Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Imagination

No matter how perfect the software is, it will be eliminated one day if it is not upgraded.You still have a lot of time, as long as you persevere, you will always surpass him, take your time. On the way home, I kept thinking over and over again what Xu Zhen said to me in the afternoon.Xu Zhen is someone who has experienced many things personally. Her words are like a shot in the arm for me, making me make up my mind. I silently looked at Shen Qinyan's profile. ——No, I will never give up on him. ——Shen Qinyan is mine alone. Before we knew it, we had arrived home, and there was a gray car outside his house.

It was the first time I met anyone other than the hourly workers and An Lu at his home. The visitors were Sister Nan and a famous producer, who came to him with a script and a new contract, saying that they were planning to make a film. A new play, invite him to star. The matter of me and Shen Qinyan being together is no longer a secret to many people. When the producer saw me present, he didn't blink his eyes and just nodded to me. Shen Qinyan's reply was: "I just finished filming a film, and I will talk about the new film in March next year." "I know you're picky, but it's a good idea to read the script first," the producer laughed. "The movie will definitely start next year, and it's still in the preparatory stage. You might as well read the script first."

Then, the other party left the script, didn't even eat dinner, and left with a wave. Curiously, I picked up the script and flipped through it. I scanned a few pages at a glance, and put it down when I found it difficult to understand. "It's not easy being an actor... You have to memorize the entire book. Not everyone can do this job. If I'm asked to read these lines, I definitely can't." Shen Qinyan smiled slightly, "If you want me to write programs, it's even worse." I pursed my lips, "Why did you push it until March next year?" "I don't want to be too tired," Shen Qin said, "I don't have high requirements for material conditions, and the money I earn from one movie a year is enough to live on."

I clapped my hands and laughed, "So that's the case. I was wondering just now, do you only want to shoot high-quality goods?" "If you don't value money so much, you can be a little more picky when choosing a script." I don't know why I thought of Gu Chijun, "Will filming be fun?" Shen Qinyan thought about it seriously, "I don't think filming is more difficult than any job in the world. Just like office workers, you get up early and return late every day, and the content of the job is also the same. The rest is your own mentality. The movie every day I always shoot like this, but every filming is different, that is, the same sentence "Have you eaten?" said two months ago and said it today is different, because the surrounding environment, characters' personalities and mental journeys will be different. And showing this difference is the joy of being an actor.”

I was asking casually, but I didn't expect him to answer such a big theory, "According to what you said, being an actor is quite interesting." "For me, yes." Shen Qinyan fell silent and looked at me again. "Du Li, there is something you need to know." "what?" "I may not be able to give up being an actor for the sake of love like Gu Chijun." His tone was unstable, and I was shocked, looking at him inexplicably. "What? Did someone tell you to give up being an actor?" "If I can't leave the film industry like Gu Chijun and give you a quiet life, please forgive me." He said with difficulty, "I can't think of what else I can do in this life besides being an actor."

"No, no, I definitely didn't mean that! You are a good actor, it's a pity that you don't act. It really doesn't matter!" I waved my hands again and again, trying to clarify, for fear that he would have some strange associations after he went to Gu's house. "Really?" He stared into my eyes. I asked him, "Will you keep me away from the computer from now on?" He was taken aback, "Of course not." I clapped my hands and laughed, "That's what it means. We have the same love for our jobs. You won't force me to change jobs, how can I force you to change jobs."

Shen Qinyan reached out and hugged me tightly. I felt his body trembling slightly. I don't know how long it took before he finally let me go, gently lifted my chin, and said heavily: "I promise, I will be with you for at least half of the year." I smiled and threw my arms around his neck, "Half the time, okay. That's enough." I didn't tell him, and I was perfectly content -- considering my dad was home no more than a third of the year, including bedtime.When my mother and father quarreled, I used to say, "I married a man. I didn't expect my man to marry a job. Then what am I, a third party?"

