Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-First: The Grieving Director
In the building of a glass factory in Chiwan, Shenzhen.
Workers from the Mermaid crew are pushing mobile scaffolding to transform the factory into a refuge for the mermaids in the movie.
Director Xing Ye also always stood in front of the monitor, his eyes fixed on the picture shown in the camera.
The entire crew is making final preparations for the start of filming.
Unlike Hengdian, Zhejiang, Shenzhen currently does not have a listed film and television shooting base. If the Mermaid crew wanted to shoot here, they had to arrange the filming environment in advance.
This is one of the reasons why Master Xing gave Lin Yuan three days to prepare.
In three days, after several scenes have been set up, the shooting can basically begin.
At the same time, Lin Yuan also arrived at Shenzhen Airport by plane at noon.
After calling and asking where Mr. Xing was, he took a taxi directly to Chigang.
Wearing a mask and a cap, no passers-by recognized him along the way.
It wasn't until he was stopped outside the crew that Lin Yuan took off his mask and successfully entered the crew.
Looking at the surrounding environment that was almost completed, he suddenly thought that there seemed to be a scene in his script about being kidnapped by a mermaid that was filmed here.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take a few more glances, and then among the busy crew, he immediately saw Zhou Xingchi wearing a fishing hat standing in front of the monitor.
"Hello, Mr. Xing."
When he was almost behind Master Xing, Lin Yuan took the initiative to say hello.
Master Xing nodded, his attention still focused on the monitor screen. He seemed to regard Lin Yuan as an ordinary crew member. It took him a moment to realize that the voice sounded familiar.
Turning his head and taking a look, he realized that Lin Yuan had stood next to him at some point.
Master Xing was obviously a little surprised by Lin Yuan's sudden arrival: "Lin Yuan? Why did you come here so early!"
When Lin Yuan called him to ask about his location at first, he didn't think much about it and told Lin Yuan directly.
Now it seems that Lin Yuan may have already arrived in Shenzhen when he made the call.
As for Master Xing's question, Lin Yuan couldn't explain it for a while.
After all, things in Shanghai are all private matters, so I had to find an excuse and said: "There is nothing going on there right now, so I just wanted to come over in advance and ask Mr. Xing some questions about the script."
After hearing Lin Yuan's words, a smile suddenly appeared on Master Xing's serious face.
When he was an actor, one of his favorite things was to ponder scripts. At that time, he often proposed his own ideas to screenwriters and directors. However, at the beginning, few directors were willing to adopt his ideas until
After he became famous, things gradually improved.
Now that he has transformed into a director, he has not been able to correct this habit. When he has nothing to do, he polishes the script by himself. Even because of his original experience, he sometimes likes to discuss it with the leading actors.
It can be said that for Mr. Xing, even if the script has been finalized, as long as he has some good ideas in the middle, he will find a way to add it to the script.
Therefore, in this situation, when he heard that Lin Yuan took the initiative to discuss the script with him, he immediately became interested. If it were other actors, Master Xing would not be like this, but Lin Yuan was different. When they first met last time
, the other party just read the script and had his own understanding of the role of "Liu Xuan". In this case, he also wanted to talk to the other party about the script.
"Xiao Chen, help me keep an eye on the set. Make sure the shooting location looks like an abandoned sunken ship."
After instructing his assistant Chen Bingqiang to keep an eye on the construction of the filming stage, Master Xing directly pulled Lin Yuan to the side and took two stools for the set staff to rest on and sat down.
After doing this, Mr. Xing looked at Lin Yuan with interest: "Tell me, what good ideas do you have this time?"
Regarding the script, Lin Yuan didn't just mention it casually, he was well prepared.
Before filming, he would read the script at home every day. Sometimes he would add good ideas when he thought of them, or he would add something if he saw something wrong, just to improve the script.
There are two reasons why he did this. First, as the leading actor, he also wanted the movie to become popular.
Secondly, he had already inquired about Master Xing's preferences and knew that the other party especially liked to talk to people about scripts. In this case, if he did this in advance, wouldn't he be able to successfully gain Master Xing's favor?
With this thought in mind, Lin Yuan spoke.
"I have an idea. As for whether it is good or not, I still need Master Xing to give me some advice."
