If a person, because of some things, can no longer do the work he is good at freely and unrestrainedly, what should he do? When Lu Zhou was taking pictures in the brain department, Xiao Yi had been thinking about it. It’s probably equivalent to not being able to write a song… No, I’ve never been able to write a song as a wimp. It should be said that it’s like the writer has no inspiration, the screenwriter can’t write a play, the director can’t think of the camera language, and the actor can’t find the feeling...
All creations are eaten by God.
If one day, God takes away this survival skill, the dazzling halo of genius disappears, and he becomes an ordinary person, an ordinary person in a mediocre world, will he be very painful
Du Mei, Lin Yao, Xiao Yi, and Lu Zhou waited for the doctor's report.
"There is no way," said the doctor. "Need to recuperate and rest."
Lu Zhou knew this was the case. After returning home, he threw away the report and had to accept this reality. And this play was the one that Xiao Yi had the hardest time following. He held up cards for Lu Zhou every day for more than two months, and finally followed the whole play.
He specially went to the editing place to watch it once. It was horrible. At the end of the filming, even the director lost his patience. He felt that Lu Zhou did not perform the role of this play at all, but Lu Zhou seemed to know that this was his last film. In the play, he took it seriously and performed the whole play in a state where he was completely out of state.
Xiao Yi followed the post-production for a week and listened to the lines dubbed by the dubbing teacher. For a moment, he really felt that the dubbing saved the character.
Amazing! The masters invited back with a lot of money are different, and the whole character is reborn immediately, becoming different from others!
Xiao Yi wanted Lu Zhou to try to be a voice actor, and even inquired about the salary, and finally felt that it was impossible, and the gap was too great.
The TV series can’t be filmed, and the movie can’t be filmed either. Du Mei doesn’t call Lu Zhou anymore, and just let it go for now. Xiao Yi went to the company a few times. The Spring Festival is coming soon. Du Mei said that there is no drama for the time being. , No need to come, so Xiao Yi stayed at home with Lu Zhou for recovery.
It was a feeling of being helpless. The winter of that year was very cold, and the two of them didn't want to go anywhere. Lu Zhou didn't talk all day long, and just watched the dishes at home. Xiao Yi tried a few times and saw that Lu Zhou was I was really not in the mood, so I didn't dare to tease him casually.
When your girlfriend is in a bad mood, just stay with her, don't talk, it will be annoying.
So Xiao Yi goes online every day, looking for a solution to Lu Zhou's memory disorder, and ponders hard to see if there is any alternative solution so that he can continue filming. During the period, I found a Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion company, and took Lu Zhou to see it, but it didn't work.
"Brother Zhou." Xiao Yi said, "Where are you going for the Chinese New Year?"
Lu Zhou said: "My mother came back to China to visit me, so you can go home instead of staying in Beijing."
Xiao Yi said: "When will she come back?"
"Twenty-eight." Lu Zhou pressed the remote control with a bored expression.
Xiao Yi suddenly found that the number of calls to Lu Zhou has decreased a lot recently. It seems that those friends have asked Lu Zhou out to play, maybe they want him to rest quietly, maybe...
There was a revelation on Tianya, which said that Lu Zhou's concussion caused sequelae, he couldn't remember his lines, and he could no longer film.
This revelation immediately triggered another round of fights, but within three days, it gradually sank to the bottom.
"Are you still leaving?" Lu Zhou said.
"Ah?" Xiao Yi said, "Isn't your mother coming back? Let me see if there is anything I can help..."
"Go home and reunite." Lu Zhou said impatiently, "What are you doing here? Getting in the way."
Xiao Yi: "..."
Xiao Yi was so abused by these words that his heart was broken in an instant. Before Lu Zhou scolded him and yelled at him, Xiao Yi would not be angry no matter what, but when Lu Zhou said it in such a flat tone, it felt like I really hate him, I think he is in the way.
That's right, when other people's mother and child are reunited, what am I doing here to get in the way.
Xiao Yi booked a full-price air ticket that day like a divorced daughter-in-law. Before leaving, he said, "Brother Zhou, I'm leaving."
"Well." Lu Zhou replied, "Be careful on the road."