Shen Qinyan calmed down and asked me suddenly: "Xu Zhen asked you to go to the kitchen later, what did you say?" I asked, "Do you really want to know?" He kissed the tip of my nose, "No, I'm just curious. You don't have to tell me." "Mainly talk about the past between her and Gu Chijun. Although she doesn't regret her decision back then, she always has regrets." "It's a pity, it's inevitable for her." Shen Qinyan repeated these two words with a sad expression on his face. "You also know what happened to them back then?"

"I was a half-bystander at that time, and I knew a lot of things before and after." I said firmly, "I don't want you to have trouble with the film company like Gu Chijun did." "You know about this?" "Well," I said, "the accounting firm that Gu Chijun used at that time was Shengxuan." He said "hmm", "That's right." "However, there's one thing I can't figure out." "what?" "Didn't you say that Xu Zhen and Lin Yue's father are stepbrothers and sisters? Although the relationship is a bit far away, they are still a family..." I analyzed, "Isn't the Lin family the boss of the film company? Why did you want to kill Gu Chijun like this?" Ah, do you have to ask him to leave the house? It's so unkind."

Shen Qinyan frowned, and was silent for a few seconds. "At first there was a conflict, but later the conflict was resolved. The film company proposed to settle, but Gu Chijun voluntarily gave up. He said, 'I have no intention of taking back what I took out', and he simply took Xu Zhen to I left Switzerland and haven’t come back for ten years.” I was shocked, "What?" I whispered in my heart, Gu Chijun doesn't look like such an irrational person. Gu Chijun was as famous as Shen Qinyan back then, and has been popular for more than ten years - he was much more diligent than Shen Qinyan at that time, and he had nearly doubled the number of scenes he filmed, and his assets were by no means less than Shen Qinyan's now, but he gave up so easily.This kind of boldness is really not something that ordinary people can possess.

