Now in Neon, the most well-known actress is Wang Zuxian. Neon movie magazine "Road Show" lists the best foreign stars of the year selected by readers every year. From 1988 to this year, Wang Zuxian has been on the list for several consecutive years, and She once topped the list of most popular foreign female stars.
This year, Neon's movie magazine "Screen" selected the top ten most popular female stars in 1992. Wang Zuxian ranked sixth and was the only Chinese actress selected.
For many Neon movie fans, when it comes to Chinese actresses, the first thing they think of is Wang Zuxian.
Wang Zuxian is no stranger to neon. Last year, she went to neon to shoot a Shiseido advertisement. She was also the first foreign spokesperson Shiseido found. When Shiseido approached Wang Zuxian to shoot an advertisement, it caused a stir. A small sensation.
That’s why Shu Nomura was so surprised when he saw Joey Wang.
Wang Zuxian knew that a Neon column team was coming today, so he was not surprised at all, and even took the initiative to say hello to the camera.
"Hello everyone, I am Joey Wong. Welcome everyone to pay attention to the new movie "The Sixth Sense" directed by Zhou Yan. I also performed in it."
Nomura Shu looked at the man talking to the camera Wang Zuxian couldn't express the excitement in his heart. He never expected that there would be an unexpected surprise when he came to interview Zhou Yan today.
One is a Chinese musician who is a hot new star in Neon, and the other is a Chinese actress who is the most popular in Neon. Interviewing either of them is enough to ensure the ratings of their show, but now they are meeting together arrive.
"Ms. Wang Zuxian, we are all your fans."
Neon people are also quite good at saying kind words, and now they have all turned into Wang Zuxian's fans.
"Ms. Wang Zuxian, can I interview you for a few questions?"
Wang Zuxian agreed very generously, "No problem, but it can only be related to the movie."
Nomura Shu nodded, "Can you tell me what kind of role you played in the movie?"
"I played the hero's wife..."
Next, the two of them started asking and answering questions about the movie. Basically, Joey Wong would answer Nomura Shu's questions.
Wang Zuxian's level of cooperation was somewhat beyond Shu Nomura's imagination. He couldn't help but sigh, Miss Wang Zuxian is really kind-hearted and very approachable.
Zhou Yan couldn't let Shu Nomura and others catch Joey Wang alone for a chat, so he pulled He Saifei and Zhang Jiahui over and asked them to chat with Nomura Shu.
After the main actors finished chatting, Zhou Yan asked Wang Xiaoshuai and others to show their faces.
Actually, Zhou Yan knows that Show Nomura and the others will definitely cut out most of the content in the end, but as long as they film it now, there is still the possibility of appearing in the final program later. If they don’t film it now, Even if I want to cut their content in later, I won’t be able to do it.
Appearing on Neon TV doesn't seem to mean much to Wang Xiaoshuai and the others, but this thing is inherently a business without capital. It's always a good thing to show more faces. Maybe Wang Xiaoshuai and the others can become the main players in the Neon TV show in the future. As for Hong’s great director, no one can say for sure what happens in this world.
As for Leung Ka-fai, Zhou Yan still hopes that more of his content can be edited into the program.
Liang Jiahui is different from Wang Xiaoshuai and others. He is currently on the rise in his career, and he is also an actor who relies on his "face" to make a living. Showing more face this time will also help him enter the neon market in the future.
If there is a suitable script in the future, Zhou Yan still wants to cooperate more with Tony Leung Ka Fai.
After taking Shu Nomura and the others around the site, Zhou Yan asked Jiang Xia to take them to dinner without him accompanying him.
Today’s program recording is over.
Although the recording time today was not particularly long, Show Nomura and the others were already satisfied because they had recorded everything that was supposed to be recorded, and even captured Wang Zuxian.
Zhou Yan had promised to give Nomura Shu and the others the videotape before, but he did not forget it and asked Jiang Xia to get a copy for them.
......
Zhou Yan had a meal with Wang Zuxian and others at noon, and then returned to the school's concert hall.
The students of Composition 88 were rehearsing in the concert hall this afternoon, and he came over to take a look.
Although Zhou Yan is no longer in Composition 88, many students in his class will still consult Zhou Yan whenever they have questions over the past year. In the hearts of many students in Composition 88, Zhou Yan is their best teacher.
