1305 Ulysses

In the middle of the empty bar, Levine held his guitar, singing lonely and lonely, his socks and shoes soaked, he didn't even have a winter coat, he had nothing but a guitar and a singing voice, and sat calmly in front of Bard Grossman, all the way to the end of the road, humming the vicissitudes of the tune physically and mentally.

He chanted in a hoarse voice, "Can I plead with you, cut open the right side of my body and find my baby?" ”

Emily supported her cheeks with the palm of her right hand, and the hot tears fell down one by one like broken pearls, the sad and touching lyrics jumped gently between her lips and teeth, and the irrepressible sadness echoed in her chest, like a kite that could not find a place to stay, floating alone.

Henry VIII had six wives in his lifetime, and Queen Jane was his third wife. Although he had the whole world, which was the most powerful time in England and Ireland, the love of his life was always Jane, and sadly, after giving birth to Edward, Jane died. This is a lingering memory for Henry VIII, who was buried with Jane after his death.

Queen Jane.

Oh, Queen Jane.

That Jane of Jim and Jane.

The new life that was conceived in Jane's body. Jane never asked if he wanted to stay, if he wanted to stay, and Jane never asked if he loved her.

It was the most precious dream and the most precious soul in Levien's heart, but it was lost forever because of Mike's passing, buried deep in his heart, forever dusty. So, Bard says, his music doesn't feel connected to the audience.

It was also the softest warmth and the most precious soul in Levine's heart, his two children, one who was already two years old but had no chance to see him, and the other who would say goodbye without saying a word, as if the relationship between him and his father, two complete strangers.

Behind the melodious and graceful melody, there are too many stories hidden, in the tired and vicissitudes of Levine's humming, like a slowly flowing poem, carefully narrating the wounds and pain in the depths of the soul, hidden in the story of Henry VIII and Queen Jane, only by truly calming down can we capture the fragmented emotional fragments in it.

Emily just watched Levine silently, crying so much that she couldn't help herself. He's a jerk, but a bastard who makes people love like crazy.

Levien lowered his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth outlined a tired smile, revealing the softness and fragility of his heart, and a faint sadness loomed in the corners of his eyes, and disappeared in a blink of an eye in a hazy halo of light and shadow, and he sang, "People sang and danced on the day of the birth of the prince, but poor queen Jane, whom I loved the most, lay like a cold stone, and slept forever." ”

But Bard said, "I don't see any commercial value. ”

Emily looked through the hazy teary eyes, at Levine's tired, dazed, bitter, sad eyes, and her vision had blurred, and the hot tears were dripping down, burning the softest part of her soul, and then she heard Levien let out a faint breath and replied, "Okay." ”

He said, OK.

The bruised soul could no longer bear all the weight, and surrendered exhausted, giving up resistance, giving up struggle, giving up trying, sitting quietly and peacefully, accepting his fate calmly, but no one knew how far he had come on that part of the road in the past.

"I'm working on a trio. Two men and a woman. You can't be the first singer. But if you're willing to trim your beard, change it to a goatee, and hide in the shadows, we can test if your voice matches the other two. Would you like to do harmony?"

"Nope. Levien replied, then changed his answer, "Yes." But, uh...... No. Forget it, I used to have a partner. ”

"Aha, that makes sense. My suggestion? You restructure. ”

Levien tucked his chin slightly, "That's a good piece of advice." ”

Steven Spielberg raised his right hand in embarrassment and wiped the tears from his cheeks, but the tears couldn't stop at all, and a series of warm tears slipped down again, and the thick sadness surged up like this. Because of that era, because of that dream, and because of that partner who passed away forever.

The most touching and heartfelt part of Levien's music is forever asleep with Mike's departure.

Mike chose to leave this world in a decisive way, cutting off his connection with music and dreams, while Levien chose to stay in this world in an unyielding way, fighting hard and trying to be right, but in the end he was abandoned by reality.

Dreams have no commercial value, and art doesn't care until it has commercial value.

Steven, the director who created "Jurassic Park", "Alien ET" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with childlike innocence and fantasy, and filmed "Ready Player One" with his whimsy in the distant future, dreams are always the most important source of motivation for his creation, but now, he watches Levine breathless by reality.

