Chapter 565: The Underrated Film

The Drama of the film has now reached its middle portion.

Lv Shouyi invites Cheng Yong to his home for a meal, with his wife doing the cooking, to just eat something casual at home.

Cheng Yong arrives at his home and sees Lv Shouyi's child, who was born not long ago.

The two men crouch before the crib, whispering to each other.

Lv Shouyi, played by Luo Mo, says softly to Cheng Yong, "When I was first diagnosed with leukemia, his mother was already five months pregnant."

"Back then, I wanted to die every single day."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yong cannot help but glance at him sideways.

The words "want to die" are so grave and terrifying.

Yet, coming from Lv Shouyi's mouth, these two words seem somewhat understated at this moment, and he even wears a smile on his face.

After all, he has money now, and he has Medicine.

He has found the hope to live.

Lv Shouyi glances at the chubby little child sleeping with his mouth open in the crib and says, "In the end, the moment he was born, the first time I saw him, I didn't want to die anymore."

"I just wanted to hear him call me Dad."

Inside the Cinema, Xu Jinzhu is surprised to find that his mother seems to have been moved to tears.

He is a bit puzzled.

As parents, compared to a child who has just reached adulthood, the emotional impact of watching this Drama is completely different.

Lv Shouyi continues to Cheng Yong, "But it's different now; there is Medicine, and there is money. If he gets married early, who knows, I might even get to be a grandfather."

Thin and gaunt, he grins at Cheng Yong, revealing a mouthful of neat teeth, smiling in a very humble, simple way.

If he lives to see his son get married and see him have children of his own, he will be satisfied.

"That's for sure!" Cheng Yong says to him.

"Right?" Lv Shouyi's smile becomes even brighter.

Luo Mo's performance in this segment involves many small, detailed touches.

What is primarily showcased here is the acting through his eyes.

There is the tenderness and doting when looking at the child, the gratitude and hope when interacting with Cheng Yong, and finally, the anticipation for the future.

Since all the interaction in this scene consists of whispered dialogue while crouching before the crib, it is very difficult to convey through lines alone; the voices are, after all, too soft.

Everything must rely on facial expressions and the eyes.

The scene cuts, and they arrive at the dining table.

Lv Shouyi's wife makes her first appearance, bringing dishes out from the kitchen.

As soon as she appears, scattered exclamations ring out in the Cinema.

Zhao Tong and Xu Jinzhu are both taken aback.

Because this role is a cameo by Xu Chujing.

In the film, she appears completely without makeup.

Whether it is her clothing or her hairstyle, everything is quite plain, even appearing somewhat outdated and old-fashioned.

But from her performance, one can see that this is a gentle, domestic, and understanding woman.

She is very grateful to Cheng Yong and has specially prepared a table full of dishes.

When bringing out the last bowl of food, she unties her apron while giving Yong Ge an ingratiating smile.

For the audience attending the preview, being able to see Xu Chujing's cameo is quite satisfying.

However, this was also to be expected; in Luo Mo's first live-action film, how could his girlfriend not make an appearance?

And they are playing a married couple, at that!

Why don't you hurry up and bring the film into reality for us!?

"Yong Ge, shall we have a little drink?" Lv Shouyi says.

"Sure, just a little bit," Cheng Yong says.

"I'll pour a little bit for myself too."

"Alright."

Lv Shouyi pours a tiny bit of white liquor into his own glass.

His wife takes the glass from him and then keeps pouring more liquor into it.

"Hey, I can't drink that much, that's enough," Lv Shouyi says.

Cheng Yong also immediately says, "That's enough! That's enough!"

He knows that given Lv Shouyi's physical condition, he certainly cannot drink much.

Unexpectedly, she lifts the glass, now more than half-full of white liquor, with both hands, wanting to toast him, and says to Cheng Yong, "Yong Ge, thank you."

"You're too polite, sister-in-law," Cheng Yong says.

The woman immediately raises the glass and pours it into her mouth.

