On the way home from the Cultural Palace, it started to rain. Lin Chaoyang braved the rain to go home, and his clothes were all wet when he got home.

"It's fine, why did it suddenly start raining?" Lin Chaoyang complained as he took off his clothes.

"It's Grain Rain! It's time to farm!"

Comrade Lin Erchun looked at the spring rain outside the window, feeling extremely melancholy, like a passionate girl from the south of the Yangtze River.

Lin Chaoyang whispered to Zhang Guiqin who was cooking: "Can't we let him go back to his hometown? I think he is going to be stunned!"

"Don't worry about him! He's hypocritical. He's about to have a grandson, and he's not satisfied yet." Zhang Guiqin said angrily.

"What grandson!" Lin Chaoyang corrected.

Zhang Guiqin immediately realized that she had made a mistake again, and looked to the east chamber, "Yushu has been eating and sleeping these past few days. I think he must be a boy."

"Stop, stop, stop." Lin Chaoyang interrupted the old lady's eagerness to hold her grandson. When he went to the east chamber, he saw Tao Yushu half asleep on the bed, with a manuscript left in his hand.

Lin Chaoyang walked over and picked up the manuscript, startling Tao Yushu who was sleeping lightly.

After she woke up, her eyes were blurred and she asked Lin Chaoyang: "Am I asleep again?"

"It's raining. It's time to go to bed."

Hearing this, she stood up and looked out the window, with a look of annoyance on her face and said, "Since I got this little guy, I don't care if I can eat, but why do I feel so much?"

"Being able to eat and sleep means you are in good health and well-nourished. Look at you now, your whole body exudes the brilliance of motherhood."

Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him charmingly, "You just said I'm fat?"

"It's not fat, it's round and round. Didn't you realize that your skin is particularly good now? It's as fair and delicate as fine mutton-fat white jade.

The plump cheeks are just like the gentlest clouds in the sky when the morning sun is shining, and the movements of her hands and feet exude an indescribable grace, showing the gracefulness and nobility of women."

Lin Chaoyang's love words came out of his mouth, making Tao Yushu's eyes bloom.

While the couple was talking, Lin Chaoyang heard something moving in the courtyard. When he went out, he saw that it was Du Feng who came to the door carrying many gifts.

"Brother-in-law, I heard that my sister is pregnant, congratulations!"

After a few words of greeting, Du Feng first said hello to Lin Erchun and his wife, and then came to the east chamber to talk to Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu.

"Why did you come here on a rainy day?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"Hey! I'm busy, I only have time today."

Du Feng spoke with high spirits, and his movements were more powerful than before. If he had to sum it up in three words, he would probably be "nouveau riche".

Tao Yushu couldn't stand his arrogance, "You keep a low profile!"

"Low-key and low-key, I have always been very low-key." Du Feng said with a smile.

When Lin Chaoyang asked him about his recent situation, Du Feng couldn't help but beam with joy and said briefly.

He started traveling between Yanjing and Guangdong in September last year. On the first few trips, he only bought toad mirrors. Later, he found that the frequency of customers buying toad mirrors was too low. Many people stopped buying them after they got one.

Buy a second pair.

So I replaced the toad mirror with bell-bottom pants and a floral shirt. Clothing is definitely more practical than the toad mirror. Although it is now classified as fancy clothes, at least it can be worn out.

"Brother-in-law, what you told me at that time was so right. When doing business, I have to buy and sell. I have mastered the channels for purchasing goods. Before, I only bought a small amount of goods, so I could just find two friends to scatter.

It’s not done now. Not to mention how much it can be sold, it’s just a battle of wits and courage with the investment office.”

Du Feng chatted for a while and then complained again.

It's just that Lin Chaoyang didn't look at him as if he wanted to complain, but rather he lacked someone to praise him.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Lin Chaoyang's words really tickled Du Feng, and there was a hint of satisfaction hidden in his brows, "I set up two stalls in Xiushui, one sells clothes and the other sells handicrafts."

Xiushui Street was originally called Badwater Street. In the early years, there was a river there. It was said to be a river, but it was actually a drainage ditch. It was probably dug in the Qing Dynasty and had no name.

Later, due to the lack of management, residents often threw garbage into the ditch, so the river was silted up. During the rainy season, the drainage was insufficient, and the smelly river water overflowed, causing the houses on both sides to be flooded. Therefore, it was commonly called the Stinky River, and the name of Xiushui Street was elegant.

The changed name.

After governance in the 1960s, the environment there was much better than before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Because it is adjacent to the Diplomatic Apartments and the Embassy District, there were some speculative vendors here in the early years.

After the reform and opening up in 1978, those small traders became bolder and set up stalls on the ground to do business exclusively for foreigners.

There is even a saying circulating: "If you want to make money quickly, sell fake products first and cheat foreigners second."

