Chapter 16 ["Returning to the Old Business"]
Faced with Xia's question, Xia Zewen fell into a long silence, not that he couldn't answer this question, but he didn't know how to answer this question, he didn't know what he was going to say if a six-year-old child could understand what he had to say.
Xia Zewen racked his brains to recall what kind of state he was in when he was six years old, whether he was as smart as Ji Ji, whether he was as eccentric as Ji Ji, whether he could understand the meaning of his words, but unfortunately he didn't understand it after thinking about it for a long time, and he didn't even touch a shadow, after all, it has been more than 20 years since he was six years old, and his memory has become very vague. Of course, there is one person who is an exception, whenever he thinks of that little figure, Xia Zewen's heart will become much softer, and his eyes will exude a different look than usual.
Seeing that Xia Zewen's facial expression became very soft, Xia opened his mouth wide in surprise, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and after confirming that he did not see the illusion, he sighed in his heart, today's video call is simply copied, if it is not for fear of exposure, Xia Zewen will definitely be photographed and announced to everyone in the circle of friends. Before today, he couldn't believe that such an expression would appear on the face of this boring man like an iron plate, could this be the expression of the tenderness of the legendary iron man?
If Xia Zewen knew what Xia Xia was thinking, he would definitely hug him tightly and yell at his confidant, you must know that because of this paralyzed face, he has been misunderstood by many people, and even the person he likes has turned to the arms of others because of his face, this is a matter of more grievances!
Seeing that Xia Zewen was silent for a long time and didn't speak, Xia Zewen's eyes rolled, and he thought of a prank, he beckoned to Bai Xi and Xia Zechang, "Little uncle, Uncle Bai, come and see, is Uncle Cousin sick, he is frozen there and does not move, is it sudden... Oh, by the way, he's had a stroke, should we call an ambulance for him?"
Xia Zewen, who had just come back to his senses, was hit hard by Xia's words, if it weren't for his particularly strong nerves, he would probably faint directly with his eyes rolled, and he would really have to call an ambulance at that time.
"Ji Ji, Uncle Xia just thinks that things are too engrossed, and there is no need to call an ambulance. ”
Seeing Xia Zewen's not-so-good-looking face, Bai Zhongqiu silently applauded Xia Xia in his heart, he had no impression of this Xia Zewen before, today his father said that this person actually had a crush on Ji Ji, and tried to marry Ji Ji in vain, Bai Zhongqiu was not happy when he heard it, and very simply blacklisted this person, and decided that whenever this person appeared in front of Ji Ji, the two of them must be separated and not let them stay alone. Even if he is Ji Ji's cousin, it is useless, anyway, he has to guard this person strictly, and he must not give this person any chance to get close to Ji Ji.
"So that's the case, that's really a pity!" Xia Xia pretended to regretfully look at Xia Zewen, who had returned to an iron plate, and blinked his eyes twice by the way.
It's a pity, what's the pity? Where is the pity?! Xia Zewen endured a mouthful of old blood and didn't spurt out, he is very glad now, fortunately, he is unlikely to have children in this life, if his children are as naughty as Xia, he will definitely find a place to die. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sympathize with Xia's father and Xia's mother, with such a quirky guy around him who was thinking about pranks all day long, life must be very hard, right? Xia Zewen shook his head gently, it is really not easy to be someone's parents.
Bai Xi stood aside, watching Xia Zewen being injured by the summer anger, how happy he was in his heart, he finally found someone who could restrain him, it was really gratifying! However, Bai Xi couldn't let Xia Zewen continue to provoke Xia Zewen, if he really made this guy angry, it couldn't be the six-year-old child in the summer who was unlucky, and the person he wanted to teach his brother was definitely himself, and he was on the summer ...... 100% will say how smart other children's children are, and you didn't have any clever people when you were a child.
