The light in the theater was bright and dim, dim and bright. I don't know how long it took, but Qi Cong, who was always in a still position, finally moved.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the big screen in front of him.
In the center of the picture, the man in black with the sword disappeared into the depths of the long yellow sand, the music gradually weakened, and then the picture completely darkened, and the cast and crew began to scroll upwards—the play of "Tianwen" ended.
118 minutes are completely over.
Three years ago came to an abrupt end, and the entanglement promises three years later came to an end.
Qi Cong's eyelashes trembled, she raised her hand to cover her swollen eyes, opened her eyes wide in the dark environment created by her palm, and lost her mind for a while, and then returned to her ears after the music at the end of "Tian Wen" disappeared completely. God, put down your hands and look at the vacant seat next to you.
An empty wine glass, a shallow depression left on the sofa, these are the last traces Gu Xun left him.
Emotions ushered in a weak trough after venting. After a few seconds of involuntarily posting, Qi Cong regained his senses, removed his backpack, stood up, and walked out of the seating area.
No, Gu Xun also left him something.
After the movie is over, the big screen returns to its original image—a clear summer sky with thin clouds.
The sky and the bird's nest cake, the two elements appear together, and in a trance, they seem to be the physical realization of Gu Xun's new Weibo background image and avatar. Qi Cong stopped in front of the small table and stared at the cake for a while.
The sweet but not greasy taste spread in the mouth... It was the taste of the brand of chocolate he liked.
Gu Xun once told him that when the chocolate was finished, he would contact him.
The sour emotions came back, Qi Cong's Adam's apple rolled, and swallowed those emotions that she wanted to resurface together with the taste of chocolate, then squatted down and looked at this small and delicate bird's nest cake from a head-up perspective.
This is what Gu Xun specially prepared for him.
"Thank you," he said, trying to smile, "I like it a lot."
No one responded to his words.
It was as if he had never responded to Gu Xun's waiting and feelings for so many years.
He didn't even remember how many times he met Gu Xun when he was young.
Qi Cong blinked hard, stood up on his knees, found the candles on the small table, carefully inserted them into the cake, and lit them one by one.
There are three candles, which are number candles, which together just form the number "200".
Gu Xun once congratulated him on the number of Weibo followers on the phone yesterday, which has risen to 2 million.
Two million, 200... He was so virtuous and capable, to be treated so carefully by Gu Xun.
The light of the candles swayed softly, Qi Cong looked at them, her thoughts sank into her memory, she tried to rummage through the memory fragments she left when she went abroad to participate in summer camps and exchanges in those years, trying to find Gu Xun's figure inside, but until the candle was about to burn When it was over, he didn't even have a clue.
"I'm sorry." He bent down, blew out the candles that were about to go out naturally, and reached out to gently pull them out, "I'm sorry, I'll try to remember... I'll try to understand the real you, I'm really sorry."
After blowing out the candles, Qi Cong didn't eat cake immediately. He looked up at the big screen that had been frozen in the initial picture, turned around and walked to the door, opened the door and walked out.
In the monitoring room, Gu Xun hurriedly called Kevin, who had been waiting not far from the No. 7 projection hall, and asked, "What did he do?"
"I'll ask."
Two minutes later, Kevin called back, and at the same time, Qi Cong's figure reappeared in the surveillance screen of the No. 7 projection hall.
"Boss." Kevin said with a sigh that he didn't know what to say, "Mr. Qi found the cinema staff and asked if he could play "Tian Wen" again. He also asked if the cinema had your other two If you have the source of the movie, can you show it to him too?"
In the surveillance screen, Qi Cong walked to the front after returning to the screening room, carefully lifted the bird's nest cake, then returned to where he and Gu Xun sat at the beginning, sat down with the cake in his arms, and carefully placed the cake on the screen. on the legs.
Gu Xun abruptly looked away, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
"Boss, there was no immediate reply to Mr. Qi from the cinema. The person in charge asked me to ask you, can you play those two old movies that have already been released?"
