Chapter 163: *My Blueberry Nights* Released!

She kept saying it wasn't, but Zhao Liying discovered that Zhang Xinyu's eyes had been fixed on the TV screen, as if she couldn't bear to move them away.

Zhao Liying felt that maybe she was overthinking it.

Chen Nuo, that dog thief, really rarely accepted interviews; Sister Xinyu should just be curious.

She couldn't help but continue watching TV.

Tu Jingwei had just finished interviewing Wang Jiawei and was asking her big enemy: "Chen Nuo, hello, do you remember what question I asked you in the last interview?"

Chen Nuo nodded: "I remember."

"Then do you think you are closer to your goal or further away?"

"I think I'm closer."

"Did *My Blueberry Nights* help you in this process?"

"Of course it did."

Tu Jingwei smiled: "I heard that Director Wang Jiawei let you and the female lead film for days and nights to perfectly present a kiss scene, is that true?"

Zhao Liying vaguely heard Zhang Xinyu beside her whisper a "stupid host."

Chen Nuo replied: "It's true. But I think the public's attention has stayed on this for too long. Actually, for me, this scene is the same as other scenes, just part of the work. That's all."

Hearing this, Zhao Liying subconsciously looked to the side again. She saw a smile hanging on the corner of Sister Xinyu's mouth.

Seeming to notice her gaze, the smile disappeared immediately. Zhang Xinyu turned her head and said a bit helplessly: "Little Ying, why do you keep looking at me?"

Zhao Liying said carefully: "Sister Xinyu, do you know that Chen Nuo has a girlfriend?"

Zhang Xinyu said expressionlessly: "Not very clear, sigh, don't talk about it, let's watch TV."

The interview time for *China Film Report* wasn't very long, totaling about six or seven minutes, and in a little while, Chen Nuo was giving his final remarks.

"*My Blueberry Nights* is a movie about love, and I performed my understanding of love in it. Friends who are interested in this can walk into the cinema on April 30th and see if our understanding is different. Thank you."

As soon as Chen Nuo finished speaking, Zhang Xinyu turned off the TV without hesitation.

Seeing her clean and neat appearance, without any lingering attachment, Zhao Liying doubted her judgment just now again.

Zhang Xinyu said: "Alright, the TV is finished, let's sleep early, we still have to film tomorrow morning. By the way, is that pervert Zhao Deming still harassing you?"

"No. How about you?"

"Asked me to go to dinner tomorrow night. Said Du Chun and Wen Zhaolun will also go, telling me to go and build some rapport."

Zhao Deming was an assistant director in their crew, and the other two were the male lead and male second lead of their drama.

Zhao Liying had been in Hengdian for more than a year, and she had long been used to this kind of thing, and it wasn't like she hadn't accompanied them before.

As long as she was careful, it actually didn't matter much.

"Xinyu, then be careful."

"I know, don't worry, I've experienced this kind of occasion many times. Alright, sleep quickly."

As a result, something really happened the next day.

Zhao Liying didn't know the specific details, but when Zhang Xinyu came back that night, half of her face was swollen, and her lips were broken, as if she had been slapped by someone.

No matter how Zhao Liying asked, she wouldn't say who it was.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't have scenes the next day, and Zhao Liying helped her apply cold towels for a whole day before the swelling went down.

Afterwards, Zhang Xinyu filmed normally, and Zhao Liying didn't find anything wrong with anyone in the crew, including Zhao Deming, with whom she would still chat and laugh.

It's just that every time she returned to the hotel, she was like a different person compared to before, with much less smile on her face, and she didn't chat much, logging into QQ on her mobile phone every day to chat, not knowing who she was chatting with.

April 30th, this was the last day for the two in the crew; once filmed, it was a wrap.

The two had a lot of scenes this day, and it was already past 10 PM when they finished filming.

Both girls were just small supporting roles, so naturally, no one would congratulate them.

After removing her makeup, Zhang Xinyu suddenly took out two movie tickets from her pocket and said: "Little Ying, I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow. Let's go watch a movie today, how about it?"

Zhao Liying didn't even need to look to know it must be *My Blueberry Nights*.

