The door creaked open, and there was a sound of conversation outside.

Xue Qing stood up abruptly and said with a smile, "My grandfather is back." ”

But soon she frowned again, and said complainingly: "I told my grandfather that Cheng Shao, you will come today, why did he bring people to the house to chat." ”

With a trot, Xue Qing ran out of the living room and went straight to the door.

Cheng Yu also stood up at this moment, muttering slightly in his heart, could it be that Xue Qing's grandfather didn't want to see him very much, so he deliberately went out for a walk in the morning when he knew that he would come to visit, and also led the neighbors back to chat?

But no matter what, Cheng Yu is a junior, so he can't sit like this, so he also walked out of the living room and stood in the courtyard to greet Xue Qing's grandfather, Professor Li.

Soon, Cheng Yu saw an old man wearing a Chinese-style cardigan and a pair of thick-soled old-fashioned cloth shoes on his feet, with his hands behind his back, and walked out of the shadow wall.

As he walked, the old man looked back and smiled, nodding frequently, and behind him, a man's voice came.

The voice was not loud, and Cheng Yu couldn't hear what the other party was saying, but it didn't matter, because soon, Cheng Yu saw the person who spoke.

Belch......

It was actually the little Mr. Carpenter, Cheng Yu felt quite strange in his heart, was it really a coincidence that Mr. Carpenter also came to visit the old man, or did Xue Qing mention to the old man another purpose of Cheng Yu's visit to him, and asked one of the target objects to come over?

But no matter what, Cheng Yu hurriedly took two steps forward and took the initiative to greet the old man and Mr. Carpenter.

"Professor Li, Mr. Mu, hello both. ”

Professor Li is in good spirits, of course Cheng Yu had already understood before he came, the old man was actually seventy-six, but when he met at this moment, he saw the old man with a red face, and he didn't look like an old man at all.

"This is Xiao Cheng, hehe, hello, welcome to the house. Excuse me, wait at home for a long time, right?"

Professor Li also quickened his pace, and Cheng Yu hurried forward to catch up and hold the old man's outstretched hand.

Mr. Carpenter also smiled and quickened his pace, and Cheng Yu naturally shook hands with him.

"Yesterday I made an appointment with Mr. Li, isn't it almost the New Year, thinking that I want to visit Mr. Li.

Originally, I said that I would come back in the afternoon, just in time to accompany Li Lao to the Old Summer Palace, but Li Lao called me again in the morning, saying that a little friend was coming to the house, so I could simply come over in the morning.

I've heard of Xiaoyou, and I'm even more familiar with Lingzun's name, I have long preset the psychology, and I know that Xiaoyou is young, but this meeting really surprises me, this is too young. ”

As soon as Mr. Carpenter said this, Cheng Yu completely understood, and he said a little reservedly: "I didn't tell Xue Qing in advance if I knew it, and Mr. Mu rushed over early in the morning." ”

Then, Cheng Yu turned to look at Professor Li and said, "Old Li, thank you." ”

Professor Li laughed and said, "They are all guests at home, and besides, Xiaoqing is at your place, and I want to ask you to take care of it." This is also a coincidence, I asked Xiao Mu to come over earlier, and it also saved him from always turning day and night upside down. Don't even stand still, come in and sit down and talk. ”

As he spoke, Professor Li walked towards the steps, Cheng Yu hurriedly made a gesture of please, and Mr. Carpenter bowed slightly, followed Professor Li, and also went up the steps.

Cheng Yu took two empty steps, and then followed.

After entering the house, the three of them sat down separately, and Xue Qing said obediently: "Uncle Mu, you sit down for a while, and I'll make you a cup of tea." ”

Mr. Carpenter smiled and waved.

Xue Qing walked to the door, but suddenly remembered something, picked up a bag that Cheng Yu had brought before, and said, "It just so happened that Cheng Shao brought some fruit, and I will wash it for you." ”

Mr. Carpenter laughed and said, "Xiaoqing, this is disgusting that I didn't bring a gift!"

Xue Qing covered her mouth and ran out a long time ago.

"I heard Xiaoqing, you just came back from the United States, how was your rest last night?" Professor Li asked with a smile.

