Only half an hour had passed, and Yang Liuyi and Shen Jingyang had already gone back to the bedroom to rest.
The whole villa is dark.
The moonlight shines in from the window and falls directly on the stairs, dyeing it silvery white.
Two figures came down quietly one after the other.
"Can you see clearly?"
"… Well."
The next second, his hand was held.
"Be gentle, don't let them hear it," the deep male voice joked, "otherwise those two health experts will be able to read it until the end of this filming."
Xue Xiao pursed his lips and chuckled.
A leather sofa that can accommodate four or five people is placed in the center, and a small coffee table is placed in front of the sofa.
There was a pool table in the open space behind them.
The man's eyes paused on his face for a second, then he turned his head and curled his lips.
His whole body was restless and absent-minded.
Soon, Xue Xiao felt the position beside him sink slightly.
The family theater is quite spacious, with the screen occupying almost the entire wall in front of it.
Xue Xiao was worried that if his nervousness was too obvious, Shen Tingyan would laugh at him for sitting so serious that he looked like he was in class.
Xue Xiao walked over to take a look and said, "Let's have lychee soda water."
Xue Xiao: "..."
But no.
This seems a bit boring.
If you really had to ask him to choose his favorite one to play, he would be struggling for an hour because of his difficulty in choosing.
The phone is connected to the device and the picture appears on the screen.
Xue Xiao thought for a while and asked for advice: "How about watching uncle's movie?"
Until Shen Tingyan led him to the movie theater on the first floor of the basement, turned on the light, and turned around.
It was such a simple action, even Shen Tingyan just added ice cubes to his glass, poured the soda can with his slender hands, and the transparent bubble liquid fell into the glass, making a slight collision sound when it hit the ice cubes.
The soda water was in a can. Shen Tingyan hooked his fingers slightly and pulled the tab open with a "click".
But at this moment, he felt somewhat nervous about "the first date in his life" and he didn't dare to keep Shen Tingyan waiting for so long, so he quickly selected an action movie and the two of them started watching it.
Xue Xiao blushed, took out her phone and started browsing.
When the liquid sloshes, the sound of ice cubes inside hits the wall of the cup.
The equipment is really complete.
Shen Tingyan scanned the list, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Let me watch my own movie?"
—Xue Xiao felt that she was really ill.
And Shen Tingyan's breathing.
Shen Tingyan opened the refrigerator in the corner and asked, "What would you like to drink?"
He could clearly hear every move Shen Tingyan made.
Shen Tingyan instantly turned into a smiling person.jpg
"Let's watch my movie."
He almost forgot that the entire villa had air conditioning to deliver air-conditioning. He only felt that his whole body was slightly hot, especially his right hand that was being held, and the palm of his hand was sweating.
Shen Tingyan took out the drinks, took out two glasses from the sterilizer cabinet above the refrigerator, and took out ice cubes from the freezer layer at the bottom of the refrigerator.
*
Xue Xiao really likes every one of Shen Tingyan's movies.
His eyes still couldn't leave Shen Tingyan, and he thought this picture was very beautiful.
There was a rustle of fabric as the man picked up the glass.
The breath of him.
He also has a Shen Jingyang movie list!
The sofa is huge, but their shoulders are just a stone's throw away.
Ever since Shen Tingyan called him "Smile" just now, he has been in a dizzy, dreamlike feeling of suspension.
Shen Tingyan just sat lazily like that, his relaxed posture making the silent atmosphere less awkward.
He has his own list of favorite movies, but that can almost be said to be a collection of Shen Tingyan.
He knew that his face must have turned red again...
The lights were turned off by Shen Tingyan, and the theater became dark again.
Shen Tingyan did not look back, only chuckled and said: "Don't look at me, first check on your phone to see which movie you want to watch."
Soon, Xue Xiao slowly relaxed.
This movie was filmed in a Southeast Asian country. There are many chase scenes and fighting scenes. Shen Tingyan appeared as the second male lead at 8 minutes and 6 seconds.
