For the next four full months, Wen Xingze devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming of "Dust Planet".
Li Mingzhou is a good director, and "Dust Planet" is undoubtedly a good crew. In these four months, Wen Xingze has learned more than all the experiences in the past few years - of course, he also encountered a lot There were several difficulties, but they were overcome one by one in the end.
And Wen Xingze is the type who is getting better.
At the later stage of filming "Planet of Dust", Wen Xingze seemed to have merged with the character Xia Huai. Not only the director could see it, but even many crew members who knew nothing about movies could feel it. Especially the big climax at the end - on the final battlefield, there was a lot of wailing and screaming, the sky was about to fall, Xia Huai wore a tattered military uniform on his shoulders, smiled very lightly, and then fell into the furnace of fire...
Xia Huai, the star of the empire and the youngest major general, has gone through glory, honor and disgrace in his life, and once stumbled in the mud and surrendered to himself. In the end, he finally reconciled with himself and the world. Before, choose to die like this as a soldier.
But "Dust Planet" is not a tragedy.
As for whether Xia Huai is really dead, there is an ambiguous and open suspense at the end of the movie: in the last scene of the movie, three months later, the bionic man finds a dilapidated military uniform in a ruin, And a gun with a dark silver rose pattern.
— This scene overlaps with when Xia Huai first picked up the bionic man in the garbage, and then the camera zoomed out to capture the vast and silent dark blue night, and the incomparably gorgeous aurora in the sky...
The bionic man stood in place for a long time, and suddenly his eyes were red, and he ran forward with all his strength.
The movie ends here.
Wen Xingze and Chi Yan's fight, although it did not go well at first, turned out to be more and more suitable later on, and it has reached the point of perfection, which is brilliant. Everyone can't imagine what would happen if these two roles were not played by them.
Wen Xingze's expressive power and emotional appeal reached the extreme in these last few scenes.
The atmosphere of the entire crew was completely driven by him, and more than one staff member would secretly cry over Xia Huai's experience and ending during the break. After the last big climax and the ending were filmed, Li Mingzhou, who had always praised Wen Xingze without hesitation, fell silent instead, and left in a hurry after saying "passed". I lit up a cigarette and watched these two paragraphs over and over again all night with my reading glasses on.
The assistant director who passed by and watched all this was shocked.
Director Li has been filming for so many years, and he has never seen any wonderful acting skills. The last time he was like this was when he was filming "Grass and Trees" with Chi Yan a few years ago...
Wen Xingze might win the award with "Dust Planet".
And it's by no means a small prize.
"..."
But Wen Xingze himself knew nothing about it.
After filming "Planet of Dust", it took him a long time to fully play, and then he went to film "Miracle Zeze Around the World" with the Spanish little old man Griffith...
On the way, the tourism system of "Zai Zai Cultivation Plan" has activated many areas, and finally there is only one area that has not been activated, and the name is 'God's Domain'. But the parents turned over the maps of the two universes and couldn't find this place, so they had to put it aside for the time being.
Anyway, there is still time.
Time passed by in such a flash, as if in the blink of an eye, it went from deep winter to summer again.
In the past six months, it can be said that Wen Xingze's popularity has continued to rise steadily, but there has been a lack of a work that can truly prove his strength and acting skills.
——Until the seventh day of July this year, "Dust Planet" was officially finalized.
Summer in the capital, early in the morning.
Dim light filtered through the windows, and the central air conditioner was working steadily. The center of the bed is slightly sunken, and a young man is lying on the bed. His sleeping posture can only be described as freedom, most of his face and body are buried under the quilt, only the tip of a snow-white powder ear is exposed.
The green plant stretches on the windowsill, it is a pot of daisies that have just been watered.
The electronic calendar on the desk shows the time, July 28, 8:.
A camera fixed somewhere carefully recorded this scene. The camera is shooting a vlog, and the content of the vlog is to record the boy's whole day.
The whole picture is very quiet and beautiful.
What broke this warm scene was the knocking sound outside the window. The voice was very weak, but very clear, and it was picked up one after another.
It was a little silvery bird with a beautiful tail. It is pecking at the window.
