Chapter 24: A New Beginning

returned to the town again to accompany his grandmother for the New Year, Cheng Shuo was not unemotional.

His parents have been working abroad since he was very young, Cheng Shuo has lived with his grandparents since he was a child, his parents are very busy with work and abroad, and they will not return to China every Spring Festival, Cheng Shuo is also used to celebrating the New Year with his grandparents and aunts, and then his aunt got married, leaving three people, old and young.

In the year of Grandpa Cheng's death, he almost fled T City, and soon after he stabilized in the United States, he ushered in the Chinese New Year, but he had just arrived there, and it was impossible for him to go back to the town to accompany his grandmother for the New Year. Counting the jet lag alone in a foreign country, I feel extremely guilty in my heart, in the year when my grandfather just left, I can't be with my grandmother, from childhood to adulthood, he has always been with my grandparents for the New Year. On the phone, my grandmother said that she was celebrating the New Year with my aunt's family, but she was worried that he was alone in a foreign country, and he tried to pretend to be very good to reassure his grandmother, and when he hung up the phone, he suddenly remembered that the person who was hiding in his heart, how did she spend this festival that she was most afraid of?

In the days when he couldn't protect himself, all he could let go of was his grandmother and her, but he was thousands of miles away, what could he do?

Nothing can be done.

That's when he realized that no matter how you look at and face the world, no matter how much you have expectations and wishes, it will not change the slightest bit because of you. You feel that your innocence is full of grievances, you feel that everything is unjust and unwilling, but so what? Your laughter, your sadness, your anger, and even your madness, it is just a cold eye, and there is no mercy. You stand on the edge of a cliff with no way out, and if you move, you will fall into the bottomless abyss, what do you think at that moment?

Is it to always be vigilant and not make the same mistake again?

No, it's about learning to strike first, and not giving anyone a chance to push you down this desperate situation where you have no choice.

"Sir, here we are. ”

Cheng Shuo paid the money and got out of the car, he told Shi Yu early in the morning that he was going home to accompany his grandmother during the Spring Festival, and at his insistence, he canceled all the notices arranged before and after the Spring Festival, he had already made two empty promises, this time, there would be no regrets.

Returning to the small town, Cheng Shuo only felt a sense of familiarity that he had not seen for a long time, this small city that he grew up in from birth, no matter how long he left, it was no different from the appearance in his memory, no matter where he went, this small city would always be his heart's home.

After returning to China, especially after the official return, Cheng Shuo's work schedule was full, and he never had a good rest, the Spring Festival holiday that Shi Yu helped him win was not very long, and it was already a luxury for him, he returned to the small city and spent all his time with his grandmother.

Grandma Cheng has more gray hair, is in good spirits, and is happy to see her most beloved grandson come back. He accompanied his grandmother to buy groceries every morning, and when he met old neighbors or relatives and friends who came to visit the house, he always stayed with his grandmother to listen to them talk and chat.

In a few days, the New Year was over, Cheng Shuo accompanied his grandmother to buy New Year goods, and then swept the house, posted Spring Festival Lian, made Chinese New Year's Eve rice dumplings, chatted with her, watched TV, turned over old photos, and stayed by her grandmother's side all the time, desperately trying to make up for the time she missed.

Grandma's body is quite tough, after all, she is old, and she is slower to do some work after all, Cheng Shuo is extremely distressed in her eyes, how did grandma come over alone in those days and nights after grandpa left?

Everything in the house is still the same, the things used by grandpa are still in the same place, and what grandma must do every day is to carefully wipe the photo frame of grandpa, and talk to the photo while wiping.

Grandma is old, and she almost doesn't watch TV after Cheng Shuo comes home, except for preparing for the New Year, she talks and chats with her grandson, and when she looks through old photos, she laughs when she sees Grandpa Cheng when he was young, as if everything is still the same.

"At that time, there was no free love, it was all matchmaking, and many people got married without even seeing each other. Grandma doesn't understand the feelings, love, and conditions that you young people are talking about now, grandma only knows that it is not easy for two people to come together, and it is fate to live together.

