It is said that my parents are very adventurous in making the catering business so big.
But when it comes to their children's careers, parents are surprisingly consistent in being conservative.
Zhang Yuanjun, the third among the three siblings, was the first to graduate—the second oldest attended language school for a year and just graduated this summer—and was the first to settle down.
Zhang Yuanjun's parents unanimously praised Zhang Yuanjun for entering the theater.
"It's good to eat from the public family, and you will be stable for the rest of your life."
Parents are somewhat unsupportive of their children starting their own businesses: "I don't understand what the eldest brother is about the Internet, so don't expect me to give you money. The second eldest child..."
Zhang Yuanying glanced at her father: "I don't start a business. After graduating this year, I will travel around the world for a year, then go to Italy for further studies, and then work in a company."
Her parents were very satisfied with her arrangement: "The third child..."
"Is that what I call entrepreneurship? It's a personal studio. I just hire people to do things for me. I can't do everything myself. It's not even a company." Zhang Yuanjun said.
This is the truth, and parents agree with it.
In terms of career, parents are not afraid of their children having fun, but they are afraid that their children will be ambitious and want to start a business.
How much can you spend on food, drinks and fun? I'll give you 30 to 50 million a year. As long as you don't take drugs or gamble, you will naturally stop playing when you get tired of it.
But starting a business is different, and starting a business for children from a family like the Zhang family is not as easy as opening a store and selling some things. When Zhang Lao was playing on the Internet in the United States, he easily had millions of dollars on his plate, and an investment of tens of millions or hundreds of millions. The risk is much greater than opening a restaurant.
Therefore, the parents of the Zhang family would rather their three children do nothing and just graduate, work and get married, rather than bothering with starting a company.
But now it seems that they may not be able to stop the boss from starting a business.
But I still have to say: "I don't have to worry about the boss's affairs. You two have to take care of your affairs as soon as possible."
"What's up?"
"What else is there? We are talking about falling in love and getting married. You two will be 22 during the Chinese New Year. How long do you have to postpone it?"
"I just graduated." Zhang Laosan said.
"I haven't graduated yet." Zhang Laoer said.
"Let's talk first, and we'll bring them back after two years." The second and third children are indeed still young, so just tell them to remember them without urging them.
The second and third children are still young, but the eldest is 27 years old. Boys of this age should really get married in a small place like Luling.
"Your father and I had you when we were 25, so it was already too late. You are 27 now, and you are still not married?"
"We are talking right now." The boss is currently focusing all his energy on Twitter.
"What do Li Ying think?"
"I don't have any ideas. She doesn't want to get married for the time being."
"You two don't even want to get married, so you two are just wasting your time without fame or status? To 30?"
"Why are you speaking so harshly? What do you mean by having no reputation or status? Isn't my company just starting out? I'll end it when it becomes stable. People won't run away."
"Okay, okay." Seeing that the mother was about to quarrel with her son, Zhang's father came out to smooth things over, "Boss, let's talk it over and bring it back when it's settled. You also have to understand the painstaking efforts we put in as parents. You and I Mom is 52, and we are anxious when everyone else thinks of them as grandparents. Just stop arguing during the Chinese New Year, it’s outrageous.”
As soon as it got dark, the sound of crackling firecrackers was heard outside the door, and the phones of the family of five also started to ring.
They are all New Year greeting messages.
"You are busier than me." Zhang's father said to Zhang Laosan, "I answered seven calls in five minutes."
Zhang Yuanjun said: "I am considered a star now. In the entertainment industry, it attracts people's attention. It is normal for me to have many phone calls."
"Look out." Mom said as she put away the dishes.
After dinner, the father went out to play cards, and the mother packed up and went out to play mahjong. The three brothers and sisters left the third child alone at home.
"You go and play. I'll warm myself by the fire and watch TV. It's too noisy outside."
This year, it was Zhang Yuanjun who called Liu Yifei to wish her New Year greetings. After midnight, Zhang Yuanjun was still looking through his address book. Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei's phone number had already arrived.
"happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Zhang Yuanjun responded with a smile, "Are you celebrating the New Year in Jiangcheng this year?"
"Yes, I made the last announcement in the morning and arrived in Jiangcheng with my mother in the afternoon. I put down my bag and went to the table to eat." She even found it funny when she talked about her itinerary.
The two discussed their respective arrangements for the new year. Zhang Yuanjun said: "I will only have one movie after the new year. I will help Teacher Yu film "Love Is Afterlife". I don't plan to take on any more movies in the future. I want to act in a play."
