Finishing Extra: Another Story of a World That Seems Real but Is Not (Part 1)

【I was a teenager, in the days like clouds,

Delicate things, still visible in the dimness and reflection,

Strangely, when I look for that memory, it will be so painful in my body today.

Losing happiness is painful,

Like a gentle light shining in the slow night;

That was me, that is still me, my shadow at that time was stupid.

It is neither enjoyment nor sadness;

I am just a child imprisoned between changeable walls;

Stories are like bodies, glass is like the sky,

Then there is a dream, a dream higher than life.

When the god of death wants to take a truth from my hands,

I will find that they are empty.

It is like the burning desire of my youth, spreading into the air. 】

The girl in the white dress is reciting poems on the stage of Shilan High School. The lights shine on her body, making her white dress shine, as if the white skin is also emitting a bright light.

The entire playground was dark, and the heavy rain soaked the flowers in the mud. Lu Mingfei stood in the playground, and Lu Mingze held a black umbrella beside him. He was a little short, so he had to tiptoe to ensure that the umbrella could cover his brother's entire body, regardless of his completely wet shoulders.

"Why do you want to show me this?" Lu Mingfei turned his head and looked at Lu Mingze in confusion.

"Brother, the performance is not over yet." Lu Mingze just asked him to concentrate.

In the heavy rain, the announcer's voice sounded again, but this time her voice was slightly relaxed, with some emotionless indifference. She said, the next show is the last one, starring Lu Mingfei, Chen Wenwen, and Lin Lian from Class 2 (1) of Senior High School, and the non-school staff, Sima Xuxu, Lang Shile, Li Qiuyue, Zhao Ruzhen, and Xia Wang, as a friendly performance.

On the stage, the other stories were played out one after another. The boy and the girl fought back and forth on the clumsy stage with clumsy props. The girl in the white dress ran in the maze until she was ambushed. Lu Mingfei kept showing incomprehensible anger, and Lu Mingze on the side kept stopping him from going on stage.

Until the girl in the white dress stopped at the end of the maze, her story also ushered in the final filming.

The golden announcer walked onto the stage, the light shone on her body, so beautiful, the white and transparent clothes swayed with her movements, she said goodbye to Chen Wenwen gently, and then a cruel scene happened. Even if the ribbons were used to represent those sad things, the fact always made everyone in front of the camera full of anger and helpless tears.

"No! Let her go! Fuck your mother! Come at me! Come at me!" On the stage, Lu Mingfei's expression trembled, from the initial stiffness to the unbelievable numbness, until the corners of his mouth were raised, and what came out of his mouth was a violent roar. The hoarse voice roaring from his throat seemed to tear his vocal cords, and his whole body was permeated with sad and hot blood!

He rushed to the stage, but seemed to be blocked by something, as if he was a clown performing a pantomime called "Mirror", until the end, a shattering sound rang in the air. The stage collapsed, and a large number of light bulbs shattered! Everything fell into darkness!

After a long silence, a beam of light shone down from the sky and hit the bloody girl in a white dress on the ground, as if the whole world was left with only this scene.

Tranquility.

Silently.

Maybe it was too quiet for too long, so long that even the dead felt uneasy.

The girl in the white dress, who was motionless on the ground, slowly opened her eyes. Some doubts appeared on her face that could not be captured by the camera. After hesitating for a long time, she slowly raised her hand and said hesitantly, "Director? Did you cut it?"

Answer her. Suddenly, music came from the darkness. It was the sound of piano playing. The song was a variation of "Happy Birthday"?

The girl in the white dress was stunned for a moment, and sat up from the ground. The red blood sugar syrup on her body flowed down her skirt to the side. She saw the candles lit in the darkness in the distance, and the crew members who came out holding the cake full of candles.

It was not until this time that she understood what happened and smiled helplessly. At the same time, the lights of the entire shooting theater were re-lit, and the members of the entire crew hiding in the dark cheered and applauded, shouting together:

"Happy Birthday!"

Today is May 3, 2024, which is also the birthday of the girl in the white dress. However, she did not expect the theater staff to give her such a surprise at this time.

The girl in the white dress on the ground was stunned for a long time, and finally turned her head to look at the camera that had been facing her and shouted like a spoiled child, "Director!"