No one from Composition 88 graduated early last year, and they all graduated together this year. In the past two years, the level of their class has improved rapidly, especially after Zhou Yan arrived in their class, the attention of their class suddenly increased.
Under this kind of attention, coupled with Zhou Yan’s encouragement and guidance, the students’ mood changed quickly.
Zhou Yan has also been paying attention to them. He has listened to everyone's graduation works and given some guidance. The songs of Shen Huaigang and Xu Lang are the most outstanding. This is also what Zhou Yan expected. These two people His talent is already high.
Especially this kid Xu Lang. When Xu Lang entered Yangyin, his academic performance was very good, but he met a bastard like Li Bingyang and delayed him.
But in music, talent is so important. Even if Xu Lang was delayed for two or three years, he made great efforts in the next two years and made very rapid progress.
Actually, Zhou Yan is quite partial. Although he can give guidance to each of the dozen or so students of 88 Composition, he has to be more attentive every time he gives guidance to Xu Lang.
This can't be helped, because this kid can quickly accept whatever Zhou Yan tells Xu Lang. This kind of feedback is really enjoyable for the teacher.
When Zhou Yan arrived at the concert hall, not only were the 88 composers there, but Yu Ran and Fang Xiu were also there.
This year’s Graduation Works Exchange Meeting, every year’s Graduation Works Exchange Meeting, is jointly organized by the Composition Department and the Orchestral Department. It is not only an exhibition of graduation works by the Composition Department students, but also a graduation performance by the Orchestra Department students.
Yu Ran and Fang Xiu will also graduate this year.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Xu Lang jumped down from the stage, "Brother, why do you have time to come?"
Zhou Yan looked at the stands and smiled, "I'll do it. Look, you are rehearsing. You are about to go to war this weekend. Are you nervous?”
Xu Lang laughed, “I’m not nervous. There are semester work exchange meetings every semester.”
Zhou Yan shook his head, "This is different. How many people were there at the semester work exchange meeting?"
"The time you were there before, there wasn't even enough room to sit in the classroom? We've all seen such big scenes."
"Okay, keep this calmness and confidence, I will pay attention to you in the audience when the time comes."
While the two were talking, monitor Shen Huaigang also came over, "Brother, senior , you’re here.”
Hearing Shen Huaigang’s name, Zhou Yan was stunned, “What did you call me?”
"Brother." Shen Huaigang explained with a smile, "You see, the key point of senior brother is the word "brother", and the key point of "brother" is the word "master". You are both our elder brother and our teacher. We call you brother senior the most. "Appropriate."
Zhou Yan twitched his lips. This title sounded too awkward, but he didn't dwell on it. He turned to look at the stage, said hello to Yu Ran and the others, and then asked Shen Huaigang: "Did everything go well for this graduation performance?"
"Yes, everything went well. Teacher Jia has arranged everything for us."
Zhou Yan nodded, "You guys can rehearse. , Don’t worry about me, I’ll just take a look below.”
“Okay.”
Then they didn't talk much and started to go on stage to continue rehearsing.
After a while, more students from 88 Composition came over one after another, and they all ran over to say hello to Zhou Yan.
Their rehearsal time is arranged in advance. Basically, five or six students will be arranged to rehearse in half a day, and each student will only practice the song a few times.
But during the following period, every student basically practiced every three days.
In fact, for relatively high-level performers, most students’ graduation works are not difficult to perform, especially for players like Fang Xiu and Yu Ran who have participated in concerts. Generally, you can get familiar with the music after a few times.
However, not all students in the orchestral department are masters. Even in a place like Yangyin, there are many bastards.
In the composition department, it is basically impossible for a student to be worse in fifth grade than when he first entered the school. This is mainly because most students in the composition department have little knowledge of composition when they first arrive at the school. Didn't know much about it.
Many composition students have been practicing a certain musical instrument since they were young. During the art exam, they will do a little bit of composing. As long as they can write a piece that is not particularly contradictory.
In this case, they will definitely continue to make progress in school. It is a question of how fast they make progress.
But it’s different in the orchestra. Some students are really not as good as their freshman when they are seniors.
