Chapter 520: Wang Tang's Former Residence
thought that Cheng Yu would have a separate red envelope for herself, but Xu Wanting didn't expect that after reaching out her hand, Cheng Yu just slapped it lightly in her palm.
"Nope!"
"Hey, you're so unfair, aren't you? Why do they all have red envelopes, but I don't? Besides, out of everyone, I'm the only one who doesn't have overtime pay and all kinds of allowances, right?"
Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't have it either!"
"Nonsense, are you an investor or a guest on the show, the shooting plan during the entire Spring Festival is simply something you came up with, okay?
"But Mr. Xu, in this show, your identity is exactly the same as mine......"
Belch......
Women's mouth!
Xu Wanting suddenly became dumbfounded.
What Cheng Yu said was so reasonable, and she could only use a big good to express her silent protest against Cheng Yu's slamming behavior.
"Now, I'm starting to believe that you are really so picky, just now it was a performance in your true colors, I said why did the show process go so smoothly!"
Cheng Yu laughed and didn't defend himself, but neither Xu Wanting herself nor the rest of the film crew felt that Cheng Yu was really a picker.
found a restaurant, and Cheng Yu invited the entire film crew to a meal.
After eating, he didn't know how to spend the whole afternoon, but Cheng Yu had the intention to leave directly, and then go to the agreed place to shoot the night scene when it was dark in the evening.
But these people are far away, and they are working overtime during the Spring Festival holiday, Cheng Yu is really embarrassed to just leave like this.
Instead, Xu Wanting asked the director of the film crew: "It's just over a little over, do you have any plans for the afternoon?"
"I originally thought that the filming would not end until at least four or five o'clock, but I didn't expect Cheng Shao to do his homework early. We just discussed it, and we thought about finding a place to sort out the footage we shot today. Aren't we planning to book tickets directly to the imperial capital after the night scene shooting is over? ”
Because the itinerary was really rushed, Xu Wanting didn't prepare a hotel at all.
I thought that the shooting during the day would not be done until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and then everyone would have dinner, take a little rest, and start shooting the night scene at seven or eight o'clock.
The initial expectation was that it would take three or four hours to shoot the night scene, so it would not be much midnight.
At this time of the third year of junior high school, it will not be too difficult to buy a ticket no matter where you go, and the high-speed rail from Wudong to the imperial capital will take about four hours.
Coupled with the time to go to the station, by the time the imperial capital arrives, it is estimated that it will be almost dawn.
Hurry up and sleep on the high-speed rail, and when you arrive in the imperial capital, you should actually shoot directly.
So now the filming process on Cheng Yu's side is too smooth, which has led to the big guys having nowhere to go.
But this is easy to do, Cheng Yu's company can completely let these people sort out the materials, so they called a few cars, and Cheng Yu drove them straight to the company.
As soon as these people arrived at Cheng Yu's company, they went straight to the conference room, took out their various equipment, and began to sort out today's shooting materials.
Cheng Yu and Xu Wanting were a little bored.
After thinking about it, Cheng Yu said, "Since you're here in Wudong, why don't I take you around." After their work is over, let's get in touch and confirm where to shoot for the night. Then why don't you have dinner near the filming location and get to work straight after eating?"
Xu Wanting thought about it and felt that this was also a good idea, so she agreed.
After explaining to the film crew, Xu Wanting also left the company with Cheng Yu.
Time is not too much, and less is not less.
If you go to those famous scenic spots in Wudong, time is still a little tight.
If you don't go to the scenic spot, even during the Chinese New Year, it is estimated that it will be overcrowded.
After thinking about it, Cheng Yu decided to take Xu Wanting to go south of Wudong City.
Isn't his old house a small cultural park with the theme of ancient architecture invested by Cheng Guangnian? Cheng Yu also wants to see what his old house looks like after he was born and has lived in it for two or three years.
mentioned it to Xu Wanting, and Xu Wanting was actually quite interested.
The two of them drove there, according to the map, and in only twenty minutes, they found that place.
It is said to be a park, but in fact, it is not so much a Minqing architectural style block built around the old house of Cheng Yu's family.
