On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Kang Mucheng flew back to Heping City.

He brought Jian Jing some souvenirs: a woolen shawl, coffee, amethyst raw stones, and an extremely gorgeous skeleton band toy house, which seemed to replicate the scenes of "Coco", delicate and colorful, and the expressions of the skeletons were lifelike.

Jian Jing liked the toy house very much, and immediately put it in the study and posted it on WeChat Moments to show off.

Kang Mucheng: "..."

Children really like doll houses.

After distributing the gifts, he immediately started the publicity work of "Rose Gold", remotely controlling the publicity department every day to work overtime at home to catch up with the plan.

Jian Jing: Heartbroken.

Then Kang Mucheng said, "You also have a mission."

"Really?" Jian Jing was confused.

"I'll ask the editor to contact you." Kang Mucheng said, "It's just a small matter, a few promotional Weibo posts, and an online interview with a magazine."

"..."

"I'll put it off until the eighth day of the first lunar month." He gave her a break, "Starting from the ninth day of the first lunar month."

Jian Jing: Oh.

With the deadline, the vacation is not enough all of a sudden. She only stayed at home for two days, and the Spring Festival was declared over, so she had to start working.

Contact the editor to promote the movie "Rose Gold" in advance, and arrange a text interview. The questions have all been reviewed by the editor, and you just need to answer them according to the standard.

The highlight is nothing more than asking what you think of TV series and movie adaptations.

Jian Jing's answer is relatively conservative and standard.

At this time, the Lunar New Year films have not been removed from the shelves. The most popular film has already made more than 2 billion box office, and the worst has more than 100 million.

Well, it is worthy of the Chinese New Year.

And the Lunar New Year movies have not yet been released, but the Valentine's Day movies have already started to be promoted.

These two holidays have always been close to each other, sometimes even overlapping, so whether the Valentine's Day movies are arranged in the Lunar New Year or on Valentine's Day depends on the situation.

This year, they are separated.

The popular movies are: "Rose, Gold and Killer", "Promise of a Lifetime", "My Love", and "Reunion after 60 Years".

Among the five movies, Rose, Gold and Lifetime are adapted from novels.

Lifetime tells the story of a couple. The boyfriend has cancer and insists on breaking up with his girlfriend. The girlfriend refuses to leave him and marries him in a wedding dress to complete the marriage contract.

Kang Mucheng commented: "The main force of Valentine's Day box office is women, but now this set is no longer popular."

Jian Jing deeply agrees.

Another film that has received more attention is Sixty Years.

This is a documentary that tells a true story: in the last century, wars broke out across the motherland. The heroine separated from her husband after their wedding and lost track of each other since then. They have not seen each other for sixty years.

Sixty years later, she found her lost husband. But he had married and had children, and his children and grandchildren were around him. Facing her who had waited for sixty years, he was silent and just said "I thought you were gone."

It turned out that the collapse of faith was just a matter of a moment.

With gray hair, she found that her whole life had been wasted on meaningless waiting. So she decided to live for herself in the last few years of her life.

She was like a kite with its string cut off, and began to travel aimlessly by herself, going everywhere and looking everywhere.

"I'm afraid he won't be able to find me when he comes back," the old woman said. "I haven't left since I came back from the calamity."

The director of the documentary used the camera to record the old woman's last few years, her relationship with the mountains, the sea, her past, and her sixty years of fruitless love.

Sincerity is the most touching.

Jian Jing watched the trailer and thought the movie was a strong opponent.

But Kang Mucheng said, "The box office won't be high."

Everyone can interpret love, and every Valentine's Day movie interprets a certain aspect of love. However, most people who walked into the theater on that day might prefer to watch a man marrying a boyfriend with cancer rather than watching a man who has a sudden enlightenment sixty years later.

He predicted: "Rose Gold has a good future."

On February 14, Valentine's Day, "Rose Gold" premiered at 0:00.

Jian Jing was invited to attend the premiere.

Just like "Hide and Seek", the lobby was filled with invited media, creators and related friends.

Everyone chatted quietly, talking about gossip and news in the circle, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

At 23:59, the lights dimmed, the surroundings were quiet, and a welcome message appeared on the big screen: "Welcome to the premiere of "Rose, Gold and Killer".

Then the subtitles passed by and entered the opening.

The opening was actually a comic book, with a style that was more like a fairy tale book, a bit like the Little Prince. But the tone was gloomy, there were a lot of vertical shadows on the heroine's face, and the tone was suppressed.

The heroine's monologue sounded: "When I was twelve years old, my parents died."

The pages turned, and a dark figure flashed by quickly.

"A group of people rushed into the house and killed them."

The comic form of expression has an advantage. The violent and bloody shots are not as exciting as real people, so they are easy to pass the review and can add enough details.

On the page, the bodies of the parents lay on the ground, like broken dolls.

"I hid on the rack outside the air conditioner and escaped."

In the bloody night, on the cold outer wall, the curled up little girl hid in the shadow of the air conditioner.

Her eyes, like a cat, were cold and gleaming.

"From that day on, I decided to take revenge."

In an instant, the dark comics dissipated and connected with the real world. The TV was broadcasting news about gold robbers, and the host said: "The police found a strange note on one of them..."

A photo of the note was posted on the screen, which was a string of strange patterns.

This is the rose code that runs through the entire text.

The first twenty minutes was a one-man show for the girl. She tried to crack the code and find the tens of millions of gold hidden by the robbers, but there were several shots that were very clever.

For example, when she passed by a bus on the street, there was half of the killer's profile on the bus window. Another example was when she was looking for rose patterns on the walls in the streets and alleys, and on the windowsill above her head, she saw the killer cleaning up withered flower pots.

