I'm a big star after the funeral

Chapter 132 Chapter 120 A Tale of Two Cities

"A Tale of Two Cities", as the name suggests, originally meant to tell the story of two cities and even two countries.

Charles Dickens wrote a masterpiece under this name, and Li Chenghao still read it when he was studying.

Of course, I have almost forgotten it now, after all, so many years have passed.

The famous books he read before can still leave a deep impression on him, and only those he has seen in Chinese exams and exercises.

For example, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and the like...

As for the film "A Tale of Two Cities" he is going to film now, of course it only has a similar name, and it still has an extended meaning.

The story still takes place in a virtual world. The so-called "Twin Cities" are not two cities, but two big companies.

Of course, this is actually comparing the two companies to two "cities".

The main line of the story revolves around the competition for a project. Two companies compete directly. To this end, they use commercial espionage, violence, bribery, poisoning, alienation, and frame-up. They use all possible means.

The two protagonists are played by Liang Chao and Liu Dezhong respectively. This should be their rare collaboration again after "Infernal Affairs". Even the modes are somewhat similar. Of course, this is called "tribute".

However, in the movie, the two are opposites, and one side always represents darkness and the other represents light. The contradiction is very prominent, and it is precisely because of this prominent contradiction of the transformation of good and evil that it has become a classic.

But in this drama, there is no absolute distinction between good and bad.

This is actually a major point of view of this drama, and it can be regarded as the popular trend of film and television works in recent years. No matter at home or abroad, it is no longer the kind of purely good and evil values, but with interests as the center, triggering Contradictions and entanglements.

In this story, all means, good or bad, are only for commercial interests. In fact, there are no absolutely pure good people, nor is there a completely annihilated evil person.

The two protagonists also have their own shining points, or in other words, the main characters in the play have their own brilliance.

This is very realistic, but not so realistic. After all, in the real reality, I am afraid that many people have no chance to show their shining points, and there will not be so many coincidences in the story. After all, these must be for the development of the plot and the performance of the characters. Services.

This will make it easier for everyone to come to the show together, especially since there are more than two protagonists in the drama. It can be said that among the actors who have been settled, the worst one who plays the main role can be Li Chenghao's acting teacher .

Of course, teaching or not is another matter.

Among the two protagonists, Liang Chao played an executive who was hired by company A to find a headhunter with a high salary, but in fact he had already accepted the invitation of company B, and his actual identity was not What an executive, but a liar.

Because he cheated the boss of company B once, the old fox caught him, threatened and lured him, took him for his own use, and then helped him package as a high-level talent, and recommended him to company A through a headhunting company.

What Liu Dezhong plays is actually a serious commercial spy. By hooking up with the daughter of the boss of Company B, he obtained the opportunity to interview and enter Company B.

Compared to Liang Chao's character, although his methods are improper, his ability is real, and coupled with his ability to eat soft rice, he improves quickly.

Of course, it was worse than being directly airborne as an executive on the other side, but it also won the position of a team leader who was directly in charge of that case, close to the "battle front."

The open and secret struggle between the two, and the confrontation between the two companies, all began from then on.

Li Chenghao, as the male number three, plays the role of a prince who has experienced experience in company B. His grandfather is one of the directors of the company. His parents died young, which made his personality a little weird.

In order for him to get down to work in a down-to-earth manner, his grandfather arranged for him to join the company, starting from the bottom, and going through many tests before he could obtain his inheritance rights.

But by mistake, Li Chenghao joined the group led by Liu Dezhong...

"light……"

"OK!"

"Live radio?"

"OK!"

"Others are ready, good—action!"

The first scene started in a video store.

At the beginning, the two male protagonists appear on the stage at the same time. The story has not actually started at this time. It is mainly to introduce the life background of the two protagonists through some rival scenes.

The character played by Liu Dezhong is named Chen Sheng. As a commercial spy of Company A, he receives a mission to infiltrate Company A to steal commercial secrets. I thought of the way of eating soft rice.

