This attitude is terrible!

Wang Geng thought in his heart, frowned, and immediately stretched out again, pretending to be nothing.

'Look at me putting it up!' It's the best refrigerator in the world! It is one of the great achievements of China's national industry, and even foreigners in Shanghai have to snap up it. ”

Wang Geng smiled, trying to make his expression look excited.

He waved his hand at the guards, motioning for them to put the refrigerator in front of Lu Xiaoman and then withdrew.

'One is placed in the living room and placed fruits, wine, and drinks to entertain friends. One is placed in the kitchen to store fresh vegetables and meats. I've been looking forward to trying your hand at cooking. ”

Wang Geng unpacked the package and arranged the refrigerator in the dining room next to the living room, and installed the refrigerator after a while.

Maybe it was Wang Geng's flattery, or maybe it was the charm of the refrigerator, Lu Xiaoman's enthusiasm was finally awakened, her fingers stroked the pale blue luster refrigerator shell, her eyes were a little more bright, and she praised: "It's really beautiful!" ”

In a few moments, the fridge was filled with liquor and beverages.

'Changyu wine tastes pretty good, and it tastes even better when iced. Invite Shima Hushi and them over tomorrow, okay? ”

Lu Xiaoman said to Wang Geng with a smile.

A hint of gloom flashed in Wang Geng's eyes, his face trembled, he nodded, and said with a generous smile: "Okay! It's been a long time since I've talked to those scholars! The last time Tagore came to Shanghai, Shima and Huiyin received him, but unfortunately there was something wrong at that time, and I missed that meeting. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiaoman's face changed, he turned his head, and the excitement on his face just now was suddenly covered with frost.

Seeing that Lu Xiaoman's face changed. Wang Geng regretted it a little. Xiao Man was not happy. He was also uncomfortable.

I went to the kitchen and put the fridge up. Wang Geng deliberately didn't look at Lu Xiaoman's face, and it took a while before he came out of the kitchen.

The addition of new household appliances does not seem to add joy to the family, but freezes the relationship between the two.

In the bedroom, the two lay on their backs.

'There's a friend who has a banquet, it's more important, you dress up, let's go together.' Wang Geng said quietly.

'Who are the dignitaries?' Let's hear it. There aren't many people in Shanghai who want you to stammer? Lu Xiaoman said casually, and the words came out of her mouth. There is some irony.

'There are not many people, and they are not worse than me!' Wang Geng said.

'Oh? Lu Xiaoman's heart moved, and her attitude was important, in Shanghai, she Lu Xiaoman wanted the wind and the rain, she was the queen of the social field, and the limelight overwhelmed Tang Ying and other celebrities, of course, because of her previous fame in the north, but more because of Wang Geng's power?

Wang Geng controlled the garrison in Shanghai and was a well-known figure of real power in the domestic military circles. Far beyond the general sense of young and promising.

Lu Xiaoman, who came from Beijing's 'Campus Queen', listened to Wang Gengyi. The status of the guests is no worse than Wang Geng's, which shows the importance of this banquet, and the attitude can't help but pay attention to it.

Actually, it wasn't a formal banquet, it was just a private party, and I am here today mainly because of the appreciation of that friend. ”

Wang Geng said.

'That's a big man!' Lu Xiaoman said, and then guessed, "It's Li Zongren?" Bai Chongxi? Or Deng Keng? ”

He said the three most famous members of the Military Commission in one breath, and immediately retorted to himself, 'No! All three of them grew up in China, which doesn't quite match your study background.

You should get close to the Song family or General Situ Yong, who has returned from Nanhua. No, it shouldn't be Situ Yong, I haven't heard you mention him.

It may not be Song Ziwen, before he became prime minister, you were already a general, and his influence in the military may not be able to bring you to your current position.

Speaking of which, in the past few years, you have been on a steady rise, and I am in a high place with you in a daze. On weekdays, those people talk to me, but I don't like them, and I don't have many friends in Shanghai. ”

Lu Xiaoman sighed, looked at Wang Geng, and regretted in his heart, it is good to be prosperous and rich, but I need a spiritual partner who cares about me and can accompany me to go shopping and sing operas, Wang Geng's goodness is not enough to make me feel warm.

As if sensing Lu Xiaoman's complaints, Wang Geng turned over, moved Lu Xiaoman's body over, looked at her eyes face to face, and smiled: "Basically, you are right, I seem to have come up in a daze." People are also more stereotypical and boring, and they snub you! ”

Lu Xiaoman listened to her husband's apologetic words, she was a little emotional, and her body leaned into his arms, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, the days are long, the separation between the two sides is too thick, thinking of something, her attitude became cold, she turned over again, and said quietly, 'Sleep!' ”

Seeing Lu Xiaoman leave his embrace, unwilling to face his face, and didn't seem to want to talk to him, Wang Geng was unambiguous, his silent smile was full of bitterness, his heart was filled with his wife's coldness, and he had different dreams in the same bed, probably saying that.

I had almost shared my biggest secret with her, and could I no longer get her heart back?

What an unwillingness! I work hard to run it, but I can't compare to the cream boy who can speak well and be obedient and write a few lines of poetry?

