At night, the streets of Central are very lively, even in the remote alleys.

The air is filled with the aroma of food, pho, fish balls, beef offal, wonton, barbecued pork. The flavors of various foods mixed together make up the characteristic night market of Xiangjiang.

Chen Li'an and his entourage came out of the brisket shop, wandering on the side of the road like ordinary citizens, and occasionally someone recognized Zhang Guorong and Wang Zuxian, and just came over to say hello.

It seems that they are all used to seeing stars on the street.

But it's not surprising to think about it, Xiangjiang is so big and there are so many stars, it's too normal to meet a few celebrities on the street.

The only one who was a little unhappy was Wang Zuxian, in order not to break the gossip, she couldn't hold Chen Li'an's hand and walk together.

Although you have withdrawn from the circle, the paparazzi will still chase you every day to take pictures when they see that your relationship is exposed, which affects your life very much.

There are so many boring people, no one can do anything, Wang Zuxian has not had any new news in the past year, life has been much calmer, and I don't want to cause big news at this time.

Although there was no way to hold hands and walk together, the two were still very close, Chen Li'an looked at Wang Zuxian with a string of fish balls in his hand and asked, "Do you have confidence in this exam?" Xiangjiang University is not easy to get into. ”

"I have confidence, but I feel a little difficult, and I can't say how many marks I can get." Wang Zuxian said with some worry in her heart.

Zhang Guorong said next to him: "There must be no problem, didn't you also apply to a school in Canada, there must be one." ”

"Canada is very good, the environment is good or new, there are not so annoying things." Cheng Shufen glanced at the dog who came out of nowhere next to her and said with emotion.

Wang Zuxian glanced at the paparazzi in the distance, and said with some confusion: "I actually like Canada, but Li'an thinks it's not good there and doesn't want me to go." ”

"Why?" Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an bit the fish ball and said vaguely: "Where is it as good as you say in a foreign country, I actually hope that Zu Xian will go to the mainland, without exams, and can go to school directly and become a teacher." ”

Several people were speechless, what the hell is it to be a teacher directly, especially Wang Zuxian resisted the urge to beat Chen Li'an and said: "What kind of teacher can I be." ”

"Honorary professor, if you have time, you can go to a few classes and take whatever you want, it's very easy." Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders and said.

Wang Zuxian shook her head and said, "I don't want to, how can I be a teacher, I just want to learn." ”

"Okay, then I wish you a good grade." Chen Li'an threw the skewer in his hand into the trash, and then looked at the imminent arrival at Wang Zuxian's house, so he said to Zhang Guorong and Cheng Shufen: "Go home early tonight to rest." ”

Zhang Guorong suddenly looked at Chen Li'an with wide eyes and said, "It's so early, go back and play mahjong!" ”

"Don't fight, Zu Xian and I are going back to rest!" Chen Li'an immediately refused.

Wang Zuxian also echoed: "I'm so tired from today's exam, I don't want to play mahjong." ”

"Will you rest when you go back?" Zhang Guorong snorted and said, "Who doesn't know what you're going back for!" ”

"I know you still told us to play mahjong!" Chen Li'an glanced at Zhang Guorong and said: "Mr. Tang and Sister Shufen are too indulgent to you, playing mahjong every day, your body is broken, if you are depressed in the future, I will arrest you to the Potala Palace and become a monk!" ”

"Why do you get depressed when you play mahjong?" Zhang Guorong replied very unconfidently, feeling that Chen Li'an could really do this kind of thing.

"Let's go, send us back." Chen Li'an couldn't help but pull Zhang Guorong to cover for himself and Wang Zuxian.

Under the cover of Zhang Guorong and Cheng Shufen, Chen Li'an and Wang Zuxian went back together smoothly.

As soon as Zhang Guorong and Cheng Shufen left, Wang Zuxian hugged Chen Li'an, and the dry firewood naturally caught fire when it encountered it.

