Chapter 90: Enter the Trap (Two in One)
As a stamp collector, Su Yun is very skilled at this tactic of luring people into a trap.
Bourne actually wanted to ask a few more questions to see if he could get any advice on a new job from Su Yun - the wave of ideological liberation in the early years created many parents who were not qualified to be parents, and also created many children who were not expected and had no choice but to come into this world.
His biological father abandoned him when he was very young, and his mother committed suicide when he was ten years old, leaving the child alone and helpless, having to live with his stepfather's family from then on.
Such a chaotic and difficult family background caused him to give up the idea of completing his studies in school early and devote himself to making money in the entertainment industry.
Unfortunately, the first few films he made were neither well-known nor box office hits. The only one that made him famous almost ruined his already bleak acting career. In the end, he had no choice but to pick up the guitar again, which he had reluctantly put down after starting out as a minor actor in various films, in an attempt to make a change.
As a result, this transformation turned out to be nothing more than a self-deceiving joke.
The only time he made up his mind not to force himself was when he planned to quit his singing career in Japan and return to the entertainment industry. The ending was unexpected. He had originally planned to perform on stage in Japan for the last time "impersonating" someone else, but he met Su Yun, a friend who seemed like an enemy but also like a companion.
Seeing Su Yun's carefree behavior, Byrne was shocked at how much he had to pay for his determination: he didn't make much money from filming and recording a few songs in Japan. If he just left like that, after buying a plane ticket to Hollywood, he probably wouldn't have enough money to live on for a few days...
And everyone knows how difficult it is for non-natives to enter Hollywood.
As a last resort, Byrne finally had to put aside his pride and seek advice from Su Yun, who had already made a name for herself in Hollywood.
Since he had changed from a passive party to an active party, Su Yun immediately raised his attitude. After looking him up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, he said, "Perform a piece for me."
Seeing the rather helpless look on Byrne's face during his performance, Su Yun clapped her hands: Just as she expected, the man in front of her is still a big vase...
Bourne felt a little aggrieved, but he had to admit that Su Yun's comment was indeed to the point: most of the roles he had played in previous films were minor supporting roles with not much screen time; and for the film "Death in Venice", he didn't even have to memorize the lines, and most of the time he just had to keep an ambiguous expression quietly, showing off his youthful beauty throughout the whole process, simply treating himself as a piece of art.
His greatest acting experience is playing flat, paper-like vase characters. How much acting experience can he accumulate to improve his acting skills?
"How about this, I'll ask my friends to help you get in touch with a theater troupe." Su Yun thought about it and began to plan a way out for him. "First, you can perform with the troupe everywhere to hone your acting skills. Second, the troupe will also guarantee your living and accommodation. But you may just have to help with some odd jobs."
Judging from his appearance, he probably doesn't like studying very much, which saves her the risk of investing in him to support his education.
However, Su Yun also gave a second suggestion: "Or you can choose another way - I can first sponsor you to study acting in performing arts schools, drama academies, etc., and when you finish your studies, you can pay me back in installments."
"During this period, if I find a role that suits you, I will inform you as soon as possible. At the same time, if I need your role, you cannot refuse to participate unless it is really unacceptable." Su Yun held the pen and calculated the bill for him. "As for the film remuneration, a portion will be deducted accordingly as repayment of the installment fee."
"We've just met, why are you helping me so much?" Bourne was a little wary.
"Maybe... it's because I like Anderson who laughs naturally more than Tadzio who smiles for show." Su Yun looked at him.
Bourne raised his eyebrows but said nothing. His eyes fell quietly on Su Yun, waiting for her to add to his answer.
"Of course, you should also understand that it is very difficult for non-Americans to survive in Hollywood..." Su Yun pondered for a moment and told her about learning from her master Lu Shaolong to raise supporting actors. "Not only you, I also raised a boy who looks quite cute."
"As long as their looks don't change too much, I will give priority to these experienced supporting actors in future films. They are easy to use, obedient, and familiar with each other, which saves a lot of trouble." Su Yun finished her explanation and looked at him again, "So what do you think now? Anderson?"
Hearing this almost mercenary "business" idea, Bourne let go of his previous guard: "Call me Bourne - the conditions and treatment you proposed are indeed very generous, but can you give me some more time to consider it?"
"Of course. I'll be staying in Japan for a while. Here's the phone number of where I'm staying." Su Yun tore off a piece of paper, wrote the hotel's phone number and address on it, and then generously put it into Bourne's hand.
"Finally, I'll give you a word of advice. I've told others before that you and my friend are very similar in the way you deal with people." However, Bourne, who is taken care of by his stepfather's family, is a little luckier than Zhuang Long, who has been an orphan since childhood. This is because the former has a basically worry-free life due to psychological trauma, while the latter can only rely on himself both physically and mentally.