When we were young, we were poor, and we were already very content to be fed and clothed, and people at that time were not so great, so we could push him away in order to make the people around us live well. Your grandfather and I are both hard-working people, and he has been criticized for singing, but I have always felt that there is nothing wrong with him singing, but making a revolution, these are capitalist things, and people criticize him, it doesn't matter, I just guard him, one day he will come back, I just wait for him.

Xiao Shuo, grandma is old and doesn't understand many things, grandma hopes that you can live well, not how much money you want to earn and how famous you are, but to be able to do what you like, and to have a suitable girl by your side. Grandma is old, I don't know how long this body can last to see your grandfather, your parents have not been by your side since you were young, grandma hopes that you can be like them, no matter where you are, you have a companion who can accompany you until you are old. ”

Cheng Shuo never told his grandmother what happened to him and Zhuan Zhuo, but the old man seemed to know everything, but he never asked anything.

Because Cheng Shuo came back, grandma chose to stay in the old house for the New Year. When my aunt's family came a few years ago, it was lively all day, maybe I was tired, the old man had gone to bed early, and my aunt's family had not left, and my grandmother rested.

Before leaving, my aunt told Cheng Shuo: "In the past two years, we have taken her over to celebrate the New Year together, and the whole family has been more lively together." Xiao Shuo, your grandmother loves you the most among the children of your generation, last year, I watched her sitting on the sofa and watching the children running around and playing, and I remembered that she used to hold your hand and talk-" My aunt suddenly couldn't go on, and paused for a while before continuing: "Xiao Shuo, your parents are not around, you have been with your grandparents all these years, and now grandpa is gone, if you have time, come back to see grandma more often, don't let her worry." ”

After my aunt's family left, Cheng Shuo stood on the balcony alone, and it was already white outside. A person's life is always impossible to be smooth sailing, when you are too smooth, God will not be able to look past it, to give you a little setback to sharpen it, more than two years, he has experienced a lot of things that he would not even think about before, many times he thought that he couldn't stand it, but think about his grandparents, and the person he owes extremely much, no matter how difficult it is, he forced himself to grit his teeth and persevere.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, grandma placed an empty pair of dishes and chopsticks on the table of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for grandpa, Cheng Shuo put vegetables in the empty bowl, grandma suddenly turned back to look at the photo, "Old Cheng, Xiaoshuo is back to accompany me, the three of us finally celebrate the New Year together again, it's good." ”

Cheng Shuo's eyes were red, and he couldn't say anything.

During the Spring Festival holiday, some high-rated and TV dramas began to be rebroadcast on TV, "Trajectory" and "Three Worlds Fireworks" are impressively listed, grandma doesn't watch TV much, usually chats with Cheng Shuo after dinner, and goes to bed early.

After returning to the town, Cheng Shuo would only stay alone every day when his grandmother slept. He usually rarely watches TV, and after returning to China, he is busy with work, and he has no such habit, and his grandmother's house has no computer, so he turned on the TV when he watched it early. TV shows are always abundant during the holidays, Cheng Shuo changed the channel, and just happened to see the movie recommended during the holiday - "New Beginning", the host introduced the story content and played some highlights behind the scenes.

Cheng Shuo remembered that when he was doing activities in S City before, he went out at night and found that an open-air theater was showing "New Beginning", but he was passing by and saw the end there.

At the end of the movie, Cheng Shuo watched the couples on the screen who were either separated or together saying sad or happy words, and not far away, a girl was crying with a big red scarf, and the cry pierced his heart deeply.

Meng Xin in the movie is a little mean, she stepped on ten-centimeter high heels and held her hair in a bun to talk about business, proud and domineering, and in a blink of an eye, she was embarrassed in pajamas. No matter which one it is, it is 108,000 miles away from the Zhuan in his memory.

In the dead of night, he indulged himself to miss the best times of him and her, but he could only think about it.

