It's late at night.

Lu Yuan tossed and turned in the hotel, unable to sleep.

At first he wanted to go to bed early by counting sheep or numbers, but then he suddenly found that as he counted, he not only did not fall asleep, but became more and more awake.

My brain works incredibly well.

He simply turned on the light and sat in bed looking at the ceiling.

How is this divided psychologically?

This is insomnia!

What causes insomnia?

Insomnia is caused by...

What does the book say?

That's right.

So it was…

Lu Yuan began to analyze himself over and over again according to what was written in the book.

Then he suddenly realized that insomnia was a serious problem!

The deepest reason for my insomnia is that I am filled with fear deep in my heart and then I start to worry about gains and losses?

Why should I worry about gains and losses...

Could it be that the unsuccessful recording today made me doubt my own talent and this is the source of my uneasiness?

After thinking about it, it makes sense. I seem to have really started to doubt myself.

So what are the results of self-diagnosis?

Hmm? Turns out it's anxiety-induced insomnia?

Pooh!

Wait, I'm anxious?

What am I anxious about?

Lu Yuan suddenly felt that the answer to his self-analysis was ridiculous.

I'm making so much money now and have such a beautiful girlfriend. Any cooperation I negotiate with others will cost me hundreds of millions, so why should I be anxious?

I should be happy, right?

wrong!

It’s still not analyzed clearly, I need to analyze it more carefully!

Um!

I understand. Whether he was singing or acting, Lu Yuan found that he could always easily immerse himself in a very good state and then perform exceptionally well.

But during the day I felt something was wrong and I could no longer immerse myself in the same feeling as before.

I was clearly standing in the recording room, and everything was exactly the same as before.

but……

Some of the deepest flavors are completely different.

So I couldn’t figure out why this was happening, and something deep in my mind must have been wondering why.

After Lu Yuan looked back for a while, he suddenly realized!

Hypnosis gone wrong!

right!

The most fundamental reason is not that I am anxious, but that my so-called self-hypnosis is useless to me!

Why is it useless?

hehe!

My cerebral cortex has safely adapted to or become immune to my so-called self-hypnosis, so if I want to hypnotize myself again, I have to improve my hypnotic skills, otherwise the more I hypnotize myself, the harder it will be to adapt.

Apart from this, it seems that I need to work hard to consolidate my knowledge, so as not to rely on these messy things to cope in the future?

After tossing and turning until the second half of the night, Lu Yuan finally understood.

I'm going to see Dr. Shen tomorrow and ask her for some psychological advice.

It’s such a small matter!

call……

When Lu Yuan thought of this, he yawned and fell into a deep sleep.

…

Do you really want to go there?

Was I really suitable for the past?

Do I really have a problem?

After getting out of the car and seeing a villa in front of him, Shen Lianjie hesitated silently.

He fell into self-torture of human nature.

He was considering whether to go in.

Mental illness is a difficult problem to talk about, and if I really confessed it to Dr. Shen, then as a big director, how embarrassing it would be...

Standing there, Shen Lianjie found himself becoming more and more hesitant. After all, the pride that had enveloped Shen Lianjie since he was a child did not allow him to be honest with strangers about his inner thoughts and deep fears.

This made him feel like a weak person.

But……

Thinking about the insomnia he had suffered these past few nights, Shen Lianjie knew that if he really didn't find a solution, his life would not get better in the future. Perhaps if he continued to let it go, this psychological shadow would become more and more serious!

Especially after the ups and downs of "Dream Traveler", Shen Lianjie discovered that Lu Yuan had completely become his nightmare.

There is a real way.

That is, I can really beat Lu Yuan in the movie.

But Ying Luyuan...

How to win?

Win from the movie?

What a joke!

As soon as Shen Lianjie closed his eyes, he thought of Lu Yuan's appearance again. Somehow, Lu Yuan's figure was like a mountain pressing down on his head, making it hard for him to breathe.

As soon as he thought of the word Lu Yuan, he remembered his failure!

He found that he no longer had the courage to face Lu Yuan formally.

never mind……

Come in and take a look!

Maybe……

Is she really as powerful as Mr. Xu said?

After hesitating for a long time, Shen Lianjie finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the villa.

It actually feels like being reborn from the ashes.

…

"Director Shen, I have understood your general situation. I think you are suffering from severe anxiety disorder, which has caused you to suffer from insomnia until now. Anxiety disorder is not a big problem. As long as you can let go of some things and have a good rest, you will be fine." Shen Fangfang carefully observed Shen Lianjie's appearance and finally nodded and stated a result.

"Doctor, do you need any medicine?"

"Medications can indeed alleviate your insomnia, but they can only alleviate insomnia, and cannot fundamentally cure insomnia. I hope you can open up and tell me the reason for your anxiety... For example, what it is because of, or who it is because of..."

"This..." Shen Lianjie suddenly became alert after looking at Shen Fangfang.

"Director Shen, you are afraid, but at the same time, you don't dare to face your fear, right?"

"A little bit..."

"I can roughly guess that the reason for your anxiety is because of your Dream Traveler. Based on your experiences in the past two years, I found something very interesting. That is, in the past two years, since the beginning of Capital City, you have been failing and experiencing the lowest point in your life... I think you want to prove yourself, but you find that no matter how you prove yourself, you can only prove your failure."