*

"Let's celebrate Miss Chen's completion with warm applause! At the same time, celebrate Miss Wenwen's birthday!" The director filmed this segment behind the camera and prepared to use it as a behind-the-scenes video. At the same time, he gave a thumbs up to Chen Wenwen in the theater to show his appreciation for her superb acting skills.

Chen Wenwen, who had already stood up from the ground and cleaned up the syrup on her body, smiled bitterly as she watched the twin brothers Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze holding the cake and singing Happy Birthday while walking towards them. Beside them, Lin Nian, Lin Xian, Yelena, Mandy Gonzalez, Chu Zihang, Caesar Gattuso, Violeva, etc., almost all the actors on the set gathered together, came to her side with smiles on their faces, and urged her to blow out the candles and make a wish.

"Director, couldn't you have said this in advance? It scared me to death. I thought something went wrong on the set!" Chen Wenwen complained as she glanced at the camera and complained to the director who was still diligently filming the behind-the-scenes footage.

"Can it still be called a surprise? Moreover, the required footage has been shot, and today's work is over. The time left is to celebrate your birthday and wrap up filming." The director smiled and said to Chen Wenwen, " Ms. Chen, your performance as 'Wen Wen' has been excellent so far, impeccable! Now it's time for you to enjoy your cake!"

"Hurry up and cut the cake. Xia Wang has been greedy for a long time. He asked me several times when he would cut the cake. If you don't cut it, if he doesn't eat it, he will throw you on the ground and eat it!" Lin Xian said to Chen Wenwen with a gentle smile.

"It's okay. I'm right next to you this time, so I'll be able to save people in time!" Lu Mingfei said cheerfully.

"I promise not to stop him! Let Xiaoluzi rescue him!" Standing next to Lin Nian, Yelena spread her hands in a coat to keep out the cold. In this set, she plays two roles, and the emperor is also her role.

"How many times have I told you that Xiaoluzi has a bad meaning in Chinese!" Lu Mingfei got a little crazy, "Don't call me by this name!"

"Brother, if you don't allow girls, you will be called a straight man!" Lu Mingze looked like a young adult and raised his eyebrows at Lu Mingfei with his hands behind his back.

"You're the only one who talks a lot!" Lu Mingfei ruffled the boy's hair, which had been meticulously combed by the makeup artist, into a mess.

"Okay, okay, let's blow out the candles! Don't be such a mouthful! The crew is still waiting for the end of the day to hand out lunch boxes!"

Chen Wenwen could only look at the smiling faces surrounding her and helplessly blew out the candles. Then the applause and cheers rang out again. Someone even rang the hand flowers, and ribbons fell from the sky on the girl's hair and white skirt. .

"Take my trick!" Elena seemed to be afraid that the world would be in chaos. She spread the cream on Chen Wenwen's face, then licked the sweet cream on her fingers and dodged with a smile.

This action immediately started a butter-spreading battle, and everyone immediately started attacking each other. Xiawang, who was hiding in the crowd, took the opportunity to sneak a large pile of cake aside and put it on a plate to eat.

*

The happy ending and birthday celebration on the set lasted for a while, until the end of the shift, the crew began to hand out lunch boxes, everyone was happily chatting and laughing about today's work problems, and the director and screenwriter in the corner were still checking the script and performance. Is the dramatic intensity of the effect sufficient?

"Hey, Lin Nian? Do you want to eat cake? There is still a piece of cake here." Lu Mingfei, who was wearing a military coat, took a plate of bad-shaped cake and walked towards Lin Nian who was sitting on the stereo in the corner and eating a box lunch to greet him.

"Look, are you sure no one has pinched it with their hands?" Lin Nian, who was eating his lunch, looked up at the cake in Lu Mingfei's hand and raised his eyebrows in question.

"I'm not sure, but at least the taste remains the same, so will you eat it?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head and said.

"Put it there." Lin Nian raised his head and gestured to the empty seat next to him, "Why didn't you go to dinner with your brother? Isn't he usually very pestering you?"

"Miss Shutoku Mai and Miss Su Enxi took him to buy snacks. You know, those two like him very much. Thanks to their care on the set, the kid didn't cause any trouble to make the director angry." Lu Mingfei He dragged a chair in front of Lin Nian and sat down facing the back of the chair. He leaned his chin on the back of the chair and crossed his hands with his hands to open the lunch box and took a look, "Why is it potato stew again today?"

