Looking at the man in front of him, Chen Shuanghe suddenly shuddered.
"Guest, please come with me."
"…Wait, you're not a guest."
"Fee evasion!! Hahahaha, come on everyone! Someone has evaded the ticket, and finally someone has evaded the ticket!!"
The swarming masked people, the bloody countdown on the screen, and the eyes that suddenly opened on the screen at the end of the countdown.
Like two headlights that suddenly turned on in the dark night, two white lights shot straight and stabbed Chen Shuanghe to close his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the past.
"Is it a dream?" Chen Shuanghe murmured and slowly extended a hand towards Shi Zhongtang.
If this was a dream, his fingers would pass through the mask in front of him, but no, his fingers firmly touched the mask, and the warm and slightly cool texture penetrated into his fingers.
Chen Shuanghe withdrew his hand instantly, and looked at the other party in surprise and vigilance: "Are you for real?"
"What really?"
A woman's voice suddenly sounded behind him, Chen Shuanghe suddenly turned his head, a pale woman with long hair stood behind him and looked at him with a smile.
It is said that one white hides three ugly, but this woman is thin, weak, and lacking in spirit, like someone sketching on the wall with a pencil. She was wiped from this world.
"Mom..." Chen Shuanghe murmured, reaching out to touch her face, moving so carefully that he was afraid that his fingers would pass through her face.
He touched it.
A pale, rough, dehydrated face.
"What's the matter?" The woman in front of him, his mother Chen Hui, wondered, "Why are you crying?"
Chen Shuanghe was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and touched his cheek, it was wet with tears.
"Poor child, is it lonely?" Chen Hui sighed, hugged him and said, "Your dad promised to take us on vacation today, but he changed his mind temporarily... Do you know why?"
She led Chen Shuanghe downstairs. Although it was a villa, the lighting was darker than that of ordinary houses. Looking around, it turned out that the curtains were all drawn. She pulled Chen Shuanghe to sit down on the sofa, then picked up the remote control and pressed it forward, the TV turned on, and Ning Yuren's face appeared on the screen.
"Sicilian Holiday", Ning Yuren and a foreign actor staged an exotic love.
"Because of her." Chen Hui stared at Ning Yuren, but said to her son, "She took your father away again, filming, filming, filming, after this film, and the next film, she was there. , your father will never come back to us."
"Turn off the TV." Shi Zhongtang stood behind the sofa and said to Chen Shuanghe, "Just watch TV occasionally, don't be so addicted to treating actresses on TV as imaginary enemies."
Chen Shuanghe glanced at him, then asked, "Mom, is there anyone else at home today?"
"Who are you talking about?" Chen Hui looked back and saw that Shi Zhongtang was standing in front of her, but she turned a blind eye, looked around, and smiled at Chen Shuanghe, "No one, don't scare me, okay, Let's watch TV together... what are you doing?"
The TV was turned off, and Chen Shuanghe turned back and smiled at her: "Mom, Dad doesn't want you to go on vacation, I'll accompany you."
Chen Hui laughed: "But aren't you going to film?"
As a well-known child star, and a rare child star who did not grow up with disabilities, but instead became more and more beautiful, Chen Shuanghe's recent market is very good, and he has received a lot of dramas one after another before he officially entered the film and television academy. Recently, I even received an ancient costume blockbuster composed entirely of old drama bones, in which he played the role of Qin Shihuang in his youth.
The film "Qin Shi Huang" played a very important role in Chen Shuanghe's life. It not only allowed him to officially transform from a child star to a powerful actor, but also allowed him to form friendships with the seniors who were filming together. His future success, The support of these seniors is indispensable.
"... Stop shooting." Chen Shuanghe took Chen Hui's arm and leaned on her gently, "I'll accompany you."
Chen Hui died on the day that "Qin Shi Huang" was completed. She died alone on the sofa in the living room, without her husband or son. She was accompanied only by the remote control in her hand and Ning Yuren on the TV.
He didn't want this to happen again.
"...But I don't want to go out." Chen Hui slowly turned her head and looked out the window, with a hint of hope in her almost dead eyes, "What if your father comes back? There must be someone at home waiting for him."
"... It's because you've been waiting for him that you can't wait for him." Chen Shuanghe forcibly pulled her up from the sofa, "Occasionally let him wait for you!"
But even when she was traveling, Chen Hui still cared about her family. She didn't even think about traveling abroad. She didn't want to go to places a little farther than when traveling domestically. Tian began to get restless, and kept urging Chen Shuanghe to book a ticket back.
This kind of life lasted for half a year.
Then, Chen Hui became ill.
