perfect out of control

Tan Qian was sitting alone on the terrace in a daze, Wu Liang came up wearing a sweater and asked, "Why are you sitting here alone?"

Tan Qian looked at the gloomy sky in the afternoon and said, "Take a breath."

Wu Liang sat down on the rattan chair, sighed and said, "Tan Zhen is not at home these days, you are a bit lonely by yourself."

Tan Qian didn't look at her, but only looked into the distance, and said calmly, "That's not true."

Wu Liang sighed again: "I don't even know what he's busy with..."

Only then did Tan Qian turn her gaze: "Isn't he busy falling in love, isn't this what you've always thought about?"

Wu Liang was speechless.

"People who are in love are the happiest," Tan Qian said, as if talking to himself, "He has rarely been so happy since he was a child, and I don't want him to come home to accompany me."

Wu Liang was at a loss for words again, and asked after a while: "Why do you feel that you are in a bad mood?"

Tan Qian said it might be menstrual period.

Wu Liang smiled: "You should still go out on a blind date. You can't give up just because you failed twice. Even if you can't get married, it's good to be in the same place and fall in love."

Tan Qian said absent-mindedly: "Maybe it's because I don't even like whoever you and Dad like."

Wu Liang asked, "Then which one do you like?"

"Maybe it's the kind you don't like."

Wu Liang frowned: "What's wrong with you today?"

Tan Qian barely realized what she had said in reflex, and only now came back to her senses: "It's nothing," she said, "A band I was chasing when I was in college, their lead singer had a car accident last night."

Wu Liang was surprised: "Have you ever chased after a band?"

Tan Qian nodded: "Yes, I have only been chasing for a few years, but I still hope that this band will do well."

She turned her head towards the west side of the terrace, hoping that Wu Liang would not see the wet corners of her eyes.The biggest secret in her life, she didn't want to let people who shouldn't know it know.

***

The premiere of "We Are All Our Best Selves in Dreams" was approaching, and the tickets were sold out on the platform in a second, even causing the server to crash briefly.Sheng Ye got the ticket from Tan Zhen one day in advance. Coincidentally, Jie Pingan also left the ticket for him, so Sheng Ye had no choice but to reply: "No need, Uncle Jie, I already bought it!"

"Bought it?" The stingy Jie Pingan educated him on WeChat, "Why are you buying a ticket, I will definitely give it to you, why spend that money!"

So much so that Sheng Ye didn't know what to do.

After a while, Jie Pingan sent another voice message: "Oh, I forgot that you are also a star now and rich."

Sheng Ye couldn't tell if he was stating the facts or mocking him obliquely, so he hurriedly replied: "No, Uncle Jie! I am not a star in front of you, I am me, a person who still believes that you are a cartoonist. Same fireworks!"

Tan Zhen opened the door and entered the porch, just in time to hear this passage, he was puzzled and amused: "What are the different fireworks?"

Sheng Ye just asked him: "Why isn't the ticket you gave me the first row?"

Tan Zhen lowered his head to change his shoes, curled his lips, smiled without saying a word.

Sheng Ye used his brains: "Otherwise, I would have released this one, maybe Uncle Jie has reserved the first row for me~"

Tan Zhen, who was sitting in the porch changing shoes, looked up for a moment, opened his eyes in disbelief, and ended up saying, "...don't come out, he didn't even give you the first row."

"Really?" Sheng Ye could only stare at the ticket and explain to himself, "You must have reserved the good positions for the family and friends of other actors. Forget it, as the family members of the leading actors, I should feel wronged."

Tan Zhen didn't expect Sheng Ye to find a reason for himself and accept it magnanimously. He couldn't explain too much, so he could only sigh unspeakably and digest it by himself.

On the day of the premiere, Sheng Ye saw that the screenwriter column on the poster actually read: Shen Tu, Jie Pingan, Tan Zhen.It was Tan Zhen's fans who spread word of mouth after seeing the poster, and he accidentally overheard it, otherwise he wouldn't have noticed.

There were waves of fans outside. He planned to wait until the lights were turned off before entering the arena. At this moment, he was hiding in the bathroom cubicle alone and texted Tan Zhen: Why are you still a screenwriter?

When Tan Zhen came back, he said, "I'm a little nervous now."

Tan Zhen's voice was still very steady, but his breathing was a little heavy. Sheng Ye remembered the same mood he had when he performed for the first time, and explained to him: "It's okay, the audience hasn't read the script, and they don't know if you fail. He said in a low voice, "And most of them are your fans, even if you just stand there and don't say anything, they will only think you are handsome, really."

Tan Zhen returned to him after a while, quite dumbfounded: "Are you serious..."

Sheng Ye replied: "I didn't do well the first time, I forgot a line, it was a long time, I just skipped to the next line, you know, I'm fine, I didn't even notice, and The actor I acted in was completely blinded by me on the spot, and when the light came on, I saw his brow sweating before I remembered that I forgot the words. So don’t worry, everyone around you must be more nervous than you right now.”

