In the evening, after meeting up with a group of friends, Wen Liang drove to a hot pot restaurant she used to go to when she was in college.

The red oil in the bottom of the hot pot is boiling and boiling, bursts of stimulating and choking aromas are emerging, and in the private room that is not spacious, everyone is also drinking and talking, as if returning to the unforgettable happy time at the beginning.

Over the years, all of them have undergone a lot of changes.

Boss Park is the most eye-catching, because this time, he came with his fiancée.

This old boy is now thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and he finally found his true love in the blind date battlefield where he has been defeated repeatedly.

When the two went on a blind date last year, the woman was not in a hurry, but she was forced out by her family to go through the motions, and Park Zhikun didn't have much hope because he took into account the age disparity, so he was in an unusually good state on that blind date, leaving a good impression on the other party.

Later, when the other party knew that Park Zhikun had a guitar shop and had a guitar teaching course, he signed up for it because of his interest.

But the most surprising thing is that now his object is pregnant, which was found out not long ago, the woman's family is conservative, and marriage has become a sure thing, they plan to find a good day in the near months, and first pull the certificate, as for the wedding, it may not be done until the child is born.

This kind of operation of getting on the bus first and paying the ticket later made everyone listen to it, and seeing this old man with a happy face under the feeding of his girlfriend, presumably the love between them also has its own sweetness......

And this matter, the blow to the two girls is the biggest, it's not that I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but now this kind of corner overtaking is now in front of them, which makes the two have to sigh in their hearts, it turns out that they have reached the age where they can get married, have children, and marry a wife......

Sheng Qidong glanced at Li Wang beside him, and after Wen Liang captured this detail, he smiled and asked:

"What about you two? You two have been good from the art examination training class back then to now, how can you say that good things should be close, right? ”

Before Li Wang could speak, Sheng Qidong on the side replied for her boyfriend:

"Oh, Ah Liang, what are you talking about, you don't have a word, but I swore a poisonous oath to wait for you together, so it's still early!"

Li Wang, who used to be known as a "gentleman" in the film academy, has become more mature in appearance and temperament in the past few years, and when he heard his girlfriend's words, he smiled and said gently to Sheng Qidong:

"Sister Liang is now on the rise in her career, how can any female star at this time want to fall in love and get married? We can't compare with her, not to mention that we live our own lives, sue me when you want to get married, I'm ready to marry you at any time. ”

"Wow-"

As soon as he said this, a voice of envy suddenly remembered in the private room.

"Eat your old meat slices, so much meat can't stop your mouth?!"

"Don't...... Scalding ......"

The little couple was fighting again, and there was constant laughter in the private room, and Wen Liang stared at Li Wang, and suddenly noticed a trace of bitterness hidden in those smiles......

This expression made her understand very well that Li Wang might not be as relaxed as he said.

In order to confirm her thoughts, Wen Liang raised her wine glass, and after proposing that everyone touch a glass, she then asked:

"Director Li, when is our movie going to be filmed?"

Li Wang's expression darkened and he smiled.

Speaking of which, Wen Liang and their little couple have rarely met in recent years.

When Wen Liang first debuted, Sheng Qidong has always been her assistant, and Li Wang has been following several senior brothers from the film academy to set up a studio, and has been working outside, at first shooting some commercials and promotional videos, and he has been saving money, so he plans to make a work of his own and realize his dream of movies.

Don't look at the directing students in the school like the pride of the sky, out of the school will become a general sitting on the director's chair and scolding Fang Xuan, that is just an extreme case like He Tianran, and most people who study directing, after three or five years, more than 90% will choose to change careers.

Because it's so difficult to make a movie, this is undoubtedly a big gamble related to the fate of life, and the vast majority of people are not even qualified to go to the gambling table.

This is the reality of this industry, in the two years when the stars were dim and the black material was riddled with black materials, just like Wei Xing silently wrote a tune for her, her friends were not no one who wanted to help her, and the first to stand up was the couple Li Wang and Sheng Qidong.

