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CH 5
February 19, 2021kaychandra
Chapter 5: Killed Off
Translated and edited by KChandraTL
Even the most powerful heroes had to grow old one day, and even the most ambitious emperor would miss his youth.
The aged emperor sat on the golden dragon throne. At his feet kneeled all the civil servants of the court, and the cry of “long live” seemed indistinct and distant.
Snowflakes, along with the cold wind, blew into the solemn hall. His eyes looked blankly in a certain direction outside the gate, but unfortunately, nothing could be seen but a blanket of white.
“What is the hour?” His voice carried the darkness characteristic of an old man, but even so, he didn’t reveal any semblance of the wretchedness of old age, but rather carried a hint of calmness and elegance.
“Your Majesty, it’s already seven in the morning.” The little eunuch beside him replied in a low voice.
The emperor smiled and sighed with indistinct emotion: “It’s actually this time of the day…”
Sometimes machines were better at capturing small details than people, so close-up shots tended to focus more on eye play. In the monitor, the aging emperor’s eyes were very complex, with longing, confusion, remorse, but ultimately relief.
In the original novel, the third male lead was just a male vase that advanced the plot. Although the adapted script was slightly more focused than the original, it was only because of the impact Gongxi Qiao’s face would have on the ratings, with no thought given to the plausibility of the character’s emotions. Anyway, for this type of drama, the male protagonist and supporting male characters just needed to be explicitly in love, secretly in love, or sadistically in love with the female protagonist.
Whether it fit their identity and nature or not didn’t matter at all.
Instead, Gongxi Qiao didn’t change his lines, but relied on acting with his eyes to enhance the whole character. It was as if you gave a handful of cabbage to the chef, and he gave you a wonderful fried chicken flavor. How could this not be a surprise?
Director Zhang once also had ambitions of becoming a high profile director and dreamed of making a stunning masterpiece, but after staying in the entertainment industry for a long time, he gradually only valued ratings and attention, and whether he could get more investment money from investors. As to whether the plot of the drama made sense and whether the costumes were authentic, it wasn’t so important. His dreams were the stuff of scorn.
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Congratulations to Xiao Qiao for your death scene.” He took a red envelope out of his jacket pocket and handed it to Gongxi Qiao, then smilingly said, ” Let’s work together again next time.”
Gongxi Qiao smiled and agreed. After removing his makeup, he took a group photo with the crew before getting on the plane back to the imperial capital. This time, in order to shoot on location, he had been away from home for almost two weeks. His parents were worried every day that he wasn’t eating well or sleeping well and they would have called every hour if they had not been worried about affecting his shooting, so now they were going back early to stop them from worrying.
Chapter 5: Killed Off
Translated and edited by KChandraTL
Even the most powerful heroes had to grow old one day, and even the most ambitious emperor would miss his youth.
The aged emperor sat on the golden dragon throne. At his feet kneeled all the civil servants of the court, and the cry of “long live” seemed indistinct and distant.
Snowflakes, along with the cold wind, blew into the solemn hall. His eyes looked blankly in a certain direction outside the gate, but unfortunately, nothing could be seen but a blanket of white.
“What is the hour?” His voice carried the darkness characteristic of an old man, but even so, he didn’t reveal any semblance of the wretchedness of old age, but rather carried a hint of calmness and elegance.
“Your Majesty, it’s already seven in the morning.” The little eunuch beside him replied in a low voice.
The emperor smiled and sighed with indistinct emotion: “It’s actually this time of the day…”
Sometimes machines were better at capturing small details than people, so close-up shots tended to focus more on eye play. In the monitor, the aging emperor’s eyes were very complex, with longing, confusion, remorse, but ultimately relief.
In the original novel, the third male lead was just a male vase that advanced the plot. Although the adapted script was slightly more focused than the original, it was only because of the impact Gongxi Qiao’s face would have on the ratings, with no thought given to the plausibility of the character’s emotions. Anyway, for this type of drama, the male protagonist and supporting male characters just needed to be explicitly in love, secretly in love, or sadistically in love with the female protagonist.
Whether it fit their identity and nature or not didn’t matter at all.
Instead, Gongxi Qiao didn’t change his lines, but relied on acting with his eyes to enhance the whole character. It was as if you gave a handful of cabbage to the chef, and he gave you a wonderful fried chicken flavor. How could this not be a surprise?
Director Zhang once also had ambitions of becoming a high profile director and dreamed of making a stunning masterpiece, but after staying in the entertainment industry for a long time, he gradually only valued ratings and attention, and whether he could get more investment money from investors. As to whether the plot of the drama made sense and whether the costumes were authentic, it wasn’t so important. His dreams were the stuff of scorn.
If you see this message this content has been stolen. Please read at KChandraTL [dot] wordpress [dot] com.
Congratulations to Xiao Qiao for your death scene.” He took a red envelope out of his jacket pocket and handed it to Gongxi Qiao, then smilingly said, ” Let’s work together again next time.”
Gongxi Qiao smiled and agreed. After removing his makeup, he took a group photo with the crew before getting on the plane back to the imperial capital. This time, in order to shoot on location, he had been away from home for almost two weeks. His parents were worried every day that he wasn’t eating well or sleeping well and they would have called every hour if they had not been worried about affecting his shooting, so now they were going back early to stop them from worrying.