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The big screen lit up at this moment, and the few people also shut up.

A line of words appeared on the screen - what does the movie mean to you.Then Jiang Bing appeared in the screen. He sat on the soft sofa and talked eloquently: "I have been thinking about this question for a lifetime, but I can't find an accurate answer until now. In other words, I can't find the right words to describe the film. Meaning to me."

The scene then turned to Jiang Bing's busy figure working on the set. He tirelessly determined the composition and lighting through the monitor, and shouted "Cut" over and over again.

The voice-over is still his steady voice: "If I have to make a definition, it's like an instinct for me—I'm used to running around for it every day."

Lu Xiumu was stunned, and asked Qiu Xingfeng softly: "What is this?"

"A documentary specially made for Jiang Bing." Qiu Xingfeng replied, "It can be regarded as his retirement gift."

At this time, the words on the screen changed again: Do you think you are a good director.

Jiang Bing rubbed her fingertips and said after a while: "It depends on who it is for. For the audience, I am confident that I am the 'best' director, but for the actors who work with me—"

He hooked the corners of his lips in distress: "I am a very bad person."

Lu Xiumu's eyes fell on Jiang Bing instantly, but the other party didn't move, he couldn't see the expression on Jiang Bing's face through the back of his dark head.

Qiu Xingfeng who was beside him snorted lightly: "The self-awareness is quite accurate."

Lu Xiumu slowly pursed the corners of his mouth, wanting to defend Jiang Bing: "Although the experience of cooperation was not satisfactory, the result was good."

"Then will you cooperate with him for the second time?" Qiu Xingfeng asked.

Lu Xiumu paused, he thought of the life that was tortured by "Little Su" and almost lost himself, and said frankly: "No."

Qiu Xingfeng shrugged, and the expression on his face clearly said: That's right.

Lu Xiumu was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked, "What about you?"

"Huh?" Qiu Xingfeng didn't react.

"You know Director Jiang's shooting method..." Lu Xiumu paused, looking for a gentle adjective, "It's not normal, why do you still cooperate with him so many times?"

Qiu Xingfeng raised his eyelids lightly, he turned his head, and looked for Lu Xiumu's gaze through the dim light: "Maybe it's because I am very similar to Jiang Bing, we both regard movies as necessities, so we are willing to go out for it. Erase a part of yourself."

Lu Xiumu laughed, and joked, "You deserve to be the film king."

But Qiu Xingfeng frowned: "That's not the case. I entered the industry very early, and I have been in this circle for a long time, so I will inevitably have resistance. I don't like that 'Qiu Xingfeng' who caters to fans. But I have to be that kind of person. When filming, I can experience other people's lives, which is more like an escape for me. To some extent, I hope that all directors can be like Jiang Shi Same 'not normal'."

Lu Xiumu didn't expect him to act with such a mood, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"But if there is still an opportunity to cooperate with Jiang Bing, I will refuse now." Qiu Xingfeng said.

Lu Xiumu asked the reason with his eyes.

"Because of you." Qiu Xingfeng had deep emotions in his eyes, "I just want to be your teacher Qiu now."

Lu Xiumu was caught off guard, his heart trembled, and he wished he could hook his neck and kiss him.He staggered his gaze as if escaping, and forced himself to focus on the big screen: "Let's watch a movie."

Qiu Xingfeng didn't say anything, he just raised his hand to play with his hair.

The promotional film has come to an end, and the fonts on the screen have been added with particle effects——the country’s first theater-level documentary, "Looking for the Charm of Movies", will be screened across the board on October [-]th, so stay tuned!

After a dozen seconds of black screen time, the familiar dragon-shaped pattern on a green background appeared, and "Wedding Banquet" officially started.

The tone of the film at the beginning is very weird, the overall color is gray, the soundtrack is the traditional Mongolian Khoomei, a group of people gathered in front of the marriage temple to worship devoutly, it looks like some kind of cult organization.

At this time, someone shouted: "The bridegroom has arrived!"

Then the gate of the Marriage Temple slowly opened, and a woman in a bright red wedding dress appeared on the screen with a happy smile on her face, and behind her was a huge statue of the Marriage God.

Before Lu Xiumu figured out whose wedding it was, the two couples began to toast. From the words of the villagers, Lu Xiumu heard the names of Qi Yuan's parents.

He looked at Qiu Xingfeng in disbelief: "Your parents are also married?"

Qiu Xingfeng corrected, "It's Qi Yuan's parents."

But it was the same for Lu Xiumu. He never thought that the two elders who held great hostility towards Xiaosu were also "victims" of feudal products.

But he quickly figured out that there is a reason why the Qi family's parents would rather "marry" a male wife than follow the "rules" - they were married under a distorted system, but they ended up in a happy marriage by mistake.This, to a large extent, made them more respectful of God's will.

Sure enough, the next 5 minutes showed the love of Qi's parents and Qi Yuan's happy childhood through the fireworks.