That year, Li Wang finally raised 300,000 yuan to find her, the young director at that time was enthusiastic, he said that he could finally shoot what he had always wanted to shoot, when he read the script, Wen Liang was also very optimistic about the prospects of this film, and there happened to be a period of time during that time, after several quarrels with Li Lan, he finally helped the pair of best friends get a very low salary.

And this very low salary was one-third of Li Wang's shooting cost at that time.

There is no way, after all, she had already signed with the company at that time, and if she could make the decision herself, she could shoot for free.

However, this is only the first difficulty they encountered before starting, if you want to shoot a completely compliant and legal movie in my country, you must first go through the script filing, this can only be submitted in the name of the company, and individual declarations are not accepted.

However, the next one stumped the vast majority of people, that is, the company that produced the film needs to prepare at least one-third of the cash of the shooting cost as proof of shooting.

In this way, there are only 100,000 left.

What is the concept of a movie cost of 100,000 yuan, if it is placed in He Tianran's "Ambition in the Heart", it can only be counted as the money of one shot.

So, those filmmakers who pursue to make independent films, saying that they are doing miracles if they sound good, and if they say that they are not good, this is a gamble.

Of course, there are also fierce people who bypass the Film Bureau and go straight to foreign film festivals, but even if this method is lucky to win an award, the next troubles are also very big, so let's stop the topic here.

In short, Li Wang's movie finally started after overcoming all difficulties, but even when Sheng Qidong, as the producer of the film, was working around to give her boyfriend and Wen Liang a good shooting condition, the crew still broke down in the fourth month.

It stands to reason that such a crew can survive for four months is already a success, but Li Wang is notoriously slow, there is only one line of scenes in the script, he can grind for three days, when the progress of the whole film is only two-thirds completed, Wen Liang can understand his creative pursuit, but the entire crew, not only the three of them.

And if the time drags on here for too long, the brokerage company will summon Wen Liang back to join other crews, if she doesn't go back, even if she breaches the contract, she will lose money at that time.

As a result, this movie, which was full of the dreams of several of their young people, was finally stillborn......

Wen Liang confirmed what Li Wang's expression was hiding, in order to make this movie, after the start of the film, Sheng Qidong and Li Wang borrowed a lot of money from their family and friends, and the two have been slowly paying off the arrears in the past two years, although their family environment is not bad, but Li Wang and Sheng Qidong's career pursuit restricts the two of them to develop only in the three first-tier cities with film and television resources in "Beishanggang", but in this kind of place, when it comes to marriage and the future, there will be a lot of pressure.

Now that Wen Liang is bringing up the old things again, she just wants to help Li Wang, after all, the materials that were filmed at the beginning are all there, and with her current conditions, this film should still have a chance to come back to life.

Sure enough, mentioning this, Li Wang's face was embarrassed, he was thin-skinned, when others begged him, he agreed to everything, and let him beg others, even if he talked about his own difficulties, he might not be able to pull it down.

Fortunately, Sheng Qidong on the side would not see his girlfriends, and when he saw Wen Liang taking the initiative to mention it, he explained their recent situation.

"Ah Liang, Wangzai has just finished a long documentary work recently, and we have only recently paid off some of the human debts we owe, but don't worry, the material we shot at the beginning Li Wang will often be turned out for post-production, editing and modification, and we haven't given up yet!"

It seems that when he was in college, the little masterpiece Jing Sheng Qidong has matured a lot in the past few years.

The couple's hands under the table slowly held each other.

That's nice......

Wen Liang secretly expressed his heartfelt relief to his best friend's love, but then, he couldn't help but feel sad......

She was silent for two seconds, and then asked with concern:

"By the way, Dongdong, after you and Wangzai finished filming the documentary, what are the next arrangements?"

The two glanced at each other, Sheng Qidong shrugged and said:

"There are no big projects for the time being, but there are usually one or two small films every month, and the big difference is enough."

