Ch31 - Having made the decision to live a little (1/2)
3.8 – Having made the decision to live a little
translator: xiin
editor: alamerysl
The script was centered around school life. In China, there had recently been a flood of such films, but most were of low quality. This script could be considered as following in the clean and simple trend – it was not a story about youth and puppy love or other such tangled topics, but rather an honest film about a plain and sad friendship.
The two protagonists had different family backgrounds, but they accidentally came to share the same desk at school. The script told the story of them growing up, the awkwardness of their youth, and their three years of innocent and sincere friendship. They separated after graduation – one went abroad to study, and the other went to a famous university after the college entrance examinations, but after four years, when they met each other again, they were already totally different。
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Those best years from their youth spent with the person who was always with them, who learned with them, laughed and fought with them, a friendship that seemed to transcend everything, almost standing on the edge of a taboo ** love, after four years of tempering in life, changed beyond all recognition.
The level of closeness they had at the start, finally became the level of distance that they had at the end. It had only been four years, but they ultimately became the most familiar strangers.
If they were to pass by each other on the street, perhaps they would not even look back to see the other’s figure.
This script originally came from Bai Yue, and it was unknown if he placed his own emotions into it. Even during the shooting, the production team on the set could feel the light bitterness that was transmitted through these unformed pictures.
This story was not simple. Bai Yue had countless opinions left over in his memory regarding how to shoot the film. From the first meeting of the two youths to their final reunion where they could no longer find any similarities and subsequent split, they were all shot from the perspective of one of the protagonists, like an inner monologue overlaid with sadness and loneliness, stretched out like a thin and fragile thread that would shake when touched gently. It left a sense of infinite reverie and regret. If they could have been frank and honest with each other when they had met again, would there have been a better outcome?
These were all things that Bai Yue wanted the audience to think about. The film’s subject matter was really too abstract – from the surface one could only see a helpless youth singing a funeral song, burying that youthfulness with vaguely sad mourning. But it would be a simple matter to pass the censorship board; as long as Bai Hao was there it would not be a problem. All Xue Ling had to think about was how best to shoot everything.
Although this was a script that had already won a prize in the last life, Xue Ling did not like this story, probably because it was too oppressive whereas his own personality was flashy and dazzling. But that did not affect him during shooting – hadn’t he been busy filming the whole time and still managing to suppress the protagonist?
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Sun Jianan also wondered why he was suppressed by Bai Yue every time. He was anxious to perform well in front of the other party. In fact, Xue Ling had spent some effort to crush him with acting skills, using the indisputable difference in their auras and temperament as a starting point.
Sun Jianan had always believed that everything that the little young master Bai had, had come from his family. He was born with a bright future, which had nothing to do with his own strength. But all of Bai Yue’s work had come from himself before he was destroyed by Sun Jianan
Xue Ling was not like the original owner of this body, who was hardworking yet and refused to ask for help. He liked the present situation too much, where he only needed to focus on directing and acting his part well. Other things could be watched over by the broker, or if needed, there was still Bai Hao to deal with it.
Speaking of the devil. As soon as today’s shoot was finished, there came the news that President Bai had come to visit the set.
Most of the people on the set knew that Bai Yue and Bai Hao were brothers and were not surprised. Rather, it was Sun Jianan who found it a little strange. He couldn’t figure out when the relationship between Bai Hao and Bai Yue had changed from his past life to become so good. Only, he couldn’t even take on Bai Yue right now, let alone interfere with Bai Hao’s affairs, so he was well behaved as he went to remove his makeup.
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The weather had turned a bit cold. Bai Hao had his people buy hot soup and some snacks to share with the staff and soon the set was filled with the sound of happy laughter.
Xue Ling removed his makeup, sat in his own rest area and yawned, making his eyes moist. He was waiting for his elder brother to feed him.
Bai Hao saw him sitting there with his head in the clouds and reached out to knock him on the head, somewhat dissatisfied as he said: “Who was the one who said last night that they would go back to their room and sleep but ended up staying up all night editing their script?”
Xue Ling laughed cheekily and showed absolutely no trace of embarrassment. Anyway, Bai Hao couldn’t do anything to him; everything would be forgiven as long as he acted cute. “I’m working on a new script, and it’s going to be a big blockbuster when it comes out!”
His hands drew a big circle in the air, as though indicating the scale of success for his future movie.
Bai Hao looked at him coldly and said, “It won’t matter how big your movie will be without investment.”
Xue Ling shrugged: “Elder brother, don’t always threaten me with investment. When I release this film, many people who see my value will invest in it~ I won’t need to be hugging your thighs all day anymore.”
Bai Hao was rather defenseless against him: “I just don’t want you to take your own health lightly. How did it become threatening you with investment?” The soup he personally brought over was a medicinal soup that had been stewed in the kitchen for a whole day and was very good for one’s health. He conveniently handed Xue Ling the soup as he spoke, and the fragrance spread through the whole set. Unfortunately, everyone could only watch as their director drank it.
Xue Ling took the soup and his eyes were shining. “Don’t worry, I have a good grasp on the state of my body. I plan to live a long, long, life and become a hundred-year-old old man.”
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Bai Hao looked at him a little helplessly, his eyes full of doting, but his expression cooled down when his gaze moved to other places. Particularly when he glimpsed Sun Jianan walking around the studio, his face became even more inscrutable.
Bai Hao pointed to Sun Jianan, and asked Xue Ling, “Who is that man?”
Xue Ling looked up and gave an enigmatic smile. “Sun Jianan, my first male acting partner. In a sense, he is the second male protagonist in this film.”
Bai Hao made a sound, but it was unclear if he had heard Xue Ling’s words or not. In any case, he immediately sent people to investigate Sun Jianan’s life as soon as he left the studio. His face turned black as he went over the information.
With Bai Hao’s crazy obsession towards his younger brother, how could he miss the way that Sun Jianan’s eyes and eyebrows were similar to Bai Yue’s. Especially considering the way Sun Jianan also liked to put on the airs of a cold and aloof prince. Although Xue Ling no longer has that temperament, Bai Hao still didn’t like seeing someone imitate his brother.