This is also the fastest way for him to enter the company and have access to commercial secrets. Coupled with some help from company A, although he was suspected by the old fox president of company B from the beginning and asked him to start from the bottom, he still He quickly rose to the top with his excellent performance.

This can be regarded as initially passing the test of the boss, and then under Qianjin's argument, the president agreed that they could get engaged first, and then asked Chen Sheng to use the success of the business plan he competed with Company A as a dowry gift, and then he would agree to them The two are officially married.

The opening scene happened to be that Chen Sheng was about to get engaged to his girlfriend and was about to live together, so he planned to buy a stereo, so he came to a video store to buy it.

Liu Xiangdong, the liar played by Liang Chao, makes a living by cheating. Of course, the country is now very strict in arresting fraud, so his "business" is becoming more and more unsustainable.

It's just that he's used to this quick way of getting money, so even though he knows it's risky, he still continues to do it.

But that day, he had just finished deceiving the owner of the video store, and turned around to find Chen Sheng and his girlfriend. Seeing the daughter's clothes, he concluded that he was very rich, so he pretended to be the owner of the video store and planned to deceive them again. one time.

Of course, with Chen Sheng's intelligence, he would not be deceived so easily, so in this section, Liu Xiangdong pretended to be the owner of a video store to trick them into buying something, but there was a flaw in the middle, so when Chen Sheng pretended to pay, he called the owner of the video store. Telephone.

And soon Liu Xiangdong also found out that he was delaying time, so he found an excuse to slip away.

Chen Sheng concluded that Liu Xiangdong was a liar and immediately planned to call the police, but Liu Xiangdong was too evil-minded and eventually let him run away.

And because this matter failed in the end, the payment account number left by Liu Xiangdong was also fake, so even if Liu Xiangdong was caught, there was no evidence to prove his fraudulent behavior.

At the same time, the owner of the audio-visual store didn't want to call the police for some reason, so Chen Sheng naturally wouldn't be troublesome, and he wasn't someone with a sense of justice, so the matter was left alone.

This is the first contact between the two protagonists. Although the scene is very simple, the two people's verbal confrontation and mutual testing can definitely bring the audience into the play from the very beginning.

Of course, the most important thing is the wonderful performance of the two actors.

This scene is naturally also a tribute to "Infernal Affairs", and the leakage of the set photos has made the outside world call this a "Ye Qingjie collaboration" and a "Live and Let Me See You group".

Although these years there is no lack of the kind of publicity that has made great momentum, but when the finished product is released, it directly pulls the hips. On the contrary, there are many works that were not very hopeful, and they can give people some surprises in the end.

But when encountering this combination, it is really hard not to expect it.

In fact, when it was first launched, the show had already attracted a lot of attention.

Among other things, the combination of Guangguangda director Wang Zheng, Grand Slam actor Liang Chao and Liu Tianwang has already made people look forward to it.

Not to mention making a TV series, even if these three people sit together and put on a talk show, it is estimated that they can get a good ratings.

The addition of Li Chenghao is just icing on the cake. Although some people know that the main reason for this show is Li Chenghao, but the current Li Chenghao is really not enough to watch in front of those big shots.

In fact, not to mention the present, even in the future, it is impossible for Li Chenghao to surpass their status.

In today's era, it is easy to become a star, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to become a superstar.

How long has it been since there was a real superstar in China?
Like Jay Chou who swept the music scene in his twenties, is there anyone?

Is there anyone like Liang Chao who has won the Best Actor Award?
Is there anyone who broke into Hollywood like Big Brother Cheng and became a name card of kung fu and Chinese?

The answer is none, and it’s really hard to do.

Let’s not talk about the general environment, just those individuals, in their current appearance, which one has a superstar appearance and can see the superstar seedlings?

I can only praise it among fans and comfort myself. The competition is too fierce now, so it is harder to get ahead.

Of course, it's too early to talk about this now. It's hard to predict which step Li Chenghao will take in the future, and it's even more impossible to die at this time.

Anyway, this drama, as long as nothing unexpected happens, is likely to bring Li Chenghao to a new level.