Some students have been practicing piano since childhood and went to the conservatory of music without holding their breath. However, after arriving, they no longer want to practice piano at all.
Practicing the piano is just like practicing boxing. If you don’t practice hard enough, it won’t work. If you don’t practice for a while, you will become rusty.
Zhou Yan sat in the audience and listened for more than an hour, and Jia Guoping also came.
Going to sit next to Zhou Yan, Jia Guoping whispered, "How is it? The level of this class is actually pretty good, right?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, although it's not special. Outstanding, but the overall level is pretty good.”
"Aren't the works of Xu Lang and Shen Huaigang okay? You can't hold them to your own standards. If we were to follow your standards, would there be any outstanding ones in our school in the past ten years?"
"According to Li Tao What's the standard?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.
Jia Guoping rolled his eyes, "Li Tao is also a weirdo. He wins by quantity. There will always be one or two good ones among a bunch of bad songs."
"No matter what the reason is, he wins by quantity. What a win, Li Tao’s level is indeed very high.”
“It’s a pity that I met you, otherwise he would also be the number one composer in 87.”
"And you."
The two laughed silently. If Li Tao were placed in the next few years, he would definitely be a man of the hour in the department. However, when he met Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping, he had only one " "Sage of Love", he didn't get any other titles.
"How is studying abroad going now?" Zhou Yan asked.
"It's basically settled. I'll leave next spring. After Shen Huaigang and his friends graduate this time, I'll be on a business trip." Jia Guoping sighed slightly, "Actually, I'm quite contradictory sometimes. I still want to stay and continue teaching.”
When Jia Guoping said this, Zhou Yan didn’t think he was being pretentious. Zhou Yan knew that he really wanted Yangyin to be good and the composition department to be good.
"It's not like you're chopping firewood by sharpening your sword. It's not like you won't come back after studying abroad. When you come back for further studies, you can also increase the number of teachers in our school. I believe in you, and you won't be dazzled by the colorful world of the West. We are here The music theory studied in school is basically transmitted from the West. Don’t you want to go and see what’s going on?”
Hearing this, Jia Guoping burst into laughter and said, “You’re still here?” You persuade me, according to what you said, you should go out not only to see the Western music world, but also to let the Western music world see you."
Zhou Yan smiled and said nothing. .
If he just wants to pursue a higher artistic realm, he should really go out and have a look now, but if he wants the world to know him, then what he should do is to release more works that can be circulated.
"Eternal Night" is very good, and "Flow Wind" is very good. When the teachers of the composition department saw these two pieces of music, they all gave a thumbs up. However, no matter how good these two pieces of music are, they are only It allows him to maintain his identity as an artist within a small circle.
No matter how well we follow the path of the classical masters, we cannot surpass them. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms... these mountains are insurmountable by modern people.
Why many musicians like to be avant-garde and experiment? No matter how many reasons there are, they are just because they want to escape from the masters and redefine a new genre and a new period.
Seeing that Zhou Yan was silent, Jia Guoping said nothing more and raised his head to watch the rehearsal on the stage.
After watching for more than an hour, the two got up and walked out of the concert hall. They planned to go to the cafeteria to eat first while there were few people.
Halfway there, Jia Guoping suddenly said, "Xinning is also going to study in Germany."
Zhou Yan turned to look at him, "What about you?"
"We are going to get the certificate before leaving."
"Congratulations, do you want to have a wedding?"
" Xinning said we can’t do it, but I think it would be too unfair to her if we don’t do it.”
“I think we still have to do it. It may not matter to you two, but your parents and senior sister’s parents must also do it. I hope to attend your wedding. But this matter still needs to be discussed between the two of you. I have seen too many couples quarrel over marriage." Then Zhou Yan smiled again, "Actually, marriage is also a run-in between couples. When organizing a wedding, you will encounter various problems that you need to face together.”
"Well, I'll discuss it with her later." Jia Guoping nodded, then patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder and said, "If we are going to have a wedding, you can't just let it go."
Zhou Yanpai He promised, "It's my duty. It's not just me. When the time comes, none of the boys in our department will be able to escape. I promise to make your wedding to your senior sister a beautiful one."
Jia Guoping laughed. He patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder again, "With your words, my heart is settled."
