Su Man was sent back to Shanghai in the early morning of the second day, she didn't want to go, but Chen Ji didn't give her a chance to discuss the objection at all, he chartered a boat for Su Man, took the waterway to the Shanghai wharf, and sent a girl and a small maid to serve her, and when she arrived in Shanghai, the two servants withdrew directly to Chen Ji's newly purchased mansion in Shanghai - he bought a courtyard in Shanghai, a Western-style, with a small three-story western-style building with a basement, and a courtyard.

Wanlan didn't know about this matter, but when she heard about it, she didn't have any obvious displeasure, she just turned her head sideways and asked Chen Ji, "Are there many rooms?"

"It's okay," Chen Ji said, "the first floor is half above ground and half underground, for servants to live, the second floor is used for reception and office, and the third floor is for living." ”

Wanlan thought for a while: "Then what if there are guests who want to stay overnight?"

"There is another similar three-story western-style building next door, which is supposed to be used for kitchen and storage, but it also plans rooms for staying guests," Chen Ji said, "The two sides are connected." ”

Wanlan pursed her lips and smiled: "Such a complicated project, I have been preparing for a long time, it's hard for you to hide it until today." ”

Chen Ji smiled at her, and his tone was sparse and ordinary: "I was going to make a gift for my newborn son." ”

Wanlan's face suddenly turned gray, and she lowered her head and stopped talking. Chen Ji walked over, first touched the back of her hand, and then patted her lightly on the back, but did not speak.

They stayed in Yangzhou for another three days, and waited for Wanlan's body to recover from the cold before leaving for Shanghai. Since Su Man left, Mrs. Chen was obviously depressed, and she began to live in seclusion, in a daze for a long time. Her youngest son, Chen Qi, was sent to the United States by Chen Ji to study law, and the girls born to the concubines also married off, and separated from her after the death of Mr. Chen.

Mrs. Chen was undoubtedly a successful housewife, she protected her position and her husband, made the concubines useless, and even after her husband's death, she drove the women out in the name of "separation", and even their surnames were erased from the family tree as if they had never existed.

Wanlan took the initiative to mention Su Man to Chen Ji: "If her mother likes her, tell her to come back and serve her mother." ”

Chen Ji smiled when he heard it: "Didn't you say that she is a woman who wants to make a name for herself on the screen? ”

"That's your Chen family's goddaughter, my sister-in-law. Wanlan also smiled, her smile was cold, "She doesn't want to be famous, why should the company help her as a dou? There are no actresses on the screen in the mainland, and this kind of pioneering career has to find a suitable protagonist, and it is useless for us to work hard - you don't want to see the actresses that the company has worked so hard to cultivate only think about being concubines in the end." ”

Chen Ji shook his head: "I don't count it, I have to agree with Mr. Zhang." ”

"It's okay," Wanlan said, "I'll go talk to them." ”

She really went to the rest of the people in charge of Xinmin Film Company and organized a meeting with them, but she didn't say that she would dismiss Su Man, only that she felt that she was not vigorously cultivated with the company, and she was afraid that after a year or two of development, she would use the identity of a movie star to climb the branches, and then the company's hard work would be in vain.

Zheng Zhengqiu didn't take her words seriously, but Zhang Shichuan had to think deeply, he is a person who pursues the box office of movies, and he is naturally unwilling to spend a lot of effort to make wedding clothes for people. Although Wanlan did not explicitly say that Su Man was bent on marrying into a wealthy family, the hints in her words were enough.

Zheng Zhengqiu admired Su Man's understanding, and she was also hardworking, so she didn't want to give up such a "good seedling" because of Wanlan's words, so she said slowly: "I understand Mrs. Chen's worries, but people's ideas are not static, she is still unknown, and she is willing to become a female movie star, so her mind will naturally change." ”

"Mr. Zheng also said that he was happy," Wanlan smiled gently, "but it is also possible that he has not changed, but feels that he is worth a lot and can climb higher branches? ”

Zhang Shichuan coughed lightly: "What Mrs. Chen said makes sense, don't be in a hurry to refute it, it's not that you don't need to reuse it, and she is not the only one who has a promising little girl trained in the same batch." ”

What Mr. Zhang said was that he didn't want to dismiss her, but just dropped her cultivation direction, since she had the heart to climb high, then we might as well fulfill her and tell her to spend more time on dealing with people. Wanlan said, "At that time, no matter who climbs, it will be a help to our Xinmin." ”

Zheng Zhengqiu was a high-minded literati, and he couldn't look down on Wanlan's idea of beating this red-faced cannonball, so he snorted coldly at the moment: "Are we cultivating actors or famous prostitutes?"

"An actor is still a prostitute, can we have the final say?" Wanlan didn't quarrel with him, but she didn't change her mind, "She wants to be an actor, that is, an actor, if she treats herself as a famous prostitute, no matter how hard we work on the actor, it can't stop her from treating herself as a thing and waiting for the price to sell." ”

Zhang Shichuan suddenly laughed, he pinched the bridge of his nose, and looked at Wanlan again: "Mrs. Chen hasn't worried much about the company in the past two years, and today she suddenly talked about Su Man, could it be that she has already sold it, and she plans to sell it to you?"

