The next morning, while Zhou Yan was still asleep, he heard the sound of gurgling water from the bathroom, and not long after, he heard the humming of a hair dryer.

He got up and looked at the quartz clock on the wall, and saw that it was only half past seven.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Zhou Yan got up and walked outside, and found Wang Zuxian wearing pajamas and blowing his hair.

Seeing Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "Third brother, you're awake, come and help me blow my hair." ”

Zhou Yan walked over, took the hair dryer in Wang Zuxian's hand, and said while drying her hair, "I should have said it right yesterday, today I went to my grandparents' house for lunch, not breakfast." ”

"That's right, I know."

"Then you wake up so early."

"Go early, give a better impression to your grandparents, didn't you say it's far away, it's snowing again today, it will definitely take a long time in the past."

"It doesn't have to be so early." Zhou Yan pouted.

"Prepare in advance, don't have accidents."

Seeing that she was so attentive, Zhou Yan didn't say anything, he didn't want to discourage his girlfriend's enthusiasm.

Wang Zuxian's hair is long and thick, very good-looking, but when he blows his hair, Zhou Yan finds that the long hair is really difficult to take care of, and it takes a long time just to blow his hair.

Zhou Yan washes his hair by himself, and he simply doesn't blow it in summer, and in winter, it's only a matter of two or three minutes at most.

But Wang Zuxian's hair has been blown for more than ten minutes, but it hasn't dried yet, mainly because she is worried that the wind is too strong and will hurt her hair, so she only uses a medium-range wind.

In the end, when his hair was almost dry, Zhou Yan estimated that it took more than half an hour, and he took more than a shower at this time.

After his hair was blown, Wang Zuxian began to take care of it himself, and Zhou Yan changed his clothes and went out to buy breakfast.

When he bought breakfast back, Wang Zuxian took care of his hair.

After breakfast, Wang Zuxian began to put on makeup again.

She said that Zhou Yan's family is more traditional, so she has to paint a simple makeup.

Hearing her words, Zhou Yan thought that the time for makeup would not be too long, but it turned out that he was wrong, very wrong.

Wang Zuxian worked hard in front of the mirror for an hour, and after the painting was finished, Zhou Yan found that at first glance, she looked like she had no makeup.

Zhou Yan understood that the so-called simple makeup only needs to look simple, not to draw simply. The more difficult it is to notice, the harder it is to apply.

By the time Wang Zuxian finished putting on his makeup, it was already nine o'clock, and Zhou Yan thought that it was almost time, and they could go out after changing their clothes.

But then he found that he was thinking simple again.

The night before yesterday, after they went out of Jinling Middle School, they went to the department store and bought a lot of clothes for Wang Zuxian, which came in handy today.

It took her another half an hour just to pick out and change clothes.

At this time, it wasn't over yet, and after finishing herself, she began to tinker with Zhou Yan again.

"You can't just wear it today, you have to wear it with me."

Then she began to choose clothes for Zhou Yan again, which took more than ten minutes.

And the reason why she was able to do it so quickly was also because Zhou Yan didn't have many clothes at home, which greatly limited her performance.

So after choosing clothes for Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian muttered, "I knew that I would pick out a few sets of clothes for you the night before yesterday, but this one is still a little worse." ”

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, they almost couldn't carry her clothes that night.

However, Wang Zuxian's "work" was not in vain, the two changed their clothes and stood together, and they really felt very compatible.

Finally, Wang Zuxian changed into high heels and said with a smile, "Wearing these shoes, I just go to the edge of your eyebrows, perfect." ”

Zhou Yan is barefoot with 1.81 meters, and the heels of the leather shoes he wears today are high, he has to be 1.85 meters, if Wang Zuxian doesn't wear high heels, he will probably go to the tip of his nose.

When he went out, Zhou Yan glanced at his watch, it was almost ten o'clock.