"What, do you really want to eat pork knuckles stewed with sauerkraut?" Lin Nian glanced at him interestingly and asked, "You seem to have been complaining about the food at Kassel College never changing in the show."

"That's something in the script. I'd rather eat pork knuckles. The food during the filming was all rancid, and I couldn't really eat it. I could only pretend to eat it. Then the director would cut the scene and I would smash it in the mouth. Do you think I don’t want to eat a big elbow? It’s full of collagen!” Lu Mingfei leaned his chin on the back of the chair and rolled his eyes, “I just saw you sitting here alone, where is your sister? With you?"

"Her? She was dragged by Miss Yelena to go shopping in the old alley. Miss Yelena came to Beigen for the first time and was curious about everything."

"Really or not? This is Miss Yelena's first time coming to Beigen? Isn't she the youngest Best Actress at Cannes? I remember she has made Chinese-themed movies before! She even starred opposite Michelle Yeoh! Logically speaking, she should come Have you been to China many times?”

"At least she said it was her first time coming to Beigen. Do we really believe what she said?" Lin Nian smiled and said, "The actress who is so down-to-earth and has no airs makes us, little-known actors, Let’s play together, do you still have any opinions?”

"I don't have any objection, just don't get caught by the paparazzi and spread scandals when you go out, otherwise it will annoy you to death." Lu Mingfei meant what he said, and he was scorning Lin Nian overtly and covertly.

"I pay great attention to my private life and personal image. You know, my sister has always been in charge of my interpersonal relationships. She is my agent." Lin Nian rolled his eyes.

"Sister and brother debuted together. The elder sister is more popular than the younger brother and is also his manager. Your combination is really eye-catching. After the filming of "Dragons 2" is completed, you will probably become very popular. That's it!" Lu Mingfei looked at Lin Nian enviously and said.

"Do you think you won't become popular? I watched the whole performance of yours just now, and you really put in the effort. The last part about scolding your mother was added temporarily by you, right? In the original script, you should have only roared, without any specific details. Here are the lines." Lin Nian looked at Lu Mingfei interestingly and said.

"Well, I acted on my behalf. If I were really the Lu Mingfei in the script, of course I would curse! Wait, what I cursed before must have been quite dirty, right? It won't affect the rating and reshoot and waste everyone's time, right?" Lu Ming Fei suddenly became worried.

"No, I heard from the director that there should be no problem in submitting the film for review. As our first large-scale modern fantasy drama, the higher-ups attach great importance to it, and we want to use this to promote our film and television capabilities to the world, so it's a bit dirty. There should be no problem with your mouth," Lin Nian comforted him.

"That's good." Lu Mingfei breathed.

"Your acting skills have improved a lot! When you were performing, I saw Miss Ling watching and nodding. It seems that you have learned from a well-known Russian actor." Lin Nian was eating stew. Tudou glanced at Lu Mingfei and joked with a smile, "Maybe we can win the friendship in real life through the ambiguous relationship in the movie!"

"Hehehe, who am I? I am the pawn who was recommended to the director by you through the back door for this movie. Who is this? She is a super famous actor who signed a contract with FMI MODEL Model Company in Russia and debuted as a model! I miss Taozi Let’s eat!” Lu Mingfei used his fork to stab at the stewed potatoes in the lunch box carelessly.

"Occasionally, toads can eat swan meat, especially the white swans from Russia. In fact, I think it's really interesting to you. I guess you agree with your aggressiveness in acting? I told you secretly. With her, you write down all the knowledge points she taught you in your notebook and review them every night." Lin Nian said with a smile.

Lu Mingfei was swallowing potatoes. He almost choked to death when he heard this sentence. After coughing violently, he looked at Lin Nian resentfully, "Can you be as cold as your character? Don't do these things!"

"Are you talking about Lin Lian's character? Don't forget, in the first film, he was at least eloquent and full of childish temper."

"But then he lost his temper." Lu Mingfei commented sharply, and then sighed, "I kind of know that in the second half of the last part, Lin Lian went to Japan for the second time, and when he was overlooking Shinjuku at Xingshen Temple, he had a relationship with Yuan Zhisheng. Why is the toast "May I still be a young man when I return"?