The old house is in the deepest part of the park, and there are actually some private houses around it that have not been demolished, of course, there is no such complete ancient building as the old house of the Cheng family.
It may have been built in the Ming Dynasty, but in so many years of history, it has been continuously integrated into the style of the time.
After the Republic of China, it became more and more modernized, and the old walls and tiles were almost replaced, which looked a little mottled and ancient, but it did not have the distinctive characteristics of any dynasty.
The sections along the street were bulldozed and rebuilt.
Originally, some buildings along the street were built after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and when Cheng Guangnian proposed it, the government almost did not hesitate to cooperate with the demolition work.
After tearing down the old buildings, Cheng Guangnian invited Ming and Qing architectural experts and a professional design team to design a block with an obvious Jiangnan garden style.
The outermost part, along the street is an antique building with white walls and gray tiles, of course, there are some facades and shops, even if the residents of Wudong visit the park, they always need a place to rest their feet when they are tired and drink some water when they are thirsty.
In keeping with the atmosphere of the whole park, these shops do not have restaurants and other environmentally friendly businesses, but only tea houses and cafes that can provide a place for visitors to rest.
Others, which are mainly related to the culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and some are simply some local cultural epitomes of Wudong, which belong to the production and sale of folk handicrafts.
Along the archway-like gate in the middle, Cheng Yu and Xu Wanting slowly walked in.
The bluestone-paved pavement, lined with shallow ditches, deliberately diverted the living water of the Qinhuai River into and flowed slowly.
There are some weeping willows planted on both sides of the ditch, but now in this season, there is not a single green leaf to be seen, only bare willows that hang down and move lightly in the wind.
Xu Wanting said: "It must be very beautiful here in spring, right? These willow trees are full of green when the eyes are ......."
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, maybe it won't be long before you move to Wudong." ”
Xu Wanting was stunned for a moment, and soon realized what Cheng Yu meant, and couldn't help blushing slightly.
"I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet!"
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Hehe, have you ever walked around during the New Year?"
Because Xu Wanting said before that she was going back to her hometown in the northwest for the Chinese New Year this year, and her family and Tan Wulian's family were in the same county. Although the northwest region is vast, and a county is often larger than a city in Jiangdong, it is not too far away after all.
Xu Wanting shook her head and said, "How can I have time."
My dad booked a plane ticket for the year 29, and after arriving in the provincial capital, he had to drive for five or six hours.
By the time we returned to our hometown, it was already two or three o'clock in the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, someone was arranged in advance to go back and clean up, otherwise they would not be able to live.
Waking up is the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, my parents took me to visit the old people in the countryside, and on the second day of the new year, they went up the mountain to worship their ancestors.
After dinner, I drove directly back to the provincial capital to catch the first flight this morning. How do you think I have time?"
Cheng Yu also smiled a little apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, after the filming is finished tomorrow, you can go back to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind." Actually, it doesn't matter if you show up or not, you can just let the film crew come and connect with me. ”
"Pull it down, it's strange if you can rest assured.
After all, I am their boss, how can I let them work overtime during the New Year, but I can spend the New Year at home with peace of mind?
I was thinking, tomorrow I will follow the film crew during the day to keep an eye on it, and I will withdraw first at night.
booked a hotel in the imperial capital for them, and simply let them do the work of material sorting and rough cutting in the imperial capital hotel, so as to prevent any problems with the materials of the three in the imperial capital, and it is convenient to temporarily catch them to make up for the photo when the time comes.
I'll finish shooting during the day tomorrow, go back to my hometown, and I have to make up for sleep on the fifth morning of the fifth day of the new year, and I have to make up for sleep, and I can rest for another day on the sixth day of the new year, and I have to run to Bao'an again on the seventh day of the new year?"
Cheng Yu arched his hand and said, "Hard work!"
"You are simply a Zhou Papi, accepting your investment is really the worst decision I have made since I started in the industry. ”
"If you don't accept my investment, where can you know Xiao Tan?"
When it came to Tan Wulian, Xu Wanting was silent.
Although the conditions in Tan Wulian's family are indeed a bit poor, since Tan Wulian is under Cheng Yu's men, even if he can't soar in the future, there will never be any material problems.