After saying a polite word, Lin Yuan also took out the script from his bag, pointed to the scene in the script where he was experimenting with the sonar effect and said: "Master Xing, I think we can add a little more drama here..."
This scene in the script was to create the villain images of Liu Xuan and Li Ruolan.
In order to make money by reclaiming the sea, Liu Xuan put a sonar device into Qingluo Bay to drive away the surrounding dolphins. The image of Liu Xuan who ignored the ecological environment for money was directly created through this scene.
On the other hand, Li Ruolan was supposed to be a cold-blooded beauty in the script, a villain who is "too bad to look back". As a result, she behaved more like a marginal character in this scene. In addition to taunting Liu Xuan in the end to promote the plot, it seems that
There is no outstanding performance at all.
A qualified movie script is one that becomes perfect through continuous polishing. No editor dares to say that there is no need to revise the script after it is written, unless the movie script is originally intended to make money.
This is why Mr. Star is willing to discuss movie scripts with the leading actors, because he wants to continuously improve the script through this kind of communication and collision.
After listening to Lin Yuan's opinions, Master Xing immediately fell into thinking.
After almost a minute, Master Xing seemed to have thought of an idea, and his frown suddenly relaxed: "What do you think of adding a plot like this? I am Li Ruolan now, and the sonar effect has just been revealed.
He said it was cruel and couldn't bear to see it, so he asked someone to take a photo for me."
While explaining to Lin Yuan, Master Xing assumed the role of "Li Ruolan" and made corresponding actions in an exaggerated manner according to the plot he told.
"how?"
"very nice!"
Lin Yuan looked at Master Xing's performance, his eyes were not only shocked but also envious.
As expected of God, he picked up countless attributes of [script understanding] on the set to barely reach the level of an actor. Let him find the shortcomings in the script, and naturally there will be no problem.
But if he was asked to think of a solution so quickly, it would be a bit difficult for him.
As a result, it only took less than a minute for Mr. Xing to immediately think of adding a small plot to the movie to solve the problem of Li Ruolan's character image being not distinctive enough.
Just when Lin Yuan was shocked by Master Xing's talent.
Mr. Xing also smacked his lips and looked at Lin Yuan with approval: "Not bad, Lin Yuan. Do you think there are any other places in the script that need to be changed?"
Perhaps in the eyes of others, isn't Lin Yuan's behavior just a nitpick?
What kind of image does a supporting actress need to create? It is enough to let the audience know that she is a villain. It is simply making trouble to find faults in these insignificant places.
But for a director like Mr. Xing, if he wants to make the characters vivid, he has to deal with these details.
Lin Yuan was not polite and immediately turned the script to the back.
"And here, I feel that the emotions of Li Ruolan's character in this scene are not strong enough."
After seeing Lin Yuan pick another question about Li Ruolan's character, Mr. Xing suddenly looked at Lin Yuan meaningfully: "I asked you why you suddenly came over to talk to me about the script in advance. It turns out that you had made a plan in advance."
After being guessed, Lin Yuan scratched his head in embarrassment and did not deny it.
In the movie, there are two villains, one is Liu Xuan played by him, and the other is Li Ruolan.
It was only later in the movie that under the influence of the mermaid Shanshan, the image of the villain Liu Xuan he played began to clear up.
In this case, if he wants to flesh out his character, he has to make another villain more deeply rooted in people's hearts. Only in this way will the audience feel that the whitewashing of Liu Xuan's character is justified.
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That's why Lin Yuan deliberately pondered the role of Li Ruolan.
To put it bluntly, I just want to use the character of Li Ruolan to set off Liu Xuan's change process.
Not only did Master Xing not have any objection to Lin Yuan's little plan, he actually supported it in his heart.
Because according to his plot design, Liu Xuan's character was originally just a "bad guy" wearing a mask. Strictly speaking, Lin Yuan's ideas coincided with his.
It's just that Lin Yuan was thinking from his own perspective, while he was looking at it from the perspective of the entire movie.
Master Xing smiled and threw the question to Lin Yuan: "Then how do you think this place should be designed?"
"I think it should be shown that Li Ruolan loves her but cannot get it, so she wants to take revenge on Liu Xuan and Shanshan."
