Yin Lian himself did not expect to get such a question. Logically speaking, there may be no one who can understand the meaning of such a topic better than her. But the closer it is to reality, the more difficult it is to grasp. Just like the love of parents and the happiness of life, it is difficult to express it in words.
Things like happiness and love, when generally presented in literature, cannot move people. The story must still have conflicts, twists and turns, and contrasts. The author must exaggerate the feelings he wants to express 200%, so that the reader can receive 50%.
Therefore, even if Yin Lian has truly experienced the past life and the present life, he will not be able to start when faced with such a problem.
Having experience with such fantastic things actually didn't help her at all.
She sighed, retracted her thoughts, and focused her mind back on the topic, thinking about what the past life was and what the next life would be.
Then she recalled the various films and TV shows or works she had watched about past and afterlife, and saw her full ID name on one side, "We will not reject those who come, and we will not chase those who go." She was filled with ideas.
After gathering her thoughts, she began to tell the story.
The structure of this story is relatively simple. It tells the story of a girl who had a fight with her boyfriend over something, and when she was feeling depressed, she met two elves. One claims to be in the past life, and the other claims to be in the next life. In the previous life, she was asked to find her lover in the previous life, and in the next life, she was asked to find her true love in the next life. Both elves insisted that the person they asked her to find could make her happy.
The girl refused at first, but after the quarrel, her boyfriend not only did not come to comfort her, but also hurriedly informed her that he was going on a business trip, which made her very unhappy. Out of loneliness and grievance, at the instigation of the elf, she agreed to take a look at her "previous life" and "afterlife" as a tourist.
As a result, when she saw her previous life, she happened to meet her boyfriend who was on a business trip. During the heavy downpour, the mountain collapsed and the suspended train transformed into a temporary shelter. When they were transferred in, the heroine and another girl almost slipped down the hillside. In the previous life The lover instinctively chose to protect the other girl, but the heroine's boyfriend happened to be riding in the same car. When the heroine was in danger, he suddenly fell from the sky and blocked the mud for her, but he was injured.
After the heavy rain stopped, the male and female protagonists reconciled, and the female protagonist decided not to go to the afterlife. As a result, the elf stalked her, and the female protagonist had no choice but to go and have a look. However, due to a series of unexpected plots, she... The lover in the "afterlife" met the lover in this life under her prompting, changing his original fate of being lonely and alone.
After that, the heroine learned through the elf that the "lover in the next life" would be reincarnated as her great-great-grandson, and then fall in love with her, who was reincarnated as the daughter of the family. In other words, if he doesn't fall in love with the male protagonist, nothing in the next life will happen. But now, because of the heroine's actions, the lifespan of the "lover in the next life" has been extended, and the gears of fate have gone wrong. However, he will no longer be reincarnated as the heroine's great-great-grandson, and the future has been changed.
The elf in the afterlife whose business was not up to standard was laughed at by the heroine and flew away in tears to study for homework. The heroine, while speculating on the possibilities of the future, made wedding arrangements with her boyfriend.
When Yin Lian finished telling the story, looking at the reactions around him, he knew that the response to this story was not as good as the previous one. However, after discussion and argument, the referee still gave her three points and commented: "Don't reject those who come, and don't chase those who go. This really touches on the issue of past lives and next lives. The past life cannot be pursued, the past has passed, and there is no need for the next life." Resistance, because it is a part of the present, and the problem solving is very good, but because it is a live storytelling, the plot design is a bit rough. If it can be carefully crafted and written down, the story will be more complete."
Yin Lian accepted it humbly.
At this time, Yin Lian accumulated six points and jumped to the top of the list.
However, as one wonderful story after another was told, other players soon began to catch up. Starting from the second round, Ayin adjusted her mentality and finally performed at a normal level, without giving Yin Lian any chance to take advantage.
The format that changed from story writing to storytelling has continuously shortened the creation time limit of each story, and also tested the players' psychological endurance. During this process, even mature and seasoned authors will inevitably lose their standards occasionally. Yin Lian himself is not a particularly skilled writer. Although he has made great progress since participating in the competition, he is still not at the level where he can write wonderful stories that are suitable for both refined and popular tastes anytime and anywhere. It is inevitable that he will only get one point in the middle.
