Chapter 133

Yang Tian's return arrived as expected, and the musical Les Miserables was launched on all platforms.

It has become an established tradition for Director Huan to shoot films to welcome the return of new stars. As early as when Yan Tianxing changed his form to Tianxing and returned, the people of Yangtian had already made advance loans, looking forward to Director Huan shooting films for them that would suit their tastes.

As for the fact that the core of "Les Miserables" may not be so joyful, it doesn't matter. People in Yangtian said they accepted it well.

It's a musical. It's said that this time, in addition to Director Huan's old friends Mr. Zeng and Mr. Bai, who he often works with, several music masters from Yang Tianxing were invited by Director Huan to create music and dances for him.

What is the face? This is the face.

Although some of them like inspirational comedies, the genre of Les Miserables is not comedy, and Director Huan did not deceive them. What is the most important thing about a musical?

The music is nice, the scenes are beautiful, and the movie is wonderful, that's enough.

Different dramas should be watched in different ways.

Several of Yangtian's famous and classic stage plays are all tragic at their core, so you'll just get used to it.

At this moment, in a humble little villa on Yang Tianxing, an elderly man expressed reluctance: "I'm in the critical period of my retreat now, so I don't have much time to watch a movie."

The two middle-aged men beside him were none other than Huan Xu's personal musicians Zeng Feng and Bai Hua.

Zeng Feng smiled and said, "Don't be so anxious, Derek. We know you're making final preparations for your Music Hall of Fame bid, but sometimes going out to collect inspiration and gain new insights can also help with your retreat."

If he hadn't seen that his old friend had locked himself in a small dark room for almost a year, he wouldn't have wanted to invite this old guy to watch a movie together. Director Huan's movies should be savored alone.

Bai Hua, on the other hand, kept an eye on the time on the computer, fearing that he would miss any news released by Xinghuo.

As time goes by, Yangtianxing merged and Xinghuo released the movie viewing link as promised.

Almost at the same time, Bai Hua quickly controlled the optical computer and entered through the link.

Derek curled his lips when he caught a glimpse of the movie title: "Les Miserables, what a bold name." Is the life in this interstellar space not good enough, or is the director too ambitious?

"Don't get me wrong," Bai Hua explained with a smile, "This is a remake of a movie from our home planet by Director Huan, and the time setting is also in the 19th century on our home planet."

Mother Star Movie?

Derek frowned secretly. How dare they shoot such an unpopular subject?

In fact, it is not surprising that Derek grumbled. He had been in seclusion for nearly a year, during which time he was oblivious to what was happening outside. It was understandable that he did not know Director Huan and was not familiar with the movies of his home planet.

Soon, the poster slowly unfolded in front of the three people, showing the silhouettes of several main characters in the wind and rain.

There is also a sentence below: Where the feet cannot reach, the eyes can reach; where the eyes cannot reach, the spirit can fly. (Hugo)

But Derek probably didn't read the introduction carefully. He just wanted to finish watching the movie quickly and then go home to continue his retreat.

The story begins with the camera emerging from underwater, and outside it is pouring rain, as if casting a shadow over the entire world.

At this time, a group of ragged laborers were doing physical labor. With the appearance of the male protagonist, a heavy and rhythmic melody slowly sounded.

Derek was immediately captivated by this half-drama, half-musical piece the moment he heard the melody. Through the lyrics sung by the prisoners and the warden, he quickly understood the story.

The protagonist Jean Valjean, who came from a poor family, was an orphan since childhood. In order to prevent his nephew from starving to death, he stole a piece of bread but was arrested and imprisoned, sentenced to 5 years. During this period, because his sister was sick and he wanted to help her and her children, he escaped from prison many times. After failing, his sentence was accumulated. He has served more than 19 years so far. The other prisoners also spoke one by one and sang about their experiences.

Derek's frown remained on his face. He admitted that the opening music was indeed unusual, but most of that could be attributed to the musicians who composed the music for the film. Judging from the looks of Lao Zeng and Lao Bai, there was probably some of their influence in their music. However, integrating the plot and character dialogues into the song was a rather novel idea.

If a person commits a crime for money, he is guilty; if a person commits a crime for bread, society is guilty.

[Jean Valjean was trying to help his nephew. It's unreasonable to sentence him to five years in prison for a small piece of bread!]

