Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 208 Sakura
After entering the cinema, the movie didn't start playing in the theater, but advertisements started playing instead.

Local real estate launch information.

Commercials for some products.

There are also some movie trailers.

some of.
There is Love Like a Bouquet which will be released next month.

Although it only lasts a few seconds, this movie is different from 5 Centimeters per Second. It has a clear leading actor, and the leading actor is Su Yan's favorite heroine Shen Liqian. Su Yan's fans in the entire theater were a little confused for a while.

Qiao Yueling secretly sighed in her heart that Su Yan is rich now, and he did all this publicity a month before the release. And just from watching those few seconds of footage in the trailer, this movie called Love Like a Bouquet seems to be quite good.

The female lead is beautiful and the male lead has good acting skills.

Um.
It looks like we have to make arrangements for the release date of Flower Romance next month.

Just as Qiao Yueling was filled with mixed thoughts, the lights in the theater dimmed and a stunningly beautiful scene appeared on the screen.

Pink cherry blossoms drifting in the wind, the blue sky, the cherry blossom trees reflected in the puddles on the roadside, and the sunlight shining through the trees onto the vehicles.

And the girl holding a red umbrella, wearing a floral dress and showing a bright smile, and the boy standing next to her with a shy expression.

[Hey, I heard it's 5 centimeters per second]

[Um, what? ]

[The speed at which cherry blossoms fall is five centimeters per second! ]

The opening dialogue between the girl and the boy reveals the meaning of the movie title 5 Centimeters per Second.

Simple lines and simple dialogues, coupled with the colorful scenery.

Everyone in the theater stopped whispering instantly.

When it comes to movies, you can actually tell a person’s style from just a few shots.

In addition to being the screenwriter, Su Yan is also the investor of the film.

He can interfere with the filming and creation of the film to a great extent.

Of course, Su Yan would respect the director whom he had hired at a high price, but Su Yan would also put forward his own requirements.

The director can give full play to his own talents, but the final film must combine the advantages of Su Yan's previous life's Makoto Shinkai's animated films.

Among these, the most important thing is the unique artistic style of Makoto Shinkai's films.

Just like watching The Garden of Words, as soon as this scene appeared, Qiao Yueling's distractions disappeared.

A long shot that lasts from beginning to end, in which the boy and the girl run down a long slope. The girl runs faster and crosses the railway in the middle of the road before the boy. Under the lowered guardrails on both sides of the railway, she playfully turns around on the opposite side of the railway with an umbrella and looks at the boy in the sunshine.

[It would be nice if we could see the cherry blossoms together next year! ]

The train passed by, blocking the two people's view.

The story begins here.

A boy named Tono Takaki and a girl named Shinohara Akari
Because of their similar silent personalities, they were out of tune with their classmates at school, but it was precisely because they were ostracized by their classmates that they came together.

Similar personalities and similar hobbies brought the two together quickly, and they became good friends who could talk about anything.

The story is narrated through the memories, diaries, and fragments of words in the letters of Takaki Tono, constructing a story full of youth for Qiao Yueling.

However, this seemingly beautiful childhood sweetheart story will eventually encounter unexpected events.

Midway through, Akari Shinohara transferred to another school.

Because of my parents' work, I went to a very far place.

However, the two of them continued to exchange letters after they separated because the heroine transferred to another school and entered junior high school.

Although the movie did not clearly state the time period, just by looking at the ancient objects such as mailboxes and telephone booths inside, Qiao Yueling roughly understood that the story took place at least thirty years ago.

The story begins when the hero and heroine agree to meet on a certain day after transferring to another school.

Qiao Yueling watched it very seriously.

Although the plot at the beginning is simple, the youthful feeling comes up all at once with the help of music and pictures.

In a romance movie, creating this sense of immersion is extremely important. At least Qiao Yueling and most of the people in the theater have now entered the plot.

It was an afternoon with heavy snow.

In the afternoon, the boy bought a train ticket and entered the station.

The scenery outside the train flew past and the boy fell into memories.

That was the night he spoke to Mingli on the phone.

The girl cried and told him on the phone that she was going to transfer schools.

The two had planned to go to the same middle school, continue their study of ancient biology, and watch the cherry blossoms together next year, but all of these were shattered.

The girl cried on the phone, begging the boy to forgive her and at least give her a word of comfort.

But the boy responded to her in an unbalanced state of mind.

[I understand. That’s enough. No need to say more! ]

Qiao Yueling clenched her fingers slightly.

In the story, the boy’s inner monologue sounded.

[Through the microphone that was pressing against my ears and making them hurt, I could feel the pain Akari was suffering.]

Qiao Yueling already felt a little pain in her heart.

She is a person with a strong sense of involvement.

Coincidentally, 5 Centimeters per Second is a work that allows the audience to feel deeply involved.

The plots of Makoto Shinkai's films have never been complicated, but why is he so famous in Su Yan's previous life?

It is because the film portrays the inner emotions of the characters too delicately, and the simple teacher-student love and long-distance relationship scripts can make the audience feel heartbroken.

It is easy for the audience to empathize with the characters while watching the film without realizing it.

In this scene, Akari cried and said sorry to Takaki, which made everyone in the entire theater feel a little uncomfortable.

You old bastard, it’s only been a short while since the beginning of this movie and you’re already being so cruel?

Later in the movie, there is Takaki's inner monologue on the train, flashbacks and changes of scenes.

After they were separated, they kept in touch through letters, telling each other about their experiences after entering middle school.

