Original title: you as a teenager Chen Nian's college entrance examination composition exposed and revealed himself 20 years later
On November 7, the official exposure of the role of Chen Nian in the film "young you" was a letter to 20 years later, which was also the topic of her composition for the college entrance examination.
In the letter, Chen Nian, 17, met Chen Nian, 37. The dialogue between them echoed the plot of the film and left endless reverie.
The text is as follows:
To a letter 20 years later
I've been watching you secretly for days.
You are 37 years old. You don't look too old. You don't have any signs of obesity. You wear light makeup, wear sneakers, wear simple clothes, and there is no logo on your bag. You have an AI auto cruising car, which is the standard configuration of this era. You get on the car and take out a book to read. Although global reading has long been electronic, you still adhere to the slightly more expensive habit of paper books. I don't know what you do. It must be very hard. Last time you entered the building, you didn't come out until 20 hours later. You still fell asleep on the return bus. I'm a little relieved that you didn't look terrible; But I'm also a little disappointed. You look like an ordinary office worker. It turns out that 20 years later, the most ordinary office workers in the world are still ordinary office workers. There's nothing new.
So I walked up at the red light and knocked on your window. The window slides down and you look at me.
You don't know me anymore. Like all 37 year olds, you don't know 17 year olds anymore.
I ask you: Chen Nian, am I worth living?
You stared in amazement. You probably didn't understand the boy's nerves. The window closed defensively and the car hurried away. I stood where I was sad, but a few minutes later, you came back.
You ask me: why do you ask this question? How do you know my name? I didn't answer. Silence is what all teenagers are good at.
So you took me home. You live in a small rental room, which is not gorgeous and neatly decorated. You let me take a bath and eat, just like another person used to take care of me. I look at you while eating. If you don't recognize me at the moment, you've really grown into a good man.
I'm picky: you don't have much money.
You smiled awkwardly.
I said: you don't look very smart. You don't protect a few people at all.
You are honest: you are still smart at school, but later you find that intelligence is not enough. You need wisdom. Wisdom takes time. I'm not old enough.
This reason is logical and acceptable. I nodded and looked around. There are a few male objects in the room, but they are not the traces of long life.
I'm a little uneasy: are you with the person you like him very much and he likes you too?
Did not get an answer, I repeated: is that the person you promised that there will be him in the future?
You look at me. I know you recognize me. You didn't speak, slowly seems to be thinking about something. I'm too nervous to breathe.
You suddenly smile: just last month, you just asked this question.
I stay.
You said: every time you come, you ask the same question. For so many years, I often wonder why you just don't trust me and come to see me again and again. Just now, I suddenly figured it out.
Your eyes look at the alarm clock on the table. Yes, 20 years later, AI can replace drivers, and there are still very old alarm clocks of this era on the table.
I see. I said: I didn't come to see you, you came to see me.
Chen Nian, 37, couldn't forget. He came back to see me at the age of 17 again and again.
I said: so what answer do you want?
You asked six words, 'can I be mediocre?'
I thought for a long time. I'm only 17 years old and haven't experienced enough, but I know enough that the most heroes in the world are marvel and DC movies, as well as online novels written by boys. Life is mediocre. Mediocrity is real.
I answer you: 'no'.
What I didn't say is: even if you become a mediocre adult, we are all worth living.