Keanu Reeves is an avid rock musician and has formed his own Sirius band, which rehearses regularly. In addition to acting, he would even disappear from the film industry for a while, touring with the Sirius band.

After filming the last two parts of "The Matrix", Reeves took his band and began training performances. Today's theater is an old theater in Chicago, and the stage is made of wooden planks, which is an old gray-brown color because of its age.

The theater can accommodate thousands of people, and it is already full at the moment. "The Matrix" is half the sky, and everyone is coming for Reeves. There were even audience members wearing black trench coats and black sunglasses, which was exactly Neo's outfit in "The Matrix".

Zhang Ran sat in the audience, looking at the empty stage, waiting for the performance to begin. To his left is a young man in his twenties, the film's martial arts instructor Cheng Hu.

Ordinary people may be unfamiliar with the name Cheng Hu, but in the martial arts industry, he is a big name. has participated in many films such as "Breaking Bad", "The Matrix", and "Kill Bill", in addition to Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Uma Thurman and other Hollywood big names are his "apprentices".

Zhang Ran knew that Cheng Hu had a good relationship with Keanu Reeves, and the "Tai Chi Man" directed by Reeves in the later generations was starring Cheng Hu, and this movie was also specially made for Cheng Hu. It is precisely knowing this, so after the movie was rejected by Reeves, Zhang Ran immediately contacted Cheng Hu, hoping that he would join his team as a martial artist. Of course, Zhang Ran didn't expect Cheng Hu to persuade Reeves, but just wanted to meet Reeves through Cheng Hu.

Cheng Hu knows Keanu Reeves very well, and sees that Zhang Ran has the chance to win. I couldn't help but ask, "Are you really sure to convince Keanu?"

Zhang Ran said confidently: "We don't have to be in this movie, if you are not sure." Then I'm definitely not going to waste my time. I know where the problems with Reeves' performance are, and I can help him solve them!"

Cheng Hu was a little skeptical. Reeves has met many big directors such as Coppola, Bertolucci, Gus Van Sant, and Kathryn Bigelow, but his acting skills have always been like that. These big directors, even the masters have not done it, how can Zhang Ran, a young director in his twenties, do it.

Of course, Zhang Ran is now his own boss, and Cheng Hu will not say it: "In fact, Keanu is very careful in acting, in order to better portray the role of a doctor, he went to the hospital to be an assistant to the doctor, and in order to play a lumber mill worker, he visited the bars near the filming base one after another." Observe the speech and behavior of the characters in the play. But his acting skills have not been recognized, I don't know what's going on, maybe he's too handsome!"

Zhang Ran pursed his lips, handsome is indeed handsome, but his acting skills are indeed very bad, and explained: "What you said just shows that his acting skills have gone wrong." By the way, have you ever seen Sirius perform? I heard it was so bad that the audience would throw things at the stage!"

Cheng Hu said with a smile: "I've seen it, but it's not as bad as the legend." When filming "The Matrix". One day Lawrence also brought a band, and the two bands also came to PK. Lawrence's band is more percussion-oriented, the kind of heavy metal, while Reeves's band is more focused on mixing beats. Sirius because he doesn't go out to perform. Just serve Keanu, a little out of fashion. ”

The audience suddenly erupted in cheers, and Zhang Ran looked up. The moderator took the stage. The host also knew that the audience was coming for Keanu Reeves, no nonsense. "Gentlemen, girls," he announced. Today let's bring in the real superstar and his band, and they're Keanu Reeves and his Sirius band!"

As soon as the host's voice fell, Keanu Reeves and Sirius, who had been waiting for a long time, strode onto the stage, and the shouts of the fans were uniform, and some young girls pulled out their bras and waved them wildly in their hands.

"Reeves !!"

"Reeves !!"

"Reeves !!"

The three members of Sirius walked to the middle of the stage, with the lead singer standing in front of an erected microphone stand, and Reeves carrying the bass on his right. is very different from the glossy handsome image in "The Matrix", at this time Reeves is a little sloppy, with a scruffy beard, a loose coat, and old leather shoes on his feet.

Bang Bang Bang -

Intense applause erupted, like a tsunami. The screams of female fans could shatter the glass, so much so that Zhang Ran had to plug his ears.

The band's lead singer hung his guitar and stood behind the mic stand, holding the microphone with both hands, and Levi held the bass, his right hand seemingly slow, but actually plucked the strings quickly.

The level of a band can often be seen from the prelude. As soon as the prelude to Sirius's first song sounded, Zhang Ran began to shake his head, the level of this band is not very good, it is not ordinary, especially Reeves's bass is very average.

Sirius' lead singer held the microphone and sang: "I think that's right, we're so far apart......"

Indeed, as Cheng Hu said, Sirius is the kind of old-school band, not the stormy heavy metal, nor the psychedelic style like chanting, but the style of the 80s. The voice of the lead singer of the band is also very average, and more importantly, he sings without emotion, giving people a feeling of being too calm. In fact, whether it is singing or acting, you have to have feelings, and it is difficult to move people if you don't invest in feelings.