Carrying the box containing gifts, Zhou Yan said to Wang Zuxian, "I have to apologize to you." ”

"Huh?" Wang Zuxian was also stunned for a moment: "What apologies?" ”

"I said you didn't need to get up so early, and now it seems that I was wrong. If it weren't so early, we wouldn't have made it to lunch. ”

Seeing Zhou Yan's serious and sincere expression, Wang Zuxian rolled his eyes, "How do I feel that you are mocking me?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, didn't answer the question, and walked out of the unit door with the box: "Let's go." ”

Yesterday evening, the snow stopped, but the road was not easy to walk, and it was slow along the way, and it was close to eleven o'clock before arriving at the place.

The door was hidden, and as soon as the two of them arrived at the door, they heard a lively sound coming from inside, and they knew that there were many people when they listened.

When he called his grandparents yesterday and said that they were going over today, Zhou Yan knew that there would definitely be a lot of people, most likely the whole family.

After Zhou Yan pushed the door open, there was a moment of silence in the room, and then Zhou Yan saw everyone in the room staring in the direction of the door.

Before Zhou Yan could speak, Xiao Jiu and the others walked over and greeted Wang Zuxian warmly.

"Sister Xiaoxian."

Seeing Xiao Jiu and them, Wang Zuxian, who was originally a little nervous, suddenly relaxed a lot, and she can be regarded as someone inside.

"Jiu'er, Qianqian, hello, I haven't seen you for a long time."

At this time, grandma and the others came out of the kitchen, and when they saw Wang Zuxian, grandma smiled so much that she couldn't close her mouth, "The girl is here." ”

Zhou Yan took the opportunity to introduce, "Grandma, this is Xiaoxian. Xiaoxian, this is my grandmother. ”

"Hello grandma."

"This is my aunt."

"Auntie."

"This is the third aunt."

"Hello third aunt."

……

Zhou Yan introduced these people in the family to Wang Zuxian one by one, and after the introduction, Wang Zuxian opened the box, took out the gifts from it, and sent them to everyone one by one.

Grandma held the brooch given by Wang Zuxian and couldn't put it down, "This brooch is very beautiful, just right with the silk scarf you gave me last time." ”

She still remembers that the gift that Zhou Yan brought back last time was picked by Wang Zuxian.

Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "Grandma, if you like it, do you need my help in the kitchen?" ”

"No, no, you sit outside for a while, and the food will be ready in no time. Just now we were still worrying, this road is not easy to walk, don't have any accidents. His father and his second brother are the same, so they don't know how to pick you up. ”

"Grandma, don't pick it up, the third brother drives very steadily."

Hearing Wang Zuxian call Zhou Yan's third brother, grandma pursed her lips and smiled: "You sit on the sofa for a while, Qianqian, put TV on your sister Xiaoxian." ”

Grandma didn't let Wang Zuxian enter the kitchen in the end, so Wang Zuxian obediently went to the sofa and chatted with Zhou Qian and the others.

Zhou Yan said a few words to Wang Zuxian, and then went to the "conference hall".

As soon as he sat down, the eldest brother Zhou Yu winked at him, "Third brother, you can." ”

Uncle Zhou Yaohua glanced at his son and coughed lightly, "Xiaoyan, is it okay to walk on the road?" ”

"It's okay, it's a little slippery, it's okay to drive slowly."

"How many days is Xiaoxian going to stay in Jinling? If you have time, come to our house tomorrow for dinner. ”

"There should be time, I'll ask her in a moment."

Zhou Yaohua nodded, and then he looked at Zhou Yaowen, "Second brother, you have to thank this heavy snowfall, otherwise you will miss it." ”

According to the original plan, Zhou Yaowen was going to Pengcheng yesterday. But because of the snow, it didn't pass, so Zhou Yaohua said so.

Zhou Yaowen rarely smiled, "Even if you miss it this time, there will still be a chance to meet in the future." ”

Seeing Zhou Yan bring his girlfriend home, Zhou Yaowen was of course very happy, his feelings for his youngest son were very complicated, after all, after he divorced his wife, Zhou Yan had been following his mother, so he had some regrets for Zhou Yan in his heart.

But as a father, he didn't want to show this guilt.

As for Zhou Yan's affairs, he wanted to take care of it, but he was worried that Zhou Yan would be disgusted.

Now that Zhou Yan's marriage has come to an end, he feels that he has an explanation for his wife.

After that, they didn't talk about Wang Zuxian anymore, after all, it was very close to the living room, and it was rude to talk too much.