Tan Zhen sighed on WeChat: "Okay." After a while, he asked, "Are you there yet?"

"Here we are," Sheng Ye said, "I'll come in later."

"Well," Tan Zhen said, "you have to look carefully, carefully, and understand."

Sheng Ye promised: "Okay, okay, I'll write you a thousand-word review after I go back!"

"Don't be serious," Tan Zhen said in a deep voice, "I'm serious."

"Well," Sheng Ye nodded across the phone, "I'm serious too, Brother Tan Zhen, how could I not watch your drama debut seriously?"

***

After the audience had almost entered the arena and the lights went out, he took the time to enter the arena. Tan Zhen's popularity was beyond words. In my impression, this small theater had never been so full.

It was only after the curtain opened that Sheng Ye realized what kind of play it was, and why the tickets for the first two rows in the middle of the stage were not publicly sold.

This is a very special play. The whole theater is a stage. The actors on the stage are laughing and cursing, and there are also "audiences" booing and booing. When a group of audience suddenly rushed onto the stage, The whole audience was startled.

In order to realize Master Xiao's last wish, Jie Pingan did his best to make the audience feel the charm of the drama that the movie cannot match. He successfully pulled the audience into the world of the play at the beginning.

In the movie, it is the actors who really hear, see, and feel. In the theater, Jiepingan wants the audience to really listen, see, and feel.

The protagonist played by Tan Zhen is Mingzhe, a talented screenwriter and drama director. The whole play is composed of five short plays created by him in series. In reality, the outlet of the spirit.

He wrote that the protagonist ran away from home to look for the dog abandoned by the adults. He met several stray cats and dogs along the way and helped them find their way home. Finally, with the help of the stray animals, they found the The dog Danny who grew up with him; he wrote that the protagonist took his grandfather suffering from Alzheimer's to the playground to play, just like his grandfather took him to the playground when he was a child, he awakened the memories of his grandfather a little bit that day He writes that the protagonist meets his childhood friend many years later, bravely makes up for his mistakes, and regains his friendship; he writes that the protagonist overcomes all difficulties, overcomes illness, and becomes a swimmer of his dreams... Every drama ends with a comedy, no matter how rough it is The twists and turns must reach the perfect moment in the end, and then stay at that moment forever with the curtain call.

Mingzhe outside the play is sitting in his lonely hut. On the wall are portraits of old people, photos of dogs, graduation photos from high school, and a small trophy on the bookshelf. He writes like this in the cold wind howling night Those beautiful stories warm everyone and himself.

Although Tan Zhen's name ranks first in the cast list and he is an undisputed leading actor, his role in the drama is actually not important, and he only appears in the intervals of each short drama.This is really a drama that Tan Zhen used his popularity to do his best for other drama actors and careers of other dramas, and planned carefully.

But even Tan Zhen's fans and movie fans should not be disappointed, Sheng Ye thought, because they could see a Tan Zhen up close in the theater who had never seen him before. He was full of passion, and his rough appearance could not hide Live the light on your body.Every time he appeared on the stage, the audience was excited, not only because he was Tan Zhen, Sheng Ye could feel it, but because the character's voice, steps, and even the sense of presence were strong and powerful.People like to see him, long to see him, just like watching a lion walking on the grassland.

Tan Zhen’s voice is inherently deep, and on a drama stage without radio equipment, his voice can easily be overshadowed by other actors with brighter voices, but Tan Zhen has used his strengths to the extreme. In the body—every time Tan Zhen opens his mouth—people always feel that there is a lion there.

The sound will be drowned out, but the momentum will not.

Sheng Ye's blood was boiling with excitement. If there was no one around, he really wanted to stand up and applaud Tan Zhen.

The scripts created by Mingzhe did not win much aura for him despite their ingenious conception, but he seemed to have no ambitions for this. In the seasons of winter and spring, he wrote the last play on the hospital bed.

The lights on the stage dimmed slowly, and the darkness lasted for a long time until a melodious line sounded:

"Love is a puff of smoke blown by a sigh; there are sparks it purifies in the lover's eyes; the tears of a lover are the waves it stirs up. It is also the wisest madness, the bitter taste that chokes the throat, and the honey that cannot eat the mouth .”

The lights come on.The audience in the audience may not know it, but Sheng Ye knows that this is a line from "Romeo and Juliet".

The setting on the stage is the drama club of the school. The fifth short play is the only love drama written by Mingzhe. The hero and the heroine met in the drama club of the school. The heroine performed on stage, but lost her props and glasses , the male protagonist lent her his glasses, unexpectedly the female protagonist put on the glasses and found that the prescription was just right, she smiled and asked the male protagonist: "Senior, what degree do you have?"

