Director Ding chose barbecue for his midnight snack, which is very down-to-earth.
Large basins of barbecued skewers were served on stainless steel plates. They were fresh, spicy, fragrant and hot. The hot air rushed towards us, mixed with a hint of smoke. It was definitely the most lively and moving smell in the world.
Jian Jing opened a can of cold beer and ate some skewers while watching the stars eat.
The skewers here are small, with each skewer of meat only the size of a toothpick, and only a few corn kernels on a corn stalk. There is no difference between eating it or not eating it.
But Jiang Baiyan didn't seem disappointed at all.
He pulled off a piece of shredded meat with chopsticks, rinsed it in a small bowl of mineral water to wash off any seasoning, then devoutly put it into his mouth, chewing it several times before swallowing it.
"It's delicious." He sighed contentedly.
After eating a piece of chicken, he picked and chose again, and finally chose a string of potatoes and a string of tofu, all of which he ate in small bites after rinsing them in hot water.
Then he refused to eat a single bite.
Jian Jing was amazed: "His self-control is really terrible."
"I didn't want to go back on my word in front of the teacher, so I barely held back." Jiang Baiyan covered his face and smiled rather embarrassedly, "Of course, I really can't eat anymore. I have to go back to the crew to film tomorrow. If I get acne from eating barbecue because I'm greedy, the director will kill me."
Jane was silent.
Stars shine brightly in front of people, but they naturally have to pay a price behind the scenes.
"Let's chat." Jiang Baiyan pleaded, "Let me forget that I can't eat."
There were too many strangers, and Jian Jing felt a little restrained. This suggestion hit the mark: "Don't call me teacher anymore, it's weird."
"Not surprising," Jiang Baiyan waved his hands and changed the subject before she could protest. "Come to think of it, there was a funny thing when we were filming Hide and Seek. We were supposed to shoot a scene on a foggy day. We finally waited for the fog to come up, but it turned out to be too thick to see anything, so we couldn't shoot anymore. It was so miserable..."
No author can refuse such a topic. The remake of a film or TV series may not be perfect, and there may even be some deviations from the original work. However, images have an advantage that words cannot achieve - presenting the world created in the mind to the world in a more intuitive and concrete way.
"In the beginning, Director Ding was very dissatisfied with my performance. He felt that I did not show that kind of... confusion and coldness. I did not understand what he meant at all..." Jiang Baiyan scratched his face, feeling quite embarrassed.
Jian Jing's thoughts drifted away because of his words.
When writing "The Kids Playing Hide and Seek", "Jane Jing" also felt confused for a while. She just wrote "White Cat Detective" based on a momentary inspiration, without any skills or rules. When the heroine appeared in her mind, the story was born.
In other words, the protagonist comes first, and then the story is written around the protagonist.
Hide and Seek was the opposite. She first had the inspiration of the interweaving of time and space before she started to shape the characters. Therefore, she encountered many problems in the portrayal of the male protagonist. She wrote and revised it, and it was either too thin or too out of control.
If only "Jian Jing" was here today, she would have a lot of common topics with Jiang Baiyan - once this thought came up, he inevitably returned to the crux of the issue that had been avoided before.
How to cross the line between simplicity and tranquility and "simple and tranquility"
Almost immediately, Jiang Baiyan realized that the people around him were distracted.
He did not change his expression and did not stop talking. He just described the same thing over and over again to ensure that the other party could seamlessly grasp the content of the previous topic when he came back to his senses.
About half a minute later, he saw a gleam in Jian Jing's eyes again.
"... That's it, am I stupid?" He changed the subject in time.
Sure enough, she knew exactly what he was talking about: "You are very thoughtful. I am very grateful to you."
Just this one sentence was enough to satisfy Jiang Baiyan.
"I really like your work, but..." He paused for a moment, organizing his words, "Your story is very unique."
Jian Jing showed a slightly puzzled expression.
"Teacher, just treat it as nonsense." Jiang Baiyan was embarrassed for a moment, but didn't mean to continue.
Although Jian Jing was puzzled, she didn't want to ask any more questions as they had only known each other for less than an hour.
The lights were warm, the heat was gradually dissipating, the cups and plates were in a mess, bamboo sticks were scattered all over the floor, and this midnight snack was coming to an end.
Jiang Baiyan had to catch an early morning flight back to the crew, so he said goodbye to her and left early.
The streets were empty at night, and the car sped along, arriving at the airport half an hour early. Sister Chen had already handled the formalities for him, and he could get on the plane after passing the security check.
There were not many people on the red-eye flight, and after taking photos and signing autographs with the flight attendants, Jiang Baiyan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"You're too close to Teacher Jian." Sister Chen sat next to him and lowered her voice. "If the media took photos of you from the wrong angle, it would be very troublesome for you. The crew wouldn't want you to cause such a scandal."
Jiang Baiyan put on his eye mask and said lazily, "If that happens, Director Ding will be angry."
"That's not the way you should do it." Sister Chen gently pointed out the key to the problem, "I've never done that before."
She has been in the industry for seven years and has been with Jiang Baiyan for many years. As his executive agent, Sister Chen knows her artist better than any other big agent in the company.
Jiang Baiyan made his debut with Director Ding's "Hide and Seek Kids", and his start was very high. However, due to various reasons, the film was not released immediately after filming, and was delayed for a whole year.
