It wasn't until the next day that Wen Jianing got his script from Wen Tinghuan, but before that, he had read Lu Jinlang's script and knew what kind of story it was and what Xie Ruoming wanted him to play. what kind of role.
Xie Ruoming's films, as always, are thriller and suspenseful themes.
Chen Zejun is a divorced middle-aged police officer with an autistic daughter. Because he was busy with work and had little money, he sent his daughter to a small private rehabilitation facility every day at work, and picked her up after get off work.
One day, Chen Zejun went to pick up his daughter after get off work. When he arrived at the rehabilitation facility, he saw that his daughter was killed in a small classroom. The death was tragic. During the two hours when his daughter was killed, the cameras in the entire rehabilitation facility went down at the same time, because it was the weekend, there was no one else in the classroom, no idea who the killer was, no idea who ever came in, the only witness It is Ye Xing, an eighteen-year-old boy who also suffers from autism.
Ye Xing is an orphan. He has been fostered by relatives in a rehabilitation facility for a long time. Because of severe language and communication barriers, he has never been able to know from him who the real murderer is. Chen Zejun was in so much pain that he almost collapsed. The only motivation that supported him was to find the real murderer for his daughter. For this reason, he repeatedly harassed Ye Xing in private. Later, people in the rehabilitation institution found out and called the police. Chen Zejun was warned by his boss and temporarily suspended. Suspended.
But the unwilling Chen Zejun still did not stop there. He even found an opportunity to sneak Ye Xing away from the rehabilitation institution, and then used false documents to find the elevator monitoring of the building where the rehabilitation institution was located.
He forced Ye Xing to watch the surveillance with him at home, trying to find possible suspects.
Because Ye Xing is a child with autism, after bringing him home, Chen Zejun has to take care of him. In the beginning, Ye Xing reacted very violently due to the change in the environment. He refused to sleep at night and repeatedly stomped his head against the wall and stomped his feet. And because Chen Zejun has experience in taking care of his daughter, he communicated with him patiently. Ye Xing's behavior always reminded Chen Zejun of his daughter, and at the same time he felt a little tenderness towards him.
He took care of Ye Xing and re-established a living habit for Ye Xing. He accompanies him to eat during the day and sleeps with him on the same bed at night.
At the same time as the two became familiar with each other, he also pinpointed several possible suspects with the help of Ye Xing.
However, with his investigation, these people were denied by him one by one, and none of them were the real murderers of his daughter. Until later, he found out a pervert who molested children. Chen Zejun did not inform his police colleagues, he was afraid that they would know that he had taken Ye Xing secretly and deprived him of his right to continue the investigation.
Chen Zejun slipped into the perverted home alone, and found many videotapes of molesting children in his home. He even found a hollowed-out cubicle under his bed with a child's body hidden in it. Just then, the pervert came back and pulled out a machete from the back of the TV cabinet...
After a hard struggle, Chen Zejun finally subdued the perverted murderer and called the police. Scarred all over, he dragged his exhausted body away before the police arrived, returning home alone.
As soon as he entered the room, Chen Zejun lay down on the ground with no strength. Ye Xing was frightened and hid behind the door and did not dare to come.
Chen Zejun beckoned him to come over.
Ye Xing touched him carefully, Chen Zejun wanted to reach out and hold his hand, but he put his hand behind him and refused to extend it.
Chen Zejun had no choice but to give up and told him to let him go, and the police would come to investigate soon, and it was estimated that he would be taken back for investigation, and there was no way to take care of him.
Ye Xing did not speak.
Chen Zejun touched his face and said, "Good boy."
At this time, Ye Xing took out a fruit knife from behind and held it up high. He still looked like an autistic child, his eyes fixed on the fruit knife, as if he was in a trance.
And Chen Zejun looked in a trance.
It turned out that ten years ago, Chen Zejun handled a murder case hastily because he was eager for a promotion, and Ye Xing's father was wrongly accused of being the murderer.