According to the general market, the director fee for an advertising film costing 100,000 yuan is 10%, plus they are husband and wife, a director, and a producer, which can really save a lot.

Wen Liang was thinking about whether to introduce Li Wang and them to He Tianran now, after all, Hu Yue and Cai Cianming had successfully turned over through "The Wild in the Heart", and now both of them are still filming in Hengdian, and they can't take the job, but now Wen Liang is entangled in the relationship between her and He Tianran, and hesitates to open this mouth.

And Sheng Qidong is like a roundworm in her stomach, and when she was thinking about it, she said:

"Ah Liang, you and the rich second who flew the plane...... Phew, no, is it a good relationship with that He Dao'er? I watched the Vlog you took last year, and he also took you to skydive, can you recommend our family Wangzai...... Oh, why are you pulling me, it's not that you don't have this ability! You haven't been worse than anyone to shoot something, so if you have the opportunity, you have to go on if you don't have the opportunity to create opportunities! You're right, Ah Liang! ”

Sheng Qidong ignored Li Wang's private pull, so he could only helplessly hold his forehead on the side.

"Hey, your family Wangzi is a literati, he doesn't eat the food that comes from him, he doesn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice, it's thanks to him that he met you, otherwise his character is really going to run into walls everywhere in this circle."

Wen Liang held her chin, and was amused by the interaction between the little couple, she said jokingly, who knew that Lu Alan, who was boxing with Boss Park on the side, heard this, and immediately exposed the girl's shortcomings, and said with a smile:

"Ouch, it's really different when this becomes popular, Ah Liang, you don't want to think about what you were like before you met He Dao'er, Bole, and now you are educating others, hey, you have grown, you have indeed grown."

As soon as these words came out, there was a cheerful laughter in the private room, only Wei Xing knew that there should be something wrong with this, seeing Wen Liang's expression change slightly, he suddenly coughed twice while holding the rice bowl.

"Ahem......"

Lu Alan: "What's the matter, Brother Xingzi?" ”

Wei Xing: "Ahem~ Well, it's a little spicy, the bottom of the spicy pot you ordered?" ”

Lu Alan was even happier when he heard this, "No, Xingzi, you are also a talent, why can you be spicy when you eat dry rice?" ”

A group of people laughed again, and Wei Xing wanted to cry without tears.

Li Wang smiled and let go a little, after all, he asked his girlfriend to do it for him, he really didn't look like a gentleman, he thought about it, and then found a reason, and said to Wen Liang:

"Sister Liang, is this Director He going to shoot homework when we graduate, and come to help me live with our buddy? You should have known him at the time, and it felt like you would have had a good relationship. ”

Wen Liang was startled, "Do you remember him?" ”

Li Wang poured himself a glass of wine and nodded:

"Remember, he was wearing a suit at the time, we asked him to play tricks, and later helped Lao Cai shoot a scene, which was quite impressive. By the way, aren't Lao Cai and Lao Hu in your drama also in the crew? I don't know if Lao Hu Ji remembers, but Lao Cai definitely can't forget this, he didn't mention it? ”

After speaking, he raised his wine glass and collided with Wen Liang.

The girl raised her head and drank the wine, and said in a low voice:

"I mentioned it, but it was just ...... Someone just doesn't remember. ”

Li Wang was about to speak, when he suddenly felt that his thigh under the table was pinched, and he stopped talking.

If Wei Xing's warning just now was not obvious enough, then the kind of lost emotion that flashed on Wen Liang's face at this moment was seen by everyone at the table.

Lu Alan, as the eldest brother in this table, of course he had to care about this situation, he thought about it for a while, and asked sideways:

"By the way, Ah Liang, speaking of Director He, your roadshow is so important today, why didn't you see him?"

"I don't know, he's so busy who knows what he's doing?"

Wen Liang replied a little impatiently.

