438: Chapter 438 How should Azu act?

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Believe it or not, we'll know once it starts airing. Lin Chuyan didn't dare to pick up on that topic with Director Lin.

Keep a low profile; it's not the time to brag yet...

Let's talk about it in a few days!

There were still a few days left before the broadcast of "lotus lantern," and Lin Chuyan estimated that by the time it aired, he would have already joined the cast of "new police story."

In the past two days, the script provided by Director Mu Sheng had been specially delivered to him, along with instructions for Lin Chuyan: "Come over as soon as your hair grows out a bit."

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so he might as well start looking at the script.

Although he remembered the general plot, he still had to go through the necessary procedures; he couldn't be careless.

Lin Chuyan was currently in his office. After finishing the script, he originally wanted to grab his notebook to start writing, but when he opened it, he realized he had already filled an entire notebook.

He opened it back to the first page.

The notes he had scribbled down during "seven days of pursuit" were still there.

Why did he feel a bit embarrassed reading them again now?

From "seven days of pursuit" to "the mission."

Lin Chuyan felt a bit emotional: "Damn, I still haven't won Best Actor. Du sir better not be making empty promises; this way, this notebook of mine can have a perfect conclusion."

He stopped criticizing himself.

He asked Xia Zhi to find him a new notebook.

A new journey, starting with Ah Zu.

Come to think of it, this character killed so many people, forced Chen Guorong to kneel, did all sorts of evil... yet in the end, so many viewers still felt sorry for him.

Why?

Besides the actor's performance and the character's charm, it's hard to say that the actor's good looks didn't play a part.

You have to know, many people started to 'get' Ah Zu's good looks from this film.

That scene where he takes off his mask on the rooftop—that aura of indifference towards life and death, combined with Ah Zu's good looks, was insanely handsome.

Lin Chuyan twirled his pen and began to think about how to portray this character.

Ah Zu, twisted personality, violent and eccentric.

These go without saying. With his current acting skills, the experience of having played so many villains, plus the memories of his past life... he could handle these superficial things with ease.

What's important are the details he had forgotten and those he needed to add.

These things were not in the script.

For example, in his past life's memories, in the villain group led by Ah Zu, everyone else's hair was colorful, only Ah Zu kept his hair in a neat, orderly black crew cut.

The same goes for the others' clothing; they wore whatever they wanted, but Ah Zu was always in black, white, or gray. Most of the time, it was a suit—a white shirt paired with a black suit, with a few buttons undone—it was incredibly sexy.

With Lin Chuyan's current level, he naturally knew this was all to portray the character.

Ah Zu's hairstyle, clothing style, and so on were all meant to fit the character design, letting people know what kind of family environment he lived in and what changes this environment brought him.

Lin Chuyan began to carefully analyze his family.

This is the inner layer, the reason why Ah Zu became Ah Zu, and also the reason why the character of Ah Zu can touch the audience.

His mother was a businesswoman, so she inevitably didn't have much time to accompany him. Care and education were out of the question, not to mention teaching him right from wrong.

Hmm, but is that one sentence enough?

How can you get the answer without getting to the bottom of it?

Lin Chuyan continued writing.

Upbringing, upbringing—in the film, Ah Zu's mother was actually just "providing for him without raising him," right? From the few simple Lines between her, her husband, and her son, one could tell that she provided nothing but financial support.

In other words, the mother couldn't provide any real emotional value. The financial support she gave was often just a state of "feeding" him, and the excess money actually gave Ah Zu the opportunity to express his inner imbalanced emotions in extreme ways.

For example, hanging out with questionable friends from his social class and becoming their leader, or buying expensive European guns.

His father was a police officer. Although his work and life schedule were relatively stable, he was a violent maniac who believed in "spare the rod, spoil the child." This resulted in Ah Zu receiving no encouragement or respect from his father, only violence and discontent.

So.

His mother's spoiling and his father's severity were both failures in establishing Ah Zu's values.

From Ah Zu's perspective, money couldn't bring meaning to life; gaining his father's approval was the most important thing.

But his abilities just couldn't get his father's approval, and his mother's spoiling indulged his behavior.

Lin Chuyan continued to think deeper—

Children still have an innate need and love for incompetent relatives, which is a painful torture for the child themselves.

This led to the two emotions of "love" and "hate" repeatedly tearing at Ah Zu's heart.

Forgive his father? That would be self-harm!

Self-protection? Then he had to hate his father!

This is the root of all of Ah Zu's actions!

Lin Chuyan began to immerse himself in the role—

"Since I cannot gain your approval, then I will destroy the police work you value most."

This is a form of revenge.

"So in the end, I would rather die than bow my head, because that would actually be a form of torture for you."

"Moreover, the good reputation you've built in the police force for so many years will be ruined in an instant."

But this still wasn't enough.

Why did Ah Zu seek death? There was actually one line in the script that hit the nail on the head, instantly breaking Ah Zu's defenses.

"You don't hate the police; you hate your father, and you hate yourself."

And Ah Zu only started to cry after his father appeared.

At the very end of his life, his father still didn't have a kind word to say; what he said was, "You've brought total shame upon me."

Yes, at the end, he cried like a child because he was indeed as aggrieved as a child.

He felt he couldn't become what his father wanted him to be! And he resented his father's violent treatment of him!

He never wanted to see contempt and disdain in his father's eyes again.

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By this point, Lin Chuyan had analyzed everything that needed to be analyzed.

However, there were still some details that needed to be added.

This would also make the character of Ah Zu more well-rounded.

For example, when Ah Zu sought death at the end, why did he specifically eject that bullet and aim an empty gun at Chen Guorong?

In other words, he could have sought death whether he ejected the bullet or not, so why do it specifically?

Lin Chuyan immersed himself in the character and pondered for a while, feeling that Ah Zu must have realized for the first time that someone was genuinely trying to persuade him, right?

Of course, Chen Guorong didn't give him "love," but he did give him "sincerity."

This kind of sincerity was something he hadn't even seen in his parents.

So at this final moment, he subconsciously didn't want to hurt Chen Guorong.

This could be considered the only time this character released a bit of kindness in the film, right?

Because when he immersed himself in the role, Lin Chuyan felt quite sad as he wrote.

What was sad was that Ah Zu hated his father his whole life and even fired crazily at a dummy to vent his dissatisfaction, but in the end, he could only point an empty magazine at the latter.

Also, besides the male lead, Chen Guorong, the second male lead, Zheng Xiaofeng, and Ah Zu formed a great contrast.

One came from a poor background but was righteous, kind, and sunny; the other lived a life of luxury but was dark and ruthless.

One liked the police, the other hated the police, and the source of this liking and hatred both came from the police.

Lin Chuyan closed his notebook.

To be honest, there aren't many villains in Chinese cinema as well-crafted as this one.

He is well-rounded and three-dimensional, evil to an exaggerated degree, handsome but not stereotypical or childish. The character's motives for doing evil are very solid, consistent with psychological principles, very scientific, and have depth, giving people room for reflection and analysis.

While the villain is charming, the values conveyed are very correct, and there is no worry about him overshadowing the male lead, because the latter's characterization is equally good.

"new police story," awesome.

Lin Chuyan couldn't wait to join the cast.