msmithbooks Chapter 34 is over.
Chapter 34 is over.
The second installment, "Meteor Shower Again," will also begin filming on February 18th, the same date as the first season. It seems the production team wants to replicate the ratings frenzy of the first season.
As for the entire filming process, well, the working atmosphere on set for the second film was much better than for the first. It was so harmonious and friendly, and everyone had a smile on their face.
The change was so obvious. All the crew members were extremely polite to Lin Feng, greeting him wherever he went with phrases like "Teacher Lin!", "Hello, Teacher Lin!", and "Teacher Lin, you've worked so hard!"
I'm so tired, all I did was go to the bathroom!
Although Lin Feng was the male lead in the first film, he had never enjoyed such treatment before. In the previous film "Buddha Mountain," the cast was full of big names, and he was not given any special treatment. But in the second film, he truly felt it. Huang Bo's words, "When you become famous, you are surrounded by good people," have become even more valuable.
Although the working atmosphere was great, the performance during filming was a real ordeal for Lin Feng. He felt like he was going to lose ten years of his life. He didn't even know how he finished filming. It was pure torture!
Although the first part was exhausting, melodramatic, and a bit childish, it had its own logic, and every character fit the plot. As for the second part, well... Lin Feng himself didn't know what to say.
The only positive change in the second season of "Meteor Shower Again" compared to the first season is probably that Lin Feng's luxury car was upgraded from an MG to a Lexus. Well, that's about it.
Oh, and one more thing, they gave the second male lead, "Duanmu Lei," a nice new hairstyle, and he got rid of the "rainbow pony head." If that counts as one thing, then that makes two things better.
What's left is character breakdown, plot breakdown, logic breakdown, everything breaks down, GG+GG+plot+GG+GG, this time it really is "GG with plot added inside"!
Lin Feng plays "Murong Yunhai," who suffers from amnesia and encounters the second female lead, "Jiang Yuan." Under the coaxing of the second female lead, "Chayan Chayu," he repeatedly switches between the female lead and the second female lead.
Lin Feng had forgotten all the other lines, but he remembered these few "tea-related remarks":
"If...then...": If I were your girlfriend, I wouldn't make you so angry!
"I hope...not...": I hope that everyone will not have any unpleasantness because of me.
There's also a super sophisticated and complicated sentence structure: "Don't worry... I won't... anymore... but I... really... don't overthink it... I mean...": Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore, but I really like you, don't overthink it, I mean as a friend.
Even the male protagonist, Lin Feng, started speaking in a somewhat cheesy, affected way, saying things like, "If I hadn't met Chu Yuxun, I definitely would have loved you!"
And then, in order to insert the "Seven-Colored Flower" (a reference to a popular Chinese fantasy novel), they spent almost 10 episodes creating some kind of "investment survival training" segment, in which the female lead, "Chu Yuxun," definitely won.
Her secret to success is, "Why was I able to succeed? It's not because I'm smart or capable, but because I always have a seven-colored flower blooming in my heart. Thank you!"
Ugh! Let's just destroy it already!
The story ends with Duanmu Lei falling ill. Everyone lights candles in prayer throughout the campus, and Lin Feng, the protagonist, leads them in a prayer to the heavens: "Let us pray for a miracle, for true friendship to unite us, for an unfair fate to be changed, and for our good friend to recover!"
Then "Duanmu Lei" was fully recovered, and the story had a happy ending.
Ah! It's finally over!
To be honest, Lin Feng really disliked the second season of "Meteor Shower." It was inferior to the first season in every aspect, including viewership and influence. Many fans even refused to acknowledge the existence of a sequel, so it didn't bring much benefit to Lin Feng.
But Lin Feng had no choice but to take the role. Even he himself was a little impressed with himself. He didn't expect to have such a strong "sense of conviction." Moreover, he put his heart into it. Even though the role, the plot, and the character design were all terrible, he still put his heart into the performance. He hoped that the fans would criticize him less.
Of course, the only character in the show who didn't break down was probably Deng Shuang, the female lead "Chu Yuxun". Whether in the show or in real life, she was really clingy, but Lin Feng never gave her any positive feedback.
"Lin Feng, do you think my acting has improved this time? I really practiced a lot in private, but I think you've gotten even better. How can your acting improve so quickly? You're a genius!"
"Lin Feng, I feel really comfortable filming with you, but I feel awkward acting with other people. Sometimes I just can't get into character. Do you feel the same way?"
"Lin Feng, if only we could always act in the same drama, you playing the female lead and me playing the male lead—no, I mean I'd play the female lead and you'd play the male lead, what do you think?"
When filming wrapped and they parted ways, Deng Shuang probably sensed something. It seemed Lin Feng really didn't like her, so she decided to take a gamble and confessed her feelings to Lin Feng face-to-face again.
"Lin Feng, I really like you, I really like you. Can we be together? I want to be your girlfriend." This time, Deng Shuang used a pleading tone.
At that time, Deng Shuang was innocent and beautiful, loved by everyone, and truly everyone liked her. She was a goddess in many people's hearts, and even many artists from Tianyu Media liked this young girl.
Deng Shuang is also Mango TV's "Best Employee" this year, the best among all of Mango TV's subsidiaries, including TV stations, talent agencies, investment companies, and film and television companies.
But the future Deng Shuang is erratic and irrational, constantly criticizing everything and everyone, speaking without thinking, and adept at creating public opinion storms. While she seems to have gained a lot of traffic, she has offended many people.
Otherwise, after her incident, no one would have stood up for her. After all, Deng Shuangqian's scandals are commonplace in the entertainment industry, just like Wen Zhang's incident, where everyone was kicking her when she was down.
Rejecting "simple enjoyment in the present" with the promise of "fun in the future" is indeed a bit unreasonable, since nothing has happened yet, and Lin Feng has considered changing her.
It caused her to deviate from her previous life's trajectory, but a person's character cannot be changed, and more importantly, her family of origin cannot be changed; she also has a mother who has always wanted to be a star.
Alternatively, Lin Feng could have gone even further and started a relationship with the "currently innocent and carefree" Deng Shuang, only to break up with her once she became the "future crazy and carefree" Deng Shuang. This kind of pure manipulation of emotions is not something Lin Feng would do.
Lin Feng finally had the heart to refuse. "It's better to have a short pain than a long one." He really didn't want to continue getting entangled with Deng Shuang, and he didn't want to work with her again in the future. It was better not to see her!
"Xiao Shuang, I'm so sorry, we're really not a good match. I only see you as a younger sister, I don't have any romantic feelings for you, and your feelings for me are more of a projection of the character in the drama."
Perhaps this is your first role, and you've become too immersed in the character, harboring too many fantasies about me. Once you leave this role, you might realize that this isn't true affection.
Besides, some things can't be forced. You either like someone or you don't. Feelings can't be forced. Please forget me; you'll meet someone better in the future.
Last time, his rejection of Lin Feng was relatively tactful, but this time he was very ruthless and his tone was very harsh. He didn't want to have anything to do with Deng Shuang anymore. All the memories she shared with "Meteor Shower" were over.
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