At this moment, Bai Xi finally understood what a terrible existence "other people's children" was. It's a pity that it's his cousin who does this, and it's also a six-year-old cousin who was reborn, and he's a thirty-year-old who can't even compare to a six-year-old child, shouldn't he go to the back mountain to cry?
However, now is not the time to cry, Bai Xi wiped the tears in his eyes, walked forward and took the phone back, looked at Xia Zewen on the screen, and said angrily, "Why are you calling again?"
"Bai Xi, is this the attitude you should have when talking to your brother?" Xia Zewen has no temper with Xia, but it doesn't mean that he can't clean up Bai Xi, "Are all the rules at home to eat?"
"That's my family's rules, not yours' rules. Boss Xia, you and my brother are friends, but we don't have that friendship, don't put any brother's shelf in front of me, you don't eat your set. Bai Xi snorted twice, he just saw that Xia Zewen's face was paralyzed, he just didn't want to talk to him well, even if he was beaten by his eldest brother and brother in the lobby, he just recognized it, anyway, it's good to be happy now. "What's the matter, hurry up, I'm still busy, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, it's delaying my business, you can't afford that responsibility. ”
Xia Zewen just wanted to say that you have something serious, and then remembered that someone's studio is now under Bai Xi's control, although it is not as busy as before, but no one can say anything about the entertainment industry, maybe there is a big business waiting for it, if it is really delayed, it will be a sin.
Thinking of this, Xia Zewen didn't entangle with Bai Xi anymore, he cleared his throat and said, "I want to say a few words to the eldest aunt or Brother Zeming or Zechang, and you give the phone to one of them." ”
"My mom just went to sleep, and my eldest brother is looking at my sister-in-law, what can you tell me? Hearing the other party mention himself, Xia Zechang walked quickly to Bai Xi's side and looked at Xia Zewen on the screen with Bai Xi.
"That's right, I told my dad and the third uncle about finding you, the two old people are very excited, I hope the family can reunite immediately, the third uncle booked a plane ticket, and it is expected that I will be able to go to B city the day after tomorrow, after meeting with my dad, we will go to you together, it is estimated that it is the day after tomorrow. ”
"Is this something you have already discussed?" Xia Zechang's tone was flat, there was no special reaction, to be honest, if it wasn't for his respected father's dream, if it wasn't for his dear mother's insistence, he wouldn't want to find any relatives in City B, even if it was a cousin, even if the other party was a great person, what could he do, and no one would bother anyone if he lived his own life. He likes to work in the fields, and his eldest brother is like this, otherwise it would be impossible for him to come back immediately after graduating from college, and according to his eldest brother's level, it is not impossible to continue to study for a graduate student, doctoral student, etc. But they just like the life in their hometown, so they don't want to go to the big city, there is nothing good there, it is not as quiet in the village, it is not as comfortable as the village, or the life in the village is more suitable for them. Therefore, he was not particularly enthusiastic about Xia Zewen's appearance, and there should be politeness, and there were other ...... Forget it.
"Yes. Xia Zewen also knew in his heart that only the old lady in this family welcomed them, thinking about them, and other people probably regarded them as strangers, in fact, it was not wrong to think so, except that there was a constant blood relationship between them, there was no big difference from strangers, he couldn't ask Xia Zechang to treat him well, they were all slow-burning people, and they could only get familiar with each other after a long time of contact.
"That's it, call us when you arrive, and my eldest brother and I will pick you up. ”
"Good. Xia Zewen felt that it was very good to deal with it like this, and he said to Xia Zechang, "I'll say a few words to Ji Ji." ”
Xia Zechang beckoned to Xia Xia and asked him to stand beside him.
"Season by season. ”
"Huh?" Xia Xia hugged Xiao Qi, the youngest in the dog army, and showed two rows of shiny white teeth towards Xia Zechang, "Uncle Cousin, are you going to hang up the phone?"