When he appeared on the stage, the man's usual cold white complexion became more wheat-colored, with strong forearms, a tight waist, and broad shoulders. There was a ferocity in his stern brows, like a leopard, full of wildness.
Ten minutes later, Shen Tingyan would be stabbed in the back by his subordinate.
Before the scene came, Xue Xiao had already frowned predictably, raised his hand, and bit the back of his fingers.
When Shen Tingyan was really stabbed, Xue Xiao held his breath suddenly, and after a second or two, he slowly spit it out...
Beside him, Shen Tingyan suddenly spoke up and asked, "Have you remembered all the plot?"
Xue Xiao was startled, then nodded obediently and said, "I've watched this movie six or seven times."
Shen Tingyan was a little surprised and said amusedly: "You still want to read it after watching it six or seven times? Can't you change it?"
Xue Xiao said cautiously: "... I may have read the others eleven or twelve times."
Shen Tingyan: "..."
Xue Xiao's ears became warm again.
He huddled on the sofa and whispered quickly: "I just like your movies."
Shen Tingyan paused and then smiled again.
Even if Xue Xiao didn't turn his head to look, he knew that Shen Tingyan was lazily leaning his head on his elbows and looking at him and smiling.
He was watching the movie and he was watching him.
Don't watch it... Xue Xiao's face was so hot that he could only drink as hard as he could.
It's amazing.
It's obviously the same movie, but it feels so different when I watched it before and when I watch it now.
In the past, he would come home from work and lie on the bed in his bedroom alone. When he couldn't fall asleep, he would take out his mobile phone and play a movie.
Or in the rental house of Nanhe Film and Television City, in that small room full of books, in order to appease the impetuous heart and calm myself, I watched it over and over again.
At that time, I felt somewhat lonely and confused.
But at this moment, his future was clearly displayed in front of him, and the person he longed for was sitting next to him—
The glass in his hand was taken away.
Shen Tingyan added drinks for him.
"Drink so quickly, be careful your stomach will bloate later."
The words were unkind, but the voice was low and gentle.
Xue Xiao felt that what he drank was not lychee sparkling water at all, but a bar.
That's why I'm so intoxicated.
A movie, one hundred and twenty minutes long, it was already half past eleven when I finished watching it.
Shen Tingyan asked him: "How do you feel about the picture and sound effects?"
Xue Xiao praised: "It's very close to the effect in the theater! But is it true that the sound here can't be heard outside?"
"Of course, otherwise my parents would have to come down," Shen Tingyan mentioned casually, "I bought a villa in Beijing. The equipment there is better than this one. I will take you to see it next time."
Xue smiled, and her little heart started beating again.
Shen Tingyan lowered his eyes and looked at him: "When your movie is released in the future, we can watch it there."
Xue Xiao lowered his eyes.
The corners of his eyes were stained with crimson, and the corners of his lips were slightly sunken. He responded softly: "... Yeah."
*
That night, Xue Xiao slept soundly.
He had a very sweet dream, and when he woke up the next day, he was even a little ashamed to remember it.
But when he looked at the time, he realized...it was almost eleven o'clock!
The alarm clock rang, but he didn't hear it at all!
Xue Xiao quickly changed his clothes and washed up. When he went downstairs, the film crew in the living room on the first floor had already arrived. More than a dozen people looked up at him at the same time. Xue Xiao's scalp went numb...
The assistant director also said happily: "I finally got up."
Shen Tingyan was talking to a young man. When he saw Xue Xiao coming down with his messy black hair, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You're not going to work today, what's the rush?"
Xue Xiao scratched his hair in embarrassment and said: "I'm sorry, I went to bed too late."
He rarely overslept, and he didn't know how he could sleep for so long, which made him a little annoyed.
Shen Tingyan said indifferently: "I will wake you up if time is tight. If I don't wake you up, just fall asleep."
The assistant director's eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them, and they thought in their hearts: Love is true love, who has Shen Tingyan ever been so gentle to
Xue Xiao felt the meaningful gazes of the camera crew and was embarrassed to answer. He cast doubtful eyes on the young man next to Shen Tingyan.