On talent? Are you really worse than others?

It's just that I have to shoulder a heavy responsibility and mission, and I don't have so much time, and I don't bother to linger in front of the flowers.

Some people must not regard my generosity as weakness and deception!

Wang Geng secretly swore in his heart.

Kadoorie Gardens.

In the projection room, accompanied by the dim light and the current sound of the projector, Situ Nan was lying on the sofa with his feet resting on the coffee table, enjoying a black-and-white silent movie.

In addition to Situ Nan, there was also a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young girl sitting next to her, wearing a cyan cheongsam, sitting dignifiedly, not like Situ Nan.

Her mind is not on the movie, she doesn't know how many times she has watched the movie, her eyes fall on Situ Nan's face from time to time, in the dark environment, she can look at Situ Nan presumptuously.

Ruan Lingyu was a little happy and a little worried. I am glad that Situ Nan is back, and this master, who feels like his father and brother, is his own dependence. What worries him is that he is angry that he showed up to act in a movie, and he didn't expect to act in a movie, and he became a star inexplicably.

Right now. Situ Nan suddenly returned to Shanghai. Their own destiny is at a crossroads.

Will he be angry?

Will he not let himself act?

I thought I was already a star. Shanghai audiences and newspapers praised her for her good performance, and Ruan Lingyu was a little proud and reluctant to give up the movie.

In the movie "Yang Xiaozhen", the heroine played by Ruan Lingyu is a courtesan from an intellectual background, and a promising young man falls in love with each other, and finally becomes a family after twists and turns.

There's nothing to say about the storyline, is there any storyline that Situ Nan hasn't seen?

The sound film invented by Tesla Labs and manufactured by Cummins Electric was popularized in the United States several years ago, and the technology was also used to make a documentary about the founding of South China. It's been a few years since it was screened in Asia, but I didn't expect that the Shanghai film market is still dominated by silent films, and it is not easy to popularize high-tech products, especially in the era when there is no Internet and no television.

Probably because of the low cost of silent films, backward technology has room for survival, the Chinese people have low requirements, they have never seen the world, it is good to watch movies, and they are not picky about whether the movie is sound or silent!

Situ Nan analyzed.

Watch silent movies. Subtitles are very important, and the plot advancement is mainly achieved by the introduction of subtitles.

Situ Nan turned his head. Seeing Ruan Lingyu staring at her face and glaring at her, the little girl's gaze avoided like a little white rabbit.

Situ Nan smiled: "That's good, as soon as I come back, there will be another star at home!" What a surprise! ”

Hearing that Situ Nan's tone was not harsh, Ruan Lingyu was a little relieved, and asked carefully, "Did I act well?" ”

Through the dim light, Situ Nan also felt the little girl's expectation and longed for his own affirmation.

Sure enough, she is a generation of movie queens, she doesn't need to speak, she plays the characters vividly with her eyes, Situ Nan naturally appreciates it very much, but she said lightly: "So-so!" ”

I added a sentence in my heart, this romance film has no action interaction, not even a kiss, more hawthorn trees than hawthorn trees, is this another purest romance film in history?

Shanghai films are still not far from Hollywood, at least Shanghai films have entered the sound era, although Shanghai film companies are more accustomed to making silent films, but the trend of sound films is irreversible, and it will be a few years sooner or later.

There is no generation difference, but in terms of professionalism, scale, social influence, and the degree of integration with bank capital, the gap between Shanghai and Hollywood is still quite large.

Hollywood commercial films have invested millions of dollars in air combat movies that have already been made, (compared with Howard Hughes, Kashen is still very economical to spend money on movies), art films also have romantic action films "rampant", naked dripping propaganda Bald Eagle's erotic depravity, (film businessmen) have no shame, and there is a movie theater owner named Kennedy who likes to play American films with small costs and high returns.

Without the constraints of the General Administration of Chrysanthemums, Shanghai film merchants can actually have a lower limit, no matter how low, to produce and screen more films that the masses like to see.

Situ Nan complained very undisciplinedly, the black and white film played by Ruan Lingyu was still broadcasting, but Situ Nan was not interested in watching it for a long time, and in the face of a seventeen-year-old girl, many complaints could only be buried in his heart.

"Oh!" Ruan Lingyu didn't hear Situ Nan praise herself, and she was a little disappointed. However, Situ Nan didn't seem to object to her acting, which made her feel a lot more relieved and heard Situ Nan say: "And it's just a silent movie, and it won't take long for silent movies to be eliminated, and in two years, there will be sound movies everywhere." If you perform sound movies well, more audiences can see you. ”

"But I can't pronounce my lines well, and if I have an accent, people will laugh at me." Ruan Lingyu said discouragedly.

Well, Situ Nan promoted Mandarin and simplified Chinese, so that the broken settlement in Beiping got a touch of pride, but it gave Ruan Lingyu, a little star, a problem, Cantonese people speak Mandarin is very unique.

