Unexpectedly, after they rehearsed on stage, the chief judge Chen Dao was the first to turn cold.

"Forcibly sensational, no beginning and no end, extremely embarrassing! When recording, I will definitely give the lowest score!"

When his eyes turned to Ran, he was very contemptuous.

"Fortunately, I think your performance in the last episode was not bad. It turned out to be a super-level performance, but this time you showed your timidity."

Even the chief judge said so, it seems that this performance must be unsatisfactory.Ran Shi was scolded a bit, but Director Chen was right, the ending of this skit was not good enough.

Ren Guangnian's face was also gloomy. He stepped off the stage, put on makeup, and did styling. The whole process was under pressure, and no one dared to touch his reverse scales.

The styling assistant brought the clothes he wanted to wear, Ren Guangnian looked at the shoes and frowned.

"Charlie is a poor student on a scholarship. How could he be dressed so well? Give me a pair of old leather shoes."

The assistant was so fierce that she burst into tears, but she didn't dare to slack off, and rushed out of the dressing room.

Because time was too tight, Ran Shi suggested that he and Ren Guangnian share the dressing room, and they played against each other repeatedly while doing styling.Ran Shi's makeup artist heard this conversation, and whispered from the side: "It's as harsh and terrifying as the rumors..."

Ran Shi could see that he was depressed.Director Chen is the co-director of his debut movie, he is strict and tricky, but he only praises Ren Guangnian, and this time when Director Chen criticizes Ran, he is also criticizing him.

Ran Shi, who had finished modeling, sat next to Ren Guangnian with the script, took the initiative to pat him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Let's do the scene again, don't pay too much attention to what Director Chen said."

Ren Guangnian shook his head: "He is the chief, and the rating weight is high. As long as he says it is bad, the rating will definitely be bad."

"It's okay," Ran Shi leaned over to him and revealed the secret quietly, "Actually, I only signed two terms, and I will be eliminated no matter what."

"I know..." Ren Guangnian's voice was low, he relaxed and leaned on the back of the sofa, a little distressed, "I just don't want to see you being scolded when you are eliminated."

It turned out that Ren Guangnian had such a gentle personality, Ran Shi couldn't help but feel sweet: "It's very good to have the opportunity to play with you on the same stage."

After hearing what he said, Ren Guangnian felt a little dizzy.He flipped through the script and pondered: "Do you think there is something missing at the end of this play?"

Ran Shi nodded: "That's true. It feels like the ending was too hasty. The lieutenant colonel gave up suicide and handed the gun to Charlie. Charlie heard the Christmas bell and left first...then it stopped abruptly."

The two replayed the plot again.

Charlie came to see the lieutenant colonel for the first time; the lieutenant colonel took Charlie to the hotel for a luxurious dinner and confessed that he was going to commit suicide; Charlie stopped the lieutenant colonel from committing suicide and invited the lieutenant colonel to dance tango to untie his knot... The script has been polished many times to simplify the plot In the third act, but in just four or 10 minutes, it is very difficult to immerse the audience's emotions in the plot and resonate with the emotions of the people in the play.

If the ending brings together the emotions between the characters and adds a little more to it, the effect may be better.

But before Ran Shi could figure out how to change it, the director opened the door of the dressing room: "Teachers, it's time to go on stage!"

******

The stage lights were slowly turned on, illuminating the luxurious interior of the hotel, and there were criss-crossed cups of wine everywhere, and the fragrance of clothes and temples.

Ran Shi quietly covered his heart where the audience could not see, hoping to calm down his emotions.

The pre-narrative plot just now was performed well.

The student Charlie came to work as a part-time job to take care of the blind and retired lieutenant colonel, and was scolded by the lieutenant colonel as soon as they met.Then the lieutenant colonel picked up the phone and became pleasant again, ordering Charlie to get him his coat and take him to a "good place".

——But the beginning doesn't mean anything, the hotel scene is the highlight.

The next performance must be stable.

Ran Shi lowered his voice, straightened his back, put away his guide stick, put his hand on Ren Guangnian's forearm, walked slowly into the hotel, and sat at the table: "This is the good place I said, Charlie."

The lieutenant colonel spent a lot of money, ordering the most expensive dishes and the most expensive wine, and the waiter took a large tip from him before leaving.He drank and began to talk at length about his keen sense of hearing, smell, and glorious military career.

