Aesthetics of Violence [Entertainment]

Pingjing City started to build a new art park three years ago, hoping to gather a large number of enthusiastic and energetic young people. Coincidentally, this new art park is near Ge Qiao's company.

There are many small theaters here for dramas and musicals, as well as livehouses that are deserted during the day and hold small concerts at night. There are also a large number of young people who devote themselves to artistic creation, full of enthusiasm and dreams.

According to Hu Shiwei, a livehouse called "Surfing" jointly operated by her company and Beluga Performance Company is here.

Today is the first day of the opening of their livehouse. Beluga Performance Company has invited a group of musicians who are very important in the circle through their rich contacts. This is a rare opportunity, so Hu Shiwei invited Zhuzan Geqiao and the others to come together Add to the fun.

Zhong Mingcan drove Ge Qiao, passed a small street, and turned into another small street, where the sycamore trees along the street hadn't grown. It was the same as the last time I saw it, still bare, without a little bit of green.

Ge Qiao looked out the window, suddenly laughed, and said, "Do you still remember that we came here? You said you would invite me to watch a musical."

How could Zhong Mingcan forget, he slowed down the car, and slowly pushed through a puddle without splashing a drop of water, tapped the steering wheel with his fingertips, and said, "Of course I remember, but this time it doesn't count, today is for Friends hold the field, and next time, when there are only the two of us, I will take you there again."

Ge Qiao just mentioned it casually, but he answered seriously.Ge Qiao nodded and continued to stare out the window with an uncontrollable smile on his lips.

In fact, at the beginning he was tsundere and didn't really agree to Zhong Mingcan's invitation, but after a while, those trivial concerns such as being too lazy to go out, the trouble of buying tickets, and what to do if the musical is not good have all disappeared. Looking forward to creating shared memories with Zhong Mingcan.

When they arrived at the livehouse, Hu Shiwei happened to be standing at the door talking to a few colleagues. She didn't think it was weird that these two people whose families were far apart came in the same car. When she saw them, she greeted them with a smile Come up, very excited: "Wow, the handsome Zhong Xiao is here too! You go in quickly, Zhu Zan has arrived, you can go find him."

From the outside, the house doesn't look that big, but after entering, I found that there is something strange inside.The decoration is extremely modern, the gray and white concrete floor, the walls and ceilings of the same color, simple yet atmospheric, the stage is right in front, very conspicuous, connected to the wall, and every line in the room is extremely smooth.At this time, the staff were still busy setting up the scene, and the bright lights on the stage made the audience area under the stage dark.

Zhu Zan was hidden in the darkness, staring at the direction of the stage intently.

"What are you looking at?" Ge Qiao's voice came from the back of his head, making him tremble with fright, and when he turned his head and met Zhong Mingcan's gaze, he froze again.

In order to hide his expression that became stiff for a moment, he sneered again, "You...you two are really inseparable..."

Ge Qiao raised his eyebrows, and cut straight to the point: "It's useless to be jealous, your sins are too serious, and you will never find such a good boyfriend."

Zhu Zan didn't speak, he avoided Ge Qiao's gaze, lost sight of the target, hesitated for a while, and simply continued to stare in the direction of the stage.

Ge Qiao and Zhong Mingcan stayed where they didn't know each other, and occasionally flirted with each other in a calm voice. They didn't need to avoid Zhu Zan for a long time to fall in love, so whether Zhu Zan wanted to listen to their conversation or not, he was forced to listen to it. Clearly.

"This wound hurts more now than yesterday, and it hurts when I speak."

"Then stop talking, and I'll give you some medicine when I go back."

"I suspect that it's because of the medicine that the wound is irritated again. I didn't feel anything when I woke up in the morning..."

"Are you sure it's okay? Do you want to go to the hospital for a tetanus?"

"Come on, it's a tooth bite, what's a tetanus for?"

Zhu Zan felt sour for a while, and he couldn't tell what the emotion was. He just wanted to hide in another corner and quietly observe Deng Weiyi who was busy checking the lighting and equipment on the stage.

As soon as Deng Weiyi adjusted the sound of several standing microphones, he was in the center of the stage, forced to accept the heat from the spotlights from all directions, which made his forehead and back covered with a thin layer of sweat.He was so busy that he took off his coat and threw it down the stage, right at Zhu Zan's feet.

