Chapter 178: Zhang Donghu returns to China
After the filming of "MyGirl" ended, the crew held another short meeting, agreeing to wait for the TV series to be broadcast before notifying everyone to hold a celebration banquet, after all, the ratings of "MyGirl" are so ideal, and the highest time period even exceeds 30%, if there is no celebration banquet, it is really unreasonable. Then, the crew announced that it was disbanded, and because the New Year was approaching, everyone was like an arrow at this time, and almost didn't have the heart to stay for the party, so they quickly quit one after another.
Jang Sung-won, Lee Do-hae, and Lee Joon-gi stayed for half an hour, said some parting words, and temporarily set the time for the next party, and then waved away. But as artists, most of them can't control their own time, so they can't guarantee whether they can meet again as agreed, but they hope that their friendship will last forever and will not be worn out by the passage of time.
Leaving the crew, Zhang Chengyuan immediately drove to Zheng's house. During this time, because he continued to shoot the two TV series "Taylung Player Village" and "MyGirl", which took nearly five months, he almost never had a good time with Xiao Jing, a lovely person, so that Xiao Jing now complains to him very much, and calls him from time to time to urge him to come to see her immediately after filming the TV series, to which Zhang Chengyuan is naturally full of promises.
Therefore, as soon as the filming ended today, after saying goodbye to Lee Dahae and Lee Joon-gi, he immediately rushed to see Xiao Jing. In his opinion, if there is a problem in the relationship between their brother and sister because of filming, he would rather never film again, but fortunately, Xiao Jing is still very considerate of his busy brother, so he doesn't have to make this choice.
When I came to Xiao Jing's house, I heard Zheng's mother say that Xiao Jing was doing her homework in the room, Zhang Chengyuan didn't knock on the door, and went straight into her room, and unexpectedly saw Zheng Xiuyan also in the room, and she was usually not at home at this time before. However, he didn't feel that strange, after all, today was Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was natural for her not to practice at ** company and rest or review her homework at home.
Just as she was about to say hello to Zheng Xiuyan, Xiao Jing had already turned around when she heard the sound, and immediately jumped off the seat and ran towards him when she saw him, and as soon as she ran closer, she habitually jumped up and pounced on him. I haven't seen her for a while, and her bouncing power and short-distance sprint ability have improved a little, which made Zhang Chengyuan extremely happy to see it, and thought that it was in vain that he dredged the meridians and strengthened her physique for Xiao Jing early when she was young.
Hugging the little crystal who was happy and shouted "brother", Zhang Chengyuan threw her high and almost reached the ceiling, and then gently and skillfully caught her, and after three times, it was no longer like this. Now in the thrilling scene, Zheng Xiuyan was indifferent to the sidelines, and there was no panic on her face, because she had long been accustomed to the interactive game between Zhang Chengyuan and Xiao Jing.
This pair of brother and sister, one confident and the other bold, played this kind of game that is very dangerous for others, but played happily and happily, for them, it is just commonplace.
Zhang Chengyuan asked, "Little Crystal, do you miss your brother?" ”
Xiao Jing said loudly: "Of course I think about it, I can't grow taller because I can't eat!" ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Don't worry, with my brother here, you will definitely grow taller than your sister in the future." ”
Zheng Xiuyan pursed her lips, and said in her heart that these two brothers and sisters are still very numb! Very self-righteous! It's boring! She is always compared and joked. Just thinking about it, her head was suddenly covered with a palm, which could almost grasp her entire head, only to hear Zhang Chengyuan ask: "Xiuyan, how have you practiced in the past few months, have you made any progress?" ”
Zheng Xiuyan shouted with some embarrassment: "Brother! Can you please stop touching my head like this, I'm not a child again! ”
Zhang Chengyuan said disapprerovingly: "I'm your brother, what's the big deal about touching your head." And you haven't answered me yet? Having said that, she still withdrew her palm, because she knew that Zheng Xiuyan's temper was very strong, and if he was not comfortable, she might burst out recklessly.
In addition, the relationship between him and Zheng Xiuyan has only gradually improved in the past year and a half, and before he joined the army, Zheng Xiuyan had always been very cold to him, at least on the surface, so he didn't dare to make jokes about Zheng Xiuyan unscrupulously.
At this time, if Zheng Xiuyan knew his thoughts, she would definitely think: "Wasn't you very cold to me before, and you were so strict that you scared people to death!" ”
After hearing Zhang Chengyuan's question, Zheng Xiuyan replied: "It's okay, the breath in the body is a little stronger than before." She knew that Zhang Chengyuan was asking about the cultivation of the qigong he had passed on to her.
Zhang Chengyuan grabbed the pulse of her left hand, checked it for a while, and said with a relieved expression: "It's really not bad, it seems that you usually have insisted on practicing, it is estimated that if you continue to practice for another two or three months, your internal breath will be able to operate automatically, and then you won't have to take time to practice it, but before that, don't relax, work hard!" ”
Because Zheng Xiuyan has a firm heart and is young, Zhang Chengyuan never widened her meridians and cleansed impurities, but let her work hard to cultivate to do this, which not only has a better effect, but also helps to cultivate her heart and will. In addition, every once in a while, Zhang Chengyuan would check her cultivation status so that he could guide her, and at this time, he was sincerely happy to see that she was making good progress.