Charlie was restless.He was wearing an old student uniform, and he was out of place among the guests in suits and leather shoes. He couldn't help asking: "Lieutenant Colonel, why are you here?"

"For the pleasure of course."

"But," Charlie hesitated to speak, "wouldn't this cost too much?"

"It's the last time, of course you have to enjoy it."

"the last time?!"

The lieutenant colonel touched his wine glass with blank eyes, took a sip comfortably, and his tone was even very joyful.

"Of course it's the last time—after this meal, I'm going to kill myself."

Charlie stood up suddenly, and was watched by many people, and he sat down awkwardly.

"Lieutenant Colonel, why did you commit suicide?"

The lieutenant colonel did not answer. After eating, he stretched out his hand to Charlie, asking him to come and help him.But the lieutenant colonel didn't wait for Charlie's help. He snorted coldly, took out his guide stick, and wanted to pass through the table by himself, but he tripped over someone who stood up suddenly, and Charlie rushed up to help him up.

When Ran Shi was helped up by Ren Guangnian, his figure suddenly shook.

When I fell just now, the floor of the stage was uneven, and my knee hit a small bump on the ground, and the pain was excruciating all of a sudden.

Ren Guangnian tightened his grip on his arm, and said anxiously, "Are you all right?"

He must not lose the chain at this juncture.

Ran Shi gritted his teeth, still following the plot arrangement, broke away from Ren Guangnian's support, took out his gun, loaded it, and began to confess.

"If I ended my life here, I wouldn't be a complete joke.

"Huh... family doesn't like me, niece finds a student to send me away; every girl knows I'm blind and makes fun of me, even though I'm good at any dance that high society likes or hates."

Ran Shi's expression gradually became sad, and a soreness welled up in his throat, making him tremble.

"You will never understand what darkness is. Darkness is lonely... If I don't commit suicide, I will also die in darkness."

After Ran Shi finished speaking, he couldn't help but put on a strong nasal voice.

He is completely immersed in the character, the emotion is integrated with the character.He is forever bound in the darkness and cannot escape, enduring the humbleness of being abandoned by the world, and the strange eyes of the people around him, and even most people contemptuously think that his blindness is self-inflicted——

This is not only the pain of the lieutenant colonel, but also the pain of his blindness.

Charlie tried hard to persuade the lieutenant colonel to give him the gun. In a moment of anger, the lieutenant colonel put the gun on Charlie's forehead: "Shut up, I don't mind killing you first and then myself!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of melodious dance music on the dance floor of the hotel.

Charlie anxiously asked: "Lieutenant Colonel, can you dance?"

The lieutenant colonel was stunned, and cursed: "Nonsense, I just told you. I can dance, especially tango."

Charlie hurriedly begged earnestly: "I can't dance yet, Lieutenant Colonel, teach me tango, you must be very good at dancing."

The lieutenant colonel's expression was shaken, he was tangled and confused, and suddenly the young man held his trembling hand tolerantly.

"Lieutenant Colonel, put down the gun and go dance with me on the dance floor and prove to everyone how good you are at dancing."

Finally, the lieutenant colonel slowly handed the gun to Charlie, who still led him to the dance floor of the hotel.

Although his knees were so weak from the pain, Ran Shi still held back the pain, and rubbed his hands on Ren Guangnian's waist.

The two stood very close.

Ran Shi turned his face sideways and pressed his forehead against the side of Ren Guangnian's face.Ren Guangnian clasped his other hand tightly, stroking his fingertips reassuringly.

The dance floor band began to play the classic tango "One Step Away".The audience in the audience was commotion for a while.

Ran Shi secretly took a deep breath, and began to dance with Ren Guangnian to the music.

Ren Guangnian was far more prepared for this dance than Ran Shi, but now he followed the role setting, pretending to be young in footwork, and turned around a little slower.

Ran Shi's eyes had no focus and could not fall on any object, but he still straightened his back, imitating Ren Guangnian's posture guiding him during rehearsal, leading Ren Guangnian to pause and spin.

It's just that they're so close—

For a moment, both of them couldn't tell whether the rapid breathing and heartbeat belonged to the other party or to themselves.

All I knew was that their hands were tightly clasped together.

The song is over.The ensemble performers on stage and the audience in the audience couldn't help applauding.

