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Chapter 30 "The Cabinet" (28)
In mid-September, four weeks after the movie started, Shen Du and Jiang Yuan were about to finish.
Wang Jinfa first photographed the couple Xin Yuan and Yao Zhen, and then there were two pairs of elderly comrades and young comrades.
The ending for Xin Yuan and Yao Zhen is that while Zhu Yingying and Yao Zhen prepare their son's birthday banquet, they start performing arts again. On the other hand, Xin Yuan resigned and set foot on the train to the big city alone.
On the train, Xin Yuan found a young woman sitting across from him. Short dry hair, silver ear studs, leather jacket, black T-shirt, with a few shiny metal buttonholes on the waist of the T-shirt, a black strap is tied through the buttonholes, ripped pants, rivet boots, delicate features, cold Cold and indifferent, with clear lines on the mandible - it was actually Zhu Yingying's ex-girlfriend.
Xin Yuan didn't know each other, but the two of them saw the same smell, so they started talking.
Xin Yuan said that his lover's parents did not agree with them being together, so his lover got married and had children a year ago according to his parents' wishes, and he wanted to leave this place. The woman on the other side said that she too, she once liked a girl, but the other party didn't even reveal her identity to her parents, so she naturally got married and had children, which she couldn't accept.
The two chatted all the way, and their hearts were gradually opened. The two of them said that "a new city will definitely have a new life", whether it was for each other or for themselves.
Finally, the train slowly entered the platform. Xin Yuan pulled the box and got off the bus, then looked at the men and women surging around him, raised his arm and took a photo: [Beijing Railway Station. γ
He sent the photo to Yao Zhen's mobile phone in his hometown and said, "Goodbye. γγI want to start a new life. γ
On the other hand, Yao Zhen's son's birthday banquet was lively. After a cup of yellow soup, Yao Zhen and his wife took turns to toast. Complaining to friends that "my daughter doesn't have a partner", "my daughter insists on Dink", etc., Zhu Yingying's beautiful mother generously shared parenting classics: "She is sensible and obedient since she was a child", "She never made me worry about it." "It's better for the child to fight, so that she can know right and wrong... Which is good and which is not good, don't parents know..."
Yao Zhen received Xin Yuan's text message and looked up - "wife", mother, a group of relatives, all in a mess, he suddenly began to fantasize about the two of them in the big city together. He knew very well that it was impossible, so he muttered, "I regret it..." Yao Zhen's mother was extremely surprised, patted him, and scolded him: "You have a child, but you are still ignorant! Do you hear? Some people have no partners, and some have no children. How many people around us are envious of you these days!" Wang Jinjin said that Chinese family relationships are always shocking - this is an extremely selfless, deep but repressed feeling.
The two shots are staggered again. The laughter of Yao Zhen's family, Xin Yuan and others "new life".
Jiang Yuan knew that in the final film, by this point, their pair was basically over. The old comrade and his wife tortured each other for 40 years. The wife of this character didn't know the truth until five years after marriage. She collapsed and screamed, but to no avail. Divorce was difficult in those days, and the child had already been born. After exposure, the wife has to endure her husband's slander, insults, and even violence all day long. He said she was disgusting, that she... He also said that she was too stupid and willing, she seemed to have an original sin. They abused each other all day long, and even started to do it. The men also dated at least five "boyfriends" during the period. Their rice and vegetables are opened separately, their clothes are washed separately, and their beds are also used separately. They usually have no communication, and then, suddenly, they fight because of who is too noisy, etc., in front of the children. The child was trembling and trembling all day long, and later became very gloomy.
As for young comrades, after taking their parents to see a psychiatrist, their parents still couldn't accept it, saying that there was a problem with the social orientation, and they learned bad things from Western countries, which affected young people. There is no such thing as homosexuality in their generation. So the protagonist went back to school, but before he left, he left some things, including documentaries about "comrade" and "Dink", and research reports on homosexuality - some of which are old books from the 1990s, as well as their teachers, The support letter written seriously by the classmate, and the bottom two letters actually came from my cousin! Cousin and cousin wrote in detail the whole process of his "coming out", and also expressed the understanding of the two of them, saying that the two of them would work together to persuade other relatives in the family, protect the face of the second elder, and so on. Finally, it is the analysis of "very happy" written by the protagonist.