After more than a month of preparation, the production team finally officially started in mid-October, but during the initial period, there was no role for Li Chenghao.

The beginning part mainly focused on the two protagonists. After letting them get in touch with each other in the opening scene, the eyes soon turned to Liu Xiangdong and started his solo line.

Of course, one of the characteristics of this script is that the previous and subsequent plots have a closely connected logical relationship, which at least makes sense.

It seems that when Liu Xiangdong came out at the beginning, because he had just cheated into being the owner of the audio-visual store, he was still high-spirited, but when he turned his head and bumped into Chen Sheng, he almost overturned the car.

Although he deliberately went to find out later and found that this guy was actually the prospective son-in-law of the boss of Company B, which was rumored in the market. It seemed that it was not surprising that he had overturned, but he also had the idea of ​​wanting to wash his hands in a golden basin.

Of course, generally this kind of flag belongs to the flag, and once it is set, something will happen.

The same goes for Liu Xiangdong, who just said that he would end after finishing the last vote. He didn't expect to deceive the boss of Company B, and he was spotted again.

He lied to his son-in-law first and then to his father-in-law, and the car overturned both times. Liu Xiangdong felt that his fate must be against their family.

The boss of Company B was worried about another matter at this time, so after catching Liu Xiangdong, he did not immediately take him to the police. Instead, he suddenly came up with another plan.

Because he found that there was a possibility of commercial espionage in his company, and the biggest suspect was naturally the direct competitor Company A, so he needed someone to sneak in.

On the one hand, it can help you find out who the spy is; on the other hand, even if you can't find out, you can still do something for them.

Anyway, it's the kind of mentality that I'm not good and you don't want to think about it. Even if it messes up the project, I can accept it, but I just can't accept being snatched away by the opponent.

This is also the personality characteristic of this boss, who is sensitive and suspicious, but also full of courage.

So Liu Xiangdong was taken abroad by him, deliberately packaged, and then contacted a headhunting company to act as a double reed, and finally successfully stuffed him into Company A.

Then the wonderful duel between the two sides slowly kicked off...

Before Li Chenghao appeared on the stage, most of the scenes were on Liang Chao. Except for the opening part, it was all a plot line on his side, although the part about how to package it would be mixed up.

Then after he entered Company A and became an executive, the perspective shifted to Company B and Liu Dezhong. Then Li Chenghao will appear on stage at this time. First, there will be an introduction around the business plan, and there will be some appearances of the main characters.

Then it quickly took a turn for the worse, because Liu Dezhong actually didn't reveal his true colors at the beginning of the plot. He appeared as a very talented "Phoenix Man" at the beginning, but after Li Chenghao accidentally discovered his true colors, he revealed his true colors. The veil of spies.

From here on, it is a real battle of wits and courage, and the classic plot design of "who is the mole".

When Li Chenghao didn't have any scenes in the early stage, he naturally spent time on the crew watching the performances of these seniors. Liang Chao and Liu Dezhong would also come over from time to time to help guide him.

In fact, there are some things that are not suitable for the two of them to shoot this drama. They both admit that they are too old.

According to the setting in the script, the age of the two protagonists is around [-], and even Liu Dezhong's character should not exceed [-].

The younger ones will also highlight their excellence, although the excellence of one is packaged.

Although makeup can hide some aging, after all, at their age and with such fame, everyone seems to have some preconceptions, so there must be something inappropriate.

For example, they have to make some jokes like young people, which makes people feel a little awkward.

Even if they have tried hard and performed well, something that doesn't fit just doesn't fit.

The early stage of the crew's running-in is mainly in this area, which is how to alleviate this sense of disobedience.

The idea that Wang Zheng came up with was to increase the interaction between the people around him and them. For example, having friends, colleagues, and buddies gag along, it would be more natural, and the interaction would reduce the embarrassment of a one-man show.

Although Li Chenghao still felt that it was not very good after reading it, he even felt that it would be better to remove these parts, and it would have no effect on the plot itself.

But Wang Zheng must have his own considerations, and he will not question him.

(End of this chapter)