This hindered the company's training plan for him, but he never expressed any dissatisfaction. He attended classes diligently, auditioned hard, and won many good roles.
Now he is considered famous, but he has never made any mistakes. He is self-disciplined and has good business sense. Sister Chen is absolutely sure that he is the artist that every agent dreams of.
But his enthusiasm for Jian Jing today had gone beyond the necessary social scope.
"Maybe you can tell me why you do this." Sister Chen persuaded patiently, "I will be mentally prepared and then I can help you solve the problem."
"There's no reason. I'm a fan of Teacher Jingjing." Jiang Baiyan shrugged and said innocently, "Fans will of course be excited when they see their idol."
Sister Chen was skeptical: "Really?"
Jiang Baiyan spread his hands, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The plane took off.
Jian Jing didn't know Jiang Baiyan's story.
After returning home, she was exhausted but could not fall asleep for a long time. Director Huang asked her about her subsequent writing plan, which kept lingering in her mind, making her hesitate and confused.
For a moment, she looked into the bathroom mirror, expecting to see another expression of dismay in this familiar face.
But no.
The other Jian Jing did not appear. Perhaps her soul had disappeared when she chose to die, or perhaps the two souls had completely merged, like a drop of water meeting another drop of water.
Honestly speaking, Jian Jing does not want to separate herself from "her".
If she was reborn in someone else's body, then she is me, I am me, very clear, there will be no confusion. But when I am reborn in another life of myself, everything is different.
How should I face two different “me”s
She went to the study, opened her computer and created a blank document.
The devil is a monster born between heaven and earth, who has no sense of good and evil and feeds on eating human hearts. He kills people like a human kills chickens and ducks, and does not think he is committing a crime, but the curse forces him to learn from humans to distinguish between good and evil.
The whole story has a limited perspective, and you can understand what the protagonist sees by reading it.
Jian Jing tried to sort out the story of Mrs. Qin and Liu Baofeng, and then narrate it from the perspective of the devil.
This is a beautiful woman. She may not be pretty or elegant, but she is knowledgeable and elegant in conversation. It is hard for anyone not to like her. Her husband is hypocritical and insidious. He pretends to be a couple in love in front of others, but he has actually cheated on her...
It was not too difficult to write a play based on a real-life prototype, but Jian Jing still encountered trouble.
She wrote "Devil", something was missing.
There are no two leaves that are the same in the world. Even a single work cannot be guaranteed to remain unchanged, let alone a character created by two people
"Jian Jing" became famous at a young age but lost both her parents, and unconsciously distanced herself from the world, so the devil in her writing is an outsider and a bystander. Her family is happy, her life is mediocre, and her life is very ordinary, which certainly makes her indistinguishable from the crowd, but also gives her the perspective closest to ordinary people.
She tried to figure out Liu Baofeng's psychological activities and guessed her motives, which was contrary to the devil's mentality.
The devil doesn't care.
In the early morning, Jian Jing deleted all the text in the document and was once again convinced of a fact.
She couldn't write "Jane" or the devil.
But that doesn't mean she's giving up.
Jian Jing made herself a cup of iced American coffee and leaned back in her chair. It was pitch black outside the window, with only a few houses with lights on.
□□ drove away her sleepiness and set off again.
Since what has happened is destined to be unchangeable, why should we cling to the past
Jian Jing and "Jian Jing" coexist in this body, and so can the devil. Why not add a new protagonist to "Devil Doctor" and make it a dual-protagonist story.
Kang Mucheng got home at 10:30 last night and fell asleep at 1:00. It is now 6:30 in the morning, and after only five hours of sleep, he is reading the draft of "Devil Doctor 2" sent by Jian Jing.
Old framework, new characters.
This was within his expectations.
The key to a series of stories is that there must be a clear main line, but "Devil Doctor" does not have one. It is a series of unit stories connected in series and can end at any time.
But readers are very picky creatures.
If the first part cannot maintain the original level - no, to be precise, it just maintains it without giving them something that will surprise them, they will inevitably be disappointed. And if the changes are too big and the original flavor is not retained, readers will also be disappointed.
Jian Jing made a very pleasing setting to make up for the defect of having no main storyline.
The devil is evil, but he is a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded.
The new character is good, but he wants to be a violent hunter.
Demon Hunter.
Black and white, good and evil, worldly and otherworldly, the story is full of contradictions and sparks.
"Very good." He replied to Jian Jing, "I look forward to the follow-up."
Jian Jing's tone seemed to be unconvinced: "This is just a first draft, there's no need to encourage me so much, I want to know your true thoughts."
Kang Mucheng smiled. This kind of scene has happened countless times, and he said very skillfully: "This is what I really think."
"Don't you find it strange? A new character with a completely different perspective," she asked.
Kang Mucheng thought about it and replied, "The hunter's perspective is necessary. Demons are not human beings. They cannot understand many complex emotional factors and have no way to deal with them. As human hunters, they can make up for this and make readers feel more involved."
“The old grudge between the two protagonists also enriches the main plot. The devil's curse was caused by the hunter's ancestors, and the hunter therefore took on the responsibility of destroying the devil... It's an interesting cause and effect, and readers will like it.”
After thinking for a while, he concluded: "They blend perfectly and complement each other very well."
Jian Jing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
Perhaps this is the answer she is looking for.