The Eye of the Storm

After eating, the two of them left the restaurant. Liang Sizhe walked to the side of the road and wanted to hail a taxi. Originally, he planned to go there by himself by bus. Not really rich.

Yesterday morning, when he took the bus to Electric City to buy an air conditioner, he had already read the map on the back of the bus stop sign in advance and memorized the bus route to Yangyin, but now that Cao Ye was going to go there with him, he changed temporarily. He decided to take a taxi, after all, this young master should have never squeezed a bus before.

When we got to the side of the road, there happened to be a taxi waiting for a red light on the opposite side of the road. Liang Sizhe was about to raise his hand to call for a taxi. Cao Ye grabbed his wrist, raised his chin, and signaled to the subway station not far away: "Let's take the subway to Bar."

"Huh?" Liang Sizhe was taken aback for a moment. He wondered if Cao Ye could even see that he was poor now?

"I've never taken the subway before." Cao Ye said, looking at the subway station.

"Oh," Liang Sizhe glanced back, "OK, I have never taken the subway before." But the reason is different, Yancheng does not have the subway as a travel option.

The year before last, the local news station said that the first subway line would be opened within five years, bringing Yancheng into the "subway era". At that time, at the dinner table, my parents quarreled about this matter-they could quarrel about any trivial matter, remember Liang Sizhe I can't remember the specific reason for their quarrel at that time, it seemed that there was only a small disagreement on a very common topic, so the two of them choked up inexplicably.

Liang Sizhe remembered that he was eating in silence with his head bowed. Hearing them quarreling with each other every word, the tone was not too fierce, but every sentence was full of guns and sticks. Let's go", but he suppressed the irritability in his heart and still didn't say it out. After eating in a hurry, he put the chopsticks on the dining table, and then got up and went back to his room.Thinking about it now, I really regret it. If I had yelled at that time, would it have changed the development track of the following things?Will that accident be avoided?

The sign of the subway station is clear, even if the two of them have never taken the subway before, they can easily buy a ticket and enter the station.There were not many people taking the subway in the afternoon, but all the seats on the train were still occupied, so the two could only stand on one side of the aisle holding the handrail above their heads.

As soon as Cao Ye got on the subway, he answered a phone call. Liang Sizhe heard him call a name on the other end of the phone. It was a name he had never heard of before, or maybe he had mentioned it but forgot.

Cao Ye has many friends, and several of them mentioned their names in front of him, such as Lin Yan, Chi Mingyao, He Fangwen, Dabai... He will leave some impressions in his mind if he mentions too many names. Hear it and forget it.

As soon as Cao Ye picked up the phone, he mysteriously asked the person on the other side to guess where he was. After several failed guesses, he happily revealed the answer: "I'm on the subway! Have you ever been on the subway?"

What was said over there, Cao Ye said: "I won't go, you didn't have time to call you last time, and now I don't have a schedule... What are you bragging about? You buy me a subway, you buy me a subway model Not too far!"

Liang Sizhe looked at the advertisements speeding past outside the carriage, and listened to Cao Ye arguing with others on the phone.After staying with Cao Ye in Yinsi Street for a long time, he almost forgot that they were originally from two worlds. If Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin hadn't thrown them into the Blue Banquet, maybe he would never be with this person in his life. Teenagers who have taken the bus and subway meet each other.

But speaking of it, he himself seldom took the bus before. He had always had plenty of pocket money, and the violin he always carried on his back was quite expensive, so he would never walk a few hundred meters more if he could hail a taxi when he went out. Waiting for the bus at the station.

What's more, when returning from school every Friday afternoon, he always catches the bus with the most passengers, and it feels really uncomfortable to be overcrowded. After he experienced it once a few years ago, he never took it on a Friday afternoon again. bus.

Perhaps it was because before the accident, he had always been reckless and lavish in spending money, and this year, he quickly spent the six-figure balance on the bank card to only five figures.