For Ye Xing, the most impressive thing was seeing Chen Zejun, who testified in court and wronged his father during the court trial. After the case was concluded, Chen Zejun never got promoted due to conflicts with his boss. A few years later, his wife divorced him, leaving only an autistic daughter. As for Ye Xing, after the death of his mother, he was almost sluggish in silence, until one day, he saw Chen Zejun who sent his daughter to an autism rehabilitation facility.
Chen Zejun's daughter was killed by Ye Xing, not the perverted pedophile.
At the end of the movie, Ye Xing held the fruit knife high and aimed it at Chen Zejun's chest. Two lines of tears flowed from his godless eyes. He didn't know whether he was crying for his dead father or for Chen Zejun who was dying in front of him.
In the end, the knife stabbed, but it was not aimed at Chen Zejun's heart, because at the last second, Chen Zejun said to him, "It's ten o'clock, it's time to go to bed."
The police broke in and pointed several guns at Ye Xing's head. Chen Zejun was sent to the hospital for rescue, and the story ended.
Chen Zejun's role is naturally reserved for Lu Jinlang, and Ye Xing's role is also very important. He is also a male lead. Xie Ruoming has a crush on Wen Jianing.
After reading the script, Wen Jianing sat on the sofa and was silent for a moment.
Lu Jinlang sat beside him peeling apples and asked him, "How do you feel?"
Wen Jianing said: "I actually prefer the role of Chen Zejun."
Lu Jinlang laughed when he heard the words, peeled off the skin of an apple completely, handed the apple to Wen Jianing, and said, "Unfortunately, you may not have the opportunity for the time being, wait another ten years, there may be a director looking for you. ."
Wen Jianing knew it himself, and shook his head helplessly.
After reading the script, Lu Jinlang came forward and invited Xie Ruoming out to have a meal with everyone, and then discuss some details about the movie.
Now Wen Jianing's job, even Zheng Xin can't be in charge, basically Lu Jinlang has the final say. But Lu Jinlang will only give advice to Wen Jianing, the real decision is Wen Jianing himself.
Wen Jianing is obviously very interested in Xie Ruoming's play.
After reading the script, he found some information about autism on the Internet. But this character is not just an ordinary autistic patient, but a deliberate disguise by the teenager. How to interpret it, and whether to show different states in front of people and behind people, these are all things that need to be discussed with the director.
Because Lu Jinlang and Xie Ruoming were familiar with each other, the place where they met was not very formal, but in a private room for four in a private kitchen.
Wen Jianing drank a little bit of wine, and then he spoke with enthusiasm and unconsciously showed his acquaintance with Xie Ruoming.
Later, Xie Ruoming sighed with emotion: "Sometimes I feel like an old friend, an indescribable familiar feeling."
Wen Jianing looked at Lu Jinlang after hearing this, and the two smiled at each other.
Xie Ruoming also drank some wine. At this time, he raised his glass to Wen Jianing and said, "I hope the cooperation will be pleasant."
Wen Jianing smiled and raised his glass.
Then came a series of preparatory work for the film.
As an actor, there is not much about Wen Jianing in the preliminary preparations. His main task is to figure out the role.
Because he is with Lu Jinlang, he can often ask Lu Jinlang what he thinks of this role. Although he does not always agree with Lu Jinlang's views, he has to admit that some of Lu Jinlang's opinions are of great help to him.
During this period, Wen Cuilan actually took the initiative to contact him, because it was his birthday that day, and Wen Cuilan returned to China and wanted to visit Wen Jianing's house.
After completing the house transaction, this was the first time she returned to China to contact Wen Jianing. She said that just to see, will not disturb his life. No one can refuse this reason, not to mention Wen Jianing himself.
After Lu Jinlang found out, he persuaded Wen Jianing to tell Wen Cuilan the truth, but Wen Jianing was still a little hesitant. The closer the person is, the more he cares about each other's thoughts. Although everyone would think that Wen Cuilan should be happy to know about this matter, but he was always worried that the other party would resist or would not be able to accept it.
