Who said thirty? I was just twenty-seven years and three months old!
Of course, Li Tang would not argue with his father about these words. According to the custom in his hometown, people live in vain. As for getting married, he had never even thought about it. He had not been married for more than thirty years in his previous life, let alone now.
And even if you want to get married, you must have a serious marriage partner. The ex-girlfriend is definitely out of the question. Xiaopang and his ex-girlfriend are actually the same type of people. They are both focused on their careers. Even if they want to get married, it is probably still early. As for Jiang Qinqin, she is a good wife and loving mother, but we don’t know much about her yet.
Falling in love and finding a partner is just like wearing shoes. They may be tight and close to your feet when you first put them on, but you have to wear them for a while, whether it is sunny or rainy, and you have to run on flat land and mountain roads. You cannot say that you will wear them after a few days. If it's broken, or becomes loose after a while, it's definitely not suitable. It must always fit well, be comfortable as you wear it, and be durable for a long time. Even if the outside is torn, you can still wear it after repairing it.
So let’s see, even if we can’t get married, wouldn’t it be nice to leave a beautiful memory for each of you?
Fortunately, Dad just nagged a few words as a matter of routine and did not force Li Tang to get married as soon as possible. After all, he is not yet old enough to have grandchildren, and since the hotel has expanded its capacity and the construction of the new city in his hometown is in full swing, business has been particularly good.
As for construction, the first thing to be driven is the service industry. Restaurants, KTVs, and foot-washing houses are booming, which greatly promotes the local chicken fart.
Dad also told him mysteriously that last year alone, the hotel's profit reached half a million yuan, which is like a small villa a year!
After the New Year, Aunt Xiao came back with Xiao Xiao on the first day of the new year. In Aunt Xiao's words, when Xiao Xiao turns eighteen and is admitted to college, her mission will be completed, and she will give an explanation to her late husband, and then she can legitimately marry Lao Li.
To be honest, women like Aunt Xiao are truly good wives and mothers. To paraphrase the war movie about a veteran from Shandong Province that Li Tang watched in his previous life, there is a line that goes like this: "She cares so much about the dead, and she can't be wrong about the living."
When Lao Li married Aunt Xiao, he would have someone to rely on in his next life. This is the thing that Li Tang is most grateful to Aunt Xiao and the thing that makes his father the most happy.
In fact, the role of father plays a very important role in the growth of children. Lao Li is definitely a good father. Since the mother and daughter moved here, Xiao Xiao has become much more cheerful, and his academic performance has also improved a lot.
The County No. 1 Middle School she is currently studying in, oh, it is now called the District No. 1 Middle School. After all, it is only the key point in the district. With her current ranking in the top five in her class and around the top thirty in her grade, she may not be close to retaking the exam, but it won't be a big problem to take the exam for the University of Finance and Economics or Huazheng University.
Aunt Xiao has always asked her to take the University of Finance and Economics to study accounting. The accounting major of the University of Finance and Economics is among the best in the country. In her simple life experience, a person must master a craft to be invincible in order to make a living in society. As for the legal major that the little girl wanted to take, especially for those who came from that era, it always felt unreliable.
While Li Tang was at home during the Chinese New Year, Aunt Xiao asked him to persuade Xiao Xiao.
How to persuade?
To be honest, there is a general trend in society these days to imitate the West, and it is always like the United States. There are other professions such as doctors and lawyers that are the most popular in foreign countries, with high income, high social status, etc., which will inevitably affect the career choices of Li Tang and Xiao Xiao's generation.
Li Tang knows best what the United States is like. Not to mention that studying medicine in the United States does not mean that you can enter medical school after graduating from high school, but only after graduating from university. Basically, it is almost impossible to become a doctor before the age of thirty. possible.
In addition, speaking of lawyers, the United States is a litigious country and is prone to lawsuits. The chicken farts created by litigation account for 6% of the total value of chicken farts in the United States. In China, this aspect is almost ignored, so studying law in China is not a good choice.
On this point, Li Tang particularly agreed with Aunt Xiao's point of view. Now that the domestic economy is developing faster and faster, the accounting profession is promising, and it is especially suitable for girls.
Li Tang could only break down what he knew and analyzed it carefully with Xiao Xiao. The rest could only be chosen by herself. As for her idea of becoming an agent in the future, Li Tang initially thought it was a child's three-minute enthusiasm. Unexpectedly, the child actually took it seriously and studied law in order to become an agent in the future.
