C25 Script Study[Part 2]

Posted onSeptember 16, 2020byUntamedS

Xie Yifeng sat down and smiled at Zhou Yuhe with encouragement in his eyes.

This smile was overly dazzling, especially still after the other party had acted perfectly, it was when the charm value was at its highest, Zhou Yuhe unnaturally stared back at the script in his hand, those who didnt know thought he was nervous.

Zhou Yuhe stood up and looked around.
The surroundings were quiet, there were some sounds of birds chirping outside the window, the sound of the wind blowing the treetops rustling, in the early spring afternoon, one could not help but feel tranquil.

He looked round, and his eyes were at last on his script.
His clear, gentle voices rang out.

Shen Yan, Yang Dingdings childhood friend, appears on page three of the script, which is halfway through the first episode. He appears in the first scene where he sits at Yang Dingdings seat and draws a picture, but after that there is very little about his drawing. Shen Yan was talented, especially in painting, he showed more than normal talent, he opened his first exhibition in the city at the age of thirteen, but no one in the Shidai School knew that he had such talent, in everyones heart, Shen Yan was a smart, sunny, super academic who painted a little better than normal.

He seems to be good at everything, like he can do anything, but what hides behind the sunny exterior is his patience and burden with the harsh reality. Shen Yans family was well-off when he was young, but after middle school, his grandmother and father became seriously ill, and he gave up his long-held dreams and simple, carefree personality in order to get into a teaching college and relieve the pressure of his mothers life, getting a premature taste of realitys cruelty and helplessness. He had always acted more mature than his peers, and his classmates thought he was perfect, but it was all because his life was too imperfect.
While his peers were thinking about how to do less homework and how to play more games, he was thinking about how Im going to get better grades and go to a better university.

Zhou Yuhe said calmly, his expression as clouded as his tone, the calmness of having experienced great ups and downs was instead more heartbreaking.

Director Cai couldnt help but nod, Zhou Yuhes dissection of Shen Yans life was very accurate, it seemed that a lot of effort had really been put in these short days.

Shen Yan has an open personality, which is shown in the fact that he doesnt run away no matter what happens, but actively solves problems and treats his feelings as well. He has been fond of his childhood sweetheart Yang Dingding for ten years, and he is smart enough to keep his feelings to himself after realizing that Yang Dingding only has platonic feelings for him, but he doesnt press on, but is understanding enough to keep his feelings to himself.

To get this love, he had no other way but to be more earnest, no other way but to guard Yang Dingdings side when she needed it again and again. Compared to Xu Changs love but not daring, I however think Shen Yan is even sadder.

Smarter and more precocious than his peers, he already knew that the person he liked didnt like him, and he was ready to hand Yang Dingding over to another man himself, yet he still stayed by her side. To Xu Chang, Yang Dingding was just a girl he loved when he was 18, but to Shen Yan, Yang Dingding was sunshine, air, and an existence that he couldnt survive without if he left, and he loved her without any return and without asking for results.
Knowing that theres no result, but still trying very hard, compared to a comment like smart and mature, I actually think hes stupid

Director Cai, who had been nodding his head, frowned when he heard this.

Shen Yan, who appeared in the book as the perfect man, but Zhou Yuhe thought he was stupid?

Then, words that made Director Cais brow furrow even more appeared.

On one hand, he is proud, smart and perfect in school; on the other hand, he has to face the cruelty and trials of life after leaving school, and has to look at peoples faces, be criticized, and take care of his grandmother and father, who are incapable of taking care of themselves. His duplicity is gradually revealed later in the script, and only gradually do those around him, including the audience, come to know that this teenager is taking on a maturity that he shouldnt have at this ageexcept for Yang Dingding.
He never reveals a word in front of her

Director Cais fingers tapped on the script.
The main point of view of Rejuvenation is the woman, Yang Dingding, and the entire drama is based on her as the starting point, making the whole story laid out successively, and then showing the group of characters.

