[American Entertainment] Bright life

After Grace returned to London from New York, it was already a new term.

Even if the division of the new semester is not as binding on Grace as it is on other students, but since she is studying across schools-she is studying a PhD in Psychology at Oxford University, and a BA in Chemistry, her dear The second brother Sherlock is studying chemistry at Cambridge University. Grace herself is not very interested in chemistry. In addition, she is still studying drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art-and her grandfather's old friend, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The vice-chairman, Mr. Alan Rickman, Grace's drama tutor, was extremely strict with her, and also stated that before Grace had no real interest and sincere love for drama and acting career, she could do everything from non-committal What makes up emotionally is only solid basic skills.

In fact, Rickman has the meaning of "hating iron but not steel". In his opinion, Grace has amazing insight, strong dramatic tension, strong appeal, and high comprehension ability... This has already possessed what a good actor should have Yes, it can even be said that she is a talented actor, but she just lacks the heart to be a real actor.

In this way, it is understandable that Rickman loves and hates the student Grace.

Having said so much, I want to say that after returning to London, Grace has been very fulfilled in terms of studies.Speaking of studies, I have to talk about Grace's love major, which is the weakest of all her majors.It seems inaccurate to say that, it should be said that it is the only weak one of all her majors, and as far as the "progress bar" is concerned, the growth is slow and not very smooth——

On their first official date, they went to the British Museum. Grace was so interested in the British Museum that she found a fake in the Museum of Oriental Art, and also when the museum staff received them. They disabled their security system, and then...the staff called the police, and it was logical to take a half-hour tour of Scotland Yard.

This half an hour is the time to wait for the lawyer to go through the procedure, because the bomb incident half a year ago-a case of a bomb planted in London by a loser in love was originally defined by Scotland Yard and the media as a terrorist attack-Grace was in Scotland Yard The popularity hasn't faded yet.

Overall, a first official date is more than exciting and not romantic/ordinary.

It is also worth mentioning that Grace's father, Mr. Roderick Green, made another overseas phone call after learning about the incident. Unsurprisingly, the father and daughter had another quarrel, which seemed to be their father's choice. Women's 'tacit understanding' of communication.Furthermore, the British Museum intends to hire Grace as their consultant.

Then, Grace returned to campus, and Tom continued to play his "Cymbeline". During this period, Tom also went to Oxford University to find Grace. Coincidentally, he met Grace's ex-boyfriend, Lister Hill again.

It is not very accurate to say that it is a coincidence. In addition to being Grace's ex-boyfriend, Rist is also Grace's mentor, a psychology major, and the chance of meeting him is actually quite high.

When Tom came over, Rist was talking to Grace about the thesis she had written on the crew culture in the crew. Rist had never doubted Grace's psychological attainments, but, "Haven't you thought about publishing it?"

"I mean, but the agreement signed by me and Sterling, my agent, has restrictions in this regard. According to the content of the agreement, I am not allowed to publish it." When they met for the first time, Rist pointed out that she was afraid of being hurt and held grudges, and her attitude towards him was the same as before.

Little did he know that Sterling almost broke his mind about this matter. He originally thought that his client would just go back and read a book, and he would read something out of it. How could this kind of paper on crew culture be published? It looks very tall, but I believe that no crew is willing to be the "background board" in it.When Sterling knew about this—thanks to his client’s strict compliance with the content of the agreement, the part about the text in her hands—he unceremoniously took the agreement over Grace, and urgently asked the lawyer to draft it that day. drafted a contract with clearer wording in that section.

Rist expressed regret for this, and: "Then I am not your only reader? My pleasure."

"Unfortunately you didn't, my agent read it," Grace added after a pause, "literally."

Rist was amused by her stern look, though Grace didn't know what was funny about what she said.

Rist saw Tom first, and he half-closed his eyes and said to Tom, "Meet you again, Mr. Hiddleston."

