Chapter 353 Two Su Yuan
When the two arrived in Changyuan, it was already very late.
How late? The lights were turned off in the entire set of "Su Yuan", and only a few security personnel who stayed here were still there. However, Kim Jong-ming didn't care anything. After asking the hotel location of the crew's accommodation, he took Xu Xian and turned to the hotel.
When we arrived at the hotel, some important figures in the crew obviously got news from the previous security staff on the set. Many people waited early at the hotel door and then rushed to meet them.
"Why did you come here so late? I thought you would arrive tomorrow?" Only director Lee Junyi could speak so casually. He was not only the top director, but also the director Kim Jong-ming used the momentum of An Shengji to win the first actor. In a sense, he was the benefactor of this guy on the road to film, and he was also very meaningful, so he could naturally be careless about the details.
"I delayed it at Zhendao County at noon." Kim Jong-ming replied disrespectfully. "Then I drank a few more drinks, so I could only let Xiaoxian get along with me when I drove, so I came very slowly..."
Li Junyi nodded slightly to express his understanding, and the others around him also took the opportunity to speak out to Jin Zhongming and said to him hard work, with an extremely attentive attitude.
However, Kim Jong-ming obviously had no intention of communicating with these people. He smiled and listened to these people flattering. Then, not only refused the proposal to let the sleeping young actor come out to meet, but also took the initiative to dismiss most of the people gathered here. In fact, when the hotel delivered the midnight snack to the corner of the lobby, except Kim Jong-ming and Seo Hyun, only Li Jun-yi was left alone, and even Xue Jingqiu was driven back to the room by Kim Jong-ming.
But it was also true that Xu Xian finally felt a little slight relaxation because of the first time driving on the night road.
No, Kim Jong-ming and Lee Jun-yi, the conversation between these two is really normal, and the normal ones are a bit too far...
The two first talked about the performance of some actors, such as Xue Jingqiu, how about the young actors, and how about the supporting roles; then the equipment problem of the movie, which shot requires such shots; then the filming process of the movie, whether the shooting went smoothly after coming to Changyuan, whether the locals cooperated... and so on.
In short, this made Xu Xian, who had been tired all day, felt relieved and disappointed. He finally didn't have to think about the messy ways of the world. What was disappointing was that she had not yet discovered what was surprising about this movie that Kim Jong-ming really watched.
"It sounds like everything goes well." Kim Jong-ming said leaning on the sofa in the hotel lobby. "You don't have to care about hardware. I will do my best to satisfy this place. Then the young actor is spiritual, Xue Qianwan has not tried too much, and the local government has not added any resistance, so there should be no problem..."
"Zhong Ming, you take it for granted." Li Junyi immediately interrupted the other party with a laugh. "How can such a movie be so easy?"
"What about it specifically?" Kim Jong-ming asked seriously. "Do not worry, Director Li. Since I said that I would do my best, I will do my best to help you take this movie to the bottom of it."
"It's not a matter of this." Li Junyi continued to shake his head and smiled. "You can't help with some things."
Jin Zhongming was stunned for a moment, but immediately laughed dryly: "It's because the plot is too difficult, and then who can't hold on to it psychologically?"
Li Junyi nodded, then pointed his hand at the tip of his nose: "It's me."
Kim Jong-ming was silent for a moment, but only for a moment: "The script was written by you by yourself, senior."
"It's because I wrote it myself." Li Junyi couldn't help but smile bitterly. "So everyone else is fine, I'm the only one who can't hold on... Have you read the script?"
"I roughly know the prototype of that matter, so I didn't dare to read your script." Kim Jong-ming was a bachelor. "And I didn't even read the novel."
"That's right." Li Junyi sighed immediately. "You only know the general situation, and with "The Furnace" at the bottom, you can imagine something, so you didn't read the novel at all, nor did you take the initiative to understand the specific situation in reality... This is understandable. But in this case, you may not be able to understand why I kept modifying the script and then changing it to what I am now... To be honest, the script is already too far from the novel."
Kim Jong-ming hesitated for a moment, then stood up from the sofa and leaned forward: "Director Li, I am forgiving, sometimes it is necessary to add some warm plots and sunshine to the movie. This is like the movie "The Furnace". In reality, there is no protagonist who is desperate for the children? The prototypes of the two protagonists are personalized by a social assistance organization with a large group of volunteers, and the other is to gather several people who show their humanity in the whole incident, which is barely constructed... Without such a virtual righteous personality, where does the movie come from? It's too dark and to put it nicely, who will show it? And if no one watches it, what's the point of no matter how good the connotation of the movie is?"
"That's what I said." Li Junyi shook his head. "I don't understand the truth, so there is no need for you to comfort me, because what I did this time was actually too much... I'll just say it when I'm in front of you. This time I'm just a little bit of a woman. If this continues, it will probably affect the structure of the entire movie and then cause another irreversible chaos."