"People who joke about your accent don't know how to appreciate you. You see, the dignitaries and giants in China are all proud of their Cantonese accents. Especially in your hometown of Guangdong and Nanhua, your accent is more popular with the villagers. ”

Situ Nan smiled and comforted Ruan Lingyu, in his opinion, Ruan Lingyu's accent is actually very light, there is no problem, but she is not confident. After several years of study at St. Mary's Girls' School, she speaks Mandarin and English fluently.

Instead of worrying about the accent, you should worry about the audience's ability to hear and appreciate.

Having said that, the discussion about regional accents would have been if it weren't for Situ Nan's promotion of pinyin and Mandarin, except for young students. How many of the Chinese folks can understand the words of people from the province and county next door? Moreover, there are not many Chinese who have the opportunity to hear the original voice of the characters in the movie. On the premise that there are not many options in the film market. Ruan Lingyu's worries are really not a problem.

"You're just not confident enough!"

It turned out that in history, the Guangdong opium merchant family where her mother and daughter lived did not pay attention to Ruan Lingyu, and Ruan Lingyu's education could not be compared with Kadoorie Garden (they were all cultivated as a young lady in Kadoorie Garden), so Ruan Lingyu had an accent problem and was not confident, she acted in silent films, did not act in sound movies, and later generations did not hear her voice, which is a bit regrettable.

"I listen to you. You say I can do it, and I'll act. Ruan Lingyu smiled, her heart was very sweet, and she finally solved a problem.

Situ Nan recognized and encouraged himself to make movies, and with his support, his mother would not object to his appearance.

"Look at your pleasure!" Situ Nan knocked on Ruan Lingyu's skull and admonished: "It's good for a little girl to chase her dreams, and she also needs to have more snacks, I'm not afraid that someone will dare to subtly rule you, I'm afraid that you will be foolishly deceived by Blame Shu." ”

"Humph! Who can lie to me! Ruan Lingyu hummed proudly. The heart said: You are the strange Shu Xiao! Subconsciously, she found a hint of a father's feeling in Situ Nan. Situ Nan's recognition and encouragement are important to her.

She vaguely knew that Situ Nan had a film company in the United States and actually knew a lot about movies, so she trusted Situ Nan's judgment very much.

Although Situ Nan did not open a film company in Shanghai, several film companies in Shanghai were inseparable from Meihua, and the cameras, films, lights and other equipment they used to shoot movies were either purchased from Meihua Electric or imported from Cummins Electric.

When I was making my own films, those bosses still inquired about the situation in Kadoorie Garden from time to time, and they all wanted to get along.

The little girl's misunderstanding was wrong, although Situ Nan did not directly invest in film companies in Shanghai like the 20th Century William Film Company, but secretly several film companies in Shanghai were indirectly controlled by several large companies under the Meihua Consortium.

Take Hollywood on the other side of the sea as an example, now is the most beautiful youth of Hollywood, the film market is developing rapidly, exuding an attractive atmosphere, the eastern consortium has already intervened in Hollywood, the Rockefeller consortium has set its sights on the Lei Hua Electric Film Company, acquired not only film production companies, but also acquired film distribution companies throughout the United States, built movie theaters in various places, and formed a competition with the William Film Company in the 20th century.

The history of brutal production in Hollywood is over, replaced by the era of capital operation. If the process of domestic industrialization is not interrupted by external forces, the Shanghai film market will follow the pace of Hollywood and enter the era of capital operation after ten or eight years of development.

When Ruan Lingyu went to make a movie, many big names greeted the film company to take care of this little girl, and the bosses of those film companies in Shanghai privately called Ruan Lingyu the movie princess, which may not be without the factor of financial support provided by Situ Nan behind it.

Because of Ruan Lingyu, Situ Nan remembered the plot of waiting for the car on the side of the road that he talked about with Zhang Youyi in the car in the afternoon, and joked that it would be made into a movie, and the spoiled daughter in the movie "One Night of Love" was actually quite suitable for Ruan Lingyu to play, so he became interested in the movie.

"Follow me."

"Don't talk."

When Situ Nan came to the recording studio, Kadoorie Garden has a professional recording studio, which still preserves many records recorded by Situ Nan, but it has never been made public.

Recording studios, projection rooms, entertainment equipment, high-tech gadgets such as communication stations and telegraphs, Kadoorie Garden has it all. Living in this environment, it is no wonder that Ruan Lingyu is interested in movies.

Situ Nan put on the record, dictated the plot of the movie "One Night of Love" into the microphone, and recorded all the ideas of the movie.

"It's your new film! Find a screenwriter to write a script, and I will shoot it after I pass the check. Situ Nan handed the recorded plastic disc to Ruan Lingyu and commanded.

Ruan Lingyu took the plastic plate, it was really a little blind, it seemed a bit sloppy, but I liked the story.

She left happily, and according to Situ Nan's instructions, she called the film company and recruited several screenwriters overnight, who were "trapped" in a room in Kadoorie Garden for several days to write the script, and did not meet the mysterious original author until the script was completed. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter feels bad and won't write about husband and wife quarrels. On and off for hours, I couldn't write the feeling.

Okay, the manuscript is gone, and the author is going to enter the palace to practice next?