Zhu Zan bent down to pick it up calmly, shook the dust that rolled up, and hugged the clothes in his arms.

It seemed that it had absorbed the heat of too many spotlights, and it seemed that the clothes were extra warm because they had been worn on him for a long time.

He hugged it tightly, wishing to embed it in his body, but this still couldn't resist the warmth that began to dissipate quickly after losing light and heat.

The conversation behind him continued.

"What would you like to eat tonight?"

"Let's eat outside. It will be past eight o'clock after the performance. I'll ask the others if they want to have dinner together."

"But I think two people—"

"After we go home, we have plenty of time for the two of us! Hu Shiwei kindly invited us to watch the show. If you don't invite us back for a meal, how can you go there?"

The tender affection of these two people pierced one blood hole after another in Zhu Zan's heart, and the pain and sorrow surged up again, making his hands tremble suddenly and his legs numb.He took a deep breath, summoned up the courage to turn around and answered with a smile: "Shall we have dinner together? I found a very good curry rice nearby."

Unexpectedly, Ge Qiao turned around and said: "Who are you? Who said they want to invite you?"

Zhu Zan was taken aback for a moment, before he had time to react to Ge Qiao's attitude, he raised his eyes dully and wanted to confirm whether Ge Qiao's expression was as mean as his words at this time, when Zhong Mingcan suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

Zhong Mingcan said with a smile, "Don't pay attention to him, he was messing around alone yesterday and had a little accident, so he was not in a good mood." After a pause, his tone rose, "I know where the curry rice shop you mentioned is It's really delicious!" As he spoke, he pressed his arms hard, and then sighed, "It's comfortable! To be honest, I wanted to do this for a long time. We have been friends for so long, and we are still friends. I am the same age, but I have never dared to hook up with you..."

Zhong Mingcan was not too tired, and kept lingering on Zhu Zan's shoulder during the chat, Ge Qiao didn't care, didn't interrupt, and stood silently behind them playing the game of Xiaoxiaole on the mobile phone.He had no intention of destroying the brotherhood between the two of them, which had become strong during their hook-up, and he could indeed feel that Zhu Zan was no longer as stiff and distant as he was when he first met them.

Until the audience entered the arena one after another, Ge Qiao had to interrupt the discussion between the two people about "98K or M24 for sniping". He patted Zhong Mingcan's elbow and called him: "Stop chatting, the audience is here!" Alright, let's change to a place with a better view."

Zhong Mingcan responded, and walked towards the stage with her good friend who was chatting more and more speculative.

The boyfriend who was held in the palm of his hand in the past suffered from the cold, Ge Qiao curled his lips and followed.

The livehouse was originally not big, but the audience area was already half full at the moment. In order to avoid stampede accidents, the lights above the audience's heads were turned on. Zhu Zan looked down at the coat that was still in his arms, Leaving the seat with the excuse of "going to the bathroom".

Zhong Mingcan lowered his arms so that he had the leisure to take care of Ge Qiao behind him.

Feeling a heavy weight on his shoulders, Ge Qiao raised his head and glanced at the direction Zhu Zan left, "Didn't you have a nice chat, why did he leave?"

"Going to the bathroom," Zhong Mingcan slightly hooked his back and put his head on Ge Qiao's shoulder. When he spoke, his jaw moved, making Ge Qiao's shoulder itchy. "Don't be sore, you can't be sore, you If you dare to say something bitter, I will catch you every day and ask why you lived with another man for five years."

At this time, Ge Qiao passed another level of Xiaoxiaole, rolled his eyes and said, "Is there something wrong with you?"

"Besides, didn't you ask me to talk to you? Why are you unhappy now?"

Ge Qiao widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Who told you to go?"

"Come on, you speak so aggressively to Zhu Zan just to create opportunities for me." Zhong Mingcan turned his head sideways with a smile, and gently rubbed the tips of his ears with the tip of his nose.He had already figured out Ge Qiao's temperament, he lived a kinder life than anyone else, but he wanted to pretend to be a stranger to scare people.

Such an intimate behavior in public made Ge Qiao a little uncomfortable, he hid away, pretended to concentrate and continued to play the game with his head down.

