Wang Dalun went home in September last year and stayed at home for more than half a month. This year's homecoming was unplanned, but I happened to be filming in the magic capital, so I naturally had to go home after filming.

But this time point is very embarrassing, half a month at home is November, only three months away from the New Year, and there is no film appointment, even if you go back to the capital, there is nothing to do.

But sometimes people are like this, when they are in the capital, they always complain that the air is not good, the prices are expensive, and they eat bodybuilding pigs and pesticides and vegetables. You can go back to your hometown, although the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the air is fresh, the small county town is cheap, and you eat wild fish and shrimp in the river, Tujia pork, and organic vegetables. But after a few days, I will worry about doing nothing, always thinking about making money, buying a house, even if there is no contract, I feel that there are more opportunities to stay in the capital than at home.

Although Wang Dalun has made three movies and two TV series so far, only "Thunderstorm" has been broadcast so far. "East Palace and West Palace" is definitely no play; "Xiao Wu" has been submitted for review, Lao Jia runs to the relevant departments almost every day, it is said that once he waited from 8 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, but no one paid attention to him, and it is estimated that the situation is not too optimistic. As for "Love Malatang" and "Will Love" just finished filming, they will definitely not be released until next year.

Even so, Wang Dalun's popularity in the small county town of his hometown is quite high. The reason is that the replay rate of TV dramas in recent years is too high, for example, "Thunderstorm" was broadcast by the central station first, then it was the turn of the provincial TV station, then the municipal TV station, and finally the county TV station had to broadcast it again. Besides, it is difficult to produce an actor in a small place, the villagers, relatives and friends, plus classmates, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and his popularity has been played out in his hometown.

The vanity of the old man and his mother was greatly satisfied, and when he returned to the capital, the old lady helped him pack several boxes of souvenirs, such as tea shoots, dried black fungus, small walnuts or something. Originally, Wang Dalun was still troublesome, but the old lady solemnly told him that he must do a good job in interpersonal relations in the capital, although these local specialties are not worth anything, but as long as the mind arrives, it will naturally leave a good impression.

As the third in command in the village, my father's bus was used for private use, and he sent a small van in the village to send him to Hangzhou. After finishing the train consignment, Wang Dalun went to see Zhang Lu again and brought her some souvenirs.

She got along well with the landlord, and in just half a month, Wang Dalun came to the door for the second time, and was surprised to find that the old lady with sharp eyes and a strict expression saw that Zhang Lu was completely kind-eyed, and her tone was like that of a grandmother and a granddaughter.

Before leaving, Zhang Lu sent him to the train station and asked reluctantly: "Brother Da Lun, are you coming back for the New Year?"

Wang Dalun smiled: "Of course I'm back." By the way, I'll pick you up when you come back, and you and I will go home for the New Year. ”

Zhang Lu shook her head and said, "Grandma Jin is very lonely at home alone, and I am still here to spend the New Year with her old man." ”

Zhang Lu is actually a very kind girl, Wang Dalun nodded after hearing this, and said: "That's okay, remember to tell me if you have any difficulties in the future, don't hold everything in your heart all day long." ”

Return to the capital as before.

Wang Dalun first cleaned the house inside and out, and the next day he went to the train station to pick up several large boxes of souvenirs, and took them home and divided them into several copies. The old Liu family is naturally indispensable, and the old couple has, in a sense, had the grace of reinvention for him. Then Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yang also went on a trip.

Zhang Yuan was busy preparing for new plays during this time, collecting styles in various places for a long time, visiting women's prisons and so on. Zhang Yang was very enthusiastic, so he left him at home for a drink.

Lao Jia has graduated, and this product is busy filming "Xiao Wu", busy with post-production, and has not looked for a job. However, because the previous filming of "Little Mountain Comes Home" won an award in Hong Kong, and "Dudu" was screened at the 2nd Beijing University Student Film Festival, it is already a little famous in the circle, and from time to time someone will come to the door to shoot an advertisement or MV or something, at least not hungry.

As early as last year, he lived with his girlfriend, and even if he had a small family, Wang Dalun had to make a trip. As a result, I ran over to see that Lao Jia's mental state was very poor, his girlfriend was not at home, it was almost noon, and he looked like he had just gotten up. Wang Dalun threw down his things, and without saying a word, he dragged him to a small restaurant outside the community.

I ordered a few dishes, asked for two beers, and the two drank them face to face. At first, Lao Jia didn't say a word, and finally held back for a long time before he said: ""Xiao Wu" can't be released." ”

Wang Dalun has been mentally prepared for this, and he has been with Zhang Yuan for a long time, and he has also touched some of the rules of the game for dealing with relevant departments. ran away at Lao Jia countless times and no one paid attention to him, so he knew that this matter was hanging.

"Why didn't you react at all?" Lao Jia said in surprise when he saw that he was still holding peanuts leisurely.