Derek glanced at the comments and shook his head in his heart. To him, the film was a bit too exaggerated in expressing tragedy.

The plot continues. After being released on parole, Jean Valjean runs into obstacles everywhere with the deed which symbolizes his evidence of guilt. People avoid him because of his identity as a criminal, and he becomes resentful because of repeated rejections.

The only person who did not show any strange reaction to Jean Valjean was Bishop Myriel. The bishop invited Jean Valjean into the church and provided him with delicious meals and a warm bed.

But he had already decided to be a bad guy at this time. He stole all the silver in the church while the bishop was sleeping. The next day, the soldiers caught Jean Valjean. Faced with the crime of theft, what awaited him was probably a more painful imprisonment.

"Next, the bishop will make the identification, and then the protagonist will return to the cell again to start his 'Les Miserables', right?" Derek deduced the direction of the plot, and many people in the barrage had the same guess as him.

However, to the surprise of most people, the bishop picked up the two remaining silver candlesticks in the church and handed them to Jean Valjean, saying softly to him: "My child, you have forgotten the two most valuable items."

The meaning is self-evident. He was proving to the soldiers that he gave these silver pieces to Jean Valjean voluntarily.

Jean Valjean, who should have been thrown into prison again, was saved by the kindness of the bishop. Accompanied by soft and affectionate symphony, he knelt in the temple to confess his mistakes. The lyrics were full of his inner struggle and self-reflection. At the end of the song, Jean Valjean made up his mind to abandon his identity and start over.

Derek opened his mouth silently. It would be a lie to say that he was not touched. The brilliance of the bishop's humanity saved Jean Valjean who was about to be swallowed by the darkness and had nowhere to go. At this moment, Derek's attitude towards the movie began to change quietly without his knowledge.

Eight years later, Jean Valjean hid his identity as a criminal and came to Montlois-sur-Mer under the pseudonym Madeleine. He accumulated wealth, ran a factory, and gave jobs to the poor. Later, he was recommended to become mayor.

However, the peaceful life did not last long. A new inspector came to the police station. He was Javert, the prison warden who had paroled Jean Valjean.

The overturning of a carriage pushed the story to another climax, because a worker was trapped under the carriage. Jean Valjean immediately stepped forward and supported the carriage with his body, but Javert, who saw this scene up close, was reminded of the fugitive he had been chasing for eight years. From then on, Javert began to constantly test the mayor.

On the other hand, there was a female employee named Fantine in Jean Valjean's factory. She was very beautiful, but she was envied by other female workers. The foreman also teased Fantine many times but failed, and he felt resentful towards her. She was driven out of the factory by everyone.

Unable to make money, Fantine sold her beautiful hair and white teeth in desperation to support her daughter who was fostered in another family. She was then abducted by a black market brothel owner and fell into prostitution.

Fantine was forced to sell herself to a captain.

At this time, music started, accompanied by a combination of vocal and folk music. Derek and the audience gradually understood the whole story. Fantine cried and complained that men had ruined her youth and her dreams. She was exhausted physically and mentally and did not want to accept customers. The other women also sang the lines in the form of singing and dancing, mocking Fantine for being reserved and bullying her wantonly.

A strong sense of struggle and despair came over him. The scene in the play where Fantine seemed to be singing and shouting made Derek put away his nonchalant attitude. He sat up slightly and closed the barrage in the eyes of his old friends, which meant that Derek was fully immersed in the plot.

"It's done." Lao Zeng and Lao Bai looked at each other, and Director Huan's number of fans increased by one again.

Fantine scratched a man, but he called the police and lied that Fantine seduced him first. Fantine wanted to explain, but Inspector Javert refused to listen. Javert grew up in prison and developed a character that hated evil and had his own standards for judging things. Under his special values ​​and standards, Fantine's behavior was a crime, and he insisted on putting her in prison.

Jean Valjean recognized Fantine as an employee in his factory. After learning the whole story, he sympathized with Fantine's situation and took her away, and promised to take her daughter in to take care of her.

At this time, Javert also received news from the General Administration that the fugitive had been caught. It turned out that an innocent man who looked very similar to Jean Valjean was arrested as a criminal, and his trial would be held the next day.