In comparison, Wei Yue performed the best among the six. His thinking was clear, his imagination was brilliant, and his story-telling skills were extremely good. After several rounds, he almost never failed to score three points, and he quickly surpassed Yin Lian.
Next is Ke Ke.
No matter what kind of story, Ke Ke has the ability to develop it into horror. This is obviously the type of story she specializes in, so she does pretty well.
Yin Lian barely ranked third.
At the same time, Yin Lian also quickly discovered the pattern of changes in the competition scenery. Every time a contestant chooses a candle, the color of the candle itself will determine the tone of the entire set, and the question content on the candle will determine the overall style of the set.
Ke Ke seems to have known this for a long time, so he always chooses black candles. Relatively speaking, Ayin will choose yellow, blue or green candles, never red and black.
Wei Yue has a wide range of interests. After careful observation, Yin Lian found that his candle selection patterns were often related to the story styles told by the previous contestants. Or rather, the opposite.
If the previous story is delicate, he will be refreshing; if the previous story is tender, he will be heroic; if the previous story is profound, he will be humorous.
And this allowed him to score high every time.
Yin Lian was thoughtful.
The candle at this time was almost half extinguished. Ke Ke tells a lot of horror stories. She is really talented in this area. Each story is very exciting. Not to mention the atmosphere is well created, the plot will definitely have unexpected turns - but even so, she will inevitably Got one point at a time.
The audience for the live broadcast has probably changed several times.
During the intermission, Yin Lian went to eat something, and then planned to change his strategy.
In fact, in the middle of the story, she had the idea of cheating - she had read so many stories, many of which people in Xia had never heard of. Even if she told them as her own, no one would think so. Will you find out? But this thought only passed by for a moment.
Because it would be of no benefit to her, and once a person breaks through that bottom line, they will lose their limitations.
...If she chooses to plagiarize and copy at this moment, then whenever she encounters creative difficulties in the future, she will be more and more inclined to steal other people's storylines until she completely loses her ability to create independently.
Instead of doing this, it's better to push yourself now.
In the afternoon, everyone seemed to have entered a period of exhaustion.
After eating and drinking enough, the authors' mental state was much better, but they could not avoid the mental sleepiness after a long period of writing. The first round in the afternoon belonged to Yin Lian. She thought about it and chose a red candle.
The curtain suddenly lowered around the competition venue, turning into a sea of blood-red flowers, and a question slowly appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"World of the Dead"
Various thoughts flashed through Yin Lian's mind, and then the tone of the story was decided.
In fact, the real difficulty in such a competition always lies in the stability of the level and the decline in level caused by mental exhaustion in the later period. In addition, unless you are like Ayin who was scared to death by Ke Ke before because you were particularly afraid of ghost stories, then most of the time you will perform best at the beginning.
And later on, even authors with a solid foundation will find it difficult to maintain a consistent high level of performance. Not only that, but the mood of the referee and the audience will continue to decline. Fortunately for the audience, in this kind of round-the-clock live broadcast, the audience can be changed all the time, and the channel can be changed. Just listening to the story will not accumulate too much pressure.
It is easy for referees to accumulate fatigue.
Therefore, players who can bring freshness to the referee can often get emotional preference.
Wei Yue's ranking at the top of the list at this time is enough to illustrate this point.
But even if you know this truth, not everyone can do it. Because everyone has their own type of story that they are good at, and if you want to be able to write exciting stories no matter what kind of story, not everyone can do it. After all, the core test of the competition is the quality of the story.
Yin Lian didn't know if she could do this, but she planned to challenge herself.
Ke Ke had told too many horror stories before, and the last horror story only got a basic point. A Yin's love story is touching and pathos, but her personal style remains unchanged and she has the least number of high scores. Yin Lian did not limit herself. She made good use of her cross-dimensional knowledge. As long as the topic was not too difficult, she could tell a story with a very fresh background and setting every time. Different from the mediocre first round, in every subsequent round, she tested the preferences of the referee and the audience, and then changed her style.
For example, in the "Imagination and True Knowledge" drawn in the second round, she told a story about the inside and outside of the mirror with a science fiction flavor. In the "Fairy Tale" drawn in the third round, she told a story about a young man who experienced various difficulties. A story about a person who insists on refusing to grow up, but finally chooses to grow up in order to save the one he loves. Yin Lian's strengths are that she has an active mind and strict logic. No matter what kind of story she is, she can come up with fresh and interesting ideas. Her weakness is probably that the plot is rough and blunt, and always lacks polish.