At that time, I invested 10,000+ yuan in the rehabilitation of severed fingers. I went to the doctor in a hurry. That's all.At that time, he spent several months insisting on doing rehabilitation every day. One day, he went to a tertiary hospital in the city for a review, but was told by the doctor that the fractured nerves were impossible to recover to the flexibility of playing the violin. He was probably deceived. up.When he got home, he thought as if awakened from a dream. It turned out that his thought of being able to play the violin again was just a delusion from the beginning to the end. In a fit of anger, he smashed his most precious violin all the time.

If Cao Xiuyuan hadn't suddenly appeared at his door that night, he would probably go to that liar rehabilitation center to make trouble the next morning. The rhythm of the trouble was planned in advance. "'s rehabilitation instructor beat him up and broke two of his fingers, and then went to the eighth floor to find out the dean who always appeared on TV to make fake advertisements and beat him up again, breaking his two fingers again.

——Isn’t it possible to recover from severed fingers?Didn't the advertisement say that it can be restored to its original state?Didn't he come up with a bunch of technical terms during the consultation, and promised him that he would be able to play the violin again?Then let them experience it for themselves, whether the so-called rehabilitation method is so effective!It would be best if things got bigger, and the media would help spread the word for free, so that everyone would know that it was a scam organization.

If he had really done this at that time, would he be living in prison now... Liang Sizhe thought in a daze.

Cao Ye hung up the phone, and seeing Liang Sizhe staring at the dark tunnel outside the window in a daze, he couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking?"

Liang Sizhe blinked, recovered his senses and said, "I was thinking, fate is really amazing..."

He obviously suppressed himself to such a desperate point, but he was not allowed to sink indulgently, and tried every means to fabricate false appearances one after another, and let him meet such a rare young man, let him sink Unable to sink, climbing up is so difficult, what kind of path does fate want to lead him to by torturing himself like this...

But he didn't say that, he turned his head to look at Cao Ye, and said slowly, "It's actually letting the two of us know each other."

There was no joy or anger in his expression, and Cao Ye was also taken aback: "Don't you want to know me?"

"No," Liang Sizhe realized that he might have misunderstood what he said, and added, "I'm just thinking, if I follow the normal track and send you to college, maybe I won't have a chance to meet you."

After all, if he could play the violin, even if Cao Xiuyuan really approached him and asked him to be an actor, he would probably refuse without hesitation... After all, he had a firm mind before and never thought that he would have the possibility of acting.

"Maybe," Cao Ye thought for a while and said, "Maybe we will meet on this subway."

"subway?"

"Yeah, look, I've never taken the subway, and I've always been curious about what it's like in the subway, so I always take a ride, even if I'm not with you, I'll be with other friends, too. Maybe I will sit by myself. What about you, you are in college," Cao Ye said, putting his arms on his shoulders naturally, "Occasionally you need to take the subway when you come out, maybe we will meet Well, there are no seats on the subway, we just stand here holding the handrails, and then I saw you carrying a violin, because I can also play the violin, so maybe I will talk to you, and then we will chat, We chatted very happily, and we exchanged contact information and became friends, so at this moment, Ding ~ destiny coincided."

"Ha, there is a possibility..." And this possibility is quite cute, and people can't help but feel better after hearing this, Liang Sizhe smiled, "Have you ever thought about becoming a director like your father? ah?"

"Well, I don't want it." Cao Ye flatly denied it.

Liang Sizhe was a little surprised: "Why?"

"Like my dad's personality, he will not be satisfied with any movies I make, and he may even criticize my works. Moreover, he is almost a god, no matter how good I do, he will Living in his shadow, being compared by people who know what they do but don't know what they do, it's annoying to think about it..."

"That's true." Liang Sizhe smiled. He didn't expect Cao Ye to look like a dandy, but he thought it out quite clearly.

Before getting off the subway, a classmate from the attached middle school called. Hearing that Liang Sizhe said to come by subway, he went to the subway entrance to pick him up in advance.