......
On Saturday morning, at the entrance of the concert hall, several 88 composition students Already arrived early. "Are you nervous?" Liu Ke asked.
Xu Lang smiled and said, "What is there to be nervous about?"
Liu Ke rubbed his hands, "No, I didn't feel it yesterday, but now I suddenly feel a little nervous. If Today is the same as last year, the concert hall is full, I will definitely be nervous."
"You girls have poor mental quality," Xu Lang curled his lips, "The more people we have, the better. We will definitely see bigger scenes. This is just a matter of sprinkling water. We musicians must have the mental quality to remain calm even if the mountain collapses."
Shen Huaigang comforted him, "Don't worry. There were so many people at last year's graduation work because my brother was going to perform on stage, so the attention he paid was so far away that it would be good if there were only one or two hundred people in the audience."
"Well, that's true." Liu Ke nodded, "But this brother sounds too strange."
"You won't feel strange if you listen more."
As time went by, more and more people came to the concert hall. At eight o'clock, someone came to open the door on time, and the students rushed in to start preparations for the performance.
At 8:30, many more spectators came one after another. The formation was indeed quite different from last year, but depending on the situation, there were still two to three hundred spectators excluding the musicians today.
At eight forty, Zhou Yan, Shi Wanchun, Jia Guoping and principal Liu Lin walked in, talking and laughing.
Seeing the teachers coming, Liu Ke felt her pressure doubled. She tugged on Shen Huaigang's clothes next to her, "What should I do, Huaigang, I'm suddenly nervous again."
Shen Huaigang patted Liu Ke's Hands, "Why are you so nervous? It's not like you don't know that the teachers are coming. It's normal for Principal Liu to come. Principal Wu also came last year."
Xu Lang on the side looked at Shen Huaigang Looking at Liu Ke's face and their hands together, they were stunned.
"What are you two doing?"
Shen Huaigang smiled and said, "We are dating someone, and I didn't tell you."
Xu Lang was stunned. The world was changing too fast. His good brother Shen Huaigang said women were troublesome every day, but he got single before graduation...
This guy is such a bitch.
Just when Xu Lang was filled with indignation, two people came in the door, one sitting in a wheelchair and the other pushing behind.
"Who is this?" Liu Ke asked curiously.
Shen Huaigang shook his head, "I don't know."
When they were wondering who the visitor was, Principal Liu Lin had already stood up with Shi Wanchun and a group of other teachers.
Liu Lin smiled and shook hands with Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng, "Mr. Yu Hua, Mr. Shi Tiesheng, welcome you to our school to participate in the graduation work performance of composition and orchestration."
Zhou Yan introduced, "This is Principal Liu Lin."
Yu Hua said with a smile, "Tiesheng and I have actually been here many times, but this is the first time we meet Principal Liu. "
"I heard from Teacher Zhou that you are all people who love music. If you want to listen to music in the future, just come to Yangyin. There are not many other places in our school, but you can hear music everywhere. "
Zhou Yan then introduced Shi Wanchun and Jia Guoping to Yu Hua and the others. After greeting each other, everyone took their seats.
Today was a special situation, so Shi Tiesheng did not sit in his wheelchair anymore. Zhou Yan arranged a seat for him in the first row.
As soon as Shi Tiesheng and the others sat down, several more people walked in from outside the door.
When the students saw clearly the appearance of the person coming, they couldn't help but exclaimed.
“Wang Zuxian!”
"Liang Jiahui!"
"Third aunt?"
The person who came was none other than the creative team of "The Sixth Sense".
Because the progress in the early stage was relatively fast and everything that needed to be done had been done, when the filming was approaching, the main creative staff felt a little more relaxed.
When they heard that Yangyin had a graduation work performance today, they all wanted to come and listen to it.
In fact, it was Wang Zuxian who instigated this matter.
Wang Zuxian had long known that today Zhou Yan would participate in the graduation performance of the Composition Department and the Orchestral Department. She had always wanted to watch it with Zhou Yan, but she couldn't come with Zhou Yan alone, so she encouraged everyone to come together. come over.
It doesn’t take any effort. She said it casually and everyone responded.
They have indeed been a little tired during this period of time. Of course they are willing to come and listen to a concert to relax.