"The screenwriter must have thought about it a long time ago. After experiencing so many things, the character Lin Lian cannot still maintain the playfulness and innocence of the past. He has been forcibly shaped by the facts and the people around him to be indifferent. This also adds a natural sadness to this character," Lin Nian said, "Almost everyone around him approaches him with a purpose. The only one who only has his heart and has no other ideas is probably Su Xiaoqiang. Bar?"

"So Su Xiaoqiang has to eat it." Lu Mingfei shrugged, "Sincerity should be replaced by sincerity! But is it necessary for the screenwriter to be so entangled? This emotional line is too heavyweight!"

"I heard the screenwriter say something, saying that East Asians like to watch entangled love, painful impure love mixed with hate, because this is the love they get from their families. I heard that this is a foreign study of Asia. Lin Nian analyzed it and said, "That's why Lin Lian's emotions are so confusing in the script, because his native family is inherently entangled, and he and his sister fall in love and kill each other, thus cultivating The emotional outlook should be so awkward.”

"I don't understand, but I'm shocked." Lu Mingfei said bluntly.

"You also need to hurry up and understand the future script. Your character's arc will begin to grow after experiencing setbacks this time, and you will no longer be able to perform the same way as before." Lin Nian reminded.

"Understood, I feel the same way!" Lu Mingfei had a serious expression on his face, "I even feel that in a parallel time and space, there really was a Lu Mingfei who was so painful that he was heartbroken!"

"We have a rivalry scene next. Then we can go to the RV if we have nothing to do. We will have a scene together and analyze the psychological journey of each other's characters." Lin Nian suggested.

"No problem, you have the final say." Lu Mingfei didn't care.

"Also, Chen Wenwen has finished filming and seems to be returning to Shanghai tomorrow. Why don't you go to the airport to see her off?" Lin Nian glanced at Lu Mingfei and said.

"Um, is she leaving tomorrow? Are you going to see her off?" Lu Mingfei hesitated and looked at Lin Nian and asked.

"It's none of my business. I invited you to audition in the first place, but you found it awkward to come alone. You insisted on recommending Chen Wenwen to come to the crew to audition, but you got the audition. Now that they've finished filming, you shouldn't be sent back to them. ? Not only in the script, but in reality, you are also classmates! Shouldn’t you see your old classmates off at the airport?”

"Damn it, aren't you a classmate too? You're still sitting at the same table with me!" Lu Mingfei glared at him and said.

"But I wasn't the one who had a crush on her before." Lin Nian said nonchalantly.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a toothache and looked at Lin Nian with squinted eyes. He suspected that this boy had leaked his secret crush on Chen Wenwen to the director, so he arranged for Chen Wenwen to play a "rival" with his character in the script. female character!

But you really have to admit that after the first movie was released, all the audiences said that the actor who played the role of Lu Mingfei was really good at playing a secret crush! It seemed like it was really true! That humble and expectant look can't be played without more than ten years of experience as a dog-licker!

And then there's the line that Lu Mingfei has a lion in his eyes, so now when you mention "Dragon Clan", a movie co-produced by China and Hollywood, you must see the meme of Lu Mingfei in the lion's eyes, and foreign audiences know this meme!

"That's why the director insisted that the screenwriter use the names closest to our original names to arrange the characters! Damn, every time my name is called in the script, I feel so ashamed!" Lu Mingfei felt like ants were crawling all over his body.

"To increase the sense of substitution?" Lin Nian thought for a while and answered. When he was about to say something, a woman with longer legs than the two people in the audience suddenly came over. She was wearing a white windbreaker and light blue jeans, and her steps were fast and cool, as if the corners of her clothes were carrying the wind.

"Miss Li, is there anything?" Lin Nian put down his chopsticks and asked politely to Li Huoyue who was walking over.

Li Huoyue stopped beside Lin Nian, looked at him and nodded slightly, saying, "I found the complete set of performance-level Peking Opera masks for collection that Miss Yelena wanted last time. I have asked the driver to deliver it to your RV. When Miss Yelena comes back later, please give it to her and ask her to transfer the money directly to my bank card."

"No problem." Lin Nian raised his chopsticks and greeted, "Miss Li is still very capable. Local people are very efficient. I have tried to find a purchasing agent several times before but failed. You took action and solved it."

"My father met some friends in Beiyi and asked them to help." Li Huoyue said calmly.

