After going to the city for a day of eating, drinking and having fun, Tao Yushu felt a little tired when he returned home and took a bath to get ready for bed.
But as soon as she lay on the bed, there was a hand on her waist. Tao Yushu asked, "Aren't you tired?"
Hearing the subtext of his wife's refusal, Lin Chaoyang kissed her gently and said, "I won't let you move."
Tao Yushu glanced at him, helplessly letting him do what he did, and then he was gradually led by him, and a gentle whimpering sounded in the room.
It lasted for more than an hour, and the shaking bed frame stopped, leaving only the sound of the man's breathing after excessive exercise.
Tao Yushu lay on her back on the bed, exhaling like blue. Suddenly she turned sideways and asked, "Why are you working so hard today?"
"As you said, what day will come when I don't work hard?"
Lin Chaoyang looked over and saw that she was lying sideways, her body forming a perfect S-shaped curve.
After several years of marriage, Tao Yushu's youthfulness has faded away, and she has gained the charm of a mature woman.
As he spoke, his hand gently touched the apex of the S-shaped curve, "Mom, have they told you?"
Tao Yushu knew what her husband was talking about, "They all discussed it."
"They are also anxious to have a grandson." Lin Chaoyang looked at her with a gentle face and said, "You have just started working, and having a child will definitely involve a lot of energy. But it doesn't matter. If we give birth to a child, we will leave it to them to raise."
Tao Yushu knew that her husband was trying to comfort her, but she looked squeamish and said, "You said that I just want to work and don't want children."
"That's a coincidence. Since Madam also wants a child, why not let's make one."
He pounced on Tao Yushu and pinned her down. He had already worn enough latex condoms in the past few years. Tonight he was going to go into battle shirtless and kill her without leaving a trace behind.
Yesterday was the third day for the release of "The Wrangler" in the Yanjing area, and it was also the first weekend after the movie was released.
Nowadays, people have relatively few entertainment activities. Watching movies is one of the most mainstream forms of entertainment. Cinemas are always overcrowded every weekend.
If the two years before its release were the gestation period for the reputation of "The Wrangler", then yesterday's weekend was the explosion of the movie's reputation.
The Capital Cinema showed a total of 11 movies from morning to night. Except for the earliest movie in the morning, which was not full, the other shows were all full, and even the red tickets were sold out.
The popularity of "Wrangler" in cinemas in the capital is not an isolated case, it was the same in various cinemas in various districts of Yanjing on this day.
As the end of the year approaches, people's enthusiasm for watching movies is already high. The original work of "Wrangler" has a deep readership base, and with the blessing of a famous director like Xie Jin, the quality is excellent. In just a few days, it has formed a following among the audience.
share the movie-watching trend.
Nowadays, there is no Internet, and word-of-mouth dissemination of movies basically relies on newspaper promotion and word-of-mouth from the audience.
The movie has only been released for a few days, and the effect of the publicity in newspapers and magazines is not yet visible, but with the spontaneous publicity of the audience who watched the movie this weekend, "Wrangler" has begun to become popular.
When Lin Chaoyang went to work early that morning, he heard his colleagues discussing the movie. Several colleagues even came over to ask him, the original author and screenwriter, about the movie.
"Chaoyang, the choice of the male and female protagonists in the movie is really good, especially the male protagonist. His name is Zhu Shimao, right? I didn't know it before, but this actor is so good at acting. He will definitely become a movie star in the future."
Most of the people who ask this question are female colleagues. Zhu Shimao's appearance is indeed very lethal to these lesbians, especially to middle-aged women. His slightly heroic and rough handsomeness is simply a nuclear bomb.
There are many people talking about the male lead, and there are also people paying attention to the female lead, the director, the script, the filming... Because there is an "internal figure" like Lin Chaoyang, everyone has the convenience of fully understanding the front and backstage of "Wrangler".
It's a pity that Lin Chaoyang's most involvement in the film was only in the script stage. Faced with endless questions from everyone, he could only deal with it. In the end, he had to change positions with Tu Mansheng and went to the library to hide for peace and quiet.
After lunch, he received a letter from Shanghai. The sender was Li Xiaolin from "Harvest".
