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In this video, we will explain Upcoming Summer.
This movie tells the story of lies that lead to two teenagers' unexpected reality.
Unbeknownst to them, their deep friendship makes them face the harsh realities of growing up.
Will friendship grow into love?
Let's find out in Upcoming Summer.
Upcoming Summer begins by
showing a high school girl named Chen Chen who focuses on studying to face the national
college entrance examination.
However, Chen Chen found a harsh reality at the same time.
Her mother had an affair with another man.
She found out about her mother's infidelity when she entered her mother's room
and accidentally found a chat between her mother and her mistress.
Immediately, Chen Chen felt very shocked and devastated.
In her frustration,
Chen Chen then headed to a swimming pool and plunged into the water.
On the next day, Chen Chen lay weak in the hospital because of last night's events.
Even though she had to take the university entrance exam that day.
Chen Chen's condition had not fully recovered and she still needed an IV,
but she decided to keep taking the exam.
On the other hand, Chen Chen's parents looked anxious,
waiting for her outside the building.
The scene then switches and shows Chen Chen,
who has fully recovered, having lunch with her friends.
They discussed the exams and a handsome young man at their school
named Zheng Yu Xing who skipped the exams.
After that,
it appeared that Chen Chen's parents were packing things and delaying their move
because she was sick.
When Chen Chen was sitting pensively on the balcony of the house,
her father invited her to come in and ask why she had left the house and swam in the rain,
which caused her to fall ill.
Even though her parents urged her, Chen Chen still didn't want to reveal why.
Chen Chen's mother then scolded her saying that she had sacrificed a lot for her.
However,
Chen Chen's father defended his daughter and asked her not to burden Chen Chen with all her scolding.
Chen Chen's parents then got into an argument.
Because she didn't want her parents to fight because of her,
Chen Chen decided to lie by saying that her boyfriend had just dumped her.
Her parents seemed shocked to hear that because to their knowledge,
Chen Chen had never dated.
Chen Chen's mother then asked about the young man's identity who had dumped her daughter.
At first Chen Chen was reluctant to tell, but because her mother insisted,
she then said that the young man's name was Zheng Yu Xing.
After that,
her mother decided to end her love affair with the man who was her mistress
when she took him to the airport.
However,
the man insisted on continuing their relationship and asked her to wait for him.
The next day at school,
Chen Chen's homeroom teacher, Mrs. Liu,
found out about Chen Chen and Yu Xing's relationship after Chen Chen's mother told her.
Mrs. Liu then revealed their relationship in front of the class,
which shocked the students, including Yu Xing.
Yu Xing tried to ask what really happened to Chen Chen,
but she refused to explain and always avoided when Yu Xing tried to approach her.
Yu Xing finally met Chen Chen when she came home from school.
Chen Chen then told him that she had to lie because of her poor test scores.
Chen Chen hopes that Yu Xing would not approach her again.
But it turned out to be wrong. Yu Xing was still trying to get close to Chen Chen at school,
until the two of them were called to the teacher's room. When asked by Mrs. Liu,
Yu Xing replied that actually he still likes Chen Chen and doesn't want to break up with her. Hence,
Yu Xing tried to approach her and explain everything. Yu Xing said that he only wanted
to support Chen Chen's lies so they wouldn't be punished. After school, Chen Chen finally revealed
that she lied because of problems in her family. But Chen Chen didn't want her parents to know
about it because it would trigger a fight. Yu Xing seemed to understand Chen Chen's reasoning.
He then revealed that he had just been dumped by his girlfriend who was eight years older than him
and worked as a DJ. When she returned home, Chen Chen was annoyed by her mother who told Yu Xing's
mom about her and Yu Xing. Chen Chen's mother who was a bit drunk instead scolded her and urged Chen
Chen to forget about Yu Xing while threatening to leave the house if she insisted on maintaining her
relationship with Yu Xing. Chen Chen instead challenged her mother just to leave the house.
