Chapter 140: Old Friends Meet
As the screenwriter of two films with profound publicity and educational significance, he enjoys a huge amount of capital in this publicity campaign.
It can be in terms of integrity or in terms of living goods......
Wei Ping'an didn't lack anything, so he didn't pay much attention to this.
"You're still living in the compound, aren't you?"
Lu Xu asked mysteriously.
"Hmm."
Before 58 years, the courtyard was a name, and after 58 years, each unit and army formed their own compounds, and all kinds of old workers and their families were arranged in the courtyard.
The courtyard house also evolved into a miscellaneous courtyard.
"We don't dare to think about the three-entry courtyard, the second-entry courtyard, at least the first-entry single-family small courtyard, the elder brother can definitely apply for a set for you."
"Well, you can have that."
Wei Ping'an was immediately moved.
It smells like it's really fragrant.
"By the way, Lao Wei, what are you looking for me?"
"There's a new script, I've just finished writing it, and I'll take a look at it."
Lu Xu's spirit immediately lifted up, rubbing his hands, with a sense of anticipation.
"Hehe, there are good things thinking of me, worthy of being my good brother!"
"This is the story of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea......"
Wei Ping'an spoke softly, without too much subjective description, as Lu Xu flipped through the script, it was more like a matching voiceover.
The picture is very harmonious, and at first glance it is two wonderful young people who are immersed in work.
Wei Ping'an was dressed in a cadre tunic made of woolen gabardine comparable to a bicycle, and Lu Xu was dressed in a very distinctive and eye-catching style general.
The two are well-dressed, and ordinary people can tell at a glance that they are either rich or expensive.
Master Cai sent a wine jug, the half-catty kind, which was as light as possible when putting the dishes on the table, for fear of disturbing the other party by making a noise.
An authentic little old man walked in, and when he entered the door, he wanted to laugh twice, but when he saw the two people on the table on the left, he also subconsciously lowered his voice.
"Master Cai, is there a distinguished guest coming to the door today?"
"Everyone who comes is a guest, please come here."
"Gotcha."
"Master Niu, I will give you your two taels of wine and side dishes, and the one inside is also a friend, so you will bear with me today."
"Master Cai, pay attention."
Niu Ye gave a thumbs up.
In the corner, with Wei Ping'an's voice-over explanation, Lu Xu already had a sense of picture in his mind.
And then ...... Here is to be accompanied by a song and a crying tune...... The beacon smoke is billowing and singing heroes, and the green mountains on all sides listen to it, and listen to the ......"
"Huh? And so on, and so on. ”
Wei Ping'an hummed two sentences, and Lu Xu instantly played.
"I just want to express what I mean, if I don't sing well, it's my problem, and it has nothing to do with the song."
Wei Ping'an said jokingly.
"What's not to do? Where not? It's just too good, Old Wei, I didn't know you still had this hand before......"
In fact, the script has entered the end stage, Lu Xu is in a surging mood, and he has a hunch that this is definitely another very infectious red film.
"Well, I think it's pretty good, too. Actually, this script is my review of an article. ”
"Afterthoughts? How do you say this? ”
"When I was working in the Northwest two years ago, I saw an article and then improvised this song, and I felt at the time, it was...... Anyway, it's quite complicated, and then I created this song in one go, and I named it "Hymn to Heroes", and the script was written on the basis of the song. The main thing is that I first asked the original creator for permission before writing this script. ”
"Old Wei, how can I say hello to you."
"As far as the relationship between the two of us is concerned, you can be bold and say whatever you want."
"Okay, then I can say it, anyway, you don't want me to go missing."
"Ahem, that won't, definitely not."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and raised their glasses to drink one.
Tacit.
“…… A meeting was held for the directors, which basically means that the leaders of several ministries and commissions, including the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Culture, emphasized that in this special period, it is necessary to take the initiative to shoot this kind of film......"
Lu Xu pointed to the notebook on the table, and the off-white book had four big characters written on the cover of the book, "Heroic Children".
"Since you think it's okay, this book will be yours from today onwards."
"Okay, that's the old rule."
Wei Ping'an nodded, raised his glass and gestured to Lu Xu.
"The main part of this song must be sung by a female voice, find a flowery soprano, the chorus needs a snare drum to set off the atmosphere, and the male voice must sing in chorus, and it must highlight the effect of the military spirit swallowing mountains and rivers and the indomitable temperament...... If I have time during the recording, I can participate in it. ”
Wei Ping'an is really worried that this film and song will be ruined.
After all, it was someone else's nonsense.
But for the sake of some of his ideas, he had to do it.