Xiao Yi was in a bad mood at the beginning. When he heard this sentence, he suddenly felt that Lu Zhou still cared about him. Although he didn't know what to do, his male god was always admired by everyone. Role model and object, his experience from his debut to now is so inspirational that Xiao Yi feels that there should be nothing in this world that can defeat him.
Lu Zhou already has enough money. If he no longer acts and wants to start a company, Xiao Yi can work as his secretary. Being in the film and television industry is very tiring, and he is not the one who makes the most money. It is better to do business to make money. Xiao Yi never said what would Lu Zhou do if he didn't make a movie. Lu Zhou must have thought about this question more than once, so he didn't need to talk about it.
Xiao Yi checked the balance of the card in the cash machine on the street, and there was a year-end of 60,000 yuan in it.
Adding his monthly salary in this way, he has received an annual salary of 140,000 yuan after tax from Lu Zhou this year. Xiao Yi is very happy. After removing his random expenses for a year, he still has 100,000 yuan, which can buy a piece of Lu Zhou. The windbreaker Zhou wore...
He wanted to go back and talk to Lu Zhou, thank him, and tell him that he would always be with him in the future, whether he acted or not, as long as he didn't dislike himself.
So Xiao Yi dragged the box back, and when he passed outside the garden, he heard music inside, so he looked around curiously.
He looked in across the garden and saw Lu Zhou sitting on the sofa with his back to the floor-to-ceiling windows.
On the projection screen is the MV that Xiao Yi edited for him.
Lu Zhou leaned on the sofa and sang along to the voice in the MV.
"Even if the butterfly can't fly... Canghai, no one has the heart to blame..." Lu Zhou sang slowly.
Xiao Yi didn't go in, dragged the box, and left Lu Zhou's house.
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During this Spring Festival, Xiao Yi only went back for five days. He sent WeChat messages to Lu Zhou at the bustling and noisy train station, asking this and that. When he was thirty, Xiao’s father and mother asked him what his plans were. , Xiao Yi said optimistically that Lu Zhou might change careers, but he would still follow him.
Xiao's father always wanted Xiao Yi to go home. He is already a big man, and he will be twenty-seven after the new year. Xiao Yi has been with Lu Zhou for more than a year. Xiao's father always wants his son to get married quickly.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Xiao Yi called Lu Zhou.
"Brother Zhou, happy new year." Xiao Yi said.
"Happy New Year." Lu Zhou said, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yi said: "I just had dinner with my parents, and I miss you, how about you? Say hello to your mother for me."
"Well." Lu Zhou said, "Say hello to your parents for me too."
Lu Zhou was a bit noisy. Hearing his voice, Xiao Yi felt that Lu Zhou seemed to be in a better mood, so he said, "I'll be back on the second day of the new year."
"There's no rush." Lu Zhou said, "You should stay at home for a few more days to celebrate the New Year. It's not easy to go home once."
Xiao Yi left the living room, returned to the room, took a beer, leaned against the railing of the balcony, drank while watching the fireworks on the square in the distance, and said to Mai on the earphone line, "Where are you? Are you at home?"
Lu Zhou said: "Outside, wait a moment."
Lu Zhou also fell silent.
Lu Zhou was alone, standing outside the crowd in front of Lama Temple, wearing a thick windbreaker and scarf, with his hat pulled down to cover his eyebrows, holding an incense stick in one hand, pointing obliquely to the ground, and holding a mobile phone in the other hand, covering his eyes. In front of the ear, with a cigarette in his mouth.
Not far away, a girl looked at the tall Lu Zhou from a distance.
On Lu Zhou's mobile phone, the Q-version doll pendant hangs down and dangles.
Xiao Yi said, "Brother Zhou, I'm a little worried about you."
Lu Zhou said: "I know, don't worry, come back after the new year?"
Xiao Yi said: "Of course, how could you not come back?"
"I've already thought about it." After Xiao Yi drank his beer, it was a bit cold outside, so he shrank and closed the door, lay down on the bed, looked at the dazzling yellow lights on the ceiling with his slightly drunk eyes, and said to Lu Zhou , "No matter what you plan, I will follow you."