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ji Ji, today's time is a bit tight, and we'll have a good chat when we visit your house next time. ”
"Okay. Xia Xia didn't say anything else, she simply responded, grabbed one of Xiao Qi's claws and waved it at Xia Zewen, "Come, Xiao Qi, let's say goodbye to Grandpa." ”
Xiao Qi originally planned to sleep for a while with his eyes closed, but when he heard what Xia Xia said, he gave Xia Xia a special face, raised his eyelids and puffed at Xia Zewen twice, and after completing the task assigned by the little master, his little head arched in Xia Xia's arms, and he fell asleep after a while.
Xia Zewen looked at this person and a dog with a smile, what kind of owner and what kind of pet is raised, all of them are very individual!
Xia Zewen explained a few more words to Bai Xi, asking him to take good care of Grandma Xia and the like for himself, and hung up the phone directly after he finished speaking, clean and neat, without procrastination at all.
Looking at the mobile phone that had been blackened, Bai Xi pursed his lips, pulled Xia Zechang and whispered, "This guy is the most unkind thing, after seeing him, stay away from him, so as not to be bullied by him." ”
Xia Zechang just wanted to make fun of Bai Xi and ask him if he was afraid of being bullied by Xia Zewen, but before the words could be spoken, Bai Xi's phone rang again.
Bai Xi looked at the number of the studio displayed on the screen, and did not dare to delay at all, so he immediately picked it up.
Xia Zechang saw that Bai Xi had something to talk about at work, and didn't want to disturb him, so he took Xia Xia and Bai Zhongqiu into the hall, and saw that Grandma Xia, who was still sleeping just now, had woken up and was chatting with Xia's mother, while Xia's father was nibbling on a watermelon and sitting on the side as a backdrop.
Xia carefully put Xiao Qi in his arms on the cushion at the door of the hall, and then pulled Bai Zhongqiu to pounce on Grandma Xia, coquettish and cute beside Grandma Xia, how can you make the old man happy.
Xia Zechang took advantage of the summer coquettishness to relay Xia Zewen's words just now, and at the end, he said, "Since we know each other, let's walk around as relatives, which can be regarded as your and my father's wishes, what do you say?"
"That's it!" Grandma Xia rubbed Xia's head and nodded towards Xia Zechang, "It's up to you and the boss to entertain them, my daughter-in-law and I don't have that energy." ”
"Yes, we'll do it. Xia Zechang agreed, and then he heard footsteps behind him, he looked back, Bai Xi came in not very happy, "What's wrong?
"The advertisement for children's skin care products I told you before, the parents of the two children who were sure to appear suddenly said that they couldn't shoot it, because their children had to take the entrance exam for primary school, and they couldn't waste their time on this, and they had to study quickly, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get into the school they wanted to go to. Bai Xi sighed softly, "I don't know if that's the case, but if people find such an excuse, I can't say no, after all, the liquidated damages have been called." But the advertisement will be filmed next month, let me find two more little ......" The last word was not spoken, Bai Xi's eyes lit up, he grabbed Bai Zhongqiu, and then stretched out his hand to point to the summer, and said tremblingly, "You...... How about you two go with me for a commercial?"
"Good. ”
"Don't!"
Bai Zhongqiu and Xia Xia answered very quickly, but Bai Zhongqiu readily agreed, and Xia Xia was very happy...... Refused--The kid didn't even think about it, he gave his reply directly, and gave Bai Xi a knife and warned him not to mess around, otherwise he would bear the consequences.
Bai Xi looked at Bai Zhongqiu in surprise, he was a little surprised that his cold-faced son agreed so happily, and he usually didn't see much interest in the entertainment industry...... No, it's not that he doesn't have much interest, but he doesn't have interest at all, and even a little disdainful, and every time he watches those entertainment programs, his son always has an impatient expression on his face. However, when Bai Xi saw that although Bai Zhongqiu had a straight face, he still looked at Xia with very expectant eyes, he raised his eyebrows clearly, and the doubts in his heart finally had an answer, it turned out that his son was not interested in the entertainment industry, nor did he find it interesting to shoot commercials, but hoped to shoot advertisements with Xia, probably to enjoy the process of two people doing one thing together!