Cheng Yong is too slow to stop her.

The three of them sit at the dining table, sipping and chatting, mainly talking about the child.

Talking about whether the child is closer to his father or his mother.

Talking about the child's future rebellious phase.

These scenes are still very heartwarming to watch.

Accompanied by the warm background music, it can leave the audience feeling quite moved.

This is actually conveying a message to the audience—they are talking about the future.

The future, for a leukemia patient, is such an extravagant word.

But now, Lv Shouyi feels that he has a future.

This segment of family drama, edited before the plot twist of the entire film, is particularly brilliant.

After Cheng Yong returns to his shop, he begins to look through photos of his son, and the Fake Medicine peddler Zhang Zhanglin finds him at this moment; he wants to find Cheng Yong to buy the channel and agency rights for this Imitation Medicine, so that he can sell it in the future.

On Earth, the actor who played Zhang Zhanglin is called Wang Yanhui.

An Actor whose acting skills are also incomparably superb.

In the film Burning Star, one film produced 3 Best Actors, which is passed down as a fine story within the film circle. However, many netizens have expressed one after another that although Wang Yanhui was only a guest star in this film, his acting skills were truly not a bit worse than those leads.

The footage of the murderer he played in the interrogation room was only a few dozen seconds long.

Many people, after finishing the film, even thought this was real footage!

They thought it was a real case intercepted and put into the film.

At that time, Wang Yanhui was pulled into the crew to save the scene at the last minute.

But he never expected that because he acted too well and too realistically, a group of audience members actually called the police to report him, feeling that this person was likely problematic, and requested the Police to investigate thoroughly.

In the end, this scene was compiled into the textbooks of the Beijing Film Academy.

When Luo Mo was choosing the actor to play Zhang Zhanglin in Dying to Survive, he used Wang Yanhui as the absolute standard.

This Fake Medicine peddler also gave speeches before, his face full of concern for patients, yet in private he had another face; here, one must act out the feeling of hypocrisy, which is actually very difficult.

In the end, the person was still found from the National Theatre of China.

At this time, seeing that Cheng Yong refused to sell the agency rights, Zhang Zhanglin began to change his method, telling him that selling like this for half a year would definitely lead to being caught, and a sentence of ten or twenty years would be very normal.

The scene shifts, and Cheng Yong receives a call from Zhang Zhanglin, notifying him that the Police will arrive immediately, and telling Cheng Yong to prepare right now.

Although he had advance preparation this time and escaped a disaster, and the Police thought he was just a seller of medicinal oil, it still made Cheng Yong panic.

He decided not to sell Medicine anymore.

In the shop, a group of people sit together eating hot pot.

When everyone toasts, they are still shouting things like "prosperous business" and "keep up the good work."

Cheng Yong, however, has a grave expression the whole time, and finally says: "This Medicine, starting from tomorrow, I won't sell it anymore."

The smiles on everyone's faces immediately stiffened.

The tallest one, Lv Shouyi, sits on the lowest sofa, his whole body half-shrunk, and says with a smile: "Had too much to drink again."

The priest also says with a grave expression: "This isn't something to joke about."

Si Hui affectionately pats Cheng Yong and says: "What are you saying! What kind of nonsense is that!"

Cheng Yong takes a drag of his cigarette and says: "Starting from tomorrow, I won't sell this Medicine anymore."

"But, there are others selling it."

"The price is a bit more expensive, 10,000 per bottle, but I've already talked to him; for you few, it's still the original price, 3,000 per bottle."

"Who's selling? Who's selling?" Si Hui, who has clearly had too much to drink, still doesn't take it seriously.

"Zhang Zhanglin," Cheng Yong says.

Everyone is immediately dumbfounded.

"He has more experience than me; he's already been selling for over ten years. To put it bluntly, the fact that nothing has happened until now is because we're lucky."

The people here all have endless hatred for Zhang Zhanglin.

Because they are either patients or family members of patients.