"Lieutenant Colonel, did you hear that, everyone's applause is for you!" Charlie cheered and applauded the Lieutenant Colonel heartily.

"It seems that I am not old at all, and I can dance well." The lieutenant colonel couldn't see Charlie's expression, but he also laughed.

Charlie looked at the lieutenant colonel's soothing expression, and said cautiously: "Lieutenant colonel, you don't need to commit suicide... If someone hates you, you can make others like you."

The lieutenant colonel leaned on his guide stick in silence, and stood for a long time, his back, which had been standing upright, began to bend.

He finally said slowly, "Charlie, give me back the gun."

Charlie was nervous for a moment, and took a step back holding the gun: "Life is not so bad! Drinking, racing, dancing...As long as you want, I will accompany you!"

The lieutenant colonel brushed back his messy hair and sighed.

"...Okay, I allow you to unload my gun and return it to me."

Charlie hurriedly unloaded the bullets, and hesitantly returned the empty gun to the lieutenant colonel.

"Lieutenant Colonel, do you still want to commit suicide?"

"Suicide with a gun without bullets? Don't insult me."

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"I'm a soldier, I'm not shameless."

Only then did Charlie relax completely, knowing that the lieutenant colonel had given up his suicide intention.

A bell rang for this matter, and Charlie reacted: "This is the midnight bell for Christmas, no, I'm staying at school during the holidays, and I have to report back to the dormitory before the bell rings!"

The lieutenant colonel took over the gun with a tired look on his face: "Go back, your salary, I will ask my niece to send it to you."

Charlie became anxious, got his permission, nodded, was about to run out, and stopped his steps.

Charlie was a little embarrassed: "Lieutenant Colonel, can I still take care of you on the weekend after the festival?"

Ran Shi was taken aback.

According to the arrangement of the original play, Charlie, played by Ren Guangnian, should leave the stage at this time, leaving Lieutenant Colonel alone on the stage.

But Ren Guangnian did not end, but added this sentence instead.

Thinking of the discussion between the two of them in the dressing room, Ran Shi suddenly understood, he tilted his head, and smiled at Ren Guangnian from an angle that the camera couldn't see.

"Perhaps you want me to write you a letter of recommendation. Well, I will."

Ren Guangnian changed his previous melancholy and smiled brightly.

Ran Shi saw his smile through his out-of-focus eyes, and couldn't help being stunned.

Ren Guangnian doesn't have many works, and the looks in the movies are either gray-headed or unshaven. At this time, wearing a student uniform is more suitable for his real age, and he looks youthful.

Ren Guangnian just thought of adding this ending when he was dancing just now. Ran Shi picked it up quickly and performed well, so he smiled at Ran Shi and was about to end.

——But Ran Shi suddenly stretched out his hand, and gently stroked his cheek with his fingers.

Trembling eyelashes, high nose bridge, slightly thin lips...

Ran Shi's eyes were blank, and he said in a low voice.

"I just... want to see you. See what the person who saved me looks like."

Ren Guangnian was shocked.

Ran Shi laughed and urged him to leave.

"Okay, I saw it, it's a kind and handsome boy—go, you'll be late if you're late."

Ren Guangnian's eyes flickered, he turned his head a little stiffly, and his voice was hoarse.

"Merry Christmas, Lieutenant Colonel, bye."

"Charlie, goodbye."

……

……

******

The stage lights went off just right.

The moment the lights dimmed, Ren Guangnian couldn't help holding Ran Shi's hand tightly.

There was warm applause in the auditorium, and the soft lights of the audience were turned on again.

The host held the script and slowly said the lines: "The performance of "Redemption" is over, please invite the judges..."

Director Chen couldn't bear his emotions and stood up excitedly.

The host immediately threw the words to Director Chen: "Director Chen, what do you think of "Redemption"?"

Dao Chen's shining eyes fell on Ran Shi, as if he had found a hope that he hadn't found for a long time.

Excited beyond restraint, he grabbed the microphone.

Contrary to what the host thought, Director Chen didn't comment at all, but his speech immediately ignited the whole scene.

"Next summer, my new film will start - Ran Shi, you will be the leading actor!"

Like a bomb thrown into the arena, the audience was silent for a moment, and then there was an uproar!

The author has something to say: It is different from the original version, it has been modified according to the performance form and plot of the variety show~

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