In Xie Yifengs version, Shen Yan would tell Yang Dingding everything that was in his heart and he never hid himself from her, so as to better show the audience the complexity of Shen Yans character.

If, according to Zhou Yuhe, Yang Dingding never knew, then how could the audience know about Shen Yans burden through Yang Dingdings window?

He was about to interrupt Zhou Yuhe, but Fang Lin beside him suddenly straightened up and leaned forward, quickly flipping the script to a certain page, shaken.
Sure enough!

She looked up sharply, her pupils slightly dilated as she stared at Zhou Yuhe who was holding the script.

Zhou Yuhe noticed the others surprised expression, and a meaningful smile overflowed on his lips as he unabashedly looked directly into Fang Lins eyes, as if attempting to look into the others heart, This arrangement is for the big climax on page thirty-four of the script, when Shen Yans grandmother dies of illness, and he and Yang Dingding rush to the hospital together to see her one last time, and under the shock of the death of a loved one, Shen Yan formally confesses his heart to Yang Dingding for the first time, and Yang Dingding then realizes that Shen Yan, the youth who has always been proud and smart as hel*, has been having such a hard time, and that she was angry at him thirty minutes ago for being lectured by her parents, who were angry at him for not understanding the difficulties of life

So that was it!
So that was it!

It wasnt just Fang Lin, little light bulbs were popping up in everyones heads

If you know in the beginning that a teenagers life is miserable, but very positive, you will feel comfort, appreciation, and even admiration.

But if a teenager, youve always thought was positive, and you were jealous of the others carefree nature, and in your own frustration accused the other of not knowing anything, and suddenly found that his life turned out to be a million times harder than yours, his maturity, his perfection, his unrestrained ease, everything was pretend, the truth was so cruel, so sad and helpless .

What?

Youll be heartbroken, youll be shocked, and youll hate that its him and not you who suffered these things!

There was no need to officially start filming, the seasoned creative team need only associated the shots to know how many tears this plot would earn!

Fang Lin opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
Shed thought Zhou Yuhe would be bad, though both she and Director Cai had seen his previous work after the audition.

Lets be honest: the good and the bad were mixed.

The roles that fit were agile, the ones that didnt were unbearable.

So when they recalled his audition performance, they both agreed that the young man had put enough honesty and effort into the film, and that what he lacked could be made up for by their direction and cinematography skills-.

It wasnt the first time she and Cai Rongxi had brought in new people anyway.

She had always approved of Zhou Yuhe.

But endorsing, was endorsing his Xu Chang, she didnt think he could play the role of Shen Yan well.

Not to mention Xie Yifeng, who was the Shen Yan in her mind.

She had always thought that no one could replace Xie Yifeng.
But now.

She couldnt say whos Shen Yan was better.
But Fang Lin knew that if it was Xie Yifengs Shen Yan, she would fall in love with him.

If it was Zhou Yuhes Shen Yan.

She would ache for him, shed all her tears for him, and would want to shield him from all the cruelty that reality would bring!

She just wish hed break a few less hearts.

It was so real.

Zhou Yuhe and this version of Shen Yan was like a real childhood sweetheart who hid all the pain hed been through from you, and always protected you with his warm and reliable face. You just think that he can do everything well, but you dont know how much maturity and strength he had to endure at his age in order to do it well.

Zhou Yuhe said that Shen Yan was stupid.

Maybe Shen Yan himself wished the same thing, not to be too smart, not to be too mature, and to enjoy his youth like a fool-.

It was probably something hell never be able to do.

The reading ended.

After all the warmth and cruelty intertwined for a short time, only endless sighs and desolation remained in the rehearsal hall.

The sound of spring still remained outside the window.

Fang Lin wiped the corners of her moist eyes and said with a choked voice, Thank you, thank you, you guys are the best Shen Yan and Xu Chang.

You guys are the best youth.