But Zhong Mingcan didn't give up. Maybe it was because the communication with Zhu Zan was too pleasant just now, which awakened the childish instinct deep in his heart. Regardless of Ge Qiao's dodge, he wrapped his arms around his neck, clinging to him, and sighed, "It's still comfortable for you to hug..." You made an inch of it, and this time you went straight to the mouth, and before Ge Qiao could react, he kissed him on the cheek, "It's also comfortable to kiss..."

Ge Qiao was pinched by his neck and couldn't move at all. There were people all around, and they were chattering non-stop. Fortunately, no one noticed the crisp "Bo", but the sound exploded in Ge Qiao's ears. It just couldn't be clearer.He struggled a few times, pinched and twisted, and was not polite at all, wanting Zhong Mingcan to let go of it quickly. He was making a fuss, and accidentally raised his eyes and happened to meet Hu Shiwei's eyes. She was not far away, and she had already stood there at some point. Outside the edge of the audience area, he was holding a black folder, scanning the audience area from time to time, and then lowered his head to write something.

There was a "thump" in Ge Qiao's heart.

Taking a closer look, although Hu Shiwei was indeed facing his direction, he was obviously looking at other places, his brows could not help but wrinkled, his breathing became cautious, and he stared at Hu Shiwei without blinking. Trying to see through her mind, Hu Shiwei just looked at him as if he had just sensed his gaze at this moment, was slightly startled, and then responded with a bright smile.

She looked away first.

Ge Qiao stared blankly for a while, his irritability surged up with a strange feeling of suffocation, he felt very uncomfortable for a moment, he lowered his voice and yelled at Zhong Mingchan who was still fiddling beside him: "Don't bother me! "

Zhong Mingcan was stunned, and finally realized that something was wrong, so he was honest.

"Hu Shiwei must have found out..." Ge Qiao lowered his eyes slightly and muttered, his face was very ugly.

Zhong Mingcan looked around, and soon found Hu Shiwei's figure outside the audience area. From her perspective, there was indeed no obstruction at all, everything was clear, and there was no luck at all.He glanced at Ge Qiao again, his heart tightened.

"Sorry……"

Ge Qiao turned a deaf ear to it, he tugged at his cuff uneasily, rolled it up, then put it down again, his fingertips didn't control the strength well, and accidentally left a reddish scratch on his wrist.

Zhong Mingcan saw it but didn't dare to take any action. He stood quietly at the side, leaving enough time for Ge Qiao to cool down his emotions. A performance lasted for two hours, and neither of them said a word.

The musicians invited by Moby Whale Performance Company are all excellent. Although they are not the kind of big figures who often appear on TV, they are also well-known in the industry. They know how to please the audience.The show was very hilarious, everyone was completely immersed in the dreamlike atmosphere, dancing to the music, and laughing out loud at the audience's interactive jokes, it seems that only turning into a lunatic is right here Think about the stage and the people on it.

However, there are two insurmountable mountains standing at the front of the stage. No matter how hard the people on the stage perform, these two mountains will not move. Even their thoughts are no longer in this livehouse.

Until the deafening music stopped, the loud voices faded away, and the audience left slowly, they still stood in place. Ge Qiao was still staring at the direction of the stage in a daze, his mind was disturbed by the music, screams and complicated thoughts In a trance, it seems to be back to the night of the university graduation red carpet, the lights are so blurred, the crowd is so noisy, and the music is so loud.

He seemed to be able to vaguely hear the girl's weeping, and someone was saying, "Forget it, anyway, you confessed this to her yourself, Wei Liang is pure-hearted and wants to help you talk, she didn't Malice, you can't blame her!"

After so many years, he has forgotten many things, only this sentence has never made a mistake, and it is firmly locked in his mind verbatim.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

Hu Shiwei's voice suddenly came from behind, and Ge Qiao suddenly came back to his senses, but his body reaction was still a little slow, he blinked slowly, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"We're leaving now," Zhong Mingcan answered for him, "Do you want to have dinner together?"

"I'm not going to eat," Hu Shi smiled, shaking the black folder in her hand, "I have to go back and sort out the materials, you go, and make an appointment next time."

"Where's Zhu Zan?" Ge Qiao asked, only to realize that Zhu Zan had disappeared.

"I said I went to the bathroom before the show, but I never came back."

"Maybe there are too many people. He didn't squeeze in when he came back, so let's watch from behind." Hu Shiwei shrugged, slandering his good friend, with an indifferent expression, "He is not a person who knows how to appreciate art. Standing too far in front is also a waste of resources..."