Bai Xi, who understood the trick, shook his head helplessly, he had to admit that his cousin's charm was great, not to mention how many people had fallen under his suit pants without regrets before, and he was willing to do this and that for him, that is, now, reborn as a six-year-old child, the charm is still the same back then, not only his family and neighbors around him are very good to him, but even the people he just met are also dead to him. For such a situation, although Bai Xi was a little entangled, he still gave Xia Xia a thumbs up in his heart, if it was him, it was estimated that he would not be able to do this a hundred times if he was reborn.
Thinking about it like this, the little entanglement in Bai Xi's heart will disappear, anyway, whether it is Bai Zhongqiu or summer, the two of them are still young, so it is really a bit unfounded to worry about their emotional affairs so early, if Xia Zechang knows, he will definitely laugh at himself fiercely.
As for Xia Xia refusing his mention so simply, it was in Bai Xi's expectation, he was not surprised at all, if Xia Xia agreed, he would be surprised. Because Xia Xia has long said that he will not enter that circle again after being reborn, indicating that he has a certain career plan for his future life, and he has planned it for decades, Bai Xi feels that even if he is someone's beloved brother, it is not easy to disrupt other people's plans, firstly, to fulfill the wishes of grandpa and grandpa, and secondly, to make up for the regrets of his previous life.
However, the truth is this truth, but Bai Xi still feels that what happened this time still needs to be solved in the summer, not that Bai Xi has reversed his word and does not talk about credit, and he has no choice, this advertisement is actually a hot head in the summer, and he signed it without thinking clearly for a while. Originally, those two children were not artists in their studio, and the people around them were persuaded, but Xia Fei felt that these two children were creative materials, and insisted on cultivating them. Zilai, but they all know that the summer has a very unique vision in the selection of artists, and the artists he pointed out have already developed very well, so this summer's stubbornness just made everyone excited for a while, excited, what to do and what to do, anyway, it's just an advertisement, and it's not to sign a contract with them, so everyone doesn't pay attention to it.
And in this matter, Feng Shou, the original agent of the summer, was on the side of the summer, so the whole planning was followed up by Feng Shou, but unfortunately, the advertisement had not yet started filming, and the summer was calculated, and at the same time, Feng Shou angered the grief-stricken Bai family and was ruthlessly swept away. He ran away in disgrace, but the mess he left behind could only be taken over by Bai Xi, which gave Bai Xi a headache, the water in the entertainment industry was too deep, he was really afraid that a heel would fall into it, and it didn't matter if he drowned himself, he was afraid of smashing his cousin's brand.
It can be said that this advertisement for children's skin care products is the first challenge that Bai Xi ushered in after taking over the studio, and there are many pairs of eyes in the circle staring at it, if it can't be completed well, it is estimated that the future will be very sad.
Thinking of this, Bai Xi cleared his throat, showed a big smile towards Xiaxia, and said, "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, maybe after I explain the ins and outs of this matter to you, you will change your mind." ”
Xia Xia saw a certain taste of calculation from Bai Xi's smile, he looked at the other party with some vigilance, and said, "Uncle Bai, don't fool me, I am indeed young, and I don't read much, I don't know much, but what I understand is that filming commercials should be very delayed in learning, and I don't have much interest in that, being a star or something, it's not interesting at all." As you know, I'm going to elementary school soon, and I'm still in the third grade, so it's going to be a lot of schoolwork. Although I am very smart, but smart does not mean that I do not study hard, do not read seriously, as the principal of the school, you also hope that I study hard, every day, can be admitted to a famous university in the future, to win glory for the school, right?"