Javert, feeling guilty, went to Jean Valjean to explain the situation and asked him to punish him severely, just as he usually treated criminals, but Jean Valjean did not blame Javert.

After Javert left, Jean Valjean was caught in a difficult decision. He struggled to hum in front of the cross, questioning his heart over and over again.

Who is he? A criminal, but also a factory owner who provides jobs for the workers.

If he doesn't come forward, he will still be a respected boss and mayor in the future. If he surrenders himself, everyone will know his past and that he is a criminal, and the workers in the factory will lose their jobs.

Outside the plot, Derek is also struggling. If it were him, would he choose to escape or face it?

Sitting in front of the candlestick given to him by the bishop, Jean Valjean could not sleep all night. The bishop's words echoed in his mind again. If he chose to remain silent, an innocent person would suffer for him, but in his own heart and in front of the bishop, he would always be a criminal who could not raise his head.

Finally, accompanied by a high-pitched tune, Jean Valjean broke into the court. He chose faith and honesty, facing the world and himself, singing loudly and questioning the judge and everyone else: "Who am I?"

"I am Jean Valjean. I am the real criminal."

Leaving behind a few words, Jean Valjean hurried away. Although Fantine was taken away by Jean Valjean in the hospital, her body was already at the end of its strength. She no longer had any attachment to this miserable world. The only thing she couldn't let go of was her daughter. In her fantasy, Fantine saw her daughter Cosette opening the door and slowly walking towards her. She slowly closed her eyes with a smile...

Derek no longer worried about whether the background setting of the story was real. At this moment, he was firmly attracted by the wonderful and tense plot. Even though this was a fictional worldview, Derek admitted that this was indeed an utterly tragic world.

Just when he thought the story was coming to an end, another story quickly unfolded.

Fantine's daughter Cosette had been fostered in an inn, but Fantine had no idea that she was entrusting her care to the wrong person.

The hotel run by the mean-spirited Thenardiers was a shady shop, and Cosette was treated as a servant by them and even suffered abuse.

When Jean Valjean found Cosette, she was going to the woods alone to fetch water late at night.

Faced with the blackmail of the greedy hotel couple, Jean Valjean spent a large sum of money to redeem Cosette, and then gave Cosette a brand new rag doll and promised to protect her well in the future.

They left the city in a carriage, and Cosette lay in Jean Valjean's arms. From then on, she had someone to rely on and a home, and Jean Valjean's heart also became softer.

However, just as they were about to leave the city, Javert was checking every step at the city gate. Seeing this, Jean Valjean quickly got out of the car with little Cosette and fled.

The father and daughter were chased to a dead end. Jean Valjean escaped by holding Cosette and lying on the high wall of the church. At this time, an old man came out of the monastery and recognized Jean Valjean. This old man was the old man Jean Valjean rescued from under the carriage that day.

The old man helps Jean Valjean find a hiding place.

Javert, who once again let the criminal escape capture, stood on the top of the church and swore to the stars with lines like a musical aria that he would catch Jean Valjean with his own hands and let the sinner get the punishment he deserved.

The song, with its clear layers of expansion and contraction, seems to prove Javert's determination and also helps Derek better understand the character of Javert.

In the blink of an eye, another nine years passed. The people of Gaul were full of resentment and unrest. The treasury was empty. In sharp contrast to the poor people was the extravagant court nobles.

People began to seek fairness and freedom.

A group of young nobles marched in the streets in rebellion, calling on everyone to overthrow the tyrannical rule.

One of the young men, Marius, who came from an aristocratic family, joined the student party despite his family's objections and became one of its leaders.

Once, by chance, he saw Cosette traveling with Jean Valjean. Cosette, who had grown up, inherited Fantine's beauty. She was different from others and was holding the arm of her adoptive father Jean Valjean to help the poor. The two met each other in the crowd and fell in love at first sight.

Marius, who was thinking about Cosette, asked Eponine, the daughter of the Thenatis, and asked her to find Cosette, but he did not realize that Eponine also liked him.

At this time, news came that General Lamarque, a highly prestigious politician and protector of the people, had died, and the passionate young people were ready to take action.

On the other side, Eponine found Cosette's residence. Although the revolution was about to start the next day, Marius still wanted to see Cosette.

