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Chapter 152 The death scene in the past was called death, and the death scene today is called sacrifice

Yan Li personally supervised the terrestrial channel release of "Detective Di Renjie" for more than a month, but that doesn't mean he only did this.

Because of the system, Yan Li mostly gave remote commands, which did not take up too much of his energy.

Therefore, those brilliant publishing achievements are only a small part of Yan Li’s work, and not even his main job.

In addition to supervising the release of "Detective Di Renjie", Yan Li also continued to follow up on the post-production of "The Seven Fairies" and the release of it and many other film and television dramas.

At the same time, he was also busy researching new projects, discussing "Drawing Sword" with Hairun, and taking time out to visit Qin Lan on the set of "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty". In addition, he had various miscellaneous tasks.

Yan Li never knew that he could handle so much work.

He didn't know whether it was because of his good health that made him more energetic, or because of his entrepreneurial passion that made him not feel tired.

Yan Li had talked with some other bosses and leaders.

Career is the best tonic for men. Many people over 40 or 50 years old, as long as their career develops smoothly, will be full of energy and their physical and mental strength will be better than that of young people.

Combining the two, plus the fact that Yan Li is still young and has strong recovery abilities, he really doesn't feel that tired.

Sometimes I feel a little irritable and tired, complain a few words, "sleep", take a shower, and sleep again, and then do whatever I have to do the next day.

However, Yan Li also has his moments of slacking off.

For example, when I go back to my hometown, eat the meals made by my father and listen to my mother's nagging, I unconsciously become a little "lazy" and stay at home and don't want to move.

Bailou Village, Zaoshi
After a while, I finally returned to my hometown to film Yan Li for "Railway Guerrillas" and to visit my parents. As a result, I couldn't help but stay at home for two more days.

"Dad, why don't you and my mom move to Beijing? I'll open a shop for you two. You can make much more money than this."

This was not the first time Yan Li had encouraged his parents to move to the capital, but the old couple was hesitant and had many concerns, and never gave in.

"What if I go to your grandma?"

Comrade Lao Yan started to talk about the old lady, but Yan Li remained calm: "Let's go together. I will take care of my grandma in her old age."

"Your uncle and grandma will definitely not agree. Besides, your mom and grandma can't get along. If you live together for a long time, they will definitely fight."

In fact, Zhang Hong and Yan Li's grandmother have a good relationship on the surface. He will give a portion of any food and drink at home to the old lady, and Zhang Hong never says anything when Yan Li buys things for his grandmother.

However, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had some conflicts in their early years.

It's hard to say the specific reason. It was all accumulated from trivial matters, and also because they were poor back then. When Yan Li was a child, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't talk to each other for several years.

It was not until Lao Yan and Zhang Hong opened a restaurant and built a new house to live on their own, and they had enough money and no conflicts, that the two sides gradually reconciled.

But there are still some problems, and Comrade Lao Yan, as his son and partner, knows this best.

When a mother and a daughter live together for a long time, there will definitely be friction.

Yan Li still had a solution: "I'll buy two houses and we won't live together. You can just cook more meals or find a nanny."

Comrade Lao Yan glared at him: "You have money to burn."

"Your grandma is looking after your grandpa's grandson, so she won't go to the capital."

Zhang Hong said something, and seeing Yan Li wanted to talk more, she added, "You want me and your dad to go to Beijing. It's simple. We can have a grandson. I can just close the store and let you take care of the child."

Yan Li fell silent for a moment, silently took out his cell phone and fiddled with it.

He calmed down, but Zhang Hong didn't let him go: "When will you bring back that girlfriend you mentioned last time so we can meet her?"

Yan Li didn't want to argue and said casually: "We can't meet each other anymore, we're broken up."

“Break up?!”

Zhang Hong's voice couldn't help but become a little sharp. She had bought a house, prepared the red envelope for her wedding, and was just waiting to hold her grandchildren, but this little bastard ended up breaking up with her.

"Why did you split up?"

"Don't ask, I don't want to talk about it."

Yan Li had an expression that showed he didn't want to talk about the sad past anymore. Old Comrade Yan took a sip from the tea cup, spat out the tea leaves, and looked at Yan Li with scrutiny.