"Can Mr. Xingchu help? Be sure to thank him for me." Lin Nian nodded to show that he understood.

"Miss Yelena should be the one to thank you for the favor, not me." Li Huoyue shook his head and said calmly, glancing at the lunch box in Lin Nian's hand, "Is this your dinner?"

"Yes, didn't you eat lunch boxes on the set?" Lin Nian asked.

"It's okay." Li Huoyue looked at Lin Nian and Lu Mingfei, who was hugging the back of the chair and eating lunch boxes without saying a word, and shook his head and said, "Next time."

"Then. Goodbye?" Lin Nian looked at Li Huoyue who turned around and left and raised his eyebrows.

"Hey, brother. Is it what I thought?" Lu Mingfei looked at the beautiful back figure who left in a swift and decisive manner, his eyebrows trembling almost dancing, his eyes full of mischief.

That's Li Huoyue! In addition to a bright future ahead of her, appearing on the film magazine is like going home, and all the men on the set are looking forward to her. However, as the rumors say, this Miss Li is not approachable. Except when she is acting, she hardly contacts anyone on the set except for necessary matters. After filming, she returns to the RV and even ignores the director.

I remember that there was a person on the set who said dirty words in private, saying that this seemingly cold star had been slept with by the director countless times. As a result, as soon as the words came out, he left with his suitcase and rolled up the cloth cover the next day. I heard that this guy may not be able to mix in this circle in the future.

After this incident spread, more people knew that Li Huoyue's family background was so big that it was impossible for her to be involved in the so-called unspoken rules. Her father's generation was originally a well-known investor in the film industry, and he had strong connections in Hollywood. It is said that his grandfather's generation was famous for three generations. This time, Li Huoyue was not the first female lead in this movie. Her father's generation was dissatisfied for a long time, and it also put a lot of pressure on the director and screenwriter. I don't know what will happen next.

"Brother! A lady from the North Zhenghuang Banner! A rich girl from a compound! Don't you seize the opportunity? In the script, she cheated you, but in reality, isn't this directly returned? Or was it because you were too affectionate when you were drawing your eyebrows, and you seduced her?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but tease his bad friend.

"Don't think about it." Lin Nian had a headache and scratched his head with chopsticks, "She didn't say a few nice words to me, okay!"

"You have to seize the opportunity!" Lu Mingfei urged fiercely.

"Forget it, so are you going to the airport to send Chen Wenwen back to Shanghai tomorrow?" Lin Nian asked with a blank look.

"If you go, I'll go." Lu Mingfei muttered, "Otherwise, wouldn't it seem that my motives are impure if I go alone?"

"Are you afraid that Miss Ling will misunderstand?" Lin Nian raised his eyebrows.

"Shit! Miss Ling and I are not like that at all! I am just amazed by Miss Ling's acting skills! She and I have a pure, uh, mentor-disciple relationship! Yes, mentor-disciple relationship! She is like a reborn parent to me! I am what I am today thanks to her advice and promotion! Don't look at the pure relationship between Miss Ling and me from the perspective of a paparazzi!" Lu Mingfei waved his chopsticks and glared at Lin Nian.

"Well, I suggest you keep your voice down." Lin Nian said, looking at his suddenly excited look.

"I don't! If I speak in a low voice, won't it make me look guilty?" Lu Mingfei became more energetic, but soon he trembled all over because of the sudden voice behind him.

"Mr. Lu Mingfei, the director asked you to come over and discuss with you the issue of the stuntman for the next green screen play." Behind Lu Mingfei, the petite and charming Russian girl stood there silently, wrapped in a white fluffy shawl, looking expressionlessly at the Chinese boy who was shaking his chopsticks and was extremely excited.

I don’t know why, even though the weather hasn’t gotten cold yet, the temperature here is as cold as the snowy breeze in Red Square.

“Uh——”

Under Lin Nian’s amused gaze, the originally excited Lu Mingfei got stuck, and then he softened like a deflated ball, and was led by the cold-faced Russian girl like a dog to the director who was sitting in front of the camera with a loud speaker in the distance.

ps: It can be regarded as a story on a certain -2 world line. It is very painful that Qidian cannot open the extra volume and pin it to the top of the first volume. This chapter will be moved to the relevant volume of the work in the near future. The extra volume is free chapters.