A lot of people came to the crew, including actors, directors, and Liu Qing. There were more than 20 people in total.
Many students couldn't help but rub their eyes. They still couldn't believe that Wang Zuxian and Liang Jiahui were here.
After they walked in, they first went to greet Liu Lin and the others under the leadership of Zhou Yan, and then got to know Shi Tiesheng and Yu Hua.
Wang Zuxian specially ran to sit next to Zhou Yan. Anyway, she was the heroine of the movie, so others wouldn't think anything of it. By the time they all sat down, it was already 9:50.
At this time, Jia Guoping brought a microphone to Liu Lin. After Liu Lin took it, he tapped it twice, and the originally noisy concert hall immediately became quiet.
"Before the performance officially starts, let me say a few words. It is the annual graduation work performance again. Many years ago, I was preparing to perform my own work on the stage just like you. In a flash, So much time has passed. Sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, you have been studying at Yangyin for four or five years, which is a process of sowing and fertilizing, and today is the time for you and everyone in the audience to reap the fruits. Witness this important moment.”
Then Liu Lin looked at the first row again and said with a smile, "This year is quite special. Our graduation performance has welcomed some important guests. While there is still some time before the performance starts, I will briefly introduce to you. The person on my right is Mr. Yu Hua, a well-known writer. "
Yu Hua is not well-known among ordinary people, but some people still know his name and know that it is Yu Hua. They were also very surprised.
Although the others did not know Yu Hua, they all applauded to welcome him.
Yu Hua clasped his hands together as a greeting to everyone.
He didn't stand up, not because he was arrogant, but because Shi Tiesheng was sitting next to him.
The second person Liu Lin introduced was Shi Tiesheng, "The person next to Mr. Yu Hua is also a well-known writer, Mr. Shi Tiesheng."
Shi Tiesheng is obviously more famous than Yu Hua, and the discussion at the scene The sound and applause were both louder than when Yu Hua was introduced.
But this is nothing. When Wang Zuxian was introduced later, the applause was several levels higher than others. Even Liang Jiahui received much less applause than Wang Zuxian.
After introducing them, Liu Lin didn't say anything more, because he knew that time was precious, so he let the performance begin on the stage.
The first person to perform on stage was squad leader Shen Huaigang. After he came on stage, he did not introduce his work and started performing directly.
His graduation piece is a folk music quartet with the most common instruments including bamboo flute, erhu, pipa and guzheng. The song is called "Up to Tianshan".
The song expresses the changes in the mood of an ambitious person when he goes up the mountain. He was high-spirited at first, but later became tired and discouraged due to constant encounters with hardships, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, finally reaching the top.
The melody of this piece has ups and downs, but the overall tune is uplifting and very inspiring.
The song was not long, less than six minutes, but after the song ended, Shen Huaigang took the microphone and said a few words.
"Hello everyone, I am Shen Huaigang. I would like to thank all the leaders, teachers, classmates and other distinguished guests. Thank you for listening. This song is called "Up to Tianshan". What I want to express in this song is It’s the emotional change of a person when he goes up a mountain. In fact, isn’t our study process also a process of going up a mountain? ”
“We came to Yangyin full of enthusiasm and plunged into the ocean of music, but we would definitely encounter various difficulties along the way. For a while, I even thought that I would never be able to overcome these difficulties. I will never be able to climb a mountain in my life, but I still made it over in the end. Here, I would like to thank the school for the training and the leaders’ care. Finally, I would like to thank Teacher Zhou Yan and Teacher Jia Guoping. Without them, I might not be able to find my way back. Motivation to go up the mountain."
After that, Shen Huaigang bowed deeply to the audience, and then led the musicians off the stage, and the applause continued until they went down.
Shi Wanchun glanced at Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping not far away, with some relief in his eyes.
Although Shen Huaigang didn't say it clearly, Shi Wanchun knew what Shen Huaigang was referring to.
When Li Bingyang was here, these students in the 1988 class were indeed not very energetic. Later, Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping took over, and they were able to regain their vitality this time.
Zhou Yan applauded and sighed with emotion. In fact, he felt that he really didn't do much for the 88 students, but the students remembered his little kindness deeply in their hearts.