"Is it possible that you, the boy, abandoned me after having fun with me because I had money?"

Yan Li felt wronged: "Is your son that kind of person?"

"Hard to say."

Comrade Lao Yan sneered.

As a parent who had visited the school many times because of someone's premature love, he had never been very trusting of his son's lifestyle.

Zhang Hong stood on her son's side, "Don't talk nonsense! If our son was the kind of heartless guy, how could the girl like him so much? That guy from next door, Zhuang Xiaogao, even came to our store during the New Year to inquire about us. It's obvious that he still has feelings for her..."

Seeing that all the old things were being brought up, and his mother was even trying to match them up randomly, Yan Li quickly signaled them to stop.

"Don't worry, I'm so handsome, are you afraid that no one will want me? I'll find you a daughter-in-law later."

Zhang Hong thought about it and it made sense. Back then, Yan Li was still in school and he was able to bring the girl home. Now he is doing well, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to find another one if he really wanted to.

"I don't care what kind of partner you choose, but it's best if he's not too old."

Yan Li heard his mother's inexplicable words and thought about the information that was triggered before.

"Didn't I tell you that Li Bingbing is just a rumor? Don't let your imagination run wild."

Ever since Zhang Hong saw the scandal between Yan Li and Li Bingbing from somewhere, she has been worried that her son would find someone older.

Female junior, holding a gold brick.

The general public can accept a girl being two or three years older than a boy. Five years is a bit too much, but it can be overcome.

But Li Bingbing is seven years older than Yan Li, which is a bit unusual.

At least Zhang Hong finds it a little hard to accept. When her son is in his early 30s, she will be almost 40. They are almost not the same generation.

The words are a bit exaggerated, but this is the idea of the older generation. In addition, in Zhang Hong's view, her son is handsome and rich, and is a hot commodity, so he should not be so "wronged".

Fortunately, Li Bingbing didn’t have any intelligence system, otherwise if he knew that Yan Li’s mother despised him so much in private, he would have to settle the score with Yan Li.

But this did remind Yan Li that his mother liked to read news about him in the newspaper.

Before the broadcast of "The Seven Fairies", he and Fan Xiaopang created a scandal to promote the show, so Zhang Hong had to guess again.

Forget it.

Yan Li didn't take it too seriously and just let him think about it. Later, as he had more "scandals", Zhang Hong didn't take it seriously anymore.

...

As mentioned earlier, the filming location of "Railway Guerrillas" is a film and television city built and invested locally in Zao City. It has a Republican style and many railway elements.

At present, the film and television city has not been fully built, but only the first phase of the project has been built for the crew to shoot.

Yan Li's home is not far from the film and television city, about 30 kilometers away. It only takes about to minutes to drive there. If you take the small road, it will take at most an hour.

Therefore, Yan Li did not stay in the crew hotel, but lived at home. If the filming schedule was busy, he would temporarily rent a room to live in.

"Director Wang, Teacher Zhao... thank you for your hard work."

When Yan Li came to the crew, they happened to be on break, so he went up to greet them.

In fact, he has many acquaintances in the crew of "Railway Guerrillas".

Director Wang Xinmin is the director of Wu Jian's version of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and Wu Yue's version of "The Untold Story".

Chen Yongge, one of the directors of "The Seven Fairies", was poached from him, and he is also the director of "Railway Guerrillas" this time, and can be regarded as Yi An's representative in the crew.

In addition, there is Zhang Li, the king of Li in "The Seven Fairies", who plays the deputy captain Wang Qiang in the play, and his old friend Pang Dan, who also guest-starred as a more tragic female character in the play.

However, Yan Li hardly had any rivalry with them.

Because of time constraints and uncertainty about when filming would begin, he was given a relatively independent role with a small screen time. Zhang Lan, the deputy stationmaster, was an undercover agent. While ostensibly working for the Japanese, he was actually tipping off the railway guerrillas. He was eventually betrayed by a traitor and brutally murdered.

In the 90s, actors including Liu Wei, Li Xuejian, Li Youbin, and Zhang Fengyi made a movie called "Flying Tigers" based on the story of the Railway Guerrillas.