The sleeping boy was awakened by the sound.
His eyelashes moved, he opened his eyes after a while, and sat up in confusion. His forehead hair was completely curled up from sleep, and he sat on the bed with his dull hair in a daze.
"What date is it today... twenty-eight?"
He yawned.
The bird outside the window tilted its head to look at him, and chirped twice after a while.
Only then did the boy notice the window again, he yawned and went to open the window. As soon as the window was opened, the bird flew in eagerly. It circled the boy twice, then found a suitable place on top of his head, and sat down.
Obviously very satisfied with this 'bird's nest', the little bird tilted its head and rubbed against the young boy attached.
Camera: "…"
Wen Xingze: "..."
Wen Xingze woke up completely at this moment.
After finishing a filming assignment, Wen Xingze just returned to China this week. He fell asleep all day after jet lag and woke up still very sleepy. Feeling the familiar weight on the top of his head, Wen Xingze had no choice but to accept his fate, realizing that his sleep today was over.
—Since July, no matter where Wen Xingze is, this bird will knock on his window every morning at eight o'clock, then sit on top of his head and sleep soundly, and sleep until nine o'clock before leaving.
And it's fine for it to sleep by itself, but Wen Xingze is not allowed to sleep. If Wen Xingze shows the slightest sign of staying in bed, the bird will cover his nose with its wings.
It's a bit deceiving!
But this month has passed, Wen Xingze's mentality has changed from being shocked and depressed at the beginning to getting used to it now. But today is different.
In order to cooperate with the promotion of many works to come, the company opened an account for him on Alphabet Station a few days ago, hoping that he can make a vlog to record his day as the first video of the account.
Wen Xingze looked at the camera in the corner, and finally remembered the task of shooting this vlog. I thought that things had come to this point, and there was nothing I could do, so I just patted like this. Anyway, it can be edited later.
Today is an excellent weather, the whole city outside the window is waking up, and the sky is blue.
With a bird on his head, and pulling on his slippers, Wen Xingze skillfully went to wash and dress. The housekeeper asked for leave today to go home, Wen Xingze bit his toothbrush and went to the door to pick up the ordered fresh milk and newspaper.
In the open kitchen, Chi Yan wearing an apron was frying eggs, Wen Xingze walked over to exchange a kiss with him.
"Will you go there later?"
"Ok."
Chi Yan can only stay in this world for a short time every day recently, but he comes to make breakfast for Wen Xingze every day.
The morning news was playing on the TV, but it was quickly switched to the children's channel, playing "Pigman in Another World".
... There is no doubt that the culprit is the blood prince sitting at the table dangling his calf. Lan picked up the milk and took a sip, then happily flapped his bat wings and flew over: "Your Majesty!"
Today is blue.
Wen Xingze let him sniff at him, Lan wanted to confirm that he was the first parent to see the cub that day, this is the habit of the parents of the vinegar blood clan.
Lan soon found the bird above Wen Xingze's head. He was very upset, and reached out to pick up the bird and quarreled with it.
Wen Xingze picked up the newspaper and put it in front of the microwave oven. A steady stream of wind was blown from the exhaust fan, and every three minutes, he gently turned the newspaper over a page.
The words on the microwave screen read: "Thank you, Wang, newspaper."
Although robot parents can hack into the background of any system on the earth at any time and know everything they want to know, they still persist in reading newspapers every day, perhaps because of a special sense of ritual.
Newspapers are also ordered for them.
Wen Xingze bit his cheek and said vaguely: "No, thank you, I love you all."
In another universe, the base of Mechanical Star, the old robots headed by No. 015 were 'tricked' to be at a loss, there was a rattling sound in the joints, and the core center felt hot, and all kinds of data were overloaded and overflowed.
At this moment, the quarrel between Lan and Xiaoniao has come to an end, and neither of the blood and bird bother to talk to each other, sitting on both ends of the couch, staring at the TV with piercing eyes.
Wen Xingze touched Lan's head first, then Xiaoniao's, then sat down at the dining table.