The young man looked somewhat similar to Shen Tingyan, but his eyebrows and eyes were much softer. His eyes lit up when he saw Xue Xiao, but he remained polite and silent.
It was only then that he took the initiative to introduce himself: "Hello Xiaoxiao, I am Shen Ling, Tingyan's cousin."
Xue Xiao suddenly realized.
It turns out that this is Shen Tingyan's cousin who is a screenwriter.
Shen Ling's pronunciation and intonation were a bit strange.
He swallowed his words a little, but because he spoke very slowly, Xue Xiao heard clearly.
Then, he noticed that Shen Ling was wearing hearing aids in both ears, and was slightly startled.
Shen Ling pointed to his ears and said, "I have hearing impairment. Even if I wear a hearing aid, sometimes I may not be able to hear what you are saying clearly. I need you to speak slower. I hope you don't mind."
Xue Xiao shook his head repeatedly: "No!"
Shen Tingyan stood up and said, "Let's eat first. Let's talk after eating."
The aunt invited by the Shen family just showed up today. The breakfast she made was noodle soup, with a delicious chicken soup base. The noodles were soft and smooth, the vegetables were glutinous and slightly sweet, and the poached eggs were filled with sugar!
Xue laughed loudly and ate all the noodles and soup. Auntie was very happy.
After that, Xue Xiao sat next to Shen Tingyan.
Recording also officially started.
Shen Tingyan said to him: "The scripts of the two stories "House of Thousand Faces" and "Vertigo" were also written by Shen Ling. When I became a tutor, he was more excited than me. He wrote seventeen or eight short play scripts. "
Xue Xiao was surprised.
Shen Ling smiled and said to him: "Most of the scripts are written casually when inspiration comes. They are very rough and cannot be used at all. There are only four or five that can really be used." "To be honest, if You are not the one paired with Brother Tingyan in the finals. I planned to hand over only four scripts for Brother Tingyan to choose from, but now that you are here, there is one script—"
He took out two printed scripts and handed them to Xue Xiao and Shen Tingyan: "Xiao Xiao, I wrote this script specifically for you."
Xue Xiao was flattered.
The cover of the script has black characters on a white background, and the title of the play is "Fan Yin".
Perhaps it was the intuition of fellow creators. The first moment Xue Xiao saw the name, he thought of Shen Ling's hearing aid.
Shen Ling said: "I can't say it's just for you. I should say that I only want you to be the protagonist in this script."
Xue Xiao opened the script.
He glanced at it quickly and understood.
This is the story of a hearing impaired person.
The protagonist got seriously ill when he was in elementary school. He woke up after having a high fever for several days and his hearing suddenly decreased.
His parents didn't take it seriously and joked that his brain was burned out and his ears were deafened, but it was actually a real case of sensorineural deafness.
It is irreversible and must be taken in time to preserve the remaining hearing. Families who have the conditions should wear hearing aids for their children as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the protagonist's parents are not a competent pair of parents.
Poverty is not their problem, their problem is that even if they realize that their children really have hearing problems, they still don't take it seriously and complain to their neighbors, "This child has such a deaf ear when he is young. When he gets old, I don’t know what to do.”
So the protagonist struggled to grow up under the strange eyes of the people around him, and studied hard in a world where all sounds became distant and hazy, trying to keep up with his peers.
His hearing deteriorated severely until college, when he met a man while working in a convenience store.
Accompanied by the man, he put on a hearing aid.
He finally heard Fanyin clearly again - the noisy and vast sounds of this world made him intoxicated and fascinated.
Shen Ling said: "In addition to patients who are born with deafness, there are actually many patients with acquired deafness in this society. Many of them are not aware of the seriousness of the problem, or in other words, if they are aware of it, it is due to various reasons. The reason was that I didn’t get a hearing aid.”
"I have communicated with some patients. Some people used to think that wearing hearing aids would attract strange looks from people around them, and they felt that wearing hearing aids would make them disabled. But in fact, without wearing hearing aids, the residual hearing loss in both ears will Hearing will get worse and worse, and when it reaches a serious level, there will be no point in wearing hearing aids.”