The two of them went from the main door to the living room and then to the bedroom, and all the way to the ground were scattered with clothes.

The wheezing sounds of the two in the bedroom were intertwined, and they didn't subside for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Li'an came to the bathroom with Wang Zuxian in his arms. Wang Zuxian hugged Chen Li'an's neck, shook her feet and said, "Don't get it on your leg next time." ”

"Then on the feet." Chen Li'an looked at Wang Zuxian's swaying little feet and said.

Wang Zuxian tugged Chen Li'an's chest and said, "You can't be normal." ”

"Can't!" Chen Li'an said confidently.

Wang Zuxian: "." Pervert, I'll trample you to death later!

Early the next morning, Chen Li'an was stunned, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the bulging quilt, and he couldn't help but gasp.

It's not in vain that I begged for so long last night, Zu Xian is the best!

"Phew!" Wang Zuxian glanced at Chen Li'an resentfully, kicked him angrily and said, "You can't say it in advance!" ”

Chen Li'an handed over a glass of water and said, "I can't help myself." ”

"Hmph, there's no next time!" Wang Zuxian took the cup and ran to the bathroom.

Women are just hard-mouthed, saying that there is no next time, there will still be, and with the first time, are you worried about whether there will be a next time?

More than an hour later, Chen Li'an came to Cheng Shufen's company alone and looked at the plan she had made for herself.

Cheng Shufen said next to her: "The early plan is to make a movie first, your fame in Xiangjiang is still too small, and when you have a certain reputation, the company will start the art space project." ”

After reading all the plans, Chen Li'an couldn't help but ask: "The plan is very detailed and the execution is also very high, but the planning cost of the art space you choose is too high, and there is no need to go to such a good location in Xiangjiang, I think the underground is very good." ”

"Another point is that the derivatives of the art space are not successful in art galleries all over the world, and the profits are minimal, but in the final analysis, these things are not popular enough for life, so naturally no one will buy them, and the luxury products in this plan are too high-end."

Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an and asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say that the price was high in limited quantities before?" ”

"The limited high price refers to the artwork, not the derivatives, which should be standard commodities, but with a certain artistic flavor." Chen Li'an thought of the Forbidden City, and then said: "Give a simple example, such as lunch boxes, tea sets, vase ornaments, table lamps, notebooks, sticky notes, water cups, and small jewelry."

"The important thing is to make life popular, and turn high-flying art into a common thing in people's lives, art is not a rigid need, but we can turn it into a rigid need, and let art enter life."

After listening to this, Cheng Shufen looked at the coffee cup in front of Chen Li'an and said: "You are right, if there is an art cup and an ordinary water cup, if the price is not much different, most people will choose the art cup." ”

"The art space itself is a brand and an attitude to life, and the focus is on the "artworks and attitudes" in the art space, rather than whether a store of a certain luxury brand is an art space. ”

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh, if he had so many relationships and enough funds, he would do it himself.

After Cheng Shufen heard what Chen Li'an said, she looked at Chen Li'an with a smile in her eyes and said, "Li'an, but in this case, isn't this brand you?" ”

"Not so." Chen Li'an opened his hand and said: "If you want people to enter the art space, is it because it sells watches or luxury bags, it must be because of art?" ”

Cheng Shufen chuckled and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Okay, now let's talk about your conditions, I know that you will definitely not be satisfied with the current contract." ”

Chen Li'an said seriously: "I won't say anything about artist agents, but art space here must ensure that 10% of the profits are used for the operation and development of new art spaces every year, and support other young artists. ”

Even if Chen Li'an cooperates with other art galleries, he can get more money than 20%, not to mention that he has made so many suggestions.

Cheng Shufen thought for a while and said: "The first condition can be agreed, if the art space is made into a brand or even an industrial chain, it is not enough for you to rely on yourself, but the second condition I need to renegotiate with the company." ”

"Well, then I'll wait for your news."