Lu Zhou smiled and didn't speak. Although he didn't make a sound, Xiao Yi knew that he was laughing. It was purely because they got along day and night. How Lu Zhou reacted on the other end of the phone at this time could be known by his intuition alone.
"But I want to know, Brother Zhou." Xiao Yi said, "What are your plans for the next year, whether you want to continue filming or switch to investing in business, can you tell me?"
Xiao Yi knows that many movie stars change careers. They are tired from filming and their bodies can't stand it when they get older. After earning enough money, most of them will change to invest in other industries to ensure that they will not starve to death. There are also those who have become big in some fields. Lu Zhou is the kind of person who plans for a rainy day. Xiao Yi is not worried at all that he will not survive.
After the aura of star fades away, each of us is an ordinary person.
"Let's talk about it when you come back." Lu Zhou said.
"Okay." Xiao Yi knew that Lu Zhou didn't really want to discuss this issue.
Lu Zhou was silent for a moment, Xiao Yi thought that Lu Zhou wanted to hang up the phone, but Lu Zhou said: "Xiao Yi, don't you not like to listen to something Brother Zhou has to say."
Xiao Yi said, "Huh?"
Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "You are stupid."
Xiao Yi: "..."
"I'm stupid." Xiao Yi said with a smile, "Everyone says I'm stupid."
Lu Zhou said again: "Forget it, it's good to be stupid. You don't need to be too smart. That's fine. Happy New Year."
Lu Zhou hung up the phone and counted down to twelve o'clock. The firecrackers outside were set off earth-shatteringly, and the fireworks rose into the sky.
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On the second day of the new year, Lu Zhou put his doll in the passenger seat and drove to the company. Lu Zhou was driving, and Lu Zhou's doll was sitting in the passenger seat, with his head leaning against the car window. The doll with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked at the busy crowd on the road. The eyes made of bright crystals reflected the hustle and bustle of Beijing, and the yellow smoke filled the sky. smog world.
As soon as Xiao Yi got off the plane, he received a text message from Du Mei, asking him to come to the company first before returning to Beijing.
Xiao Yi went back to the company first, and saw Wu Henggu talking with someone standing in the corridor, so he greeted Wu Henggu, and Wu Henggu didn't look sideways.
"Golden Mouse Flying Cat" was released during the Spring Festival, and the ratings broke 2%. In an instant, Wu Henggu became popular, and everyone on Weibo and Tianya were discussing him. Xiao Yi thought, Wu Henggu finally made it through In the past, Lu Zhou and Li Changzheng's fans chased and pinched him every day, but in the end it was Lu Zhou's fate that made him, if it wasn't because Lu Zhou almost fell and became disabled, Wu Henggu was still playing his supporting role at this time.
Xiao Yi thought Wu Henggu didn't see it, so he greeted him with a smile.
Xiao Yi: "Wudi!"
Wu Henggu glanced at him sideways, with such an expression on his face, Xiao Yi became irritable in an instant, and roared in his heart that you are pulling your hair!
"Xiao Yi." Hearing his voice, Lin Yao opened the door and beckoned him in.
Xiao Yi dragged the box in, Du Mei was on the phone, saw Xiao Yi coming, and finished speaking in two or three sentences.
"Lu Zhou terminated the contract with the company and went to Canada to recuperate." Du Mei said.
Xiao Yi didn't expect that he would have such a day when he was kicked out by the midfielder. He was really stunned in front of Du Mei, unable to say a word for a long time. If life is a play, then in this scene, the director's shots must all be shot on Xiao Yi's face, accompanied by Du Mei's voice-over .
His expression changed from shock to bewilderment, tears welled up in a flash, and there was only one sentence that rang repeatedly in his mind—how could this be? how so…
Subconsciously, he thought that Du Mei was joking with him, but no, Du Mei's voice was sometimes far away and then near, making Xiao Yi feel that the whole world had completely abandoned him.
"Before he left, Lu Zhou said, let you stay in the company for development. I signed you for three years in the name of a personal assistant. You have been with him for a year and a half. Now I will raise your salary to 20,000 yuan. For the next year and a half, you can just follow the company's arrangement... If you want to stay, let's talk about the details."
"Let me keep the keys of his house..."
"..."
