The day before the movie "You Are Young" is officially released is the day when the premiere is held.
At twelve o'clock that night, the movie will be released simultaneously in major theaters across the country, but before that there is another way to watch the movie in advance, and that is the premiere.
Chen Encui and He Yuwen were very lucky to win tickets to the premiere in the Weibo lottery.
Originally, as high school students, their families would not allow them to watch a two-hour movie in the middle of the night.
But even more fortunately, Chen Encui's mother is also Irene, so after receiving the reply "You must support Lin Qingyuan well at the scene", the two went to the cinema where the premiere was held.
Therefore, their father, whose family status was not very high, could only send them to the cinema with complicated emotions.
And if nothing else happens, they will have to come back to take them home in two hours.
"It feels like there are so many people here!" He Yuwen looked around and couldn't help but sigh.
I saw that the largest screening room of this movie theater was full of people, including media reporters holding long guns and short cannons, and Irene holding various support items.
"I even saw a few fans who seemed to be about the same age as my mother." Chen Encui also opened her mouth in surprise.
"This is Brother Yuan's popularity!"
When the time is up, the movie starts playing.
As the standard dragon logo crossed the big screen, the sound of chalk writing on the blackboard began to be heard in the dark screening room, and the screen turned to the scene of Chen Nian teaching children at a training institution.
"Does any student know the difference between was and used to be?"
The heroine of the movie, Zhou Qiuyu, appeared in front of everyone with fake make-up. She was not beautiful but not ugly either.
"Which classmate knows?"
"Was means past." One student raised his hand and stood up and replied.
"Actually, both of them mean once, but the difference is that if you use used to be, there is a sigh of losing paradise. Do you all remember it? Let's read it again together!"
"This is the paradise we once had."
"This was our paradise."
"This is our paradise."
The repeated English sentences and the little girl who never raised her head seemed to be conveying some deep meaning to everyone.
"Zhou Qiuyu's good looks are so popular, it's really God's blessing!" He Yuwen couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
"It's true that she is quite common, but her acting skills are good." Chen Encui also doesn't think Zhou Qiuyu is beautiful.
Immediately after the scene changed, the movie's male protagonist Lin Qingyuan appeared on the big screen. At this time, Lin Qingyuan was very different from his usual image. Not only did his makeup look the same as bare makeup, but he also had many small scars on his face. But the smile is still so warm and healing.
There seemed to be some small commotion in the screening room.
But neither Chen Encui nor He Yuwen felt disturbed, because they also called out.
This is so handsome!
"This smile reminds me of Li Ziwei!"
"Jimeis, my youth is back!"
Then it switched to a close-up of Zhou Qiuyu. Her face was a little green, somewhat different from the mature image she had in class just now. It was obviously her appearance as a teenager.
The screening room quickly returned to silence, as if nothing had happened just now.
"The difference in appearance between the male and female protagonists is a bit big..." This was probably their common thought at the moment.
But when the audience was still thinking about the meaning of this plot or the difference in appearance between the male and female protagonists, the scene entered a high school.
Various morning running oaths and morning reading review instantly brought the audience back to the painful and unforgettable memories of preparing for the college entrance examination. Coupled with the cold tones that tend to be realistic, a depressing feeling arises spontaneously.
This is the first scene of the movie, and the story of "Young You" will also begin from here.
The first is a plot where the heroine Chen Nian, played by Zhou Qiuyu, and her friend Hu Xiaodie are carrying breakfast milk.
Although Hu Xiaodie looks young and beautiful, she does not have the liveliness and vitality that a young girl should have.
The atmosphere throughout the process was very depressing.
When the camera turned, Chen Nian was wearing headphones and practicing her English listening seriously in the classroom. On her desk was the breakfast milk she had just opened but had not yet finished drinking.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the class, and everyone began to run outside the classroom. Chen Nian took off his headphones and heard the screams of female classmates coming from outside, and there was a lot of noise.
The camera followed Chen Nian until outside the classroom. Chen Nian stuck his head out and looked downstairs.
There was a sudden silence in the screening room, because everyone knew that the female classmate who was moving milk crates with Chen Nian just now had a high probability of committing suicide.
Chen Nian quickly ran downstairs. She squeezed into the group of onlookers and slowly approached Hu Xiaodie's body.
Zhou Qiuyu's actress-level acting skills began to explode at this moment. Her eyes were red when she saw Hu Xiaodie's body. At this moment, various emotions such as disbelief, cowardice, panic, and self-blame all appeared on her face.
With the hum of background music, Chen Nian raised his head and looked around the teaching building, and the camera began to slowly rotate.
The countless faces with different expressions on the teaching building, the mobile phones taking pictures, and the malicious group chats that appeared on the screen gave the audience a dizzy feeling, which was so oppressive that it was suffocating!