Liu Yifei said that she had books to look for, but she didn't want to act: "The role is not interesting."
Speaking of the books that came to my door, Zhang Yuanjun had this to say: "After "The Condor" was broadcast, many period films came to me, and I recommended them all. After "Famous", many comedies came to me, and there was one called " "Perfect and Nine Beauties", as soon as I looked at the crew, I knew they were a grassroots crew, so I ignored them."
The four words "love has an afterlife" aroused Liu Yifei's interest, so she asked Zhang Yuanjun what the movie was about. Zhang Yuanjun told her the story. After listening to it, Liu Yifei found it very touching: "The love between two lives is so touching."
"I returned to Beijing on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to make arrangements for the studio and theater. On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, I flew to Yunnan Province to prepare for filming. Teacher Yu spent a lot of effort on this film and called me yesterday to confirm my flight information. .”
After chatting for about ten minutes, Zhang Yuanjun's mother's vague voice came from the phone: "Who are you calling so late? Go to bed quickly."
"Oh." Liu Yifei agreed and said to Zhang Yuanjun, "I won't tell you anymore. My mother made me sleep."
"Yeah." Zhang Yuanjun didn't hang up the phone, as if he was waiting for something.
"Happy birthday." Liu Yifei hung up the phone.
During the past few days of the Chinese New Year, the most eye-catching person in the Zhang family was Zhang Yuanjun.
Last year, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was aired, and the 54 million dark horse "Famous" made Zhang Yuanjun firmly established as the number one niche actor in the Mainland.
Zhang Yuanjun became a big star!
"Brother, let's take a group photo." My uncle's sister came up and said, "I said Yang Guo on TV was my brother, but my classmates didn't believe me. With this photo, I see what else they can say."
"Sign it for me again," my sister took out Zhang Yuanjun's album, "I'm so jealous of them."
"Does your class also watch "The Condor"?"
"Look! Our whole school is watching." My sister said.
"Then who do you like best?"
"Little Dragon Girl Liu Yifei!"
Zhang Yuanjun asked this unnecessary question, Liu Yifei was the one who achieved "The Condor", and he had to find it uncomfortable.
Zhang Yuanjun stopped the pen in his hand and teased his sister: "Tell me again, who you like the most."
"Yang Guo Yang Guo! All the girls in our class like Yang Guo!"
"That's pretty much it." He handed the signed album to his sister, and several other brothers and sisters in his family, in their teens and 20s, came over to him and asked him for gossip about celebrities in the entertainment industry.
"Brother, can you help me get Liu Yifei's signed photo?"
"Does Fan Bingbing have a boyfriend?"
"Is Huang Xiaoming really 1.8 meters tall?"
"Brother, didn't you have so much fun filming?"
"Third brother, it is said online that Liu Yifei is pursuing Lang Lang. Is it true?"
Zhang Yuanjun was bothered by the trouble and simply said: "I can't talk nonsense about what I don't know, and I can't tell you what I know."
"Ah~~You are so boring."
"You can just watch celebrities on TV. You don't need to know too much. Knowing too much is not good." Zhang Yuanjun advised.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat! You guys, hurry up and eat! Third brother, go up and sit down."
"Why should I sit down? I can just grab a few mouthfuls of rice." Zhang Yuanjun refused.
As expected, Zhang Yuanjun only ate half a bowl of rice, ate some vegetables, put down his chopsticks, poured a cup of hot water and sat aside.
"Are you full? You eat so little." The aunt asked him.
Zhang Leping, who was still eating, said, "Don't worry about him. He will be filming after the New Year, so he can't eat too much."
"You have to eat well when filming. You won't feel hungry after eating so little."
Zhang Yuanjun held the hot water and said with a smile: "No way, that's how the work is."
"Third brother, I saw on TV that you are not thin. You have a very normal body shape. Why are you so thin in person?" The actor's normal body shape would seem thin to outsiders. Zhang Yuanjun is only 140 pounds at 185.
"The filming lens will make people wider and fatter, so we actors can only be thinner, so that the filming will look better. You eat and leave me alone." With that, Zhang Yuanjun went out for a walk with hot water in hand to get some fresh air.
In Chapter 162, I wrote that the two of them disappeared for a period of time. In fact, the foreshadowing was that the two of them went to take the theater troupe exam. I blamed it on me for not filling in this hole.
(End of chapter)