After leveling the basic material premise, Xu Wanting and Tan Wulian really looked at each other, in fact, it was a quick glance at that time, Xu Wanting's heart was actually firmly tied to Tan Wulian, and I don't know what kind of blessing this guy has cultivated in his life.
The two of them chatted as they walked inside.
There are a number of pavilions and pavilions, mainly semi-outdoor buildings, dotted with a teahouse and several folk pavilions, and the commercial atmosphere is almost completely absent at once.
Cheng Yu nodded slowly while watching, and said in his heart that Cheng Guangnian really didn't make money in this park.
According to Cheng Yu's imagination before, especially when he drove over, the first thing he saw was the shops outside, Cheng Yu felt that this so-called park was simply a block where the cultural card was played, and those storefronts could be worth a lot of costs whether they were sold or rented.
But after seeing that those stores don't seem to be the kind of business that is too profitable, Cheng Yu's mind has changed.
And after coming in, Cheng Yu saw it completely clearly, this cultural park really can't make money.
Even if there are a few shops that may have a good business, most of them, the rent is estimated to be very cheap, after all, those shops are open, and they are considered to be well run without losing money.
After all, it is the third year of junior high school, and there are a few shops opened, but the folk exhibition hall is all locked by General Tie.
The teahouse is open, and there is a water sign at the door.
Cheng Yu and Xu Wanting took a closer look, and the water sign said that the business hours during the Spring Festival were written.
It opens at 10:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m., and there is only one folk art performance per day during the Spring Festival.
Normal business resumes on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
On the water sign, it is also written that the form of folk art performances resumed from the third day of the Spring Festival.
Today is Wu Dong vernacular.
Xu Wanting didn't know what Wu Dong's vernacular meant, and looked at Cheng Yu with inquiring eyes.
Cheng Yu scratched his head, he didn't know.
"Maybe it's a local form of quyi, but I don't know much about it. ”
I didn't write the performance time, but I looked at the door, and there was no one in the teahouse, and I didn't hear any movement in the performance.
At this time, the two of them were not tired and didn't want to drink water, so Cheng Yu said: "Let's go shopping first, and if the performance starts later, let's just rest our legs." ”
Xu Wanting agreed, and the two continued to walk inside.
The road became narrower and narrower, and gradually there was a wall.
If you look over the low wall, you can see a residential area on the right that looks like a compound in the imperial capital, where people who are waiting to be demolished but have never heard of it for sure.
The fence on the left hand side is much higher, and you can only faintly see the tops of some buildings that are higher than the wall, and the crowns of some trees, and you can't see the situation inside.
No, Cheng Yu roughly knows in his heart, I'm afraid this is his family's old house.
After walking a short distance along a deep winding alley, there was a turn to the left in front of them, and the two of them turned around.
turned around, and there was actually a wall in front of him, and the distance between the two of them was seven or eight meters.
However, from the left-hand side, you can see that there are steps and a gate, Xu Wanting is already a little discouraged, but Cheng Yu took a big step and walked straight forward.
Seeing this, Xu Wanting could only keep up.
Looking at the vermilion lacquer gate, Cheng Yu still didn't have any impression.
According to the time when Cheng Qingsong handed over the house, Cheng Yu was not yet three years old at that time, and there was nothing particularly impressive about this old mansion in his memory, and it was normal not to remember it.
Walking up the steps, the door was not locked, but it was hidden.
Cheng Yu raised his hand and pushed towards the gate, and there was a creaking sound from the gate, and someone inside spoke: "This place is not open to the public today." ”
Cheng Yu still insisted on pushing open the door and stepped over the high threshold.
But he only stepped out with one foot, and a person walked out of the tooth room next to him.
"It's not open today, so if you want to visit the Wang family's compound, let's come back after the seventh day of the new year. ”
The person who came out was a little old man in his fifties, not tall, with a slightly impatient look on his face.
It's probably the New Year, and I have to come here to be on duty, so I'm a little unhappy.
Cheng Yu smiled and said softly: "The old gentleman has a good New Year, is this place now called the Wang family compound?"
