Chapter 64: A New Neighbor
"Yo, Teacher Ning, slow down. ”
Ning Dai came out of the kitchen with a big belly of more than six months, and Wang Dalun hurriedly got up and took it over.
"Brother Zhang, you are really, if you want to eat, let's just go out to eat, why do you still let Teacher Ning work?"
Zhang Yuan just came back yesterday and specially called him to come over for a gathering. Ning Dai worked hard all morning and gathered a large table of good dishes.
"Alas, I've been hanging out for a few months, and there's nothing else to do, just to gluttonous my wife's cooking. There's no point in going out to eat. ”
Zhang Yuan shook his head, as soon as the sauerkraut fish was served, he couldn't wait to clip a piece of white and tender fish meat and stuff it into his mouth.
"Slow down, there's a layer of oil on it, it's hot! Don't be reincarnated like a starving ghost. ”
Ning Dai doted on her husband, who was five years younger than herself, especially when she was holding her big belly, her face was full of maternal brilliance, like a kind mother teaching her naughty son.
It is said that Ning Dai is forty years old this year, but after she became pregnant, she looked a lot younger.
"Teacher Ning, let's sit down and eat something together. Wang Dalun greeted.
"I can't eat a little, go back to the room and rest first, you two drink slowly. ”
After Ning Dai entered the room and closed the door, Zhang Yuan hurriedly took out a cigarette from his pocket.
"It doesn't matter, right?"
Wang Dalun has actually been holding back for a long time, but he is afraid that there are pregnant women in the house.
"It's okay, just ventilate it later. ”
Zhang Yuan lit a cigarette and ran to the kitchen to get an ashtray.
"Do you have a bottom in your mind about the new script?" asked Wang Dalun.
"The basic story synopsis is almost over, Lao Yu is rushing the script, and it is estimated that it will come out by the end of the year. Zhang Yuandao.
Zhang Yuan's friend Yu Hua is a writer. Three years ago, Zhang Dadao's film "Alive", which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 47th Cannes Film Festival, was based on his novel of the same name. This movie also made Uncle Ge the first Chinese actor in the history of Cannes.
"What are you talking about?"
"A story of coming home for the New Year. ”
"Hey, isn't it about women's prisons?" Wang Dalun said in surprise.
Zhang Yuan picked up the cup and touched it with him, took a sip, squinted his eyes, and replied, "Da Lun, do you believe that a person will kill someone for five yuan?"
"Believe. Wang Dalun nodded without thinking.
In his previous life, he had heard a lot of news about murder and robbery for hundreds or even dozens of dollars, and although five yuan was a bit exaggerated, it was still quite valuable in these years.
"Tsk!" Zhang Yuan slammed his mouth, with an expression that you can't cooperate.
"I interviewed a story in a women's prison about a sister who accidentally killed her sister for five dollars and was sentenced to 20 years. Because of his good behavior in prison, he was allowed to return home to reunite with his relatives once in Chinese New Year's Eve after 17 years. But she has never been able to face her family, and she has not even had the courage to get out of prison. ”
Saying that, Zhang Yuan sighed with emotion and said, "This time, I interviewed more than 20 female prisoners who killed people with Lao Yu, and there were also those who killed relatives like this sister. I was shocked by the remorse, confusion, and even lifelessness with which they spoke, and it was clearly the kind of sincere tremor of the soul that art could not capture. ”
Zhang Yuan was excited, and knocked his index finger on the table and said: "There is too much romance on the Chinese screen now, and there are too many falsehoods and vulgarities. There are so many things that we need to face and answer, and I must shoot this kind of reality. ”
Wang Dalun has watched Zhang Yuan's "Mother", "Son", "Beijing Bastard", including "East Palace and West Palace" starring himself, and he can see that Zhang Yuan deliberately pursues the relationship between image and reality in every movie. But the truth sometimes needs to be obscured, which is why he has been banned for a long time.
However, Wang Dalun has become accustomed to Zhang Yuan's style of sending him abroad without letting him be released in China, and he was still thinking about recommending Liu Ling, and asked, "Then when are you going to start filming?"
Zhang Yuan shook his head unexpectedly and said: "I don't know, I have to send it for review when the script comes out, and I can't shoot it until it is reviewed." ”
"What! Do you still want to submit it for review?" Wang Dalun's eyes widened, with a very strange look, and said: "Hasn't your director's qualification been revoked a long time ago, why do you still need to submit it for review?"
Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly: "Actually, since the last time my passport was detained, I have been in contact with the relevant departments. Maybe now I'm a little famous abroad, and they also have, uh, the meaning of Zhao'an. But the premise must be obedient, and the script must be submitted for review before filming. ”
"So, you're now considered to have lifted the ban?" Wang Dalun said busily.