For this reason, she also received a message from Wei Yue during her lunch break.
The other person said: "I'm very disappointed."
Yin Lian: "?"
"I originally thought you were a spiritual competitor, but your performance this time made me feel very disappointed. Your story is more manufactured than written. You are not worthy at all now." The article "Mother" written when I was in Shanghai."
Yin Lian asked sweetly: "Who are you?"
Wei Yue was choked immediately.
Yin Lian hung up the call immediately and rolled his eyes inwardly, feeling that Ke Ke's senior brother really had his emotional intelligence eaten up by a dog. Who does he think he is?
Wei Yue specially sent a message to encourage Yin Lian: "..."
But no matter what, Yin Lian doesn't intend to give up easily. So before the competition started, she began to formulate some strategies for herself. After the competition started and her topic was determined, Yin Lian quickly selected the theme and strategies to use.
The title "The World After Death" inevitably reminds her of those Halloween-themed animated movies she has watched, such as "Corpse Bride", "Coco", "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the like. Although horror and emotional stories are also very consistent with this theme, Yin Lian does not intend to tell them - in fact, the two eldest ladies in front of her have told too many stories of these two types.
On the contrary, it is an absurd comedy story. Because it is not easy to express through dry words and language that lacks performance, it is the least talked about subject so far.
Yin Lian knew that it would not be easy to express the essence in just a few minutes of narration, but if she could express it, then there would be a great possibility of counterattack.
But if you want to show it, you have to change the way you tell the story. She is still willing to challenge it.
Then she spoke.
"Today I want to tell you a story. This story happened before I was born, or after my death...I don't remember much. But it doesn't matter, it's not important! What's important is that this is a happy story! "
When she exited, both the players' seats and the audience's seats suddenly became a little noisy at that moment. Not only because Yin Lian seemed to have changed her voice to the voice data that a performer would use, but also because when she said these words, she did not use a storytelling tone at all, but a real performance. cavity.
The audience couldn't help but started talking, saying, "What's going on? She can still speak her lines? The tone of voice is such a contrast, but...it's so interesting."
But that's not the most surprising thing. What's even more surprising is that Yin Lian started singing directly afterwards.
"Some people live a hard life/bear too many responsibilities/to get ahead/to have children/how many degrees do you have/how much annual salary do I earn/ah/sleep in a grave/all are ordinary situations/it's better to praise them Get some champagne/rest while drunk”
She cut off her voice and controlled her mental power, but it didn't compromise her own level at all. Yin Lian can sing, not very professional, but very qualified. At this time, she directly used an ancient famous song from the Xia Kingdom, which itself was a humorous drama piece. She casually made up a few words and embedded them in. Sure enough, she took the lead and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The referee was also stunned for a moment and asked another companion: "Is this okay?"
The other party thought for a while and said, "Whatever. Anyway, we rate the story based on the story. How she wants to perform is her own business. And it's quite interesting."
No one came to stop him, so Yin Lian continued.
"Hey, hey, hey, did you know? Another one came down today, with a sad face." Yin Lian said in a high-pitched voice.
"I saw it!" When she said this, she lowered her voice and said, "If you are dead, why are you still thinking about it so hard? Even if you have any worries, they were things in the previous life."
Then he pretended to be stern and ferocious, and shouted: "What are those little devils over there muttering about!?"
"Report...report to sir! We didn't say anything."
But the stern voice became softer and said: "Uncle, don't miss what happened during your lifetime. Wangchuan is over there. Go take a bath, and you won't have any worries later."
"Can Wangchuan take a bath?"
"It couldn't be washed before. They pretended to be lonely ghosts who couldn't be reincarnated. Later, there were too many ghosts, and their souls were as if they could divide mitosis. They filled up the River of Forgetfulness and made it impossible to row the ferry. They all relied on ghosts. He raised his hand. After thinking about it, the King of Hell thought that there was enough space in the human world now, or else they could immigrate to outer space, so he waved his hand and asked them all to reincarnate. Now it is an outdoor swimming area... Oh, ghosts are not allowed to go there. I’m afraid I might accidentally take a sip of swimming water and forget everything.”
