There’s a legend in the entertainment industry:
An Mufeng and Cheng Xingye spent three winters filming Snowpiercer, but it still hasn’t aired.
An Mufeng and Hu Yang traveled the world filming Flowers and Youth, becoming each other’s salvation.
Cheng Xingye and Hu Yang went head-to-head at the Lunar New Year box office. Their films tied, but backstage they secretly arranged to grab a late-night bite.
That year, all three appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.
Onstage, Hu Yang stood between An Mufeng and Cheng Xingye, as if an entire galaxy lay between them.
Offstage, the three squeezed into a cramped dressing room. Cheng Xingye said, “Let’s run away.”
On the outskirts of Beijing, at three in the morning, fireworks burst overhead.
Cheng Xingye asked, “What would you say our relationship is?”
Hu Yang smiled at him. “You tell me.”
An Mufeng was silent for a long time, then said, “I guess… family.”
No one knew if that was the right answer.
But in that moment, the fireworks were theirs, the wind was theirs, and the whole night belonged to them.
Even if, come morning, they would have to return to their separate places and pretend to be strangers beneath the spotlights.
But at least tonight
Three people, one fireworks display, one secret.