With the help of Éponine, Marius happened to meet Cosette who was out for a walk. The two of them felt a sense of sympathy for each other and expressed their love to each other.

Jean Valjean was preparing to take Cosette to escape to England. Before leaving, Cosette left a letter for Marius at the door and asked Eponine to pass it on. Eponine only told Marius the news of Cosette's departure, but kept Cosette's letter for herself.

After learning that Cosette was leaving, Marius hesitated for a while, but finally decided to stay and complete the revolution, and various forces were ready to make a move.

On the day of the general's funeral, young people intercepted the funeral procession, stepped onto General Lamarque's coffin, raised the flag in their hands, and shouted freedom. The people were inspired by them and joined the parade.

At this moment, the plot was pushed to another climax. People shouted for freedom, as if the waves they raised could wipe out all the injustice in the world. The soul-stirring song made Derek's hair stand on end. He clenched his fists and unknowingly joined the chorus in the movie.

When the Wang Guojun troops came to suppress the soldiers, they accidentally opened fire and killed a woman. Conflict broke out between the two sides immediately. Households threw furniture out of the windows and piled up everything they could use to form a defense facility on the street to resist the attack of the Wang Guojun.

Javert disguised himself and infiltrated the student army, but was identified and arrested.

The soldiers of the Kingdom Army lined up in front of the battle array and loudly asked who the student army was. Enjolras answered righteously, also in the form of singing. The rhythm of the song also constantly pushed the audience's emotions to a higher level.

However, in front of the regular royal army, the student army was completely vulnerable.

The royal army quickly attacked the streets. During the conflict, Eponine used her body to block the bullets for Marius in order to save him. On her deathbed, she gave Cosette's letter to Marius and finally died in his arms.

Marius asked a child named Gavroche to help him deliver another letter to Cosette, but it was Jean Valjean who received the letter. After reading the letter, he realized that Marius was in danger and finally decided to save him.

Jean Valjean disguised himself as a soldier to deceive the Royal Army, helped the students resist the Royal Army's sneak attack, and successfully joined the revolutionary team. Because Javert was previously regarded as a spy by the student army, the student army wanted to execute Javert. Jean Valjean offered to deal with it himself. He took Javert to the back alley, but cut the rope with a knife and let go of the enemy who had been chasing him all his life.

The student army was short of ammunition and food, and the people did not respond to their call. Gavroche crossed the blockade in order to obtain ammunition and was shot dead by the royal army from a wooden warehouse. Gavroche's body once again rekindled the fighting spirit of the student army.

The Royal Army demanded that they surrender, but the student army refused to do so. Finally, the Royal Army used artillery. Just as they had said when they persuaded them to surrender, the gap in weapons and manpower meant that the students had no chance at all, not from the very beginning. The Royal Army quickly attacked the streets, and the student army was defeated. Enjolras and others, who had nowhere to escape, raised their flags and were shot to death.

Marius was also shot. Jean Valjean carried him on his back and climbed into the sewer to escape. Javert returned to the battlefield and put on his police uniform again. He looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, took off the badge on his chest, and put it on Gavroche's body.

Javert did not find Jean Valjean's body in the pile of rocks. Judging from the sound from the sewer, Jean Valjean had escaped from the sewer. He went to the sewage outlet of Paris and waited, and sure enough, he saw Jean Valjean covered in dirt.

However, in the end, Javert watched Jean Valjean leave with Marius on his back.

Javert, who was doubting justice, stood on the city wall, and the camera captured his classic monologue. He had always believed that justice was absolute, but was saved by a criminal. Now he released the fugitive whom he had been chasing for his entire life. He could no longer understand the good and evil in this world, and his beliefs began to collapse.

Unable to bear the burden, he finally chose to jump into the icy river and got lost in it.

After recovering, Marius returned to the place where he had fought with his friends. Everyone was dead, and he was the only one still alive.

Jean Valjean entrusted Cosette to Marius and told him about his past. Marius also believed that as a former criminal, it was a good choice for both of them not to see Jean Valjean again.

Marius and Cosette decide to get married, and Jean Valjean leaves alone.

Marius accidentally learned from the Thenatis that it was Jean Valjean who saved him from the battlefield. Feeling extremely ashamed, he began to inquire about Jean Valjean's whereabouts.