Many fans were a little disappointed with Sirius' performance, which was really too average. However, most of the people present were Keanu Reeves fans, and it was very satisfying for them to see their idols sing. As for whether you sing well or not, it is not very important.

"Keanu, I love you, I love you to death!"

"Reeves, Reeves!"

"Keanu, I'm going to sleep with you, come on, come on!"

When the song was over, Reeves frantically plucked the strings, then let go of his hands and paused for three seconds. The whole theater suddenly resounded with even more violent cheers and applause than before, which could be heard from miles away, and the fiery atmosphere made the chill of late autumn disappear.

If the first song is okay, the second song is really a bit ugly. By the time the third song started, many fans couldn't bear it anymore. At least Zhang Ran felt unbearable, it was really too ugly.

The audience first booed. Then he started cheering, and then threw things on stage. Mineral water bottles, bras, and all kinds of miscellaneous items. Flying around.

Reeves and the members of Sirius were not annoyed, and kept a smile on their faces as they continued to perform hard. They have been performing for several years, and the audience has been accustomed to this reaction every time.

Suddenly, two bottles, one in front of the other, were thrown at Reeves, and the female fans in the audience screamed. Reeves leaned and dodged one, followed by the bass in his hand. Beat the mineral water bottle back like a really good baseball player, and the whole action was extremely chic.

The female fans in the audience felt that this action was handsome, as if they had taken an aphrodisiac, and burst into a burst of crazy applause and cheers.

Zhang Ran originally thought that Sirius's performance was extremely boring, but when he saw this scene, he felt that it was worth it, and laughed: "Tiger, it seems that you have trained him well." In his state, he doesn't need to do martial arts training anymore, and he can directly enter the group. ”

Cheng Hu said a little proudly: "It turns out that his limbs are relatively stiff. And he is also old, when he first started to press his legs and stretch his muscles, he screamed earth-shatteringly, and it took four months of special training to become what he is now. Sometimes he would lose his temper and leave, so I had to stay there and wait. I've gotten used to it for a long time. As soon as he left, I drank coffee. ”

When the ninth song was finished, Keanu Reeves pressed hard with his right hand and pressed all the strings. The music stopped abruptly, and then walked to the middle of the stage amid a chorus of boos.

The scene suddenly fell silent. There wasn't a sound, and everyone looked at Reeves. Not sure what he's going to do.

Reeves stood in front of the microphone and looked at the audience, and sighed faintly: "Thank you all for watching Sirius's tour, I also know that our songs are not so good, but this is our last performance, and Sirius will disband when the tour is over." Maybe I really don't have any talent, so I'd better be an actor with peace of mind! I'll sing the last song, Carpenter's "Superstar"!"

With that, Reeves plucked the strings lightly and sang in his not-so-stellar voice: "Once upon a time, so far away. I fell in love with you before the second show. Your guitar sound, so sweet and clear. But now you're gone. The echo of the spare radio. Do you remember when you said you loved me, and you said you would come back like this, love, love......"

Reeves in the spotlight was a little lonely, with a touch of sadness, which was the sadness that came out of his bones after countless tribulations. The sorrow is not feigned, but comes from the depths of the soul.

Zhang Ran knows that Keanu Reeves is a very unfortunate person, his biological father left when he was young, he followed his mother around, his friend died of a drug overdose, his girlfriend Jennifer gave birth to their daughter in 1999, but unfortunately the daughter was born stillborn, two years later, Jennifer died in a car accident, and his sister, who had been dependent on him since childhood, had leukemia, so some people say that he is a lone star in Hollywood.

He understands Reeves's seemingly outlandish behavior, whether it's crazy riding a motorcycle, starting a band, or refusing to make a big production, but in fact, behind all the alternative behaviors is a wounded soul.

Zhang Ran looked at Reeves on the stage, shook his head and said: "For actors, it is a good thing to have rich life experiences, and many actors have to experience setbacks to mature. However, Reeves has suffered too many misfortunes, and they are too miserable, these experiences have created his temperament, but they have also blocked his acting path. This song makes him sing so sadly, is it because he thinks of his girlfriend?"

Cheng Hu sighed and said: "It should be, he and Jennifer have a good relationship, when Jennifer was killed in a car accident, he was really devastated, and he was so sad that he even said that he didn't want to get married in the future." Not long ago, he called me in the middle of the night and said that he had a dream about Jennifer, and then he was crying on the other end of the phone. ”

Zhang Ran nodded, more and more sure of his judgment. In fact, when Zhang Ran was learning acting, his teacher Mary Hill said that Keanu Reeves's performance was on the wrong path when talking about the genre of acting.

The performance continued, and Reeves sang slowly, his voice growing more and more sad and weeping. When he sang the line "Do you remember that you said you loved me, and you said that you would come back like this", it seemed to arouse sadness, and tears couldn't help but flow.

Most of the people who came to the scene were Reeves fans and knew about his misfortune. Listening to his singing and watching his tears, the strings in their hearts were plucked, their hearts were broken, and some girls even burst into tears.

Seeing the reaction of the fans, Zhang Ran felt that although Keanu Reeves was not a good musician, no matter what, they had a successful performance today! )