Although these words are a little incoherent, they are more in line with the current age of Summer, and six-year-old children don't understand and can't say those particularly profound truths, and it's good to be able to say them, which is enough to prove that Summer is sensible and smart. Moreover, children at this age care about only a few things, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun, it is their academic performance. Of course, academic performance is not what children themselves want to care about, it is really because adults attach too much importance to this, if they do not do well in the exam, they will be greeted after the parent-teacher meeting, probably a meal of fried pork with brooms.
In this era, regardless of whether they are parents in the countryside or in the city, they are actually quite educated, especially families like the Xia family, who were originally transferred from the city to the countryside, and the adults in the family have basically received higher education, so they also hope that their children are smart, their children study well, and they can have a bright future in the future. The people of the Xia family are relatively enlightened, and they will not ask Xia Xia to do this or that, nor will they ask him to inherit the traditions of the Xia family and go to a medical university or something, of course, except for his own request.
However, it is still extremely rare for an open-minded parent like the Xia family to become a dragon, and most parents hope that their children will learn well, and then get ahead, and live a life they once thought about but were not able to achieve. Parents in rural areas hope that their children can be admitted to big cities, find a job in big cities, and gain a firm foothold in big cities, while parents in big cities are more demanding, hoping that their children can study well and study abroad in the future, not expecting to win any Nobel Prize, but also to strive for a reputation or something.
Learning well is not over, parents also require children to have specialties, hobbies, and even some parents do not hesitate to take only three or two-year-old children to all parts of the country to catch up, either to participate in this talent competition, or to participate in the audition of the entertainment program, and strive to let their children show in front of the public as much as possible, in case they can be smashed by pies falling from the sky, become a child star, and they can struggle for a few years less than children of the same age. Less hard work for a few years, improve the living situation of the family as soon as possible, and meet their expectations as soon as possible.
There are really not a few parents with such thoughts, and in the summer of his previous life in the entertainment industry, and Bai Xi, who just took over the summer studio, have seen a lot, some moderates and some radicals. Some of the practices of those radical parents really make them disagree, and they have raised their own questions more than once, is it really good for children to start breaking into the entertainment industry at such a young age, is it really conducive to their growth?
After thinking about it many times, the answer is still no.
In the summer, he debuted as a child star, even if he was surrounded by someone to escort him all the way, but the process of really getting ahead and really becoming an actor was also quite difficult. The knowledge and skills that need to be mastered are definitely not what parents who expect their children to become child stars can imagine, those people are beautiful in front of them, and the ups and downs behind them, he thinks that even if he says it clearly, there are not many people who believe it, most people will think that he doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, if people like him are so bitter, those artists who really rely on their own hard work would have jumped off the building 800 times.
For this children's draft trend in the entertainment industry that I don't know when, Xia Xia and Bai Xi both looked very helpless, the children should be innocent and should grow up happily, but now they not only don't have a happy childhood, but the only time they can have fun is spent on catching up with the field, which feels sad when you think about it. However, this is not what they should manage, and they do not have the ability to manage, and they can only describe the practices of these parents in an Internet buzzword - Too young, too simple. After these parents watch their children experience failures again and again, and watch their children disappointed and depressed again and again, they should understand that celebrities are not so easy to be, not quite able.
Then again, Bai Xi felt that whether it was as his cousin or as the only fourth generation of the Xia family, Xia Xia was definitely very suitable for entering the entertainment industry, but he also understood that it was not so easy to fool him in this life. Man, if you suffer a loss once, you won't make the same mistake again.
Bai Xi is a smart person, so he understands the meaning of Xiaxia's words very well, and he also understands that Xia Xia is telling him not to hit him anymore, but he will not give up so lightly, this matter itself was provoked by Xia, and it must be up to him to deal with the aftermath. There is still a month to shoot an advertisement, let him find someone again, and then confirm with the manufacturer, he really doesn't have that time!
Bai Xi took the mineral water that Uncle Xia had just drunk, and drank two sips, ready to start his great cause of persuasion.
