Beijing, Maxim Western Restaurant.
This was the most expensive restaurant in Beijing in the 1980s. It was a Sino-foreign joint venture and had just opened a year ago.
The restaurant is decorated with a large number of crystal chandeliers and wall lamps. The windows are all colorful stained glass. The murals on the walls are copied from the Louvre and the Forbidden City. They are a splendid combination of Chinese and Western styles.
Because it is expensive, there are not many customers in the restaurant.
After coming to the capital, Yang Ye would occasionally come here to eat with Adjani, taking her to taste the taste of his hometown.
Of course, colleagues from the crew also came here. These "Hong Kong bosses" went to the capital to pick up girls, and they caused trouble to many big girls in the capital.
Yang Ye can't stop this kind of thing. When people see the money, they are willing to post it and have nothing to do with Yang Ye.
Yang Ye spent more money to pick up girls, and he was too embarrassed to tell others, so he just pretended not to see it!
At this moment, Adjani was drinking French onion soup elegantly, while Yang Ye was holding a pen and writing on a piece of letter paper.
Seeing that this guy was writing very seriously, Adjani couldn't help but curiously asked: "Who are you writing to?"
"Marguerite Duras."
Adjani became interested. Duras is the most famous writer in France today, and Adjani also admired her very much. She asked: "Why do you Want to write a letter to her?”
“I think her writing of “Lover” is wrong!”
This surprised Adjani. She had just finished reading “Lover”. 》.
“What’s wrong? I feel like the writing is great!”
"She's lying!"
"Lying? What do you mean?" Adjani was confused.
Yang Ye raised his head and said seriously: "The Chinese lover Duras described did not even have a name. He had a cowardly personality and relied on his family. He knelt to listen to his father's speech and squandered his father's property. He obeys his father's words and marries the girl arranged by his father... he is his father's puppet."
Yang Ye is talking about the image of the male protagonist in Duras's "The Lover", and Adjani is watching it. After reading the novel, she said "hmm" and said: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
Yang Ye said: "This is a typical image of the 'rich second generation' in colonial China in the eyes of white people. A stereotype. It is clear that Duras is pandering to her readers and not following her own heart."
"Why do you think so?"
"In the novel, the heroine Jane is dismissive of her Chinese lover because she is a noble white man and she is only with him for his money That's all. She also described that the Chinese man loved her humbly...
But at the end of the novel, when she left Saigon and returned to France, she saw her lover's black car parked on the pier. Crying secretly.
Well, because a white person can't cry for a Chinese, she can only hide and cry. But no matter what, this at least shows that she has feelings for her Chinese lover.
Isabel, if you lived in that era, would you fall in love with such a humble and cowardly Chinese man? ”
"Of course I won't...well, you are different, my dear chick, you are a brave and romantic Chinese man."
Yang Ye smiled calmly, grabbed the back of her hand, and kissed it gently After a moment, he continued:
"But Duras can! This is an autobiographical novel. Jane is Duras himself. This story happened when she was fifteen and a half years old.
More than fifty years later, Duras still wrote this story affectionately in the last days of her life.
At the beginning of the story, she even said, 'In my life. When I was eighteen years old, my blooming years had already withered.'
The meaning of this sentence is very clear. Her whole life is lived in memories. She loves her Chinese lover deeply and will never forget it in her life!
So, is this man worth remembering her whole life really as humble and cowardly as written in the book? I don’t believe it! "
"This... love is sometimes unreasonable. "
"No, love is the mutual attraction between two people. For example...because you are beautiful, I fell in love with you at first sight.
So I get close to you, show off my kung fu in front of you, take you to see my movies, and sing love songs to you, because... I love you! ”
Adjani smiled and said: "Then do you know when I fell in love with you? It wasn't when I agreed to go to bed with you."
"Well...could it be after you went to bed with me?" Yang Ye said confidently.
“Get out!” Adjani smiled and hit Yang Ye, and said, “The experience that night was naturally wonderful, but I just regarded it as a romantic one-night stand.”
Ah Jiani picked up the wine glass and took a sip of red wine, and continued: "That was when...we were about to separate. I said, sing another song for me.
Then, you really sing for me. I sang a farewell song, so romantic and affectionate. I thought, at that moment, I fell in love with you."
Adjani said, with a gentle smile on her face, she softly hummed the song "The Departing Train" given to her by Yang Ye:
"After all, not a single tear fell. Your smile makes me relax, and I try to find some comfort.