"Yeah...yes." Shen Lianjie nodded and looked away slightly.

He didn't dare to look Shen Fangfang in the eye.

"Well, you are a very proud person, so your pride will not allow you to be in a state of failure every other day... But, you can't succeed... Logically speaking, "Dream Traveler" should be your more successful movie. Although "Dream Traveler" has gone through several twists and turns, it still made money at the box office in the end, and the word of mouth is also very good... It has improved a lot compared to your first two movies... You should try to satisfy yourself... People's unhappiness comes from greed. Although greed is the driving force of human progress, it is necessary to stop appropriately..."

"Stop appropriately and accept your fate?"

"It's not about accepting your fate, but taking it slow... I don't really understand how you guys make movies, but I know a lot of things don't happen overnight..."

"How do you say it?"

"I mean..."

Time passes by little by little.

Shen Fangfang looked at Shen Lianjie.

She sorted out the anxiety in Shen Lianjie's heart bit by bit.

Shen Lianjie was confused at first, but then slowly became calm and seemed to have some enlightenment.

About two hours later, Shen Lianjie breathed a sigh of relief.

"Director Shen...you should have a good sleep...you are too tired..."

"I...can't sleep. As soon as I close my eyes, I feel...very anxious..."

"Come on, Director Shen, lie here first... I'll try to hypnotize you..."

"Ah... then..."

"Don't worry, don't be so alert. I'm just letting you sleep and I won't ask you any private questions. If you are alert, I won't be able to get anything out of you even if I hypnotize you."

"oh."

"Come, look at my watch... You come to a world, and then your whole body is empty, without any worries, without any anxiety..."

"Um……"

Shen Lianjie's eyelids trembled.

Then he slowly closed his eyes. After a few minutes, Shen Lianjie closed his eyes...

Just when Shen Lianjie fell asleep, there was a knock on the door.

…

"Boss Lu, tell me what's wrong with you..."

“I’ve been feeling a little anxious lately…”

"You? Anxious?"

"Yeah, I'm a little anxious. I couldn't sleep for most of the night yesterday..."

"Most of the night? You'll lose sleep?"

"Yes, I came here specifically to ask you for advice on hypnosis and other things. I found that the things I learned by myself need to be upgraded..."

"I can't teach you. Your way of thinking is different from others. Even if I teach you, you will definitely use it in some fancy ways..."

"What a bunch of nonsense, am I that kind of person?"

"Then tell me, what exactly do you want to do by learning hypnosis..."

"I want to be hypnotized..."

"???"

"I now find that there seems to be something wrong with my body. I can't be hypnotized..."

"You just want to hypnotize yourself?"

"Yeah... Yeah, I found myself getting harder and harder to hypnotize. It might be something my body has become immune to, so I was wondering if I could improve my hypnotic skills..."

"You said you're getting harder and harder to hypnotize?"

"Yeah... it's hard."

Shen Fangfang stared at Lu Yuan.

I don't know why I suddenly feel very unhappy.

She felt that Lu Yuan was questioning her, Shen Fangfang.

"Sit down."

"Um……"

Lu Yuan sat opposite Shen Fangfang, and then he looked at Shen Fangfang silently.

"Look..."

"Looking at this watch, I know..."

"Don't interrupt."

"oh."

"Come, now, you have entered a world, in this world..."

"This doesn't work...really..."

"Don't interrupt me, just follow my voice."

"All right."

“Now, you enter a world, and then, what do you see in this world?”

“…”

"What did you see? Speak..."

"Doctor Shen, I was a little sleepy at first, but after you hypnotized me like this, I found myself becoming more and more awake."

“…”

…

"Please cooperate."

“I really cooperated.”

"you……"

"Doctor Shen, I really don't have any other ideas... How about we try another approach?"

“…”

"Lu Yuan, are you challenging my patience?"

"I really didn't..."

Half an hour passed.

Shen Fangfang's forehead was covered with sweat.

However, Lu Yuan's eyes were very clear and he was staring at Shen Fangfang.

She closed her eyes.

She tried several hypnotic methods to hypnotize Lu Yuan, but the more she hypnotized him, the more awake he became. It was completely useless.

Then, the more she looked at Lu Yuan, the more he looked like he was going to cause trouble.

Lu Yuan had a bitter face.

He looked helpless.

At this time...

Shen Lianjie in the next room twitched.

He first dreamed that he was riding a horse on the prairie and was happily letting himself go.

But for no apparent reason, the horse's voice seemed increasingly wrong.

As the sound of the horse became more and more strange, he discovered that the sound of the wind blowing in the distance was also strange...

Then……

He suddenly saw that the beautiful sunset in the sky had turned into a human face.

Then……

He saw Lu Yuan.

Then the whole world was filled with Lu Yuan's voice.

When Shen Lianjie woke up, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This nightmare is really...

Then, he got out of bed and prepared to wash his face...

However, when he walked out, his pupils shrank instantly and his heart seemed to stop beating.

"Wow! Director Shen... I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing recently? Hmm? Why do you look so haggard? And you're sweating all over? Come on, wipe it off... Ah? Director Shen? What's wrong with you? Why did you faint?"

"???"