"Hello, Mr. Hill." Tom obviously still remembered Grace's ex-boyfriend, he also greeted Rist with aloofness and politeness, and then stood beside Grace possessively.

This scene is really familiar. When Tom and Grace were on a blind date introduced by their parents, they met Rist who had returned after a long journey. At that time, Rister hugged Grace's shoulder very possessively.Now it seems that "Feng Shui turns", but this time Rist is not as "disheveled" as last time. He is meticulously dressed, with a taupe checked suit, and even a pocket square is folded and placed on his chest. pocket, making him look extraordinarily tall and handsome, instead of looking like a middle-aged uncle like last time.

This undoubtedly doubled Tom's sense of crisis. Similarly, Rister didn't like Tom very much, and said, "Grace and I have one last question about her new paper." He looked at Grace, "Grace, You had trouble on set, didn't you? Apparently you mentioned it in your thesis, even though you didn't think it was trouble."

"Your question is obviously contradictory, or do you define what you think of as 'trouble'?" Grace corrected Rist's remarks, and it was obvious that Rist raised this issue at this time, in addition to caring about Grace, there was also His cautiousness: According to the changes in Mr. Hiddleston's expression he observed, he, as Grace's current boyfriend, didn't know about it. This is understandable. Based on his understanding of Grace, Grace has always been like this "Ego", and other reasons he also explained, Grace didn't think it was a problem.

It seems that Grace has not changed because of her intimate relationship with other people.Regarding this point, Rist didn't know whether to be thankful or helpless. After all, not only did he fail to do this, but the "boiled frog" escaped before he could capture Grace.

Frustrations are defeats for Rist, but he hasn't been generous enough to wish Grace's current boyfriend well.

It must be said that Rist's carefulness worked. When Tom took Grace's hand and returned to the car he was driving, Tom turned his head and asked Grace: "Grace, why didn't you tell me that you were in trouble on the set?" this matter?"

"I thought I'd explained it already." Grace looked at Tom with a puzzled frown.

"That's your explanation to Mr. Hill, he's just your friend, and I'm different, I'm your boyfriend, remember?" Tom observed Grace's expression and found that she didn't seem to understand what he said Intention, sighed in my heart, and further explained to her, "We are boyfriend and girlfriend, we should share our happiness and pain, and let the other party know that we depend on each other, instead of not telling each other about everything."

"Hm, although I really want to correct you that the two emotions of 'happiness' and 'pain' are not transitive, but I think I can understand what you want to express, in "108 Things Men and Women Need to Pay Attention to in Love" It is noted in the third paragraph on page 70 of No. [-]." Grace's statement made Tom dumbfounded, as if he should not introduce that book to Grace.

This matter seems to have been exposed in this way, but it left a knot in Tom's heart after all. Besides, this is not the first time. Like the last time Grace flew back to London from New York, she didn't tell him. ' includes more than this category of things.For an emotional and irrational man like Tom, he may not think this is a big problem at the moment, but when it slowly accumulates to a certain level, it is likely to explode when it encounters a fuse.

And the fuse came not too late——

Antony Pavlovich Chekhov, a world-class Russian short story master, completed the four-eyed comedy "The Seagull" in 1895. In the following year, the comedy "The Seagull" failed in its premiere at the Royal Theater in Petersburg. Chekhov was disappointed. Vow to write no more screenplays.However, when "The Seagull" was staged again in the Moscow Art Theater in 1898, it was an unprecedented success.Up to now, this play has a strong lyrical flavor and profound symbolic meaning. It tells multiple love stories in a manor, and the drama of different family conflicts is still performed on the theater stage for a long time, and it will last forever.

In the summer of 2007, the Royal Shakespeare Company in the West End of London staged this world-renowned play again, and also conducted a small-scale casting. Mr. Kerman recommended to participate in the casting, and finally got the role of Nina.