"Okay, Lao Wei, if you don't worry, when the time comes to make this song, you are in charge."
"Then I'm relieved. Do you have any questions? Take advantage of the time you have today to help you answer. Save the trouble in the future. ”
"Nothing else, but I personally have a question I'd like to ask."
"You say."
"Are the prototypes of Wang Cheng and Wang Fang in the script really Shanghainese?"
Wei Ping'an pursed his lips, didn't think much about it, and nodded solemnly.
"It's all good."
According to the original trajectory, Shanghai is very related to this movie.
On the matter of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Shanghai's attitude was "give what you want," and a total of 18,000 young people actively signed up to join the army and participate in the war, contributing countless stories that can be sung and cried.
"Wang Cheng and Wang Fang represent not one person, but a collection of all heroic soldiers."
"A toast to them."
Lu Xu raised his glass.
"A toast to them."
Drinking a glass of wine together, Wei Ping'an sighed: "The reason why we can live quietly is because there are countless people who are carrying the weight for us. ”
Lu Xu was stunned and stretched out his thumb to Wei Ping'an.
"Lao Wei, I want to put this sentence at the end of the film."
"Whatever you want."
Drinking, talking, chatting about the script, laughing and talking about life, Lu Xu and Wei Ping'an are rare people with the same frequency.
In other words, Wei Ping'an has a more common language with people in the art circle.
Suddenly, a strange and familiar fragrant wind wafted by.
Wei Ping'an looked up.
A familiar figure walked in.
At this time, the tavern was almost full, and Wei Ping'an and Lu Xu were in the corner, as if they were already hidden in the noise and excitement.
But the figure stopped strangely as soon as it entered the door, as if there was some guidance, and a pair of eyes turned to meet Wei Ping'an's gaze.
Wei Ping'an saw the surprise in the other party's eyes, and then the surprise, and also saw that the figure was tilting towards this side, but it stopped again.
Wei Ping'an raised his glass and made a gesture to Chen Xueru from afar.
I don't know when the bar counter has changed, Master Cai is gone, and the proprietress Xu Huizhen, who still has the brilliance, is standing there, dealing with various regular customers.
She had already seen Wei Ping'an and Lu Xu.
She knows both of them, Lu Xu has been here many times, Wei Ping'an, although she has little contact, but as Chen Xueru's best friend, she still knows some insiders.
Chen Xueru was the one she sent to call.
Now Pian Erye is the public manager of Chen Xueru's tailor shop, and when he came before, he was muttered by Xu Huizhen and went back.
Then before Pian Erye came back, Chen Xueru arrived.
The reaction is so fast and strong, it always says something.
Xu Huizhen greeted Chen Xueru and handed her two taels of wine and a plate of dishes.
"It's still chatting over there, now that it's there, there's no need to worry."
Chen Xueru poured herself a cup and poured it into her mouth fiercely.
His eyes were staring straight at that corner.
After Wei Ping'an greeted Chen Xueru, he continued to talk to Lu Xu about the script.
In fact, the corner of his eye is also paying attention to this woman.
After all, I was tempted by it, although time has passed, and I have some regrets.
It can't stop Wei Ping'an from "visiting" this woman's recent situation.
There is a celebrity who is right, time always has some preferential treatment for beautiful women.
A woman in her thirties still has the skin and spirit of her twenties.
Maybe it's also because of her good living conditions, not because of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Wei Ping'an resolutely did not guess that Chen Xueru had been nourished by love.
He's not a pervert.
"Hey, Lao Wei, what are you thinking about talking to you?"
"I didn't think about anything, I met an old friend, you sit, I'll go say hello."
Wei Ping'an saw Fan Jinyou, a man who was already Chen Xueru's guest in Wei Ping'an's eyes, and it seemed quite polite to greet Chen Xueru.
Obviously, there is a big difference with Wei Ping'an's guess.
It was only after seeing this scene that Wei Ping'an was distracted.
"Old friend, who?"
Lu Xu also turned his head and looked at Wei Ping'an's eyes.
"Tailor shop Boss Chen? Or is it Niu Ye? ”
"What do you say?"
Wei Ping'an took the wine jug, got up, dropped the ambiguous words, and walked over.
Chen Xueru was a little excited, but forced herself to be patient, but she didn't care about Niu Ye and Fan Jinyou.
If according to the previous trajectory, Chen Xueru will definitely try to get rid of the single as soon as possible after learning the news that her best friend and competitor are married to Cai Quan without a license.
But the woman's heart is a needle.
An excellent man turned around in Chen Xueru's heart, leaving a shadow.