Cheng Shufen put away the plan, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Aren't you afraid that we will use your ideas and not cooperate with you?" ”

"Why should I be afraid?" Chen Li'an said strangely: "The basis of all this is the artist himself, can you find a more suitable artist than me?" ”

"There are a lot of artists around the world who are better known than me, but who will work with you? Are you going to train an artist yourself? Or sell the mugs in the supermarket as works of art? ”

Cheng Shufen was silent, what she said was too true to refute it.

More than ten minutes later, Chen Li'an left Cheng Shufen's company, his conditions have been proposed, and the rest depends on how they decide.

In fact, Chen Li'an doesn't care much about how much money he can make, it doesn't matter whether he is 20% or 30%, but he can't be a fool.

Chen Li'an's most important condition is actually the first one, supporting young artists, so many young artists in China are still in a state of poverty, they need help.

It is said that art does not make money, but Chen Li'an wants to try to make money with them.

Chen Li'an didn't think that he would become a pure artist like Van Gogh, nor did he think that his art was so powerful, but he made it when he was inspired and had an idea.

Until now, Chen Li'an still uses the word playing art to summarize his creation, and does not regard art as the only life in life, he is not pure, so he will consider capital, will consider making money, and will consider that he may be able to help more people.

Chen Li'an didn't leave empty-handed, and took away a script, Cheng Shufen said to Chen Li'an, no matter whether it can be negotiated in the end, this script is a gift to him.

The movie is the one I saw before, the adaptation of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Christ of Nanjing.

Chen Li'an has the impression that this movie seems to be played by Liang Jiahui, and he should have started this project very early, and he doesn't know why it ended up in his hands.

It can't be that a butterfly's wings flapped a few times and changed history.

Chen Li'an came to Zhang Guorong's house with the script and asked about it.

Zhang Guorong drank coffee and said: "Jiahe is unwilling to invest so much money, Shufen thinks the script is good, so she took over and invested part of it, and wanted to give it to you as a gift." ”

"Then what if I don't cooperate with Sister Shufen?" Chen Li'an asked curiously.

Zhang Guorong put down the cup in the back and said with a smile: "Then find Jiahui to act, the director originally wanted to use Jiahui, but the money given by Jiahe is too small, and Jiahui's salary is not low, otherwise where will it be your turn." ”

Chen Li'an: "." I was not moved in an instant! Zhang Guorong's mouth is still very poisonous from time to time.

But jokes are jokes, Chen Li'an is still very grateful to Cheng Shufen for being able to send resources to himself.

Although this movie is not a well-known movie, Chen Li'an likes it very much, anyway, he didn't choose the movie because it was famous.

Otherwise, I would have gone to shoot a TV series a long time ago, and TV series became famous much faster than movies.

This is a very sexy movie, and it is also a very cruel movie, Wang Zuxian couldn't stop wiping her tears after reading the script, looked up at Chen Li'an and said: "Will you one day abandon me like that writer and go to your wife to find your children." ”

Thinking that he was going to Singapore to see Gong Li in a few days, Chen Li'an felt a little weird, but he still said to Wang Zuxian seriously: "I don't have a wife, I am not married, and I will not abandon you." ”

Wang Zuxian hugged Chen Li'an and rubbed the tears on his face to Chen Li'an's chest, and whispered: "I don't want to die alone like Jinhua, you have to stay with me all the time." ”

Chen Li'an touched Wang Zuxian's head and said, "I will accompany you." ”

On the other side of the living room, Zhang Guorong was both moved and angry when he watched this scene, Chen Li'an and Wang Zuxian have feelings, but he also knows very well that Chen Li'an's feelings for Wang Zuxian are not unswerving love.

The abusive scumbag is the most hateful!

In the evening, Chen Li'an deliberately went to buy a copy of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's original book, and after reading the script, I felt that the director simply understood Akutagawa Ryunosuke too well, although the script has changed a lot, but the core of the story has basically not changed, and it is much stronger than Director Cheng's adaptation ability.