After Lin Yuan expressed his thoughts, Mr. Xing still had some concerns: "It's true, but the effect of shooting like this is not clear. How about we try one?"
"That's no problem."
"I'll play Liu Xuan, and you can play Li Ruolan. I want to see how you show that you can't love someone you can't get."
With that said, the two stood up from their positions.
Only then did I realize that many crew members had already focused their attention on the two of them.
But it's understandable.
One is the popular A-list star Lin Yuan, and the other is Xing Ye, who has been praised as "one actor in ten years, Zhou Xingchi in a hundred years". The two of them are here to talk about scripts, and the others naturally want to join in the fun.
Being watched by so many people, Mr. Xing did not feel embarrassed. He glanced at the script in his hand and quickly got into the mood of filming.
This is the second time he has acted with Xingye, and Lin Yuan is much more comfortable this time.
"Money, make money, do you want money?"
Fortunately, Lin Yuan had thought about the role of Li Ruolan before, so it was not difficult to play it.
After saying this line angrily, the surrounding crew members all focused on Master Xing.
Although Mr. Xing has not acted in front of the camera for a long time.
But on the set, sometimes the shooting did not achieve the desired effect. Star Master would still act it out for the actors to see, and even teach the actors step by step, in order to achieve the effect he wanted.
Moreover, Lin Yuan is playing the role this time, and the crew can't help but look forward to what kind of state Mr. Xing will perform.
It's a pity that Mr. Xing didn't show his own strength and just played the role of Liu Xuan in a satisfactory manner.
"I want the money, but you have to have a bottom line, and you can't go against your conscience."
"Conscience, hahahaha."
"It's up to you to protect the earth and maintain world peace, Brother Conscience."
In order to assume the female role of Li Ruolan, Lin Yuan deliberately pinched his throat when laughing.
Regarding Lin Yuan's professional acting, the crew members present really wanted to say something unnecessary.
The acting skills are quite good.
It just hurts my ears when I hold my throat like a girl and laugh.
Master Xing was not disturbed at all and continued to speak his lines steadily: "I tried that sonar..."
When he said this, the smile on Lin Yuan's face stopped suddenly, and his expression suddenly became serious.
"Sonar?"
"You're just doing it for that woman!"
"I have money and a good figure, and there are so many people chasing me. I come out to play with you with money, but you think I am nothing, and you actually went to pick up a fish!"
Although Lin Yuan did not imitate the girl's angry look, the momentum and feeling were truly expressed.
Even the line added at the end made Xing Ye's eyes light up.
Adding lines is not uncommon in filmmaking.
Because when writing a script, there is no guarantee that you will be in the role. You can only rely on your feelings to write what the character should say in that scene.
But if an actor has taken on the role deeply enough, what he says naturally will be far more realistic than the lines in the script.
Lin Yuan has obviously completely immersed himself in the role now.
In order not to affect Lin Yuan's current state, Master Xing continued to guide Lin Yuan's emotions: "I really..."
Before Xing Ye finished speaking his lines.
"Crack!"
A crisp slap sounded.
"I'll catch her right now and make fish head soup!"
After Lin Yuan said this line angrily, he quickly rubbed the hot right side of his face.
Just following that emotion, he had already thought about how to shoot the next scene.
Give the other person a slap in the face, say a cruel word, and then leave calmly.
This just fits the character image of Li Ruolan, a domineering rich woman.
As a result, just when he was about to slap him, he realized that it was Mr. Xing who was playing with him now.
But his emotions were in place, and if the slap didn't fall, he really didn't know what cruel words to say next.
Master Xing must not be fanned.
There is no other way, this slap can only fall on his own face.
"Lin Yuan, are you okay?" Master Xing hurriedly stepped forward to see Lin Yuan's condition.
When Lin Yuan raised his hand just now, he had already thought of the slap falling on his face.
It's not like he has never encountered something like this before.
When he was filming "Kung Fu" before, he always felt that the scene where Yuan Qiu, who played the charter wife, slapped him with a slipper was not good enough, so he repeated the filming several times. In the end, Yuan Qiu couldn't hold back his emotions anymore and picked up the film.
The slippers hit his face, and it was the most realistic touch that achieved the effect he wanted.
What Master Xing didn't expect was that Lin Yuan's slap actually fell on his face.