The picture on the TV is noisy, and there are various fighting sound effects from clumsy cartoons. Accompanied by kitchen fumes, the sound of frying eggs, and the sound of paper rubbing when newspapers are flipped, the whole room has a unique noise of human fireworks.
And Wen Xingze liked this kind of noise.
Now Wen Xingze is not like before, he has a lot of time for vacation after an announcement. After Wen Xingze finished his breakfast and said goodbye to his parents and Chi Yan, he went to the company. There was a magazine interview in the morning, and Jiang Ye seemed to have other arrangements in the afternoon.
Ten o'clock in the morning, recording studio.
The reporter interviewed by the magazine was asking questions, while the photographer was taking pictures nearby, and the temperature of the air conditioner was turned on a little low. Wen Xingze touched the tip of his nose with his index finger, feeling sleepy and at the same time wanting to sneeze.
Before he said anything, everyone's mobile phones suddenly lit up.
"The temperature of the air conditioner is too low. It is recommended to increase it by more than four degrees." Siri said politely.
"You should be able to do this by yourself," Xiao Ai's voice also sounded, "Or do you need my help?"
AI Xiaona: "Let me do it, it will be more efficient."
In the next second, the air conditioner made a 'beep' sound, the temperature rose by four degrees continuously, and at the same time changed to the up and down sweeping mode.
Everyone: "..."
The reporter and photographer hugged each other tremblingly.
Wen Xingze woke up instantly, put on the bluetooth headset, and heard the immature and dissatisfied voice of the dwarf's parents: "This is too unhealthy, baby, the old air conditioner in Interstellar has long been eliminated. It was blown by the low-temperature air conditioner. The probability of catching a cold is 45.68%."
"Besides, because of your obsession with part-time work, your hair loss rate is 1.124 times faster than before. Cub, don't you feel cold when you are blown by the air conditioner?"
Wen Xingze: "???"
Murder!
Wen Xingze wanted to cry.
After going through the whole day with such difficulty, at five o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Xingze could finally get off work. However, what he didn't expect was that he was blocked by fans holding light signs just half a step out of the company.
They didn't know where they heard the gossip that Wen Xingze would come to the company today, so he stayed here for a while. Wen Xingze was abroad for the first two months, and he didn't disclose the exact date of his return, so the fans couldn't pick him up at the airport, and the enthusiasm for so long suddenly became out of control at this time.
"Ahhh, Azer, look over here!!!"
"So handsome, are you wearing a private suit today? It's so cute!"
"Signature Signature..."
Wen Xingze has always been very grateful for fans' love and support, but just after signing two signatures, he realized that the situation was wrong—there was an endless stream of people surrounded, like a zombie siege The security guards of Shengtian Entertainment, who had passed through the battlefield, were a bit overwhelmed!
"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom." Wen Xingze raised the alarm in his heart, put down his pen immediately, and turned around.
The fans reacted faster: "...he is going to run away, stop him quickly, don't let him run away!"
It's like the shooting scene of some gangster movie.
The fans reacted quickly, but Wen Xingze reacted even faster. Seeing that the fans behind were about to catch up, Wen Xingze turned a corner and found a locker at random, and opened the door...
Behind the door is the endless deep sea.
Wen Xingze immediately stepped in and closed the door.
The ocean is vast and deep, with beautiful corals, starfish, and lantern fish.
"Blocked again?" The blue-tailed mermaid lay lazily on the humpback whale, her long hair tied with bright red shark beads, and her veil fluttered with the tide, "I'll take you back, it's no exception."
Wen Xingze lay down on the humpback whale, very confident: "That's what I said last time."
Humpback whales make happy noises.
The elder mermaid snorted and stopped talking. When he arrived at the destination, he was silent for a long time, and said awkwardly, "Your job is too tiring, so you just quit it, and the family is not short of money."
Wen Xingze felt very satisfied all of a sudden, so he agreed.
Six o'clock in the evening.
After going through untold hardships, Wen Xingze finally returned home.
"Wen Xingze!" Wen Xingze answered Jiang Ye's call, and Jiang Ye scolded him over there, "How many times have I told you to check the situation before leaving the company, and you must wear sunglasses and a mask Come on, do you still think that you are now a fan of Weibo with a total of seven followers?!"