Xue Xiao listened seriously.
"So I have always wanted to write a story. If it can be seen by more people with hearing impairments and draw more people's attention to hearing impairments, that would be great."
"But I have never thought about how to set the protagonist's character. I don't want to put my own character on the protagonist. My character is too meek."
Shen Ling sighed and said: "The protagonist I want for this story is more positive. He is not sharp, but he has a drive. He has lost part of the ability to feel the world, but he still wants to try his best embrace the world.”
He looked at Xue Xiao: "Then when I saw you for the first time, I realized - what I want is such a person!"
Xue Xiao was stunned.
"Smile," Shen Ling held his hand and smiled, "Let's film this story together!"
Xue Xiao lowered his eyes.
He curled his lips and said solemnly: "Yes!"
After listening to Shen Ling's explanation of the story, Xue Xiao read the script again and felt much more wonderful.
Shen Ling said that his external personality was "mellow", but Xue Xiao felt that Shen Ling actually had a sharp part inside.
Otherwise, the emotions conveyed by this story would not be so hot.
The protagonist Xie Jia belongs to the "thick-skinned" type.
He will blush, but he will not feel inferior or doubt himself because of others' teasing.
He is also very determined in his goals and will not change his path because of his parents' pessimism and obstruction.
Shen Ting said: "It's your character."
Xue Xiao was a little embarrassed.
Shen Ling took off his hearing aid and tried it on for Xue Xiao.
Shen Ling has moderate hearing impairment in her right ear and severe hearing impairment in her left ear.
As a person with normal hearing, Xue Xiao felt noisy and sharp sounds rushing to his ears as soon as he put on these two hearing aids.
He frowned slightly and felt uncomfortable listening, but in order to better understand the world of the hearing-impaired, he tried to hold back and listened for a while.
Soon, Shen Ling helped him take off his hearing aid.
"It's normal for you people with normal hearing to feel uncomfortable wearing hearing aids worn by people like us with severe hearing loss. It feels like all sounds are amplified, right?"
Xue Xiao nodded and said: "There is still a heavy buzzing sound."
"But in fact, even if we wear such a hearing aid, we may not be able to hear all the sounds clearly. It can only play an auxiliary role for us and cannot make our hearing the same as that of normal people."
Shen Ling also gave him some popular science: "In addition, long-term inability to hear clearly will reduce our ability to recognize language."
"If a hearing-impaired person wears a hearing aid after several years or more than ten years, even if he can hear those sounds, it will be difficult for him to understand those sounds for a while, and it will take some time to adapt."
"This is also the reason why prelingually deafened patients tend to become mute. Listening is a learning process. If they can't hear sounds, it will be difficult for them to learn."
"Even if you are like me and have been wearing hearing aids since I was a child, after so many years, my ability to recognize sounds will still be affected to some extent, and my speech will also be somewhat different from you normal people."
Xie Jia is undoubtedly the most difficult role that Xue Xiao has received so far.
He needs to know more about hearing impairment and the problems that hearing-impaired people face in their daily lives.
It is even more necessary to be able to imagine the world of hearing-impaired people.
In the afternoon, Shen Tingyan and Shen Ling were discussing tomorrow's shooting plan in the living room, while Xue Xiao came to the small courtyard.
He closed his eyes and listened to the sounds around him.
There was a low conversation in the villa behind him.
The wind blew, and the rose flowers in the yard swayed slightly, making a rustling sound.
What would happen to him if he could no longer hear these sounds
Xue Xiao opened his eyes, feeling a little confused.
"Smile."
A man's deep voice came from behind.
Xue Xiao turned around.
"come in."
Xue Xiao walked over, Shen Tingyan rubbed his head and said softly: "Let's discuss the candidates for the supporting roles first."
Xue Xiao raised his head in confusion: "The supporting role has not been decided yet?"
"Shen Ling has already chosen the actor for little Xie Jia."
Shen Ling sat inside, shook his phone at Xue Xiao, and narrowed his eyes with a smile: "You look very similar to Xiaoxiao."