In order not to disappoint Aunt Xiao, he had to say that being an agent in China is first about connections, secondly about doing business, and finally about knowing the law. For example, his current studio, in addition to helping him take on roles, also invests in movies and TV dramas, so his agent must first understand economics, investment and accounting.
The age of 17 or 18 is the time when you are rebellious. Although you may look very well-behaved and sensible at ordinary times, in fact, you cannot listen to your parents' good advice at all. Instead, you believe in some deceptions in society.
Of course, those born in the 1980s are basically only children. Maybe they won't like to lose their parents' doting younger siblings, but they will not refuse to accept an admirable older brother. Li Tang played this role very well and successfully persuaded Xiao Xiao.
It's quite an agent, so it's not difficult. In the future, my brother will help you with your connections. If you listen to Aunt Xiao and learn accounting, and then study economic law concurrently, you will still be able to become an excellent agent in the future.
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Old apartment on Wuyuan Road, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
The weather in Shanghai has been bad in the past few days after the Spring Festival. It's dripping, wet and wet. The heating and air-conditioning in the room is running very well, making it warm and cozy.
Li Tang and his ex-girlfriend were lying on the big bed where they had slept together for three years.
"You said you wouldn't go back to celebrate the New Year and you didn't tell me." Li Tang complained somewhat.
The satisfied ex-girlfriend looked up at her ex-boyfriend's handsome face, pursed her lips and smiled and said: "It's okay, the crew is having a great time celebrating the New Year together. I was afraid that you would ask Xiuxiu and I to go home with you to celebrate the New Year, so I didn’t tell you on purpose.”
"What's there to be afraid of? My dad still talks about you often."
"I'm just afraid of this. Your dad was so kind to me back then. How do you think I should face it now?"
"That's not because you feel guilty. My dad won't blame you. In fact, there's no need. As long as you come home with me, my dad will understand whatever the situation is!"
"Then I would be even more shameless."
Yes, it’s really hard to say that they are still sleeping together after so many years of separation.
The ex-girlfriend didn't want to mention this, so she changed the subject and said, "Hey, don't you take what I told you last time to heart?"
"What's up?"
The ex-girlfriend pinched the soft flesh around his waist and rolled her eyes: "You must have done it on purpose!"
Sure enough, the older you get, the harder it is to be deceived.
"Don't worry, I have already said hello to Brother Ye's assistant Zhang Rong, she is in charge of the casting."
"What about Director Lou Ye?" his ex-girlfriend asked worriedly.
"I haven't met him yet, what can I say? Don't worry, the casting hasn't started yet. I'll go to Shanghai Film Studio to find him after I go to work in two days."
The preparation team for "Purple Butterfly" was at Shanghai Film Studio, and he was eager to meet Lou Ye.
The ex-girlfriend breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Who do you think the heroine will be?"
She secretly read the script at Li Tang's place, and she had to say that Lou Ye's movies always had a female protagonist, a woman and three men, and the heroine ran through the entire script.
She knew how much she weighed and didn't dare to dream of playing the leading female role, but she was always curious in her heart.
"Hard to say."
Li Tang shook his head. The most popular young actresses in China today are the so-called "Four Little Actresses" selected by Nandu last year.
Li Tang immediately eliminated Xiao Yanzi and Xu Jinglei because the former's acting skills were insufficient and the latter's temperament was obviously inconsistent with the characters in the script. And based on his understanding of Lou Ye, acting skills and character temperament will always come first.
The only ones left are Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun. If he were asked to choose, he would definitely choose Zhang Ziyi. She is famous enough and well-known overseas. The key point is that Zhang Ziyi has a life-threatening attitude when acting, which is consistent with the character of the female lead in the script. Very similar. The other thing is freshness. In a sense, the director is also a scumbag, always pursuing freshness.
But the problem is that Xiao Zhang has now entered Hollywood. It is said that the starting salary is one million US dollars. With the current investment in "Purple Butterfly", he will definitely not be able to afford it. Of course, "Hero" is a special case. As the director who single-handedly brought her up, Zhang Yimou had a human factor in it.
Then the only one left is Zhou Xun, who is also famous and has good acting skills. Compared to classmate Xiao Zhang, his salary is not high. But she has already collaborated with her on "Suzhou River" before, so it's not impossible to collaborate again. For example, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung often collaborate together.
But Lou Ye is not Wang Jiawei after all, otherwise he wouldn't have been so hesitant when Li Tangmao recommended himself and had to wait until after the audition.