Shen Qinyan said slowly: "I am very envious of Gu Chijun. You can't imagine how lucky he is - a happy family and a successful career. Some people are doomed to stay on the stage for the rest of their lives and be entangled in fame and fortune all their lives, but he is not, at the peak It is impossible for me to be an ordinary person again, and I cannot imagine myself leaving the stage. But he can leave with ease. It is not so easy to leave the spotlight and become an unknown person." I listened with a vague understanding. "I was a fan of Gu Chijun back then, and watched a lot of his movies," Shen Qinyan said, "He is a very smart person, and his acting skills are always light, and so is life. It seems that nothing can stop him. One road can't be taken, and another is the way to go." The movie "Looking for Him in the Crowd" made me understand this point even more. I will never be able to surpass him in my life." "I don't think so," I held his hand. "In my opinion, you are much better than him." Shen Qinyan's eyes were full of stars, and after a while he hugged me tightly, "I'm very touched." After he let me go, I gesticulated seriously, "You are younger than him, and he has already retired from the stage. No matter how perfect the software is, if you don't upgrade it, you will be eliminated one day. You still have a lot of time, As long as you persevere, you will always surpass him, take your time." The corner of Shen Qinyan's mouth curled up and he laughed. "Thank you for your encouragement." The next weekend, Shen Qinyan actually took me to watch the final edited version of "Looking for Him in the Crowd". The theater is the internal theater of the film company, with more than a hundred seats. When we went, the trial screening had not yet started, and the theater was brightly lit.Shen Qinyan and I met the other leading actors of this movie, including Qiao Xining and Song Yihan. I don't know how many people know about Shen Qinyan and I, but Qiao Xining obviously doesn't. When he saw Shen Qinyan and me appearing side by side, his expression was as if he saw a sky full of gods and Buddhas.And Song Yihan beside him was also dumbfounded. "You—you... are actually..." He stuttered and couldn't speak well. I just smiled at him and hoped he wasn't too surprised, his jaw was about to drop!How sad it would be for his fans to see him like this! Shen Qinyan remained silent, took my hand and nodded to Qiao Xining. "morning." "You too..." Qiao Xining said, "No, no, this is not my line!" Shen Qinyan twitched the corner of his mouth, but didn't say anything. Song Yihan frowned and patted him, "Calm down. You should have guessed it." "How can I guess?" Qiao Xining took a deep breath, and took turns looking at Shen Qinyan and me, "Although there have been rumors all the time, how do I know that the person behind the scenes is Du Li! I'm going to die!" He suddenly became angry, and stopped looking at Shen Qinyan, just Staring at me, "Why don't you tell me and make me look like an idiot?" I foolishly apologized, "Because you're very busy...and don't have time to tell you..." Just then the director and producer came, and Shen Qinyan patted my shoulder and greeted me.Song Yihan, as the heroine of the play, also followed behind Shen Qinyan.I already understand his mind quite well now, he is giving us a chance to let Qiao Xining and I spend alone to explain things clearly. "I mean, it's no wonder that the recent news is talking about the rumors of Shen Qinyan and An Lu breaking up—" Qiao Xining looked in deep thought, "You're not the one to destroy their relationship!" I glared at him, "Am I this kind of person?" "Uh, it's really not..." Qiao Xining admitted, "There are slightly more reliable rumors that they broke up for several years." "correct." "However, I finally figured out a lot of details connected together, which explains why he asked me for your contact information." "At that time, I really had no contact with him." He stared at me, "Did Brother Du Zhe know?" "I don't know yet, I plan to tell him in a few days." He frowned, and then loosened his brows, "Do you think he wants to strangle me?" I was taken aback, "Why?" "Please, you met Shen Qinyan when you were working with me, right?" He murmured softly, "Do you dare to say that it's not due to me? Brother Du Zhe dotes on you so much, knowing that you have found a celebrity as your boyfriend, why don't you run away?" .” "Where do you want to go? My elder brother is not this kind of person." I said, "Besides, he is too busy to take care of himself now." "Overwhelmed? What does that mean?" Qiao Xining asked me. Before I spoke, someone patted my shoulder lightly. When I looked back, it turned out to be An Lu.I was surprised, "Sister An Lu, are you here too?" She blinked and smiled, raised her hand, and motioned for me to hold her arm, "There's something exciting to watch, it's coming naturally." I held her arm in a daze, feeling a little confused. Qiao Xining fell into a daze again, "Ali, Miss An, you... have a good relationship?" An Lu's status in the circle is not low. She glanced at him like a child, and smiled, "Yes, we have a good relationship. Are you trying to say that your ex-girlfriend and your current girlfriend are rivals in love?" After finishing speaking, she ignored Qiao Xining, who was full of confusion, and pulled me to say hello to several film company executives and producers.Probably everyone had heard about Shen Qinyan's change of girlfriend, so they didn't show any surprise.Only director Zou Da looked at me thoughtfully, "This little girl looks familiar..." An Lu laughed, "Director Zou has good eyesight. Du Li and Shen Qinyan met