House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 297 – You Can’t Possibly Be My Prince

“Let me first say that the micro-movie I’m talking about now is a relatively short movie, approximately 10 to 60 minutes long. it has a complete story and all the elements of a movie, time, location…”

Du Yuanlei subconsciously finished the remaining elements, “characters, themes, and story plot.”

“That’s right, its characteristic means that it can’t be played in movie theaters. It needs to be distributed through online video websites and other platforms. It can be said to be a new product of the internet age,” Yang Yi nodded appreciatively.

“I happen to be working on a social networking site and want to use a micro-movie competition as a promotion. Of course, it’s not to let you win the prize, but to have you help me shoot a micro-movie as a reference template for them. So, if you’re willing to shoot it, I’ll invest all the funds needed for the shoot and also pay for the remuneration of everyone involved, including you.”

What Yang Yi wanted to promote was naturally Weibo!

Now, after the intense promotion from famous stars, Weibo had nearly 10 million registered users and could be said to have shown its fangs in front of major social networking sites.

But this promotional effort was not enough. If Yang Yi’s sudden idea could be realized, he could launch a small video website similar to Snapshot. Such a website didn’t need to reach the scale of YouTube, it only needed to adapt to the usage logic of Weibo and assist in its growth.

Of course, Du Yuanlei still needed to listen to Yang Yi’s story.

“Ah Guang is a creative singer who graduated with a major in piano. His girlfriend, Xu Shishi, is also a piano major student. However, when they first entered society, both of their careers were quite difficult. Xu Shishi lived at home, while Ah Guang resided in a narrow-rented house. In addition to the bed, there was an upright piano and a small sofa inside, leaving almost no room for turning around.” Yang Yi took a sip of water and continued.

“Xu Shishi often comes to Ah Guang’s house to play. Ah Guang, who was clumsy and not very talkative, could only accompany Xu Shishi to watch TV and read books. Xu Shishi would also accompany Ah Guang, listening to him play the piano and create music.”

The story of these two people immediately caught Du Yuanlei’s attention. Just the setting alone, Du Yuanlei found it very interesting!

“They are many interesting things between them. For example, Ah Guang is a little fat, and when the two of them were reading ‘Xixi’s Bedtime Stories’ together…” Yang Yi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, “By the way, this book was written by me, and I’m also doing a little promotion.”

Du Yuanlei didn’t have much of a reaction to this. She stared intently at Yang Yi, wanting to hear the rest of the story.

“As they read the fairy tale, Xu Shishi pretended to cry and said, ‘Fairy tales are all lies. You’re so fat, you can’t possibly be my prince.’ Ah Guang was stunned and thought he had done something wrong again. In fact, Xu Shishi was just teasing him. She still liked Ah Guang very much in her heart. Although Ah Guang was fat, he was very talented. Although Ah Guang was not very good at speaking and didn’t understand romance very well, he would take care of Xu Shishi in his actions.”

“Of course, these aspects will be reflected through some stories and details. Now I’m just talking about the general plot,” Yang Yi said.

Du Yuanlei nodded lightly, already immersed in this story.

“One day, Xu Shishi was lying on the sofa with her legs crossed, listening to Ah Guang struggling with his composition. Suddenly, she stood up, interrupting Ah Guang’s messy playing and then played a set of melodies on the piano.”

“Although it was just her sudden mischievous act, this set of melodies unexpectedly inspired Ah Guang. His inspiration surged, and quickly composed a piece base on this set of melodies.” Yang Yi chuckled and said, “This piece is very beautiful. I can play it for you later.”

Continuing with the story, later on, Xu Shishi decided to move out of her home, and she asked Ah Guang to help her move. As they settled into the new home, they’re both out of breath, and Ah Guang clumsily stole glances at Xu Shishi.

“At night, they sat together watching a soap opera, and Xu Shishi was crying uncontrollably. Ah Guang didn’t know how to comfort her. Seeing his appearance, Xu Shishi was both angry and amused, asking him, ‘What are you looking at!’ But Ah Guang just stared at her blankly, thinking that her weeping beauty appearance1was very attractive!”

Then there was a not suitable for children kissing scene. But when their lips parted, they found that each other’s upper lips were red, as if they had been smeared with blood.

“Xu Shishi thought that Ah Guang had gotten a nosebleed just from one kiss, so she wiped it off while giggling. However, it was actually Xu Shishi who had the nosebleed. She was laughing while her nose bled. When Ah Guang saw this, he hurriedly took Xu Shishi to the hospital for an examination.”

Du Yuanlei clenched her hand, and she became nervous.

“Ah Guang was very nervous and flustered, but Xu Shishi was very calm. She even teased Ah Guang and smiled, saying that it was okay. However, the test results came back, and it was leukemia…”

“Why is it Xu Shishi?” Du Yuanlei’s eyes turned red at some point, and she asked sadly.

It was unclear what memories Yang Yi’s story touched in Du Yuanlei, or perhaps Du Yuanlei had already immersed herself in the role of Xu Shishi…

Yang Yi faced Du Yuanlei’s questioning and explained somewhat helplessly, “It’s just a storytelling necessity. Ah Guang still needs to perform, and if the female character is sick, it will have a greater emotional impact.”

This explanation was somewhat unconvincing, but Du Yuanlei adjusted herself, after all, she was a professional director. “I’m sorry, I lost my composure. Please continue.”

Yang Yi finished telling the rest of the story, which included Ah Guang completing the composition of the song while accompanying Xu Shishi during her treatment. The company that signed Ah Guang also wanted to promote him, but during this time, Xu Shishi’s illness became more and more serious…

After listening to the final scene where Ah Guang performed the song live on TV using his phone’s calling function, with Xu Shishi listening and gradually approaching the end of her life, Du Yuanlei was already in tears.

The commotion here attracted the attention of others. Guo Ziyi, Ding Xiang, Yang Huan, and Xixi all gathered around, thinking something had happened to Du Yuanlei and wanting to comfort her.

“It’s nothing, I’m just moved by the story told by Teacher Yang. It’s really much better than what I wrote,” Du Yuanlei said with a shy smile as she wiped away her tears.

“But, Teacher Yang, I have a question. Why didn’t you write a scene where Xu Shishi wanted to break up because she didn’t want to drag down Ah Guang?” Du Yuanlei was really a bit obsessed with this melodramatic love story…

Yang Yi smiled helplessly and said, “Not all stories are suitable for such a plot. Our story is about the pure love between Ah Guang and Xu Shishi. If you want to move people, don’t mix in too many elements, and don’t mention what will happen to Ah Guang after Xu Shishi passed away.”

“What kind of story is it that is so touching?” Yang Huan asked curiously.

Yang Yi had to tell them the story again. It was almost noon, and there were no customers in the coffee shop. Ding Xiang also stayed to listen. As a result, the girls were all in tears. Fortunately, Xixi was taken away by Xiao Guai long ago.

Guo Ziyi was also a very emotional person. He didn’t focus on the kissing scene, but his eyes were also a little red. He said, “Big Brother Yang, why did you write Xu Shishi to death? If someone has to die, it should have been me first!”

Yang Yi rolled his eyes and ignored him.

“By the way, when this story is filmed, it should be complemented by this song,” Yang Yi stood up enthusiastically and walked towards the piano. “I’ll sing it for you once to listen.”