"Su Man asked for leave from the company a while ago, right," Wanlan was calm, and answered Zhang Shichuan's words, but the intention was on Zheng Zhengqiu, but she didn't look at Zheng Zhengqiu, and only made eye contact with Zhang Shichuan, as if she was just gossiping, "I went to Yangzhou and served my mother-in-law for me, and coaxed my mother-in-law to be happy, and immediately recognized her as a goddaughter." ”

As she spoke, she put one elbow on the table, supported her chin on the back of her hand, and sighed leisurely: "Yuji is a rough person, and he can't understand Hongyan's heavy grace. ”

Zhang Shichuan laughed, he didn't comment on Su Man's behavior, but he agreed with Wanlan's suggestion more deeply in his heart, and even Zheng Zhengqiu stopped talking.

Chen Ji did not come to Xinmin Company today, it was deliberately arranged by Wanlan. There is not only one Xinmin property under his name, and Xinmin is not exclusive to Chen Ji, he is just a shareholder, but Wanlan is pointing fingers at Xinmin's personnel arrangements, but it is really not to look at Chen Ji's face, but because she is also an official shareholder of Xinmin.

Xinmin Film's business now comes from the Asia Film and Drama Company opened by the American B. Brasky, mainly underwriting Asia's director, screenwriter, shooting, selection of actors and other related work in Shanghai.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu are eager to imitate the American star-making mechanism, cultivate their own actors, shoot their own dramas, and play their own brands. Su Man is their main move to prove themselves, they each take what they need, mutual benefit and win-win, but obviously, now her needs, Xinmin can no longer afford to give, and is unwilling to give.

Zhang Shichuan made the final decision: "Let's change people, remove Su Man from the front line, Bo Chang picks another one with aura, I think that Wen Renfeng is good." ”

Zheng Zhengqiu said: "My newly written play is based on Su Man's writing. ”

"Then continue to ask her to act," Wanlan hurriedly said, "It's just that she is withdrawn from the first line, and she is not hidden." ”

Zheng Zhengqiu still looked a little reluctant, but he didn't say anything, and nodded sloppily in agreement.

Wanlan then talked about the second thing: "I was worried about the trivial matters of the house before, neglected the company, and only took money and didn't work, which made me feel a lot of losses, but now everything has been solved, and I can finally take care of the company with all my might, what can I do, and please don't be polite to the two managers." ”

Zhang Shichuan teased her: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Chen cares about the company's fake, and more, she is afraid that there will be another Su Man and sell herself to Yuji, right?"

Wanlan covered her lips and smiled: "Mr. Zhang, this is a joke on me, didn't I also do things in the company when I was fine before? But at that time, I only regarded it as a leisure errand, but this time I plan to do it seriously." ”

She took back from Zhang Shichuan the introduction of foreign films that she was in charge of before, which is no stranger to her, and she did similar work in Yuping Cinema before. She is good at English and has many foreign friends, so it is just right for her to do this job.

Xinmin Film Company relies on the Asia Film and Drama Company, and is only responsible for taking over Asia films, so there was no personnel department specifically responsible for the introduction of foreign language films. But since he plans to make it into a complete film company, foreign exchanges are indispensable, and Wanlan mentioned it like this, Zhang Shichuan also pushed the boat down the river, allocated her an office, and transferred two deputies to her.

Although Chen Ji did not come to the company, he did not miss what happened in the company, and when Wanlan went home in the evening, he pretended to greet her in the living room, applauded her, and pretended to be courteous to change her clothes: "Manager Xie has worked hard all day." ”

Wanlan sneered, covered her face with a salute, and handed the coat to Chen Ji: "I'm tired, pinch my shoulders." ”

Chen Ji pinched her shoulder twice, and his hand was not light or heavy, but he pinched Wanlan and screamed in pain. Xie Huai'an and Wu Xinyi also came back from the foreign bank at this time, and when they saw his husband and wife describe it like this, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "What's wrong?"

Wanlan hurriedly stood up: "It's nothing, just joking with him." Did Vera buy the lovely clothes?"

The little girl who went shopping with them carried a few cloth bags in his hand, and when he heard Wanlan's question, he cleverly opened the bag and handed it to Wu Xinyi, who took out one and shook it open to Wanlan: "I didn't ask the tailor to do it, I bought the ready-to-wear directly, Sister look, it's still a rare dress." ”

It is indeed quite rare, it is a sleeveless robe and vest, like the Manchu ladies in the Qing Dynasty, but there are no sleeves, and there is an apricot-colored inverted big sleeved short jacket inside, and the color of the robe outside is stable, rich and gorgeous. Wu Xinyi dragged Wanlan's hand upstairs and said that she couldn't wait, and she wanted to wear new clothes to show Sister A immediately.

Wanlan laughed at her while following her upstairs, and the two went to the bedroom, Wu Xinyi carefully closed the door and said to Wanlan: "This is for my mother, I bought two pieces, one for Mrs. Chen." ”

Wanlan's smile froze on her face, and it took two breaths before she came back to life.

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Zheng Zhengqiu: The father of Chinese film, the pioneer of the Chinese film industry, and one of the earliest film screenwriters and directors in China. (PS: This gentleman is quite handsome...... ）

Zhang Shichuan: One of the pioneers of Chinese cinema and the backbone of the first generation of Chinese film directors, advocating "box office value".

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