CHAPTER XVII
The Sai Wan River Film Archive is a collection that many people in Marujo don't know about. The museum is a small building, with three floors, and there is a cinema on the top floor, where some screenings are done every month, mostly old movies. When you get upstairs, you can see the blackboard above the ticket window that reads the movie shown today: "The Wanderings of a Bitter Child", just like Shanghai back then.
Jiang Yongsi bought a ticket at the window, walked into the movie theater, and walked straight to the front row. Jiang Yongsi sat down, took the ticket and carefully checked the seat, and asked the old man next to him with a smile: "Uncle, will it be Hu Die's "Wanderings of the Bitter Child"?"
Zhang Fa looked up when he heard this, and was a little surprised to see a young girl asking himself with a smile. The film archive is located in the middle of nowhere, showing old black and white movies from the thirties and forties of the last century, local young people don't like to watch this kind of old Shanghai's glamorous sound, and young people in the mainland will only go to Temple Street in Central, and they don't know that there is such a place, so Zhang Fa looked at Jiang Yongsi a few more times.
"Yes. It started right away. ”
Jiang Yongsi thanked him, sat down beside Zhang Fa, and chatted naturally.
"Uncle is from Shanghai?"
"I used to work in Shanghai when I was younger. ”
"Really, I'm from Shanghai. Come and travel. ”
"There aren't many young people like you who like to watch old movies now. ”
"I just watched the recent screening of Hu Die's film, so I came here on purpose. ”
"You also like Hu Die. At your age, you can't see it!" Zhang Fa's surprise was beyond words, and Jiang Yongsi smiled: "I'm a die-hard fan of hers! ”
Zhang Fa smiled excitedly, and said again and again: "Good, good, good!"
After the movie ended, the two naturally became New Year's friends, the two sat on the bench outside the screening hall, chatting and talking, Zhang Fa seemed to want to talk to Jiang Yongsi about all the artistic perceptions over the years, and the two had a feeling of meeting late.
"Speaking of which, my little granddaughter is your age, and before she went to England, she accompanied me to the movies like you did every weekend. ”
"Then your son and daughter are not around?"
"My son lives with me!"
"You are old and you still need to have a loved one by your side to take care of you. Next time, I'll introduce my mom to you! My mom also likes to watch old movies, and used to accompany my mom to Marucheng, if nothing else, just to accompany her to Sai Wan River. After watching the movie, we walked to the side of the street to make the tram and drove all the way from Sai Wan River to Causeway Bay. Every time I sit on the second floor of the train, blowing a gentle breeze, and watching the road from cold silence to neon streets, I think to myself, this is Marujo, it turns out that poverty and prosperity are just a street corner. Jiang Yongsi felt a little sad, and quickly changed the topic and said: "So, I have been here four or five times, but I have never been to Central, and I haven't even drunk the tea in Lu Yu's teahouse." It's good to save money. ”
"What is Lu Yu worth! Uncle Zhang, please you!"
"It's better to be respectful than to obey. ”
Zhang Fa was even more happy when he saw that Jiang Yongsi was not seen at all, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to meet a young man who can talk to me, I want to thank you for being willing to drink tea with my old man." ”
The two of them were talking lively, and they didn't notice that it was getting dark, but they saw a middle-aged man walking across the street and said with a smile: "Dad, why are you here? It's windy outside, so hurry home. ”
Jiang Yongsi saw this man's face, his face changed slightly, isn't this the military advisor who made an idea in Zhang Yun's ear during the riot that day?
Zhang Fa's father and son didn't notice Jiang Yongsi's face at all, and Zhang Fa enthusiastically introduced Zhang Quan to Jiang Yongsi.
"This is my son, Zhang Quan. Eh, by the way, I haven't asked Miss what your name is. ”
Jiang Yongsi. ”
"Yong Si, the breadth of the Han Dynasty, not the Yong Thought, the eternal Jiang Zhi, the Fang Thought. From "Han Guang", good name! Your father is a learned man. ”
"My mom took it, and my dad didn't understand that. Uncle is a good learner!"
Zhang Fa was complimented by Jiang Yongsi, left Jiang Yongsi's phone, and before leaving, he asked a little uneasily: "Miss Jiang, I asked you for tea, will you come?"
Zhang Fa smiled, his eyes were full of expectation, Jiang Yongsi couldn't help but feel sour when he saw it, and said with a smile: "Definitely!"
Zhang Quan bowed carefully on the side, and also thanked him: "Miss Jiang, thank you for chatting with my father." Then let's take our leave. ”
Mr. Zhang was polite, and he was very happy to chat with Uncle Zhang. ”
"Call me Peter. Thank you, Miss Jiang, next time I invite Miss Jiang to my home, Miss Jiang must appreciate it. ”
Zhang Fa, who was originally happy, couldn't help frowning when he heard Zhang Quan's words, and said: "A good Chinese, what is the foreign name." Batch, is there a special price for wholesale?
Zhang Fa was so vigorous, but Jiang Yongsi couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but naughtily tease at the backs of Zhang Fa's father and son: "Seeyou, Peter!"
Jiang Yongsi smiled and waved her hand, while Qiao Younan sat on the bench next door and looked at her quietly.
"Joe, Mr. Joe!"
Qiao Younan deliberately ignored Jiang Yongsi's embarrassment, and said seriously: "It seems that your acting skills are getting better and better, Zhang Yun who deceived in the exhibition hall is turning around, and Zhang Fa who is coaxing in the screening hall can't close his mouth!