The office fell silent, Xiao Yi got up and opened the door to go out, passed by Wu Henggu who was talking impatiently with his manager, opened the door of the safe passage, sat on the stairs, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and choked up silently.
After a while, Lin Yao opened the door and came in, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, I know you don't want to part with Lu Zhou, but no matter what, you have to keep working, right?"
Xiao Yi cried so much that his whole body trembled, he didn't have any mental preparation at all, he left as soon as he said he would, and when he came back, he was already gone.
That afternoon, Lin Yao took Xiao Yi away to move.
After Xiao Yi left, Lu Zhou came from the office next door, and Du Mei was sorting out the contract.
Dumei said: "I still hope you stay in the company."
"Let's talk about it later." Lu Zhou said in a deep voice.
Du Mei asked, "Are you really planning to go to Canada?"
"No." Lu Zhou replied, "Just stay at home, rest and relax. There are many things that need time to think clearly. After so many years of acting, I am too tired to rush up in one breath."
Lu Zhou wanted to sign, but Du Mei said, "Wait, I know you've thought clearly, but I still have a few words to tell you, Lu Zhou, you'd better think again."
Lu Zhou paused for a while, but did not change his mind. He signed it and said, "Where's the key to my house?"
Du Mei gave him the key and said, "If you don't act, you can also be a production director or producer. What can't you do? The company is short of people. You have been with the crew for so many years and acted in so many plays. Even if you are a director, No one else will say anything about you."
"I just want to act, and I can only act." Lu Zhou put away the keys, leaned on the swivel chair, sighed, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Du, you were the one who brought me out when I was poor. "
"Your hard work over the years." Du Mei said, "I can also see it, and you have helped the company a lot."
"Yes." Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "It's easy to get together and leave, so let's do this first."
Du Mei said again: "The mentality has been adjusted, remember to come back at any time, don't forget that we didn't hit it off, just let you take a long-term sick leave."
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Goodbye, Mr. Du. You can call me anytime if you need anything. I will try my best to help you if you can. You should take care of Xiao Yi's affairs. That kid is good and talented."
"Okay." Du Mei said.
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Xiao Yi moved into a newly rented house, which is a co-housing. Apart from Xiao Yi, there are two newcomers signed by the company, both of whom are much younger than Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi moved his luggage with red eyes, and all the things that had been thrown in the company's warehouse for more than a year were shipped over. Even Lu Zhou's large doll was not forgotten, and it was delivered to the company's warehouse ahead of schedule.
When Xiao Yi came in, he occupied the largest master bedroom in the three bedrooms and one living room. One of the two roommates was called OO and the other was called XX. Xiao Yi was not in the mood to find out what their names were. After Lin Yao finished introducing them, Xiao Yi went straight into his left ear and out of his right ear.
Xiao Yi shut himself in the room when he went in, until finally he was so hungry that he came over with a blue face. OOXX was sitting side by side on the sofa watching TV, hurriedly greeted Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi exchanged a few perfunctory greetings, and then came I remembered that these two people were the ones who were said by Lu Zhou to be blind and deaf.
"Ms. Xiao..." OO said, "Are you going to transfer to another unit in the company?"
"Well." Xiao Yi said, "Lu Zhou went to Canada to recuperate. I was free for a year and a half, and the company re-arranged my position."
Xiao Yi glanced at the TV, and it was rebroadcasting "The Flying Cat" by Wu Henggu and Li Changzheng. Wu Henggu was very young, handsome and clean, with the frankness and scorn of a young man, and Lu Zhou's mature, old-fashioned air of having read the world for a long time is different.
Another XX asked again: "Is Teacher Lu still in good health?"
Xiao Yi thought to himself that you must have read the gossip a lot, and you all know that he can't make movies anymore, so why do you ask this? Nodding her head, she replied, "It should be fine when you come back from recuperation."
Wu Henggu and Li Changzheng also acted well in the play. Xiao Yi saw Wu Henggu and Lu Zhou play against each other for the first time, and knew that Wu Henggu was different from other newcomers. He could cooperate with the seniors in a scene In the play, the lines and emotions are passed on and off. He is very cooperative and pays attention to the reactions of others, unlike Lu Zhou who takes the whole scene around him. Lu Zhou's control ability is strong, and Wu Henggu's coordination ability is also strong.
