Chapter 8: The Dog Calls
The next day, the magic capital.
The sun is scorching.
Su Mu walked out of the train station with a backpack on his back and sunglasses.
Then I took a taxi and returned to the apartment he rented, which was not too far from the play, about half an hour's drive.
Doorway.
Looking at the familiar iron gate, a sense of intimacy arises spontaneously, and since his sophomore year, this has become a place for him to shelter from the wind and rain.
It's not that he doesn't want to live in school, it's mainly because he often has to do odd jobs at night and can't go back to school, so he rents a house outside and rides his bicycle to school every day.
The rent here is not too expensive, he can afford it, the environment is good, clean and bright, suitable for one person.
It's a pity it's rented.
When you save enough money, you must first buy a big house, that is the real home.
Thinking about it, Su Mu took out the key and opened the door.
The movements are a little clumsy, and I have been away for a few months, no, I have been away for a few years, and I am really a little unskilled.
Push the door into the house.
A musty smell came to my nose, I didn't live in it for three months, and the air in the house deteriorated.
Su Mu first opened the main gate of water, electricity and gas.
This is deliberately closed before leaving, and if you are away for a long time, it is best to close the main gate at home to avoid accidents.
Then turn on the windows and air conditioner, ventilate, and wash the sheets, pillows, space quilts, etc. in the washing machine.
Then, mop the floor, wipe the table, and dust the house.
Fortunately, the room is not big, one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, less than forty square meters, and it was cleaned up quickly.
After finishing his work, Su Mu sat on the sofa and stretched his arms.
It's a bit tiring.
After a while, I got up and planned to go to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and meat, otherwise I would not have anything to eat at night.
As soon as I walked out of the door and closed the door, my phone rang.
"When I was a child, I chiseled the wall and stole someone's light
The past is not combed, and it has been a cold window for ten years
Now I am reading under the lamp, and the red sleeves are fragrant
Half a lifetime of fame is just a vain
In March, the smoke is hazy all the way, and the warbler flies and the grass grows
I saw my hometown in the catkins
......”
Su Mu fumbled in his trouser pocket with his hand.
It's so thick, it's so hard!
Then he came up with his own Nokia N96, and now Nokia is still very strong, with more than 30% market share in the end market.
It's a pity that it will soon be beaten to pieces by oranges.
Without much sighing, I looked at the caller ID, and then connected the phone.
"Dog, what are you talking about?"
"Damn, don't be so big or small, you should call me brother!"
"Okay, Brother Dog!"
"You...... Forget it, my brother doesn't have the same knowledge as you, do you know why I called you?"
"Got shit?"
"Step on your sister, I'm coming to the magic capital, let's have two drinks together in the evening, and I'll wait for you at the old place at eight o'clock. ”
"It's been more than a week since I left school, why are you here so early?"
"Of course I miss you, I can't eat and can't sleep at night, so I rushed over. ”
"Get out. ”
"Haha, don't talk about it, remember eight o'clock. ”
"Got it. ”
After speaking, Su Mu hung up the phone, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This force has not changed at all.
In his previous life, the relationship between the two of them was good, and even if he quit the entertainment industry later, he did not break contact.
This life should be cherished even more.
Thinking of this, Su Mu shook his head, cleared his mind, and went grocery shopping first.
Not far from his apartment there is a wet market.
The scale is not large, but the environment is very good, well-organized, the stall owners who sell vegetables are basically fixed, and the residents who come here to buy vegetables are nearby residents, the most uncles and aunts, and there are also some student parties and office workers.
Buyers and sellers are familiar with each other.
Intersection.
There were a bunch of people gathered, including uncles and aunts in groups of threes and twos, and housewives in home clothes, full of life.
Full of human touch.
The green light turned on, and Su Mu followed the crowd and walked forward quickly.
Soon, I came to the vegetable market.
It's evening, half past six, there are a lot of people who come to buy vegetables, and the market is very lively.
"Uncle, how much is a pound of tomatoes. ”
The uncle of the stall owner who sold vegetables looked up and said with a smile: "Yo, it's Xiaomu, I haven't seen you for a few months, where have you gone?"
"Went to Heron Island to do something and only came back today. ”
"Well, do you want to eat tomatoes? This is the goods that just came in today, it is very fresh, if you want it, it will be three yuan a pound. ”
"Three yuan is too expensive, it's cheaper, I buy vegetables from you every day, besides, this tomato is not in good condition. ”
"You kid, don't look like a young man at all, okay, give you two dollars and five pounds, you can't be less, and if you don't have enough, you will lose money. ”
"Hehe, thank you, uncle, weigh me five catties. ”
Su Mu has learned to bargain since he was a child, not because he is stingy, but because life is not easy.
Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, can save a piece is a piece.
Those who don't know how to bargain have never experienced a hard life, and have never experienced the feeling of breaking a penny into an eight-petal flower.
Although he also made a lot of money after filming "The Three Thousand Golds of the Xia Family", and he still has almost 150,000 yuan after paying taxes, it is difficult to break the habits he has developed since childhood.
Some people may think that a newcomer is still the third male lead, and it is a bit too much to earn 150,000 yuan in one play.
Not really.
This salary is not high, after all, it is already 2010.
Take Sun Li as an example, her debut work was "Jade Guanyin", which started filming at the end of 2001, when she was still a pure newcomer, with a salary of 5,000 episodes.
After so many years, the salary has skyrocketed, and it is really not too much for Su Mu to earn 150,000 yuan for a play.
You must know that actors' salaries have risen rapidly in recent years, especially after 08, which is simply explosive.
For example, Yang Mi, when he filmed "Sword and Fairy III" in 08, his salary for one episode was only twenty or thirty thousand, but now the salary will never be less than two hundred thousand.
Ten times in two years, you dare to believe it!
This is not exaggerated enough, when the era of traffic arrives in a few years, those popular stars will be paid tens of millions of dollars, which is called horror.
Therefore, now is a good era for actors, and it is also a sad era for film and television dramas, and the price of actors' salaries soaring must be the decline in the quality of film and television dramas.
If a film uses 2/3 of the funds to pay the actors' salaries, then the funds spent on production will naturally be much lower, and the quality of the films made in this way will definitely decline.
However, it is not Su Mu's turn to worry about this, for a poor and white person, the more money he makes, the better.
What he has to do now is to improve his acting skills and popularity, work hard to make money from filming, and prepare for buying a house, buying a car, and getting married in the future.
Although he is now a single dog who doesn't even have a girlfriend, he must always plan ahead.
Mr. Lu Xun once said: The most tragic thing for a man is to meet his favorite person when he is the poorest.
Therefore, if you don't make money now, it's too late to work hard after you meet someone you like.
Carrying the tomatoes, Su Mu went to buy some other dishes, including pork ribs.
It's been a long time since I've eaten sweet and sour pork ribs, so I really want to.