"...you are going to be top class!"
Yes.
A year ago, Wen Xingze was still a young 18th-line actor who lived in the basement, rode a tricycle, and occasionally went to the vegetable market to set up a stall, but now he is different from before.
From a few variety shows, it became famous. After the broadcast of "Yulong Ye", it ushered in an explosive growth in popularity, and then "Dust Planet". Although "Dust Planet" has not yet been released, the official Dust Planet has brought him many announcements that he had never thought of before, and just this summer, "Dust Planet" is finalized.
Tens of millions of fans on Weibo, the front row of Chaohua power list, advertising endorsements are soft, and good movie appointments come one after another.
—He's almost a top-notch!
To be blocked by fans asking for an autograph when going out is something Wen Xingze never dared to imagine.
The reason for using 'almost' is because everyone knows that he still lacks a proof of his strength, a representative work. And there is no doubt that "Dust Planet" is that masterpiece.
Everyone is waiting.
Waiting for the release of "Dust Planet"—no, more precisely, waiting for "Dust Planet"'s first award.
Facing Jiang Ye's scolding, Wen Xingze knew he was wrong, so of course he had no choice but to promise not to do it again next time.
"Be careful and careful next time, you know?" Jiang Ye paused, and then said, "By the way, don't rush to sleep tonight... maybe there will be good news."
good news
Wen Xingze hadn't realized it at this time, and he suddenly remembered it when he had a video call with the parents of the Long family at night.
The time difference between Country A and Country Hua seems to be 16 hours. And the nominations for a certain hall-level film award seem to be announced soon, and "Dust Planet" is also up for selection.
Realizing this, Wen Xingze immediately became ill, and soon became nervous, just like the state three hours before the results of the college entrance examination came out.
"Cub?" On the other side of the video is the endless snow mountain of the main star of the Dragon Clan. The parents of the Dragon Clan sit around the camera by the campfire, looking at Wen Xingze with concern, "What's wrong?"
Wen Xingze told them about the film awards.
The dragons fell silent.
After a while, Lei Qi spread his wings and flew into the sky to breathe fire. Some of the other giant dragons stamped their feet frantically, and some rolled excitedly on the ground.
"Zai Zai is going to win a prize, ho—"
"So nervous!"
"I'm very excited," Astor held the small lens in his paws, his big head arched in the snow, "our cubs are so good."
Wen Xingze was so cute, he was not so nervous all of a sudden.
At this time, the door suddenly opened.
Chi Yan walked in from the door. He took two courier packages in his hand, took off his mask, and looked over with a pair of pitch-black pupils calmly: "In the video?"
Just as Wen Xingze was about to nod, the video was hung up because the receiving source was damaged and the network was unstable.
Wen Xingze: "..."
Chi Yan hummed, put the courier on the table, and signaled that it was Wen Xingze's courier.
"?" Wen Xingze went over to open the courier and found two packages with [Guangta Logistics] printed on them.
One was the raspberry wine sent by the orc's parents, and a note was pasted viciously next to it, "Underage can only drink a small cup a day, and they will be fined if they drink more."
The other was a tomato sent by the parents of the elves... It was not a picked tomato, but a potted plant. Wen Xingze watched the seeds in the soil of the pot take root, sprout, blossom and bear fruit.
The plump and fresh tomato landed on Wen Xingze's palm, and a butterfly stopped at Wen Xingze's fingertips, and then turned into a spot of light and dissipated.
"Barbecue tonight?" Wen Xingze looked at the tomato for a while, then poured out the raspberry wine, very satisfied.
Chi Yan agreed.
They set up a barbecue grill on the third floor in the open air.
The most suitable thing in summer is to have a barbecue with the one you like, drink some wine, and watch the stars in the evening breeze.
Chi Yan also went to fry a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The tomatoes were fresh tomatoes sent by the parents of the elves. The iced raspberry wine is also just right, sweet and delicious, with a low alcohol content but a long aftertaste.
The chicken wings on the grill have been golden on both sides, with a slightly crispy shine, brushed with honey and barbecue sauce. Sprinkle a layer of white sesame seeds, and the whole string tremblingly drips juice, splashing sparks beeping...
