Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 108 Blueberry Finale, Last Kiss

The girl fell in love with blueberry pie from then on, and every night after that, she would come to this restaurant and order a portion of blueberries that no one else would eat.

This is why Wang Jiawei named this movie Blueberry Nights.

"My Blueberry Nights" is actually a typical Wong Kar-wai film. It has no suspense, no thriller, no blood and violence, and even no plot twists.

Just as Chen Nuo felt, this movie is a dull, boring and clichéd story. It all depends on the actors' performances to support the whole show.

Li Er told Chen Nuo that Wang Jiawei's movies have no plot, only actors. If possible, every actor should go into his movies, be tempered by him, be forced into a dead end by him, and be tortured by him.

Destroyed by his countless NGs, and then rebuilt.

Take off all disguises and enter a performance state where you forget to perform.

In fact, if an actor has this kind of experience just once, it will have a great impact on improving his acting skills in the future.

As for why other directors can’t do what Wang Jiawei can?

Li Er said at the time that the answer to this question was left for Chen Nuo to answer himself.

But Li Er did not expect that Chen Nuo's stay in "Blueberry Nights" would be so short, so short that before Chen Nuo found the answer after his reconstruction, it was already his last day in the Blueberry crew.

The penultimate scene of Chen Nuo's Blueberry Nights is when Elizabeth returns to New York after traveling around the United States.

Although it hasn't been filmed yet, in the script, she meets Natalie Portman, who works in a casino in Montana, and they go to Las Vegas together. She also meets Rachel Weisz, whose relationship with her husband has broken down, and has a wonderful plot with that sexy and seductive woman.

In the end, she understood what love was from them.

After she came back, she called Jeremy.

Chen Nuo picked up the phone, and strangely, there was no expression on his face.

Wang Jiawei almost wanted to call a cut.

But when he thought about it afterwards, he was glad that he stopped at the last moment because of his trust in Chen Nuo.

He was fortunate enough to see his leading actor's show-off performance.

Chen Nuo walked out of the hotel and lit a cigarette with trembling hands in the cold night wind.

He took a deep breath, put his hands in his coat pockets, and looked around tremblingly.

This is a medium shot. Chen Nuo is in the frame, as is the restaurant behind him. Apart from that, the street in front of him and nothing else can be seen.

Chen Nuo in the camera was shivering with cold, but he still stood outside the restaurant, wanting to see Elizabeth as soon as possible.

He looked carefully at every passerby in front of him.

He looked so seriously, examining these passers-by from head to toe, as if trying to identify through their hats or scarves, or clothes or pants whether this person was the woman he was waiting for.

Chen Nuo searched for Elizabeth for a full three minutes under the gaze of everyone in the crew and among the passers-by.

Wang Jiawei couldn't see anything wrong in the whole picture. He could even see that Chen Nuo observed everyone from a different angle, because the people who walked past him were tall, short, fat, and thin. Each one was different. Of course they were different. There were no two people in the world who were exactly the same.

But the question is, where are the people?

The streets outside the camera were empty in the early morning, without even a damn ghost in sight.

I'm picky.

Wang Jiawei cursed in his heart.

"CUT! CUT!"

Next, it is Chen Nuo’s last scene.

Or a kissing scene.

Chen Nuo was sure that this was Wang Jiawei's deliberate arrangement.

This man in sunglasses is simply a hipster with a lot of bad intentions, always playing tricks that make people upset. He even suspected that Wang Jiawei had already seen through his relationship with Emma, ​​but pretended to know nothing.

What a shame.

Elizabeth returned to the restaurant and saw Jeremy, who had not changed at all. A relaxed smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. At this time, she had completely let go of the past.

She was wearing a black leather jacket, a blue T-shirt underneath, and a red plush hat on her head, like a black rose blooming in the dark night.

Chen Nuo smiled the moment he saw her, because he noticed her difference the first time. So his smile this time was the same as hers, a chuckle from the heart.

Then they went into the restaurant together and chatted like old friends, and Emma Stone ordered a blueberry pie as usual.

She noticed that the jar that originally contained the key was empty, and her smiling expression slowly turned calm. "You didn't keep the key anymore?"

Chen Nuo smiled faintly and said, "No, I'm returning them to their owners. Do you want yours?"

Emma Stone chuckled and shook her head: "No, I don't want it."

Afterwards, they began to reminisce about the past.

Recalling everything that happened in this restaurant at this moment a year ago.

All the things they talked about at that time, and things that they didn't know about each other.

For example, before she left, she had been here before, but did not come in.

For example, he would leave a blueberry pie every night after she left, just in case she showed up unexpectedly.

They confided in each other, but their eyes and expressions were so evasive, as if they were hiding something, a secret that frightened both of them.

They didn't dare to say it because they were afraid that if they said it, they would never be able to go back to the way they were before.

In the first scene, Wang Jiawei told Chen Nuo that he fell in love with her after kissing her.

What happens after you fall in love with her?
Keep kissing her, of course.

Emma Stone must be tired again, otherwise why would she fall asleep with her face resting on the bar, just like yesterday?
Chen Nuo first leaned against the wall behind the bar, watching her sleeping quietly.

Darius Conji's camera captured Chen Nuo's face from the side, with the focus still on his eyes.

Throughout the entire film, Chen Nuo's eyes have never been so brave and determined. He seems to have released all his emotions at this moment. Under the warm yellow light, those strong and brilliant emotions are almost visible to the naked eye.

No, not emotion, but love. The next shot fell on Emma Stone's face, with her eyes closed and white cream on her lips.

A dark shadow moved in from outside the painting and slowly covered her face.

That is Chen Nuo's profile.

The two faces overlapped from the side.

So the camera pulled up, and Darius Congee held the camera upright and started filming their kissing scene from top to bottom.