If it were another actor, the worst he could do would be to skip the slap and say whatever comes to mind in the next lines.
It was better for Lin Yuan. In order to get the mood right, he slapped himself directly.
There are not many actors like this anymore.
Thinking of this, Master Xing couldn't help but take another look at Lin Yuan.
"It's okay, Mr. Xing, what do you think of this change here?" Lin Yuan didn't care about the slap. Instead, he asked Mr. Xing whether the emotional design was reasonable.
Master Xing nodded, took a pen directly from the venue manager, and began to revise the script.
After revising the script, Master Xing continued to discuss it with Lin Yuan.
It's just that Lin Yuan didn't know much about the roles of other characters, and couldn't find any problems at the moment, so he had to end the discussion of the script hastily.
After the scenery in the glass factory building was completed, Lin Yuan also followed the crew to the hotel where they were staying.
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In the next two days, other actors from the crew also arrived in Shenzhen one after another.
When Mr. Xing is free in the evening, he will still come over to visit and discuss the plot with Lin Yuan.
After all the actors arrived and the entire crew had a meal under the hotel that night, the filming of the movie "Mermaid" officially started.
Lin Yuan originally thought that filming in a movie directed by Xing Ye would be much easier this time, but he soon discovered how wrong his idea was.
Take the heroine Lin Yun as an example. It was her first time filming. Just the first scene in the "museum" was shot over a dozen times.
It can be said that Master Xing is teaching Lin Yun how to act step by step. He will first perform it for Lin Yun to see how he wants Lin Yun to act.
But even under this situation, Lin Yun still made slow progress.
After one day of shooting, there was only one shot in total, which made Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
After the filming of today's scene, he also realized that he seemed to be the one with the best acting skills among the actors in this movie. Thinking of this, he felt even more uncomfortable.
It can be said that the plan to pick up attributes in the "Mermaid" crew was completely in vain.
After dragging his tired body back to the hotel, before he could lie down, there was a knock on the door.
When he opened the door, he saw that the person standing at the door was not Mr. Xing who came to discuss the plot with him, but the little pig Luo Zhixiang.
The two of them had known each other before when they were filming Extreme Challenge.
The two of them sat together at dinner yesterday, but there was no Luo Zhixiang's play today, and Lin Yuan didn't see him in the theater either.
"Little Pig, what's the matter?" Lin Yuan said tiredly.
He was tired not from filming, but from waiting on the set all day.
Seeing Lin Yuan being so listless, Luo Zhixiang patted Lin Yuan's shoulder and said excitedly: "Have you lost your energy so early? The nightlife has just begun. I found several good places here today.
Do you want to go have some fun?"
Lin Yuan waved his hand: "I have a show tomorrow morning, so just go out and play."
"Don't worry, it's eight o'clock now. Let's play until three o'clock. We have one hour left for free activities, and then come back and sleep for four hours. It won't be too late to go to the crew then." Luo Zhixiang put a hand on Lin Yuan's shoulder.
Enchanted said.
He has already calculated his time. Even if there is a show tomorrow, the time will definitely be enough, but it is a bit boring for him to have fun alone.
And once he is photographed by the paparazzi, it will be difficult for him to explain it alone.
"Let's film the movie first. It won't be too late to relax when there are no more scenes later."
Lin Yuan did not agree. According to Lin Yun's current shooting state, the next scene would not be sure if she did not do it ten or twenty times. She had the most scenes with her opponent. If Lin Yun did not find the state as soon as possible, the rest of the filming process would be difficult.
, that would really be a sin.
"Okay, I have an appointment with someone today, so I'll leave first. I'll come back to you to gain some experience later when I'm filming." Luo Zhixiang glanced at the time, said something to Lin Yuan, and then left.
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After the two said goodbye, Lin Yuan chose to sleep and Xiaozhu chose to play.
The night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, Lin Yuan also came to the crew early, but the filming progress was still as slow as the first day.
Six days passed and they had just filmed the eleventh scene.
According to this schedule, whether the film can be filmed in three months is a question. Lin Yuan does not want to delay the filming of "The Secret of the Dragon" by then.
Therefore, in the scenes filmed by Lin Yuan, he always maintained the same state as he had done over and over again.