In November, Lu Yao came to Beijing to revise the manuscript. The publisher was very satisfied with the revised manuscript, but still wanted to publish the novel first, and then publish it after it had a certain influence.
Lin Chaoyang recommended his novel to Harvest. In the middle of last month, China Youth Publishing House sent the manuscript to Harvest on behalf of Lu Yao.
After review by the editorial department, it has been decided to publish this novel.
Lu Yao's incident was just an introduction. The purpose of Li Xiaolin's letter was to invite manuscripts.
It has been two years since Lin Chaoyang's last novel "Parental Love" was published in "Harvest". In the past two years, Lin Chaoyang has successively published "The Summer of Laizi", "The Death of Van Gogh", "The Master of Chess", etc.
Many novels.
The influence of each novel is unparalleled, and Lin Chaoyang's reputation has skyrocketed in the past two years. It is a pity for "Harvest" to miss out on so many of Lin Chaoyang's novels.
Lin Chaoyang is writing a new novel. He is now an old man. He has long been immune to the compliments and kind words of these editors. He will never make any promises to them before the novel is finished, so he is just replying to the letter.
I mentioned to Li Xiaolin that I was writing a novel, but didn't mention anything else.
After get off work, he posted the reply letter to Li Xiaolin, got on his bicycle and went home.
When he came back, Tao Yushu had just returned home from get off work. She had already cooked the meal, and while she was waiting, Tao Yushu was flipping through the newspaper.
"Hey, the Evening News reported on the popularity of "The Wrangler" and praised Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, saying that these two actors are the stars of tomorrow."
When a movie is popular, the direct beneficiaries are the actors, followed by the director. As for the screenwriter, except for the industry, the general audience and the media rarely pay attention to it.
"The two of them did a good job and fit the characters. They will become famous this time."
The two of them talked, held hands with each other and started cooking.
After dinner, Tao Yushu turned on the TV and watched it for a while before he was dragged into the bedroom by Lin Chaoyang.
How could such a good night be wasted?
No. 61 Shitou Hutong, Xicheng District, Yanjing City, was once the former residence of Yu Sansheng, one of the top three Peking Opera students in the former Qing Dynasty. In the 1970s, it was assigned as a dormitory to the Yanjing Peking Opera Theater, the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater and the Yanjing Workers Club.
Employees from three units live here.
Over the years, 15 families have lived in this century-old three-in-one courtyard house.
In the evening, in winter, the faucets in the yard always have running water. Qin Xiaoyu took a basin of cold water and prepared to mix some hot water on the stove to go back to the house to wash vegetables. It happened that a neighbor came to collect water.
The neighbor is an employee of the Workers' Club. Although they live in the same compound, they are not from the same work unit after all. They don't usually communicate much, which is just a casual friendship when they meet and say hello.
It was getting dark now, and the temperature outside had also dropped a lot. Qin Xiaoyu wanted to say hello to the other party and then go into the house, but her neighbor was extra enthusiastic today and pulled her to chat endlessly.
After a long time, the neighbor said: "Yesterday our son went to the cinema to watch a movie and said that the movie "Wrangler" played by Shanshan was released and she was very good."
When the neighbor talked about his daughter, Qin Liangyu was a little more patient, with a smile on his face and said modestly: "That's because the director directed it well."
"No matter how great a director is, he can't replace actors in acting. I think your Shanshan is really a good actress. She will become a movie star in the future."
The neighbor's compliment made Qin Xiaoyu smile even brighter, and she almost forgot about cooking. It was not until her husband came out to find her that they ended the conversation and returned to the house.
After entering the house, her husband Cong Zhaoheng asked her: "What are we talking about? I can't even remember to cook dinner?"
Qin Xiaoyu smiled and said in an exaggerated tone: "Let's talk about Shanshan's movie. Her movie is now popular."
"Isn't it normal for Xie Jin's works to become popular!" Cong Zhaoheng's tone was calm and calm.
"It's different. Didn't you see it when you went to the movies yesterday? How many people were there in the cinema? When we watched "Wild Fire, Spring Breeze Fighting in the Ancient City" and "Guns of the Secrecy Bureau" before, there were not so many people."
While the couple was talking, there was a sound outside.
"Shanshan is back!"
"Hello Aunt Wang."
"I watched your movie, it was so good!"