"Let me think about it again," Wen Jianing said.
Although his house has not been occupied during this period of time, someone comes to clean it at a fixed time every week.
On the afternoon of the appointed time, Wen Jianing went back to his villa. The first thing to do was to open all the doors and windows in the house to allow all the fresh air outside to infiltrate.
He stood on the balcony on the second floor and looked into the distance, and the memory overlapped with the memory of the past in an instant.
Wen Cuilan appeared without waiting too long. She obviously felt that her arrival was disturbing the young man's life, so she was extra cautious. But when she came back this time, in addition to visiting her son's cemetery, there was only this house left that she could pin her thoughts on.
Wen Jianing invited her in and poured her a cup of coffee.
Wen Cuilan expressed her gratitude politely and asked the other party's opinion: "Can I go up and have a look?"
Wen Jianing said, "Please feel free."
He accompanied Wen Cuilan to the second floor. In fact, Wen Cuilan has always been surprised since she came into this house, because she did not expect that this house will almost remain the same as when Wen Jianing was there. She was already mentally prepared, and there would be big changes. .
Wen Cuilan stood at the door of Wen Jianing's bedroom and watched for a long time until her eyes were wet before turning around and walking towards the balcony.
Wen Jianing looked at her back, couldn't help feeling heartache, and walked to the balcony with her. Just as he was about to speak, he heard footsteps going upstairs.
Wen Cuilan obviously heard it too, she turned around and said strangely, "Is anyone here?"
Wen Jianing almost didn't need to look at it, he could hear only the footsteps going upstairs and could hear that Lu Jinlang was coming. However, Wen Jianing instantly felt nervous, he understood why Lu Jinlang came here at this time.
Wen Cuilan was even more surprised when she saw Lu Jinlang appearing at the balcony door. She said, "This...is that Lu Jinlang?"
Lu Jinlang smiled and stretched out a hand, "Hello, Ms. Wen."
Wen Cuilan was confused, but she still held Lu Jinlang's hand, "Hello..."
Wen Jianing pulled at the hem of Lu Jinlang's clothes, but Lu Jinlang held his hand back.
Wen Cuilan noticed their movements, and was a little dazed for a while, but she quickly understood, after all, she had been abroad for a long time. Although she was surprised, she didn't have too many other emotions. She just said a little embarrassedly: "Did I disturb you? Should I go first?"
Wen Jianing tried hard to break free from Lu Jinlang's hand, but suddenly felt a little timid in front of his mother. Lu Jinlang refused to let him go, but smiled at Wen Cuilan: "Ms. Wen, don't panic and leave, Jia Ning has something to tell you."
Wen Cuilan caught the word "Jia Ning" very sensitively, but at that moment, her first reaction was to turn her head and look around. She didn't understand what Lu Jinlang meant, but if Jia Ning was still there, she would only would think of him as a phantom lingering in the house.
Knowing that Wen Cuilan had misunderstood, Lu Jinlang pulled Wen Jianing to Wen Cuilan and said, "He is your son, Wen Jianing." Maybe he is a fan of the authorities, but he can see it more clearly from the outside. Wen Jianing's worries are unnecessary. For a mother who has lost her son, nothing is more important than the son's return.
This is a long and difficult story to express. When Wen Jianing told Lu Jinlang, Lu Jinlang refused to believe it. But this could not be concealed from a mother, Wen Cuilan raised her hand tremblingly and stroked Wen Jianing's face. Although she has a completely different body and looks, but through communication, she is sure that this is her son.
The bond between mother and child cannot be replaced by any emotion.
Wen Jianing felt Wen Cuilan's palm against his face, and finally couldn't help hugging each other, choked and shouted Mom.
Lu Jinlang quietly left at this time, leaving them a space to be alone.