Because foreigners often hang out in this street, as long as the vendors don't take advantage of the foreigners too much, the investment office and the public security bureau will turn a blind eye to the existence of this street.

"I heard that there are a lot of stalls in Xiushui now, but the things sold are still expensive?" Tao Yushu asked.

"Sister, that place is full of foreigners, how can it be expensive? But what you are talking about are old people. Now there are some selling groceries and clothing. This is the first one."

Du Feng looked proud when he said this.

After talking about business, Du Feng thought of something again.

"By the way. Brother-in-law, I contacted the fellow you asked me to find before.

I told him that it would be good to be a businessman now, but the boy was a little ignorant and said he didn't know how to do business."

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Chaoyang asked Du Feng to go to Shenzhen to check on Er Maitai if he had time. Although the two had corresponded in the past two years, the exchanges were all on paper. He asked Du Feng to go and check for him in person, and he also

Don't worry, after all, we grew up together.

"Everyone has his own destiny, as long as he lives well, that's fine."

"He's fine! He has a great physique, as strong as a cow. I invited him to dinner and he ate almost 40 yuan for me."

"He has a really big appetite."

After chatting for more than half an hour, Zhang Guiqin had arranged the meal. After dinner, Du Feng left the courtyard.

After he left, Tao Yushu sighed: "It's only been half a year, so much has changed! Last year, he and Yumo were still two children."

"After leaving the wings of my parents and traveling around, I naturally mature quickly."

"Hey, do you think his business is really that profitable?" Tao Yushu asked curiously.

In the chat just now, Du Feng did not say how much money he made specifically this year, but what he said implicitly was that he would earn two to three thousand a month, and two to thirty thousand a year.

"What? Are you excited too?"

"That's not true. We are not short of money now. I'm just curious. It seems too easy to make money like this."

"We are now transitioning from a planned economy to a market economy. It is not difficult for people who are foresight to make money. But in business, if you make money, you will lose money. You can't just watch thieves eat meat or watch thieves being beaten. They also have to bear risks.

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A few days later, as May Day was getting closer and closer, Lin Chaoyang received a call from Li Hanxiang, asking him to help with the casting selection for the crew.

After a year, we met again at Yanjing Hotel. Li Hanxiang looked much older than last year.

Li Hanxiang first exchanged warm greetings with Lin Chaoyang, and then introduced the crew's preparations.

"Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain" required two films to be shot consecutively. The crew took more than a year to prepare, and it also took nearly a year to build the sets. During this time, Li Hanxiang traveled all over Yanjing.

Often, for a random stroke in Lin Chaoyang's script, he as a director might have to spend several days conceiving and verifying it. He visited the Capital Library, the Institute of Qing History, Yonghe Temple, Guanghua Temple and other places where he could draw materials.

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He also interviewed many Qing history professors, folk artists, and elders in the capital.

Listening to Li Hanxiang talk about this year's work, it is clear that such a large-scale historical blockbuster is undoubtedly a huge drain on the director's mental energy. It is no wonder that he is tired to the naked eye.

However, although Li Hanxiang was tired, he was very energetic.

"Movies, especially historical films like ours, are bound to have troubles in early preparation. No aspect of our film is easy."

After talking about the preparations for the movie, Li Hanxiang talked about the casting of the movie.

Li Hanxiang is a man of his own opinion. Although Lin Chaoyang was jumping up and down angrily when he was writing the script, he almost had the monopoly on casting. He had already chosen several of the main roles in the movie, so he said

The "reference" is really just reference, for reference only.

"You asked me to come and see the actors. When you came, you showed me the photos and teased me, right?"

Lin Chaoyang was familiar with Li Hanxiang's temper, and he had no scruples in talking to each other.

"You just came early, the actors haven't arrived yet. I made an appointment with everyone to have dinner together in the evening, which is considered a formal meeting."

As Li Hanxiang was talking, there was a knock on the door of the room. He went to open the door and saw a gentle young man walking into the room.

"Look, how about this handsome boy playing the role of Emperor Xianfeng?"

After the young man entered the door, Li Hanxiang did not introduce him to the two of them. Instead, he pointed at him and asked Lin Chaoyang.

Liang Jiahui, who is only in his early twenties, has a handsome face that can squeeze water out of his mouth. He has an elegant temperament and can be called a gentleman.

When he entered the door, he only said hello to Li Hanxiang. When he saw a strange man sitting in the room, Li Hanxiang said this again, and he was inevitably a little nervous. There was a bit of uneasiness in his eyes when he looked at Lin Chaoyang, and he felt a green feeling on his face.

Come.

Lin Chaoyang looked up and down with his eyes and nodded: "Not bad, not bad, there is a sense of nobility."

Li Hanxiang looked proud when he heard this, "Of course I can't choose the wrong person."

As he spoke, he whispered in Lin Chaoyang's ear: "My daughter's boyfriend."
To be continued...