Lu Zhou is the master controller in the TV series, and Wu Henggu is the builder of a scene.
"Senior brother Wu Henggu can play against the actor." OO said, "The opportunity is too rare."
Xiao Yi nodded, looked at Wu Henggu for a while, and said, "Can I change the channel?"
"Anything you want." The two newcomers hurriedly said.
Xiao Yi changed several channels, but couldn't find Lu Zhou's play, so he switched back and continued to watch "Chingoma Mouse Flying to the Sky". It was Wu Henggu who cooperated with Li Long March. But it is still a dual-male lead model. Xiao Yi has a hunch that Wu Henggu is twenty-three this year, and he will be popular for at least seven years when he plays Xiaosheng until he reaches thirty.
Dumei signed him for ten years, and he is indeed very discerning.
In the entertainment circle, the feng shui turns, and I will appear on stage after you sing.
The takeaway came, Xiao Yi had eaten the takeaway, went back to the room, went to watch the TV series that Lu Zhou had acted in, and found his first movie, in the ending, Zhang Shun stood at the bow of the boat and walked away slowly, The reed flowers are all over the sky, and there is no sound.
Lu Zhou just left without leaving a phone number. Xiao Yi wanted to call him, but Du Mei didn't have Lu Zhou's phone number.
"You can contact him when you become popular," Du Mei said.
Xiao Yi: "..."
Du Mei said: "Tell me what you think, Xiao Yi, your current situation gives me a headache..."
Xiao Yi said: "In the remaining one and a half years, I will do my best for the company, but I may...not renew the contract."
Lin Yao said: "Lu Zhou also said before that your family asked you to go back to save some money and go back to your hometown to get married and live, right?"
"Well..." Xiao Yi replied, "No, I have my goal, but I won't jump to a rival company or something. Mr. Du can rest assured that by then, I may not be in this business anymore."
Du Mei was silent, but Lin Yao suddenly laughed.
Xiao Yi didn't tell them that he wanted to finish his work and go to Canada to find Lu Zhou after completing the time limit on the contract. As long as he wanted to find someone, he could always find him. Maybe by that time, Lu Zhou would no longer be Many people's male god, but still his male god.
After finding Lu Zhou, Xiao Yi will tell him what he thinks, just like chasing his girlfriend before, and then... let's obey fate.
"Laughing... what are you laughing at?" Xiao Yi looked at Lin Yao strangely.
Lin Yao said, "I still remember the day you first came to the company."
"Well." Du Mei said, "It's changed a lot. At first I wanted Lu Zhou to take you with me. I thought you could learn from each other. Now you really have changed."
"Really?" Xiao Yi also realized that a year and a half ago, when he moved out of that small rental house, he hardly knew what he was going to do, and the future was also clouded.
Maybe this is the power of love, it makes people find motivation, and then with the disillusionment and failure of love, everything disappears for it, and they go back to being dicks, and then go after an illusory love object, and then disillusionment and failure...
Xiao Yi thought to himself, when I was a student, I used to be the male god of many people.
Xiao Yi thought for a while, and said: "Do you need me to be a manager to bring newcomers? Or do some creation..."
Du Mei thought for a while and said, "Manager..."
Du Mei was obviously a little hesitant, Lin Yao said: "Xiao Yi, would you like to do the company a favor and go to the draft? You have participated in the draft. I heard from Lu Zhou before that you have passed the audition. Saili was eliminated."
"Help the company?" Xiao Yi said.
"Last week, I had a meal with the head of the program team of "The Voice of the Cock"." Lin Yao said, "This season, the director wants to skip the audition and have a mixed competition. We have cooperative relations with Juhua and Qunxing. Now the company is gradually getting on the right track, and I want to push some newcomers."
"Do you want me to take them to the draft?" Xiao Yi said.
Du Mei said, "Forget it, Lin Yao."
Lin Yao said, "I'll let you participate in the draft."
Xiao Yi said: "But I don't want to be in the entertainment circle anymore..."
Lin Yao said: "When it comes to the semi-finals, let the program group arrange for you to compete with people from our company, and then we'll see...you can retire."
Xiao Yi said: "Yes."
Xiao Yi said to Du Mei: "Of course I can, but I don't know if I can make it to the semi-finals."