"Is it already gone?"

Before the words were finished, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance: "Deng Weiyi, stop for me—" The voice was too sharp, and echoes echoed in the hall.

All three of them keenly recognized that it was Zhu Zan's voice.

Ge Qiao felt that the content of this sentence was inexplicably familiar. Before he had time to think about it, he heard Hu Shiwei say: "They are old classmates. They just met today, and they made trouble when they met. Don't be surprised. It's time to clear the place here. Let's Let's go out first." Then he led them to the gate.

To say it is to attract, it is better to say that they are driving them away.

Over there Zhu Zan shouted again: "Wait a minute, I'll just say a few words, and then leave!"

Because the voice was too loud, it caused a small commotion. A little girl muttered to the person next to her, "Who is he? I've seen him several times. Why is he always pestering Director Deng?" Hesitating to step forward to stop him, but always felt that his small body was no match for the yelling "crazy man", so the picture became very humorous. Deng Weiyi walked quickly in the front, Zhu Zan followed Half a step behind him, like a piece of dog skin plaster, two or three staff members chased after Zhu Zan and followed around the field.

"Hurry up, I still have to work, so call me if you need anything."

"Yeah! I think so too! Then tell me your phone number first!" There are not only staff members in the livehouse, but also guests who haven't left in twos and threes, but Zhu Zan really doesn't care about the strange sights from around him , he yelled anxiously, afraid of missing another opportunity, "I just want a contact method. If you don't want to give me the phone number, WeChat is also fine..."

He didn't feel ashamed, but Deng Weiyi was deeply ashamed. He sighed, finally stopped, took out his mobile phone and threw it at him, his usually calm and indifferent voice showed obvious impatience, and followed The few staff members were also taken aback: "Here, remember it yourself! Damn, I'm going to be annoyed by you!"

Zhu Zan heard that he finally couldn't help swearing, the corners of his mouth twitched and tried to suppress his smile, he lowered his head, hurriedly opened the address book for a while, first dialed himself, then opened WeChat secretly, Send a friend request by yourself, once and for all, so that you don't have to ask for contact information when you meet next time.

Because he was worried that Deng Wei would find out that he secretly added friends, Zhu Zan wanted to divert his attention with words, so he pretended to be very aggrieved and pitiful: "You are finally not so cold, this is what you said to me these days The most emotional words..."

Deng Wei was furious at this shameless thing, and he blocked his throat in one breath, making his neck red.

"Give the phone to my assistant, and you should get out of here." He tried his best to keep his voice normal, but he didn't get what he wanted, and he couldn't help getting angry again while talking.

The few staff members in the back didn't dare to move even more, they had never seen Director Deng with such a rich expression and tone.

At this time, the girl who had whispered to others about who Zhu Zan was just stepped forward bravely, and said timidly: "I am Director Deng's assistant, just give me your phone..."

"Hi, hello," Zhu Zan did not forget the etiquette in dealing with people despite his busy schedule. He was extremely gentle to the girl, greeted the girl with a smile, then solemnly handed over the phone, and then said word by word, "My name is Zhu Zan, remember my face, don’t stop your director Deng next time, I’m his man..." A hard object suddenly hit him, and his back suddenly felt a dull pain, The second half of his sentence was interrupted.

Zhu Zan didn't look back, he steadied his body, cleared his throat, and prepared to put it another way: "Hey, that, the statement just now may not be so accurate, but I'm still chasing..." Another object flew over, wiped Leaping in front of his ears, the assistant was so frightened that she screamed out and hurriedly avoided.However, this accuracy was far worse than the hard object that hit him just now, and he didn't even touch him, but when the object fell to the ground, it made a loud glass breaking sound, interrupting his words again.

The angle of Deng Wei's throw was too tricky, and Zhu Zan didn't know whether the glass was aimed at his shoulder or his head just now.

"Hurry up and get out." Deng Weiyi's voice came, and it was obvious that he had returned to his usual peace, but everyone who heard it felt a chill.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Hu Shiwei cleared away the remaining spectators who wanted to stay and secretly watch the show before the first thermos flew out. When she returned to the battlefield, she glanced around lightly The boys and girls who were stunned took a few brooms and threw them on the ground, clapped their hands, and said sharply, "Hey! Go to work quickly, sweep the floor! Set up tables and chairs! The guests will come in a while, and they are old classmates. Does the squabbling have something to do with you? What's there to watch?"