on your set. Your name as a matchmaker is well-deserved." She said everything in one sentence, Director Zou Da laughed, "You have a good relationship with this little girl, aren't you jealous?" "Director Zou, do I look like that kind of person?" An Lu curled her lips, "Shen Qinyan and I are innocent, and I like this little girl." I was very surprised by An Lu's arrival. When there was no one else around, she explained to me: "Little fool, you are now Shen Qinyan's girlfriend. Naturally, the film company has heard of it. Some words are not pleasant. You think others Aren't you curious? I'm here to help you cheer." I was very moved, "Sister An Lu—" She smiled and pushed me to Shen Qinyan, "It's about to start." We sit down and watch a movie.At the last minute before the opening of the movie, I saw Gu Chijun, the screenwriter of this play, walk in, An Lu waved to him, and he sat down beside An Lu. The so-called final cut is the final release version after countless revisions by the director. The sound effect is perfect, the special effects are complete, and even the beginning and end of the film are added. The degree of completion is 100%. The picture starts from a quiet street in the city, and the background music is quite cheerful.The morning sun shines on every corner of the street, including children riding a bicycle to deliver newspapers, cars parked on the side of the road, and gardeners watering the garden.The sound of ding ding dong dong music came from the second floor of the small building at the corner - the camera zoomed in, and a young man was playing the guitar cheerfully in the room. The rhythm of the track is brisk, and it is quite a beautiful picture. I think the director really has a lot of taste, and he gave Qiao Xining the first shot. The next second the screen plunged into darkness.In the storm, a young girl stumbled out from the depths of the night. She was soaked and her slender body was overwhelmed, but she ran desperately until she passed out in front of a house—this is the girl played by Song Yihan. main character. Early the next morning, the young man picked her up on the side of the street, and this is the beginning of a story.The girl lost her memory and didn't even know her own name.She has a mysterious origin, and the young singer of a small band falls deeply in love with this mysterious girl.He took her to his apartment and ate and lived with her. There were only some fragments and a few blurred figures in her mind. She stumbled in a strange city, met some people and some things, and slowly growing up. The city in the story is small, with more than 100,000 people, and only one psychiatrist.He took her to see a psychiatrist.So after fifteen minutes of the plot, Shen Qinyan finally appeared. The psychiatrist is very young, but he has an old office. He sat with his back to the door. After a while, the swivel chair slowly turned around. The psychiatrist examined the young woman from behind the gold-rimmed glasses and listened to Qiao Xining without saying a word. Describe the situation of the girl. The following plot is mainly about the interaction between the psychiatrist played by Shen Qinyan and the young woman, mainly in dialogue, and the psychiatrist asks questions one after another, and these questions have been carefully set. "Do you like puppies?" "I like it very much." "Do you still like it when puppies pee at your feet?" After three seconds of silence, "I like it." "If you were pregnant, would you like it to be a boy or a girl?" "……girl." "What about twins?" "A girl too..." This is not a theater scene, everyone present - except me and An Lu, probably have seen this film many times, so they are not as emotional as I am, there are voices from time to time, discussing certain details . I said, "Turing test." My voice was very small in the dark, but Shen Qinyan still heard it, and he answered me in a low voice: "Yes." I said: "The problem setup is so professional that it can be used directly in intelligent computer simulations." I subconsciously turned my gaze to Gu Chijun who was sitting in the front row. He and An Lu were sitting side by side, and the two of them were talking in a low voice.I believe that the script for this part has not been revised, and Gu Chijun is really amazing.I kind of understand why Director Zou insisted on making this script into a movie.The following plots revolve around each question. The topic of the two people talked about love, so an ambiguous relationship naturally developed between the psychiatrist and the heroine, but to the point, it was quite reserved-not even holding hands or kissing, only one failure trying to kiss. I'm pretty happy with this part of the plot. The most pitiful thing is the character played by Qiao Xining. He knew that he couldn't keep her, but he gave everything and even his life for her. When the story reaches two-thirds, all the clues are strung together. The music interspersed throughout the play is the favorite style of the psychiatrist; the exquisite and harmonious city is actually isolated from the outside world, and no outsiders enter; The real person is just an imaginary character produced by the psychiatrist's "synaesthesia". She was born in nothingness and broke away from imagination.So the psychiatrist wasn't surprised at all. When the plot got here, I was taken aback.I thought of many possibilities. There is a character in the story that is particularly interesting, that is a man who always appears in the memory of the heroine, he is a writer, his behavior is mysterious, he always wears a long black trench coat when he appears, and there is a small notepad in his pocket And a black