Chapter 47: Chapter 3 of the Covenant
In the peaceful and quiet hospital, there are more noisy sounds of children crying out of thin air, breaking the original silence. The sound of continuous footsteps came and went, getting closer and closer.
Looking at Wu Mengda who was resting on the hospital bed in front of her, Mi Lili gently stroked her crying little daughter in her arms, teasing her and laughing, while looking at Wu Mengda worriedly. In the middle of the night, she received a call from the hospital, and she rushed to the hospital with her little daughter who was crying and had not yet fallen asleep, and she didn't know what was going on. Wu Mengda has been a bad gambler recently, the life of the family is tight, originally there was never no trouble with firewood, rice, oil and salt, but now it has become a hurdle that the family can't get over, she borrowed money from friends and friends to make a living, and has offended many friends, and only Chen Yulian will help herself in the face of her friends.
Mi Lili couldn't help but sigh very emotionally, life is changing too fast, she has never seen any windy and turbulent days before, but now she has to bow her head for these livelihoods.
In the face of noisy and constant sounds, Wu Mengda gradually woke up from his sleep, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and the pain in his head made him immediately dispel his thoughts when he just wanted to get out of bed, and what caught his eye was his wife Mi Lili. He deliberately looked out of the door again, uncomfortable, and a group of onlookers.
He was embarrassed to cover his eyes with his hands, not wanting his wife to see him look so decrepit. Mi Lili hugged her little daughter to Wu Mengda's bedside, and when she saw Wu Mengda waking up, she immediately burst into tears and laughed, and put her free hand away from his hand and smiled: "It's okay if you're fine, how did you get to the way you are now." ”
Wu Mengda was worried that Mi Lili would be angry with him, but he didn't expect to care so much about himself, his heart was very touched, and he was very grateful to the wife in front of him. The hardest days were with her, but many years later he abandoned this wife.
Wu Mengda half-lay on the pillow, and then pulled his hair with his hand, "It's not a big deal, when I was drinking with them at the bar, I was hit on the head by a group of vicious gangsters with wine bottles." ”
Mi Lili glanced at her, and her tone was a little rushed, "I also said that it's okay, I'm hospitalized, if you were in the intensive care unit, you wouldn't say that." ”
As soon as Wu Mengda was about to explain, his throat was a little uncomfortable, and he coughed a few times. Seeing the situation, Mi Lili gently placed the daughter in her arms beside the bed, and set off to pour hot water for Wu Mengda. After taking the hot water handed over, Mi Lili hurriedly stopped: "Look at my memory, this water is very hot, I'll help you fill some more cold water, so that it won't be too hot." ”
Wu Mengda was very pleased to take this glass of water with extraordinary significance, the whole person suddenly looked radiant, and after taking a sip of water, he said excitedly: "Ali, don't be sad, I have good news to tell you." ”
"Good news?" Miley muttered in a low voice, and then glanced around very vigilantly, seeing that the crowd of onlookers just now was no longer there, and the patient in the same room had already fallen asleep, so she boldly asked, "What good news will you have, our family is eating now." "Mi Lili knows Wu Mengda very well, she dared to borrow money everywhere to gamble in Macau without telling herself, but now she says good news out of thin air, how can she easily believe it. She is just a woman who wants to live a peaceful life, and her biggest wish now is to hope that the family can have three full meals, and not to be anxious about firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Wu Mengda grinned, with an expression that you don't believe it, but you have to believe it, "The loan shark I owe 100,000 yuan, someone has already helped me pay it back, as long as I behave well in the future, he will definitely hug me to solve these things." ”
Mi Lili was a little puzzled, "Could it be that Ah Fa agreed to help you?" She only stays among the original few people to Wu Mengda's friends, and she rarely reads any newspapers and magazines, but she still pays attention to the very hot news in Hong Kong.