And a person like Zhang Zhanglin who sells Fake Medicine is just cheating them out of their money, cheating them out of their... life-saving money!

This is equivalent to wanting their lives, making their situation worse.

"Are you speaking like a human?" Huang Mao, who is clear about what he loves and hates, says immediately.

"How is that not speaking like a human?" Cheng Yong frowns.

"He cheats patients out of money, isn't that harming people?" Huang Mao says.

"He will go to hell," the priest also says.

"How much money did he give you?" Huang Mao, having a straightforward temperament, says directly.

"It's not a matter of money." Cheng Yong puts down his cigarette: "Don't you know how many years you get for selling Fake Medicine?"

"Then you just push us..." Huang Mao purses his lips and says: "Then you just push the patients to the Fake Medicine peddler?"

"So what if I push them to him? The Medicine isn't cut off! It's just a bit more expensive, but that's still cheaper than 40,000!"

"Many people can't even afford 5,000, do you know that?" Huang Mao says.

"Then what the hell does that have to do with me!" Cheng Yong slams the table hard.

"I'm a goddamn seller of medicinal oil!"

"Can I manage that many people!?"

"I have old parents and young children, what will they do if I get thrown in jail?" Cheng Yong roars.

"Besides, wasn't it me who risked my life to bring the Medicine back?"

"You all should be thanking me for having today!"

"I'm not a leukemia patient, goddamn it." Cheng Yong slams the table hard again.

Huang Mao stands up, pours himself a full glass of wine, his eyes sharp, his lips tightly pressed, and says: "I thank you, I wish you open a bigger medicinal oil shop."

After finishing, he drinks the wine, then slams the glass down, and it shatters right on the tabletop, the shards cutting his palm.

This Huang Mao, who acts on impulse and is like a street thug, pushes the door open and walks out into the heavy rain without looking back.

Si Hui also picks up her glass, says "Thanks, Yong Ge" to Cheng Yong, and after finishing the wine, also leaves the small shop.

The priest stands up; he doesn't drink, and bows, saying: "May the Lord bless you."

Lv Shouyi tries to pull them back one by one, but they all leave.

The tallest one, he shrinks on the low sofa, sniffs, then wipes his nose vigorously, looks up at Cheng Yong, reveals his signature toothy grin, and pretends to be foolish: "Did everyone drink too much?"

"Get out," Cheng Yong said indifferently.

The expression on Lv Shouyi's face instantly became incredibly complex; his reddened eye sockets and trembling lips made the audience in the Cinema feel incredibly uncomfortable.

Even when he stood up to leave, that thin, frail, and slightly hunched Back Shadow made everyone who saw it feel a pang of heartache.

Before heading out the door, he turned his head to look at Cheng Yong one more time.

Cheng Yong sat alone smoking, pretending not to see him and ignoring him.

Lv Shouyi took a thick Mask out of his pocket; it was four or five masks layered together.

In this film, the Mask has always held a different meaning, and it has been specifically manifested several times.

Lv Shouyi put on the Mask, just like their first meeting at the God Oil Shop.

Lv Shouyi pushed open the door of the God Oil Shop; outside, it was pitch black and raining heavily.

He had no umbrella, because on normal days everyone would stay in the shop until very late, and he could have completely stayed until the rain stopped.

Standing outside the door, he looked left and right, for a moment not even knowing where he should go now.

Finally, he walked to the right, his hunched figure disappearing into the heavy rain and the dark night.

It was as if his entire person had been swallowed up completely.

Inside the Cinema, everyone had only one thought:

"Luo Mo is acting so well!"

Yes, everyone knows he is a good Actor, an actor who knows how to act, and the youngest Best Actor in history.

But we seem to have still underestimated how good he is.

At the same time, the turn in the Drama here also made everyone realize that this is definitely not a pure Comedy.

Is it possible that we also underestimated the first live-action film directed by Luo Mo?

(PS: First update. My body is much better after taking the Medicine; thank you all for your concern.)

(End of this chapter)