There is also an undercover deputy stationmaster of a train station who was killed, played by Wang Zhiwen.

"Railway Guerrillas" borrowed this setting from the movie "Flying Tigers" and added some details to highlight the difficulties of working behind enemy lines and the brutality of the Japanese devils.

This role is not difficult for Yan Li, and he only has a few important scenes.

He became dissatisfied when he found out that the Japanese had molested his wife; he contacted his old friend in the guerrillas and was persuaded by the political commissar to defect; he made outstanding contributions in a key operation and successfully helped the railway guerrillas fight against the Japanese invaders; he was betrayed by a traitor and died heroically.

The only thing Yan Li discussed with the director was whether he needed to speak his lines in his hometown dialect.

Other actors may not be able to speak this niche dialect. In addition, for the convenience of TV series distribution, most of them speak Mandarin, and at most add some colloquialisms of Shandong dialect.

Director Wang Xinmin was really tempted. Although the dialect is inconvenient, it can also increase the sense of immersion.

After listening to Yan Li read a few lines, I rejected it. It felt a bit rustic and a bit out of place in the drama, which didn't quite fit the setting of the introverted undercover agent.

Yan Li did not force it. He always respected the director's opinions, especially when what the director said made sense, he would follow his advice.

There was no filming today, and the official shooting would start tomorrow. Yan Li just tried on the makeup and observed other filming of the crew.

"Railway Guerrillas" has used many veteran actors. The leading male actor Zhao Hengxuan and the leading female actor Shi Lanya are both veteran actors who have been in the industry for many years. Many other supporting roles may be less famous, but they have also filmed many dramas or have been drama actors for many years.

So the filming was very smooth, especially the literary scenes, with very few interruptions, unless there was a need to coordinate the scenes and take the lead, otherwise it could be done in one or two takes.

Of course, there are also some newcomers in the crew, such as Wang Qi, who plays the second female lead Lan Ni, a student of the 2002 class of the PLA Art Academy and is still in college.

This Wang Qi has a sweet and pretty appearance, which is really suitable for a country girl like Lan Ni. He watched two scenes performed by her and found that she was quite talented.

I heard that this person hasn't signed with a company yet, and his appearance and temperament are not so good, otherwise Yan Li would really like to sign an actor of this type for Yi An.

Sweet, lively, cute and innocent, there are many dramas that are suitable for this type of artist. If she can't play the female lead, there will always be second or third female roles.

Among the young actresses who have emerged, Huo Siyan can barely be considered half a star, there is also Li Xiaolu, and the one who is most promising is Shu Chang.

However, Shu Chang is not easy to sign. She is currently a popular young actress, and ordinary resources cannot impress her. Her personality and style do not quite meet Yan Li's expectations.

Li Xiaolu and Yan Li had never dealt with each other, but Huo Siyan still recognized the other party's "ambition".

However, Dong Xuan was very wary of her, and Fan Xiaopang also didn't get along with her, so signing her would easily destroy unity.

...

Yan Li was smoking and thinking about something. Wang Qi, who played Lan Ni, also noticed the young man who had been looking at her for a long time, and quietly asked Shi Lan Ya about it.

"Sister, who is this? I just saw you and the director greeting him."

"I'm not familiar with him either. I heard he's an investor and seems to have opened a film and television company."

Shi Lan Ya is an actor of the People's Art Theatre. She has her own job and is chosen by the theatre when she goes out to film. She is not very familiar with some news in the circle and emerging forces.

Wang Qi was curious, so she went to ask another actress in the crew.

The other person looked at her in surprise: "Aren't you studying in Beijing? You didn't go to the audition for "The Seven Fairies"."

"I didn't go because I was busy with my classes, but I knew who he was."

For young actresses in Beijing, "The Seven Fairies" is a relatively influential drama.

At that time, there were both open auditions and online voting. I visited several major art schools and interviewed many young actresses in Beijing, and some of them actually got the job.

On the surface, Huo Siyan, Jiang Xin, and Yang Xue in "The Seven Fairies" all got their spots through auditions, and Li Lin and Dong Xuan also took advantage of their popularity on the Internet.