Wu Mengda shook his head and said: "Fa Tsai is a good person, but he has such a salary in wireless, where is he spending 100,000 yuan all of a sudden, and the person who helped me is not him, but a rich boy named Xu Ziming." ”
Mi Lili was taken aback, Xu Ziming can now be said to be "half of Hong Kong", especially Xu Ziming's hugely expensive birthday party, which has been continuously reported by many media, although the popularity has weakened now, but Mi Lili clearly knows Xu Ziming's identity. She will also often pay attention to these hot news, "How did you get in a relationship with Xu Ziming?"
Wu Mengda drank the water in the cup in one go, and put it directly on the table next to the bed. touched the gauze on her head and didn't speak, and when Mi Lili saw Wu Mengda being sloppy like this, she simply picked up her little daughter who was crawling around the bed and coaxed her to sleep.
Suddenly, a fat nurse walked in from outside the door, in her forties, a little fat, she was holding a notepad in her hand, and a thick voice popped out of her mouth, "Are you Wu Mengda's family?"
The nurse spoke to Miley, but not too loudly to wake up the daughter in her arms, and Miley nodded politely.
"This is the patient's hospitalization fee, now go and pay it back. The fat nurse tore off a piece of paper and handed it to Miley.
After a cursory glance, she was about to be scared to death by the high fees, and she came over at night, except for the money for the car, where did she get so much money. Wu Mengda quickly saw the frightened expression on Mi Lili's face, and hurriedly said, "Can we pay the hospitalization fee later, we don't have so much money with us now." ”
Wu Mengda didn't bring so much money, but he didn't have much money at all, and he didn't have much money.
The fat nurse, with a sneer, looked at the two couples, and said with a smile in her heart, she will pay the hospitalization fee in a few days, and she really treats the hospital as a welfare home. Just as she was about to call the other medical staff, an attending doctor rushed to the room, chatted with the fat nurse for a few words, and the fat nurse left in a funny way.
The doctor explained embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, someone has already paid your hospitalization fee for you", and he handed out a business card again, "This is my business card, you can call me Dr. Liang, if there is anything, just call me, or ask the nurse to find me, and I won't disturb your rest." After that, he left immediately.
The two were completely confused by this huge change, but they were very surprised that there were kind people who helped them pay for the hospitalization fee. It wasn't until the arrival of Xu Ziming and his group that the doubts in their hearts were suddenly solved.
Zhou Yanfa was holding a box of supplements in his hand, looking at Wu Mengda beside the bed with a blue face, Chen Yulian hurriedly grabbed a handful of the tender meat on his waist, and Zhou Yanfa slowly said: "Ada, this is some of the supplements that Ah Lian and I bought for you, which are conducive to the healing of the injuries on your head." ”
Wu Mengda said gratefully: "Fa Zai, thank you so much, I am really sorry for you when I cheated you out of money to gamble in Macau." Zhou Yunfa was not carried away by Wu Mengda's gratitude, "You should be thankful because it should be Ziming, I can't help you anything." ”
Mi Lili was shocked by Zhou Runfa's words, and looked at a young man close to Zhou Runfa's left, Wan Ziliang she knew, only Xu Ziming She had only seen his photo in the newspaper, and the rest had nothing. What she didn't expect was that Xu Ziming in front of her was more delicate and handsome than the one in the newspaper.
Wu Mengda had the urge to get out of bed to thank Xu Ziming, but his headache did not allow it, he wiped his nose, and said in surprise: "Mr. Xu, thank you so much tonight, you not only helped me repay the debt of 100,000 yuan, but also helped me out of my bad breath, even if I want to be a cow and a horse for you, I am also willing." ”
Wu Mengda has thoroughly seen Xu Ziming's generosity today, and he has solved the debts that he may take several years or even a lifetime to repay in one minute. He was originally an artist who made a living from filming, but now he has a bad reputation and often can't receive plays, which is equivalent to an idler. The family still has to rely on him to feed, and this opportunity must be seized.