In addition, Li Tang had several phone calls with Zhou Xun a few years ago, but Zhou Xun did not mention Lou Ye's new movie at all, which seemed unlikely.
It is rare for my ex-girlfriend to have a day off. The filming schedule of her crew is very tight, otherwise they would not have a holiday even during the Chinese New Year. And after they finished filming in Chedun Film and Television City, they were about to transfer to Hengdian for filming.
Today she took the initiative to call Li Tang, not only to inquire about the news, but also to relieve physical and psychological pressure.
…
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tang went directly to Shanghai Film Studio after contacting Lou Ye's assistant Zhang Rong.
He is a frequent visitor to the Shanghai Film Studio. When he appeared at the entrance of the Shanghai Film Studio in his Xingfu 90, the security guard at the door raised the bar to let him through without saying a word, without taking off his helmet for manual "face recognition" "of. Maybe the only one who drives Xingfu 90 to and from Shanghai Film Studio has no semicolon.
"Director Peng, happy New Year!"
Since he came to Shanghai Film Studio, he went to visit Director Peng Xiaolian first according to the rules.
In any case, director Peng Xiaolian is his talent. Although the movie "Shanghai Chronicle" received a mediocre response, it still won him the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor nomination, which made him famous in the film circle. Stand firm.
"Hey, Li Tang, happy New Year! Happy New Year!"
Peng Xiaolian was also very happy to see Li Tang and quickly stood up to greet him.
There was a young girl in her early twenties sitting across from her in her office, not like a visitor, but more like discussing work together.
Before Peng Xiaolian could be introduced, the little girl jumped up and exclaimed: "Wow, Li Tang! Uh... Teacher Li, I'm sorry, I'm so excited!"
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Tang waved his hands hurriedly.
At this time, Peng Xiaolian introduced: "This is Xu Mingxia, from the Chinese Department of Fudan University. The new movie I am planning to shoot this time is adapted from her work."
"Oh, it turns out to be Writer Xu, disrespectful!"
Li Tang was surprised when he heard this. You must know that the biggest difference between fifth-generation directors like Peng Xiaolian and sixth-generation directors is that they are accustomed to using literary works to adapt scripts. This is also determined by the unique cultural background and social reality.
But the literary works that catch their eye are generally masterpieces by famous writers, such as Mo Yan and Yu Hua on Zhang Yimou, and Wang Shuo and Liu Zhenyun on Feng Xiaogang. I didn't expect that the work of the little girl in front of me would be noticed by Director Peng, which I have to say is surprising.
Later, from Peng Xiaolian's introduction, Li Tang learned that this little girl was the winner of the first prize in the first National New Concept Composition Competition, and it was her award-winning composition that Director Peng adapted this time - "Standing in the Teenagers" "On the tail".
The first prize winner with this little girl was the now famous Han Han. It is precisely because of Han Han's fame that the so-called "National New Concept Essay Contest" is well known to the Chinese people.
Today, Han Han is praised by the media as a "genius boy" and a "pioneer of the new generation born in the 1980s" due to controversial events such as dropping out of high school in the first year of high school, arguing that learning is useless, and criticizing the current education system.
Li Tang disagreed with this. As someone who also came from high school, he knew very well how difficult it was to go to high school. Even though he was a poor student, it didn't mean that he didn't work hard.
Han Han's so-called dropping out of school felt more like an escape. The so-called "theory of futility of learning" and "criticism of the education system" were nothing more than excuses for his escape.
Reading is very important, and being uneducated is terrible. These two sentences are really not nonsense. For example, how can an actor portray a character if he is uneducated and cannot understand the script. What's more important is that Han Han chose to drop out of school as a writer. Li Tang really can't imagine what good works he will be able to write in the future.
Because the original work was just a composition, Li Tang read this masterpiece with great interest.
This is a typical story that takes place in Shanghai. Housing shortages, water bill disputes, problems going abroad, divorce, etc. all reflect the living atmosphere of Shanghai's lower class people, and at the same time it also reveals a little humor of enjoying hardships.
In Peng Xiaolian's words, this is a Shanghai version of "The Happy Life of Poor-tongued Zhang Damin". One is the life of the people at the bottom of Tianjin, and the other is the life of the people at the bottom of Shanghai; so one is "having fun secretly when nothing is wrong", and the other is "pretending not to feel anything."
I'm a bit rushed to write today, sorry, I'll just make do with it.
(End of chapter)