Chen Nuo's kiss did not stop immediately, it stuck to Emma Stone's lips.

At first, he was still dancing alone, but after a few seconds, Emma Stone began to respond enthusiastically.

The kiss between the two was so passionate and unrestrained, their lips and teeth touching, with an intimacy that was difficult to describe in words, as if they had kissed countless times.

This is indeed the case in reality.

But to the audience, this was only their second kiss.

So, if this isn’t irrefutable evidence of a soulmate, then what else could it be?
Darius Congee's hair stood on end when he took the photo, because in his picture, Chen Nuo and Emma Stone's two faces, one on the left and one on the right, occupied half of the picture, like a perfect puzzle, spelling out the male and female, the yin and the yang.

To him, a Westerner, this picture looks like a pair of Pisces entangled with each other, but in Wang Jiawei's eyes, this pair of boys and girls are clearly a pair of mandarin ducks entangled in each other's necks, lingering in love to death.

Breathtakingly beautiful.

Wang Jiawei looked at the scene and was reluctant to call a cut. He dragged it for more than ten seconds before he said reluctantly, "CUT."

The moment Chen Nuo stood up, Emma Stone bit his lip. It was quite hard and painful.

Wang Jiawei stood up from in front of the monitor, walked quickly into the set, handed him a large bouquet of flowers, then hugged him and patted his back very hard.

"Nuozi, thank you for your hard work. You acted so well. Thank you so much."

Wang Jiawei originally thought that after In the Mood for Love, he would never see a male and female protagonist who were a perfect match and achieved mutual success like Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, but the facts proved him wrong.

Even because of their different skin colors, the chemical reaction between Chen Nuo and Emma Stone is even more intense than that between Zhang Liang and Zhang Nuo, allowing the audience's imagination to extend further and deeper in all directions.

Not just today, but also the scene a few days ago.

At that time, Chen Nuo was standing on a stool repairing a light bulb when two men who were eating behind him suddenly started fighting over a disagreement.

Chen Nuo tried to stop the fight in the shaking camera, but ended up getting punched in the face and starting to bleed from the nose.

As he tilted his head back and used a tissue to wipe the red paint flowing from his nostrils at the door of the restaurant, Emma Stone pushed the door open and came in, she was also bleeding from her nose.

Chen Nuo wiped the blood from his nose and asked, "Were you beaten by them too?"

Emma Stone shook her head from side to side with an uneasy look in her eyes and said, "No, I was robbed on the subway."

Chen Nuo looked at her deeply, "Doesn't your Mr. Pork Chop live nearby? Aren't you going to go find him to get back together?"

"Yes, I just... just wanted to make some preparations first. I planned to get off in a few stops, but... I ended up in the Bronx." The Bronx is a black area in New York. The girl went to get back together with her ex-boyfriend, but she was in a daze and missed her stop, and was robbed.

"Your preparation is really special."

The dialogue between the two is messy and meaningless, just like in Wang Jiawei's previous films.

Here, Emma Stone and Chen Nuo's performances are divided into two parts, and their lines and expressions are almost disconnected. They speak, but everyone can feel their absent-mindedness.

Audiences who understand movies will understand at this time that they should not listen to the lines but watch their performance.

Chen Nuo's eyes are always calm, deep and full of love, while Emma Stone's eyes are always wandering, evasive and full of sadness.

At the end of this scene, the camera moves from left to right through the narrow gap between the bar table and chairs.

Eighty percent of the entire picture is dark objects or shadows, with only a tiny gap in the middle where two people can be seen.

Emma Stone was seen sitting on the floor under the bar, crying heart-wrenchingly in Chen Nuo's arms.

Wang Jiawei laughed at that time, a smile of satisfaction and pride.

There is no doubt that this is what he wants, this is the unique film aesthetics of Wang Jiawei. What rationality, what logic, just get out of here as far as you can.

He praised himself a hundred times in his heart. At that time, he listened to Pierre's words, went to Shanghai, and met Chen Nuo. He listened to Chen Kexin's advice and immediately decided on Chen Nuo and re-selected the female lead. He Wang Jiawei was really flattering. No wonder when he went to worship the White Dragon King, the White Dragon King said that he would die if he went west and live in Zedong. It was true.

For example, when Kang Ji came to his room to chat in recent days, he no longer talked about the good and bad of Chen Nuo, nor did he mention his female lead in a sarcastic tone. Instead, he began to remind him implicitly that this movie was his best chance to win the Best Director Award at Cannes again.

Wang Jiawei also thinks so.

He even felt that if this trial work failed, he would completely give up on Hollywood, and maybe even movies as well.

"Thank you, director. I'm very happy to be acting in your play." Chen Nuo replied.

Wong Kar-wai said solemnly: "You must be there when the film premieres in Cannes in May. I am the chairman of the jury of this year's Cannes. I formally invite you, and you must come."

I see. Wang Mojing, you are both the referee and the athlete, right?

So what kind of a mess was that in your previous life? You had everything going for you, even though you had the right time, right place, and right people, but in the end it was all in vain.

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "OK, I will definitely go when the time comes."

Emma Stone sat nearby, watching the two of them talk with a smile, even though she didn't understand a word of the Chinese they were saying.

After Chen Nuo and Wang Mojing finished talking, they walked over in front of everyone and gave her a gentle hug. "It's up to you from now on. Go to Cannes and win the Best Actress award."

Emma Stone laughed softly and said in a hoarse and low voice in his ear: "If I really win the Best Actress award, the first person I would thank must be you. You know why."

Chen Nuo also smiled and blew gently into her ear, "Of course I know. Well, goodbye, Elizabeth."

"Goodbye, Jeremy."

　3600 words to end Blueberry.

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