"I was very well rested last night. I arrived at the airport at nine o'clock, isn't this the North Fifth Ring Road, and it's close to the airport. At ten o'clock, I had already checked into the hotel and slept until seven o'clock in the morning. ”

"Xiao Cheng, your living habits are quite good on weekdays?"

Cheng Yu hurriedly waved his hand, glanced at Mr. Carpenter, and said, "It's really not good, it's a little bit of a problem, I have to sleep in the middle of the night, and I almost have to get up at noon." ”

"I don't think it's young, but when I'm older, I will know the harm of irregular work and rest to my body. I'm not the kind of old dogma, the ancients did it at sunset and sunrise, that's because of the constraints. But you still have to try to be as regular as possible. Money is endless, and a good body is more important than any amount of wealth. ”

"Thank you for your advice. Cheng Yu said politely.

Mr. Carpenter laughed and said, "Old Li, don't tell young people about this, now the pace of life is so fast, sometimes it's not that young people are willing to stretch the battle line until the second half of the night, and many times it's helpless." ”

"When you're older, it's inevitable that you'll be a little verbose. ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Elder Li also cares about us young people, it's always right to listen more." ”

Professor Li nodded, and said, "I heard Xiaoqing tell me, you came to the house, besides seeing me, there are other things?"

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, glanced at Mr. Carpenter, and said, "I didn't know the relationship between Xue Qing and Li Lao before, and she didn't say anything."

If it hadn't been for the phone call from Mr. Li that day, and my partner had just received that call, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark.

It makes sense that I should come to visit you, Mr. Li. And the other thing happened to be a coincidence.

When my partner learned about the relationship between Mr. Li and Xue Qing, I was in Bao'an to discuss a project with a TV production company. ”

Mr. Carpenter interjected: "I heard that Mr. Xiao Cheng went to Bao'an, didn't he cooperate with that girl Qin Manyuan? That girl was short of money during this time and came to me, but the conditions were too harsh, and I couldn't help." Said that Mr. Xiao Cheng helped solve her financial problems?"

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "I went to Bao'an, it was indeed because of Sister Qin Manyuanman's matter, but on the plane, there was a small episode, and the other party happened to be the wife of a manager of Sister Man's company, and she was also one of the project leaders of the program production company I talked about cooperating with later."

At that time, I felt that the production of entertainment programs was also a new investment direction.

For an investor like me, there are always a lot of sudden ideas.

After understanding it, I think this is also a new investment channel.

In recent years, many industries have been sluggish, and the financial market is not active enough, but the entertainment life of ordinary people is becoming more and more abundant.

I thought maybe this would give me some new ideas, which would be really feasible and also find some more rewarding investments for the company's customers. ”

Professor Li listened, nodded, and said: "I don't know much about investment, but Xiaocheng's idea is very good, and the traditional investment channels are narrowed, so he actively expands other external channels." Although professional matters should be left to professionals, it is always good to actively look for new paths. ”

Mr. Carpenter also nodded and said, "It's not a particularly new idea, but it's really relatively rare for an investment bank to do this." Those of us have also been exposed to investment in the entertainment industry to a greater or lesser extent, but the main thinking is to expand the company's business scope, rather than looking for pure investment channels. Mr. Xiao Cheng's concept is relatively new. ”

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Actually, it is also the thinking of the well frog, I thought I was actively innovating, but after calming down, I pondered, it is nothing more than the feeling of expanding the scope of business."

However, in the past, most of the enterprises that made this kind of investment across banks established a company for a project.

After the completion of the project, only a very small number of companies will continue to operate, and most of them will be sold on a one-shot basis.

And for the vast majority of those investments, investors have to be concerned about the process and development of the entire project from the beginning of the project.

What I want is pure investment, like venture capital, and try not to get involved in the project itself.

But this is an idealized product, just like this project, I really wanted to invest some money in them, but the project proposal itself proposed by the other party asked me to join it. ”

Mr. Carpenter laughed and said: "This is normal, Mr. Xiao Cheng's thinking is indeed different from the way we have contacted the entertainment industry in the past, but whether it is investors or program producers, the way they are used to is still the way that most people have chosen." If you really leave it alone, they will be at a loss. ”

Cheng Yu was obedient, hurriedly waved his hand, and explained: "Mr. Mu, you misunderstood, the other party asked me to participate, not to participate in the production process of the show. It's the show itself, which is somewhat special. They wanted me to be a part of the show. ”

"Guest?" asked Mr. Carpenter.

