Caged Light

Twenty-three-year-old Xu Mu is the poorest independent photographer in the Beijing art circle and the most skilled photographer. In order to pay for his adoptive mother's dialysis fee, he would lower his head to take pictures of a dinner party that he disdained. However, when Party A asked to "photograph me thinner," he sneered and pressed the shutter, exposing the greasy original appearance of the other party to the camera. On the night he lost his job, Shen Ruohua, the "godmother of art" with a net worth of tens of billions, found him. The annual salary is 600,000 yuan, including food and accommodation, and the condition is to sign an unlimited life contract. What Shen Ruohua wants is not an obedient vassal, but a "collection" with flaws but excellent foundation - she repairs him, polishes him, puts him into a gilded picture frame, but does not allow him to break free. Xu Mu knew the rules too well: this 200,000 down payment bought his mother's life and his own freedom. From then on, he held the top equipment she provided and photographed the hypocritical prosperity of Vanity Fair. However, every time the shutter was pressed, through the viewfinder, he could see the old wounds hidden in the eyes of this cold hostess. This is a story about being sober and sinking. He knows that she is a cage and a creditor; She knew that he was an eagle and that he was a dead end. In this hunt in the name of money, who is the final prey? Purpose: 1. The game of survival and dignity: The story explores how individuals can maintain their inner pride and uncompromise while maintaining the bottom line of survival under extreme realistic pressure. Xu Mu's "taking the check" is not a fall, but the courage to choose to move forward with the shackles on his back after recognizing the cruel truth of life. 2. Examination of art and capital: Through the perspective of a photographer, we deconstruct the glamorous appearance of the art world and the cold logic of capital operations. Attempting to express the true artistic value should not be arbitrarily priced by capital, but in the torrent of reality, how creators can maintain their own gaze is the core proposition of this work. 3. The mutual redemption of two lonely souls: Shen Ruohua and Xu Mu, one is a capital controller who has everything but has lost his warmth, and the other is a penniless genius with a fiery soul. Their initial relationship between "stocking" and "being stocked" has gradually evolved into a complex bond that mirrors each other and warms each other in a cold world.