Director Cheng shouldn't be angry if he knows, just tell the truth

Early the next morning, Chen Li'an called Cheng Shufen back, first thanking her for the gift she gave him, and then asked directly: "When is the movie going to start?" ”

Cheng Shufen on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "In mid-April next year, filming in the mainland, are you sure you want to do next?" ”

"Pick up, this script is really well written, I like it very much." Chen Li'an replied seriously.

"Okay, I'll ask the director to come out in a few days, and you can see each other." After Cheng Shufen finished talking about this topic, she said: "Your conditions and new proposals yesterday are being discussed by the company, and it is estimated that it will take a while to have results." ”

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, I'm going to Singapore in a few days, you guys discuss it slowly."

"Okay, then let's say so."

After Chen Li'an hung up the phone, he looked at the script in his hand, and then quickly threw it aside, he couldn't read it more now, in case it resonated with the character, it would be too bad.

Let's wait until the movie starts shooting, a man without faith falls in love with a woman of faith, betrayal, deception and use is simply a scumbag among scumbags.

Chen Li'an doesn't want to resonate with the character now, it's just too bad, the most important thing is that after the heroine died, she still collapsed in despair, and she wanted to be martyred but didn't have the courage, so she could only torture herself and torture her wife.

Alas. Big scum, but the portrayal of human nature is too profound.

It's hard for Chen Li'an not to love this character, it doesn't matter whether it's positive or negative, just love this story, love this affectionate, despicable and cowardly man.

is different from the same male protagonists of love movies now, scumbags have new tricks.

The Japanese are still a lot of perverts.

Chen Li'an stayed in Xiangjiang for almost a week before leaving for Singapore, and Gong Li urged him several times in a row.

At Xiangjiang Airport, Wang Zuxian looked at Chen Li'an with some reluctance and asked, "Come back quickly, you come back every time you come for a few days and leave." ”

"Well, I'll do it as soon as possible." Chen Li'an squeezed Wang Zuxian's hand and said, "I hope that when I come back, I can see you being admitted to Xiangjiang University." ”

After Chen Li'an entered the boarding gate, Zhang Guorong looked at Wang Zuxian, who was still in place, and said, "Let's go, go back to play mahjong." ”

"I don't want to play mahjong." Wang Zuxian pouted and said.

Zhang Guorong said angrily: "Whatever you want, I said it a long time ago, he is like this, you don't want to let you go to the mainland, and he doesn't want to come to Xiangjiang, you slowly get used to it." ”

Wang Zuxian sighed, then looked at Zhang Guorong and asked, "Brother, what did you say he was doing in Singapore?" Is it really going to an art exhibition? ”

Zhang Guorong hesitated for a moment and said: "You yourself have guessed that I want to say, if I want to participate in the art exhibition, why don't I take you with me." ”

Wang Zuxian looked at the boarding gate and sighed

Zhang Guorong couldn't help muttering in his heart, what a bad fate, a scumbag is really damned!

The damn scumbag had already gotten off the plane in Singapore more than an hour later.

At the airport in Singapore, Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an who came out of the exit, stood in place and didn't move, just raised his hand and waved.

After Chen Li'an noticed it, he immediately quickened his pace and walked over, and after coming to Gong Li, Chen Li'an took a closer look at her slightly bulging belly, and curiously wanted to reach out and touch it.

Gong Li slapped Chen Li'an's hand away and said, "You don't know how to greet me when you meet, you know the child, right?" ”

"Isn't I curious, how did my stomach get up in less than three months?" Chen Li'an held Gong Li's waist, a little cautious, and didn't dare to use force.

Gong Li gently leaned on Chen Li'an and said, "It shows that your genes are powerful." ”

Tsk, that's probably a big fat boy.

Chen Li'an followed Gong Li to her house in Singapore, looking at everything in it, and the nanny to take care of it, he felt a lot more relieved, sitting on the sofa against Gong Li's belly and listening to the fetus's heartbeat.

Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an's appearance, couldn't help but reach out and gently scratch his hair, rubbed his hair and said, "I can't hear it yet." ”

Chen Li'an still stuck to Gong Li's stomach and whispered: "I have good hearing, maybe I can hear it." ”

Gong Li couldn't help laughing, but when she saw Chen Li'an like this, she was still a lot more relieved, although she didn't plan to marry Chen Li'an, and Chen Li'an didn't want to, but she still hoped that Chen Li'an would be a good father.

Chen Li'an listened for a while before raising his head and said, "Although I didn't hear it, I felt him." ”

"What does it feel?" Gong Li asked curiously.

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said: "It's like telepathy, I can feel her beating in your belly, growing little by little, I can even see what she will look like in the future!" ”

"You're more of a god than a stick!" Gong Li said angrily.

Chen Li'an immediately said: "Really, I'll draw it for you now, she will definitely look like this in the future!" ”

Seeing that Chen Li'an was so serious, Gong Li also became interested and said, "Then you can draw it and show it to me." ”

Chen Li'an immediately found a pen and paper and began to draw, Gong Li stood next to him and looked at the child who was gradually drawn on the white paper, and couldn't help asking, "Why is it a girl?" ”

"Well, it's a girl!" Chen Li'an said with great certainty.

Gong Li: "." I can't get it checked out when I go to the hospital, so you can just listen to it?

However, the girl painted by Chen Li'an is very beautiful, very cute, Gong Li looked at the chubby little girl on the drawing paper, and suddenly felt that this was what her child would look like in the future.

Gong Li took the painting and looked at it excitedly for a while, then put down the painting and looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "You didn't mean to make me happy, did you?" ”

"Of course not, you have to believe Coe. No, it's a belief in metaphysics! Chen Li'an said seriously.

The metaphysics came out, and Gong Li felt that Chen Li'an was already a little abnormal, but she still put the painting away in a photo frame and put it in the bedroom.

After eating in the evening, Chen Li'an lay on the bed with his arms around Gong Li's shoulders and told her everything he had done during this time.

Gong Li listened to Chen Li'an silently on the side, and gave a lot of suggestions, and then arched into his arms and looked at her blindfolded.

Chen Li'an looked at Gong Li's appearance, and immediately said vigilantly: "It's not three months now, don't think nonsense." ”

Gong Li's little hand touched Chen Li'an's body and said, "It's only a few days away, and I have asked the doctor in advance, and now the fetus is very stable and developing, and there is no difference between the three-month fetus." ”

"That's not going to work either!"

"I just say yes!"

"I'll go out to sleep like this again!"

"Forget it, sleep!"

Ten minutes later. Chen Li'an's helpless voice sounded.

"Didn't you say sleep? What are you doing now? ”

"You sleep with yours, you care about me!"

"Me"

Chen Li'an looked at Gong Li sitting on top of him, he didn't dare to move, he could only help her carefully, and let her mess around.

When he got up the next morning, Chen Li'an said to Gong Li: "I'll go back to Xiangjiang today." ”

"Why are you in a hurry? What's wrong? Gong Li asked, drinking milk.

Chen Li'an glared at her angrily and said, "If I don't leave, I'm afraid my daughter will be gone!" ”

Gong Li burst out laughing, the milk at the corner of her mouth overflowed, and she stretched out her hand to hit Chen Li'an and said, "Hurry up, bah, bah!" ”

Chen Li'an also reacted, hurriedly snorted a few times, and then looked at Gong Li and warned: "You have been restrained a little in the past two days." ”

"Got it, got it." Gong Li waved her hand indifferently.

After eating breakfast and walking with Gong Li for a while, Chen Li'an began to read under Gong Li's arrangement.

For example, "How to Be a Good Father", "Parenting Handbook" and so on.

Chen Li'an doesn't know if he reads a few books, only to find out that raising a child is so troublesome, recalling when he was a child, he felt that his parents raised it very easily, and when he ordered the meal, he grabbed it and fed it, and after he was fed, he threw it out to play by himself.