Xu Ziming had already seen Wu Mengda's little Jiujiu clean, with his impression of Wu Mengda, he was similar to the dragon trapped in the shallows, once developed, he was indeed a star that should not be underestimated. Xu Ziming smiled: "I like your words very much, but how to choose is up to you." ”
Wu Mengda was secretly happy in his heart and felt that he had an opportunity, "I know that Mr. Xu is the major shareholder of New Art City, and I want to enter New Art City to work for Mr. Xu." ”
Xu Ziming was not surprised at all, on the contrary, Wan Zi's conscience, who was silent, suddenly set off a storm in his conscience, Wu Mengda's reputation is bad enough now, and he dares to think about signing a contract with Xinyicheng.
Xu Ziming said lightly: "This, I personally have the right to sign an artist on behalf of Xinyicheng, but if you want to enter Xinyicheng, I need to make an appointment with you for three chapters." Xu Ziming has already had a countermeasure for signing Wu Mengda.
Listening to Xu Ziming's gentle and rigid words, the group of people admired Xu Ziming's broad-mindedness, but they were also a little worried about Wu Mengda. Mi Lili wanted to speak, but Wu Mengda's affirmative look at him made her suddenly dispel her thoughts.
Wu Mengda said firmly: "Mr. Xu, you say, as long as I can have something to eat, no matter how hard and tired I am, I can accept it." ”
Xu Ziming said with a smile: "I am also a businessman, and I will not do business without profit." Mr. Wu, you have a bad reputation now, and New Arts City needs to sign a five-year contract with you, which is the first point. Secondly, I can help Mr. Xu pay off his existing debts and pay Mr. Wu's salary in advance, but Mr. Wu's salary is the same as that of ordinary artists, and if the film is excellent, I can suggest that you increase the film dividend. The last point is that Mr. Wu must fulfill his responsibilities as an artist within five years of signing the contract, and if he changes jobs or quits due to other non-unexpected events, I think Mr. Wu needs to pay high liquidated damages. ”
To Xu Ziming's surprise, Wu Mengda did not hesitate at all, and agreed very simply. This harsh signing agreement was tried by Xu Ziming for reference to the future star signing agreement, and it will indeed be more harsh in Hong Kong now.
However, Xu Ziming's words just now were deeply remembered by Miao Qianren, "Businessmen, will not do unprofitable business", this sentence kept appearing repeatedly in her mind, she could feel that Xu Ziming was gradually exceeding her perception of him, and the breath of the wealthy children flowing from him was a little heavy, and the agreement was also very harsh, but what could she say.
Wu Mengda looked at Xu Ziming expectantly, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Xu, when will this signing agreement be signed." ”
"When you are discharged from the hospital, I will ask someone from the company to come over, and your contract with the Shaw Brothers seems to be about to expire, remember to make it clear to the Shaw Brothers, don't say that I deliberately poached people", Xu Ziming owed Fang Yihua a lot of favors, Wu Mengda is still a Shaw Brothers person, and he feels that some things should be explained clearly in advance.
"But when you enter the new art city, you can't fish for three days and dry your nets for two days. Seeing Wu Mengda nodding hurriedly, Xu Ziming added.
Wu Mengda's long-lost smile was like a plum blossom that broke the ice, which touched Wan Ziliang's heart very much, and he remembered that he was admitted to the artist training class of Hong Kong Li's TV station at the age of 19.
In 1977, he starred in the drama "Horse". Later, he starred in the TV series "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and became famous.
In 1979, he starred in the New Wave movie "Crazy Robbery" directed by Xu Anhua, and then there was no then, and there were few opportunities after arriving at wireless. Xinyicheng, the latest rising film company, has also heard many friends mention that not long ago, "Funny Times" actually beat Shaw Brothers' rival Golden Harvest The box office dropped sharply.
Carefully looking at Xu Ziming's resolute face, and quickly swept Zhou Yanfa's back, Wan Ziliang set his eyes on Zhou Yanfa again, he was very curious about how Zhou Yanfa became friends with Xu Ziming, a wealthy man, he was sure that one day Zhou Yanfa would definitely be recruited by Xu Ziming to Xinyi City, he also had this impulse, but now he can't say.