pen, the tip of the pen swims across the paper and leaves a beautiful handwriting. In the last 30 minutes of the story, because of the appearance of Gu Chijun, the plot took a big turn, overturning everything before—it turned out that the world and society that the psychiatrist lived in were all born out of this writer imagination.The clues are linked together. In the end, a new city and a new order were constructed in the writer's imagination; in the new world, Shen Qinyan, as the only human being who walked from the old world to the new world, maintained a unique sobriety.His back disappeared into the crowd, like tears melted into the late autumn rain. The 140-minute movie, I was a little shocked after watching it. It's not about admiring the acting skills of the actors, nor about the wonderful plot, but about the scientific weight of this movie. Constructing a world with imagination is nothing new, and one of the best things about this movie is its seemingly absurd world.Every detail is based on detailed brain science, neuroscience, psychology, and even a lot of computer knowledge.I can't find any scientific bugs in this movie.No wonder Shen Qin said that this film is "you can meet but you can't ask for it", and that he "will never surpass Gu Chijun in a lifetime", I really understand it now. This movie is great, in every sense of the word.You look at it as a whole.As long as there is a little bit of aesthetics, there is no doubt that this film will be a hit. I let out a long breath, and before the lights came on, I turned my head to look at Shen Qinyan.He stared at the screen, the reflected light falling on his face until the last line flashed.He probably watched this movie no less than ten times, but he still took it seriously. I said softly, "No wonder Gu Chijun is willing to come back for this movie after years of hiatus." Shen Qinyan nodded, "Yes, he created such a world, so he naturally wants to play the most important role in the play. If I play the role of the author, this movie will lose its meaning." "I have always found it difficult to combine complex and profound science with a wonderful plot, but this movie did it..." I said, "Although I saw the filming clips on the set before, I didn't expect the whole picture of the story to be Such." Shen Qinyan was silent for a moment, then nodded, "I thought it would be a good movie before, but now it seems that people will remember it twenty years later." When the light came on, I couldn't help squinting my eyes, I looked at Shen Qinyan, and wanted to say more and more. "There are more and more high-tech movies, special effects are more and more gorgeous, CG can be fake, and even actors can be replaced. But I don't think these are the most important things for a movie. I always think that what really moves people It’s still human emotions. So, I never worry about actors losing their jobs.” "Huh——" Qiao Xining leaned over from two places, and said in shock, "Du Li, you can actually say such profound philosophical words! I thought you only cared about 0 and 1! Could it be Is it because the boyfriend is Shen Qinyan who has been subtly influenced?" When he spoke, his voice was so loud that even An Lu in the front row heard it.I just wanted to beat him up. Song Yihan helped me do this, she slapped his forehead hard, "What nonsense." I pursed my lips and laughed. Both of them laughed, and Qiao Xining laughed smugly a few times, looking very happy. Song Yihan looked at me sincerely, "I now feel that becoming an actor is a happy thing." She bowed seriously to Shen Qinyan, "Mr. Shen, it is my honor to cooperate with you in this movie .” Shen Qinyan shook his head, didn't say anything, just reached out and shook hands with her. Shen Qinyan took my hand and walked to the front row. Gu Chijun looked at me with a smile, "Miss Du is here too? I didn't see it just now." I was very excited, "This movie is really good, your script is really good." "Thank you for your evaluation, but you still have to rely on the director to show it." He didn't take the credit, but turned his face to Shen Qin and said, "You acted very well in the film. I told Xu Zhen back then that you will eventually have One day it will surpass me, as expected.” Shen Qinyan said solemnly: "Thank you. Your evaluation is enough." Both of them were silent for a moment, then Shen Qinyan spoke again, "When is your flight ticket?" "Tomorrow, Xu Zhen asked me to tell you that there is no need to say goodbye alone." Gu Chijun waved his hand, "I will come back again at the premiere." He walked to the front row and shook hands with Director Zou Da, the producer, and the top management one by one. I saw the producer in suit and leather shoes eagerly holding Gu Chijun's hand and saying, "After ten years of hard work, it really became a blockbuster. I will follow Zou Xiaoqing, a cheeky person, and live in your house." Gu Chijun smiled, his politeness and attitude were impeccable, "We will talk about the cooperation later, in short, don't stay at my house and refuse to leave." Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious. The producer proposed to have a meal together, Gu Chijun left first on the grounds that he had something to do, and the rest of us went to the hotel for a meal, which made me fully understand the amazing drinking capacity of these filmmakers—including Shen Qinyan, I only knew that Shen Qinyan Unexpectedly, he has the ability to stay drunk after a thousand glasses of wine. After several glasses of wine, he still has a calm face and clear eyes. Qiao Xining and Song Yihan also stared at each other like me, the three of us looked at each other, unable to say a word.