Zhou Yan took the opportunity to ask his father about the business with his second brother, "The heavy snow didn't rush over, did it have any impact?" ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan cared about things at home, Zhou Yaowen was also very happy, he waved his hand, "It's okay, the boss is not a supervisor, just let many things go to the people below." And now that communication is developed, most things can be solved by communicating on the phone. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but teach his son, "You now have your own studio, and you are also a boss, so you have to ask your second brother for advice when you encounter things." He is definitely more experienced than you in business. ”

Zhou Hong said with a smile, "Dad, you're too worried, Xiaoyan has done a good job in management, and I still have to learn from him in some places." ”

Grandpa Zhou Minnong laughed, "Between brothers, don't be so polite when you speak." Xiaoyan, you don't have any burden, you can't look ahead and backward in your career, just close your eyes and rush forward. If we can't rush through, let's start again. ”

Compared with ordinary people, in addition to connections, Zhou Yan's biggest advantage is the opportunity for trial and error, and in terms of doing business, the Zhou family can support him to make mistakes many times.

However, Zhou Yan is different from ordinary businessmen, he now mainly relies on his works to eat, in just a few years, he has accumulated a lot of capital for himself, and the addition of so much music to two movies makes his future road particularly easy.

Zhou Yu also asked about the movie, "What is the box office situation of your "Sixth Sense" in North America? Is there anything new to share with me? ”

"I haven't been paying attention lately, so if there's any new news, I'll let you know at any time."

"Okay, we'll leave you a big section in the newspaper at any time."

A large part of the support of "Yangtze Evening News" for Zhou Yan comes from Zhou Yu.

Of course, this is also mutual support, because of Zhou Yan's relationship, "Yangtze Evening News" can always get first-hand information.

Most of the time, Zhou Yan is not required to tell Zhou Yu at all, Zhang Youan will take the initiative to share the news with the "Yangtze Evening News".

……

They didn't talk for long, and they shouted for dinner.

During the meal, several elders were concerned about Wang Zuxian's situation, but they didn't ask too much. After all, it's the first time we've met, so it's not good to ask too much.

After eating, the eldest aunt was going to play mahjong, and Wang Zuxian also took the plunge.

Wang Zuxian plays mahjong like a wandering spirit, and her reaction is half a beat slower, but the eldest aunt and the third aunt all speak highly of her.

"Xiaoxian played mahjong well."

Hearing the comments of the two elders, Zhou Yan couldn't help laughing, sure enough, everyone likes an "ATM" that only loses money.

Their family played mahjong with a small lottery, and Wang Zuxian only lost more than 20 yuan in an afternoon.

When he went home in the evening, Wang Zuxian also "reviewed" his performance with Zhou Yan when he met his parents today, for fear that he would not be able to do something right.

"I thought my grandmother would ask me a lot of questions, and I deliberately prepared the answers in advance, but I didn't expect to ask."

"Now you believe that there are not many rules in our family, right?" Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Wang Zuxian shook his head, "That's not true, it's just that your family's rules don't make things difficult." ”

Although he has only been in contact for one day, Wang Zuxian can feel that the Zhou family just doesn't pay attention to the rules, but in fact, the rules are reflected in many details.

When eating, the elders sit down first and move the chopsticks first.

When the elders spoke, the juniors listened quietly.

And among the juniors, the older children have the absolute right to speak.

For example, when watching TV, they will ask Wang Zuxian what he wants to watch, and if Wang Zuxian doesn't give an opinion, it will be Zhou Qian who decides. And in many families, it is the younger children who watch whatever they want.

The rules of the Zhou family have a kind of discipline, when the higher "chief" is not there, the eldest one automatically becomes the leader and is in charge of everything on the scene, and these children of the Zhou family take it for granted.

This point, when he was in Xiangjiang before, Wang Zuxian had some experience, and this time when he came to Zhou Yan's house, he felt even more obvious.

And these details are not formed in a day or two.

Zhou Yan smiled and didn't speak, Wang Zuxian was right, their family doesn't have too many cumbersome rules, but there are some hard rules that no one can break.