The male protagonist smiled shyly and said, "Same as you, three Baidu."

Sheng Ye watched this unremarkable scene, his eyes were fixed and his heart was pounding.

The hostess is a member of the drama club. The host works part-time and works in a flower shop. Every time he brings an untwisted rose to the hostess, red, pink, purple... The hostess also raises a garden rose. The cat, whose name is Michael, Michael doesn’t like the male lead. When the male lead fed it for the female lead, it scratched his shirt. The first gift the male lead gave the female lead was a first-generation Ultraman. The host likes a band called WinterSpring. All other girls want to play romantic wedding marches or tandoor songs at the wedding ceremony. Only she wants to invite WinterSpring to the wedding. She also takes the host to the livehouse to watch the show, cute The male protagonist of the otaku has never been to such a place, standing in the crowd of crazy people at a loss the whole time, the female protagonist grabbed his hand and shouted in his ear: "You have to let go, senior!"

Sheng Ye finally knew why Tan Zhen's name was in the screenwriter, and why Tan Zhen wanted him to read it carefully, to understand it.His eye sockets felt hot.

The story is still the same as Mingzhe's previous stories, not so smooth. The heroine's family disagrees with the heroine and the heroine being together because the hero is too poor. The lines of "Romeo and Juliet" sounded from time to time throughout the whole play.

"...After his death, he will be broken into stars all over the sky, and he will illuminate the beauty of heaven. Human beings will love the night from now on, and will no longer worship the brilliant sun."

"The time spent in sorrow seems too long; for I lack something that would make it short."

"The sky outside is bright, but our hearts are dark."

……

The story is actually very simple, but Teacher Shen Tu wrote it very romantically. The scenery and light and shadow on the stage are also unprecedentedly romantic, so even if the two broke up, the audience seems to be still shrouded in the atmosphere of love and looking forward to it with high emotions. Looking forward to the reunion after many years.

When the scene was changed, the stage went dark again, and a coughing sound could be vaguely heard from behind the curtain, but it didn’t seem to be a coughing sound. In other words, there was a magic hand and a magic pen, which suppressed the tens of thousands of noisy and depressing sounds in the world. All turned into brilliant fireworks.

Seven years later, the hero finally became famous, and the warm fireworks kicked off the prelude to the reunion. The wedding scene was the climax of the whole drama. They came to their beloved island to hold their wedding. Accompanied by the sound of the waves, it's like being on the beach.It seemed that a grand wedding was really being held on the stage, and all the audience in the audience were guests present. Just as the bride and groom were kissing each other, colorful stripes and countless roses burst out from the darkness above the auditorium The petals, Sheng Ye's eyes were dazzled immediately, the red petals were sprinkled, it didn't just sprinkle for a while, it kept falling, like a non-stop rain of roses.

The "audience" below the stage stood up one after another, shouting the names of the male and female protagonists, and shouting their blessings. The audience also stood up at this time, applauding and blessing the couple.

Everyone was laughing, only Sheng Ye was crying.

The rose petals were still falling, falling on his hair and shoulders, and he could smell their familiar fragrance.

What happened to Mingzhe in the end seems to be unimportant, because "we are all the best selves in our dreams".All his unfulfilled dreams come true, in the eternal art.

In "Romeo and Juliet" sounded in Sheng Ye's ears, on that beautiful morning, Juliet said:

"Then, window, open it!

Let the day come in and let the life go out. "

After the wedding was over, the stage lights dimmed little by little, and the male lead took the female lead's hand and walked off the stage. Amid the sound of the waves, people could still hear their last words.

"Do you still have a wish that has not been fulfilled?"

"No more, I have no other wishes to fulfill!"

"Yes, I remember."

The human voice faded out, and the sound of the acoustic guitar slowly came from the dim stage, and then a beam of light came on from the back of the theater, which traveled through the entire theater and solidified on the stage. , that is the slowly scrolling cast list, and stills from rehearsals.

Sheng Ye heard a surprised gasp from the auditorium, and the surprise swept everyone, because behind the accompaniment of the acoustic guitar, it was Sui Qingchi's voice——

ThedayIaskedoutomarryme

Arive you cried tome

He only sang one line, and Sheng Ye felt that his tears really turned into a torrent. He really lived up to his reputation. He didn't know whether he was in a theater, a movie theater, a livehouse, or a dream...

So we swim like fish in the sea

like a whale

follow another whale

how strange

such a small probability

established in us

how wonderful

Even if you decide to turn around and leave

I still will never miss you

When you call my name across the crowd

No matter how far away I know it's you

the universe is so vast

but i look back

always see you

just like

if you were a cloud

Then I will definitely float towards you

just like

If I'm attracted to a star in the night sky

it must be because of your letter to me

This song

to the destined you

It's also proof that we're together

do you believe it

Someday the stars will meet the stars

Someday we will be together