In the next few days, Chen Li'an accompanied Gong Li for a walk and exercise every day, went to the hospital for examination, and then read a lot of books.

Chen Li'an feels that he will definitely be a parenting expert in the future, and his theoretical knowledge is too rich!

After accompanying Gong Li in Singapore for more than a week, Chen Li'an received a call from Cheng Shufen,

"Sister Shufen, have you discussed?"

Cheng Shufen, who was far away in Xiangjiang, looked at the latest contract a little tiredly and said to Chen Li'an: "After discussion, the company agreed to your conditions, but you definitely can't imagine why they agreed." ”

"You think you can make money, and it's completely a business plan, right?" Chen Li'an looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom.

Cheng Shufen smiled bitterly when she heard Chen Li'an's words and said, "That's right, you really know everything." ”

"What's so strange about this, investment is all about profits." Chen Li'an thought for a while and said to Cheng Shufen: "Then I'll rush back as soon as possible." ”

Cheng Shufen replied: "Okay, I'm waiting for you in Xiangjiang!" ”

After hanging up the phone, Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Are you going back?" ”

"Well, the plan has been made over there, just wait for me to go back and sign the contract." After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he held Gong Li's hand and said, "I'll come to see you after a while." ”

"Okay, I know I can't keep you, so I'm busy with you." Gong Li had already been mentally prepared, and said without any surprise.

"Well, if you call me about something, I'll fly over immediately."

After staying in Singapore for a few days, Chen Li'an flew back to Xiangjiang, and after returning to Xiangjiang, he signed a contract with Cheng Shufen.

The contract is divided into two parts, one part is the artist agency contract, but it is very loose and has almost no constraints, and Cheng Shufen does not expect to make money for the company through Chen Li'an's films.

However, the part about the art space is very rigorous and long, and each article is very rigorous, and all kinds of situations that may be encountered are written in the contract.

Whether it is the share or the obligations and breaches of contract, it may be written very clearly, which is completely different from an ordinary artist management contract, which is a business cooperation contract.

Chen Li'an has a 40% share, but it includes 10% of the operating and support funds, which means that Chen Li'an only has 30%.

Wang Zuxian helped Chen Li'an's lawyer and his assistant study for an afternoon before finally confirming that there were no problems with the contract, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the contract that had been signed, Chen Li'an stretched out his hand to Cheng Shufen with a smile and said, "Sister Shufen will be troubled in the future." ”

"I hope we have a good time together." Cheng Shufen also stretched out her hand and said with a smile.

Chen Li'an said with a smile: "Of course, I hope we can open the art space to the United States and Europe!" ”

Cheng Shufen smiled and said, "I hope it's okay, I wish us success." ”

This time the things to Xiangjiang are basically completed, but Chen Li'an didn't plan to go back so early, Wang Zuxian has obviously been a little wrong in the past two days, Chen Li'an is worried that he is gone, and Wang Zuxian will be cranky.

On the balcony at night, Wang Zuxian sat on the small sofa with her legs crossed and looked outside in a daze.

Chen Li'an walked over and looked at her line of sight, a couple was running together at night, so he walked next to her and asked, "Do you want to go out for a walk?" ”

Wang Zuxian shook her head, turned her head to look at Chen Li'an and said, "I just feel a little lonely, as if I am alone in the world, and everyone will leave me." ”

Hearing this, Chen Li'an hugged Wang Zuxian, gently patted her on the back and whispered: "I will be there, as long as you don't leave me, I won't leave, even if I'm not in Xiangjiang, as long as you call me, I will appear immediately." ”

Hearing this, Wang Zuxian hugged Chen Li'an, rubbed his head twice in his arms and said, "Then you will do what you say, promise not to lie to me!" ”

Chen Li'an was silent for a moment and said, "I promise." ”

(Still getting it until now, squinting halfway.) I really can't control my troubled brain.)

(End of chapter)