Something Went Wrong with the Best Actress's Script

This year marks my fortieth year of writing. The short play "The Movie Queen's Script Gone Wrong" was originally adapted from one of my short stories "A Fairytale Isn't Good Enough", but later it was changed beyond recognition during the script writing process. And because I liked the script so much, I felt itchy and rewrote the script into a novel for the first time. I was really involved in the story for a long time after I made the short. I like the "wildness" of making a wish. She was never the chosen one, she was the one who took the initiative to pick up the pen and rewrite the script of her own destiny. I also like McGavin's "Exception". No pretense, no internal friction, love makes a cold boss start to become more human. Thanks to Li Keyi and He Jianqi for giving my words a more graphic feel. With Li Ke's toughness that grew out of the soil, she didn't even have to "act" her stubbornness and fragility to play Wish Wish, she was that person standing there. The unique coldness and restraint in He Jianqi's body, and the occasional warmth that cannot be hidden in his eyes, are exactly what Michael Jiawen looks like in my mind. I think this is also the fate of the two of them and this story. Make a wish and say: "If fate gives me a wrong script, I will change it into an epic." This sentence is for everyone who is rewriting your own script. I hope you will also meet the person who is willing to see all of you.

I cried for a long time when I closed the book. It's not because the ending is too sweet or the process is too cruel, it's because Sister Xueman is still writing such stories. She is still writing about those girls who are imperfect, stubborn, and have fire in their eyes, and she is still writing about those clumsy, affectionate boys who are willing to squat down and tie the girl's shoelaces. Her words bear the imprint of the youth of all readers born in the 1980s and 1990s. After many years of absence, she returned with a bowl of hot rice noodles, a girl with a changed name, and a late spring.

I had to write this line alone because it was the detail that made me scream the most after reading the entire book. "Je te vois" first appeared when the French teacher humiliated her into making a wish in class. McGavin pushed the door in and drove the teacher away, then taught her to pronounce these three words. "What do you mean?" "I saw you." At that time, Wish Wish's inner activity was "Why do I feel like I have been confessed?" At that time, we all thought that this was just a little ambiguity in class, and that Michael was using his multilingual skills to show off in front of the little girl. But Sister Xueman asked Xuanyuan to practice "Je te vois" a hundred times in front of the mirror in the next chapter, until she could write it without looking at the card, and until the last sound ended in her nasal cavity, "like a sigh with a smile." Later, this card with "Je te vois" written on it was sandwiched by her in the script. Later, she turned over and touched it until the edges became furry, the handwriting faded, and she could recite every stroke. Later, during the cold war, breakup, and reconciliation, these three words were always hidden in the softest corner of her heart, like a secret spell. Until the last chapter, at the award ceremony, she stood in front of the microphone holding the Best Actress trophy, and said those three French syllables in front of all the cameras, all her peers, and all the audiences. It turns out that "Je te vois" was never a love saying in French class. It was a "seeing" that McGavin completed when he met her on the first day. He saw her in the auditorium of Huagang Art School, saw her on the stage of the graduation drama, and locked eyes with her in the crowd. When he said, "I saw you," he didn't see a beautiful actress, but saw her ambition, her stubbornness, and the "unconcealable and unquenchable fire" in her eyes. And using this sentence to make a wish in return to him is to say, "I saw you too." They saw each other's truest side, which is the most precious part of this relationship. True love is never a vigorous pursuit, it is "seeing" and "understanding". It is a person who accurately recognizes the soul of another person in the vast sea of ​​people.

I like this novel very much, because the most rare thing about this book is that it does not describe love as "redemption." McGavin is not Prince Charming, he is a control freak who only makes decisions for others at first. Make a Wish is not Cinderella, she is an ordinary person who clearly wants to be an actress, but first deceives herself into becoming a teacher. Their love went from "you arrange everything for me" to "we can make choices together." I especially liked the rooftop scene of the reunion - Michael Jiawen finally asked "Can I hug you", while Xu Wishuan said "just for a hug", but hugged you for a long time. At that moment I realized that true love is not about possession, but about being willing to wait for someone to learn to say "what do you need". Every breakup, cold war, jealousy, and apology they had was like tearing down a wall. Finally the wall fell down and the sun shone in.

I have always felt that the most powerful thing about Sister Xueman is that when she writes about a girl's growth, she never writes about general principles. She writes about details. Li Xinran changed her name to Xu Yuan Yuan. On the surface, it was the stage name given to her by Michael Jiawen. It was a boss's packaging of artists, and it was a process in the industrialized assembly line of the entertainment industry. But after reading the whole story and looking back at the three words "Make a Wish", you will find that this is the first gift McGavin gave her - make a wish and make her wish come true. This name carries a blessing from the beginning. Sister Xueman used the plot of changing her name to describe the reshaping of a girl's identity in a light yet heavy way. What's light is that Mai Jiawen said "it's easier to become famous with this name", in an understatement and businessman's tone; what's more important is that Li Xinran has really grown into a different person under this name. She is no longer just the daughter of the owner of the rice noodle shop on Tangzi Street and a little transparent person with no future in Huagang Art School. She has begun to have her own career, her own light, and her own love. But the great thing about Sister Xueman is that she never lets Xu Wishuan forget that she is Li Xinran. One of the most touching scenes in the whole book was when she said in front of millions of people on the live broadcast, "My real name is Li Xinran, and my parents have opened a rice noodle shop on Tangzi Street for 20 years." At that moment, she was not the newcomer Xinghan favored to make a wish. She was the Li Xinran who dared to lift the principal's wig. She was the Li Xinran who wore cheap high-heeled shoes and had to walk off the stage with her head held high despite having blisters on her toes. The charming thing about the character of Wishes is that she has zero sense of "unworthiness". She didn't feel that her humble background was something to be ashamed of, she didn't feel that her parents selling rice noodles was a secret that should be kept hidden, and she didn't feel that she needed to hesitate to say to Michael, "My parents opened a rice noodle shop on Tangzi Street." Puxi said to her on the rooftop, "You have no sense of unworthiness, so you deserve to stand next to him." This sentence is the core footnote of the entire story.

McGavin may be cold-blooded and restrained, but when he encountered Wishing, his cold shell began to crack little by little, just like an iceberg encountering lava, slowly melting... Looking forward to more plots

After reading it, I suddenly remembered myself when I just graduated and squeezed into the subway with my resume in hand. We are all ordinary "Li Xinran". We don't have good luck from heaven, but we all want to slowly correct the mistakes in the script in our own fields. It turns out that the confidence of an ordinary girl has always been earned step by step.

"Even if the script has already been written, I have to rewrite my own ending." This sentence hit me hard. It is not just a sweet pet story in the entertainment industry. The appearance of making a wish and making progress in the face of adversity is very powerful. Michael sees and accepts her in all her appearance. The two-way relationship is particularly healing.

The most touching part of growing up is finally having the courage to accept everything about yourself. From concealing her real name to openly saying "My name is Li Xinran, and my family owns a rice noodle shop" in the live broadcast, this step is braver than winning a movie.

A very favorite story! Make a Wish is so cute QAQ, I just finished watching the short drama and came to look for the novel version... I am looking forward to the development of the subsequent plot! Our heroine is so sassy and professional! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)👍 Michael Jiawen is so handsome when he appears. Let's take a look at the relationship between the two of them... When will they be together? Let's have a good relationship!