Chapter 2197： life partner

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After Ryan reacted, he put down his coat, walked to Jim's side and sat down, "Jim, this is marriage. This is one of the most beautiful things in the world, and this is what people yearn for."

"You have never been married."

"That's true."

"I mean, you haven't even tried it."

"Everyone has a different definition of trying."

"I just think you seem happier than my married friends."

Facing Jim's words, Ryan couldn't resist, he could only say, "Listen, Jim, I don't want to lie, marriage is very annoying.

"This changed the expression of Cara, who was eavesdropping outside the door. "You are right, all this is the process of your death. We are all sitting on the wheel of time, we cannot slow it down or suspend it, and eventually our lives will all come to an end. So, it doesn't make sense. "

Ryan was completely pandering to Jim's words to explain, which made Carla outside the door show an angry expression, and Ryan could only shake his head helplessly, "Actually, it's not appropriate for me to talk to you about these issues, but Just imagine, is the most precious memory, the most important moment in your life, alone?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Think about this again, the night before the wedding, was Julie by your side when these thoughts were running around in your head?"

"No, Julie went back to the apartment, and I was alone in the honeymoon suite."

"Aren't you a little lonely?"

"Yes, a little lonely."

"Life is better with a partner." When Ryan said this, he no longer hesitated and was very convincing. His blue eyes seemed sincere and reliable, "Everyone needs a co-pilot."

This is Evan Bell's first attempt to "preach" in his movie. Although this sermon is not long at all, it is only two sentences over and over, but in Evan Bell's works that have always avoided active preaching, But it has been unprecedented. But the problem is, no one in the audience thinks this is preaching, because this is the theme of the movie, and under the proposition of "the meaning of life", no one can explain it in simple words, Evan Bell just used it. A "everyone needs a co-pilot" as an answer, which is too rare.

The audience in the movie theater fell into silence, watching the big screen quietly, watching Jim regain his courage and walking towards Julie, watching the tacit understanding between Ryan and Alex, watching the wedding go smoothly, watching Thanks to Julie kissing Ryan on the cheek, especially watching the little things Ryan and Alex get along with, the two taking care of each other, hugging and dancing happily, holding each other's hands tacitly, Happiness seeps out little by little in the soothing music.

When sending Alex off at the airport, when faced with Alex's question "When can I see you", Ryan replied, "As long as you come to visit me", which made Alex sigh , "This is really too settled", Alex uses the word "settled", which means to settle down, to settle down, although it also means "it's settled", but at this moment it is clearly Alex Kes was teasing Ryan, and she noticed that Ryan's mentality seemed to have changed. It was no longer just for fun, but wanted a stable relationship, so she tried to say, "You don't want to change, right?" .

Ryan immediately understood what Alex meant, and said with a smile, "No, the person hasn't changed, there is only one address." Ryan is still such a gentleman.

Alex savored Ryan's words carefully, obviously not too convinced, but in the end she still said, "Call me if you are lonely." She still didn't want to lose Ryan as a bed partner, two Personal relationships are too harmonious.

Ryan looked at Alex who was walking towards the boarding gate, and said jokingly, "I'm lonely." As if he wanted Alex to stay, but Alex thought that Ryan was Just kidding - even Ryan himself thought so, so Alex turned away anyway. Ryan looked at the back of Alex leaving, although there was infinite nostalgia and loneliness, but after all, he still did not speak again.

After returning to Omaha, Ryan looked at his empty apartment, his expression was no longer repulsive, but became infinitely lonely. In the company, the method of laying off employees by video conference was still put into the trial stage. Ryan returned to the ground from the sky and began to learn new things.

Not long ago, Ryan was invited to give a speech in Las Vegas. This is the biggest speech in the United States. This is also a huge opportunity for Ryan. Ryan came to Las Vegas, carried his backpack, walked into the lecture hall, and started his speech, "Last year I flew 350,000 miles, and the earth to the moon is only 250,000 miles. ..." After a while of silence, Ryan continued, "Now imagine that you are carrying a backpack..." Ryan paused again.

At this time, Ryan was no longer the confident and calm he was when he made the presentation before. His face was full of hesitation and uncertainty. Within two words, Ryan stopped completely. Then he stopped and questioned himself, laughed at himself, and finally he turned away from the podium and out of Las Vegas. The plane ticket in Ryan's hand was for Chicago.

Ryan was so eager to run away, and he followed the address to find Alex's house. He finally made up his mind to take this step. So he nervously rang the doorbell of Alex's house, but tried his best to make his expression look gentle and dashing.

The person who opened the door was Alex, and Ryan showed a charming smile, "I happen to be near here..." But the expression on Alex's face was not a surprise, which made Ryan's smile pause for a moment , and then he heard footsteps in the house, and the two children ran up the stairs. Ryan had an ominous premonition, he looked at Alex in surprise, and began to slowly step back.

"Darling, who knocked on the door?" someone in the room asked.

"Passing by, he got lost." Alex replied to the inside of the room.

Ryan understood that Alex had a family, a perfect family, and everything before was an illusion. When they were talking to Natalie, the confusion in Alex's blurred expression was answered. In an instant, the entire cinema took a deep breath, seeing the expression on Ryan's face that was clearly broken but trying to show calm, accompanied by the sound of Alex closing the door, all the sounds of the audience. All disappeared, and in an instant, there was no sound.

