Chapter two

Chapter two

Xiaohong relies on support, Dahong relies on life.

Xia Tingwan is the perfect verification of this sentence.

After him, no one in the circle can replicate this legendary path.

National treasure-level director Xu Zhe auditioned for leading actors in H City before filming "Whale Talk".

Compared with Xu Zhe's fame, the audition studio can be called simple and shabby. There is a table cramped in the small room. There are only lunch boxes and a few bottles of mineral water on the table, and the director, producer and assistant are all crowded. At the table, in the open space in front of the table, lay a thin little dog.

"You are sixteen years old, your mother ran away from home, your father was an alcoholic, and he often punched you. Your puppy is your only companion. Imagine that after you've just been beaten, only the puppy is with you. You, how you interact with it, act it out."

This is the title of Director Xu.

Xing Le only thought for a few minutes before quickly entering the play.

The realistic lameness when walking showed where the injury was. When he picked up the puppy, he looked at Director Xu's direction with pity, "In this world, I only have you, Qiuqiu..." Even when he spoke, the corners of his mouth twitched. Don't forget to tremble.

From the management of limbs to expressions, he is worthy of being born in the acting department, and he can't pick out any faults.

Xu Zhe half-squinted his eyes and suddenly interrupted: "How do you feel about the acting?"

When he said this, he turned to look at Xia Tingwan who was standing in a small shadow.

With half a cigarette still between her fingers, Xia Tingwan was stunned for a moment, and then replied casually, "Well done."

Xu Zhe stood up and took two steps forward, then sat on the table and looked at Xia Tingwan: "Why don't you try it too?"

Xing Le, who was left to the side, was a little embarrassed. He looked at Xu Zhe and Xia Tingwan, and gently put down the puppy in his arms, but did not speak rashly.

Xia Tingwan shook his head: "I can't act."

Xu Zhe listened, stroked the stubble on his chin, and leaned forward: "If you don't act, just tell me, if it were you, how would you act."

Xia Tingwan showed an impatient expression. He was an outsider and didn't have much respect for Xu Zhe.

But after all, he came with Xing Le, so it's not easy to refuse.

"If it's me, if the puppy comes over, I'll kick it away first. If it screams in pain, I'll hold it up and coax it."

When Xia Tingwan said this, he took a breath of cigarette, then raised his head and exhaled slowly, his eyes blurred in the curling smoke: "If you have been really beaten, you will know - you can't. Treat a puppy because it's cute; you're not that generous. You'll only love it because it hurts and hurts."

Xu Zhe listened and finally smiled for the first time.

He lowered his head, took out a cigarette from his shirt pocket and lit it, then said directly to Xia Tingwan, "let's try it, how about it?"

Later, Xu Zhe said in an interview that he felt that there was something missing from the "Whale Talk" book until the project was approved, and it was not until he found Xia Tingwan during the audition that he finally filled up that little bit of soul.

The fate of people is paradoxical.

Two years later, "Whale Talk" entered Cannes and was shortlisted for numerous awards. Although Xia Tingwan finally lost the best film project, Xia Tingwan has become the youngest actor in 30 years.

His brilliance overshadowed all male actors in the same year.

The editor-in-chief of "VOGUE" made a prescient comment on Xia Tingwan:

"Maps are flat, history is long, and aesthetics are round.

After the Wei and Jin Dynasties are gone, the prosperous Tang Dynasty will come, and after the prosperous Tang Dynasty is gone, where the aesthetics will flow depends on where the tide of the times will flow.

Under the tide of economic recession, high-spirited, orthodox masculinity has hit the rocks.

Depressed, gloomy, vulnerable, arrogant.

Xia Tingwan is a beautiful color from the deep sea, he is the symbol of the aesthetics of the next era, before he even realizes it. "

In the same year, Xing Le finally starred in his first idol drama, and then, relying on his little fame, participated in a slow variety reality show.

Xing Le revealed the process of auditioning "Whale Talk" in the program. He smiled and said:

"Some people are born to eat this bowl of rice, I can't compare, I can only envy, but Xia Tingwan and I have always been friends."

——

"Maps are flat, history is long, and art is sharp." Quoted from Mu Xin's "The Past of Sulu"

The track on which "Whale Talk" became popular is different from the general explosion.

Xu Zhe is a born director, perhaps because he created box office miracles when he was young, but at the age of nearly 50, he has long understood that box office and art cannot have both.

I haven't released any drafts, and the actors used have no big traffic. Except for the old actors, they are brand new faces like Xia Tingwan. Therefore, it has not caused any major storms in the domestic public opinion circle, only in the hardcore movie fans circle. Small-scale discussions.

Until "Whale Talk" was a blockbuster in Cannes, the field magazine received a shocking evaluation of nearly full marks, and the new actor also won the best actor in one fell swoop.

Overnight, the heated discussion and admiration of "Whale Talk" became a carnival in the literary and art circles. If you haven't watched "Whale Talk", you're not a qualified film critic; if you don't talk about Xia Tingwan, you're not an entertainer enough to be in.

In that June, the impact of "Whale Talk" on public opinion in the domestic entertainment circle was unprecedented.

In addition to receiving professional recognition, it is also because the quality of "Whale" is so fascinating.