"Ji Ji, you're right, the truth is indeed this truth, as a school principal, I must emphasize this, students still have to focus on learning, nothing else matters. But, Ji Ji, don't forget, it's a holiday, and you're all on vacation, so you're not in charge of me as the principal for the time being, besides, students also need to have some extracurricular activities, what should you do if you become nerds? And ......." Bai Xi bared his teeth towards the summer, and said with a sly smile, "Ji Ji Xiaopenyou, don't forget, you haven't officially enrolled yet, and I'm not your principal yet." So, you don't have to worry so much about your studies, and you don't have to worry about shooting commercials that will take up your time. Take 10,000 steps back and say, Ji Ji, even if you are now my student, but you and Xiao Qiuqiu are so smart, I believe you won't delay your studies because of this, right?" Bai Xi looked at Grandma Xia, Xia's father, Xia's mother, and Uncle Xia, and continued, "Well, I don't know what Auntie, and eldest brother, sister-in-law, and Zechang think, I think, since we have this resource, why don't we use it? Actually, it's not about making Jiji and Qiuqiu famous, it's a good experience, right?"
"This is good, I agree with Ji Ji to try it, anyway, no one has stipulated that if you shoot an advertisement once, you will be a child star, even if you are a child star, what if you can be like Xiaobai's cousin Mr. Bai Xu in the future, it would be good to become an actor!" Xia's mother clapped her hands, looking very happy, "Even if you don't do this business in the future, it's good to have a long experience, Mom, what do you think?"
"I think it's pretty good, Ji Ji, why don't you try it?"
"Yes, Ji Ji, you won't be afraid of losing face and don't dare to go, right?" Xia Zechang and Xia's father glanced at each other, and the two brothers laughed at their nephew and son very unkindly.
"....... "Is this my mother, grandmother, uncle, or father?" How can I push him into the fire pit? Summer deeply felt the malice of Sen Sen from the universe, he should be the child who picked him up, right?
"Ji Ji, don't blame Uncle Bai, I really have no choice but to mention that you and Qiuqiu went to the rescue together. Bai Xi saw that the family card didn't work, and began to pretend to be pitiful and weak again, spit out bitterness to everyone, and told the ins and outs of this advertisement, and finally he said, "You don't know, although my cousin was beautiful during his lifetime, everyone held him, but he was gone, although everyone misses a lot, but after a long time, it will be gradually forgotten." And this studio is my cousin's brainchild, since it is handed over to me to take care of, I can't ruin his efforts, I can't smash his signboard, and let those with ulterior motives see the joke, right? If it weren't for the time crunch this time, I wouldn't have come up with this idea. ”
"Ji Ji, I'll promise you Uncle Bai this time!" Grandma Xia patted Xia's head, "Next time, let's ignore him, how about it?"
"That's right, Ji Ji, filming advertisements is to pay for it, that is, to give money, let's knock this kid hard, and if you don't give more, you will definitely not help!" Xia Zechang patted Bai Xi's shoulder twice, and said happily, "He suffered a big loss this time, and he won't dare to look for you next time, so you don't have to worry about your study, right?"
"Okay, I promise. Xia Xia smiled at Bai Xi, "Uncle Bai, just like my little uncle said, the remuneration is not less, but I have to use it to pay for tuition." Speaking of which......" Summer touched his chin, a little distressed, "Speaking of which, Uncle Bai still earned it, right?"
"This ......." Bai Xi shook his head helplessly, pointed to Xia Xia and said to Xia Zechang, "You always say that your nephew is a big ghost, and you always say that he is a ghost, I don't believe it yet, now ......"
"How's that happening? Am I right?"
"It's really enlightened!" Bai Xi sighed softly, "Since I agreed, I'll talk about the idea of this advertisement, and Ji Ji and Qiu Qiu also have a preparation." ”
Xia Xia watched Bai Xi take out his mobile phone and pick out the copy of the advertisement from it, sighed softly in his heart, and couldn't help but wonder, can he be regarded as heavy//old business......? That's fate!.
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