Chen Xueru sadly found that she had become indifferent to the men who were not as good as the shadows.
In the past, Fan Jinyou, who felt that he was constantly correcting himself and getting better, might be able to be used as a reference object, but when he came back and met Fan Jinyou after his trip to Shanghai, he felt that he couldn't swallow it.
It's like suddenly suffering from a cleanliness fetish.
And Fan Jinyou and his ilk, once they talk about feelings, they are no different from swallowing stool.
Chen Xueru invited him to dinner in order to thank Fan Jinyou for his help, but that time ......
Very bad experience.
For a long time, Fan Jinyou thought that Chen Xueru was pregnant.
It wasn't until more than half a year later that Chen Xueru's figure did not change, and the cheongsam was still worn, that she let go of her suspicions.
But he also completely offended Chen Xueru because of this.
The topic of two people being together has never been opened again.
Fan Jinyou likes Chen Xueru in his heart, but he also likes Xu Huizhen.
In other words, Fan Jinyou likes women who are a little beautiful and have a solid economic foundation.
So far, Fan Jinyou is still not high or low.
Of course, this is also thanks to his stubborn mother.
If it weren't for his mother's silent obstruction behind the scenes, emphasizing that he must not be close to a woman who has been divorced twice, maybe before the trip to Shanghai, Fan Jinyou and Chen Xueru would have had some foundation.
Everything is developing in an uncontrollable direction.
"Boss Chen, long time no see."
"What's the matter, my sister doesn't call me anymore, call me boss?"
After all, the two are also friends who have played poker on the train, although they haven't seen each other for a few years, but their hearts haven't gone far, Chen Xueru used all her strength to restrain her expression and talk to Wei Ping'an in a normal state.
"Sister Chen, you look like a little girl in your twenties, this sister, I'm really a little weak when I shout."
"I haven't seen you for more than five years, and your mouth has learned to go out and wipe honey. Sit down for a drink? Would you like to invite your friends along? ”
"I've been with Director Lu for a long time, Master Niu, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"This ...... You are ......"
Niu Ye was a little confused.
"A few years ago, I brought a group of foreigners to a tavern for a drink......"
"Oh, you're the translator. I remember. ”
The tavern has received so many foreigners for so many years, and of course Niu Ye has a deep memory.
said ashamed to punish himself with a cup.
Wei Ping'an sat down, drank two drinks with Niu Ye and Chen Xueru, and then got up again and returned to the corner.
"You know Boss Chen very well?"
"I went to Shanghai on a business trip and played poker all the way."
"Got an idea?"
"Yes before, but now, I can't say."
"Boss Chen's career is also good, silk, the channel of the entire northern big brother, is in her hands, and many people want to get started, but unfortunately after Boss Chen has experienced two marriages, he doesn't seem to be interested in this aspect......"
Lu Xu tactfully reminded Wei Ping'an.
It can also be regarded as a kind of help to give the brother some basic information about the target woman.
Wei Ping'an was just about to speak, when he saw Chen Xueru coming over.
A thirty-year-old woman has a graceful posture, and between walking and throwing her arms, she has her own temperament.
"Sister Chen, sit."
Lu Xu and Wei Ping'an sat face to face, and if Chen Xueru was simply a polite friend, she would sit directly in the middle, and it would be most appropriate not to rely on both sides.
But Chen Xueru sat on the side close to Wei Ping'an.
Lu Xu looked at Chen Xueru and then at Wei Ping'an, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.
Feeling, these two people have a situation.
At least the concubine is intentional.
"I just remembered it, I still owe you two clothes, and I will go to the store to make them for you one day, I always owe people a favor, and I don't feel comfortable."
"Okay, let's do it another day."
"What day is it another day? Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow? ”
"Or, the day after tomorrow morning."
"I have something to go out the morning after tomorrow, so I'll wait for you in the store at this o'clock in the afternoon?"
"Okay."
After finalizing the time, Chen Xueru seemed to see Lu Xu again.
"Director Lu, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I'll give you a drink."
"Boss Chen, I didn't expect you to know Brother Wei."
"I didn't expect that either."
"I didn't expect the two of you to know each other."
Wei Ping'an interjected.
"Isn't this all familiar, friends of friends are friends, we will have the opportunity to get together often in the future."
Lu Xu snorted and said with a smile.
"Yes, we'll get together again in the future."
Chen Xueru smiled, her eyes were like crescent moons, clinking glasses with Wei Ping'an, and her fingers crossed the back of Wei Ping'an's hand, meaning something.
(End of chapter)