"Teacher Lin Yuan, come here, and then stop for a moment when you reach the crosswalk. The camera will give you a close-up. Just pay attention to your expression." The camera assistant briefly told Lin Yuan the location of the camera.
Finally, he returned to the camera very relieved.
The person the crew members want to see most right now is Lin Yuan.
As long as Lin Yuan appears on the set, it means that at least one of Lin Yuan's scenes today can pass smoothly.
Shooting one scene in one day is a guarantee, but if you can shoot two scenes, or even three scenes, it will be a blessing.
"Card, the twelfth game has passed!"
As the sound of field management sounded, the crew members breathed a sigh of relief and continued to work.
If the scene props were arranged faster, maybe one or two scenes could be performed today.
Lin Yuan did not leave after filming, but sat next to Master Xing.
After these days of filming, Mr. Xing is very confident about Lin Yuan's acting skills. The only thing that gives him a headache is Lin Yun, who has no filming experience.
However, Master Xing did not lose his temper as reported outside. Instead, he called someone over every time Lin Yun NGed, and then asked Lin Yuan to demonstrate to Lin Yun in front of Lin Yun.
In this way, Lin Yuan became a coolie captured by Master Xing.
But Lin Yuan didn't gain anything.
After he demonstrates it to Lin Yun, if Lin Yun still makes the same mistake in his next acting performance, Master Xing will perform it himself.
In the process, Lin Yuan also picked up a golden attribute light ball from Master Xing.
[Special Attribute—Character Atmosphere +10]
This is the first time Lin Yuan has picked up this special attribute.
But it's not difficult to understand. Only such top actors can have their own sense of character atmosphere.
Wang Baoqiang, Xing Ye, Sun Honglei, etc.
The characters performed by Xing Ye have very strong traces of acting in them. Everyone knows that the characters presented by Xing Ye are performed, but they do not feel uncomfortable at all, because the audience knows that the characters performed by Xing Ye are real.
, just expressed in an exaggerated form.
After understanding the attributes of character atmosphere, Lin Yuan understood why some actors have their own style.
Lin Yuan was also beaming after receiving this unexpected surprise.
As time went by, under the guidance of two actors, Lin Yuan and Xing Ye, Lin Yun's acting skills finally took a crucial step.
Compared with when we first took the photo, the other party has made great progress, but it is still far different from Lin Yuan.
.......
On the seventeenth day after Lin Yuan came to the set of Mermaid, the movie "Heart of the Sun" also came to the end of its release.
As soon as he got up in the morning, Lin Yuan saw a red envelope posted in the group group of Burning Sun, Burning Heart. The moment he saw the red envelope, he realized that Burning Sun, Burning Heart, might have made a big breakthrough at the box office.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have given out such a big red envelope.
I recalled two days ago, when the movie box office had just exceeded 600 million.
Compared with "Charlotte", the box office of 600 million is not even more than half of others.
But among domestic suspense films, the box office has reached a height that is currently insurmountable.
You must know that the last suspense film "Witness" produced by a luxurious lineup such as Aaron Kwok, Sun Honglei, and Yu Nan, the box office failed to exceed 200 million within one month of release.
In this case, the comparison between the two is self-evident.
The reason why domestic suspense films do not have high box office is entirely because this type of film has always been a relatively niche subject matter.
But no one could have imagined that such a movie with a relatively small audience would achieve such a high box office because of Lin Yuan. This was something no one expected.
Besides, in the WeChat group, just as Lin Yuan thought, after opening the mobile group chat, the first thing that caught his eye was the message from Director Cao.
“Congratulations to Burning Sun for breaking the box office record for Chinese-language crime suspense movies!
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What followed was a series of red envelopes and congratulatory messages from other leading actors.
After receiving the red envelope and saying congratulations, Lin Yuan was ready to get up and wash up.
Before I even got up from bed, Director Cao called.
He also saw Lin Yuan receiving the red envelope, so he called to congratulate him. He knew very well that this box office could break the box office record of Chinese crime suspense films, which was inseparable from the performance of the leading actors.
As for the script, the script of "Witness" is not bad, and the cast is even much more luxurious than them.
But why are they so far ahead of other movies at the box office?