"Go back, I want to go back." She was on the sickbed, holding Chen Shuanghe's hand, insisting, "Hurry up and book a flight back for me."
Chen Shuanghe felt sad for a while: "No one is waiting for you at home, why are you going back?"
For half a year, Director Chen didn't call her a single time. She called her on her own initiative to report where she was and what she was doing, and then he hung up impatiently.
"Are you going to chat with a woman?" Shi Zhongtang's voice sounded behind him, with a smile on his face, "A woman actually knows everything in her heart, she doesn't need you to explain it to her better, she just needs a little comfort."
For half a year, the man who claimed to be Shi Zhongtang floated beside him like a ghost. Chen Shuanghe was used to turning a blind eye to him. As for the suggestions that Shi Zhongtang kept making for half a year... Out of suspicion of him and the cinema, Chen Shuanghe was one of them. have not been accepted.
"Or..." Chen Shuanghe said to his mother on the sickbed, "you and dad divorce."
Chen Hui froze for a moment, then fell silent.
"It seems that she still has a lot of love for your father." Shi Zhongtang whispered in his ear again, "The reason why a woman can't forget her old love is because she has not met a better new love... Before persuading your mother to divorce, first How about introducing her to a beautiful uncle?"
"...Where's the remote control?" Chen Hui suddenly looked around, her eyes fixed on the remote control on the table, "Give me the remote control."
Chen Shuanghe knew what she wanted to do. She didn't want to give it to her, but she rolled down from the sickbed and crawled over to get the remote control. Out of frustration, Chen Shuanghe had to give it to her.
She really tuned to the channel where Ning Yuren was, then let out a long sigh of relief and leaned on the sick bed, staring blankly at the other person, her withered face making Ning Yuren more charming and beautiful.
"I envy her so much." Chen Hui murmured.
"There's nothing to envy." Chen Shuanghe said irritably, "She is also the scene in front of the stage! Junior high school education, out of wedlock, having children, and raising a family, I don't know how hard she has lived behind the scenes!"
Chen Hui slowly turned her head to look at him: "I am willing to exchange with her."
Chen Shuanghe was dumbfounded.
"I'm willing to use my family background and education in exchange for her acting skills." Chen Hui left a line of tears in the corners of her eyes and wet the pillow, "But even if I give her all this, it still can't be exchanged... I can only rely on you. "
"Rely on me?" Chen Shuanghe asked.
"Well, it's up to you." Chen Hui reached out and touched his face and said softly, "You are different from me, you have acting skills, you are a genius in acting, so please, just be a mother Please, before I die... you must make your father look directly at our mother and son."
Things went round and round, and finally came back to square one.
The last time was after Chen Hui's death, Chen Shuanghe vowed to use his acting skills to crush Ning Yuren, so that Director Chen's eyes returned to him and his mother. Now Chen Hui is not dead, but Chen Shuanghe has walked back to his own. old road.
No, it's not old-fashioned either.
"What did you say?" Chen Shuanghe took the phone and frowned, "I was swiped?"
"Yeah." The agent smiled, "But it doesn't matter, this movie can't be played, let's play it another way, Autumn Entertainment is about to shoot a youth idol drama "You, My Childhood Girl", the director thinks your image is very suitable for it The male protagonist…”
"You of Your Childhood"? I've never heard of it before. It's estimated to be a street movie, or an ordinary idol drama that was forgotten after it was performed. How can it compare to the classic "Qin Shi Huang"? Chen Shuanghe interrupted the agent's words: "Who is the young Shi Huang in "Qin Shi Huang"?"
The agent was silent for a while and said, "Qu Yan."
A banquet? Who is that? Chen Shuanghe thought about it for a long time, but he didn't find this person in the depths of his memory. Is it a new actor who rose up in the six months since he disappeared
"...Actually, he is the one who replaced you and played the role of the young Shi Huang in the TV series "Qin Shi Huang"." The agent explained, "He performed well in it. The important thing is that the old actors who act together like him and recommend him to act in movies. Version."
Although Chen Shuanghe felt a little pity in his heart, he gave up this opportunity himself, so he couldn't blame others, so he said, "Forget it, help me pay attention to other dramas, by the way, I heard that Director Shi is planning to make a film recently. Police and gangster films, help me find out what's going on inside."
He has made many movies and TV series in his life, but there are not many roles worth playing, and even fewer can leave a deep impression on people. Good dramas are always hard to come by, and some of them must be played. The first "Qin Shi Huang", The second "Infernal Affairs", the third "After Juliet".
