Just because of Xia Xiqing's reply in the comment area, Zhou Ziheng floated for a week. Every day when there is nothing to do, he smirks at Xia Xiqing and does strange things.
One day, Xia Xiqingwo was watching a movie in Zhou Ziheng’s bedroom. He heard movement downstairs and found that Zhou Ziheng and Zhao Ke were carrying two large cardboard boxes. Everyone hesitated.
"What are you holding in your hands? Let me help you."
"Hey, no need," Zhou Ziheng smiled dryly, kicked Zhao Ke's leg with his foot, "Let's go to the rooftop."
"Is there a key on the rooftop?" Xia Xiqing frowned suspiciously.
Zhou Ziheng nodded, "I asked for the property yesterday." After speaking, the two of them hummed and carried the box upstairs.
Xia Xiqing glanced at the English on the box as he passed by.
I always feel a bit familiar, but I can't remember it for a while. It wasn't until before going to bed at night that Xia Xiqing remembered that he seemed to have seen a similar paper box with Xia Zhixu's brother before, but his brother installed an astronomical CCD, photography equipment.
What did Zhou Ziheng do with that thing.
It is not surprising to think about it. Brother Xia Zhixu studied astrophysics and Zhou Ziheng studied physics. It is normal for two people to have the same interests and hobbies.
The selection of "Tracking" into the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival was not publicly promoted at the beginning. It was not until the official announcement of the list of entries in early December. The official Weibo of "Tracking" film was officially announced, and the schedule was announced until the opening of the Berlin Film Festival. That day.
[@电影追官方微博: The movie "Tracking" directed by 昆城@城城城子, Zhou Ziheng@Actor周自珩, Xia Xiqing@Tsing_Summer will be changed on February 3rd! The "Destiny Edition" 1 minute 30 second preview is officially released. Life is like an ant, fighting for life! ]
During the post-production period, Kuncheng and the production team also called Xia Xiqing several times and asked him for advice from the perspective of art. However, Xia Xiqing is not a professional film art director, and he has refused to resign, but Kuncheng insisted.
"Your identity is special. You are not only a painter, but you are Jiang Tong in the play. We need to show the world in his eyes from Jiang Tong's perspective."
Xia Xiqing understood the meaning of Kuncheng at once. What he needed was to use fine art techniques to restore the world that Jiang Tong saw as much as possible in the eyes of the audience. This world of fiery flames and flowers, but also cruel.
On the day that the announcement came out, Xia Xiqing was also very nervous. This nervousness was almost comparable to that of his first participation in an auction of his paintings. Unlike painting, this movie uses himself as a complete person to interpret a soul that is very similar to him. This kind of creation is extremely rare for him, and he may never have a second time.
So even though he had been involved in the whole process of shooting, the moment he saw the preview, his heart was still slightly shaken.
Because it is the first trailer, only one minute and thirty seconds, the content and plot that can be told are very limited. The opening scene is the scene of Gao Kun, played by Zhou Ziheng, sitting in the crowded and run-down small clinic. The close-up shots quickly switch between the two faces, a red-haired Gao Kun all over his body, and a doctor with naked eyes and disdain.
"Don't you say what disease I am?"
"Why, I still want to be terminally ill."
The door of the clinic slammed shut, and the walls were covered with graffiti, and small advertisements like cowhide moss stuck to it, interlaced with the scarlet paint printing of the fake certificate, and covered each other like people who had done ugly things.
There is only a pair of legs walking along the muddy narrow alley in the lens. The black jeans are splashed with mud spots. The elongated lens shows the chaotic and decaying ant nest community, with all kinds of people from the bottom of society passing through. A ten-second shot is like the epitome of the lowest order of life, with verbal abuse mixed with shouts for children to go back to eat, shouting and selling the piercing whistle that crowds the culvert. But these are just background sounds, the real voice-over is accompanied by those legs that keep moving forward.