Cheng Yu nodded, and Mr. Carpenter laughed and hurriedly waved his hand: "I just went to a variety show not long ago, and the ratings of that show are quite good."

I also had a friend over there, the cook, you know? We've been friends for many years

。 He opened his mouth, and I don't reject these things, thinking that it will only take two days, and it is good to relax after playing.

But I'll regret it.

Usually watching variety shows on TV, and joining the show in person are completely two different concepts.

I might as well say it bluntly, no matter what the show, there are scripts, but some programs will have a slightly greater degree of freedom.

But these scripts are simply a disservice to those of us who have nothing to do with acting.

To tell you the truth, in that show, many of the scenes that were broadcast later were actually the result of repeated recordings.

Mr. Xiao Cheng, if you participated in that show, you will know that the recording process is far from being as smooth as the picture after the broadcast.

It's no different from making a movie, recording one clip at a time.

So I later said that I never wanted to participate in any entertainment recordings again. ”

Cheng Yu understands that Mr. Carpenter is actually refusing.

So he smiled and didn't hurry to continue, so as not to make people think that he was a little aggressive.

Xue Qing walked in with a tray at this time, with a cup of tea, a purple clay pot, and a fruit bowl in it.

"Uncle Mu, you drink tea. ”

Xue Qing placed the teacup in front of Mr. Carpenter, and then handed the purple clay pot to Professor Li.

"What are you talking about? I heard it just now, it seems that Uncle Mu said that he never wants to participate in the recording of entertainment programs anymore? However, you didn't listen to Cheng Shao's content of the program, don't be so anxious to refuse, right?"

As he spoke, Xue Qing squeezed his eyes at Cheng Yu.

Mr. Carpenter laughed and said, "I haven't said anything yet, the customer has been automatically launched." I'm a casual person, and I'm not used to the kind of casual things that treat restraint as casual. As he spoke, he looked at Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu also smiled, nodded, picked up the teacup, and wished Mr. Carpenter a long time.

"I understand what Mr. Mu said, no matter how casual these programs are, they must also need scripts to guide and restrict. In that case, let's not talk about this topic for now. ”

Xue Qing was stunned, she didn't expect Cheng Yu to give up so quickly.

How did she know that in Cheng Yu's heart, Mr. Carpenter was not a particularly good candidate, with more than 20 million Weibo fans, no matter how few real fans there were, there must be a few million.

And Cheng Yu needs to be recognized by at least 10% of the real fans in the system tasks he accepts, and he is really worried that people with too many fans will cause unnecessary losses to their tasks.

It's just that Mr. Carpenter has always been closer to the entertainment industry, and he has a unique side on the Internet, and with his participation, the topic of the show will be heavier.

In the early stage of the program proposal, the number of guests everyone could think of was only a few, and Cheng Yu felt that it was okay to ask.

Since Mr. Carpenter now said that he had no intention of participating, there was no need to force such a thing.

Moreover, his show requires these people to put down the shelf and completely design themselves as ordinary people, even if Mr. Carpenter does not refuse now, when he hears the content of the program, he may not be able to continue not refuse.

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Mr. Carpenter was also a little surprised, he originally thought that no matter what, Cheng Yu would still want to fight for it.

Who knew that Cheng Yu would give up so easily.

It's okay, it's a lot of money, after he participated in the previous show, he really didn't want to participate in the recording of any variety shows.

Not in the near future, at least.

After chatting casually, Cheng Yu began to ask some questions about calligraphy and painting.

These Professor Li are authorities, so naturally he is basically introducing them.

Speaking of the painting hanging on the north wall, Cheng Yu knew that it was also the work of a modern master, but he didn't know much about the brushstrokes and artistic conception that Professor Li said, and most of the time he was just nodding his head and cooperating.

"Old Li, I see that there are mirrors, vases and table clocks on your case, are you from Huizhou?"

In the course of the conversation, Professor Li actually saw that Cheng Yu had almost no knowledge of calligraphy and painting, and at most he could distinguish some basic materials.

Now when I heard Cheng Yu suddenly ask, I felt a little more energetic.

"Do you know the culture of Huizhou?"