"Is it okay?"

Zhao Liying hesitated for a moment, sighed slightly, and agreed.

Not for anything else, just for another parting.

This year during the New Year, she went back to Langfang and found Su Tuan and Little Four, and the few of them chatted happily for a while. Clearly, the comedy troupe now had a new clown and a new flower fairy.

Everything from that winter seemed to have vanished in time, turning into bubbles.

Zhao Liying would occasionally think of Wang Xiang.

In her mind, this boy should also be like her, struggling somewhere, working hard, towards his own tiny dream.

She didn't know if they would ever have a day of reunion.

When Zhang Xinyu and Zhao Liying walked into the Hengdian Cinema in Hengdian, Shi Ningwei also walked into a local cinema in Guangzhou.

On this day, every film critic group he was in was almost out in full force.

It felt like if you didn't see this movie at the first opportunity, you wouldn't be able to mix in the circle.

Contrary to *Spider-Man 3*, which many ordinary audiences were full of expectations for three days later.

One was a must-see for film critics, the other was a must-see for ordinary people.

Shi Ningwei truly admired Wang Jiawei's ability to force the release time of *Spider-Man 3* to after the May Day holiday.

It seemed that the status of a Hong Kong big director was quite useful above.

Then let's see how big the appetite of *My Blueberry Nights* was in these three days, and how much exclusive food it could eat.

Sitting in the dark cinema, Shi Ningwei was very expectant.

This was his third time watching Chen Nuo's movie, and he hesitated for a long time when buying the ticket, but finally chose the dubbed version.

Mainly because there were too many big shots in the dubbed version, and the attraction was too strong.

Especially the names Jiang Wen and Gong Li in the dubbing list, which made him very curious to know if the voices of these two people and Chen Nuo appearing in one movie would have any chemical reaction.

The Dragon Mark, Jet Tone Films, and Studiocanal logos flashed by in order.

The movie officially began.

It was quite normal at the beginning, and the opening shot of Chen Nuo answering the phone was quite pleasing to Shi Ningwei's eyes.

He could see that compared to *The Mute*, Chen Nuo's performance had an extra layer of agile freedom.

Especially since this role wasn't easy to play, because actors aren't afraid of playing ugly or strange, they are only afraid of playing mediocre.

And Chen Nuo, in the first ten seconds of the movie, could play this seemingly mediocre waiter in a way that didn't look like him at all, which in Shi Ningwei's view, was already very awesome.

He leaned back in the cinema chair, smiling, preparing to enjoy this play well.

He had a premonition that the exaggerated evaluations of those Cannes film critics last year shouldn't be nonsense.

This movie might really be Chen Nuo's coronation work again.

It was just that he missed the Best Actor award by mistake.

Shi Ningwei's happiness didn't last three seconds.

When Dong Jie's voice came out of Emma Stone's mouth, he was shocked.

It's no exaggeration to say that Shi Ningwei felt like he had been suddenly fed a mouthful of expired shit.

It was so uncomfortable he wanted to vomit.

Continuing to watch, the more he watched, the more shocked he became.

Shi Ningwei couldn't believe that Wang Jiawei dared to use this kind of thing to fool the audience.

What kind of ghost thing was this?

He even felt it was Dong Jie using Emma Stone's mouth to broadcast the News Broadcast.

Let alone being moved, can you at least have some human emotions, damn it??

Moreover, it was definitely not just him who felt this way; the moment the female voice dubbed by Dong Jie appeared, his cinema hall exploded a bit.

After more than twenty minutes, a man started cursing in Cantonese very loudly: "Damn it, is this woman speaking human language?"

From here on, Shi Ningwei's mindset truly collapsed completely.

He had never thought that he was just a simple film critic, simply and happily coming to watch a movie. Now, was he being forced to find chocolate in a dung pit?

Dong Jie's magic sound piercing the ears was one thing.

Actually, including the voices of Gong Li, Jiang Wen, and Zhao Wei, none of them were normal; as soon as they spoke, all the background sounds disappeared.

It wasn't just breaking the immersion, it was forcing you to leave the venue.