Marius and Cosette came to the church together to visit the man who, although a fugitive, tried his best to save them. However, what they saw was Jean Valjean, who was dying. He said goodbye to them with a smile.

Jean sat in the temple, praying and repenting to God. He saw Fantine coming to greet him and take him to heaven. He saw the bishop who forgave him for the crime of stealing and saved his soul. He also saw those who fought for freedom standing on the platform under the blue sky, waving colorful flags and singing loudly.

Jean Valjean's singing also joined in, and all the voices singing for freedom gathered here.

The people on the screen were singing, and the audience outside countless screens were humming along and clapping spontaneously.

Derek stared blankly at the end credits, speechless for a moment.

The world described by Director Huan is indeed tragic. He sees the division and injustice in society, the corruption and cruelty of the law, and the complexity and contradiction of human nature. Everyone is struggling with a predetermined tragic fate.

He couldn't even hate the villains in the play, because villains also had their own tragic fate.

But in this "Les Miserables", through Director Huan's lens, he also saw the power called "love and redemption".

Derek opened the barrage with trembling hands. He completely forgot about the existence of two old friends around him. At this moment, he wanted to see how many people felt the same as him, and the blocked barrage came out like a tide.

[I was already in tears before I knew it. It was so shocking!!!]

[Wow, Les Miserables, everyone is locked in shackles, not just Jean Valjean, but also the beautiful Fantine, the loving bishop, even the villain Javert and the little Gavroche who only appeared a few times, they are all portrayed with great charm, they are not just characters, but living people, I feel so sorry for them.]

Right and wrong, good and evil, order and rules, and moral truth are really hard to define.

He lived, despite his bizarre and difficult fate; he rested only because he had lost his angel. Birth and death are the natural order of life; the same is true of the passage of day and night. - Epitaph of Jean Valjean.

May God give you the most sincere blessings, may God give you the happiest life, and drive away the darkness that the world brings to you.

[I'm not very cultured, I just want to say that after watching the movie, there was a place called my heart that was throbbing with pain.]

【to be free！ 】

[Not only the plot of the movie, as a Yangtian fan, I can't help but recommend it to everyone. Every song in it is absolutely amazing. It's especially good when watched with the movie!]

[Another classic musical. I didn't believe Director Huan could make a good musical. Now I just want to ask, can Director Huan make more?]

[We strongly request that the Institute of Ancient Studies publish a proofread edition of a famous work, which should be published within nine days. A masterpiece should not be buried.]

Seconding the motion: All the classics should be compiled. We used to be blind to them, but now we bow down to our ancestors. I sincerely hope that all the classics can be published, allowing us to travel through time and converse with our ancestors.

Derek also realized later: it turns out that Les Miserables is a remake of a masterpiece from the mother planet period, and it turns out that Director Huan has so many mother planet films!

Derek, who had turned into a fan of Director Huan halfway through, made a prompt decision and announced that he would go home for seclusion again. However, the content of this seclusion was announced to the outside world as "learning the culture of the mother planet." As for how to learn, only Derek himself in the small dark room knew it.

That night, all the major entries on the Internet were filled with discussions about Les Miserables, the characters, the plot, and even the historical background. The great classic plus Huan Xu's remake brought huge conflicts and shocks to the StarCraft audiences.

Several classic songs and scenes were also watched and edited over and over again by the audience.

Film critics have also published one review after another, commenting and evaluating the film from their own perspectives. There is no doubt that even the most harsh and venomous film critics would be unable to criticize such a work.

Even some couples who were planning to spend a sweet Valentine's Day together the next day had to cancel their travel plans at the last minute. They were too deeply in love and had no mood to go out and play. It would be better to watch the show together at home for a few times. If they couldn't be happy together, then they could be sad together. It was better than crying alone.

As a result, when the clock ticked and the time on the entire network reached midnight, Huan Xu's Xingbo updated a post on time at the first moment of the second day.

Many people who had trouble falling asleep late at night, after receiving a special message reminder and knowing that Director Huan had posted something, quickly clicked to jump to Director Huan’s blog, guessing what Director Huan would say to comfort the audience’s broken hearts, and if he agreed to film another new drama, they might be a little happier.

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Huan Xu: Happy Valentine's Day, please give me your guidance in the future, emoticon package of a big black mouth holding a rose.jpg.