"What the hell is going on?" Kim Jong-ming lay back on the back of the sofa.
"You have to start with the prototype case itself, you should know this." Li Junyi said while glanced at Xu Xian who had not spoken. "Two cases, one was in 2008, an 8-year-old girl was violated and had lifelong disability; the other was just happened last year. A 7-year-old girl was violated and had lifelong disability..."
Xu Xian felt that his eyelids could not control themselves and immediately jumped.
That's right, with Li Junyi's brief description, the two stories behind the movie "Su Yuan" are roughly spread out before my eyes, and just like the stories behind "The Furnace", each one is so depressing that it feels powerless to sigh.
One of the cases occurred in 2008. An 8-year-old girl was violated and was disabled for life. However, the judicial system was as dereliction of duty as ever. Such a serious case only sentenced the suspect for 12 years. He also reduced the sentencing because the suspect was drunk at the time. Later, the incident was repeated, and the public was dissatisfied. The two factions in Congress fought fiercely, and one faction took the opportunity to use public opinion to attack his opponent. Li Bei, who had just ended the beef crisis, wanted to win over public opinion, so he immediately jumped out to perform a wave of Li Qingtian's drama.
Finally, the judicial community was sentenced to severe sentences in a dilemma, and the state compensated the child for medical expenses.
The second case happened in the past 12 years. In the summer, a 7-year-old girl took a nap at home, and then encountered a cruel encounter that was exactly the same as another victim, and was also lifelong disability. The suspect also tried to seek a light sentence using the excuse of being drunk.
Needless to say, the 12 years of consulting were more likely to get angry than in 2008, so this incident once again caused the public to be dissatisfied with the judicial system. This time, the Congress first started arguing, and then Li Beige also played the role of Li Qingtian, and finally led and promoted the implementation of chemical castration in South Korea. At the same time, given that the suspect himself did not have any civil capacity, this time he also turned to the state to bear the medical expenses of the little girl.
In short, these two things can actually be called the single-player version of the "Furrow" incident. The only difference is that these two suspects have no power, and there is no Catholic sect to support them, so the media and the public have no pressure to scold them. The official moves very quickly, and the matter is very fast.
However, what Li Junyi wants to say is not on this side.
"The case itself has nothing to say, and it was soon settled. No one can say that the government did not do enough in the end. I forgot about this matter last year, after a while." Li Junyi smiled slightly self-deprecatingly. "And until the end of last year, I suddenly saw a novel called "Su Yuan", which talked about the case in 2008... After reading it, I suddenly felt that my performance in summer was really ridiculous. I signed the online autograph and asked for a resentment, and was interviewed by reporters to scold judicial dereliction of duty. What's the point? Because the key to the problem is not how many years the suspect was sentenced to, but how to protect the little girl who was only seven or eight years old at the time!"
Now, Xu Xian's eyelids twitched again. However, Kim Jong-ming was able to remain calm. It seemed that he had a long understanding of some things.
"I couldn't help but contact the author myself after reading the novel, and I realized it." Li Junyi continued to smile bitterly. "After the case was settled in 2008, the little girl's life was always very sad. Her uterus and rectum were permanently damaged. She could only live with a feces bag. She could never have children in her life, and she was unlikely to have menstruation. She needed treatment every once in a while... But to be honest, even if the medical expenses that the state is responsible for, what's the use of treating the symptoms but not the root cause? The little girl was eight years old at the time and knew something. Later, she grew up and understood what was going on. So her own state was already very painful, but she was mocked by her classmates when she went out, and she was whispered by her new neighbors. There was a reporter from time to time on the way, and her parents quarreled every day because of her... Who can stand it?"
"What should I do if I can't stand it?" Xu Xian asked carefully, and she couldn't help it.
"Of course I committed suicide!" Jin Zhongming replied expressionlessly.
"Yes." Li Junyi also nodded. "The end of the case in 2008 was that the child could not hold on when he grew up, so he chose to commit suicide after he had a younger brother."
"Has he committed suicide?" Xu Xian actually had a premonition, but he still became angry. "Since the matter is over, why bother to force the child to this end? Can't those people care more about the child?"
Li Junyi seemed to be smiling and ignored Xu Xian.
"Who?" Kim Jong-ming looked over with his eyes squinted. "Who can't care about the children?"
"Of course..." Xu Xian couldn't continue to say it halfway. Although he didn't think deeply, he instinctively realized the inappropriateness of his remarks in anger.
"Let's be fair." Kim Jong-ming shook his head. "The little girl's suicide afterwards was not a criminal suspect who went to prison, there was really no specific person who needed to be responsible."
