Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 20 20. Qi Lei’s death and peace

The weather finally cleared up the next day, and bright sunlight shone through the half-open curtains on Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an was lying on the bed sleeping deeply, wearing black high-top leather boots on his feet, as if he had passed out.

In the living room, Ma Xiaoqing was cleaning up. The wine she took out yesterday was not finished. The two of them only drank four bottles.

However, Ma Xiaoqing still felt that she was very drunk last night, and her vague consciousness only felt that she was floating on the sea, one wave after another, so that she couldn't remember too many details of last night when she woke up this morning.

The crisp sound of the bottles in the living room made Chen Li'an wake up.

Chen Li'an sat up from the bed, grabbed the T-shirt on the ground and put it on, then buckled his belt before going out.

Ma Xiaoqing saw Chen Li'an coming out, and then said to him: "Get up, have breakfast, and go to the set after eating."

Ma Xiaoqing's attitude was deliberately distant and calm, but her tone of voice was not as strong as she showed.

Chen Lian nodded and went to the bathroom to wash his face. However, without a toothbrush, Chen Lian could only rinse his mouth a few times, which was better than nothing.

After breakfast, Chen Li'an and Ma Xiaoqing came to the crew. There were many shooting tasks today, but there were not many complete plot scenes.

The plot of the movie "Extreme Cold" itself is not complicated, and most of them are very bland narratives. If you look at the plot alone, this is a very, very boring movie.

Therefore, most of the scenes in this movie are about Qi Lei's depression, his entanglement, his nervousness, and his incompatibility with the world.

The only scene that allowed Qi Lei to express his emotions was when he witnessed a suicide by jumping off a building at school.

A living life disappeared before his eyes, and the bright red blood bloomed into frightening flowers the moment the body touched the ground.

The bright red blood stained the white dress of the girl who jumped off the building, which was particularly eye-catching in the dazzling sunlight.

Life is so fragile, yet so shocking.

Qi Lei, who witnessed everything through the bars, felt that the excitement in his heart had been completely ignited, and was no longer suppressed and had nowhere to release it.

The shock caused by the loss of life allowed Qi Lei to find the answer to what he had been confused about in his heart, but he was also more afraid of death.

Simulating death is not Qi Lei's complete performance art. Everything after the ice burial is the end of this performance art.

After facing death, Qi Lei became increasingly impulsive and wanted to know what changes he would bring to the world after his "death".

I want to see if the shock of death can stand up to today’s repressive society!

Three days later, at the beginning of summer, it is time to verify this moment.

Beginning of summer, the hottest season of the year is coming.

There are a lot of ice cubes piled up on the empty playground, and Chen Li'an wears a headband for today's Beginning of Autumn.

Wang Xiaoshuai said to Chen Li'an with some worry: "Don't be like before this time. Ice burials are more dangerous than others. So much ice will freeze people to death."

Chen Li waited quietly and ignored Wang Xiaoshuai's persuasion.

Ma Xiaoqing, who was standing behind Chen Li'an, saw Wang Xiaoshuai turning his gaze towards her, but she just shook her head slightly and did not speak to persuade.

If Chen Li'an is someone who can be dissuaded so easily, then it's not Chen Li'an.

Shu Qi was not here today, so he went to meet with Director Cheng. Before leaving, he specifically told Chen Li'an not to be so desperate.

Chen Li'an did not feel that he was desperate. He was deeply involved in the play and wanted to play a role well, but he would not use his own life to complete it.

Because he is Qi Lei, he is also afraid of death, and also curious about the shock that "death" will have on the world around him.

Perhaps during filming, he would also "fake death" to see how the people around him who expressed concern would react, and to find out why Qi Lei actually committed suicide in the end.

The ice cubes were ready. Qi Lei took off his clothes and lay on the ice cubes, allowing his skin to have unobstructed contact with the ice cubes.

The biting cold instantly penetrated into the body through the pores. Qi Lei held a square piece of real ice in his arms, and his forehead, arms, and legs were all piled with ice.

He was wrapped in ice, and the stinging sensation caused by the extreme cold made Qi Lei's consciousness particularly clear. The excitement and depression burning in his heart were bursting with intense heat, trying to melt these hard ice cubes.

The temperature of 36 degrees Celsius and the ice cubes of minus ten degrees Celsius were in fierce confrontation. Gradually, Qi Lei felt that his body was becoming numb and stiff.

