Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 150 Encounter on a Rainy Day

July 31st, Friday.

After a busy whole day, Xia Wenhao was lucky today. He completed his work smoothly and did not have to work overtime. He left the company at six in the afternoon.

Normally, he would take the subway straight home, order takeout for lunch, catch up on Friday night drama, and go to bed.

But today, he went straight to the cinema near the company.

Once we entered, we couldn't say it was packed, but the number of people in the theater was at least twice as many as usual.

The promotional posters for the three summer blockbuster movies that have already been released, Gun Grave, Firefly, and My Girlfriend Is Amazing, have been moved to the corner.

Today the cinema is mainly promoting the six films that were released today.

The romance movie "Cape", the youth movie "The Art Student", the romance movie "The Garden of Words", the comedy movie "Sea Otter", the fantasy movie "Tree Mystery", and the horror movie "Blood Mirror".

These six works are medium-investment movies with an investment and publicity fund of no more than 70 million yuan. Although not large in terms of investment alone, there are also many first- and second-tier stars in the film industry participating in or making guest appearances. In addition, the film industry market has indeed been a bit sluggish during this period, and many movie fans are also short of dramas to watch. When they saw six movies being released at the same time, they all came out to take a look.

However, Xia Wenhao's goal is very clear.

Seven o'clock in the evening, The Garden of Words.

He had already bought the tickets long ago, and after redeeming them he sat quietly in a chair in the theater, waiting for the movie to start.

On the Internet, Su Yan's fans all became active at this time.

Post information related to The Garden of Words on various film and television forums.

"The show starts in twenty minutes."

"expect!"

"No matter what the plot is like, as long as Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan are there, it's worth the price of the ticket!"

"With 9% of the screenings on the first day, it ranks third among the movies released today. I hope The Garden of Words can also rank third in today's box office!"

"Don't underestimate yourself. The third place in the schedule may not be the third place in the box office. Maybe it will be the second or the first place."

"Tonight is very important. The box office is secondary, the attendance and word of mouth are the most important. As long as the attendance and word of mouth are good enough, tomorrow's screening schedule will increase!"

Xia Wenhao was browsing relevant information on his phone, and his mood gradually began to cheer up.

Many of Su Yan's fans are people who often follow movies. Su Yan did not invest too much in this movie. Perhaps it was the first movie in his life, so he did not expect a good box office result.

But fans certainly don't think so.

Even though he might scold Su Yan on normal days, when it comes to this moment, he absolutely does not want Su Yan to lose.

Soon, it was six fifty-five.

Xia Wenhao and a group of people waiting for the opening of The Garden of Words lined up to check their tickets for entry.

As soon as he entered the theater, Xia Wenhao found himself sandwiched between two couples, and at least half of the seats in the theater were occupied.
Most of the people in the theater were couples.

As a single man, Xia Wenhao felt a little uncomfortable.

What happened to the saying that all Su Yan’s fans are single?

It is said that his movies are very likely to cause depression. Is it not recommended for couples to watch them?
Why do so many couples come?
His mentality was a little broken, and Xia Wenhao began to feel uncomfortable sandwiched between two couples.

But not long after Xia Wenhao complained in his heart, the lights in the theater went out, and a bunch of theater advertisements came on, and then there was a pause, and then on the huge screen
A beautiful, verdant picture appears.

[I didn’t know these things until two months ago! ]

When the male voice dubbed by Su Yan sounded, Xia Wenhao felt relieved.

That's what it feels like.

Don't think about anything else, just focus on watching the show.

The camera keeps switching.

A moving train.

Busy crowd

The crowd in the car and the inner monologue of the male protagonist Akizuki Takao.

And the Makoto Shinkai-style storyboard
Xia Wenhao's mood gradually calmed down.

[I feel like the sky is within reach, so I like it when it rains. Often on rainy mornings, I don’t take the subway anymore and just walk out of the station.]

The high school boy played by Su Yan walked out of the station holding an umbrella while his inner monologue sounded.

He came to a park with lush green trees, a huge artificial lake, and the misty fog on the lake in June.
The picture zooms out to show a young man holding an umbrella walking towards a small pavilion deep in the park.

Xia Wenhao took a deep breath and opened his eyes wide.

so beautiful.

It’s worthy of being a movie, the picture quality is completely on a different level from that of a TV series.

The young man came to the pavilion and found that there was another woman there.

A beautiful woman came to the pavilion on a rainy day, drinking beer and eating chocolate.

His expression was relaxed, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was full of secrets.

Gu Qingyuan.

Xia Wenhao became more alert.

Less than three minutes into the movie, the male and female protagonists all appeared.

There were two people taking shelter from the rain in the pavilion. One of them was holding a beer can and looking at the misty lake, with an expression that made it unclear what he was thinking.

One of them took out a drawing board and drew a design of shoes on paper.