The reason is very simple. The performances of the leading actors Lin Yuan, Duan Yihong, and Guo Chu really brought their characters to life.
Until now, the score of "Scorching Sun" is still as high as 8.5 points on a certain website.
Of course, the most important reason is Lin Yuan. Without his box office appeal, this movie would not have such a high box office.
Director Cao, who knew this, had already thought about it after feeling Lin Yuan's box office appeal. If there was a chance to cooperate in the future, he must consider Lin Yuan first, so he deliberately called Lin Yuan.
Just to bring the two of them closer together.
Lin Yuan also knew the meaning of the other party's call. After chatting for a few words, he hung up the phone. However, just as the call was hung up, the phone rang again.
The person who called this time was Sister Xia. After answering the phone, I found out that the company wanted to take advantage of the popularity of "Scorching Sun" to break the box office record for Chinese-language crime suspense films and help him do a wave of publicity.
For such a good thing, Lin Yuan naturally agreed directly.
After agreeing, the two of them didn't talk much.
After hanging up the phone again, Lin Yuan also got up and rushed to the set.
Just, when he went to the set.
Director Er, who was far away in Hong Kong, happened to see a hot search on Weibo about "Scorching Sun" breaking the Chinese suspense box office record.
The moment he saw the hot search, he suddenly became thoughtful.
He currently has a movie in his hands, "The Sword of the Third Young Master", which was his 1977 movie that made him famous. Now he is planning to remake it and hit the movie box office.
Preparations have begun, but the first male lead has not been able to find a suitable candidate.
After seeing "The Sun" starring Lin Yuan breaking the record for Chinese-language crime suspense films, he suddenly had an idea.
He and Lin Yuan have crossed paths before. They worked together on "The Passerby" before, but after filming this movie, they gradually lost contact.
However, he still had Lin Yuan's mobile phone number. After asking his assistant to send him a red envelope last time, he asked his assistant to leave the other party's contact information, but he didn't expect it to be useful now.
Thinking of this, Director Er did not hesitate and dialed Lin Yuan's phone number directly.
Lin Yuan was rushing to the set. When he saw the word "Director Er" on the caller ID, he became curious, but subconsciously answered the call.
"Lin Yuan, long time no see. Congratulations on the box office success of the movie you starred in."
As soon as the call was connected, Director Er enthusiastically congratulated me.
Although he is now the chairman of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and can be regarded as Lin Yuan's senior in terms of seniority, after all, he wants Lin Yuan to star in his movie, so he naturally behaves much more enthusiastically.
Lin Yuan also thanked him very politely: "You're welcome, Director. What can I do for you?"
Regarding the call from Director Er, he immediately guessed that something was going on.
He didn't believe that someone he hadn't contacted for almost a whole year would come over to congratulate him for no reason.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Director Er went directly to the topic and told Lin Yuan that he was planning to film "The Sword of the Third Young Master".
After hearing the name of this movie, Lin Yuan suddenly lost interest.
The market for martial arts movies has long since disappeared, not to mention that it is still such a waste of time. He is not stupid now. It can be said that making such movies will not do him any good.
However, even though he had collaborated with Director Er before, Lin Yuan declined very tactfully: "Director Er, I'm really sorry. I have a movie waiting to be shot, and I really can't get away."
After hearing what Lin Yuan said, a man like Director Er naturally understood it immediately.
But when I heard Lin Yuan's polite refusal, I still felt a little regretful.
If I had known that Lin Yuan would achieve what he has today, I should have contacted Lin Yuanduo after filming "Passenger".
If Lin Yuan were to participate, Lin Yuan's name alone would be able to help the film attract a lot of investment, and Lin Yuan's current box office appeal is also terrifying to the naked eye.
As for the schedule mentioned by Lin Yuan, it is completely due to the lack of friendship.
If the friendship was good, he didn't believe that Lin Yuan couldn't spare the time. It was really not possible. He could just wait for a while and wait for Lin Yuan to be scheduled before filming this movie.
But everyone has already said that, so it’s hard for me to lick my face and ask Lin Yuan to star in this movie.
It can only be said that some people miss the time when they need help, and adding icing on the cake later will have no effect.
With a long sigh, Erdao's eyes changed several times, but the most common expression on his face was still discomfort and regret.