Wang Dalun glanced at him and said, "How can I react, isn't this something that is understood? First of all, your film has not been reviewed from the beginning, and the project has not been approved, right?"

"Yes!" Lao Jia suddenly looked very excited, and said: "I went to the relevant departments one by one, I said that this is my first movie, I can shoot it if I want to, and I don't want to meet the audience, and I don't know how many procedures to go through." But they just didn't believe it. ”

"Hey, by the way, since you know, why didn't you remind me at the time?" said Lao Jia again.

"I didn't know at the time, I heard Zhang Yuan say it later. He had the same problem as you did. Several films were made, none of which were able to pass the guò censorship. For this reason, I don't know how many times I was reprimanded by the relevant departments, and this time I didn't even have to go to Cannes. ”

Then, he was curious: "Hey, by the way, did they say why it doesn't work?"

Lao Jia said with a depressed face: "They say that the movie is too one-sided, too niche, and has no warmth!"

"Didn't they say sex?"

"Where's the love?" Lao Jia was stunned.

"Well, didn't I show it in the film!"

"Damn, that's okay!"

Being teased by him like this, Lao Jia finally made a little more amused, raised his glass, and the two of them laughed and toasted.

"By the way, I showed Zhang Yuan the script, and told him about our filming, do you want to hear his evaluation of our movie?" Wang Dalun then said mysteriously.

"Tell me about it. ”

Zhang Yuan is the first independent filmmaker in China and has won many international awards. At this time, for Lao Jia, it is an old-timer.

"Lao Zhang said at the time that our movie would definitely not pass the ...... trial"

"Why?"

"Tsk, listen to me. He said that if you look at what a pickpocket does with ordinary eyes, this is first of all that the politics are incorrect. Second, there is nothing promising in the script, which is also inconsistent with the core values of our socialism. So he asserted at the time that no matter which of these two items, they could kill our piece. ”

"Alas-" Lao Jia sighed and said bitterly: "Whether it's filming "Xiaoshan Comes Home", "Dudu" or "Xiaowu", I just think that our lives need to have a record that can accurately represent people's common encounters in life. Whether you are a part-time worker, a cabaret owner, a cigarette seller, a college student, a long-distance bus driver, or a house builder, no matter what class you do, you can see from my movies that 'this is my life'. That's what I wanted to do with my films, but why is it so hard to make a movie now?"

"Okay, it's like this now anyway, don't think about it, drink. Wang Dalun picked up the cup and touched it with Lao Jia, comforting.

After a glass of wine, he also smiled bitterly: "I don't understand what you guys think, just like Zhang Yuan, he knows that he is banned, and "East Palace and West Palace" will definitely not be released if it is filmed, but he just filmed it and won the award...... By the way, why don't we learn from Zhang Yuan, but if we can't do it in China, let's send it abroad?"

This time, Lao Jia nodded and said, "The producer is already operating this matter and is preparing to participate in next year's Berlin Film Festival." ”

"Really?" Wang Dalun was surprised, he had only been to Cannes in the three major European film festivals, but the atmosphere there was enough to shock him, and he wanted to see what the other two major film festivals were like.

Lao Jia saw his expectant gaze and couldn't help but smile and said, "If you can participate in the exhibition, you will also go together at that time." ”

"Can I go too?"

A film with a cost of only 200,000 yuan, if five or six people go to Europe to participate in the film festival, the cost of transportation and horses alone may exceed the cost of the entire film, and he didn't dare to hold out hope just now.

"You're the hero, who are you going to if you don't go?" said Lao Jia with a smile.

However, as one of the producers of the movie, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, scratched his head and said: "If you can't sell a copy abroad, then the money will be thrown into the water." ”

It's been almost a week since he returned to the capital, and Wang Dalun was a little puzzled, why he didn't see Jiang Dehua come to the door, and no one answered when he called her rented house twice. Two days ago, I went to Lao Liu's house to deliver things, and listened to the tone of the second elder of the Liu family, Liu Ling's whereabouts seemed to be very mysterious during this time, and she didn't go out to film, but she often didn't see anyone for ten days and half a month. Aunt Liu also asked Wang Dalun to help inquire and see if Liu Ling was in love.

Jiang Dehua has found someone? Wang Dalun couldn't eat it, and he wanted to call her and ask her, but it was estimated that she might not be able to say. I can only call and ask Zhao Wei.

At first, Zhao Wei kept it a secret for her, but in the end, under his coercion and temptation, she confessed. turned out to surprise him, Liu Ling was really in love, the other party was a famous photographer in the circle, more than ten years older than Liu Ling, married and divorced N times. But these are secondary, the problem is that Wang Dalun knows that their relationship will definitely be fruitless. Because the last time the famous photographer married was not Liu Ling, but a famous actress in the circle. When the two got married, the media was still in an uproar, but in the end it ended in divorce. This famous photographer later became a famous director, and there were a lot of scandals!