When he saw Levine's feet deep and shallow in the snow, he didn't care about his soaked shoes and socks, and he clung to his thin coat in the cold wind, and walked forward with a scarred body.

Steven's bitterness and happiness could not be expressed in words, but he raised his right hand, put it on his lips, and quietly, just listened to the noise coming from the movie, as if it was the most beautiful and moving melody in the world.

……

Levien stood on the side of the road and stopped the car back to New York. The other party was a tired young man, and the only requirement was that Levine could also drive, which allowed him to get a good night's sleep.

On the way back, Levine saw the signs to the Akron several times in a row.

Looking at the town under the cover of snowflakes, Levien's gaze quietly froze, over and over again, silently looking at the hazy halo. Yakron, Diane's hometown, where the two-year-old is.

But in the end, he still didn't change direction and didn't hit the brakes. Keep going.

In the drowsiness, the figure of a big yellow cat flashed in front of the headlights, Levine suddenly woke up, stepped on the brakes suddenly, opened the car door in panic and panic, and saw blood stains on the front bar of the car, and the whole person was stunned in place.

Turning around slowly, he saw a limping yellow cat in the mist, running towards the woods, and finally disappeared completely. Levine stood still, dazed and distraught, with a deep sadness and confusion in his eyes.

After returning to New York, Levin chose to give up.

As her sister suggested, Le Vien was ready to return to the ship and sail as a seafarer, supporting himself with a relatively stable job. Having emptied all his savings and repaid the dues that had been missing for a while, he was ready to go to sea again on Friday, returning to the life he had been trying to avoid, and returning to his old job.

That's the end.

Levien visited his father in a nursing home, but while playing his father's favorite song, he noticed that his father had peed his pants.

Levien went to his sister's house to look for his first officer and helmsman's card, only to find that his sister had lost all the old documents.

Levien arrives at Jane and Jim's house, puts down his guitar, and declares his surrender.

Levine went to the Union Building to get his documents replaced, only to find that he needed $85 to get them reissued.

Levien went to the Gaslight Cafe to get drunk, only to be thrown out of the café.

Because Levien heard Papi boast that he had managed to get his hands on Jane.

Tomorrow night, Time reporters will show up at the Gaslight Café, and Jane will let Papi get his way in order to get a show for Levine.

He owed Jane one more time.

In a fit of rage, Levien lost control, and after a period of confusion, he was thrown out of the café.

Another night of homelessness. Levine tried to find someone he had not offended within five blocks, but in the end, he found the Grofiens and his wife's house, and they generously and kindly welcomed Levine to their arrival, allowing him to stay overnight at their house

Mr. and Mrs. Grofiennes, who were entertaining their guests, thought Jim's commercial song "Please, Mr. Kennedy" was entertaining, and that the song was a huge success and that the royalties would be enough to change a person's life, but Levine chose to give it up.

Lillian warmly welcomed Levine, and instead of reproaching him, she apologized.

Levion, who had quietly reined in his spikes, also became embarrassed.

The big yellow cat found its way home, and Levien thought that the Grofiens had re-owned a cat, but they said that this was the original one, "Ulysses." ”

"Ulysses? is his name?" It wasn't until now that Levien understood the cat's name.

Ulysses.

Emily couldn't help but repeat the noun again between her lips and teeth, and then finally understood why the cat appeared throughout the story, why Levien accidentally bumped into the big yellow cat and saw it limp away, why the cat kept wandering and ramming, why he went around and around and finally returned to the same place.

"Ulysses. ”

The next morning, Ulysses woke Levine, and the Grofiens had already left the apartment early to go to work, leaving Levine alone.

After going around in circles, he was back where he was, as if nothing had changed. Only this time, as he was leaving, Ulysses tried to escape again, but Levine stopped the little one in time and did not repeat the mistake of the past, and then closed the door of the apartment and walked away.

Gaslighting cafes again, "Hang me, oh, hang me" again.

Another creamy glow, another acoustic guitar and another voice.