When Liang Sizhe and Cao Ye came out of the elevator, three of his classmates were waiting at the door, two women and one boy, looking down the elevator while chatting. When they saw him coming out, they all straightened up and waved to him.

Liang Sizhe came down from the elevator, and the only boy came over and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Sizhe, I just recognized him in a daze."

"Yeah, long time no see." Liang Sizhe also smiled at him.

The boy looked at him: "This hairstyle suits you quite well. When did you grow your hair?"

"Is it reserved for the movie?" The girl next to him asked.

"No," Liang Sizhe said with a smile, "Before I was too lazy to go to the barber shop at home, my hair got long and hot, so I tied it up."

"Oh... who is this?" The boy gestured to Cao Ye who was next to him.

"This is my friend," Liang Sizhe put his arm around Cao Ye's shoulder, "Cao Ye." He introduced Cao Ye one by one, and introduced the boy first, "Wang Haiming, conductor," and introduced two girls, "Mu Ke, violin, Meng Yangxin, accordion."

"Do you want to make a movie together?" The girl named Meng Yangxin looked at Liang Sizhe and then at Cao Ye.

Liang Sizhe glanced sideways at Cao Ye, and was about to turn the topic around, when Cao Ye smiled first and said, "Yeah, we play brothers, don't we look like it?"

"Hmm..." The girl took it seriously, looked at the two of them seriously, then turned her head to look at the other girl, and said hesitantly, "The height is still the same..."

"No way? Don't we look alike?" Cao Ye said seriously, "The director picked us because we looked alike."

"It seems to be a bit similar," said another girl, Mu Ke, "the nose, the nose is a bit similar, isn't it?"

"Is there? Why do I feel that it doesn't look like it at all...Is it a brother?"

"It's sworn brothers." Cao Ye said.

"Hey," Meng Yangxin laughed, "Then what is there to look like? You lied to us."

Cao Ye quickly got acquainted with the two girls, but the girls walked slowly, so the three fell behind slightly.

Two steps away, Liang Sizhe and Wang Haiming walked in front, and Wang Haiming's voice was deliberately lowered: "Is the matter over there in Yancheng settled?"

"It's almost there." Liang Sizhe said.

"That family... did they make trouble with you again?"

"No, if you lose money, you won't make a fuss."

"How much did you lose in the end?"

"More than 100 million, the court sentenced." In fact, I didn't really want to talk about this matter, but after the incident, Wang Haiming helped a lot, so Liang Sizhe couldn't avoid these questions bluntly.

"More than 100 million..." Wang Haiming frowned, "Then do you still have enough money now?"

"That's enough, there's still a lot left after the compensation," Liang Sizhe pretended to smile relaxedly, "Besides, I still have two houses, don't worry."—Although I didn't even think about selling the old house. I have lived in it for more than ten years, and there are traces of memories everywhere. I just moved into the new house two years before the accident. The layout and details were all designed by my father.

"Where's your guardian? It's your aunt, right?"

"Her, my daughter is in the third year of high school, and I can't take care of my own family affairs. Besides, I don't need a guardian after my birthday. It's good, free."

"However, it's good to be selected to act in a movie, and it was selected by Cao Xiuyuan. Being a big star is much more promising than playing the violin." Wang Haiming comforted him.

Liang Sizhe smiled, noncommittal: "What kind of big star, it's out of the question, and I will have to audition in the future, so I can't say whether I can choose it or not."

"There's no reason why you can't be selected. Look at the people who are popular now. The one Cao Xiuyuan selected two years ago is called Zhang Minghan, right? It doesn't look very outstanding, with slender arms and legs. Like a girl, you... the appearance of our music high school can't be wrong."

"Don't flatter me like that," Liang Sizhe smiled, shook his head, and said, "After the audition, there is still an audition, and many people will try together, and there may not be only one person left after the audition. There may be a lot of surprises in the middle of a newcomer’s film.”

"Really? Is it so cruel..."