[Your mother ran away when she gave birth. She was tricked into giving birth! ]
[There are dog things for mothers but not mothers. ]
[My father is also dead, and another grandma died, and all lived together, one nemesis. ]
[What are you doing in the city! Are you an adult? I don't dare to use child labor, keep rolling, don't delay Lao Tzu's business! ]
[Hey, why can't you survive? What kind of grandma? Save yourself these years. ]
[Have the ability to go to the big hospital! Poor and sick for a lifetime! ]
Those voices are getting louder and louder and noisier, mixing together like countless out-of-control machines, and finally turning to silence under a burst of harsh noise.
The picture is completely black, and gasping sounds can be heard in the dark.
"I have AIDS." There was a brief calm in the voice.
When the picture lights up again, it is the picture of Gao Kun smashing the iron door of Along's rental house with a loud bang, and Gao Kun's distorted and hideous face is revealed in the gap between the railings.
"AIDS! Did you know?!"
Under the effect of montage, the green wall outside the iron gate gradually becomes a convenience store at night covered with green filters.
Gao Kun, who had cut his palm, smeared scarlet blood randomly on the shelves of the convenience store. His legs wandered like a lonely soul, until he walked with the blood to the last row of shelves near the warehouse, facing another pair of steps, and opened the glue. The white sneakers that were brushed clean and the gray convenience store uniform pants were rubbed off.
Only the lower part of the camera was shot. The person in uniform released his hand, and the box he was holding fell to the ground, sprinkling colorful lollipops on the floor.
The orange lollipop changed again and turned into an orange sunset. In the shadow reflected on the wall, a weak voice curled up on the ground, and was beaten to the point that he couldn't stand up.
The sound of music suddenly speeds up, and the two images begin to intersect, and the same is the tracking perspective. One is the thin figure following in the dark, and the other is the limp figure following the road in the setting sun. The picture repeatedly flickers from midnight and twilight. Switch, and finally become two close faces in the excitement of music.
The screen flickered, and Gao Kun pinched a person's neck fiercely, his veins violently burst, even his voice gritted his teeth.
"I can't die silently..."
At the end of this sentence, the picture went off suddenly.
Drops of blood appeared in the black screen, and gradually turned into the words tracing, but the blood faded again and again, and the light and shadow intertwined, just like the sunset light from the gaps of black paper-cuts.
The picture was cut, all the background music disappeared, leaving only a frightening silence.
In the camera is Jiang Tong standing empty with his hands, his pupils flickering, his face is pale, his mouth is open, and he wants to speak but finds that he can't make a sound, his hands are empty, and his feet are all scattered lollipops.
A lollipop rolled to the feet of the person standing opposite, he picked up the candy with a hand full of blood, and handed it to Jiang Tong.
The last shot is a close-up of Gao Kun.
He wiped his face with a bleeding hand, and smiled at Jiang Tong, or the audience.
Sinister, twisted, terrible. A desperate smile.
The screen is completely black again, and the main creator list appears on the screen. The last line in the trailer was in my ears, and his voice was trembling, but it was hard to admit defeat.
"Fate is cheap... Should you die?"
Although he had seen all the shots, this first announcement still shocked Xia Xiqing, especially Gao Kun’s last laugh, which was the first time he met Jiang when his mentality was completely collapsed. Tong.
Xia Xiqing was pleasantly surprised that in terms of art, the director did indeed adopt his suggestion. The color tone in the trailer is different from the dark, dark and hard tones used in many previous reality films. They are some very rich or even viscous colors with high saturation and low brightness. set up.
Moss-like damp emerald green walls, bright red sticky blood, light green filters late at night in convenience stores, mint-colored culverts, orange-red lollipops and the setting sun in the syrup slices.
"In Jiang Tong's eyes, the world is both good and rotten. He wants to survive because of this. And he likes to paint. For such a person who loves art in his bones, the rotten world is rotten in his eyes. beautiful."
This is the original words of Xia Xiqing, how wonderful it is to reproduce the image through an entire production team.