The technical performance of Shen Huaigang's song "Up to Tianshan" is average, but the mood is relatively full. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to go deeper in the future, but if he doesn't have such high requirements for himself, he can learn from Zhou Yan and go to The development of film, television and popular music may be able to find its own path.
After Shen Huai just stepped off the stage, Xu Lang curled his lips and said, "Why don't you dare to call me brother on stage?"
"Hehe, I wanted to call him brother, but I couldn't. It's all on his lips, but he still hasn't said anything." Shen Huaigang looked behind him and said, "Chen Youfang, it's your turn, why don't you hurry up and waste time?"
"Right away, right now, I'll tidy up my clothes. .”
...
After Chen Youfang came on stage, he first introduced his own music, then thanked the leaders, and finally thanked Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping in particular.
At first, no one thought it was anything.
But then almost every student who came on stage wanted to express special thanks to Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping, especially Zhou Yan, who was basically inseparable from him.
People in the composition department basically know why the 1988 students are like this, but others are not so sure. Even if it is a thank you, it is too exaggerated. Several students almost said it. Said crying.
Until the last Xulang came on stage and played his piece "Flowing Clouds", he skipped the "Thank you teacher" and "Thank you leader" sections and said directly, "Brother Zhou Yan, thank you, thank you for your gift." I have the courage and confidence to continue on the road of music. Without you, maybe I would have completely lost interest in music at this time. This song "Flow·Cloud" is a tribute to your "Flow·Wind". I will always regard you as my role model.”
“When we were most discouraged, you appeared in our lives like a beam of light, illuminating us, leading us, and taking us with us. Step out of the darkness and welcome the light. I will keep all your teachings and care in my heart..."
Hearing Xu Lang's "affectionate confession", Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this kid , how could you say these crude and disgusting words.
When Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian were in love, they never said such disgusting words.
The key is that Xu Lang doesn’t just say a few words, he keeps outputting.
"At this time last year, you were also the last one to perform on stage. At that time, I was sitting in the audience and watching your figure on the stage, I felt proud in my heart. Yes, our senior brother Zhou Yan is so... "
Hearing these disgusting words, Wang Zuxian was also suppressing laughter. She turned her head and gave Zhou Yan a look, almost laughing.
The others were similar. Although Xu Lang showed his true feelings, what he said was too disgusting.
But soon, when they saw Xu Lang shed tears, their suppressed laughter froze.
No matter how exaggerated and disgusting Xu Lang’s words were, his tears were really moving.
Wang Zuxian knew that Xu Lang was definitely not an actor. If he could perform this, this student would win the Best Actor Award.
Seeing that Xu Lang could not control his emotions, Jia Guoping hurriedly went on stage and said, "Thank you Xu Lang and all the performers for their wonderful performance. Today's last song ends here. Next , please ask the leaders to say a few more words."
After finishing speaking, Jia Guoping poked Xu Lang and asked him to go down.
After Liu Lin got the microphone, he briefly commented on the students' works. Each comment was very brief, only two or three sentences, but they were all to the point, proving that the students were During the performance, he really listened carefully.
After finishing speaking, Liu Lin handed the microphone to Shi Wanchun, who took the microphone and said a few words of congratulations, then handed the microphone to Zhou Yan and Jia Guoping, "The students thank you. Say a few words too.”
Jia Guoping shook his head, "I told them at the last class meeting two days ago that Zhou Yan will talk today."
"Okay, let Zhou Yan talk." Shi Wanchun poked the microphone in front of Zhou Yan with a sense of intolerance. The aura of rejection.
"Then let me say a few words."
Zhou Yan took the microphone with a smile, and the scene immediately burst into warm applause. There were three places that took the most enthusiastic photos. One was Liu Qing's group. One is from the composition department of 88, and the last one is a student from the composition department of 92.
After coughing slightly and trying the microphone, Zhou Yan said, "Now I stand here, not as teacher Zhou Yan, nor as senior brother Zhou Yan, but as an 88-level composition student. Let’s chat.”
When Zhou Yan said that he was an 88-level composition student, Xu Lang burst into tears, and the 1.8-meter-tall man cried like a child.
Xu Lang is usually very cheerful and lively as his name suggests, but at this time he is the most emotionally fragile. (End of this chapter)