Before the movie was even halfway through, half of the people in the cinema hall had left.

When they left, they were all cursing.

Shi Ningwei couldn't hold on either, although he really wanted to continue looking for chocolate.

If he used cotton to plug his ears, he could see how well Chen Nuo and Emma Stone acted.

However, expired shit was really too smelly!

Shi Ningwei left the cinema without finishing it, and being blown by the humid and slightly hot night wind in Guangdong, he not only didn't calm down, but became even more furious.

The first thing he did after driving home was to open Sina Blog and write a headline: "Wang Jiawei, do you think the mainland audience is your son?"

When Shi Ningwei was venting his anger with words, in the original sound version hall of the Hengdian Cinema, it was another scene.

This was Zhao Liying's first time watching Chen Nuo's movie.

It was also the first time seeing the other party's performance on the big screen.

Her feeling was four words: can't believe it.

It was the kind of disbelief of someone who had learned martial arts for half a lifetime, only to suddenly discover that the place they were in was a world of immortality.

Zhao Liying had been running as an extra in Hengdian for more than a year, although she didn't have much success herself, but with the purpose of stealing skills, she had also watched many famous male actors act.

For example, the one she just filmed.

Male lead Du Chun, son of famous actor Du Zhiguo, acting family, handsome young man, also graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and had been acting for several years, currently having played many male leads.

Every time Zhao Liying watched him act from the side, she felt she could learn a lot.

Including the male second lead Wen Zhaolun, it was the same.

Hong Kong and Taiwan veteran actor, when acting, gave Zhao Liying the feeling of being particularly at ease.

Every time she watched him act from the side, she would often substitute herself in, and before she had figured out how to act, the other party had already finished acting. And acted particularly well.

Zhao Liying felt that these two people were the goals she was chasing.

But now, when she saw Chen Nuo in the movie, in the hazy night of New York City, lighting a cigarette, standing at the entrance of the restaurant shivering, using a desolate gaze, looking for his lover.

All her definitions of acting were destroyed.

She didn't understand how an actor could use their eyes to perform such profound emotions.

She also couldn't understand how an actor could do it without an opponent, without props, without any conflict to create focus, he just lit a cigarette, and could naturally attract the attention of the entire audience.

Zhao Liying felt that Du Chun or Wen Zhaolun's acting was the cleverness she could understand. She knew in what direction to work hard, and perhaps one day she could reach the other party's realm.

But Chen Nuo's acting, after she finished watching it, only made her mind go blank.

What did she have to do to be like him?

After Chen Nuo's two-minute monologue in the movie finished, the cinema hall of more than 500 people in Hengdian was so quiet that the humming of the ventilator could be heard.

Let alone whispering, there wasn't even a cough.

When Emma Stone and Chen Nuo started to fall in love, Zhang Xinyu beside her seemed to not want to watch, leaned to her ear, and whispered: "Do you think that idiot Du Chun is worthy of carrying Chen Nuo's shoes?"

Zhang Xinyu's tone was extremely mocking and full of resentment. A flash of light went through Zhao Liying's mind, and she understood all of a sudden.

She had guessed Zhao Deming, and even thought about whether it would be Wen Zhaolun, but she never thought it would be Du Chun, who looked refined and handsome and kind on the outside!

In the faint light of the cinema, Zhang Xinyu saw Zhao Liying's eyes and knew that the other party had guessed it.

However, she was leaving tomorrow anyway, so she wasn't afraid of anything at the moment, and whispered to Zhao Liying: "That idiot, if you meet him while filming in the future, be careful."

Zhao Liying's eyes widened, "Xinyu, you..."

Zhang Xinyu curled her lips, revealing a cold smile, and whispered: "In this circle, not everyone is Chen Nuo, who dares to announce it to the whole world after falling in love. These men, looking like humans on the outside, are dirtier than the next. They also play more wildly than the next. If it weren't for him... wanting to play perverted, I wouldn't have minded letting him sleep with me. But this bastard... forget it, anyway, you be careful in the future. That bastard is truly perverted."

Zhao Liying's mood was complicated and hard to explain.