"Mr. Qiao's cultivation is good!"
"Only three points of truth and seven points of falsehood can make people believe that it is true, and the paragraph of "Ding Ding Che" that you and Zhang Fa said just now is simply a stroke of genius. ”
Jiang Yongsi was stunned, and then realized that Qiao Younan really thought she was talking nonsense.
"What I just said is true, not a single lie. Jiang Yongsi looked at Qiao Younan, his eyes were clear and firm.
Qiao Younan looked at Jiang Yongsi so seriously, and he was speechless, not knowing how to respond.
"But I'm a bit of a white lotus when I say this, aren't we here today just to deceive Zhang Fa?
Jiang Yongsi's expression was a little depressed, but Qiao Younan had no intention of comforting Jiang Yongsi's personal feelings, so he didn't say a word, just beckoned and asked the driver to drive the car over. Qiao Younan opened the co-pilot's door, motioned for Jiang Yongsi to sit in front, and then instructed the driver: "Send Miss Jiang back to the hotel first, and then go to Saigon." The driver replied yes, and started the car familiarly, Jiang Yongsi became interested in Saigon, and was about to turn around and ask, but saw that Qiao Younan had a black mouth and a black face, and he didn't seem to have any interest in talking, so he could only shut up obediently. It's just that they looked at each other in the mirror, Jiang Yongsi was flustered and embarrassed, and smiled at Qiao Younan in the mirror, but Qiao Younan frowned slightly and looked out of the car expressionlessly. The smile on Jiang Yongsi's face froze on his face before it bloomed.
Speechless all the way.
When he arrived at the hotel, Jiang Yongsi got out of the car, and before he finished saying "Mr. Qiao, goodbye", Qiao Younan's car drove out with one foot on the accelerator.
Saigon? Jiang Yongsi looked at the exhaust of the car, pursed his lips, and thought that Qiao Younan should go to find Fang Qi.
Qiao Younan got on Fang Qi's yacht, walked straight into the kitchen, and saw Fang Qi staying inside, with his head down, meticulously cleaning the fish's internal organs.
Fang Qi heard footsteps, looked up and saw Qiao Younan, and said with a smile: "You are here." ”
Qiao Younan saw that the fish basket next to him was empty, and there was only one fish on the board, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that today's harvest is not good." ”
"Yes, the spring river is warm, and I don't know why today's fish just don't take the bait. ”
There is something in Fang Qi's words.
Seeing that Qiao Younan didn't speak, Fang Qi smiled softly: "I don't know if your fish has been baited?"
"I went to see Zhang Fa this afternoon, and he had a good impression of Jiang Yongsi, and we had the opportunity to convince Zhang Fa to let him and Wynn Trust lean towards Harvest. ”
Fang Qi listened as he cleaned the fish's internal organs with his hands and feet.
"It seems that Yongsi still came in handy. ”
Qiao Younan looked at Fang Qi and said, "Are the gills of the fish unclear?"
Qiao Younan didn't answer Fang Qi's words, Fang Qi smiled, ignored Qiao Younan's abnormality, and still asked, "What's the matter?"
Fang Qi said that Qiao Younan's thoughts, he couldn't help sighing, and said, "It's just that sometimes I don't know which of her sentences is true and which is false." Just like a fish, slippery and hands-free. ”
Fang Qi had already cleaned all the internal organs of the fish, changed the knife, and began to slice the fish.
"I think Yongsi is quite simple-minded, you think she is complicated, maybe it's because you're too complicated. Younan, could it be because you think too much and suffer from gains and losses, so you can't see clearly?"
Fang Qi's words seemed to hit Qiao Younan's thoughts, Fang Qi's knife cut the back of the fish one by one, cutting their meat carefully and evenly, Qiao Younan thought of the sentence "People are knives, I am fish meat" for no reason.
"Besides, even if Jiang Yongsi is a fish, there will always be a time to get caught. Don't you have the confidence to capture her? This is not like Qiao Younan I know!" Fang Qi said, raising his eyes and glancing at Qiao Younan, accidentally cutting his hand.
"Ouch!"
The knife was sharp, cut the skin, cut into the flesh, Fang Qi's blood immediately oozing out of his fingers, Qiao Younan was anxious and distressed, and hurriedly found a napkin to wrap Fang Qi.
"Be careful!"
"It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin. ”
Qiao Younan took out the medicine box and insisted on giving Fang Qi medicine, but Fang Qi couldn't help it, so he could only let him toss. Don't look at Qiao Younan as a gentleman, he actually has a special hand in bandaging, Fang Qi looked at the tight and delicate wound he wrapped, and couldn't help but praise: "Your bandaging technique is quite professional! I can't see it! I won't invest in the future, but I can go to be a nurse, and it will definitely be in demand." ”
Qiao Younan smiled proudly, and Fang Qi said gently: "Younan, you have never been a person who likes to think too much, this time you are a little worried about Jiang Yongsi and investing in the peak." If you really have the heart, you should put it on this merger and acquisition case. In the current situation, whether it is Wager or me, I want you to be 100% focused. ”
Qiao Younan looked at Fang Qi's eyes, gentle as water, and unconsciously drowned in this eye wave.
"Don't worry. ”
When Fang Qi heard this, he smiled slightly, free and confident.
"I'm naturally relieved of you. ”