Du Mei said, "Is it really possible?"
"Of course." Xiao Yi said, "I was also asked in "Best Boy" before, that if I want to enter the finals, I have to sign a ten-year contract and pay half a million sponsorship fees..."
Du Mei misunderstood Xiao Yi's meaning and said, "You don't need to pay for this, the company will take care of it."
"Okay." Xiao Yi replied.
Lin Yao said: "But if you withdraw from the competition, you must listen to the company's arrangements. You can't be in the entertainment industry anymore, and you can't sign with other companies. It's okay to sing occasionally, and you can't participate in public commercial performances. If you want to participate in commercial performances, you have to sign back to the company first."
"No problem." Xiao Yi said.
Xiao Yi didn't really want to argue about these things. After being with Lu Zhou for so long, he gradually felt that being in the entertainment industry is not very interesting. In the final analysis, everything is money. Selling records is for money, attending events is for money, everything is money, all personal elements of stars will be converted into ratings, box office and other worth.
So Lin Yao started to make arrangements, and Du Mei asked Xiao Yi to go back to rest, adjust his state, and meet the newcomers in a few days. Those from the same company will go to the competition together.
Xiao Yi returned home, hugged Lu Zhou's doll, touched its head, and carefully kissed it on the mouth, took its hand, and found that the ring was gone.
Xiao Yi searched for a long time, and suspected that it was lost, or maybe Lu Zhou didn't notice the ring when he hugged it. Although it was very expensive, he had to forget it.
"Brother Zhou..." Xiao Yi turned over, put the doll's long legs between his feet, let it press on him, and said to himself, "Why did you leave without saying hello? Yes? Are you afraid that I will pester you?"
At the same time, Lu Zhou sneezed at home.
The phone rang, and Lu Zhou answered it, saying, "I don't want to go out recently."
"It's said outside that you can't act anymore." Zheng Xiaocong said, "It can't be true."
Lu Zhou said: "Don't mention this again, it's annoying."
Zheng Xiaocong said: "I got someone to find out what happened last time. Do you know how you fell down?"
Lu Zhou said: "Say."
"It's Sister Li that others want to fuck." Zheng Xiaocong said, "Guess who wants to fuck him?"
Lu Zhou didn't speak, Zheng Xiaocong said again: "Wu Henggu's manager in your company used to be from Huile Company, and Li Changzheng quit Huile before, and he completely turned against Huile."
"Damn it." Lu Zhou said, "That kid Wu Henggu did it?"
"I don't know who." Zheng Xiaocong said, "I guess Wu Henggu is not that bold, but his agent may kill two birds with one stone, not only disabling Li Changzheng, but also allowing Wu Henggu to replace Zhan Zhao."
"This son of a bitch has made me miserable!" Lu Zhou said, "Career and love are all gone overnight!"
Zheng Xiaocong said again: "I'll ask someone to introduce you to another company. I don't think Du Mei is a very good person. You are in your thirties, and you are still asked to take part in youth idol dramas all day long."
"Let's talk about it." Lu Zhou said, "Du Mei and my mother have known each other for so many years, and they are elders. She still takes good care of me. There are pros and cons. Without her, I would not be able to be praised."
Zheng Xiaocong asked again: "Did your little rabbit follow you?"
Lu Zhou: "No, I asked Du Mei to arrange for him to develop, and let him do it himself."
"Come out to play?" Zheng Xiaocong said.
Lu Zhou: "In a few days, I'm not in the mood recently."
Lu Zhou hung up the phone and sat quietly at home, as if Xiao Yi would come down from upstairs and ask Brother Zhou if you eat fruit, or if you browse Taobao, or roll around on the floor in a funny way, like a Like a bug, it squirmed onto the sofa and sang a few lines loudly.
Lu Zhou smiled, shook his head, sighed, picked up his phone, and looked through WeChat. The circle of friends already knew that he and Du Mei had terminated the contract, and they sent messages to comfort him, asking if he had any plans for the next step , Lu Zhou did not return, leaning on the sofa facing the French windows, looking out of the window, the French windows are like a big screen, Madonna's wanton voice is played in the record player, and heavy snow is falling outside the window.