Before the Spring Festival was over, Shi Yu called and told Cheng Shuo that he had picked up a TV soundtrack, and the demo had been sent to him, and he would record it when he came back after the Spring Festival.

Hanging up the phone, Cheng Shuo habitually looked at the direction of his grandmother's room, he suddenly missed the days when he was in school, the most difficult thing at that time was just math problems, at that time he never worried that he had nowhere to go, at that time he had grandparents, and her.

But everything has become 'that time'.

When Cheng Shuo returned to T City, it was Xiao Du who came to pick up the airport, and when he arrived at the company, he heard Shi Yu specifically say that the song that was about to be recorded was the theme song of the TV series "How Beautiful Love is", Starlight International's new play, Sun Kai wrote and co-produced it, the male number one is a grim under Starlight, and the female number one is a newcomer named Pang Yu, who is also an artist under Starlight.

Cheng Shuo didn't ask much about other things, he already trusted Shi Yu very much, and he basically took care of everything at work. Because the time was relatively tight, Shi Yu arranged to go into the studio to record a song the next day, saying that the TV series was going to be scheduled.

The recording process was very smooth, and the other party was also very satisfied with the effect, Cheng Shuo thought that this was the end, if it wasn't for the announcement later, he would not have met Pang Yu.

Pang Yu was chatting with others when he entered the door that day, her side face made him stunned, and in the next second, the staff in the room called out his name, Pang Yu turned his face and got up and approached with a smile, and stretched out his hand: "Hello, I'm Pang Yu, I like your songs very much, I'm your fan!"

Cheng Shuo stretched out his hand, and such a close distance and Pang Yu's bright smile instantly pulled him back to reality. Pang Yu is indeed a fan of Cheng Shuo, not only knows his songs well, but also remembers the events of the competition clearly, and has also been to watch him compete and tour live. Cheng Shuo listened to her and kept a proper smile all the time.

After a while, a staff member came to call Pang Yu to go to the notice, and Cheng Shuo couldn't help but smile bitterly as he watched Pang Yu's back disappear outside the door.

That person will never talk and laugh like her, let alone take the initiative like this, and there will be no other her in this world.

On the way back to the company, Bian Che called to ask if he had time to have a meal together, Xiao Du shook the notice sheet he had just gotten, and Cheng Shuo reluctantly told him to make an appointment next time.

On the other side of the phone was on the T City TV station, Bian Che put down his mobile phone and said to Yan Xi: "He still has a notice, let's make an appointment next time, then you tell Xiaoyuan, I have already told Zhuo Zhuo." ”

Yan Xi nodded: "Okay, will you return to the company after recording the show?"

"I'll go back early. ”

"I have another show later, if you go back to the company, go first, and I'll go over when I'm done. As soon as Yan Xi's voice fell, her colleague asked her to go to work.

It has been a long time since Bian Che's MV ended, and he had already said that he would invite a few people to have dinner together, because he had been busy with the new album, and he was filming in other places, and the work of the TV station was also very busy near the end of the year, Yan Xi worked overtime for more than half a month, and Chang Yuan had been immersed in writing songs because the company had received the film and television soundtrack, and the Spring Festival had passed, but I didn't expect Cheng Shuo to have no time.

She asked the driver to take her directly to the agreed place, and she asked Lulu to go back first. It had just snowed, the wind was not strong, but it was still very cold, so I wrapped my scarf and hat tightly, walked a few steps into the restaurant, and was led by the waiter into the reserved private room.

Bian Che and Chang Yuan had already arrived, Yan Xi was still on the way, Chang Yuan poured a glass of water for Zhu Zhuan Xin and said: "This time is the rush hour after work, it is estimated that she is blocked on the road." ”

She took off her scarf and hat, and said as she took off her coat, "Don't worry, just wait for her." ”

The three of them exchanged a few words, and Bian Che said that he originally wanted to call Cheng Shuo to come with him, but he didn't have time so he had to make an appointment next time, and when he heard it, he didn't know what to say, Yan Xi pushed the door in with a cold air.