In "The Seagull", Nina is a pure and beautiful girl. Her goal is to become an excellent actress, and she is in love with Arkakina, the hostess of the manor, and Trigolin, the lover of a famous actress. A well-known writer believed that Trigolin could help him realize his dream of being an artist, so he broke up with Arkakina's son Tripolev and fell into Trigolin's arms, but Trigolin was rejected by him. The beginning and end of chaos.Nina, who was mercilessly hit by fate, did not give up and persisted in her dream, and worked hard for it.

Nina is the heroine in "The Seagull". In the play, she is the only one who has a dream in her heart, and she is always working hard to live for her dream.

When Grace played Nina, the biggest reaction was not Mr. Donald Wood, who wanted to guide his granddaughter to drama, nor was it Raymond, who was busy defending his defense, but Derek Stern, who was far away across the ocean. Mr. Lin, Grace's agent.

"A doctorate and two bachelor's degrees won't keep you safe until July?" Sterling felt stupid after finishing speaking. God knows that his client Grace Green is a genius with a high IQ. Legend has it that How could she be troubled by academic problems in the "other people's child".Still, "Should I be flattered that you took the initiative to tell me this?"

Grace corrected ruthlessly and coldly: "This is in the agreement, do you need me to point out the specific source for you?"

"No, thank you!" Because Grace couldn't see through the microphone anyway, Sterling rolled his eyes brazenly, and then heard her say, "Did you roll your eyes?"

Sterling: "..." Rolling your eyes, what else could there be?Sterling took a deep breath, ignored this one, and said in a flat tone: "I am very much looking forward to seeing your performance on the West End theater stage in London, and since you yearn for a colorful life so much, then I Is it understood that you are ready to start filming again, my dear client?"

Unsurprisingly, Sterling did not immediately wait for Grace to agree. He came up with a reason that he had considered for a long time: "This time, try not to use your last name as a bargaining chip to audition, what do you think? Or do you want to feel more deeply about the crew culture, as well as Hollywood culture?"

Grace pondered for a moment and said, "How long have you been organizing this talk?"

Sterling: "... Grace Green!" He felt that sooner or later he would need a pacemaker, but fortunately, such 'pay-off' was rewarded, and Grace did not refuse immediately.

Sterling raised his eyebrows, he felt that it was really necessary for him to go to London himself.

……

"The Seagull" was staged at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and tickets were quickly sold out by fans of the play, as well as simple fans.When fans of the drama came to the entrance of the theater, they couldn’t help but stop and take a closer look when they saw one of the posters posted at the entrance of the theater. On the poster, the girl was jumping on her toes, but her hands seemed to be tied behind her back , but the strange expression on her side face facing the audience does not make people feel her pessimism, but a positive feeling of trying to break free, and the red hair tied behind her head Long hair has become the brightest color on the poster, which complements her fair skin, making people want to see more about her.

I don't know which drama fan said excitedly: "It's Nina in "Seagull"!"

During the week when tickets were sold, I don’t know how many non-Seagull fans saw this poster posted outside the theater and chose to buy tickets for “Seagull”.They may be more focused on the good looks of the actor who plays Nina on the poster, but when "Seagull" is actually staged, when the actor who plays Nina appears on the stage in the third scene of the first act, her look of joy , light steps, and beautiful face, people can't help but want to agree with the hero Tripolev's nickname for her "my fairy, my dream".

Not to mention, her performance is full of tension, and every frown and smile drives the hearts of the audience. They are sincerely happy for her carefree life at the beginning; While grieved, she condemned Trigolin's frivolity and selfishness in her heart; she was worried about her hesitation and confusion after being abandoned by Trigolin; in the end, she came to her senses after experiencing all kinds of hardships and found her true self. Her own path, still yearning to become a great actor, while being sincerely happy for her, feels sad at the same time. Before experiencing hardships, she was still a carefree girl who hummed happily every day.