Even in reality, Jiang Xin and Li Lin got their roles by relying on their image and strength, Shuang Bing was invited by Yan Li, and the remaining three were just relatives.

Although there is some water in the film, this kind of "fairness and justice" is very good compared with other crews, so it left a deep impression on many people.

At first Wang Qi didn't react, but after a little guidance, he immediately got it right.

"This is a big boss. See that Mercedes-Benz G parked over there? He's driving it. It's worth over a million."

As they were talking, the actress saw Yan Li walking over there, so she left Wang Qi and walked up to greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Yan, my name is Li Wa. I previously auditioned for your production of 'The Seven Fairies' and played the role of Bai Juhua."

Yan Li was already used to this kind of approach, but when he heard the other party introduce herself as the Bai Juhua, he became slightly interested.

He had read the script. The Bai Juhua in the play was known as "the most beautiful flower in Zao City, no one is more charming than her", and was considered the best anti-traitor in the play.

He followed three traitorous captains and defeated them all. He is more powerful than some masters of the Railway Guerrillas.

However, this actor has a bit of a coquettish temperament, but her appearance and figure are average, far from the level of "A Flower". Anyway, Yan Li, the kid from Zao City, will not recognize her.

This may also be related to the role. Those beautiful actors who have more choices may not be willing to play this kind of role.

Watching Li Wa and Yan Li talking, Wang Qi hesitated for a moment. Just as she was about to step forward to show her face, her cell phone rang. It was her boyfriend Shen Teng calling.

Wang Qi hesitated for a moment, glanced at Yan Li, took her phone and walked aside to talk to her boyfriend.

After dealing with Li Wa, Yan Li walked away, unable to help muttering in his heart.

I don’t know if the place we were chatting about just now is a wind vent, but the heat of September has not yet dissipated and the weather is hot, but a cool breeze blows behind us...

...

The next day, Yan Li came from home to film, and brought Comrade Zhang Hong with him.

His mother had never seen a movie being filmed, and she wanted to watch her son filming even more. She even gave up her shop business for a day and came with Yan Li to watch the fun.

Coincidentally, Yan Li’s first scene was a sacrifice scene.

Listen, it used to be a death scene, but now it’s a sacrifice scene, and whether the death is worthwhile or not is suddenly revealed.

His mother was watching from the side, and Yan Li was more serious than ever before.

When he was called in for questioning by a Japanese officer, he looked surprised but forced himself to remain calm. When he saw the traitor, he realized that he had been betrayed. He pretended to be submissive, but in fact he was determined to sacrifice his life.

"...I'll get you the information right away."

Yan Li lowered his head and put his hand into his trouser pocket. When he raised his head, his eyes were calm and firm. In his hand, there was a grenade given to him by the guerrillas for self-defense.

The traitor reacted very quickly and kicked the grenade away, killing several Japanese soldiers outside.

Yan Li went forward to fight, but was no match for the traitor and was knocked to the ground. However, he struggled to get up and still silently pounced on the traitor, wanting to fight to the death. In the end, he was shot to death by a Japanese officer.

Originally, this scene was planned to have two lines, something like "I'm going to fight you guys" or "rant and yell" or something like that.

Yan Li discussed with the director and decided not to use any lines. This was a ruthless person who, seeing that the situation was not right, would just take out a grenade and prepare to die together with the other person. There was no need for any nonsense.

At the same time, this kind of firm and silent desperation can add a sense of tragedy.

The director was inclined to Yan Li's opinion, so he asked Yan Li to perform it twice for comparison, and finally felt that the silent version was better.

After filming this scene, the next scene was the rivalry between the Japanese officer and the traitor. Yan Li went to change his clothes and show them off to his mother.

"Mom, how was my performance?"

Zhang Hong pursed her lips, reached out to brush off the dust that had just fallen on the ground, and touched the bloody hole on his chest.

"Does this gunshot hurt?"

Yan Li felt a bit of a headache. He had brought the wrong person. If his father had come instead, he might be pointing a prop gun at him and trying to fire a few more shots to hear the sound...

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