Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 170
Seeing the process of forming Magnolia's character, Su Jin couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Bai Yulan was a famous female writer in the period of the Republic of China. Su Jin had read many of Bai Yulan's works before, and she naturally had a certain degree of sympathy and empathy for this character.

Alas, Magnolia's childhood life was too depressing and miserable.

These experiences in her early years have also been reflected in her future writing.

Continue to read, after Bai's father passed away due to illness, Bai Yulan's whole life instantly became brighter.

Su Jin also saw Magnolia's smile for the first time in the movie.

However, when thinking of Bai Yulan's life experience after that, Su Jin began to sigh secretly again.

Biographical movies are a bit bad, most of the endings are doomed, unless the director makes major changes, completely disregarding the historical materials handed down.

Father and lover, the two most important men in a woman's life, both brought her countless pains and scars.

Lan Chenghu, the nightmare and disaster of Magnolia's life, I don't know when will it appear in the movie?

The story continues to move forward. After her father died, Bai Yulan lost her source of income, and she could only earn money to support herself through writing.

Fortunately, she has a delicate mind and extremely beautiful writing style. Her debut autobiographical novel "Magnolia" was directly serialized in Shenjiang's most famous literary newspaper, Shenjiang Literature and Art News.

After publishing "White Magnolia", Bai Yulan gradually became famous in the Shenjiang literary circle.

Once, at a writers meeting organized by Shenjiang Literature and Art News, Bai Yulan met Lan Chenghu, a famous writer in Shenjiang.

At the writers' meeting, Lan Chenghu was personable and eloquent, and soon attracted Bai Yulan's attention with his rich knowledge and eloquence.

Seeing Bai Yulan's admiring gaze towards Lan Chenghu on the screen, Su Jin knew something was going to happen.

Lan Chenghu is more than ten years older than Magnolia, and looks very mature and stable. This kind of image of a man is exactly what Magnolia, who has always lacked the love of her father, longs for in her heart.

In fact, if you put aside the messy things behind, the acquaintance and love between Magnolia and Lan Chenghu is also very sweet and romantic.

Lan Chenghu is a handsome and elegant man, mature and knowledgeable, while Bai Yulan is delicate, delicate and talented. The two are very suitable for each other, but they are gradually drifting apart in the turbulent current situation.

In that turbulent era, the Dongying people did evil in Shenjiang, and Lan Chenghu had already become the running dog of the Dongying people.

Knowing this result, Bai Yulan naturally couldn't accept it.

Moreover, apart from being a traitor, Lan Chenghu is also a complete heartbreaker. During his relationship with Bai Yulan, he also had affairs with many women.

Seeing this episode, the audience in the cinema completely scolded.

"Lan Chenghu is such a bastard, he will definitely die badly."

As the audience expected, the Dongying people did not run rampant in Shenjiang for too long, and were quickly defeated by the Chinese army.

After the defeat of the Dongying people, those traitors who had helped the Dongying people before were also liquidated one by one.

Lan Chenghu got the news in advance, and secretly ran to the countryside to hide. In order to survive, he even used his playboy methods to live with a widow in the village.

When Bai Yulan found Lan Chenghu in the village, she saw how desolate the former young master Pianpian had become, and what he did with the widow, the love fantasy in Bai Yulan's heart was instantly shattered.

She left that village and never wanted to have anything to do with Lan Chenghu.

And Lan Chenghu also left Shenjiang by boat when the wind gradually loosened, and fled to Ryukyu Province.

Forty years later, the elderly Lan Chenghu returned to Shenjiang, but he couldn't find Magnolia, only the novel "Magnolia".

After watching the whole movie, the audience applauded slowly.

"The quality of the film is good. The director described the children's private relationship in a turbulent world in a soul-stirring way. The shooting of the screen is beautiful without losing the atmosphere of the times. It is a rare masterpiece in recent years."

"Indeed, the film uses some very bold shooting techniques in terms of camera, music, and images. From the mental hysteria at the beginning of Magnolia, to the heart-to-heart after getting to know Lan Chenghu, the rhythm gradually becomes brisk. When life is parting from death, it turns into deepness again."

"The performances of the two protagonists are also very exciting, portraying the images of Magnolia and Lan Chenghu very three-dimensionally."

……

After the movie finished, the subtitles came on, and Shen Yuelou's singing voice also sang: "You who didn't care at first, and me who didn't care when I was young.

The love in the world of mortals is only because of the hurried and silent stalemate of that life.

I think it is the fault of the world, or the cause and effect passed down from the previous life.

Everything in a lifetime is at the expense of an exchange of yin and yang for a moment.

Easy to come, hard to go, decades of travel in the world.

Dividing is easy to divide, getting together is hard to get together, the eternal sorrow of love and hate. "

Hearing this song suddenly sounded in the theater, the audience in the movie theater fell silent.

Savoring the plot and lyrics of the movie carefully, they lamented that the song and the movie are a match made in heaven.

"The lyrics are so beautiful and touching. This is simply the voice of Magnolia."

"The singer's voice also has that feeling, classical beauty, Republic of China style, and the voice feels a little familiar."

"It's like weeping and complaining, lingering and pathos, not only touching the ears but also reaching the hearts of the people."

……

No matter how deeply the audience in the movie theater was touched, the song that had been recorded long ago continued to play: "The heart that should belong to you still holds my chest tightly.

For the tumultuous hand behind the earthly transformed face.

Easy to come, hard to go, decades of travel in the world.

Dividing is easy to divide, getting together is hard to get together, the eternal sorrow of love and hate.

So you who don't want to leave, want to bid farewell to me who has disappeared
There are still faint whispers in the world, following the legend of the two of us.

There are faint whispers in the rolling world of mortals, following our legend. "

When the film was completely over and the singing faded away, the audience in the cinema stood up one after another for the film and gave their applause for the theme song.

Amidst the enthusiastic applause of most of the movie fans in the cinema, Liao Peng took the director and leading actors of the movie "Magnolia" to the stage, and Shen Yuelou was also invited to the stage.

"Hahaha, this time our movie's theme song "Rolling Red Dust", we invited Mr. Shen Yuelou Shen to perform it,..."

As soon as Liao Peng introduced Shen Yuelou, the audience in the theater immediately became agitated.

"Wow, Teacher Shen, it turned out to be Teacher Shen. No wonder the voice of the last song is so familiar?"

"Ms. Shen's song is really great, rolling in the world of mortals, it has gone through many vicissitudes."

"The plots of "Rolling Red Dust" and "Magnolia" fit so well. Teacher Shen must have read Magnolia's novels frequently."

……

When attending the premiere of "Magnolia", it's natural to be asked about your feelings after watching the movie.

Taking the microphone, Shen Yuelou replied seriously: "In a troubled world, it is difficult to control oneself, and "The Red Dust" sighs deeply.

In such a special era, it is not easy for people to survive, and love has become a luxury in this era, but no matter what kind of environment they are in, no one can stop the footsteps of love.

The brilliance of the film lies precisely in the fact that in such an era, it still gives love a beautiful form. Its beauty lies in the fact that Magnolia's personal charm gives the film a sufficiently delicate and tender touch. The complicated entanglement of family, country and individual destiny shows us what is the world of mortals in the mountains and rivers. "

(End of this chapter)