"Play. If there is no film source in the theater, we will give it to you." Gu Xun looked back at the monitoring screen and sat down and immediately raised his head to look at the big screen, obediently waiting for Qi Cong, who was waiting for the replay of "Tianwen", in a low voice, "Whether he wants to Whatever, give it."
…
The initial picture on the big screen switched without warning, and it was directly the title of "Tianwen", not what Qi Cong thought to watch the movie.
Qi Cong was stunned for a moment, then sat up straight and leaned forward unconsciously, and after a second he stepped back and leaned back, looking down at the cake on his lap.
The cake stayed on his lap intact, not rubbed off by what he had just done.
He lifted his heart to Panasonic, and the next second, the sound of a sharp blade unsheathed cut through the lively opening music and resounded through the auditorium. Qi Cong's nerves tightened, and he intuitively raised his head to look at the place where the sound came from, and then faced a pair of pairs in the center of the screen. Eyes full of hatred and pain illuminated by the cold sword light.
Qi Cong was stunned.
This is the outline of Gu Xun's eyes.
But at this time, the strong emotions in these eyes were completely unfamiliar to him, as if these eyes were from someone else he didn't know.
The sword glow and blood splattered, and then a drop of blood flew towards the screen.
pat.
The blood splattered on the camera, but it made the sound that rain would only make when it hit the umbrella surface, and then the sound became more and more dense, forming a dense rain sound. The noisy voices cut in at the right time, and the blood smashed the picture was washed away by the rain. In the rainy sky, a figure holding an umbrella turned against the crowd sheltering from the rain and stopped at the door of a house with a broken seal. He raised his hand to lock the door. .
The door opened in response, and the wrinkled servant stood behind the door. He looked at the umbrella holder with his eyes wide open, and asked in a shrill voice, "Is it raining in March?"
"Course Tour..." A low and smiling male voice sounded from under the umbrella, and then the picture moved forward, the umbrella swayed across the camera and closed, and in the splashing rain, the handsome young man in black grinned at the servant and replied, "You If you want to have it, you can have it. If you don’t want to have it, then… the wildfire roams the city.”
The servant also laughed when he heard the words, and then closed the door mercilessly.
The young man in black had a stunned smile on his face.
Qi Cong, who was watching the movie, was also dumbfounded when he looked at the youthful and energetic young man in the picture.
This is... Gu Xun
Completely different, from the voice line to the tone, from the demeanor to the temperament, it is completely different from the Gu Xun he knew.
Qi Cong suddenly remembered what a film critic had said about Gu Xun's acting skills when he was searching for Gu Xun's information in the past.
The other party said: Gu Xun is not playing a role, but making a deal with the role. He restrained himself, turned himself into a perfect container that could carry the character's soul, and then lent his body to the character for a short time.
He lent his body to the character briefly.
Qi Cong looked at the screen, and there was absolutely no trace of Gu Xun himself. It was as strange as if the person on the screen was just a black-clothed youth who looked just like Gu Xun, but was actually another person. Leaned back in the chair.
This is... Gu Xun.
He looked at the screen seriously, carefully observed and recorded every expression and tone of the young man in black on the screen, and there was a strange enthusiasm in his heart.
This is Gu Xun... the dazzling and outstanding Gu Xun that he had never really known before.
China's youngest double-gold actor.
He recited this title he had heard countless times, but never really realized that the weight of these words belonged to Gu Xun, and he indulged his thoughts to be involved in the plot of the movie.
It's late, but... The real Gu Xun, hello.
…
The light in the projection hall changed with the changing of the movie screen. Under the grand and tortuous story, Qi Cong, who was sitting in the center of the seating area, always kept the posture of holding the cake and looking at the screen seriously, and there was no change.
Outside the projection hall and in the monitoring room, Gu Xun also kept leaning against the edge of the table and looking at the monitoring screen, and did not move for a long time.
Time passed quietly.
When the credits scrolled on the big screen again, Qi Cong in the monitoring screen moved. He let go of the cake on his lap, picked up the half glass of his untouched glass of wine on the small table, lightly touched the empty glass left by Gu Xun, and then drank the wine.