This resulted in many fans shouting 'Nina' and unwilling to leave the theater until after the curtain call again. This is really uncommon for relatively reserved British drama fans.

"How is it? It's great." Mr. Donald Wood proudly said to the old friends sitting next to him.

Rickman glanced at him and said nothing, acquiescing to the old friend's self-questioning.

The other old friends who were called by old Mr. Wood looked at each other and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes, "Look at him proud of him".That's right, even if his girl's acting is really touching, she can be reserved, Old Wood!

Raymond, who was also accompanying him, slipped away with the reason of "I'm going to find Grace" as early as the second curtain call. He felt a lot of pressure among a group of elders, especially because he really wanted to find Mr. Rickman. He asked for Zhang's signature, but he had to be more reserved, it was almost suffocating him.By this time, he was envious of Grace's strong psychological quality. Wait, he seemed to be able to ask Grace to help him get an autograph. After all, Grace was studying with Mr. Rickman.

...Why didn't he think of it.

On the way to the backstage, Raymond struggled with this issue for a while, until a lady came out of the backstage hurriedly and knocked him down. The other party threw "Sorry" at random and walked forward. Raymond didn't care much. , but when he got to the backstage dressing room and didn't see Grace, he couldn't help but diverge for a while. Could it be that there was a theft in the theater?

This thinking is indeed divergent enough, but Raymond managed to find Grace and her boyfriend, Mr. Hiddleston, after asking people.Raymond had met him before, but he hadn't seen him in the frame with Grace, so now it's time to face Grace in the frame with her boyfriend, how... incredible.

But soon Raymond found that the atmosphere seemed to be not right. The fact is that the atmosphere between them was not very good, because Grace had exposed the fact that Susannah liked Tom in person just before, through Susannah's makeup and clothing. Matching: She obviously knew in advance that Tom would come to see "The Seagull", and wanted to create a chance encounter, so she chose Tom's usual favorite colors for clothing matching.

——The two of them met in the theater by chance. Suzanne liked Grace's performance very much. Tom, who got the pass first, thought about it and brought Suzanne to the backstage.

Tom let the embarrassed Suzanne leave first, and he stayed where he was and watched Grace: "Grace, you always say things that others don't want to say so directly, but have you considered other people's feelings?"

Grace did not avoid her eyes: "You know."

"what?"

"You know she likes you." Grace stated this fact, "Is it the rule of interpersonal communication that you know and pretend not to know?"

Under Grace's bright eyes, Tom suddenly felt that his little thoughts had nothing to hide, but he couldn't care less now, he put aside the original topic and asked directly: "Will you like me because of me?" Is my Suzanne unhappy to see you backstage, Grace?"

"why?"

Great, he now knows the answer.Tom took a deep breath and said, "Because we're in an intimate relationship, we're boyfriend and girlfriend, and if you really like me and see me as your boyfriend, you're not going to be happy about that. , instead of asking me why now, it’s like telling me what happened to you, and letting me share it for you, instead of saying nothing. "

"You are always too rational, so rational that I think your heart is made of stone!"

Tom felt a little regretful after saying this, and he wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the sullen Raymond: "Enough, Mr. Hiddleston, you should leave!"

"I..." Tom wanted to say sorry to Grace, but he didn't say it in the end. After he left the theater, he was blown by the night wind outside, and his feverish brain finally calmed down. He couldn't help moaning in pain , for God's sake, what has he done!

In the backstage, Raymond asked the expressionless Grace cautiously: "Grace, are you okay?"

Grace recalled Nina's feelings for Trigorin in "The Seagull". Ripolev said "I love him, I even love him more than before", and Tripolev committed suicide because of this heartbreak... She now feels that she doesn't feel so strongly, She didn't even know whether she was feeling sad or not. Driven by such a comparison, she asked Raymond in a daze: "Have you ever thought that maybe there is something wrong with me?"

Without waiting for Raymond's answer, she murmured, "Caring is never a virtue."