The boy and the woman were both watching each other out of the corner of their eyes unconsciously.

[This person seems familiar.]

The young man thought so in his heart.

Xia Wenhao remembered this monologue immediately. Generally speaking, this kind of inexplicable words in the early stage of the movie might be foreshadowing. If it says "déjà vu", it means that they must have met before, but just forgot.

"Maybe it's from the past life! In the past life, Tomoe Yukishiro and Kenshin Himura met each other, and now it feels like déjà vu."

The girl sitting next to her whispered this to her boyfriend.

When Xia Wenhao heard it, he didn't think it was noisy. Instead, he thought it would be nice if it were true.

The boy's drawing eraser fell to the ground, and the woman bent down to pick it up, and handed it to the boy with a smile.

After this incident, the silence between the two was broken.

The protagonist, Takao Akizuki, asks the woman if they have met before.

But the woman drank beer, put a chocolate in her mouth, and said she had never seen it before.

But then she paid close attention to the protagonist's painting behavior, and at a certain moment, a look of sudden realization seemed to appear on her face.

He picked up his bag and stood up.

Outside the pavilion, heavy rain continued and lightning flashed across the sky.

【Perhaps, we have really met before. 】

The woman continued with a meaningful smile on her face.

[There is faint thunder and a gloomy sky, but I hope the wind and rain will come and keep you here! ]

The woman left with an umbrella, recited a short poem, and then left.

Seeing this, the group of people in the theater have already entered the state.

It seems like a completely different style from ordinary romance movies!
Xia Wenhao opened his eyes wide.

Originally, from the trailer, I noticed that the male lead was a student, and I thought it was a campus romance.

I didn’t expect that the male protagonist was actually a student who skipped classes and went to the pavilion in the park to draw shoe designs when it rained.

This is too relaxed!
Are all high school students in Sakurajima so happy?
In mainland China, this kind of behavior will result in the parents being called in!
And this short poem instantly makes the style of the movie more elevated.

Was it created by the old thief Su Yan himself?
What a talent!
The movie continues to run.

It begins with an introduction to the family situation of the male protagonist Akizuki Takao.

In a single-parent family, the mother is still pursuing love at an old age. She is willful but cute.

I have a calm brother who already has a job.

As for the male protagonist, he is also not interested in his studies. He focuses on shoe design and plans to become a handmade shoemaker after graduation.

After returning home, I asked my brother about the meaning of that short poem.

When the weather is fine, go to school.

However, when it rains, I will skip classes.

It's another rainy day.
The boy came to the park again, came to the pavilion, and met the woman.

One is born, the second is cooked.

The two chatted.

One skipped class on a rainy day, and the other skipped work.

After the two parted again this time, the woman said with a smile on her face.

【Goodbye, maybe we will meet again on a rainy day】

When Xia Wenhao saw this, he already began to like the setting of this movie.

The pace is slow, but comfortable.

Both the character of the male protagonist and the female protagonist are different from the conventional love movies in Xiaguo.

And the woman's words are like an agreement between two people.

See you on rainy days.

They didn’t know each other’s identity, name, or family situation. They were just a woman and a boy who liked to skip work and classes, and they made an appointment to meet on a rainy day.

It happens to be June, the rainy season.

This is exactly the encounter with a beautiful woman that adolescent boys look forward to the most!

Xia Wenhao felt itchy when he saw it.

This kind of youthful atmosphere is indeed so obvious only in Su Yan's works.

More than 80 percent of the film's shots are of gloomy skies and rainy seasons. The scenes that should have been depressing instead gave Xia Wenhao and the film's male lead Akizuki Takao a sense of anticipation.

Because when it rains, you can see her
Gradually, Qiuyue told the woman about her life ambition and her dream of becoming a shoemaker.

Gradually, the boy was attracted to the woman.

[Every morning when I wake up, I pray for rainy days. She is so far away from me. She seems to represent all the secrets in the world. There are only two things that are clear. To her, I am just a child at the age of fifteen! Next, only shoemaking can bring me to the place where I really belong. ]

On the other side, the movie scene switches to the heroine.

She stood in front of the subway and looked at the train door, but was hesitant to take that step. Instead, she turned around and continued to walk to the park and came to the pavilion.

When Xia Wenhao saw this, he was touched.

Although there was no explicit line of dialogue, he could understand the meaning of the woman's eyes.

Don't want to go to work.
I am not tired of the work, but tired of the working environment.
Judging from the previous plot, she is not socially anxious, and the reason is very simple.

There is a high probability that there are people she hates at work.

Unconsciously, the two couples on Xia Wenhao's left and right who liked to discuss the plot gradually stopped their discussion.

　Thank you for the reward from "Cigar in the Pipe" and "Super Electromagnetic" with "Hanabi Light Sound". Thank you big brother!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)