"Yes." Li Junyi also frowned and nodded. "I thought about this issue carefully when I was writing the script, and the author of the novel also seriously discussed this matter in the novel. Let's be honest, from the perspective of the country, he has paid for the medical expenses for the victims of family difficulties, sentenced the suspects heavily, and revised the laws and regulations. It is considered to be a due diligence! Even Li Mingbo, I rarely praise him. He took the initiative to stand up both times, one more responsible, and last year's chemical castration made people vent their anger!"
Xu Xian wanted to speak but stopped.
"From the perspective of the victim's parents, they are a working family. They have tried their best to get justice. They voluntarily gave up their jobs and moved home as soon as the matter was settled. They have always done their best to their children. But life is like this. The so-called poor couples are sad. My daughter is like this, and life is not going well. Can they control a conflict or fight?" Li Junyi was obviously a little emotional, and his tone was no longer as calm as before. "They are also victims and need to live. I even want to say one more thing. As far as I know, the father of the child was a chaebol enterprise in 2008. After knowing that they were going to move, they took the initiative to transfer a new job... At this time, do I have to do political correctness in the movie and ridicule the chaebol enterprise without social responsibility?"
Xu Xian fell silent further, and Kim Jong-ming narrowed his eyes.
"As for those little girls' classmates," Li Junyi's mood became even more wrong. "The little girl is only eight or nine years old. Is her classmate already eighteen? Even if there is offense in her words, it is probably just out of curiosity? By the same token, if the neighbors are responsible for their whispers, do those neighbors really have any bad intentions? Who would have seen such a little girl with a feces appear in front of her, and wouldn't she want to know or tell others what's going on? Maybe they are still reminding their children not to discriminate against their new neighbors! Even those reporters who come to interview from time to time have the intention to uphold justice? If this is responsible and that is also responsible, then is Li Junyi, who is making movies of this kind of theme, also considered a perpetrator?! Am I not yelling about such things so the whole world knows?"
Hearing this, Kim Jong-ming could not remain silent any longer, but Li Junyi did not give him a chance to speak.
"Of course I know that saying this is a bit terrible." Li Junyi suddenly breathed a breath, and then returned to the smile that was very sarcastic at the beginning. "But in 2008, the child was forced to death by something... If we don't talk about specific people, the whole society always has to bear some responsibility, otherwise why do people commit suicide?" At this point, Li Junyi stared at Kim Jong-ming's face. "The problem with the script is actually here. I can't find the person responsible, because it seems that everyone is justice and warm. From the perspective of a director and from the perspective of the film language, I can't abandon any of this justice and warmth, so there will naturally be problems and big problems, because the movies made like this are in opposition to the theme of the movie!"
"Yes." Kim Jong-ming pressed one knee with one hand, but he already understood the other person's meaning. "After all, the movie is fragmented. If the whole movie is full of family affection, justice, and warmth, why would the version of Su Yuan in 2008 commit suicide? Should we change the ending and change it to Su Yuan live happily and happily from now on? But if it is really cruel and gives a dark and realistic ending, how can we face the 'Su Yuan' for 12 years? This Su Yuan is also wearing a feces bag, and she is only 8 years old and still alive. Her parents have not yet quarreled. If we make such a dark-oriented movie, to be honest, will it have a bad impact on this still alive Su Yuan? If that is the case, then we should be responsible!"
Li Junyi nodded repeatedly: "That's what I mean, Zhong Ming, I really don't know how to shoot it now! I was going to shoot this movie, and the meaning of writing this script was very simple. After knowing the fate of the first Suyuan in 2008, I didn't want the second Suyuan in 2012 to repeat the same mistake! I just need to use the means within my ability, that is, the movie thing to warn some people and remind some people, perhaps to clarify to the entire society, you must pay attention to your own methods and never hurt such a pitiful child inadvertently. We have a lesson in the past! But I really can't hold on to this degree once I shoot it..."
Kim Jong-ming nodded seriously. Of course, he understood what Li Junyi meant according to the Su Yuan in 2008, which is the negative example, the movie itself would cause harm and hint to the 12-year version of "Su Yuan" that is still alive. Don't be reluctant. If there is any bad influence, it will be called "no redeemable for all people." But if you blindly emphasize warmth, it will form the current state of Li Junyi and the crew of "Su Yuan". Not only will he worry that he will not be able to play any warning role, but he will also feel guilty about Su Yuan who has committed suicide in 2008.
And there is another thing that must be known, that is, although the movie "Su Yuan" has only two prototypes, in fact, the indescribable social problem behind it is universal! And most of the victims have embarked on the path of Su Yuan in 2008.
Rumors and murder are the truth that this movie must be explained. If you don’t say it out, the movie will be meaningless.
But things are back again, not because the degree is not impossible to grasp, not because the cruel shots cannot be taken appropriately, but because it is really difficult to do?!