As the camera progressed, four large title words "Young You" appeared in the center of the screen.
"It feels so depressing. Isn't this movie trying to trick the audience into tears..." He Yuwen was already tricked into tears once by Li Guoliang, played by Lin Qingyuan, during the National Day holiday. She didn't expect that the second time would come.
"I feel very close." Chen Encui nodded blankly and asked, "Have you brought any paper?"
"Since watching "The Climber", I now carry a wrapping paper with me every day."
He Yuwen wanted to laugh when she thought about the time she asked the "love rival" next to her to borrow a piece of paper.
It’s so embarrassing!
As the plot progresses, although the jumping incident has passed, the occasional memories, the police investigation and the sudden bullying incident on Chen Nian let everyone know that this matter is not over yet.
In the cafeteria, Wei Lai, played by Zhou Ye, appeared. With a sweet smile, she led a few followers from the front of the team to the back of Chen Nian's team, and warmly invited Chen Nian to do homework with them after school.
Although she is beautiful and seems to be a very warm-hearted and good student, it can be seen from the cryptic shots and her expressions in her eyes and tone that Wei Lai is not as simple as everyone thinks.
Later, Chen Nian's reaction of running away quickly and the scene of Hu Xiaodie being bullied and photographed in the toilet also let the audience know that Wei Lai and the followers around her were indeed the bullies who caused Hu Xiaodie to commit suicide.
The faint smile on Wei Lai's face and the innocence in his eyes made the audience feel that the actor who played Wei Lai was really good at acting. At least the contrast between appearance and behavior was established.
"She's quite pretty."
"It feels like I've seen this face before somewhere..."
"Isn't this the girl who appeared in Brother Yuan's Chongqing vlog last year? She is a junior student from Nortel."
"I'm really envious of being able to be Brother Yuan's school girl and acting together with Brother Yuan!"
Then the audience in Lin Qingyuan's cinema didn't have to wait too long. About ten minutes into the broadcast, Xiao Bei, the male protagonist played by Lin Qingyuan, finally made his official appearance.
On the screen, Chen Nian's pace was accelerating as if someone was chasing him behind him. Although his eyes were slightly panicked, his face was trying to pretend to be calm.
"beat!"
"beat!"
Suddenly, several shouts and scolds came, causing Chen Nian to turn his head and saw Xiao Bei, played by Lin Qingyuan, lying on the ground, being kicked hard by a few gangsters.
"Hit my brother!"
"Ah, give me a headshot, right? Let me give you a headshot first!"
There were constant yells and curses, and Chen Nian walked quickly and wanted to ignore them, but suddenly the sound of a beer bottle being smashed to the head made her tremble like a frightened rabbit.
His footsteps paused for less than half a second, but Chen Nian still felt compassion and quietly took out his cell phone to call the police.
"Hey, someone is being beaten here. Many people are beating one...ah!"
But before he could finish his words, a gangster from the group strangled him from behind and dragged him over.
"Come here, come here!"
"Brother, this student girl called the police!"
When the gangster leader known as Brother heard this, he angrily grabbed Xiaobei's hair and raised his head. What caught the eyes of Chen Nian and the audience was a messy face with a bruised nose and swollen face, and was covered in blood.
"This degree of disfigurement..."
"It's really a waste of natural resources..."
"This director is so willing!"
"How can you show Brother Yuan's acting skills without disfigurement?"
When He Yuwen and Chen Encui sang together, they obviously did not expect that the "biggest ugly photo" in Lin Qingyuan's acting career would be born like this.
"I understand when I step on the horse! Do it!"
"This girl likes him and thinks he's good-looking and wants to help him, right?!"
"Reward her with a kiss for this mad dog."
The gangster was extremely arrogant, and the gangster leader immediately strangled Lin Qingyuan on the ground and raised his head.
The bruised and swollen face still had thick black blood flowing down the bridge of his nose.
"Kiss him! Kiss him!"
"I asked you to kiss him! Didn't you hear?"
"You really want him to die!"
Looking at Lin Qingyuan, who was having his hair pulled, strangled, and kicked on the head, Zhou Qiuyu's emotions were very well aroused by Lin Qingyuan, and the humiliation and imperceptible pity in his tearful eyes were very well expressed.
Of course Lin Qingyuan also performed very well.
He raised his head after being choked by the assailant. His face was red with difficulty breathing. Although black blood was flowing on his bruised and swollen face, his unruly eyes beneath the blood stains completely touched Zhou Qiuyu.
And all the people in the theater...
Lin Qingyuan, who appears on the big screen at this moment, is no longer the glamorous fashion upstart of the past, but now Xiaobei, who is looking for light in the gutter.
Not only the so-called disfiguring acting skills, but also Lin Qingyuan's acting realm seems to have reached a new stage.