Shen Nanyin, the principal soprano of the National Center for the Performing Arts, was off by one cent.
Thinner than a hair. But from that day on, she heard nothing else.
Until a friend thrust a video into her hands. Vertical screen, light chasing, lifting platform. That person didn't hesitate for a second on the stage, he was burning every second. She stared at the screen and found that her fingers paused for a long time.
Zhou Muchen. Top singing and dancing idol. He listened to every opera she performed in the third row, and after the show, he went around to the back door to wait for her. In December in Beijing, the wait is three hours.
He called her "Nanyin" - she had never let anyone call her that.
Then they broke up with two voices in different worlds. His love is the roar of the venue with thousands of people, and her love is the chasing light that remains on the stage after the opera ends.
She locked herself in a bookstore deep in an alley. There were no cameras, no chasing lights, just a person quietly waiting for her to get better.
Until one winter evening, she saw a much thinner figure at the back door. There is no cigarette in hand. Eyes are still bright.
In the bookstore behind her, the lights were still on.
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Two worlds, two lives.
Concept: Love is not about giving up oneself to become what others expect, but about two people standing on the stage they are best at, with different lights, but both are on.