Gu Xun's expression changed, he stood up with a sigh, then leaned back restrainedly, scolded himself something, took out his mobile phone and called Kevin, and after connecting, he said, "Go and order a dinner to be delivered in. , hurry up, remember to take out the wine when delivering the meal, he will have to take a taxi home in a while, so he can't drink too much."
After making the call, Gu Xun looked at the monitoring screen again.
At this time, Qi Cong in the picture had put down the wine glass and returned to the position of holding the cake and watching the movie playing on the big screen.
Gu Xun looked at Qi Cong's slender figure against the dim light and shadow, the anger on his face gradually subsided, and was replaced by some painful and stuffy emotions. He said bitterly: "Qi Cong, no matter what the reason, you give me to get well soon... I give you time, you give me to get well soon."
…
"West" is a film about domestic violence, with a total duration of 134 minutes, in which Gu Xun plays a murderer who has been raped since childhood.
This is Gu Xun's first film. When he acted in this film, Gu Xun just left Haicheng with scars.
The murderer in the movie is pitiful and hateful, terrifying and deplorable, with a thin body and haggard face, and has no resemblance to Gu Xun in reality except for his appearance. But at a certain moment, Qi Cong saw a familiar trace on the murderer.
On screen, the murderer unleashes his inner demon in the middle of the night. He cast aside the timidity of the day, looked at the mirror blankly, and asked, "Why don't you ever look at me, am I not human?"
The blur of light and shadow suppressed his expression. Looking at this picture, Qi Cong suddenly remembered that Gu Xun pressed "his" on the shoulder in the memory clip about "kidnapping" and asked "he" if Jiang Zhaoyan was the only one who died. You will only look at my expression when you look at me.
It's the same, the pain and collapse hidden under the expressionless face, are the same.
Qi Cong's expression did not change, but the hand holding the cake slowly tightened.
Sorry.
That won't happen again, sorry.
After "West" finished, Kevin asked the theater staff to bring dinner in. Gu Xun saw that Qi Cong in the surveillance screen got up and took over the dinner, and his expression became better.
After delivering the meal, the staff talked with Qi Cong and made a gesture of collecting wine. Qi Cong slightly rudely grabbed the hand of the staff that was reaching for the wine, and then retracted his hand and said something to the staff. The two had a few conversations, and then the staff left without taking away the wine.
Gu Xun couldn't help standing up straight when Qi Cong grabbed the staff's hand. After seeing that the staff hadn't taken away the wine, his face turned black. He took out his mobile phone and called Kevin, and asked, "What's the matter? Where's the wine you asked to collect?"
After a while, Kevin's voice sounded, and he replied: "The person in charge of the theater said that Mr. Qi rejected their suggestion to replace the wine with juice, and said that if the wine has not been paid for, he can pay for it. "
"..." Gu Xun gritted his teeth, "How could I not pay for the wine I gave him!"
"So the person in charge of the theater is very embarrassed. They can only euphemistically suggest to replace the drinks that guests bring with them in the case of a private room, and they have no right to take it away. Unless... "
"Unless what?"
"Unless you, the boss, allow them to tell the truth to Mr. Qi and tell Mr. Qi that the wine was bought by the boss. Now the boss, you don't want to give it to him, you have to take it away."
"... go and prepare some other drinks to send in, and find a way to move that wine away!"
Kevin answered, Gu Xun hung up the phone, looked at Qi Cong, who didn't eat dinner at all in the picture, and continued to hold the cake and look at the big screen, his liver hurt with anger.
"Wait for me." He couldn't help but say harsh words, "Wait for you... Let's see how I deal with you!"
A few minutes later, the theater staff reappeared on the surveillance screen and gave Qi Cong a total of seven drinks, including milk, juice, tea, and purified water.
Qi Cong seemed a little confused and asked the staff what to do. After a brief exchange, Qi Cong acquiesced to the staff member's move to put drinks, and when the staff member was about to leave, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and took the initiative to stop the staff member and say something.
The staff nodded and turned to leave.
Gu Xun frowned and couldn't help calling Kevin again.