Before boarding the train, Takaki wrote in a letter what he wanted to say to Akari but couldn't say it in person.

He left by train in the afternoon and agreed to meet Mingli at 7pm.
But
Heavy snow blocked the road.

The train keeps stopping at stations along the way.

In the story, time passes little by little.

The expectation in Guishu's eyes gradually became calm, and then numb.

At the stop, the cold wind blew his clothes. He took money out of his pocket to buy some hot drinks, but the letter he had kept in his pocket was blown away by the heavy snow.
The boy looked at the situation where he had already exceeded the agreed time but had to be stuck at the station halfway. He also looked at the letter that was blown away by the wind and snow.

I imagined whether the expectant girl, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, was still waiting for him. In this era when phone calls were not working, would she think that he had backed out at the last minute and stood her up without making an appointment?
His eyes were red for a moment but the scene.

Qiao Yueling was silent.

She checked her watch.

Su Yan's works usually become sad only in the later stages.

But why did this movie start to be so cruel in the early stages?
The train was still stopped on the road. The boy returned to the carriage and lowered his head to recall the letter that Mingli had written to him.

[The letters Mingli wrote to me, I don't know why I imagined that she was always alone! ]

[As a result, the train stopped in the empty wilderness for two hours. At this moment, even one minute seemed very long to me. Time just slipped away from me mercilessly! ]

Guishu lowered his head and looked at the time displayed on his watch.

He's already, almost three hours late.

[Mingli, I wish you had gone home. ]

From the beginning of the movie to now, 70% of the scenes are descriptions of the inner thoughts of the male protagonist Takaki Tono.

But Qiao Yueling didn't feel bloated, but felt distressed.

They were just two middle school students who liked each other, and it was just a job transfer.

But this kind of thing was like a meteorite falling, causing a devastating blow to the relationship between them.

After finally saving enough money and mustering up the courage, I took a train alone to a distant and unfamiliar city.

But this kind of thing happened.

Late night
The train finally arrived at the station

There was no one at the train station and Takaki Tono had a calm expression.

Qiao Yueling also sighed in her heart.

In such a university weather, the temperature at the train station is estimated to be below 10 to 20 degrees below zero. In that era without mobile phones, who would wait until now?
Mingli must have thought that Takaki had stood her up.

And Guishu only needs to rest here and wait for the next bus back to the city.

However, touching moments often happen inadvertently.

Guishu just walked into the waiting room calmly. In the huge room, there was a girl with her head down. Perhaps she was cold and her body was curled up. At this time, perhaps she had no hope for someone to come, so she didn't look at the exit, but just lowered her head, bent over, and hugged her arms.
But he didn't leave.

Qiao Yueling's eyes suddenly welled up in tears.

I understand the girl's intention.

He most likely won't come. But it's just a possibility.
But if you don’t wait and really leave, you will never see him again.

Tono Takaki's expression became very sad, with tears in his eyes. He walked step by step to the girl and said something.

【Miri! 】

The bgm sounded and the girl slowly looked up. The previous shots were all scenes with obvious smiles.

And at this moment, the scene was that her eyes were full of tears, but she was crying with a smile.

Qiao Yueling had no idea what the audiences in other cinemas and theaters in Xia Country thought of this movie at this moment.

But at this moment, she fell in love with the movie.

I fell in love with both Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari.

You old thief, make them both happy!

The boy and the girl were walking in the snowy night.

We were just chatting about some insignificant trivialities.

But just being together like this, both of them had smiles on their faces.

Arriving under a huge cherry tree, Akari sprayed the falling snow with her hands and said to Takaki while looking at him.

[Hey, doesn’t it feel like snowing? ]

The background is blurred, and the bare cherry blossom trees are covered with petals.

Qiao Yueling remembered the agreement they made at the beginning of the movie.

See the cherry blossoms again next year!
Now is next year!

But the two could no longer see the cherry blossoms, but the falling snow turned into cherry blossoms that looked like snow.

Takaki and Akari looked at each other, then slowly moved their heads closer and kissed each other.

Qiao Yueling clenched her fists, and a group of couples in the theater breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone stopped the breath-holding contest.

The girl next to Qiao Yueling whispered to her boyfriend.

"I almost thought it was a tragedy movie, but it's okay!"

"Su Yan is like this. He likes to scare people. I have seen many of his works. Don't worry! He will definitely not disappoint us!" The boy responded immediately.

Qiao Yueling had a strange expression on her face.

So you have seen many of Su Yan's works, and even brought your girlfriend to see Su Yan's new movie?
Kind of!

What follows is a long psychological monologue about Takaki.

He had the courage to kiss her, but then what?
How long can courage last?

The two of them are from different places and they are just middle school students. How long can they keep this feeling in their hearts?

Guishu has no confidence and dares not talk about the future.

The next day, Mingli saw Takaki off at the station.

The two said goodbye to each other, with reluctance in their eyes.

Qiao Yueling couldn't quite understand the plot.

So how will the plot develop next?

Long distance relationship?
Takaki left. Akari looked at the departing train reluctantly, then took out a letter from her bag.

A letter written to Takaki Toono but never delivered.

Qiao Yueling felt a little uneasy.

She remembered the letter that Guishu lost at the train station. If that letter hadn't been lost, the two would have definitely exchanged letters, and then
What happens then?
Will the future and destiny of the two change?
Or won’t change?
Qiao Yueling didn't dare to think about it too much.

I kind of feel like the old thief is hinting at something, but I don't want to think that way.

(End of this chapter)