She then asked Yu Xing for help to cooperate and told her mother who came to school,
that they would not break up. However, Chen Chen's mother unexpectedly changed her mind
and told Chen Chen and Yu Xing to maintain their love relationship.
Hearing this, Chen Chen was very surprised and wondered why her mother could change her mind.
Her mother then asked Yu Xing about him being a social media celebrity. That night Chen Chen's
mother was at home. She told why she had changed her mind and supported her daughter to maintain
her love relationship with Yu Xing. She said that she did it for Chen Chen's sake so that her
daughter would not be sad and could focus more on her studies. Chen Chen's mother then told her past
when she was still dating her father, which her grandparents opposed. They eventually got married,
even though Chen Chen's mother admitted that maintaining a relationship was not easy.
At school, Yu Xing invites Chen Chen to make a live video about their closeness, which is
Yu Xing's ploy to re-increase his popularity as a social media celebrity who is fading.
Suddenly the video went viral and was known by their teachers and also Chen Chen's mother.
After that, Chen Chen's mother got a call from her mistress asking her to come to see him.
The man was already waiting outside the apartment building. When Chen Chen's mother was chatting
with the man, suddenly Yu Xing came and greeted them, thinking that the man was Chen Chen's
father. Chen Chen then appeared and asked her mother about the man. Chen Chen's mother then told
her that the man was Wang, her classmate when she was in high school. She then ordered Chen Chen and
Yu Xing to enter the house. On the balcony, Chen Chen and Yu Xing secretly observed her mother and
Wang and caught them kissing. At school, Chen Chen and Yu Xing's relationship grew closer.
In fact the two also became classmates. Yu Xing then took Chen Chen to his house, where Chen Chen
was amazed by the things in Yu Xing's room and thought he was really serious about becoming a DJ.
Yu Xing picked up the guitar and asked Chen Chen to sing while he played the guitar.
Not long after, Yu Xing's father suddenly came to his room and got acquainted with
Chen Chen. Towards Chen Chen's eighteenth birthday, Yu Xing gave Chen Chen a surprise,
a musical arrangement using Chen Chen's voice when she sang a song at Yu Xing's house some time ago.
She seemed so happy with the surprise that Yu Xing had prepared for her birthday.
Arriving home, Chen Chen was very happy to see her father come to celebrate her birthday
and asked him to stay longer at home with her and her mother. Chen Chen then said goodbye to
going for a while with Yu Xing who actually took her to a nightclub. At first Chen Chen was barred
from entering because she was not even eighteen years old, so they had to wait until midnight.
Chen Chen seemed uncomfortable with the crowd and loud music in the nightclub, but Yu Xing was
always by her side so she finally started to enjoy the atmosphere. The two of them almost kissed, but
Yu Xing dodged as soon as Chen Chen was about to kiss him. Feeling rejected, an annoyed Chen Chen
finally left Yu Xing and told him that he intended to use her to make his ex-girlfriend, Ming,
jealous of their closeness. But it turned out that Ming didn't come to the club. Yu Xing replied to
Chen Chen's words by saying that from the start it was her who took advantage of him
because she refused to accept the fact that her mother had an affair and her family was destroyed.
Hearing this, Chen Chen felt angry and then left Yu Xing. When she was about to go home, Chen Chen
accidentally passed a tavern where she saw her father sitting next to a woman who embraced her
arm affectionately. In contrast, her mother sat in front of him, apparently not having a problem with
it. Chen Chen overheard when her mother said that she was tired of lying and pretending in front of
Chen Chen about their broken home. Hearing this, Chen Chen felt very sad and devastated because
all this time, her parents had separated and only pretended to stay together for her sake.
Elsewhere, Yu Xing tried to contact Ming, but she didn't pick up the phone. Yu Xing began to
cry in frustration because his love for Ming was so one-sided that he thought Ming must
have had another boyfriend. Chen Chen decided to return to the nightclub and meet Yu Xing,
where they then decided to have a drink together and tell him what they had just experienced.
While holding Yu Xing's hand, Chen Chen admitted that she felt jealous of Ming when
Yu Xing refused to kiss her. However, Chen Chen now understood that Yu Xing really loved Ming.