What I want is to snuggle tightly in your arms, so that I can remember your warm body temperature for a long time.
The train is going away, away from me...far away..."
She said: "Dear, can you sing for me again"
"Of course, I'm very happy. But speaking of songs, I recently wrote a new song. Do you want to listen to it?"
"Yes, what song is it?"
"Yes. The theme song I wrote for the upcoming movie "Lover", do you remember the opening sentence of "Lover"? "
"Which sentence?"
"I remember you. , you were very young at that time, and everyone said you were beautiful, but I want to tell you that you are more beautiful now than when you were young. Compared with your appearance then, I love your appearance now that has been damaged by time!"
"Of course I remember, it's a very romantic love story."
"Wait a moment!" Yang Ye waved, and the waiter came over quickly.
“I want to go up and sing a song to this beautiful lady, is that okay?”
“Of course, Mr. Yang, it’s our restaurant’s honor!”
Yang Ye walked up to the stage, took the guitar, adjusted the strings, and said in French: "This song is for my lover, Miss Isabel Adjani, I will love you forever!"
After Yang Ye finished speaking, the French and Chinese people eating in the restaurant all looked at where Adjani was sitting and raised their glasses to her.
The music flowed out like water, and Yang Ye sang affectionately: "
When you are old, your hair is white, and you are sleepy
When you are old, you can't walk Moved, taking a nap by the fire, reminiscing about youth
How many people have loved you in your youthful and happy moments, admired your beauty, pretending or sincerely
Only one person still loves your pious soul and the wrinkles on your old face.
When you get old, your eyebrows droop and the lights dim.
The wind blows, your news, this is me, the song in my heart..."
After Yang Ye sang the song, there was warm applause in the restaurant.
Yang Ye put down his guitar amidst applause, walked off the stage, casually took a rose from a table, and walked towards Adjani...
Adjani happily took the rose, and the two hugged each other and had a French kiss as if no one else was around.
......
"The lyrics are very familiar...is it a poem by the Irish poet Yeats?" Adjani couldn't hide the gentle smile in her eyes.
“Yes, I thought it was very suitable, so I adapted it!”
“It is indeed very suitable, because this poem by Yeats was also dedicated to her lover. His My lover is also an actor.”
"I am luckier than Yeats, because Maud Gonne never accepted Yeats's pursuit. And you, Isabel, we have each other!"
Yang Ye talks about love words one after another, listen to Adjani was beaming with joy, and the French loved this tune.
Maude Gonne was a British actress. Yeats proposed to her three times in his life, but she rejected them all.
Yeats and Mao De Gang, just like Jin Yong and Xia Meng, have been licking her for a lifetime, writing poems, novels, and scripts for her... but they still haven't licked her.
Having said that, maybe it is because you have been in love all your life that you can create so many excellent literary works, right?
If you lick it, you won’t be able to read such wonderful novels or read such beautiful poems.
Licking well!
No is better!
......
Yang Ye and Adjani were bored for a while, and continued to talk about Duras and her Chinese lover.
Yang Ye concluded that Duras did not tell the truth in the novel. Adjani said: "Are you so sure?" Yang Ye smiled and said: "Do you know another novel by Duras? It's called "The Dam Against the Pacific" "
Adjani nodded and said, "I know, it was made into a movie, but I wasn't born yet."
" In that novel, there is also a Chinese man named Mr. Ruo. He is very ugly. He is always outside the story and is very strange.
After reading "The Lover", I finally figured out what Ruo is. The husband and the Chinese lover are the same person, why are the images in the two stories so different?
This shows that there is another hidden meaning in this story. Duras does not know why she did not tell the truth. "
"How is this possible? I think you are overthinking this. This is just writing a novel. "
"If you don't believe it, why don't we make a bet. "
"What to bet on? "
"I bet Duras will eventually tell me what her real first love looks like after receiving my letter. ”
"Where's the bet?"
"Whatever!"
"If you lose, you have to spend at least one month every year to accompany little Elaine and me!"
Yang Ye sighed, held her white and tender palm, and said: "No need to gamble, I can do it."
"Compared to your rhetoric, I think the contract is more effective."
"Okay, I am a person with a contractual spirit. But what if you lose?"
"At your mercy!"
"You said so?"
“I am also a person with a spirit of contract!”
……
Although Yang Ye plans to star in "The Lover" himself, he will be obsessed with Sophie Marceau in the movie.
However, he was not interested in the chain-smoking male protagonist in "Lover".
Yang Ye doesn’t want to play that trash, it would be too detrimental to his image!