Zheng Xiuyan replied softly: "I will." ”
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had lunch at Zheng's house, and accompanied the Zheng sisters for an afternoon, to be exact, she played with Xiao Jing for an afternoon, and Zheng Xiuyan was just a bystander. Then, Zhang Chengyuan drove home, he also had to accompany his father Zhang Donghu to have Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, yes, Zhang Donghu, who returns to China every New Year, came back as usual this year, and returned three days ago.
It's just that this very character dad didn't notify Zhang Chengyuan to pick up the plane at all, and he didn't even call Zhang Chengyuan to tell him that he had returned to China, and he didn't notify Zhang Chengyuan until today and asked Zhang Chengyuan to go home for dinner. During the year, Zhang Chengyuan will eat almost two meals with his father, one is the Chinese New Year's Eve meal at the end of the year, and the other is the first meal after worshipping his ancestors on the first day of the Spring Festival.
In Zhang Chengyuan's view, his father is extremely traditional and trendy. The traditional thing is that his father will return to China every year to meet him and worship his ancestors, and the trendy thing is that his father usually does not worry about his daily work and life, and will only ask about it during the New Year, which is very different from the tradition of Korean parents who pay attention to their children's situation almost all the time.
Back in the old mansion in Jiu Lao District, Zhang Chengyuan found that his father Zhang Donghu was already sitting in the living room waiting for him, and with a casual sweep of his eyes, he saw that the whole house had been cleaned up, and it seemed that a little decoration had been made, and the walls that were slightly dilapidated before had also been repaired. After seeing this, Zhang Chengyuan felt a little ashamed, he forgot to ask someone to clean and renovate the house, so that he had to let his father do this kind of manual work himself.
After saluting Zhang Donghu, Zhang Chengyuan immediately apologized and said, "Dad, I'm sorry, I forgot to tidy up the house." ”
Zhang Donghu said flatly: "It's okay, I heard Park Byungyeol say that you are busy filming now and can't spare time." Besides, I'm not in my seventies or eighties, and I'm more than enough for this little thing. "He is only in his early fifties this year, and he is considered to be in the prime of life, and he is an orphan, and he has endured countless hardships, and this renovation of the house is really nothing to him.
Subsequently, Zhang Donghu asked, "Is the filming over?" ”
"It's over, I just finished shooting in the morning."
Zhang Donghu said again: "I heard Park Byungyeol say that your career has made great progress this year, and you have won many TV awards. ”
"Well, yes!" As he replied, he thought, "Since Brother Park has spoken to his father, why didn't he tell me that he had returned to China?" Thinking about it like this, he complained slightly. However, he blamed Park Byungyeol for this matter, in Park Byungyeol's opinion, after Zhang Donghu returned to China, he would naturally tell Zhang Chengyuan first, so why should he tell Zhang Chengyuan the news?
"Then keep up the good work, don't be arrogant!" Zhang Donghu continued.
"I will!"
"Don't be too tired, lest you get sick from exhaustion!"
"I'll take notice."
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After talking briefly for a while, the father and son seemed to have nothing to say, only the voice in the TV was still thinking, which somewhat avoided a little embarrassment between them, maybe they had a thousand words to say in their hearts, but somehow, at this time they just couldn't say it. This may be due to the fact that there is too little communication on a regular basis.
After being silent for five or six minutes, Zhang Donghu suddenly said: "Cheng Yuan, I quit my job, and I don't plan to leave when I come back this time!" ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "That's good, the fallen leaves return to the roots, you should have gone home a long time ago." You don't have to worry about work, even if you don't work, I can maintain this family. ”
Zhang Donghu nodded with satisfaction, shook his head again, and said, "I know your ability very well, and I believe you can do this." However, I'm only 52 years old, so I'm not old enough to retire, so I'll look for another job. ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Why bother looking for a job, if you want to do things, you can start your own business as your own boss!" I now have nearly 2 billion won in savings. Enough for you to start a small and medium-sized company. ”
Zhang Donghu was taken aback: "Two billion? You've only been an actor for four and a half years, how can you make so much money? ”
Zhang Chengyuan said lightly: "Mainly because in the past two years, there have been many businesses that have asked me to endorse advertisements at high prices, and I have spent money very economically, so I have saved a lot." ”
In the past two years, he has shot at least 40 or 50 large and small advertisements, and as long as it does not affect his image, he almost does not refuse to come, and he is crazy about collecting money. And with the rise of his popularity, the merchant brands endorsed are becoming more and more advanced, and the endorsement fee has also risen sharply, from 20 million to more than 300 million for a single advertisement, of which there are more than 100 million endorsement advertisements of more than 100 million. In addition, the remuneration for appearing in TV series is not small.
And his usual expenses are similar to those of a star, or even more economical, because he endorses a wide variety of goods, and there are countless merchants willing to sponsor him, so he usually wears clothes and daily necessities almost no longer needs to spend money to buy, anyway, there are enough brands for him to choose and use for free. Even if there are certain things that need to be bought with his own money, he does not pick expensive ones, only good and cheap ones, so that many media reports criticize him for being frugal and stingy by nature, but no matter how nonsense they say, Zhang Chengyuan still maintains this style of life that he thinks is very good.
Of course, these are not enough for him to save nearly two billion in just two years, after deducting personal income tax, because the artist's income has to be shared with the agency, and in most cases, the agency's income is much higher than the artist's. But Zhang Chengyuan and his brokerage company's income sharing achievement is not like this, but a 5:5 ratio, so he can get so much money, if it is also as harsh as other brokerage companies, then he will have to work hard for at least two or three years to save two billion, or even longer.