Although she had heard quite a few similar things usually, this was still the first time she had heard a friend around her speak these words clearly.

She bit her lip, changed the subject, and asked softly: "So, you really are a 'Nuo Rice', right?"

Zhang Xinyu pursed her lips and smiled, not speaking.

On the big screen of the movie, the last scene began to play.

That fantastic and magnificent scene, like Adam and Eve at the beginning of the world, the kiss between that pair of man and woman, was like the sacredness in the temple, the yin and yang in chaos.

Zhang Xinyu and Zhao Liying were stunned.

Yes, not excited, not surging, and didn't even feel any tenderness.

They weren't professional film critics; they could only see things they were familiar with from it.

That was, could a kiss scene be filmed like this?

This was simply... subverting their understanding of kiss scenes!

Not just them, in the Hengdian Cinema, who wasn't working in the crew among those who came to watch the premiere of *My Blueberry Nights*?

It was estimated that everyone had seen no less than eight hundred kiss scenes.

Chen Nuo and Emma Stone's kiss of just over ten seconds left the audience dumbfounded, their eyes staring straight.

When the screen went black, the subtitles rolled, and the lights came on.

Everyone then gave a start and came back to their senses.

No one left the venue.

In the cinema hall that was more than half full, one "Holy shit" after another sounded in turn.

After saying "Holy shit" for a long time,

I don't know who suddenly shouted: "Damn it, Wang Jiawei! Divine!!! Chen Nuo is awesome!!"

Someone followed and shouted: "Chen Nuo is awesome, Wang Jiawei is awesome, the female lead is also awesome!"

Then another man with a very loud voice said: "Whoever says Chen Nuo's Best Actor is fake in the future, I'll be anxious with them!"

Immediately, a girl screamed: "Chen Nuo is too handsome! Wang Jiawei filmed it too awesomely!"

A girl quite far from her also echoed: "Really, really Chen Nuo is so handsome! I'm going to become a 'Nuo Rice' after watching it!"

A middle-aged man sitting in the corner said: "I've been mixing in Hengdian for more than ten years, I never thought that a kiss scene could be filmed from top to bottom, the photography is really good at filming!"

A man in the front row immediately retorted: "What's the use of being good at filming? Being good at kissing is awesome!"

The person in the back row was unconvinced: "Who doesn't know how to kiss?"

The man in the front row laughed and said: "I've been a photographer for almost thirteen years, I tell you, no matter how awesome the photographer is, without Chen Nuo and that woman, it's useless."

"Don't argue everyone, let's give a round of applause together. Wang Jiawei, this Golden Palm is well-deserved. Chen Nuo didn't win Best Actor, it's just fucking black-box operation!"

As soon as a certain man's words fell, the applause really rang out.

In the Hengdian cinema hall where there was no one in front of the screen.

The applause was like a tide.

Zhao Liying followed Zhang Xinyu and walked out of the cinema hall ahead of time amidst the applause.

The two walked silently in the night for a while, Zhang Xinyu suddenly asked: "Little Ying, how many years do you think we have to act before we can make those people just now spontaneously applaud for us after watching the movie?"

Zhao Liying didn't speak. She felt in her heart that it was impossible for a lifetime.

Zhang Xinyu didn't seem to expect her to answer, and said again: "I've decided, I'm going back to Beijing to find Chen Nuo."

Zhao Liying was shocked all of a sudden, looking over with her mouth wide open: "Ah?"

Zhang Xinyu smiled lightly: "It's not what you think. I want to find him, I want to ask him if I can sign to his company. If he is willing to sign me, I will pay the breach of contract fee myself."

Zhao Liying didn't react, not knowing why her friend suddenly made this decision.

She calculated for a long time, and finally asked hesitantly: "Why?"

Zhang Xinyu said: "No reason. Well, there is."

She suddenly smiled, "I won't lie to you, actually I am a 'Nuo Rice.' Do you know when I became one? Just when he was holding hands with Wen Yongshan and strolling in the night market in Taiwan."

"As for me, I came out into society when I was very young, I've seen too many dirty things, I want to find some clean people to wash my eyes. Well, that's how it is."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 164 =====