The man raised his head and looked at Cheng Yu, probably thinking that Cheng Yu was kind after all, so he replied: "The official name is Wang Tang's former residence, but we locals generally call this place the Wang family compound." ”
Cheng Yu nodded with a smile, took out a box of cigarettes from his arms, and handed one over.
"You smoke?"
The man looked at Cheng Yu and seemed to hesitate, but after all, he looked at the 100 yuan box of cigarettes in Cheng Yu's hand and took it.
"Since it's not open for the Spring Festival here, why do you still have to be on duty?"
The man lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, looked at the handwriting on the cigarette, nodded and said, "Well, it's a five-dollar cigarette, it tastes good."
Oh, you ask me on duty, right?
Alas, the above doesn't want us to live a light life, not to say that this park is still open for the New Year, if there is no one on duty in the Wang family compound, in case someone climbs over the wall and destroys the things here, it will be troublesome.
There's no way, we're just this kind of hard work, everyone is coming in turn, and today it's my turn. ”
Cheng Yu smiled again and took a step forward.
The man actually wanted to tell Cheng Yu not to come in, but for the sake of the cigarette in his hand, he didn't open his mouth in the end.
"That's right, this friend of mine is from out of town, and Ming'er has to go, so I want to take a look at this Wang Tang's former residence.
You're on duty here anyway, so why don't you just turn a blind eye and let us go in and take a walk.
If you don't feel at ease, just follow us, it just so happens that I have some questions, maybe I need your help to answer them.
You see you've been working here for so many years, you must be familiar with this place, right?"
The man looked at Cheng Yu, and then at Xu Wanting, who was still outside the door, and felt that this young man might be lovers, especially Xu Wanting, who had a child's face, so naturally it would not make people feel any harm.
"Alright, then you two come in. But I really have to follow you, it's not that I want to follow you, mainly because there are some places that I want to go to and some places that I don't want to go. ”
Cheng Yu hurriedly thanked him, and when he saw that the man's cigarette was finished, he handed it over again......
After thinking about it, he simply stuffed the remaining half of the box of cigarettes into the man's hand.
The man pretended to excuse himself, but eventually accepted it.
Xu Wanting actually doesn't care, it's just a celebrity's former residence, and she doesn't have to see it.
Especially this Wang Tang, she has never heard of it.
But since Cheng Yu used her as a cover, she would not expose Cheng Yu, and followed Cheng Yu and entered this old mansion.
Walking through a vestibule, there was a large patio inside, Cheng Yu stood in the patio, trying very hard to recall something, but there was really no memory in his mind.
"Cheng Yu, who is this Wang Tang?" Xu Wanting touched Cheng Yu's arm and asked him in a low voice.
Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know much about ...... either."
When the man on duty heard this, he smiled and said, "This is not a celebrity, and it's normal that you don't know."
This Wang Tang was an official during the Ming Dynasty.
This is where he lived when he was a child.
Later, he became a jinshi in high school, and finally became a prefect, and he returned to his hometown to repair this place.
From then on, there have always been people in this family who are officials, and there should be no big officials, all of them are small officials.
But because of this, this courtyard has been preserved.
Later, when I arrived in the Republic of China, Huangmei Opera was popular at that time.
The last official of this family, oh, is an official of the Qing Dynasty, and he will be considered to be out of office when he arrives in the Republic of China, but he should be quite rich.
As for this person, he took a fancy to a person who sang Huangmei Opera, so he married her back.
After liberation, this singer of Huangmei Opera became a famous actor.
Although he was very old in the eighties, he still went to the Spring Festival Gala. ”
Cheng Yu listened, his brows furrowed slightly.
Xu Wanting asked curiously, "Then isn't this house hundreds of years old?"
"Isn't that more than 500 years old? The specific age is not available, but Wang Tang grew up here, so since Wang Tang was born, it has a history of more than 500 years. ”
"Why is it counted from the time he was born? If this house was not built by Wang Tang, at least there can always be some genealogical records, right? After all, you said that this family was still an official until the Republic of China!"
The person on duty smiled slightly and said, "Because this Wang Tang is an illegitimate child, this place was actually just a courtyard for a large family." After Wang Tang's mother gave birth to him, he was raised in this yard by the master's family. Of course, it was later renovated by Wang Tang. ”