A few minutes later, Gu Xun's inner question was answered, and Kevin replied on the phone: "Mr. Qi asked when "Edward Chapter" will be released, and asked the staff to send him a small packing box."
"Packaging box?"
"right."
Gu Xun looked at Qi Cong, who still hadn't touched the dinner in the picture, and continued to hold the cake while watching the big screen waiting for the next movie to play, frowning deeply.
What to do with the box? Could it be that Qi Cong is going to keep the dinner that was delivered and pack it home to eat
When did that get to go!
Gu Xun was angry again, and wanted to find a random reason like before and think of a way to take Qi Cong to dinner, but remembering the doctor's instructions about three months and the "breakup" just now, he could only swallow the thought abruptly and continue watching Qi Cong abused his stomach.
"Damn." He cursed in a low voice, wishing he could wear it back to the afternoon session and punch Jiang Zhaoyan again.
…
After the staff sent the packing box, "Edward Chapter", which helped Gu Xun win the first best actor trophy, finally began to play.
Qi Cong converged his thoughts and watched the movie seriously.
Unsurprisingly, in this movie, Qi Cong saw another character who only had the appearance of Gu Xun, and everything else had no shadow of Gu Xun himself.
After the precipitation of the two movies, Qi Cong's mood has calmed down very well. He began to enjoy the movie itself, and also the process of getting to know the other side of Gu Xun little by little.
Before you know it, the third movie ends.
It took Qi Cong a while to recover from the emotional storm caused by the film. He moved his stiff back and legs, recalled three completely different Gu Xuns in the three films, and looked at the time on the big screen.
It's almost ten o'clock.
His date with Gu Xun is coming to an end.
He looked back at the cake on his lap.
Time for cake.
He moved the cake away, got up and went outside the screening room to talk to the staff, then walked back and sat down, ignoring the dinner and drinks that the staff had brought before, put the cake back on his lap, and removed a fork.
In the monitoring room, Gu Xun, who was talking on the phone with Kevin, was stunned for a moment. At the same time, Kevin's voice came from the receiver: "Boss, Mr. Qi just came out and wanted the theater to play "Tianwen" again."
In the surveillance screen, Qi Cong lowered his head and forked a bite of the cake into his mouth, acting slightly cautiously, as if he was not eating a cake, but some priceless delicacy.
The anger that accumulated in Gu Xun's heart because Qi Cong was disobedient, did not eat dinner, and drank on an empty stomach, all dissipated with Qi Cong's cake, and was replaced by some sour and soft, which made people want to rush into the screen and hug them. Emotions in the arms.
"Show it to him." Gu Xun looked at Qi Cong, whose profile was too calm after eating a bite of cake, and then crossed the table full of drinks to pour wine, and suddenly understood what Qi Cong wanted to do.
He tightened his hands and said, "Don't let the staff in... let him watch the movie."
…
The title of "Tianwen" appeared on the screen again. Qi Cong hurriedly put the wine bottle aside, sat down and picked up the fork, like an ordinary movie-goer, watching while eating.
Although it is a plot that has already been seen once, this time Qi Cong still watched it very seriously.
The film progressed second by second, Qi Cong looked at the screen, the fork in his hand moved from time to time, and occasionally he would put down the fork and take a sip from the wine glass.
When the credits of "Tianwen" rolled on the screen again, only the last two bites of the cake on Qi Cong's lap were left, and there was not a drop of wine left in the glass.
He put down his fork and sighed sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
very nice.
Gu Xun played really well.
He was sure that without his drag, Gu Xun would sooner or later stand near the peak of the film and television industry and look down on all beings.
His stomach seemed to burst, but Qi Cong felt at ease.
He looked down at the two mouthfuls of cake left on his lap, carefully ate them all, then picked up the wine bottle to refill the cups that he and Gu Xun had emptied, and touched it lightly.
"There is still work tomorrow, so I won't run out of wine." He looked at Gu Xun's wine glass and smiled lightly, "Cheers, I wish you all the stars and no harm... and wish me success."
The wine glass made a light sound when tapped, Qi Cong drank the wine in one go, then put down the glass, got up and picked up the packing box sent by the staff earlier, found the smallest one inside and opened it, and placed the cake base on the table with cutlery. All the chocolate decoration pieces left on purpose were picked up one by one and put in.
