The screen lights up!
The entire screening venue fell silent in an instant.
Even the media reporters were staring intently at the screen. They were there to interview, but if they didn't even understand what the movie was about, how could they interview after the screening?
The media reporters on the scene may have no moral integrity, but they are still very professional.
The movie scene appeared~~!
The first to appear is the male protagonist, Adrian, played by young actor Paul Walker!
Along with Adrian's memories, the film's voice-over comes from the protagonist's mouth.
"Just last year, I was considered a genius, and I was convinced I had a bright future. All my efforts over the past 15 years have led to this moment—the Bernstein Piano Competition!"
"And yet...I failed!"
"That day, it was a complete failure!"
"I started to withdraw and stopped communicating with others. I endured the torture of failure alone, as if I had fallen into an abyss. However, I survived and became a piano tuner."
The protagonist Adrian's memories ended, and the audience also had a brief understanding of him.
"It's a good start. Short films should be clear and straightforward like this." Director Kaige nodded.
....
The movie "The Piano Tuner" officially enters the main storyline.
Dining room.
The male protagonist, Adrian, is wearing a black suit and black sunglasses and is having dinner in a restaurant.
At this time, the second character of the film appeared.
A fat middle-aged man!
Simon is an intermediary and an agent. He makes money by introducing clients who need piano playing and tuning to Adrian.
"Dude, I'm not here to see you eat disgustingly. I want to know how you manage to double the amount of work you get in a month."
At this moment, Agent Simon was a little angry and also had many doubts.
"Your clients appreciate my work, so what's so shocking about that?" the male protagonist said casually.
"Nonsense!"
The agent suppressed his anger and said, "I received a call today, saying they were looking for my blind tuner. Asshole, don't you want to explain?"
Blind tuner?
Adrian smiled and said slowly, "In the Mughal Empire, after the death of Emperor Shah Jahan's wife..."
"Stop, stop it, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." The agent interrupted Adrian angrily.
Adrian was neither annoyed nor anxious.
"In the Mughal Empire, after the death of his wife, Emperor Shah Jahan was overwhelmed with grief. One day, he summoned the best architect of the time."
When the architect came before the emperor, the emperor asked him, "Are you married?"
The architect replied, "Already married, Your Majesty."
The emperor asked again: "Do you love your wife?"
The architect replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, she is like my life, I love her more than anything else."
As soon as the words fell, the emperor's face suddenly showed surprise. "Very good, then I will sentence her to death. This way, you can empathise with my pain and build the best mausoleum in the world for my wife."
So the emperor executed the architect's wife, and the architect built the Taj Mahal instead.
Agent Simon: "…"
After the male protagonist, Adrian, finished telling this story, the agent Simon was still confused.
"People tend to think that when you lose something, you become more sensitive. Similarly, they think that because I'm blind, my other senses are more acute, and my hearing is almost perfect."
Adrien's tone was full of amusement.
He continued, "I'm a blind tuner!"
"They'll definitely tell their friends about it, and you know what? There are a lot of benefits to that. You'll get better tips, and people will be nicer to you."
"At the same time, they will be less wary and more relaxed. I also know a lot of their secrets."
To put it bluntly, it is to pry into their privacy!
As the male protagonist explained, the images on the movie screen kept changing.
The scenes are of him playing and tuning the piano in his clients' homes...
Male customers, take off their outer pants in the living room;
Young and beautiful women took off their clothes without any suspicion in front of him, a "blind man", and danced to the piano music;
There are many, many things like this.
Because he was blind, people would indulge him and sympathise with him, but not be on guard against him. This made him very happy to tease others without them realising it. He peeped into other people's privacy without restraint, and at one point he felt like he was God!
....
Movie viewing scene.
At this point in the film, many current audiences and filmmakers have suddenly understood the meaning of the so-called tuner in the film "The Tuner".
A blind tuner who has experienced failure in life and is "disguised" loves to pry into other people's privacy and enjoys teasing others without them knowing it.
That's right, he is a real person!
"Scum." A female audience member cursed.
"What a talent!" This is what a male audience member said.
....
Similarly, as the character in the movie "The Tuner" - agent Simon. After listening to Adrian's explanation, he couldn't help but blurt out: "You are so talented, asshole!"
"So I became blind." Adrian pulled down his sunglasses.
"What's this?"
"Contact lenses. You don't think I'm really blind, do you?!"
Adrian smiled again and said, "Being blind has a lot of advantages. Well, let me demonstrate it to you."
After saying this, he called a restaurant waiter while his agent looked confused.
"Waiter, one bill is missing from my change. No, not this one. The two bills are of different denominations. Just because I'm blind and can't see, you're easy to bully, right?! Well, in that case, I can only complain. Humph, you're discriminating against the blind. I want to talk to your manager. You're the manager? No, no, no, I'll pay. Since you insist, then fine, thank you for your generosity."
Scumbag!
Taking advantage of his blindness and the sympathy of the restaurant manager, Adrian shamelessly got a free lunch.
The scene changes~~
Adrian was standing on the street, waiting for the traffic light to change. At the same time, an old woman was waiting for the traffic light to change next to him.
For a moment, he became playful.
"Ma'am, do you need me to help you cross the street?" Adrian asked.
"Well..."
The old woman was confused. She looked at the traffic light, then at the guide stick in Adrian's hand, and became even more confused.
Anyone would probably be confused at this moment.
If a blind person offers to help you, a normal person, cross the street, everyone would find it ridiculous.
That's right, Adrian really enjoyed the feeling of teasing others and feeling superior.
....
The movie is halfway through!
At this moment, whether it is the movie audience, the media reporters, or the invited filmmakers, they are all looking forward to the next plot of the movie.
Just like that, under the audience's expectations, the male protagonist Adrian received another job. He came to the door of a customer's house, calmly took out the small notebook from his pocket, looked at it, closed it, put it in his pocket, and then rang the doorbell. Everything was so smooth.