Her voice sounded like an incantation, and soon, all the onlookers left like birds and beasts, each going about its own business.

But Deng Wei was indifferent to all of this, and had already entered the working state, beckoning others to turn on the lighting, and looked down at some blank papers carefully with a few miserable green headlights.Zhu Zan was still about to speak, but Hu Shiwei hurried over and grabbed Zhu Zan's arm, and while pulling it out of the gate, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just make a fuss, you don't stop until you annoy Deng Wei, right?"

"What do you know? I'm a tactic!"

"Fart tactics, stalker planning tactics?"

"You don't understand, Deng Wei has always liked me to stalk me..."

"Shameless," Hu Shiwei rolled his eyes in anger, and pushed open the door, "Hurry up and get the hell out of here."

It was getting late and the street lights were already on, Zhu Zan suddenly thought of a good idea, "Hey, you already know anyway, how about you help me?"

"It's your own mouth..."

Zhu Zan said it as a matter of course: "I have been smashed by you several times. Instead of letting you guess, it is better to tell you directly!"

Hu Shiwei snorted coldly: "You are lucky to meet me. You would have been yelling at someone else, so you can't grow up? Anyway, respect my status as a rotten girl, learn from you, Brother Qiao, and be a little reserved for people like me Can you be vigilant?"

Zhu Zan was taken aback, and began to play dumb as if nothing had happened: "What's wrong with Brother Da Qiao? What a wonderful person, don't talk nonsense!"

"Don't pretend, I've seen it all," Hu Shi gave him a sideways glance, "Don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say." After a pause, the words suddenly became a little bleak, "I used to dream Seeing to be able to enter a handsome gay den, now that I really come in, why does my heart suddenly feel a little sour..." She remembered the dog-legged look of Zhu Zan chasing after Deng Weiyi just now, and couldn't help turning her head up. Roll your eyes, "You will come to the company less to provoke Deng Weiyi in the future. The people in the company like to gossip. If you make Deng Weiyi anxious, you will be in bad luck."

Zhu Zan's tone was very turbulent: "Oh, you are really my good buddy! So, I will help you, brother and me!"

Hu Shiwei thought for a while, shook his head, and sternly refused: "I don't want it, this is your own business, and I have nothing to do with it."

"Don't, didn't you say you want to break me up all day long? Now I'm bent, and I met my sweetheart..." Zhu Zan waved his hand in the air, "Look, now your wish has come true, how wonderful Just teach me how to chase Deng Weiyi, and help me speak nice words in front of Deng Weiyi..."

Hu Shiwei said indifferently: "I don't know, don't ask me."

Zhu Zan froze for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Don't be so cold-blooded."

Hearing what he said so casually, Hu Shiwei frowned slightly, showing impatience in his words: "I don't want to be between the two of you as a microphone, and in the end there will be trouble inside and out." She looked at Zhu Zan, "Be cold-blooded, be cold-blooded. I'm afraid. I don't have the confidence to be your assists. I don't care about your relationship issues."

Zhu Zan intends to change his routine and play the sympathy card: "You have also seen that if no one teaches me how to chase after my wife, I will just stalk and stalk, and if I accidentally let everyone around me know that Deng Wei and I are together What about the relationship?"

How could Hu Shiwei be frightened by such a childish threat: "It has nothing to do with me if you let the whole world know that you are gay."

Zhu Zan was dumbfounded: "Wow, you can't protect me?"

Hu Shiwei tilted his head, pretending to be puzzled: "What's the matter, little brother? Are you a special species? Can you spit bubbles or mutate? Do you still need me, a girl, to protect you?"

Zhu Zan looked at her speechlessly, but couldn't find anything to refute.

"Give up your heart and see the reality clearly. A true friend will not interfere in your journey of chasing your husband..." Hu Shiwei patted him on the shoulder, shook his head with a smile, his expression finally softened, "Not now Helping you is a respect for the two of you. When you are successfully together one day, I will pay for your wedding banquet and personally plan a beautiful wedding for you, which will move Deng Weiyi so much. Call, the kind that makes you kneel down and call Dad!"