"Sort of, but it's going to take a while for the official post. ”
"That's great, congratulations! Brother Zhang. ”
This is all good news! Wang Dalun hurriedly picked up his wine glass and happily toasted him.
After a glass of wine, he was a little worried: "However, can the script of this theme pass the review now?"
"I discussed with Lao Yu and planned to add the image of a female policeman to the script. The female policeman sent the prisoner home for the New Year, and after the work of the female policeman, the female prisoner came out of the psychological shadow and finally got the tolerance of her family. This can be regarded as carrying forward the main theme, and I don't think it should be a big problem. Zhang Yuan said confidently.
"That's good. Brother Zhang, will I recommend an actress to you then?" asked Wang Dalun tentatively.
"Who? Zhao Wei? Zhao Wei can't do it, she is too young and doesn't match the plot characters. ”
Zhang Yuan knew that this product was usually very close to Zhao Wei.
"No, it's Liu Ling. The 93 acting class of the Film Academy, a student of Teacher Ning, just graduated this year and played the blue butterfly in "Singing in the Middle of the Night". Wang Dalun hurriedly introduced.
"Oh, it's her!"
Zhang Yuan thought about it, and he was really impressed. The role of Blue Butterfly is regarded as the second female number one in "Singing in the Middle of the Night", although it is far less brilliant than the female number one Wu Qianlian, but her acting skills are quite acceptable.
"Okay, you can let her come and try the show then. ”
While Zhang Yuan agreed, he also joked with a smile: "Are you kid ...... with her now?"
Wang Dalun didn't wait for him to finish, and hurriedly interrupted and clarified: "No, no, it's just ordinary friends, people who have boyfriends." ”
Zhang Yuan smiled, after all, the big men are not as gossipy as women.
After eating two bites of food, Zhang Yuan asked, "By the way, how was the movie you made last time?"
Wang Dalun knew that Zhang Yuan was referring to "Xiao Wu", and replied: "I really let you say it accurately, and I didn't pass the trial." I plan to follow your old path and take it abroad to exhibit. ”
This model has now become the only way out for underground films, Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "Go to Europe?"
Wang Dalun said with a little excitement: "Well, I have already applied for the Berlin Film Festival next year." ”
"Yo, so you have to go to Berlin next year?" Zhang Yuan was a little surprised, but he was still happy to touch a glass with him.
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Entering December, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day. The Huanzhu crew was still in full swing to shoot, Wang Dalun talked to Zhao Wei on the phone twice, and was told that he had been very busy, so he didn't visit the class again. However, "Will Love" was completed in early December, and Lao Xu returned to the capital and took the initiative to invite him to have a meal.
The renewal contract of the endorsement has been signed, and Peter Chen and He Cong finally accepted the conditions he proposed, renewing the contract for two years, shooting a free advertisement, and the annual meeting of their group must be attended as a spokesperson during the contract period.
Originally, at the end of the year, Wang Dalun had nothing to do, but because he still had to apply for a visa to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, he couldn't leave for a while. Usually either stay at home and read books, or just have dinner with Lao Jia or Chengchuang and other fox friends or something, and live a very leisurely life.
At noon that day, he had just returned from grocery shopping on a little flying pigeon. Although he has a car, he usually buys groceries and changes gas canisters, and he still chooses to ride a bicycle whenever he is in the surrounding activities, which is convenient to save money!
I parked my car at the carport, bought a pack of cigarettes at the small shop, and walked to the door of my unit in a bumpy way. It's been cold for the past two days, and today he specially bought a piece of mutton, the newly arrived mutton outside his mouth, very fresh, and the stew is first-class.
There was a noodle parked at the top of the staircase, the driver was unloading things down, two large suitcases, and a couple of cardboard boxes, and it looked like a new tenant had moved in.
Wang Dalun was about to go upstairs, but saw a girl with a ponytail rushing down the stairs and almost hitting her arms.
"Look at the dot...... Uh, Fan Ziyi!"
It was the first time for Wang Dalun to see Fan Ziyi, who was not dressed as a golden lock, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a red face, and a goose yellow down jacket, which looked younger and immature than before.
"Ah...... Wang Dalun, why are you here?" Fan Ziyi was also startled, staring at her big eyes with an incredible look.
"I'm going to live here, hey, are you going to move here?" Wang Dalun pointed to the pile of luggage on the ground, but he was secretly complaining in his heart: It's really a coincidence!
"Oh, what a coincidence, I didn't expect us to become neighbors. The house I rented is on the fifth floor, five zero one, how many floors do you live on?" Fan Ziyi said in surprise.
The newly moved neighbor is an acquaintance, Wang Dalun is also very happy, pointed his index finger up, and said with a smile: "It's on your head, I live on the top floor." ”