The hot heart in the chest is beating hard, the frequency is getting faster and faster, trying to make the blood flow faster and generate more heat.

As time went by, Qi Lei used his body temperature to melt a lot of ice. Finally, with the help of his companions, he broke all the intact ice blocks and buried Qi Lei completely in the crushed ice.

Chen Li'an felt that his hands and feet were almost losing consciousness, and he knew that this simulation was coming to an end.

When his heartbeat was still strong, Chen Li'an slowly closed his eyes and let himself enter a "coma" state.

"Old Wang! Chen Li'an has passed out!" The extra who was shoveling ice next to him saw Chen Li'an closing his eyes and immediately dropped the shovel in his hand and shouted.

"Quick, call an ambulance and get rid of all the ice!"

Wang Xiaoshuai didn't care so much and immediately ran over to shave the ice with his hands, but he was not as fast as the other person.

Ma Xiaoqing, who was already worried, had already rushed to Chen Li'an's side and used her arms to sweep away the ice cubes from Chen Li'an's body the moment she saw Chen Li'an "unconscious".

I don't know why, but Chen Li'an really feels like his consciousness is about to blur. The low temperature still consumes too much energy. He lost too much weight for filming, and his body is not as good as before.

Chen Li'an vaguely heard the shouts of the people around him, and several hands lifted him up. This time he really went too far, and his reputation as a lunatic was fully confirmed.

The white ambulance arrived soon, picked up Chen Li'an who was really unconscious and rushed to the hospital immediately.

By the time Chen Li'an woke up again, it was already an hour later.

The quiet ward was filled with the smell of disinfectant. When Chen Li'an opened his eyes, he heard scolding from a doctor or someone outside the ward.

"There is no such thing as filming. Prolonged contact with ice can easily cause irreversible damage to the body, and in serious cases, even death!"

"When you are a director, you don't know how to stop it. Fortunately, it was delivered in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

The voice was Shu Qi. Chen Li'an regained consciousness and heard that the person speaking outside the door was Shu Qi.

"You think I think, Chen Li'an is so crazy, I don't know how he can endure it." Wang Xiaoshuai's tone was helpless, but a hint of excitement could be heard.

Shu Qi looked at the excitement deep in Wang Xiaoshuai's eyes, and suddenly felt that she didn't know this person very well.

It feels like he has some disregard for life, and seems to want to use the death of life to reach another level of art.

Just like the teacher in the movie who tricked Qi Lei into performing performance art, he satisfied his selfish and narrow dark psychology by asking Qi Lei to perform death simulations.

It was quiet outside the ward. Chen Li'an didn't know what was happening outside. He only felt that his body was alive again, but he was a little chilly.

"Can you please stop being so crazy next time? Do you have to work so hard to film a movie? It's just crazy!" Ma Xiaoqing couldn't help scolding Chen Li'an when she saw him opening his eyes, but her red eyes still couldn't help but shed two tears.

Chen Li'an raised his stiff hand and wiped it on Ma Xiaoqing's face.

The tears that just fell from his eyes were still warm. Chen Li'an gently wiped away the tears with his fingers, but he couldn't say that he had misjudged his own limit, so he could only say: "I want to experience Qi Lei's feelings. That emotion is very strong." , and I know nothing will happen to me, I have a sense of proportion."

Ma Xiaoqing grabbed Chen Li'an's arm and wanted to hit him, but stopped and said with red eyes: "You are already in the hospital, but you still have some sense of caution! Do you know how scary it is!"

"Now that I'm done filming, I'm fine. Don't worry. I feel fine now. I'm very content and at peace."

Chen Li'an's voice was a little hollow, and then he slowly fell asleep again.

This simulated death was a failure for Qi Lei, but it was a success for Chen Li'an. At that moment, he really felt how Qi Lei felt in another time and space.

This is really rare for an actor, and Chen Li'an really felt particularly excited and satisfied.

A week later, Chen Li'an completed the project, and Qi Lei returned from nothingness to reality to observe the impact of his own death on the world and on his art.

In the end, it turned out that it was a ridiculous deception from beginning to end, and everything was meaningless.

His death has been sealed and his existence has been denied.

After dying spiritually, Qi Lei also died physically on the day of Beginning of Autumn.