It is worth mentioning that Qi Yuan suffered from a serious illness when he was a child, and Qi's father didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran with Qi Yuan on his back for most of the night, and finally sent his dying son to the hospital in the town.

The handling of this experience is very simple, without highlighting the anxiety of Qi's parents, nor exaggerating the harsh climate and environment, the final picture is only fixed on Qi's father's bleeding toe.

A simple close-up shot highlights the strongest bond in the parent-child relationship, but Lu Xiumu's heart twitched.

He understood that this was Xiao Su's sadness and despair.

Zhao Yang once said: Xiao Su must die.

At that time, Lu Xiumu only thought that this screenwriter had a very high attachment to BE literature, but now he understands that this is Zhao Yang's sympathy for Xiao Su.

The Qi family's parents' love for their son regardless of the cost has reaped Qi Yuan's equal filial piety.

Even if Xiaosu and Qi Yuan really enter the palace of marriage, there is a high probability that they will not be happy. The opposition and disgust of their parents will make Qi Yuan caught in the middle, in a dilemma.

Lu Xiumu knows very well what a blow to a family is to endless quarrels.

On both sides of Qi Yuan's balance are his most important people, maybe he will compromise under the abuse of his parents, and build another "normal" family in the town without telling Xiao Su; maybe he will look at Xiao Su's red eyes , determined to sever ties with the family.

But no matter what the result is, Xiao Su loses—it is impossible for him to get that pure love from Qi Yuan.

Lu Xiumu sighed softly, and focused on the video again.

The following plots are all presented from Qi Yuan's perspective, and his every step is precisely in line with the content of the script. Even in the previous hour's story, Xiao Su's appearances are very limited.

Xu Yan yawned in interest: "Is Mu Mu really the second hero? There are only three appearances in total, and each time she flirts with Qi Yuan."

Qiu Xingfeng's expression was unclear: "Do you have an opinion?"

"I dare not, I just feel that the film is a bit dull." Xu Yan commented objectively, "I thought I was not watching "The Wedding Banquet", but "Qi Yuan's Happy Life"."

Jiang Bing naturally also heard Xu Yan's words, he turned around and said, "Great, this is the effect I want."

Xu Yan reluctantly kept his mouth shut, wondering for a moment whether the director was being sarcastic.And the content of the next movie made him no longer in the mood to complain.

The screen changes to the scene where Xiao Su enters the Marriage Temple, and he looks down at the sharp knife in his hand. From then on, the film completes the story from Xiao Su's perspective.

The Su family's quarrel, Xiao Su's "revenge" and his unplanned love are shown to the audience by means of interludes.

At the end of this memory is the kiss between Qi Yuan and Xiao Su. Lu Xiumu's entanglement, heartache and reluctance during filming are all displayed on the screen.

He subconsciously looked at Qiu Xingfeng's face, but found that the other party lowered his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

The two people embracing and kissing gradually disappeared in the fragmented sunset light, the picture went dark, and the theme song sounded.

Xiao Su repeatedly picked up the sharp knife and put it down again. In the lyrics about love, she cried so hard that she could hardly breathe.

With a sound of "creak", the music stopped abruptly, and Lin Qi walked in.

What happened next was beyond the expectations of Chu Mengting and Qiu Xingfeng. Lu Xiumu saw that the people on the left and right were losing control.Chu Mengting suddenly buried her face in her hands, her shoulders trembling slightly, while Qiu Xingfeng's complexion was extremely grim, and the line of his jaw twitched unnaturally, as if he was angry.

Lu Xiumu held Qiu Xingfeng's hand, and was about to say something to comfort him, when the screen turned to Qi Yuan's perspective.

This is the part that Lu Xiumu cares about the most, he withdraws his thoughts suddenly, and looks at Qi Yuan across the screen.

The theme song that played halfway through played again, which happened to be Qiu Xingfeng's part.

Qi Yuan was greeting Sister Su with a big smile, when he was pushed to the front of the Marriage Temple, opened the door amidst the booing, and then his face froze completely with a smile.

Sister Su seemed to realize that something had happened, and pushed the wheelchair forward regardless of everyone's obstruction. For a moment, there was only dazzling red in her eyes.

Amidst the whistling mountain wind, Lu Xiumu heard a hoarse scream.

He never knew that such a hoarse roar could erupt from such a petite body of Chu Mengting.

And this cry also brought back Qi Yuan's rationality, he took a step forward to hug his lover's cold body, but retracted his legs as if he didn't dare.

He repeated this several times, and at a certain moment, his knees hit the ground, and he held Xiao Su's hand almost in a kneeling posture.

Qi Yuan put his hand on his cheek, called his name, and babbled about interesting things in the town.

"Don't you like the town the most." He murmured, "Be good, stop making trouble. Get up and give me a hug, and I'll take you to the library today."

However, no matter how he "seduced", those hands hung down lifelessly.

This cognition made Qi Yuan collapse, he roared and cried, hugged Xiao Su without letting go, the sticky blood soaked every inch of his body.