After the protagonist returned to school, he also sent some information from time to time, but his parents never responded until one day. The protagonist is about to take the postgraduate entrance exam, and he said that he can be very good. Then, the protagonist, who had no hope of receiving a reply, saw the screen flicker. He opened the WeChat on his mobile phone, and there was only one sentence in it: [Take the test for a big city. ] This symbolizes the ultimate acquiescence.
At the end of the film, the Lantern Festival in the Forbidden City. Zhu Yingying and Yao Zhen's "husband and wife" brought their son together, and the lights were on their faces, colorful. It was also the Lantern Festival in the Forbidden City. Xin Yuan went to see the lanterns by herself, and Zhu Yingying's "girlfriend" also went to see the lanterns by herself. They had loneliness written on their faces, but they were full of hope. In another place, the two protagonists of the third pair said Jokes and jokes. Wang Jinfa's lens will rotate in the eyes of several people. In the light of thousands of years, in the passage of time, this story will end.
Wang Jinjin wants to say that everything seems to be getting better, and many things are not so scary. In the family atmosphere in China, in the past, basically, gays and lesbians married heterosexuals and had children without exception. Later, the middle band between "straight marriage" and "non-marriage" emerged as the times require. "Cabinet" has also changed from not a choice to an option, although there are still many direct marriages and formal marriages. Wang Jinfa wants to use the film to give this group some courage.
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The Lantern Festival will be shot after the Lantern Festival. Wang Jinfa made an agreement with another crew to rub against each other - he has no money.
However, although there was still the last game left, Wang Jinfa and the producer still held a banquet for Jiang Yuan and Shen Du. He said, "The Lantern Festival" is a night show, and people have to film them first and then film them, which is not suitable for a banquet. Jiang Yuan Shendu naturally has no objection.
Wang Jinfa asked the field service to order a few bouquets of flowers, as well as cakes with words such as "Mr. Jiang Yuan's great luck", "Mr. Shen Du's great luck", "Ms. xxx's great luck" and so on.
Jiang Yuan received the bouquet, ate the cake, and asked Wang Jinfa, "Director Wang, which film festival will we participate in in the future?"
Wang Jinfa finished eating the cake and was sticking out his tongue to lick the cream. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "Berlin Film Festival, competition for teddy bears."
"Huh? What? Teddy bear?" He knew at the Berlin Film Festival, but he didn't know about teddy bears.
"Yes," Wang Jinjin explained to Jiang Yuan, "teddy award, the Teddy Bear Award is a separate award set up by the film festival for LGBT-themed films in each unit. It was the first in 1987 and has won every year since then. It is awarded by an independent jury. , the members of the jury are not members of the festival, etc. In most cases, the members of the jury are the organizers of the lgbt film festival. They watch all the films and give the prize to a feature film, a short film And a documentary. This is also the highest honor for gay-themed films. However, China does not report this award for some reasons, and Chinese audiences are less aware of this teddy bear.β
"Ah..." Jiang Yuan said, "I see."
"Well, hahahaha!" Wang Jinjin said, "If you are shortlisted, I will take you two for a walk in Berlin."
"Okay," Jiang Yuan smiled, "I'm looking forward to it."
Wang Jinfa asked again, "What about you, Jiang Yuan? What are your plans now?"
"I..." Jiang Yuan thought for a while, but still told Wang Jinfa the truth, he trusted Wang Jinfa very much, "Maybe signing a new company. I feel... Zhongqi Film and Television is not suitable. As for the future, it should still be tempered. Acting, improve yourself."
Wang Jinfa nodded, as if he didn't realize anything, and continued down: "Director Jiang Sixuan, you know? Director Jiang wrote a new book, the hero in the movie... I think you're pretty catchy. ββThe actors must be very beautiful, especially the eyes, they must be very beautiful, and the actors must have certain acting skills, there are not many of them, you give it a try, the hope is not small. "
"Director Jiang, of course I know." China's largest director, the leader of five generations of directors.
"Well," Wang Jinjin said, "Director Jiang bought a book from the American writer Jas. He went to New York to talk about it, and a friend in the film industry invited me to be a translator because I understand film terminology better, and Director Jiang also saved airfare. I went to get the money and learned about this book. I attended the event a while ago and asked Director Jiang about the progress of the project. He said that actors will be selected after the festival next year.β
After a pause, he added: "You ask your agency to think of a way to try this. This opportunity is very exercise. After the hero has a cerebral hemorrhage, only his eyes can move, and he can't move anywhere else. Therefore, this The role requires actors to express everything with their eyes only. Acting is very, very needed, and Director Jiang is an international director, and his guidance is precious. If you perform this role to the fullest, other roles are probably just a piece of cake. "
Hmm... what kind of story?