Cheng Yu said modestly: "I can't talk about understanding, but I just happened to read some books about Huizhou culture." I roughly remember the way of placing a table clock in the middle of the left mirror and the right bottle, which is a kind of moral in Huizhou. ”

"Oh, hehe, few people know about this now, and even many young people in Huangshan and Wuyuan don't understand the meaning of these furnishings in the old house. Xiaoqing, do you know?"

Xue Qing blinked, shook his head, and said, "I remember when I was a child, I seemed to ask you, vases and table clocks are antiques, and I can understand them here, but that mirror is simply a modern handicraft, and you also put it, I don't understand it very well." But that was when I was very young, and I don't remember what you were answering at the time. It's like four words......"

Cheng Yu said: "Calm for life." ”

Professor Li bowed slightly, and Xue Qing also said: "Yes, yes, yes, it means lifelong peace." ”

"Xiao Cheng, I'm going to test you, you see, the four words of lifelong calm, three of which are one-to-one correspondence, so how to explain this new word?"

"In the book I read, it is said that in the early years, there was only peace, and in modern times, after there is a bell that can make a sound, it has become a lifelong peace. This life, in fact, is the sound of the sound, which directly distinguishes the meaning of the bell. ”

Professor Li nodded and said, "Well, this is probably the most common and reasonable explanation. ”

"But I have some ideas of my own. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"It's all about getting the bell for life, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But the general grandfather clock, even if it can ring, is at most a half-hour time.

The sonatine once every half an hour is a little inconsistent with the meaning of the word for life.

And, if it's just a bell at such intervals, why do you have to wait until there are bells in modern times to add them?

In ancient times, as long as a bell hammer was placed on the side, some people would knock two times when they saw it.

Isn't that also a bell?"

When Professor Li heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "It's a little interesting." ”

Cheng Yu continued: "Actually, I just read a book at the time, and then I thought of it and looked up some information.

Basically, it was a targeted understanding, and it was not read throughout.

However, I am sure that in the early years, there were two porcelain vases and a mirror on top of the old mansion of Huizhou people.

One of the porcelain vases was used to hold the owner's hat.

If there is a hat on it, it means that the owner is at home, and if there is no hat, it means that the owner is out.

I don't understand this too much, after all, the case is in the hall, and outsiders, even those close to them, don't say that they push the door in without permission, right?

If there is anyone in the house, the guests should have known, why should they look at the bottle if there is a hat on it?

Moreover, the arrangement of two bottles and one mirror is actually throughout the ancient and modern times, and after the bell was released, it is still two bottles and one mirror.

It is only in recent decades that it has gradually been reduced to a bottle, a mirror and a bell.

I think it's a bit of a hard thing to do with the words "lifelong peace." ”

At this time, Xue Qing interjected: "Then in ancient times, if you have to count all the decorations, wouldn't it become peaceful?"

Mr. Carpenter obviously didn't know much about this, and nodded his head, "Yes, what kind of saying is peace?"

Both of them looked at Professor Li, obviously, they also knew that Cheng Yu only knew a little about this, so they both hoped that Professor Li could give an answer.

But Professor Li looked at Cheng Yu with a smile, as if encouraging Cheng Yu to continue.

Cheng Yu thought for a while, and then said: "So, I'm wondering if the bottle where the hat is placed, if the hat is added, will form another word."

The left mirror and the right bottle are calm, which is placed according to the ancient reading habit of reading from right to left.

The bottle in the middle, which is like a pen holder, is actually a hat holder, which can be regarded as having no bottle feet, and after the hat is covered, there is no bottle head, so there is only one bottle body left.

With the addition of bells, this is a lifetime of peace.

Probably in Huizhou dialect, there is no distinction between front and back nasals. ”

Professor Li listened and asked with interest: "But you said that there was no bell in ancient times, so how to interpret this final word?"

Cheng Yu thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I really don't know this." Mr. Li, don't test me, you should teach us. ”

Xue Qing also shook Professor Li's arm and said, "Yes, grandfather, don't always take the exam, hurry up and say the answer." ”

Professor Li laughed and said, "It's not easy, Xiao Cheng, this kid, is a bit of a historical researcher." It's not easy to figure it out on your own. ”

"Mr. Li, you have an answer, is this still an appetite?" said Mr. Carpenter.

。