There was a lot of chocolate, and it took Qi Cong several minutes to put them all into the box. After receiving it, he put the packing box into his backpack. During the period, he saw the decorative dagger in the bag. He paused, closed the zipper, put the backpack on his back, and reached out to move the cake base so he could go out and leave. Where, the cake base suddenly popped open, revealing a small hollow space below.
In the middle of the small space, a cat-shaped USB flash drive was stuck there with tape.
Qi Cong stopped, looked back, was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out and picked up the cake base, removed the USB flash drive, and held it in his hand. Flip the cake base over and take a look.
Still nothing was found, the only thing that exists in the entire small space is the USB flash drive.
Qi Cong put down the cake base and looked at the USB flash drive in his hand.
Is this what Gu Xun prepared
What will be inside
Two minutes later, Qi Cong stopped the stupid act of trying to find a computer in the movie theater to read the USB flash drive, suppressed and couldn't help but feel a little ups and downs, carefully put the USB flash drive into the inner pocket of the backpack, and looked around the room. The large couple's screening hall left this cinema full of cake fragrance and alcohol before the arrival of twelve o'clock.
The cinema where Qi Cong specially left from the front door. When going down the escalator, Qi Cong found that many workers looking like people were tearing down the delicate dome on the square, and flowers and broken balloons were scattered all over the floor.
He stopped, then walked to the place where the flowers and broken balloons fell the most, squatted down and picked up a blue rose that was wilted on the ground, stretched out his fingers and touched its petals.
… It turned out to be a rose.
This should be the last time he received a rose from Gu Xun.
He squeezed the flower branch tightly, got up and walked to a trash can by the square with the rose, backhanded the backpack, and took out the decorative dagger from it.
The left hand is flowers, the right hand is sin.
Everything that happened today went through his mind like a movie. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the advertising screen of Nanyang Cinema.
The poster of "Tianwen" is still hanging there, but his mv is no longer played on the advertising screen.
After seeing all of Gu Xun's works, he has deeply understood that with Gu Xun's talent and achievements, the goal of reaching the same height as Gu Xun is almost a fantasy for him now.
But it doesn't matter, he will still try to struggle.
As long as it doesn't affect Gu Xun, no matter how lonely, difficult, and hopeless he is to walk up this road, he will continue on, for himself, for his family, friends... and for what he once gave to Gu Xun. promise.
"goodbye."
He let go, letting the dagger fall into the filthy trash can.
thump.
The dagger slammed into the trash can with a muffled sound.
Qi Cong retracted his hand, held the rose branch tightly, looked at the vague outline of the dagger in the trash can, and said again, "Goodbye."
Goodbye to those crazy, bloody thoughts.
Whether it's the tasker, the controller, or the "seed", I don't know when the end will come to the rest of my life, so please give me more advice.
The taxi stopped and started again, taking away the fragrance of flowers that remained in the square.
A few minutes later, a black car stopped by the trash can on the edge of the square. Gu Xun pushed the door and got out of the car, not paying any attention to the dirt in the trash can, reaching out and picking up the dagger inside.
Kevin chased after him, frowned and said, "Boss, why do you..."
"Kevin." Gu Xun interrupted Kevin and asked, "What do you mean he brought this thing to see Jiang Zhaoyan?"
Kevin remembered the scar on Jiang Zhaoyan's neck and did not speak.
Gu Xun didn't speak. He looked at the dagger for a while, then returned to the car with the dagger. Kevin quickly followed.
When the Nanyang Cinema was about to disappear into the rearview mirror of the car, Gu Xun suddenly spoke again and asked, "Why did he put those chocolates away?"
Kevin glanced back through the rearview mirror, sighed inwardly, and said, "Boss, don't think about it."
"Are you afraid that I won't buy chocolate for him in the future?" Gu Xun asked and answered himself. After the Nanyang Cinema disappeared from view, he retracted his gaze, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, hiding all his emotions in the shadows. Be completely quiet.