Not to mention the half-fat and half-thin tenderloin skewers sizzling on the stove, and the grilled fish topped with a layer of lemon juice, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
After eating and drinking enough, Wen Xingze slowly rubbed into Chi Yan's arms.
Chi Yan is still shy to this day, after a moment of silence, he kissed his earlobe.
"I feel very good... very good." Wen Xingze said.
This is an extremely ordinary day in summer, the galaxy is vast and vast, and the singing of cicadas and the night wind blend into beautiful songs.
At this time, Wen Xingze just thought that this kind of life may continue until many years later... When he becomes very old, the years will just flow forward without waves.
This is a thousand times better than any dream that Wen Xingze could have imagined.
He is only twenty-four years old this year, Wen Xingze thinks confidently, he has not even celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday, and he has not yet married his fiancé, Mr. Chi, and he is about to spend a long time with his parents and Chi Yan The years have just begun.
He is very young, so he doesn't need to trouble himself to think about life and death.
"It can't be better than now." Wen Xingze was a little drunk, and gestured.
Chi Yan lowered his eyelids, and after a while, a faint smile appeared in his eyes.
"Really?" he said, "I think so."
Wen Xingze: "?"
"Ozawa, look at your phone."
Wen Xingze had turned off his phone two hours ago, Chi Yan's tone suddenly gave him a premonition, Wen Xingze sat up straight, and his heart started beating.
He turned on the phone, and within a few seconds of turning it on, his palms were covered with sweat.
As soon as I turned on the phone, various notification sounds began to bombard me indiscriminately, and missed calls, text messages, and unread messages on WeChat kept pouring in. But Wen Xingze didn't have time to check it out, so he clicked on Weibo first.
… When he read the top few lines, Wen Xingze's heartbeat was extremely fast, and then slowly slowed down. There is a sense of dust settling.
The world around him was silent.
The first thing he heard was his own breathing, and then he felt the warmth of Chi Yan's palm when he clasped his fingers together.
Wen Xingze closed his eyes, then opened them again, and began to read from the first line.
—“Tonight, at 9:16 p.m. on July 28th, capital time, the nomination list for the 95th Academy Awards was officially announced. Among them, “Dust Planet” received twelve nominations, including Best International Film Award, Best Film Award, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, etc... ”
This is Wen Xingze's first film appearance.
It was the first time he acted in and starred in a movie, despite the differences in cultural aesthetics, and under the environment of the world's lack of objective appreciation of Chinese movies, he even made a bloody road, nominated the best actor, and was also a potential winner...
The whole country is boiling!
The entire interstellar world is also boiling.
The parents are happier than Wen Xingze himself. They have the mentality that their child has passed the Qingbei college entrance examination, and they can't wait to throw a big banquet to entertain guests and announce it to the world with loudspeakers.
They know best how much effort Zai Zai has put in to get to this day, and how much he wants this nomination.
However, this unreserved happiness did not last long.
Just when the parents of all ethnic groups couldn't help but want to make phone calls, start videos, or go directly to that world to hug cubs, an extremely familiar mechanical sound that everyone did not expect suddenly sounded, accompanied by BGM:
"In the distant ancient blue star, there is such a human being. His name is Wen Xingze, and he lives in the capital of China. Since last summer, you and Zai Zai have spent a long time together, accompanying Zai Zai from the lowest point of his life. Come out of Gu's predicament, accompany Zai Zai to grow up, experience wind and rain, and finally get the present glory... "
"Congratulations to the parents, you have successfully reached the normal ending of "Zai Zai Raising Plan" [Life is complete], and the game has been cleared!"
The parents didn't speak, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
And the mechanical voice continued:
"There is always a feast that never ends. After the game is cleared, Zai Zai will continue to live his happy life on earth. I am very grateful to the parents for their company and dedication during this time."
"And, see you again."
"Because the game ending has been successfully achieved, in order to avoid excessive confusion in the causal chain and further interference with the earth's civilization, the connection between the two universes will be cut off, and the light tower system will be offline soon."
"Countdown to three..."
"two."
"one!"