The audience in the theater, including Shu Payen, were worried about Zhang Yuqin. She was losing weight at a visible rate, and her eyes were losing vitality bit by bit.
In fact, everyone could guess that Zhuzhu disappeared because she had met with an accident, but facing this woman who seemed to have had her life dug out, the audience felt a little bit of pity.
Shu Payen was somewhat surprised at the pity that arose in his heart. Rationally speaking, he knew very clearly that he was sitting in a movie theater, watching Zhao Rang's new work.
But emotionally speaking, he seemed to have merged into a whole new world. Jiang Se's performance aroused his emotions and made him feel worried and afraid for the characters in the play.
He could feel Zhang Yuqin's anxiety and fear, this kind of empathy with the protagonist, after watching movies for many years, Shu Payen rarely had this feeling.
On the one hand, he had a bad premonition, but on the other hand, like Zhang Yuqin, he still held a subtle hope. Zhao Rang slowly made the content of the movie closer to the direction of the title.
Zhang Yuqin became thinner and thinner. As time passed, Zhuzhu was still nowhere to be seen. It was as if she had disappeared from this world out of thin air.
There are so many cases in the police station and many people disappear every day. The disappearance of Zhuzhu does not attract anyone's attention at all. At most, people who are familiar with her sigh when they mention this girl. The one who is most hurt is her mother who is connected to her by blood.
Zhang Yuqin has become emaciated. She used to be somewhat pretty, but now in the movie she is so thin that she looks like a skeleton with skin and bones covering it.
Fate did not pity her because of this. After her daughter disappeared, she could not find her whereabouts for a long time. When she went back to look for her daughter again, she found that her husband had changed the door lock of the house and had a new girlfriend.
The neighbors around her pointed fingers at her, as if everyone's life was moving on, but she was the only one who was still stuck in the nightmare of the past, unable to wake up.
Up to now in the film, Liu Ye has not appeared, but Jiang Se's performance alone is enough to support the whole drama. At least so far, Shu Peien even feels that Jiang Se's acting skills are far more than he had previously expected.
Her rivalry with Wei Zuo, who plays her husband, is very interesting. In the sunlight, the former couple walk into the house one after another. The husband's shadow is very long, but it cannot cover Zhang Yuqin's shadow.
When the door lock creaked open, the awkwardness and embarrassment on Wei Zuo's face seemed a little deliberate in front of Zhang Yuqin, who seemed like a wandering soul.
It seemed as if the sun could never shine into this gloomy house. Although it was bright outside, the faces of the two people in the house were all shadows cast by their eyebrows and eyes.
A man should be strong and upright, but when compared with Zhang Yuqin who lost her daughter, even if he stood his back straight, he could not hide the cowardice and escapism in his bones.
He was eager to sever all ties with the past, to separate himself from past misfortunes, and couldn't wait to start a new life without having to be involved with anything in the past.
However, Jiang Se's performance surprised Shu Peien. The expression on her face when she took away Zhuzhu's things, her forbearance when she mentioned her daughter, and her determination to find her daughter were all integrated with the character of Zhang Yuqin, and were not just a simple form.
At this moment, even though Shu Payen knew clearly that Jiang Se was still young and had never given birth, he could clearly see the fortitude and belief that a mother should have in Jiang Se.
This scene of the film was frozen in his mind, and he relived it again and again.
Jiang Se's performance here alone was enough to make his trip here worthwhile.
Zhang Yuqin is still searching for her daughter day after day. Her efforts have paid off. The police station received a report from the public that something seemed to have been discovered outside a factory in the west of the city.
The police rushed over. The provincial capital was not big and news spread quickly. When Zhang Yuqin heard the noise, he also rushed towards the factory.
The environment there was terrible, with flies flying everywhere. As the news leaked, even though the police had cordoned off the scene in time, there were still many onlookers who gathered around.
The camera fell to a corner where a pile of rocks had been dug up, revealing a large package inside.
The package was covered in sewage and mud. From the disgust on the faces of the onlookers and their urge to cover their noses, coupled with the dirty environment of the movie, it seemed as if the audience could also feel the terrible stench coming from the package.
The forensic doctor opened the package, revealing a body that had been rotted beyond recognition.
From the conversation between the forensic doctor and the police, the audience easily understood the environment nearby. This area is full of factories and is far away from the city center. Usually, few people walk around here. Most of the people living nearby are workers who work in the factory or are retired.
Several factories here are dyeing and weaving factories. In recent years, with the establishment of more and larger factories with newer equipment, the business of these factories has been very depressed.
The body was found under the factory's sewage pipe. If there hadn't been a problem with the sewage pipe this time, no one would have come here and accidentally discovered the body during the inspection.
People around were talking about it, and Zhao Rang explained the details of this part clearly through the mouths of the police and onlookers. It was not cumbersome or dragged out, and even the onlookers and the harsh environment helped to drive the plot forward.
At this time, Shu Payen finally found Liu Ye standing in the crowd, wearing a white round-neck T-shirt that had been washed and worn.
The moment he appeared, Shu Payen didn't even realize that it was Liu Ye who came out. He was so inconspicuous.
With his plump figure, protruding belly, gray hair, wrinkles on his eyelids and cheeks, and his hands folded, he looked no different from the onlookers around him, or even more ordinary than them.
It can be said that at this time Liu Ye was like an old spectator who loved to watch the fun, without any outstanding qualities at all.
But it was precisely because of this that Shu Pain was shocked after his trance.
He shouldn't be lost in the crowd without any bright spots. A star like Liu Ye, who has debuted for many years, should know how to show himself among the masses and let the audience discover him as soon as possible.
This is the instinct of stars and actors, and it can also be said to be one of their halos, but Liu Ye at this moment was too ordinary, and Shu Payen could not connect him with the person who had greeted him at the entrance of the cinema before.
Thinking back to the drama "The Devil", Zhao Rang claimed that it was Liu Ye's transformation work. Could it be that the key point lies here
After the movie had been running for nearly forty minutes, the male and female protagonists in the movie were finally summarized in one shot.
Shu Payen perked up all of a sudden. He was very excited about Liu Ye's transformation. It was obvious that Liu Ye was a very professional actor. He could hide himself in the crowd, which was a considerable skill.
And Jiang Se's previous performance also unusually irritated Shu Payne.
In a movie, when the female lead loses weight to a mere skinny for a role, and the male lead lets himself get fat, the two's rivalry is undoubtedly very exciting. (To be continued)