In this part of the plot, the girl rarely speaks, mostly speaking in her mind, explaining her reasoning and code.

In other words, all emotions need to be expressed through body language.

The actress who plays the heroine is only 18 years old. She was just admitted to the drama academy this year, but she has many years of acting experience. Director Mei asked many people to find this candidate.

Her acting skills are not perfect, but her eyes are bright and full of spirit. In addition, she herself has suffered misfortune, and she exudes a silent and tough temperament from the bottom of her heart.

Comprehensive consideration, it is very consistent with the heroine.

The girl finally found the gold. The dazzling gold appeared on the screen at the moment, and she curled her lips and showed a sweet smile.

The story also reached a small climax here.

But the next question is, how can she use this money to complete her revenge?

The killer appears.

When the girl found the killer, he was... repairing a computer.

White T-shirt, khaki pants, messy hair, lunch boxes on the table, the computer host was disassembled, and parts were scattered all over the table.

The girl's eyes revealed confusion. Is this a killer, not a otaku?

Jiang Baiyan sat next to Jian Jing and whispered in her ear: "In order to shoot this shot, I specially learned how to repair computers."

Jian Jing: "Ahem."

He fell silent.

The girl begged him to avenge her, but the killer refused.

Jiang Baiyan reproduced his performance during the audition, with a calm and soft tone, not indifferent, not cold, as if he casually rejected an invitation to watch a movie on the weekend.

There was no reason, no hidden secrets, no difficulties, just a plain refusal.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and then she persisted: "Why? I have money."

"I am not short of money." He said.

The girl appealed to his emotions and reasoned: "My father and mother were killed. They did not commit any crime. They died like this for no reason... I must avenge them."

He looked up at her strangely and said, "What does it have to do with me?"

The girl gritted her teeth: "What do you want me to do to help me?"

He said, "I am not interested, you can go back."

The girl returned home in defeat. But she did not give up. She came again the next day with a golden brick.

The killer shook his head.

On the third day, she took the initiative to take care of his dead plants and told him how to plant potted plants.

He was still indifferent.

On the fourth day, she said nothing. She followed him wherever he went and said, "If you don't agree, I won't leave."

The killer didn't care.

But the girl had her own persistence. Since she decided to take revenge, she has encountered many difficulties. She will never turn back until the end, otherwise this long road of revenge will never reach the end.

"Yes, I have encountered difficulties, but I can solve it, and I must solve it." Late at night, she said to herself while lying in bed.

On the seventh day, she went to find the killer again and told him clearly: "If your reason can convince me, I will never pester you again, but you rejected me without any reason, I don't recognize it."

"Why can't you refuse without a reason?" he asked.

"If there is no reason to refuse, why don't you agree?" she asked back.

The killer thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out why he didn't want to agree. Why? Was he tired? Or was he afraid of death and the price he had to pay?

He was like walking on a foggy street, unable to see where he was coming from or where he was going.

"Okay then." He agreed.

Because, "I want to know why I don't want to agree."

- From this moment on, his soul awakened.

After the movie was shown, many film critics mentioned this plot and commented: "Unlike many plot settings that add challenges to the heroine, here we can clearly see that the key is not the heroine's persistence and perseverance - although it is indeed reflected - but the director wants to express the killer's self-awakening.

"Only when people ask about their origins and destinations can they realize their own value, distinguish their souls from others, and produce their own brilliance..."

The killer began to look for the answer to his own question, but the girl fell into the abyss of revenge.

After locking in the enemy and investigating the whole story of the murder, the girl finally knew why her parents were killed: they were witnesses to a conspiracy.

The case was unraveled and the truth gradually emerged. Among the many suspects, the mastermind behind the scenes surfaced.

This section of reasoning is quite standard, and there is nothing wrong with it. The chain of evidence is complete and self-consistent. 10 points is not good, but 7 points is okay. Yes.

At the same time, the budding love will be much more colorful.

Compared with the restrained text, Director Mei is more unrestrained in this regard. Although there is no confession, the eye contact between the two sides and the involuntary small movements all hint at the change of feelings.

On the bustling street, sharp and hidden support.

On a summer evening, walking together under the shade of the sycamore trees.

Talking about the past, the distant and quiet river.

At a certain moment, I would have an illusion that maybe this is a youth pure love movie.

However, revenge soon reappeared and broke the peaceful dream.

The truth came out, and the girl wanted to kill the enemy with her own hands and pay the blood debt with blood.

"Only in this way can I quell my hatred. "She said to the killer.

At this moment, the killer suddenly woke up. He understood why he refused and had a premonition of his fate.

Once his hands were stained with blood, they could never be washed clean. For the rest of their long lives, they would carry the weight of life and move forward with difficulty.

Why reject her? Because money, fame, and power could not stop him from falling into hell.

He longed for redemption, hoping to leave the abyss and live in the sun.

But in this life, this is a luxury.

Fortunately, he can still save her.

"Before watching this film, I thought it was a clichéd story of redemption. I was half right. It is indeed redemption, but it is not about a sunny girl breaking into the heart of a dark killer and love giving him a new life.

"On the contrary, it was the killer who saved the girl and saved his own soul. He understood his mistakes and realized the preciousness of life again. His self-sacrifice saved the girl from the crime of murder and also made his heart find peace. It seems tragic, but it is the opposite.

"Is this a love story? Yes, I believe the killer and the girl like each other, but it is just love. Everyone, the director, or the original author has been emphasizing one thing: what is beautiful is not the person you love, but love itself."

- Excerpted from a well-known film critic's Weibo.

There are even more exaggerated media. The next day, they directly put out an amazing title: "The best love movie in the past ten years, interpreting the true meaning of love: redemption of self"

"Rose, Gold and Killer" was released on the third day, and the real-time box office: 780 million.