He sat on the sofa on the first floor and turned on the TV. In fact, he was a little emotional. At that time, Wen Jianing told him the truth, but he refused to believe it anyway, but now Wen Cuilan is different. With just a few words, Wen Cuilan already knew that this was her son. , can't be wrong.
Lu Jinlang waited for nearly an hour, but Wen Jianing and Wen Cuilan were still in the upstairs room and did not come down. Seeing that it was almost time, he walked up to the second floor, knocked on the door and said, "It's time for dinner, shall we go have dinner together?"
Wen Cuilan looked at Lu Jinlang. Just now, she had been talking to Wen Jianing about the past and her life after the separation. Now that she saw Lu Jinlang, she suddenly remembered the hand they had just held.
"You..." Wen Cuilan felt a little complicated for a while.
At this point, Wen Jianing naturally has nothing to hide, he can only say to Wen Cuilan: "Mom, I am with him now."
Wen Cuilan had just experienced the ecstasy of her son's loss and recovery, and now nothing can suppress the unspeakable excitement and joy. She was stunned for a while and asked Wen Jianing, "Is he Lu Jinlang?" She remembered her former son It has been said that Lu Jinlang is his competitor.
Wen Jianing smiled and said, "It's him."
Wen Cuilan frowned, not knowing what to say.
Of course, Lu Jinlang didn't expect Ween Cuilan to accept them without any grudges, but he would let Wen Cuilan know that whether she objected or not, their relationship could not be shaken in the slightest. He said to them again: "Let's go to dinner first. After dinner, you still have a lot of time to chat slowly, okay?"
Wen Jianing nodded and said to Wen Cuilan, "Mom, let's go eat first."
After dinner that night, Lu Jinlang sent Wen Jianing and Wen Cuilan back to the villa in Bei'ao Garden, and drove away by himself, leaving them space to talk slowly.
Before he left, Wen Jianing stood beside the car door and asked, "Aren't you staying?"
Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand to hold his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, feel free to say it, otherwise your mother will always have some concerns."
Wen Jianing squeezed his hand hard.
Lu Jinlang said, "I believe you can handle your relationship with your mother."
Wen Jianing said, "Of course, you forgot that I am already thirty-seven years old."
"By the way," Lu Jinlang smiled, "today is your birthday. Happy birthday to you."
Wen Jianing buried his head, leaned into the car window and kissed Lu Jinlang's lips, "Thank you."
Turning around, Wen Jianing saw that Wen Cuilan had been standing in front of the gate looking at them.
When Lu Jinlang's car drove away, Wen Cuilan said to Wen Jianing, "Actually, I wanted to stop it, but I thought, compared to your ability to come back, you are still alive and healthy, and other things seem to be different. So important."
Wen Jianing took a deep breath, hugged Wen Cuilan, and said softly, "Thank you mom."
They talked a lot that night, but there was one thing Wen Jianing never told Wen Cuilan, and that was about Ke Xinhang's physical disability. Since he was destined to be with Lu Jinlang and not to have children, there was no need to tell Wen Cuilan about these things to make her sad again.
Wen Cuilan originally planned to stay for one night and then leave, but because of Wen Jianing's affairs, she dragged on for a week before leaving.
She didn't want to leave for a moment. In the past, she always regretted that she stayed in the country for too little time with her son. Later, when her son had an accident, the two never had the chance to meet again. It was rare to find out that her son was still there now, so she naturally wanted to spend more time with Wen Jianing.
However, it was Wen Jianing who persuaded her to go back. After all, she had a husband and a family there, and Wen Jianing didn't want her to tell her husband about it.
On the day she left, Wen Jianing took her to the airport.
Wen Cuilan said that she would often come back to see him and let him live a good life.
"Whether or not you can be with Lu Jinlang in the end, my mother hopes that you will be happy. As long as you want to see me, call me anytime, and you are welcome to come to Canada to live with us," Wen Cuilan said softly.
Wen Jianing stretched out his arms to hug his always gentle mother, nodded and replied, "I will, Mom, you have to be happy too."