They then intend to visit the summer festival held in the city of Sanya, where Ming will put
on a show there. Chen Chen suggested that Yu Xing meet Ming and try to explain everything.
Chen Chen and Yu Xing went to Sanya without telling their parents, and posted stories of
their trip on social media, which caused a stir and sparked debate among their respective parents.
Meanwhile, the school, who had also found out about Chen Chen and Yu Xing's reckless escape,
planned to expel them both because it had the potential to tarnish the school's reputation.
Chen Chen and Yu Xing finally arrived in Sanya city and participated in the very
lively summer festival. Both seem very happy and can forget a little about all the problems they
have experienced lately. On the other hand, Wang helped Chen Chen's parents locate Chen
Chen and Yu Xing in Sanya. In the evening, Chen Chen and Yu Xing attend a music festival,
where Ming will perform there. The splendour of the stage, the attractive lighting of the audience
and the enthusiastic audience made the musical performances performed by Ming very amazing.
Yu Xing, who witnessed it in person, burst into tears when he saw Ming who was so free to express
everything through the music she brought. Deep down, Yu Xing wanted that too, wanted the freedom
to express his feelings and determine his own path in life. Chen Chen then asked Yu Xing if he
wanted to come to the front of the stage and take a closer look at Ming. But Yu Xing said he wanted
to stay there, watching Ming from afar, because he finally realized that Ming never loved him.
After all, she only loved her music and freedom. Chen Chen then whispered to Yu Xing, revealing
that she had actually liked him since they were in first grade, and they kissed. However,
Yu Xing said that he couldn't like Chen Chen as much as she liked him, and Chen Chen didn't mind
it. The scene then switches and shows a flashback to when Chen Chen found the chat of her mother and
her mistress, where that night she also found out that her parents had divorced three years ago. At
that time, Chen Chen received a chat message from her father informing her of this fact
and asking her to be tougher in dealing with it because she was about to turn eighteen
and was considered an adult. Chen Chen actually deliberately failed the exam because she couldn't
accept that her parents were divorced and she wasn't ready for their separation.
The scene then turns to the present. Chen Chen and Yu Xing's parents finally found them at a
music festival. Chen Chen's parents immediately pulled her, intending to take her away. Meanwhile,
Yu Xing's father beat Yu Xing because he was irritated by his reckless act of taking Chen Chen
away without her parents knowing. Chen Chen and Yu Xing were taken back to the hotel, where they
waited anxiously to face the consequences of their reckless actions. Chen Chen was then asked to sign
a statement stating that Yu Xing had forced her to post about their love affair and go to Sanya
without parental supervision. Of course Chen Chen refused to sign it because it wasn't what it was.
Chen Chen then confronted her mother about all her parents' lies and their affair and divorce,
where she didn't want her parents to continue lying just for her own good. After that,
Chen Chen approached Yu Xing who looked unwell and suddenly, he fell and was unconscious. A few days
after the incident, Chen Chen intended to return to the college entrance exam and study hard,
while Yu Xing's whereabouts were unknown. While working on the Math questions in the exam,
Chen Chen's attention was drawn to the variables x, y, z, which reminded her of Yu Xing because
his username on social media was dj_xyz. Three years later, Chen Chen, who has successfully
passed the entrance exam and is currently studying at the university of her choice,
intends to return to attend the summer festival in Sanya City accompanied by her mother and Wang.
When walking toward the music show arena, Chen Chen saw a large poster showing the
figure of Yu Xing, now better known as DJ XYZ, who will be performing at the music festival.
That evening, Chen Chen attended the music festival, watched Yu Xing's performance
from a distance, and was happy that he had finally realized his dream of becoming a DJ.
The moral that we can learn from this film is that as parents, we should be good role models for our
children because when our kids need someone, they can imitate and rely on in facing their puberty
period when they still often feel indecisive with whatever they're going through. Try to
be a good example to our children, and try to be open to them so they can understand each other.