Once the notice was released, it was heatedly discussed by netizens. Not to mention, the traffic of these two protagonists is almost unmatched at the moment, but they are different from the traditional traffic. One of them is a 20-generation national actor who has been acting for more than ten years. There are almost no bad movies in the leading role. , It’s rare not to go to art academies to enter the prestigious schools by virtue of their skills.
The other is even more legendary. He became famous overnight. In fact, he was a painter who created oil paintings at an auction price of 800,000 at the age of fifteen. After coming out of the closet, he almost became a pioneer of the LGBT community.
These two people get together, together with a new director who has won awards abroad for many independent films, and many sensitive themes, it is difficult not to be discussed by the public.
[@自习给我冲: An Alpha who doesn't want to be a physicist is not a good actor. ]
[@饭最甜的CP: A beauty attack who doesn't want to be a good actor is not a good painter. ]
[@假智慧: Oh my god, the last laugh made me get goose bumps, I swear I’m not a Zhou fan! ]
[@我是是不得了：Zhou Ziheng should get the prize too, I can smell the nomination after watching the trailer. ]
[@... ? ? ]
[@OHlala: Xia Xiqing is so good-looking... [Indulge in beauty and can't think]]
[@SWood: I don’t watch all the movies with traffic, and the fans control the comments. Aren’t you embarrassed? ]
[@谁先婚谁是狗: I’m going to have big long legs... Zhou Ziheng’s red hair is so handsome, I didn’t recognize it at first sight, and the last laugh was so evil! ]
[@电影小飞侠: From the perspective of the trailer, the production is still very conscientious. Whether it is the camera or the music, you can see the sincerity of the producer, the color is also very special, and the opposite is true. Kind of more beautiful the more miserable feeling. When I heard the last line, I really got goose bumps. Zhou Ziheng is a top student in the film industry. His consistent good performance will make everyone ignore his efforts. I think this movie may be able to win an award for him. In addition, Xia Xiqing’s last appearance was still very pleasant. He had a lingering upper-class temperament in his previous appearances. He was born with it, but it was worn out in the movie. It fits the movie "Born like an ant". The setting is unexpectedly good. ]
[@我们的我们: Originally not interested, many people mentioned this film about Xia Xiqing’s coming out before, saying that he was promiscuous with AIDS before acting in this film. At the time, I felt that some people’s hearts were really dirty. Look. Now it seems that this movie is really a sincere work. How many people dare to touch this subject? I would also support a movie ticket just for Xia Xiqing's enthusiasm when he came out. ]
Although there are many discordant voices, especially a group of homophobic middle-aged straight male netizens accumulated in the October storm, most of the voices are good. The quality of the trailer is here, and it is hard not to be convinced. .
Xia Xiqing is a person who is unlikely to be swayed by other people's evaluations, but if he is affirmed, everyone will feel moved.
It is a lucky and happy thing to be a surprise under low expectations.
As the lead creator, Xia Xiqing cooperated to forward the official Weibo notice.
[@Tsing_Summer: I was born a human being, and I was not wrong. ]
If Jiang Tong is played by another actor, this sentence in the forwarding will not cause much discussion, but it happens that it is Xia Xiqing who has experienced the coming out of the closet. This kind of grafted emotional bond makes it easy for everyone to substitute Xia Xiqing’s perspective. , Produces a kind of subtle empathy, so it binds actors and characters even more.
Soon, Zhou Ziheng, who was shooting a perfume advertisement, also reposted Weibo.
[@Actor Zhou Ziheng: Hi Gao Kun, you are not wrong. ]
Xia Xiqing got busy in December. It was precisely because of the previous turmoil on the Internet that the art museum's exposure attracted an explosive flow of visitors. Although most of them have little knowledge of art, there are always better people than deserted ones, and Xia Xiqing is also With a good management attitude, he took good care of the things left by his mother. In this situation, he had to work overtime with the team to meet and make some plans to restrict traffic. At the same time, he also made some special activities for non-professionals. , Similar to art science.