After organizing her words, Su Yun continued, "Being a human being is like looking into a mirror - how you look at it is how it looks at you."
"I'm not asking you to be a saint who repays evil with kindness, but I just hope that when someone wants to help you, you can be more open-minded. Maybe the world will be different from then on."
Su Yun, with her stern face, was teaching him in an old-fashioned manner. When he thought about her current age, Bourne couldn't help laughing.
"I'm telling the truth, be serious!" Su Yun shook her notebook loudly.
"Okay." Bourne showed a rare little naughty smile that was only appropriate for his age. He held Su Yun's head with one hand to prevent her from jumping up, then lowered his head to look at her, "I will reply to you as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, there's no rush. I'll be waiting for you." Su Yun nimbly ducked and rolled sideways to avoid the pressure, causing Bourne, who was caught off guard, to almost fall.
"Looks like I have to tell you one last thing..." Su Yun moved aside a few steps and smiled at Bourne who finally stood up. "The boss is always the boss. Even if he is half your junior, you can't be so disrespectful."
Seeing Su Yun walking away with brisk steps, Bourne suppressed his amazement at the unfathomable depth of Chinese Kung Fu, and then he began to wonder in his heart: Who is the disrespectful one?!
Su Yun's eccentricity left him speechless. When he woke up in the hotel the next day and saw the Japanese version of "The Sixth Sense" poster hanging in the cinema across the street, Bourne wanted to slap himself: What are you curious about! You didn't want the free tickets at the time, but now you have to pay for the tickets yourself?
Half an hour later, Bourne packed up his things, ran to the cinema across the street to buy a movie ticket, and walked in with a sullen face.
Compared to others who are immersed in the story, Bourne, who has acting experience, pays attention to other things in the movie besides the story.
At the beginning, most of the information about the two main characters is explained through the scene where the male protagonist Malcolm and his wife Anna happily celebrate the award; then, the mood disorder patient who the male protagonist had failed to treat in the past suddenly broke in, shot the male protagonist down on the grounds that the male protagonist failed to save him, and then committed suicide.
This kind of suspenseful and terrifying shooting technique was very captivating. Bourne subconsciously glanced at the information on the ticket: the director was called Spielberg, a new director whom he had not heard much about.
But the shooting techniques are already very sophisticated and the future is very promising.
Thanks to the care of the great director Visconti during the filming of "Death in Venice", Bourne also developed a certain level of appreciation.
The plot of the movie moves quickly, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
After recovering, the male protagonist set his eyes on a little girl named Ke'er and followed her all the way to the church.
It is said that Ke'er is a very strange child, always talking to herself in words that others cannot understand. Based on the protagonist's many years of experience in psychological therapy, he quickly gave Ke'er the same diagnosis of "emotional disorder".
But what he didn't expect was that Ke'er was much more difficult to deal with than his previous patient. The male protagonist, who had always been able to use a gentle attitude to win the favor of patients and thus establish friendships with them, was embarrassed for the first time by Ke'er.
Ke'er even acted a little afraid of him, and when he approached, she hurriedly took her things and left the church.
Through Kerr's actions, the scene shifts to Kerr's home. When Kerr's mother Lynn was busy preparing breakfast for her child, a lot of strange phenomena suddenly occurred.
From the cupboard doors that were suddenly opened to the fingerprints and water stains that suddenly appeared on the table, these strange phenomena that increased the workload all happened that morning.
But Lynn never blamed the child for her "prank". Instead, she asked Ke'er to quickly put on her schoolbag and go to school with her friends.
After her mother Lynn's figure disappeared from the window, Ke'er separated from her seemingly close friend: while the mother was trying hard to reassure the child, the child was also trying hard to reassure the mother.
