China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 677 True Colors Appearing
Yangyang had a really eye-opening day today.

He has been in the industry for so many years, and he has heard of people who have won important roles by relying on their looks, behind-the-scenes financial backers, and their own strength.

This is the first time I've heard of someone getting a role by virtue of being ugly.

No wonder people often say that you will see more if you live long enough. It turns out that if you live long enough, you can really see many unimaginable and bizarre things.

Seeing Zhang Yi's expression of being deeply hurt by Li Yu, Yang Yang comforted him, "Teacher Zhang, Director Li speaks so directly, I have experienced this.

Don't take his unintentional words to heart. You are ugly... average looking, but your strength is extraordinary.

With your appearance, you can become a representative of the Mesozoic era. Your ability is absolutely amazing."

Zhang Yishen nodded in agreement, but he felt something was odd.

How can he become a representative of the Mesozoic era with his appearance? His strength is absolutely top-notch.

Is it possible that in Yangyang's eyes, he is also ugly?

Objectively speaking, he is not ugly, he just has an average appearance.

In the entertainment industry full of handsome men and beautiful women, his appearance is just below average, so by the standards of the entertainment industry, he is indeed ugly.

Some actors once made fun of his appearance, and some directors even bluntly said that he was too ugly and suggested that he change his career. It was all for this reason.

At the beginning, Zhang Yi must have found it difficult to accept this cruel reality and people's evaluation of him.

However, as he experienced more and grew older, he became more open-minded.

When his fans shout at him face to face and tell him that he is ugly, he can accept it calmly and even respond with a joke.

Once the actors have finished their makeup, the filming can officially begin.

The young version of Huang Chao, played by Zhang Yi, is an aspiring young man who is dedicated to serving the court in Li Yu's setting.

The reason why Li Yu set it up this way was mainly to increase the dramatic effect of the contrast between the beginning and the end and the realistic irony.

Isn't this the case with many people who have fallen into evil? At the beginning, they are full of passion and are willing to sacrifice their lives for the justice in their hearts.

A classic example is Boss Cao in the Three Kingdoms period. He was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty when he was young.

When he was the Northern Commander of Luoyang, he beat to death the uncle of Jian Shuo, one of the Ten Attendants.

You have to know that the eunuchs at that time had great power in the court and were very favored by the emperor. The foolish emperor even said that the eunuchs were his fathers and mothers.

There were countless scholars and officials whose families were broken up and whose loved ones were destroyed due to torture by eunuchs. Otherwise, why would there be a term called "Party and Factions Disaster"?

It can be said that the young Cao Cao was very brave to use the uncle of the most favored eunuch to establish his authority.

When the princes from various towns gathered to attack Dong Zhuo, other princes stood firm as a mountain. Cao Cao personally led his troops to pursue Dong Zhuo in order to rescue Emperor Xian, but he suffered heavy casualties and almost didn't return.

If Cao Cao died in the battle pursuing Dong Zhuo, then he would be recorded in history books as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

People's ambitions don't grow overnight; they require a long-term accumulation process.

Li Yu set up Huang Chao in this way to highlight this point.

Through this setting, he wanted to tell everyone how a loyal and courageous young man who was dedicated to serving his country was hit step by step by reality and finally became the biggest traitor.

There is also Huang Chao's opponent Chen Kuochuan, and Li Yu adopted a similar setting.

Chen Kuochuan is from a political family. Because his family was involved in various political whirlpools, they offended too many people and could be killed if they were not careful.

When the day of the fatal disaster comes, not only he will die, but also his family will be implicated. In ancient times, it was very normal for the head of a family to be beheaded and his family to be exiled.

So the young Chen Kuochuan was also very miserable. His parents' influence had made him witness the cruelty of the ancient officialdom since he was a child.

The Xuanwu Gate system of succession was popular in Daxia, and there were very few emperors who succeeded to the throne. Either the father killed the son, or the son forced the father to abdicate, or brothers and sisters killed each other.

In such an environment, if you fail to quickly follow the wind direction and stand in the most correct position, it is easy to lose your head.

Therefore, Chen Kuochuan hated the darkness of the ancient officialdom. If possible, he didn't want to be an official at all.

However, his father had made too many enemies, so he had to inherit his father's mantle and climb to a higher position, otherwise his life would be in danger.

Therefore, the young Chen Kuochuan and the young Huang Chao envied each other very much.

Huang Chao envied Chen Kuochuan for being born into the most noble circle, where he could easily pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi with the help of his family connections in the obscure imperial examination system.

Chen Kuochuan envied Huang Chao very much. Being a salt merchant in the southern coastal area far away from the imperial court was so free. Why did he have to wade into this muddy water and live his life with his head tied to his belt?

This arrangement is very dramatic.

Born in the wrong place, into the wrong family, life is a tragedy.

A person is tired of intrigue and yearns for freedom, but due to practical reasons, he has to continue to engage in intrigue.

Another person devoted his life to serving his country, but because of his humble background, he had talent but no opportunities to display it, and he was always frustrated.

If they exchanged their identities, they would definitely live happily ever after. But unfortunately, they can't.

Li Yu borrowed this setting from Zhuang Wenqiang's "Infernal Affairs 2".

The setting in "Infernal Affairs 2" is the same. The young man Liu Jianming only wants to join the gang and be a bad guy, but his boss Han Chen arranges him to study in the police academy and finally infiltrate the system as an undercover.

Chen Yongren wanted to be a good person and a good policeman, but he was forced to leave the police academy because he was the illegitimate son of a gangster.

If you want to be a policeman, you have to accept Officer Huang's arrangement and go undercover in the community.

On the first day of filming, we shot scenes that were relatively easy.

What was just filmed was the plot where Huang Chao failed the exam for the third time, went to a prominent family to offer a betrothal gift and propose marriage but was insulted again, and had to leave Chang'an City in despair.

Chen Kuochuan stood among the people who were laughing at Huang Chao, but he did not laugh at Huang Chao, because if possible, he would be willing to exchange lives with Huang Chao immediately.

Seeing Huang Chao lose all face in Chang'an City and become a clown in everyone's eyes, and then return to the south to be an honest salt merchant, he was really envious.

After Huang Chao walked out of Chang'an City, he looked back with anger and unwillingness in his eyes.

These scenes are very demanding on the actors' eye acting. Fortunately, Yu Hewei, who played Zhang Yi and the young Chen Kuochuan, both achieved the effect that Li Yu wanted very well.

"My acting was okay, right?" The moment Zhang Yi turned around, he put himself in the shoes of someone who had failed the exam twice.

I applied to the Beijing Broadcasting Academy twice with full confidence, but was not accepted both times.

As long as he recalled the experiences of failing the exam twice and acted out the emotions he felt when he received the news, the effect would be extremely explosive.

As long as he acts with this kind of emotion, he has become Huang Chao Benchao.

This is the advantage of the actor and the character having had similar experiences. The appeal of acting in their true colors is the strongest.

(End of this chapter)