Originally, he thought that these things would not be too busy, but the actual operation is much more troublesome. A person like him who only paints since childhood, now has to learn from the beginning the experience of operation and management. For Friday's art museum activities, Xia Xiqing spent three or four nights, personally selecting the collections to be displayed, and inviting well-known art masters in China to give lectures. Even Zhou Ziheng, who has always been busy with his work, feels distressed.
"Why do you work like this?" Zhou Ziheng put a thick blanket on Xia Xiqing, who was sitting in front of the workbench, and he still modified the design before the case.
Xia Xiqing raised his head and turned his neck, "Do you know why Jiang Tong is so poor, do you still have to pay several rents in that old rental house? He can rent only a single room and live a better life on his own."
This is something outside the script, Zhou Ziheng hesitated for a moment, and suddenly understood.
But he didn't say it. Xia Xiqing just smiled and lowered his head to continue.
Zhou Ziheng hugged him from behind and kissed the top of his head.
Because Jiang Tong wanted to keep the house where he and his mother had lived together.
On Friday, December 21st, at 3pm, the event planned by Xia Xiqing began. As the owner of the art museum, he also attended the event in formal wear. Many fans of Xia Xiqing came down on stage. As he had already explained in advance on the Internet, These fans are also very obedient. They don't have any aids such as hand frames with lights. They are very low-key, not noisy, and very orderly.
Xia Xiqing specially made a flower basket with his own hands and asked fans to put the letters in the basket, but not long after the activity started, the flower basket was already full and couldn't fit anymore.
"Boss, many people have brought gifts, do you accept them?"
Thinking it was the norm in fan circles, Xia Xiqing shook his head, "No gifts will be accepted, letters are fine."
"But there are too many gifts. We put them in the corner of the outer hall at first. Now that corner is a bit too much to pile up..."
"Who made you pile up? I said that it is not allowed to collect." Xia Xiqing, dressed in a black suit, hurriedly walked to the outer hall with his headset in his hand, who knew the other end said again, "It's not the boss," They insist on giving it because..."
"Don't make excuses, I'll..."
"Because they said it was a birthday present for you, and there was a big cake."
Xia Xiqing's footsteps suddenly stopped.
Birthday
He took out his mobile phone sluggishly and unlocked the lock screen, December 21.
It really seems to be his birthday...
I have been too busy and chaotic lately to take care of time. What's more, he has never had a good birthday since the incident happened on his tenth birthday.
Seeing the girls waiting in line at the ticket inspection area, Xia Xiqing's heart was full of complicated emotions. They are very obedient, not noisy, and don't have any support. They only quietly put the letter and stuffed the gift to the staff. Quietly, they didn't even dare to say a happy birthday, for fear of disturbing themselves.
It is a happy thing to be able to reap the love of others at all times.
Xia Xiqing called the assistant, "Go, help me buy as many flowers and pink roses as possible for these girls, one for each person."
The assistant quickly handled the matter. While checking the tickets, he gave the flowers one by one to the fans. Xia Xiqing personally cut the big cake and shared it with everyone.
Soon, the assistant pushed another shelf, covered with dark blue velvet.
"Mr. Xia, this is also a gift for you."
Xia Xiqing didn't have time, and didn't look up, "I'll put it in the outer hall for a while..."
"Would you like to take a look first?"
He raised his head and glanced at the shelf suspiciously. On the shiny velvet under the crystal lamp, there was a card with Happy Birthday written on it.
The moment Xia Xiqing saw the signature, Xia Xiqing was startled.
From: Thief.
He stretched out his hand, a heart pounding, and every time it hit his barren and empty chest, it seemed to resonate with something covered by velvet.
Opening the cover, Xia Xiqing saw an oil painting with a beautiful woman sitting in the middle of the painting.
That was the mother of his painting when he was fifteen years old, and it was also the first painting in his life to be auctioned off.
After ten years of drifting and displacement, he finally returned to him.