"It's sooner than expected!" Chang Yuan got up to pick up the hat she had just taken off.

Yan Xi handed the hat to Chang Yuan, and said while taking off his coat: "I came out early, okay, until now!"

The waiters are serving food one after another, and Bian Che recently received a guest host of a public welfare program on the TV station, so she often meets with Yan Xi, and talks more about the show, Chang Yuan and Yan Zhuan Xin listen more than she says, she also does public welfare, but she is very low-key, and even people in the circle don't know much, she just wants to do her best to help those in need, and she doesn't want too many irrelevant people to know.

As he was drinking soup, Yan Xi turned his head and said, "A few days ago, "A New Beginning" was broadcast on TV, in fact, I have watched it several times, and I still watch it again, and I feel very emotional every time I watch it!"

"New Beginning" is the work of a new female director of the Little Fresh School, telling her past love experience, and insisting on using her to star in her own work after watching Xiao Xia and Yilan in the past.

I didn't want to take it after listening to the introduction, firstly, she had just finished filming "Guardian" and had not yet come out of Wenwen's world, and secondly, with Xiaoxia first, she didn't want to take on the role of writing about broken love, because of Wenwen, she began to be afraid that there would be another role that made her uncontrollable memories of the past, tearing open her scars that had not yet grown, and sprinkling salt over and over again.

In the end, under the persuasion of Qiao Lin, she read the script in its entirety, Meng Xin is different from ordinary lovelorn girls, the plot is very interesting in many places, and finally she took over the movie.

The film has not been paid attention to from preparation to shooting, the director is not a very famous director, and the production is not a commercial blockbuster, the only thing that can attract people's attention is the heroine, but she is very low-key, and the movie started shooting in silence. In inverse proportion to the silence in the early stage, the movie was well received after its release and became a box office dark horse at that time, and the story resonated and recognized the audience.

"New Beginning" tells the story of a series of things that the heroine Meng Xin experienced after being abandoned by her boyfriend who had been in love for many years before marriage, accompanied by her childhood sweetheart's male best friend and female best friend. The many classic lines and light humor in the movie tell the whole story very specially, especially when the three people who grew up together are together, which can be called a classic.

The male protagonist is a new student from Taiwan, and the female No. 2 Meng Xin's friend is a newcomer in Hong Kong, coupled with the director's personality and shooting style, the whole filming process is particularly warm and comfortable. When the three of them were in the scene, the standard mainland Mandarin and the two Hong Kong and Taiwan-flavored Mandarin always made the director laugh, and it became the most common reason for NG.

Meng Xin on the screen has no image of decadence, embarrassment, madness, nerves, sharp words, unforgiving, she only cries alone at night when no one can see, during the day she is like a small beast constantly attacking all the people around who may hurt herself, only at night do she dare to stop pretending, and the low cello is like crying.

The two girlfriends stayed by her side and strongly condemned her ex-boyfriend's behavior, which is comparable to cross talk, the two of them can quarrel because of comforting Meng Xin, and they can also inadvertently reveal distress that touches the audience's tears.

At the end of the movie, Meng Xin stood on the rooftop and smiled, this long-lost smile accompanied by the rising sun behind him. It's like the movie's slogan: if you want to, no matter how bad the circumstances, you can have a fresh start.

Chang Yuan took Yan Xi's words and continued to say "New Beginning", many people like Meng Xin, she is not perfect, she has shortcomings, she is really like a friend by your side, or, she is you at some point.

She rarely watches the plays she acts, from reading the script to figuring out the role to the completion of the shaping, such a process takes too much energy from reading the script to figuring out the role and then shaping it, even after the finale, she needs time to get herself out, so she usually doesn't look back to read those stories.

After eating, Chang Yuan and Yan Xi naturally left all the way, Bian Che insisted on sending Wei Zhuan Xin back, and the two chatted all the way and arrived soon.