Ryan sat quietly in front of the window of the hotel room with a glass of whiskey on the table by his hand. He didn't react too radically, just sat quietly, but the lonely back clearly conveyed his inner emotions. . And in a snowstorm in Chicago, the lone desk lamp in the hotel room couldn't support the weight of the night.

The next day, Ryan arrived on the plane back, and on the subway to the terminal, Alex called, "What do you think, come to my house without saying hello?"

"What do you mean? I...I want to see you. I don't know that you have a family, why didn't you tell me." Ryan's voice was condemning, but not strong, more disappointing.

"Sorry for ruining your night. But you almost ruined my life, too." Alex still kept her sanity, that's how the two of them get along, isn't it? "That's my family, that's my real life."

Ryan's expression darkened a little, "I thought you had a part of me in your real life."

"I thought we had the same idea." Alex was also a little helpless, "I think our relationship is very clear, you are my temporary relief, you are a kind of adjustment in my normal life, an episode."

Ryan's breathing became rapid, his deep eyes dimmed, and sadness slowly rippled behind his long eyelashes, "Am I an episode?"

"What do you want? Tell me, what do you want?" Alex thought it was their consensus, but now it seems that it is not. For this question, Ryan chose to be silent. He couldn't say it. He couldn't express his desire to leave Las Vegas and fly to Chicago on impulse, because Alex has a family. But all this, Alex doesn't know, "You don't know what you want, Ryan, I'm an adult, so if you still want to see me, call me, okay?"

Ryan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, so he hung up the phone.

On the plane, the lost Ryan suddenly heard the plane announcement, "The captain told us that we are flying to Dubuque City, which means nothing to everyone, but it means a lot to a passenger. His flight The mileage is about to pass a thousand miles!"

Facing the applause of the passengers and the champagne brought by the flight attendant, Ryan was a little overwhelmed. At this moment, he really had no way to enjoy all this, even if this was the moment he dreamed of, but Natalie's words were in the air. At this moment, it is coming. Seeing the captain sitting beside him, Ryan lost his usual gentleman and calmness, but looked stupid or even sluggish.

Got the seventh VIP card of his dreams, the only single-digit card in the world, but he couldn't be happy, "I've dreamed of this moment countless times, fantasizing about you and me talking here," he said. Said to the captain beside him, "But I don't remember at this time." Ryan's expression was so sad and so lonely.

"So, where are you from?" the captain asked.

Ryan looked at the silver card in his hand, "I'm from here." This is his life, life above the clouds.

Back at his office in Omaha, he dialed the number on the card, which was his line, and redeemed his miles to book Julie and Jim a trip around the world, his last s Choice.

At this point Greg walked into the office and started talking to Ryan, asking if he remembered an employee named Karen Barnes, but apparently Ryan didn't. This woman, Barnes, was the first person Natalie fired, and she committed suicide, which brought them to court. As a result, Natalie voluntarily resigned by text message, and Greg also decided to stop the video conference proposal and send Ryan and others back to the cloud.

Hearing that he could go back to the clouds again, but Ryan was neither relieved nor happy this time, there was only infinite deep thought on his face.

Natalie came to San Francisco to apply for a job. At this time, she had lost her energetic appearance. Although she was still in a suit, she looked a little embarrassed and her eyes were no longer confident. Facing the boss's question, Natalie Couldn't even stand up to answer. But to Natalie's surprise, Ryan wrote her a letter of recommendation, a very important letter of recommendation.

"To the people involved, I've fired so many people in my life that I forget what it's like to hire someone, we didn't know each other, but you'd be lucky to hire Natalie Kenner. Ask me for advice? Hire her, don't hesitate. It will be your best decision."

This got Natalie the job, and a smile appeared on her face again.

The story came to an end, and the employees who were fired before reappeared, and they talked about their feelings after being fired.

"I don't have any expectations, and I don't know if the future will get better. There are many people who are unemployed. I really don't know when the dawn will be seen."

"I don't have anything to say. I'm proud of my kids. It got me up, got me out, got me a job, and my kids and family gave me confidence."

"I think the anger is because I'm no longer needed... It would be a lot harder if it was just me.

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"When I woke up in the morning and saw my wife, it gave me the courage to live."

"It's not about money, money can keep you warm, pay for heating, buy blankets for you, but it's never as warm as my husband's embrace."

These words are so... sensational, even hypocritical, but so true. The audience in the movie theater can feel that this is not the lines of the movie, but the real words of these ordinary people who are not actors. This does not match the style of the movie at all, and it does not match the style of Evan Bell at all. Even abrupt, weird, but so warm.

Ryan came to the airport with his suitcase again. His footsteps stopped in front of the huge flight display screen. Looking at the dense flight in front of him, Ryan let go of his palm on the handle of the suitcase and looked at it. Staring at the screen in a daze, "Most people will go back to their warm little homes tonight to welcome the noisy puppies and noisy children at home, their partners will be concerned to inquire about what happened during the day, and at night, they are in the dark. Falling asleep peacefully... The night falls, the stars move, and the stars slowly rise from the corners hidden in the daytime, and there will be a brighter, especially dazzling one in the shimmering light in the sky, which is the trace of my wings... …”

Above the shimmering blue clouds, the guitar strings sounded slowly. The movie is over.

Today is an explosion, a big explosion! (To be continued [This text is provided by the breaking dawn update group @芊玉梦mo]. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to "First Release" to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)