There was a sudden silence in the private room, everyone glanced at each other, and finally Lu Alan said with a smile:

"Oh, no matter what Director He said, he has helped you so much, right, now that people are your boss again, now you are finally getting up, don't shake your face with the leader of your own company like before, there's no need......"

Originally, Wen Liang remembered a vague memory today and her emotions were very chaotic, but now after listening to these words, her heart is even more uncomfortable, which prompted her to lose control, and she vented loudly:

"Lu Fangfang, if you know anything, you can persuade me! Is it my fault?! It's clearly not my fault, I'm patient enough to face him, humble enough! What else are you going to do with me? When have I ever done this to a man? Is it possible to use him as a cow and a horse? What do you have to do with him in front of me?! What does it have to do with our friends meeting today?! ”

After saying this, Wen Liang didn't seem to be enough, picked up a bottle of beer in his hand, raised his head and poured it.

……

……

In a gym not far from home, He Tianran was lying on a dumbbell stool, his chest heaving, his hands clenching the barbell bar, and doing bench presses.

"No, no, no, quick, do me a favor."

Behind him, Xue Yong helped him put the last bit of the barbell back in place, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, bench press 80 kilograms, you're still recovering, I'll give you two 5-kilogram tablets?"

"Okay, huh~" He Tianran exhaled on the reclining chair, and continued: "I thought I could form a group of eighty kilograms last year, but I didn't expect to pull my crotch like this when I did two this year." ”

"Gotta get it, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, take your time, by the way, have you asked Wen Liang for me about the class reunion?"

Xue Yong asked while helping him replace the iron piece at one end of the bar.

"Yes, but ...... Well, you can set the time according to the situation when she doesn't come. ”

"Don't mind, it's been a month, and there's no time at all? No...... Brother Nature, it's not a brother, I said you, you said that you are such a successful director, why do you have to work so hard to ask an actress? Isn't this, I have a buddy who also does this, and others are characters who can make an actress go to Hilton at night to listen to him talk about the play with just a phone call! ”

He Tianran, who was lying down, gave him a blank look, "Why do you introduce me to this buddy, I'll learn from him." ”

"Hey~"

Xue Yong smirked twice and diverted the topic:

"Wait until it's over, let's go to a sauna, as soon as this sweat comes out, I will keep you and lose three pounds, just after the meal, we can still drink a little better, go back later, don't care at home?"

These two days happen to be the eleventh holiday, yesterday Bai Wenyu asked Cao Aiqing to go out to sketch, these two days are not at home, he is rare to be free, so he agreed:

"Okay, as long as your guy doesn't drink too much and urges you to go back."

", if she doesn't feel at ease when you're by my side, then in this world, there are no friends around me who reassure her, come on, get it right, continue."

Hearing this, He Tianran raised his hand and tightened his grip on the lever again, he tried it, seventy kilograms was just right for him now.

But just as he was about to exert his strength, the mobile phone in his trouser pocket rang, and he took it out to see that it was a contact he rarely saw now - Boss Park.

With some doubt in his heart, he answered the phone.

Xue Yong on the side only listened to what he said, "Brother hasn't seen you for a long time", "Yo, congratulations", "Now", "It's okay if you're free", "I must go", "Send me an address on my phone" and hung up the phone.

When Xue Yong heard that the situation was wrong, he hurriedly said: "What, our brothers have been looking forward to an indulgent night, you want to water me?" ”

"Hey, a big brother, engaged, set up a table of wine in the hot pot restaurant for me to come over, why don't you come with me to drink two glasses, and then let's go take a bath and steam a sauna or something, isn't this appropriate? I've got that water for you. ”

After this arrangement, Young Master Xue smiled happily and said:

"Alas, I like to take my brother and me with you in your plan, okay, let's go."

"Don't worry, I'm pushing two......"

"Push what, don't make people wait for a long time."

Xue Yong was impatient, obviously, this guy had been managed by Bai Tingting at home for a long time and was suffocated. (End of chapter)