Wang Zuxian asked again, "Do you want to bring something to your uncle's house tomorrow?" ”

"No, you've already given a gift today, so why don't you bring your mouth to dinner tomorrow."

"Well, then I'll listen to you."

Before leaving today, the eldest aunt and the third aunt both sent invitations to Wang Zuxian, and Wang Zuxian also agreed, so they will go to the uncle and the third uncle's house for dinner tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

……

Wang Zuxian not only ate a few in a row, but even spent a small year at Zhou's house - that is, the Lantern Festival.

The Zhou family likes Wang Zuxian very much, not to mention that she is beautiful, the key is that she is very decent.

Moreover, Wang Zuxian is a native of Taiwan, and her great-grandfather is a member of the Alliance, which is a big plus in the eyes of the Zhou family.

In the middle of a few days, the weather was very good, so Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian to walk around Jinling.

For Zhou Yan, Jinling really has nothing to visit, but Wang Zuxian is very excited, grabbing Zhou Yan along the way and letting him take pictures, wherever he goes, it feels novel.

And her favorite turned out to be the duck boat on Xuanwu Lake.

It was very comfortable to row the boat in the middle of the lake without worrying about being recognized.

In a few days, I used a box of film alone.

However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they did not rush to rinse, but were brought back to Yanjing by Zhou Yan and washed themselves in the studio.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian went to the airport together, but Wang Zuxian wanted to fly to Xiangjiang, and Zhou Yan was back to Yanjing.

As soon as Zhou Yan arrived in Yanjing, the final box office of "The Sixth Sense" in North America was released.

$13.2 million is the final result of this film in North America, and this result far exceeds the $7.3 million of "The Wedding Banquet", becoming the highest-grossing Chinese film in North American box office history.

Now there is no need to think about whether An Li is American or Chinese, Zhou Yanche has really ascended to the throne of the highest-grossing Chinese director overseas.

With such an achievement, the domestic media is naturally boasting.

However, among the praise, there are also some different voices.

is still the previous "Film Perspective", they published another article, titled: Beware of some directors Mei Yang, American film industrialization poisons film art.

In this article, it is pointed out that a certain popular movie at the moment copies the industrialization model of American films, only cares about pleasing American audiences, has no artistic aesthetics, and lacks self-expression.

The author is earnest, hoping that other domestic directors will not follow suit, otherwise Chinese films will have no way out.

While criticizing the industrialization of American films too seriously and destroying film art, the article also expressed praise for some European films and praised the judging criteria of the three major film festivals.

The people who write the articles are very smart, and they will also bring the festival to endorse themselves.

It means that his criticism of "The Sixth Sense" is not unfounded, and in the judging criteria of the three major film festivals, "The Sixth Sense" is not a good movie at all.

When he saw this article, Zhou Yan believed that the article had something to do with Xie Fei, because Xie Fei himself had just won the film festival award for less than two years, and he raised the three major film festivals, that is, Xie Fei.

The article may not have been written by Xie Fei, but the person who wrote the article is most likely related to Xie Fei.

Zhou Yan didn't care about this, but there were other people who were anxious for justice and helped to start the war.

What Zhou Yan didn't expect was that the first one to come out was Jiang Wen.

When Coco Jiang was promoting his movie "Sunny Day", a reporter at the scene asked him what he thought of "The Sixth Sense".

Generally, when encountering this kind of problem, Coco Jiang's best choice is to play Tai Chi, but Coco Jiang said very directly that "The Sixth Sense" is a good movie, and some people who scolded this movie were completely out of jealousy.

He suggested that these people should have time to pay attention to others, so it is better to make the movie themselves first, and not to do some things that are self-cherishing and making things behind closed doors, in that case, it will not be beneficial to the development of Chinese films.

Although Coco Jiang's appearance is passive, it is also real.

Jiang Wen's action is a bit like rubbing the heat, after all, "Sunny Days" will be released this year, and it is normal to use this wave of popularity to promote the movie.

However, Zhou Yan felt that Jiang Cohen didn't seem to be a person who rubbed the heat, and if this heat rubbed down, maybe he would offend some people, which might not be a good thing for Jiang Cohen. (End of chapter)