The atmosphere of the film itself, like a melancholy fantasy from the deep sea, engulfs people outside the film.

At the end of the movie, the young Xia played by Xia Tingwan, naked and covered in blood, jumped down from the dock in the surging stench.

It was a slow motion that was destined to go down in film history.

The blue to rich sea water wrapped Xiao Xia, and the naked body was covered with dark scars, and then the blood melted into the sea.

With the roar of the freighter coming from afar, the boy sank cleanly into the seabed.

The sea was still calm, as if the 16-year-old had never existed in this world.

"Xiao Xia is lonely. At the age of 16, he was repeatedly brutally beaten and sexually assaulted by his father. In his obscure life, only Teacher Zhao's biology class shines brightly. He found that the only person he respects has an unknown side behind it. That night, Xiao Xia collapsed.

After completing the violent but romantic revenge against the world, Xiao Xia left and returned to the deep sea that belonged to him.

'Whale' is the language of loneliness, the language of children who have experienced domestic violence. Xia Tingwan has mastered this language, which is the core of "Whale Talk" so shocking. His fragility, gloom, and a faint longing look make audiences in any country feel the heart of it. broken. "

Well-known film critics have pointed out the true essence of the phenomenon of Xia Tingwan——

In fact, from the beginning of his popularity, Xia Tingwan could not be regarded as a high-quality idol.

He was often photographed going in and out of nightclubs, smoking, being habitually late, and being a little absent-minded during interviews, but no one blamed him for it. The media wrote him as a melancholy teenager in the literary and art world, and the public only thought he was injured. child.

There is a certain chemical reaction between the characters of Xia Tingwan and Xiao Xia, and the audience has empathy for Xiao Xia, and thus empathy for Xia Tingwan.

The audience loves him.

The beauty of Xia Tingwan is endowed with fragile, gloomy and extreme spiritual symbols.

The more promiscuous he is, the more fervently he is sought after. It was in this somewhat dangerous situation that Xia Ting met Su Yan late.

Su Yan is the real power holder of the Hengtai Su Group's generation, a new-style dignitary living in Xiangshan.

But when Xia Tingwan met Su Yan for the first time, Su Yan was his fan.

——

The crew of "Whale Talk" held a media meeting at the Peninsula Hotel in H City that day.

Although it is a small movie sand in nature

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, but because of the popularity of "Whale Talk" at that time, all the directors, screenwriters, magazine editors, well-known film critics and even celebrities from all walks of life came, so it was more like a cultural event.

Not only that, but outside the Peninsula Hotel, there are a large number of fans and fan groups guarding Xia Tingwan and Xu Zhe.

Xia Tingwan never liked to participate in such media activities. He hated restraint and could not memorize every official answer properly. Therefore, every time he participated in similar activities, he felt irritable.

That night, Xia Ting was in a state of hangover. When he arrived at the Peninsula Hotel, although he could not say he was unconscious, he was indeed a little dizzy.

Of course, such a state is absolutely unacceptable. Although he looks like he is free to go his own way, in fact, he often feels guilty in his heart.

Therefore, before Xu Zhe and his manager caught him, he slipped into the guest lounge, put his head under the tap and rushed forward, trying to wake up before the meeting started.

When he raised his head again, through the drops of water all over his face, he saw a man standing not far behind in the large comb mirror.

That man is Su Yan.

Su Yan was half a head taller than Xia Ting, in his thirties, holding a red gold cane in his right hand.

There is a beauty ditch on his chin, the bridge of his nose is so sharp that it can be said that he has light gray eyes.

He is so striking that even just standing there quietly makes people feel that he is arrogant and decent.

Xia Ting met his eyes in the evening. One second, he felt that he was being scrutinized from above, but the next second, he felt that the light gray pupils were gentle and deep.

At that time, Xia Tingwan was the most enthusiastic in the entertainment circle. There were dazzling models, actors and stars all around him, so he didn't think Su Yan was so handsome.

But he always quietly thought that Su Yan was cool.

"Wipe it."

When Xia Tingwan was still at a loss, Su Yan first took out a wine-red silk square from the breast pocket of his suit and handed it over.

It was only then that Xia Tingwan realized how embarrassed she was, and just subconsciously wanted to refuse, Su Yan had already continued: "You still smell a bit of alcohol, just wash your face, others can still know it. Wipe it, it's better. "

Su Yan's speech was very slow, and the slowness carried a kind of magnetism.

His voice was low, thick but not heavy, but clear, as if he had a Tianlang subwoofer in his chest. Once it was played, everyone had to be obedient.

Xia Tingwan took the square scarf and put it on his face, when he suddenly smelled a faint smell of cologne, only then did he understand what Su Yan meant.

After wiping his face, he just wanted to hand it back, but he stretched out his hand halfway and felt rude, but Su Yan took it naturally, and lightly folded it into a sharp corner and put it back in the breast pocket of his suit.

"Please."

He opened the door of the lounge and used a cane to let Xia Tingwan go first.

Xia Tingwan felt like he was being manipulated. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt unwilling, so he stopped and asked a somewhat abrupt question: "Who are you?"

Su Yan smiled lightly: "Your fans."

The groove on his chin deepened when he laughed.