Xue Xiao sat over and took a look, and was surprised to find that the little boy in the photo was somewhat similar to him when he was a child!
"This kid has acted in several plays before, and they were pretty good. I've asked the director I know for his mother's contact information, and I've made an appointment with them. They will come over the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, brother Tingyan will shoot the rest of the film first. "
Shen Ling paused and said meaningfully: "And there is a supporting role. We think we will let you decide who will play it."
Xue Xiao suddenly thought of something.
He just read the script for the second time and found that the man Xie Jia met while working in a convenience store, who later accompanied Xie Jia to put on a hearing aid, had a very subtle role.
It's just that Xue Xiao was too moved by the script at the time and didn't study the character too carefully...
Shen Ling said: "Although I modeled the character of Xie Jia after you, I still made some of the settings my own."
"This man named Mu Sheng," Shen Ling tapped the script and said with a smile, "is Xie Jia's later lover. The relationship between them is not friendship, but love."
Xue Xiao’s premonition came true.
This is the first bomb.
The assistant director immediately became energetic, yo yo yo - such a bloody scene again!
Moreover, Shen Ling said that this was based on his own settings, which means—
"I like men, and I'm gay. From this point of view," Shen Ling glanced at Shen Tingyan and said slyly, "Sexuality may really be a family inheritance, right, Brother Tingyan."
Shen Tingyan said calmly: "Stop talking nonsense, tell your dad this and see if he can whip you with a clothes hanger."
Shen Ling smiled and said: "But even if it is a genetic mutation, it is impossible for our cousins to all have mutations. There must be some genetic connection!"
This is the second bomb.
The assistant director's smile suddenly froze.
He opened his mouth wide, and he and the camera crew were collectively stunned, thinking that they had heard wrongly or misunderstood what Shen Ling meant.
This, this, this - they looked at Shen Ling and Shen Tingyan.
What does "our cousins happen to all have mutations" mean? !
Xue Xiao suddenly tightened his hands and glanced at Shen Tingyan with trembling eyes.
Shen Tingyan raised his eyes while talking to Shen Ling.
Their eyes fell apart as soon as they touched each other.
Xue Xiao swallowed, while Shen Tingyan moved his eyes away.
He stared at Shen Ling and motioned irritably for him to speak faster.
Shen Ling couldn't help but want to laugh.
He tried his best to hold back and said to Xue Xiao: "Then, as for the actor for the role of Mu Sheng, we think it's up to you to make the choice."
"I originally chose my favorite actor, but Brother Tingyan was very unhappy."
Shen Tingyan: "..."
Xue Xiao: "..."
Assistant director and cameramen: “…”
"And I heard that the other three instructors of your program are very powerful this time. Director Feng and Teacher Su both invited famous actors to play for the students, and Teacher Guan personally came to play the role for Dou Mingjian, so our group only has Ting. Only if Brother Yan takes action and plays with you can we beat them."
"But Brother Tingyan feels that doing this seems like he is being hypocritical and taking advantage of you for his own benefit."
This is almost stated openly.
Xue Xiao's face was so red that he was almost bleeding, and his heart was about to explode.
Shen Tingyan: "..."
This was not the way they had secretly made an appointment. They had agreed to reveal only a little bit of information about the man he liked so that Xue Xiao could be mentally prepared. As for the supporting roles, why not let Xue Xiao choose them in a more tactful way
Firstly, although he has a greater grasp of Xue Xiao's intentions, he does not want to scare Xue Xiao too suddenly. Secondly, these are the only shots following them now. The solution is very simple, but it is still a problem. trouble.
The assistant director and cameramen were already blank-eyed.
They heard nothing, heard nothing, heard nothing...
Don't look at them with a look like "You still have to work hard to deal with these guys in the end, tsk"... Director Gao, help me, I feel like my life is at stake...
Shen Ling spread his hands: "So, Xiaoxiao, you can choose."
"Do you want my brother or another actor?"
"But that actor is quite handsome, you can trust my eyes."
Shen Ting said: "Heh."
Xue Xiao closed his eyes.
This third bomb made him extremely ashamed.
(End of chapter)