After an unknown amount of time, someone wanted to separate them, but Qi Yuan turned a deaf ear to it, until Mother Qi stepped forward and slapped him, and said the irreparable fact: "He is dead."

"Dead, dead..."

Qi Yuan repeated several times in a low voice, his eyes suddenly fell on the knife on one side, and he stared at it for about five seconds. He rushed forward and wanted to stab the sharp knife into his chest, but was held down firmly by the villagers on the ground.

Dahong's wedding dress became filthy, and Qi Yuan looked like a walking corpse without a soul.

His eyes were empty, and he pulled out two dry words from his throat: "Xiao Su..."

The screen moved farther and farther away, the sound of the theme song gradually increased, and the list of producers began to scroll on the screen.

The screening hall was unbelievably quiet, and everyone seemed to be immersed in a sad atmosphere. Lu Xiumu noticed that several reporters were wiping their wet eye sockets.

He rubbed his toes against the ground a few times, trying to adjust the atmosphere: "Shouldn't we applaud at this time..."

But Qiu Xingfeng and Chu Mengting remained motionless as if they were nailed to the chair.

"You—" Lu Xiumu looked around and snapped his fingers, "It's a show."

At this time, the screen that had already played the list lit up again.

Lu Xiumu raised his eyes in surprise: "There are still eggs?"

Jiang Bing didn't look back, but said calmly, "It's the part of killing people."

Lu Xiumu: "?"

The words "five years later" appeared in the center of the screen, followed by Chu Mengting sitting in a wheelchair in a daze.

Lu Xiumu recognized at a glance that she was not in Su's house, and Qiu Xingfeng also appeared in the screen before he understood what kind of plot it was.

Qi Yuan came from behind and put a blanket on Sister Su's lap: "It's cold, don't catch a cold."

Sister Su smiled faintly: "Thank you."

The two were silent for a while, and sat on both sides of the room.

After a while, Sister Su said softly, "I miss him."

"..." Qi Yuan's hair has grown long, and the hair that hangs down hides the emotion in his eyes. He said, "I think about him all the time."

Another moment of silence.

At a certain moment, a festive suona sound came from outside the window.

"I forgot, today is the day of marriage." Sister Su looked out of the window, "The bride seems to be Aqi, she used to like Xiao Su the most."

Qi Yuan slowly closed his eyes, and asked an irrelevant question: "Do you regret marrying me?"

Sister Su: "..."

Her eyes kept falling out of the window, and she didn't say whether she regretted it or not, she just said: "We can't help ourselves, can't we?"

So far, "The Wedding Banquet" is over.

The "easter egg" in just 2 minutes contained a huge amount of information, and Lu Xiumu only felt that a piece of his heart had been dug out.

Xiao Su wanted to use death to awaken the conscience of the villagers, and wanted them to realize how absurd the gods believed in the village were, but obviously he failed to do anything.

The one he loved did not escape the mercy of fate. Sister Su and Qi Yuan got married, and Aqi also married what people called the bully.

The weird gears are still running, and the icy stone statue stands still, overlooking the warmth and coldness of the world.

And Xiao Su's death will become the cheapest thing to talk about after dinner.

Lu Xiumu finally understood why Qiu Xingfeng was so angry after seeing Lin Qi.Now he is equally resentful, and he asked Jiang Bing angrily: "How can you end the story here? What does Xiao Su mean to you?"

Jiang Bing turned around calmly: "An ordinary person who wanted to resist but failed."

"You!" Lu Xiumu didn't even care about the honorific title, "So "The Wedding Banquet" was filmed to shock people?"

"What do you think the wedding banquet is talking about?" Jiang Bing asked back.

"Anti-feudalism, anti-ignorance—"

Jiang Bing shook his head and interrupted him: "There is a reason why I set the film to be released today. On April 21, 27 years ago, our country canceled a bill."

Lu Xiumu was stunned for a moment, he could understand what it meant.After being awakened, the settings in the film had metaphors in the real world, and he finally understood Jiang Bing's intentions.

Xu Yan heard their conversation, and said hesitantly: "Director Jiang, you are too brave, you dare to satirize the national policy."

Jiang Bing does not agree with this statement: "It is presentation."

"Just like in "The Wedding Banquet", some people reaped happiness, some were disappointed, and some resisted until nothing changed in the end." He said, "This is the epitome of society more than 20 years ago. As a literary and art worker, I just want to Record these and remind the audience in another way not to forget history."

Everyone was quiet for a long time, until the chandeliers in the cinema were brightly lit, Qiu Xingfeng said, "Do Qi Yuan and Xiao Su have prototypes?"

Jiang Bing didn't give a clear answer, but asked instead: "In your opinion, in the general environment at that time, which type of person is most likely to become a 'Little Su'?"

Xu Yan thought for a while: "An unmarriageist?"

Jiang Bing smiled: "It's someone who likes the same sex."

He paused for a moment, and then went back to the original question: "If you have to ask me what this film is about, I probably just want to convey a point of view—"

"Gender is what we are born with, but love is not."