So, Yang Ye wants to change the script!
For this reason, Yang Yecai personally wrote a letter to Duras, hoping that she could tell him what her real Chinese lover was like.
Why is Yang Ye so sure that Duras is not telling the truth?
Because he is a time traveler, he knows that Duras's first love is called Li Yuntai.
In 1990, Duras received the news of Li Yuntai's death, couldn't help himself, and rewrote "The Lover".
Compared with "The Lover", the new story has a more affectionate description and a more lingering narrative. It is the pinnacle of Duras's career.
The image of the lover has also changed greatly compared to before, and his character is very confident.
He talked and laughed happily with Jane's mother and eldest brother. He was a successful young man and a real man!
The image of the Chinese lover rewritten by Duras completely subverts the Western collective imagination model of the East.
He is more likeable, stronger, bolder, more beautiful, healthier, taller and more elegant than the original lover image.
He rarely cries and laughs most of the time. He is also a handsome man.
Duras describes his lover:
"His body is slender, flexible and perfect, and has a certain wonderful beauty like his hands";
"The skin is soft and golden, and his body is very healthy and beautiful"...
< br>Everyone who has watched the movie "Lover" knows that there is a scene in the movie where Liang Jiahui invites the heroine Jian's family to dinner. As a result, Liang Jiahui is frightened by Jian's eldest brother and has no resistance.
But in the story that Duras finally rewrote, "the Chinese are in the center like stars and the moon", and the concepts of European center and white superiority were completely disintegrated.
When faced with the domineering white Westerners, the lover behaved neither humble nor overbearing, polite and polite, chatting and laughing happily.
This is the image that Yang Ye needs. The Liang family plays that loser, and Yang Ye would never know how to act.
Although Yang Ye is greedy for Sophie Marceau's body, he will not ruin his image because of it!
He is China’s number one tough man who has defeated many invincible opponents in the world. He is the face of China and the pride of countless Chinese people.
……
At the last moment of her life, Margaret Duras followed her heart and admitted her love for her Chinese lover.
She wrote in the novel: "I have fallen in love with you a long time ago. I will never forget you!"
She even hoped that they could get married, that she would give him children, and that the family of three would live happily. .
At the end of the movie "Lover": the heroine calmly boarded the ship, while Liang Jiahua hid in the dark and watched her secretly, timidly and reluctantly.
The boat drove away, and the Liang family drove their car and chased it along the embankment of the Mekong River, like a dog.
But in Duras's final version of the story, this was not the case. Jane was not calm at all. She cried very sadly. She hugged her lover and said many sentimental words of love.
……
Margaret soon received Yang Ye’s letter.
Ms. Marguerite Duras:
Before reading "The Lover", I read another of your books, "The Dams Against the Pacific".
In that story, there was a Chinese named Mr. Ruo.
He is very ridiculous, stupid, timid, ugly, and has nothing but money.
The heroine Susan only had sex with him once, for money, and she felt very disgusted afterwards.
But in the story "Lover", Jane and her lover often make love, which is very happy and very touching.
She even loved him and cried when she boarded the ship and left Vietnam.
If I guessed correctly, these two people are actually the same prototype. You told the same story twice.
But I think you haven't followed your heart yet, because there are a lot of gaps that haven't been filled in the story of "The Lover."
In order to figure out the mystery, I sent someone to Saigon to inquire about this matter.
Unfortunately, your Chinese lover... Li Yuntai has passed away many years ago.
He was buried in Sadec, and the blue house you described still exists and is occupied by his children.
Beloved in Sadec for his kindness and simplicity, he became very religious in his later years.
Ms. Margaret, I don’t know what your reasons are, but Mr. Li Yuntai is not what you describe in your book.
You have told a story twice over the past fifty years.
You even said that when you were "eighteen years old, your blooming years had already withered and withered."
Then, I think you love Mr. Li Yuntai!
You have lived in the memories related to him all your life and have never forgotten him.
Now, "Lover" is being made into a movie.
More people will know the story of you and Li Yuntai through the movie.
I want to know: Are you willing to let Mr. Li live in the eyes of the world with such a humble and cowardly image?
Or can you give him his true face and let the world see what the real Mr. Li is like?
Looking forward to hearing from you!
...
Yang Ye directly told Duras the news of Li Yuntai's death, with the purpose of stimulating the third story in advance.
And this story is what Yang Ye needs, the real... "Lover".
To hell with Liang Jiahui's version of "Lover"! (End of this chapter)