放學之後，可兒回家後看到前來拜訪的男主，照舊還是滿臉提防。
兩人通過做游戲互相試探，男主對可兒在學校裏是個乖學生的推測，在兩人的問答裏全部被打破。
相反，可兒很不願意上學，只是為了母親，不得不裝出一切都很好很喜歡的樣子。
被可兒這個奇怪的孩子吸引住，男主忙于治療工作，最近似乎都一直忘記和妻子交流。
于是，在約會遲到後，妻子一副當他不存在的樣子自己付了餐費，徒留他一個人呆坐在座位上苦惱。
但家庭和工作兩個方面，男主還是分得開，因此他的打算就是先幫助了可兒之後，再去修複夫妻關系：因為他認為妻子對他生氣的根本原因，還是在于他一年前沒能拯救那個患者。
妻子一直都認為他無所不能，這一下當面跌落神壇，自然就有了別樣的心思。
為了盡快治療好可兒，男主一直在努力與可兒交好。
在這一大一小的距離好不容易拉近了一些的時候，可兒母親琳恩忽然就開始發現了可兒從小到大的記錄照片裏，都有着一道奇怪光斑的怪異現象。
而男主這邊，也發現了妻子在他不知道的時候，有男人暗中追求的事……
“難道可兒是真的能看到鬼魂？所以才會被人排擠，而男主其實一直都是自以為是地認為自己在幫助她？！”聯想到電影的名字和展示出來的靈異劇情，觀衆們開始議論起來。
“只顧着工作不顧妻子，難怪男主落得這個下場！”
“男主已經很努力了，可兒那麽可憐，他想要拯救她是當然的！”
“說得對，作為妻子的安娜不理解丈夫才是最不應該的！”
議論到這裏時，劇情剛好也播到了妻子安娜坐在沙發上，一遍遍地反複觀看二人當年的結婚錄像的場面。
看來這對夫妻的關系還是有轉機的嘛！
觀衆們紛紛放下了心。
在男主和可兒的日漸親密的交流裏，可兒總算是開始卸下了防備，偷偷告訴了男主她所知道的那些關于“鬼魂”的特點，以及他們無處不在的事情。
這一番看似溫情的交流過後，男主卻是暗中錄下了新的診斷錄音：他判斷可兒所患的其實是幻想症和精神分裂症，也許自己已經幫不了她。
而且，他也想空出更多的時間去和妻子恢複感情：自從那個治療失敗的患者離世後，兩人的關系就變差了，甚至他還能在家裏看到抗抑郁的藥物——大概是妻子安娜無法接受他這個丈夫的失敗，又在兩人的難以交流下患上了抑郁，所以有了異心讓別人乘虛而入……
越發詭異的各種靈異現象伴随着男主角的帽子顏色逐漸加重，觀衆們正是看得緊張的時候，男主卻在總結可兒和之前那個治療失敗的患者的錄音帶裏，發現了一個奇怪的現象。
自此之後，男主一轉态度，盡全力去相信了可兒所說的話，并且和可兒一起處理了鬼魂的求助，讓他們得到了冤情的平反和安息。
校園節目又一次開始，這一次，已經在男主的鼓勵和陪伴下勇敢面對學校靈異現象的可兒成為了主角亞瑟王，在同學們的掌聲裏，拔出了那一把需要心靈純潔的人才能拔出的石中劍。
節目結束後，站在黃昏教堂的彩窗前，可兒看着滿臉欣慰的男主，忽然開口告訴了他，一個能讓他和他的妻子交流的方法。
“在安娜熟睡之後，在她耳邊說話，她就能聽得見是嗎？”言說至此，這一刻，男主和可兒都意識到，今日之後，也許兩人不會再見面了。
“我們能不能假裝明天還見面？”可兒試探着問。
男主答應了她，然後和昔日可兒匆匆離去一般快步離開了教堂，徒留可兒站在彩窗前，面容帶着平靜和迷惘。
五彩斑斓的色彩和嬌小的身影在黃昏的餘晖中，交彙出了詭麗卻又安寧的畫面，仿似一副溫暖的油畫一般動人。
後來，因為遇到一場小型車禍所以趕不上可兒節目演出的母親琳恩，前來接走了她。
在車上，面對母親的連聲道歉，可兒并沒有責怪，反而是大膽地開口告訴了母親她一直都能看見鬼魂的事情。
“你會不會……認為我是一個怪胎？”從前在學校裏，所有人都這麽說她，所以她抗拒上學的原因在于兩個方面：一是從前曾經是法院的學校裏時不時總能看到許多吊死鬼，二是她說的話都沒有人相信，反而是被老師和同學嘲笑、辱罵她胡說八道，是個奇怪的孩子。
但是這個在外人眼裏口中都是怪胎的孩子，為了成為母親眼裏懂事的孩子，即使再艱難，也還是堅持着上學。
“我永遠都不會這麽想！”母親琳恩語氣堅決地回答道。
可兒終于是笑了起來，然後小聲地告訴母親，外婆在向她問好——那個一直陪伴在可兒成長記錄照片裏的奇怪光斑，正是已經離開了她們多年的外婆。
“外婆跟我說，你曾經為了一場舞蹈表演跟她吵了一架，因為你以為她不想去看女兒的演出……”可兒平靜地說，“其實外婆去看了，她躲在後面，你沒有看到她。”
“她說，那時候的你就像一個天使。”
說完這一句之後，可兒再次仰起頭問道：“媽咪，外婆讓我告訴你，那天你在她墓前問的問題，她的答案是‘每一天’——你那時問了她什麽問題？”
琳恩一愣，随後眼淚就無聲地落了下來。
“我當時問她，她……她有沒有為我感到過驕傲。”
一個認為自己從來就沒有得到“愛”的孩子，在執着多年後忽然在某個偶然的機會裏，發現了那些一直被自己所無視、所忽略的來自親人那份深沉的愛意，不可能不為之激動心疼。
因而在說到這裏時，戲裏泣不成聲的琳恩緊緊抱住了可兒，戲外同樣泣不成聲的簡·方達也緊緊抱住了蘇韻。
簡·方達早年就是認為自己缺乏父母的愛而拼命活成了讨好型人格，和戲中努力工作堅持養家的琳恩頗有共情之處。當初拍攝人工智能時，雖然找到了丢失的記錄解開了她的心結，但她其實始終都還是沉溺在眼前的拼命讨好他人拼命付出的生活裏，難以真正地走出來。
直到蘇韻用電影劇情，讓她痛痛快快地哭了一場。