"Qin Shi Huang" took off the child star's coat and laid the foundation for networking. "The Infernal Affairs" blossomed into talent and became a recognized genius in the industry. "After Juliet's Death" completely made the people of the whole country remember his name. This is the trilogy of Chen Shuanghe's life. It can be said that without these three films, there would be no such person as Chen Shuanghe.
Actors make movies, and movies make actors, and they complement each other and are indispensable.
But half a year later...
"What?" Chen Shuanghe said angrily, "I was brushed again? What's the reason?"
"No way." The agent said helplessly, "Qu Yan agreed to take on this film."
"But doesn't Shi Dao like me more?" Chen Shuanghe asked anxiously.
"Director Shi likes you more... But the upper management of the company likes the banquet more." The agent began to persuade him earnestly, "It really doesn't work, let's play in another film, don't be too picky, you are the only one for the past six months. The film has not been acted, so it’s impossible to continue like this! You can’t be so lazy anymore!”
"Let me think about it..." Chen Shuanghe said perfunctorily and hung up the phone.
The shower was still spraying water, the fog blurred the mirror in front of you, and you could only vaguely see a young and fit body from inside, not like the beautiful boy by the lake in Greek mythology, but like a hunter who could hunt tigers and leopards .
"I'm not slacking off." Chen Shuanghe smiled bitterly, "I'm just preparing for... "Infernal Affairs"."
Half a year of hard work was in vain, the starring is not him.
Even when he wanted to put down his figure and play roles in other TV dramas or movies that would become popular in the future, he was brushed down.
How did that happen
In the summer half a year later, Chen Shuanghe was walking on the street alone, without sunglasses or a mask, but no one came to surround him, took out his notebook and even lifted his clothes to let him sign on himself.
Pedestrians passed him as usual, and no one recognized him.
"Why?" Chen Shuanghe couldn't help muttering to himself, "It's only been half a year..."
In half a year, it's not that he didn't act in a play, but he couldn't get a good show or a good role, why? He passed by the door of a movie theater. There was a huge poster on the door. The four big characters "Infernal Hell" on the poster. Among the old actors was a young face. It was a handsome young man.
Chen Shuanghe stopped in front of the poster and turned to stare at the young man on the poster.
An audience member came out of the movie theater. When passing by him, he snorted, stopped and stared at him for a while, and then smiled: "Dude, you are very similar to the hero of the movie in it."
Chen Shuanghe smiled at him, and the smile was extremely ugly.
"Take a closer look." The audience approached, "Not only does it look alike, but it also looks a bit like it, haha, do you want to go to the imitation show?"
"No." Chen Shuanghe walked around him in embarrassment, passing in front of posters and posters. On the posters was a young man with almost the same style as him, even his appearance. This young man named Qu Yan , is quietly replacing him.
Take the life that originally belonged to him as his own.
The scorching sun hung over his head, making Chen Shuanghe dizzy. He felt that he was about to breathe out, but he had to endure the desire to vomit, so he called Director Chen.
After a few beeps, the call was connected.
"Dad." Chen Shuanghe said, "Mom is critically ill."
"Well." Director Chen said calmly, "Is there anything else?"
Chen Shuanghe took a deep breath: "Aren't you coming back to see her? She held her breath, just waiting for you to come back."
"I'm preparing for a new play."
"… What drama?"
"After Juliet Dies, didn't I tell you?" Director Chen thought for a while, then smiled, "Oh, I really didn't seem to tell you."
Clenching and loosening his fists, Chen Shuanghe asked, "Is the hero fixed?"
"It's fixed." Director Chen said, "Qu Yan."
It's the name again! this man again...
"...Can you give me a chance?" Chen Shuanghe pretended to be relaxed, but two lines of tears flowed from his eyes, "I haven't been able to play a better show for my mother."
The camera slowly zoomed out. In the auditorium of Life Cinema, Ning Ning looked at the crying face on the screen.
The masked man beside him was holding the popcorn one by one, his mouth could not eat it, and he made some noise with his hands to express his pleasure. The rest of the masked people were also talking and laughing, as if viewing the life being shown as a comedy.
Ning Ning slowly lowered her head and looked at the jacket she was holding in her hands.
The coat belonged to Chen Shuanghe. It was already a little wet because it was covering her head to protect her from the rain. She took out a movie theater-odd-numbered ticket from her coat pocket.
When one person wants to change the fate of another person, the movie theater will hand him an odd-numbered designated ticket to designate a certain character.
"Ning Ning, you are a guest." Ning Ning remembered what Shi Zhongtang whispered in her ear earlier, he said, "Unlike the masked man, you can come in at any time with a ticket... You can choose to join any party."