Wang Jinfa replied: "It's mainly about the complicated relationship between seriously ill patients and their families. However, Director Jiang will add a lot of relationships with Chinese families."
"Okay." Jiang Yuan kept it firmly in his heart, "Thank you Director Wang."
Wang Jinfa didn't care about his figure, so he turned to fork the cake again, and said, "You can exercise first, the stupid bird will fly first!"
"β¦β¦I am not stupid."
"One meaning," Wang Jinfa said, "If you want to use eyes, you can first understand them." Wang Jinfa told some of his ideas from the director's perspective, "For example, pay attention to other people's eyes. After paying attention, ask, the other party was thinking just now. What. Do you think of your own family? Do you think of a lot of work? Do you think of disgusting people? In Director Jiang's films, the protagonist often recalls alone, and these eyes are very important. In short, study hard. By the way, still There is a recognition look of artificial intelligence, you give it a try."
Jiang Yuan said: "Okay."
Wang Jinfa turned to Shen Du again and asked, "Where's Shen Du? What are you going to do next?"
Shen Du nodded: "I have several important jobs in the next month, and then... a public welfare activity."
"Oooo!"
"Jiang Yuan," Shen Du suddenly looked at Jiang Yuan, "the more the organizers of public welfare activities are for "stars", the better. Are you... together?"
Jiang Yuan asked, "Am I a star?"
The corners of Shen Du's lips twitched slightly: "It can be calculated."
"Okay, I'll go." Jiang Yuan is also very interested in public welfare. Shen Du said that the public welfare activities should also be very reliable.
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In the evening, the crew had a dinner and drink with Jiang Yuan Shendu and others, and it was eleven o'clock when Jiang Yuan returned to his room.
He took a shower. Because he didn't have to play "Xin Yuan", he didn't even blow his hair, kicked off his shoes, and went straight to bed, relaxed and disappointed.
He didn't rush to rest as before, but played with his cell phone in the quilt.
As a result, while playing around, the photographer sent him the photo that was finished today on WeChat.
"Well..." Jiang Yuan looked at each one.
With Wang Jinfa, with the producer, with...
Turning over and over, the hand stopped.
There is also a candid photo.
In the photo, he is holding a glass cup, drooping his eyes, drinking ice wine. Shen Du sat beside him, turned his face sideways, turned his eyes, and looked at him quietly. There is also a glass of ice wine on the table in front of Shen Du, and Shen Du's slender fingertips are gently stroking the edge of the glass. Behind them is a dimly lit chandelier and a large glass window. Outside, there are bright stars and thousands of lights.
This is not the photo of today. Jiang Yuan remembered that at that time, the crew were drinking on the first floor of the hotel, and there were actually Wang Jinfa and several other people on the other side of him.
It seems that this photo was taken secretly by the photographer who thought the two had a good atmosphere.
"..." Jiang Yuan remembered the "reluctance" he had towards Shen Du before he congratulated Weiya, and suddenly became more daring, and sent it to Shen Du, saying, [I'm practicing Wang Dao's "Attention and attention" Other people's eyes." He said, after paying attention, ask the other party what they are thinking, and study hard. Did you think of your family, or did you think of something else? Director Wang also said that in Director Jiang's films, the protagonist often recalls alone. γ
[Zhang She sent a photo just now. γ
[Exactly, this one meets Director Wang's requirements. What were you thinking then? can i know? γ
Jiang Yuan knew that of course Shen Du understood that this "learning" was just an excuse, he just wanted to ask what Shen Du was thinking at the time.
After sending it, Jiang Yuan waited nervously. He picked up his phone for a while and took a look, and then picked up his phone and took a look.
After about seven or eight minutes, a prompt popped up on Jiang Yuan's phone.
Jiang Yuan hurriedly clicked into the chat box and saw that Shen Du really replied:
γAt that time? γ
γ"so cute."γ
"..." Jiang Yuan tucked the phone under the pillow, grabbed the edge of the quilt, turned it to the left, then to the right, and rolled several times in a row.