The two people in front walked quickly, and the gap quickly widened from two steps to several meters away. The girl named Meng Yangxin suddenly lowered her voice and touched Mu Ke with her arm: "It has changed a lot, hasn't it?"

"Can it stay the same?" Mu Ke glanced at her.

"Oh, I don't look like the same person before and after."

"What has changed so much?" Cao Ye noticed that they were talking about Liang Sizhe, and asked curiously.

But after getting along for just a few minutes, the two girls let go of their guard against him. Meng Yangxin raised his chin and gestured to Liang Sizhe in front of him: "Let's talk about Liang Sizhe, who used to be the principal violinist of the Symphony Orchestra of our Music Attached Middle School, you know him You used to play the violin, right?"

"I know." Cao Ye nodded.

"His resume is quite...how should I put it..."

"Brilliant." Mu Ke answered.

"Yes, brilliant. I think when we went to perform in the province, when he stood there, he gave our orchestra a boost. The violin department was in the front position. He was the chief of the orchestra. When he was pretending to be on stage, wow, all the audience The audience all looked at him..."

"There is also a solo." Mu Ke interjected at this moment.

"Yes, he is also in charge of the violin solo... the most suitable for the style of music that is a bit ostentatious. Once you see him, you will know what it means to be high-spirited, because I think his character is a bit ostentatious and arrogant..."

"The unassuming style of music is also very good, and the melancholy and classic style of "Blessings of Love" is also very suitable for him." Compared with Meng Yangxin, Mu Ke spoke softly, "And I think his personality is not It's publicity, it's very easy to get along with, a bit cold and humorous, the kind who will say something to you out of the blue..."

"She's a fan girl, even Liang Sizhe wears a filter." Meng Yangxin smiled and said to Cao Ye, then turned to look at Mu Ke, "Being easy to get along with doesn't mean being unassuming. How many times has he pissed you off before?"

"It's not real, it's just a joke." Mu Ke spoke for Liang Sizhe.

"Zhang Yang..." Cao Ye raised his head thoughtfully, and glanced at the back of Liang Sizhe in front of him.To be honest, he could only use his imagination to picture the flamboyant, arrogant, high-spirited chief violinist Liang Sizhe in his mind, which seemed to have nothing to do with the Liang Sizhe he had seen during this time.

"It must be quiet now. I'm talking about when I was in the middle school," Meng Yangxin sighed, "Oh, what a pity, I was going to go abroad to participate in the competition, but I heard that I left on the way to the airport A car accident, his father..."

Mu Ke who was next to him raised his arm to touch her at this time, and signaled her not to continue talking with his eyes. Meng Yangxin suddenly realized that he was talking too much, and immediately fell silent.

Cao Ye didn't notice the movements and eye contact of the two people next to him. He was still thinking about the flamboyant Liang Sizhe Meng Yangxin had just mentioned.

——Liang Sizhe, who appeared in front of him, was taciturn, sharp, heavy, and fragile from the very beginning, like a trapped animal in a predicament, hesitating, and Liang Sizhe and himself before flashed across his mind Said words:

"If you haven't passed the audition... I haven't thought about it, maybe I'll go back to Yancheng."

"I'm just curious what the script looks like, I've never seen it before."

And he hugged the thick "Actor's Self-Cultivation" and said, "How can this kind of professional book be good-looking."

Stepping from the field of violin that he is good at into the film world that he knows nothing about, it is almost a process of being broken and reshaped. I think Liang Sizhe's heart may not be as calm and calm as he usually shows.

The phrase "I thought I couldn't pass the audition" was originally thought to be just a self-effacing statement that was not distracted, but now that I think about it, it may really be a kind of extremely unconfident and self-deprecating.

What will it look like when the trapped beast breaks free?Cao Ye looked at Liang Sizhe's back not far away, thought for a while, took out his phone from his pocket, bowed his head and sent a message to Zheng Yin: "Uncle Yin, when do you have time? I have a question about acting and I want to ask you."