"Director Li told me this, I think he already had an idea, right?" Thinking of this, Kim Jong-ming suddenly woke up. Since Li Junyi saw so thoroughly, he probably had an idea, but he was just a little embarrassed.
"It's true that there are some ideas." Li Junyi sighed again. "First of all, I'm going to open up the ending. The most important thing is for the living. The movie cannot be made into a child's suicide, but it can make some plausible hints, very simple hints, or even obvious loopholes..."
"Good idea." Kim Jong-ming praised it after a moment of thinking. This is indeed a very skilled design. It can not only avoid some bad influences, but also give people some warnings. However, after careful thinking, it makes people have nothing to say, and even despise those ideas. The purpose of invisible education and warning is achieved... In short, Li Junyi is indeed a very skilled director.
"Second." Li Junyi slowed down his speech. "The movie can't be so full of warm shots anymore. There must be some warning things, such as classmates and parents collectively rejecting Suyuan, for example, reporters forced Suyuan to hide it, so that the feces were full. These were all written in the script, but I didn't have the psychological quality to shoot them... I think, Zhong Ming, you have filmed "The Furnace" after all, and your psychological quality is relatively strong, so can you come here to be a director of Group B? Let's divide the labor and cooperate... Zhong Ming!"
In fact, when Li Junyi said that he had no psychological quality to shoot those shots, Kim Jong-ming had already narrowed his eyes. Because he had guessed something, he had already pinched his knees and was about to get up. When Li Junyi finally unveiled the veil and asked him to take these shots as the assistant director, Kim Jong-ming simply left!
What a joke?! Why do you want to do this yourself?!
By the way, last night, Kim Jong-ming complained to someone at the dinner table, saying how hard it was to film "The Furnace" and how depressed it was. But today there is such a new pit waiting in front of me? Is that feeling good?
On the other side, watching Kim Jong-ming give up halfway and leave, Li Junyi was not angry, but instead sat back calmly. In fact, he took this opportunity to ask. After all, as he said, Kim Jong-ming is an experienced and skilled person in this regard, and the two of them are still very good at division of labor and cooperation. But on the other hand, he also knew that this was a hard work, and he was afraid of it like this, let alone Kim Jong-ming who suffered a similar pain once?
Besides, Li Junyi is also the top director in Korea after all, and he is really helpless. These shots are not impossible to shoot... It's nothing more than that it will be very difficult at that time.
The kind that is both psychological and physiologically difficult.
After looking at the dark night outside the hotel and finding that Kim Jong-ming's figure quickly disappeared into the night, Xu Xian sat back steadily again. She secretly glanced at Li Junyi, who was not very familiar, and turned down to look at her fingers.
Li Junyi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly reacted: "Ms. Xu Xian isn't leaving with Zhong Ming?"
"No, director." Xu Xian quickly put down his hand and shook his head.
"What's not to use?" Li Junyi was confused.
"I mean, Zhong Ming Oppa will be back soon," Xu Xian explained frankly. "So I don't have to follow."
"Why are you back?" Li Junyi asked in confusion. "Do you think he will come back?"
"Yes." Xu Xian continued to answer calmly. "Director, please don't worry. In fact, Oppa has emphasized this movie all the way, and he has obviously treated this movie as his moral bottom line. In fact, it would be fine if you don't ask for it, but since you have said that, if he left like this today, he would definitely feel uneasy. And Oppa, I, have always been a responsible person who can grit my teeth... So no matter how long the night wind blows outside, he will still come back."
"What if I don't come?" Li Junyi couldn't help asking again.
"Then he is a bastard who always tells lies to coax little girls." Xu Xian narrowed his eyes. "It has nothing to do with me, so there is no need for me to leave with him in the middle of the night."
Li Junyi looked at Xu Xian a little seriously. To be honest, this little girl who did not perform well since she came in was now a little amazed by him. From now on, Xu Xian is Xu Xian, not a "member of Girls' Generation" or a labeled character like "idol who is quite familiar with Kim Jong-ming".
Before Li Junyi could watch it for a long time, the hotel gate suddenly popped open automatically. In the astonished gaze of the two waitresses on duty at the front desk, Kim Jong-ming was indeed back:
"Xu Xian, are you going to leave? I have drunk so much wine at noon and can't drive you don't know?"
Facing Kim Jong-ming's questioning, Seo Hyun smiled slightly, but remained silent, while Li Junyi stood up to greet him.
ps: Sorry, this chapter is very difficult to write, mainly because Su Yuan’s background information is difficult to check. There are many contradictory aspects, some of which are swearing and cannot stand scrutiny. This statement in the article is my own opinion. If anyone has more detailed information, please add it.
There is also a book friend group of 457160898, please add it.
Chapter completed!