"Thank you Aunt Wang."
As soon as he finished speaking, his daughter Cong Shan walked into the house and asked, "Mom, is the meal ready?"
"I'm gone when I wake up in the morning. I don't come back until dark. I have to eat right after I walk in!"
Qin Xiaoyu, who was still proud of her daughter just now, couldn't help but scold her when she saw her daughter's true form. She still liked the daughter in other people's words better.
"Mom, I have a job when I go out."
When Cong Shan said this, she had unconcealable pride on her face.
Qin Xiaoyu asked: "You? As a student, what kind of job can you have?"
"Don't look down on people! I'm a movie heroine now, just wait and see."
"What are you watching? Didn't we all watch your movie last night?"
"It's not a movie, it's "Popular Cinema" next month."
"What's the meaning?"
"I went out today to be interviewed by Popular Cinema. I will be on the cover of their magazine next month." Cong Shan said, raising her neck.
Her words made Qin Xiaoyu and Cong Zhaoheng look surprised. It was not unusual for their daughter to be interviewed by newspapers and magazines for her role in a movie directed by Xie Jin, but to say that she could be on the cover of "Popular Cinema" magazine was extraordinary.
"Popular Film" was founded in 1950. It was originally a film magazine in Shanghai. It later moved to Yanjing and came under the leadership of the Film Association. It is the most authoritative publication in the domestic film industry.
After the resumption of publication in 1979, thanks to the booming domestic film industry, the magazine's sales continued to rise. The past two years were the magazine's peak sales period, with single-issue sales reaching 9.5 million copies.
You must know that the most popular literary magazines today only sell more than one million copies.
"Popular Cinema" has sold nearly 10 million copies of a single issue, which is unprecedented and unlikely to come again in the future. The readership it covers is in the hundreds of millions. It can be said to be a national-level magazine.
In the past, the cover of each issue of the magazine featured famous figures in the domestic film industry. If my daughter can appear on the cover of "Popular Cinema", she will become a movie star as her neighbor said.
Having just finished her interview with "Popular Films", Cong Shan excitedly chatted with her parents about what she had seen today.
After listening to her talk for a long time, her father Cong Zhaoheng warned: "The popularity of the movie is due to the director and screenwriter. You have just acted in a movie and your reputation has not yet been established. You must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and you must not raise your tail."
Qin Xiaoyu also said: "What your father said is right. It is luck and help from noble people that you can act in Director Xie's film. I have to thank you, Teacher Tao, and screenwriter Teacher Xu..."
Cong Shan corrected: "Mom, my surname is Lin."
At the end of last year, Xie Jin went to the Chinese drama to select actors for "The Wrangler". Cong Shan became the heroine after Tao Yucheng's recommendation. When Cong Shan came back, she told her parents about it. Even the neighbors and parents at work
Colleagues all know that she has become the heroine of Xie Jin's new movie.
"Whether it is Teacher Xu or Teacher Lin, you are where you are today because of the help of others, do you understand?"
"knew."
Cong Shan nodded helplessly.
Speaking of this, Qin Xiaoyu couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "That Xu Lingjun..."
Cong Shan looked up and Qin Xiaoyu said, "I'm talking about the screenwriter. What does he look like?"
Cong Shan sneered, "Mom, you still talk about me, you are so superficial."
"I'm just asking." Qin Xiaoyu said quibly.
Cong Shan didn't think so in her heart. When she was watching the movie yesterday, her mother praised Zhu Shimao's performance as Xu Lingjun. Brother Mao was indeed brave and handsome, but the movie was all fake. The real handsome one was Zhu Shimao.
Therefore, for some viewers, it is easy to pin the handsomeness of "Xu Lingjun" on the original work and screenwriter.
After all, the novel "Wrangler" has a specific description of the protagonist's appearance. When it was published, countless girls had fantasized about the appearance of "Xu Lingjun".
The author's pen name is also called this name, so it's hard not to associate the two together.
"Teacher Lin is very young and very talented. To sum it up in one sentence, he is full of poetry and calligraphy." Cong Shan concluded.
Qin Xiaoyu nodded slightly when he heard this, and the image of a gentle, gentle and humble gentleman had already formed in his mind.
Chapter completed!