那一個緊緊的擁抱，讓蘇韻似乎能感受到，為了他人的愛而活的簡·方達終會成為過去；而未來那個将會成為傳奇的簡·方達，開始在得到了愛的前提下，準備新生。
連着三部電影都是催淚神器，觀衆們好不容易擦完眼淚時，最大的反轉，終于是跟随着男主的活動而走入了他們眼中。
原來，男主早就已經在一年前的槍擊意外裏去世。
但又因為他放心不下妻子，所以就成了一道執念于此的鬼魂——這也就解釋了最開始，可兒為什麽一直表現得十分抗拒他的原因。
不是害怕治療，而是可兒從一開始，就知道眼前這個不請自來的的“心理醫生”，其實只是個不知道自己已經死去的可憐鬼魂。
因為男主的執念，他的妻子也被困在了家中，沉溺于過往，一日又一日的回看兩人當年的結婚錄像不願醒來。
長久下來，妻子就被折磨到得了抑郁症。
“睡吧，明天開始，一切都會不一樣了。”男主最後和看着結婚錄像而睡倒在沙發上妻子告別，“我想幫助的人和事，都已經做到了……”
“而我最後還想告訴你一件事——那就是，你對我一直都是最重要的，永遠都是。”
所以，他選擇放手。
可兒說鬼魂出現在身邊時，人類會感到寒冷——但睡夢正酣的妻子卻渾然未覺，而是仿佛回答地呢喃了一句：“晚安，馬爾科姆。”
至此，影片謝幕。
無視了電影院裏面的對劇情的掌聲和驚嘆，伯恩徑直穿過熱鬧的人群，一身冷清地走在大街上。
他想，他大概明白當初蘇韻為什麽想要送他這部電影的電影票的原因了。
救贖和被救贖，從來就只在自我一念間。
苦苦守着執念，反而是作繭自縛。
正當覺得自己有點想通了的伯恩，循着地址找到蘇韻所在的酒店時，卻是發現裏面已經空無一人。
明明說好會等他的……
記憶裏那種不知道為什麽就被抛棄了的窒息感，瞬間就排山倒海一般洶湧而來。
“先生？你沒事吧？！”帶他上來房間的服務生見狀立刻就被吓了一跳，手忙腳亂地指向書桌那邊，“那位小姐說了，她臨時有事離開了，不過房間還是留着，如果是一個叫做伯恩的人過來找她，就讓我告訴你去看桌上那封信……”
如同溺水之人終于抓到了一根救命稻草，伯恩一下子撲到書桌邊，拆開了信封一目十行地看起了內容。
The letter said that she had some matters that required her to fly to the United States urgently, and she would return as soon as possible after completing the process.
"I will definitely come back to you in the future, so please don't worry about being abandoned! If you have any questions, just write to this address and I will reply as soon as possible!"
On the gold-sprinkled letter paper with early cherry blossoms in light pink, there is a stick figure of a small sun behind the signature, with a smiling expression with squinting eyes. It seems that people's mood will brighten up along with this little sunshine.
This emotion that bursts forth directly from the bottom of the heart is stronger than love, warmer than family affection, and deeper than friendship - it is the peace of mind that finally finds a little light in the endless darkness.
In this world, he finally did not encounter ruthless abandonment again.
Instead, someone told him that he didn't need to worry, because no matter how far or how long she had been away, she would definitely come back to tell him in detail about the traces of the past years.
At this moment, the seed of loneliness buried in my heart seems to be about to break through the soil and be reborn, trying its best to bloom the flower of life and hope when it sees the sun again after experiencing the baptism of wind and rain.