Chapter Twenty-Six: The Beginning of the Show (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
On New Year's Day again, Roland, who had washed up, looked at himself in the mirror and unceremoniously picked up the hair dryer.
Since today is the last time he will participate in the audition, he naturally has to dress up a little more maturely.
When he appeared in front of James with a shiny big back, stepping on shiny little leather shoes, and a handsome beep, the little guy who was still sleepy turned directly into a dirt bun who had never seen a glowing meal, and his eyes were almost stared out by him.
"Roland, did you make an appointment today?" James looked weird, and secretly poked and poked Roland with his elbow.
"Who is it? How I don't know! ”
For 600 days in a row, the wake-up gas that haunted me every day disappeared, and was replaced by curiosity.
America doesn't have the concept of puppy love at all, because in their primary and secondary school students* education textbooks, "dating" and "fallinglove" are two different concepts: "dating" is the beginning of the relationship between men and women, learning and getting along with the opposite sex, one-on-one going out is called dating, a whole group of going out to play is also called dating, dating may involve intimate acts, but dating does not have a marriage commitment, only when the main purpose is to get married, it can be called "love".
Feeling the knowing eyes cast by James, Roland, who left the time loop and was in a good mood, decided to tease the other party.
"Don't you know?" Roland pretended to be surprised, "Of course it's her!" ”
"She?" James looked confused, and his double chin shook with his tone, "Who is she?" ”
"She's who she is! We or brothers, you don't know about this? ”
Looking at Roland, who had sued the wicked man first, James felt that there was a mouthful of old phlegm stuck in his throat, and he couldn't cough it out or swallow it; And just when he racked his brains and pondered, trying to retrieve the list of the opposite sex he knew, so as to get a satisfactory answer, a sudden brake had already come......
Roland didn't bother with James, who had fallen into the black hole of retrieval, and ran directly to the entrance of the courtyard and took the newspaper.
And when his brother handed the newspaper to David six hundred and one times, the husband and wife, who were preparing for the meal, were already stunned, and not only that, but with his arrival, the Olsen sisters, who were still blank-eyed, also looked at him a few more times.
Looking at Roland in formal clothes, the four of them all had doubts in their hearts, and with their questions, James, who learned the truth of the matter, immediately rolled his eyes, first hammered Roland on the shoulder, and then opened his chatterbox, frantically dissed Roland, saying that he deceived his feelings.
In James' you actually lied to me that you were going on a date! Didn't you tell me last month that you didn't want to act?' 'I didn't expect you to secretly prepare!' Under a series of dirty words, the Olsons were successfully led astray by their son, and they directly ignored it, and they didn't seem to have revealed to the children the specific audition time of Roland.
"Now that you're ready, we'll go straight over later?"
In the face of David's tentative inquiry, Roland naturally would not refuse.
Maybe it's because I'm happy in my heart, but it's more like I want to have a good performance during the audition, Roland ate surprisingly little this morning, a bowl of musiri can satisfy his stomach, as for green milkshakes and scrambled eggs?
It was all stuffed into James' chattering mouth......
When he walked into the audition hall with his number plate and steady steps, the general attire of a little adult directly attracted the attention of eight eyes; The two casting directors looked at Roland in surprise, while Chris Columbus, who was leaning back in his seat, adjusted his sitting posture and swept Roland's body with obscure eyes.
"Your name is Roland Allen?"
"Tell us a little about yourself."
As with the more than 100 auditions before, in the case of Roland not reporting himself, all the questions were asked by the two casting directors, and Chris Columbus and John Hughes would just sit on the sidelines and listen quietly.
However, unlike before, when the selected director asked Roland what his preferences and specialties were, he directly asked the other party for a guitar, "I have been learning guitar for more than a year, this should be my specialty, right?" ”
"I've only practiced two songs since I learned guitar, one is "Come and get your love" by Red Bones because it's my wake-up call, and the other is "Changes" by David Bowie because I love his lyrics; "Come and get your love" isn't suitable for singing here, so I'll give you a song "Changes". ”
With the appearance of the name David Bowie, John Hughes, who was still holding his cheek with one hand and his eyes drooping, immediately raised his head, and when Roland plucked the strings and presented the familiar music in front of him, this man who had experienced too many social beatings had already clasped his hands together, and his chin was naturally on the back of his hand.
Why did John Hughes like the song "Changes"?
Even when he was in the loop, Roland did not ask director Zemeckis about this problem.
Not only that, but after learning that this song was John Hughes's favorite track, Roland never came to Fox again, casually talking nonsense, full of benevolence and morality, in order to test the other party's thoughts.
Because—
There is no need.
The lyrics of "Changes" have already written it all.
"Time may change me"
"but i can't trace time (but I can't trace it)"
When Roland sang these two lines in a child's voice, John Hughes, who was sitting behind the audition table, hooked the corners of his mouth.
The pupils under the lenses shimmer with nostalgia.
These two lyrics are actually a true portrayal of John Hughes.
Time, like flowing water, can make him successful, but also can wash him away unusually slippery.
Back then, John Hughes entered Hollywood with a dream, but the capital game was not so fun.
While time gave him fame and fortune, it also smoothed his edges and corners, making him gradually forget his original intention.
He didn't want to change, but, had to.
When the song ended, Roland didn't care if the other four had any questions to ask, holding the guitar, his eyes stared straight at John Hughes, his red eyes showed sadness, and the tears the size of beans slipped down the corners of his eyes.
"After the death of my parents, it was this song that helped me get out of my grief."
"At that time, I didn't know how to deal with others, I just wanted to stay at home quietly, expecting everything around me, all false dreams, I felt that my parents had not died, they would come back eventually."
"But ......"
"Uncle David and Aunt Garnetty, who adopted me, didn't think so."
"They want me to be cheerful."
"They want me to accept it and make a change."
"But—"
"I didn't understand what they were thinking, I didn't understand why they had to force me to do something I didn't want to face, until -- Uncle David played this song to me."
"When I listened to the song, I found that I was thoroughly in love with it."
"Because I understand, Uncle David understands me."
"He didn't want to tamper with my world simply and rudely, he asked me to make changes because he wanted me to have a better life."
Roland, it's time to act......