secondly, it cannot be a solitary building, but a group of buildings with different heights, and they must be connected by sky bridges.

The third point is that it must be popular, even if it is an old building that is about to be demolished or abandoned and no one lives in it.

After selecting the best from the best, the photography team selected the three most suitable shooting locations.

Baixiangju, Haitang River, Cai Family Stone Castle.

(End of this chapter)