Journey To the World of Film and Television

Xu Huanshan's fault, when Gu Jia comes back from Xiangxi, someone will naturally ask him to settle it, but at this time, Wang Manni, who Jiang Chen has never forgotten, hastily rushed back to her hometown in Yuhang Province, the ancient town of Ersandu in Quzhou City .

She came back this trip not because she was exhausted in Shanghai, but because she suddenly received news that her mother was seriously ill, so she hurriedly asked for sick leave.

Wearing the stars and wearing the moon, after several rounds, it was already dark when she rushed back to the small town.

Familiar bluestone roads, some unfamiliar refurbished buildings, Wang Manni didn't care to stay, and rushed home according to memory, but before entering the door, she heard her mother's chattering voice coming from the house, the original anxiety and panic It suddenly turned into astonishment, and her footsteps stopped outside the door. After listening for a long time, Wang Manni didn't hear any signs of weakness on the phone, and she was about to lose her last face. , You can feel the strong smell of gunpowder across the door.

Noticing that there seemed to be a figure standing outside the door, Mama Wang hurriedly urged, "Don't bother with your potato, go out and have a look, don't tell me that Director Zhang is here~"

Father Wang wiped the back of the apron with both hands, walked to the yard to turn on the chandelier under the disgusted eyes of Mother Wang, and the swaying incandescent lamp illuminated the figure outside the door. Even though he only saw a silhouette, Father Wang still recognized it at a glance. My daughter said with a look of surprise, "Nini, why are you back?"

After taking Wang Manni to the courtyard, he looked up at the sky, and his surprised expression became a little distressed again, "You see, why didn't you say hello in advance when you came back? It's so late, why are you rushing at night?" .”

"Old Wang, if Director Zhang comes over, why don't you invite him into the room?" Mother Wang yelled loudly, and when she opened the curtain, she immediately stood there awkwardly.

"Mom, who is Director Zhang? Didn't you say that you are in the hospital now? What did you say that you will be transferred to the intensive care unit soon?" Wang Manni supported the suitcase with a smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes. "I see that you are full of energy now, and you can walk quite easily. What kind of disease do you have?"

Papa Wang was rubbing his apron awkwardly, Mama Wang smashed the can, put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm sick!"

"You should go to a psychiatrist for your heart disease. What's the use of tossing me here?" Wang Manni was bitter, because she had already taken all her annual leave because of Liang Zhengxian's affairs, and now she asked for leave again. Shrunk, even the previous credit card may not be available.

"You are my Yaoyin. If you don't come, I won't get better." Madam Wang said forcefully, "I usually don't come back after three invitations and four invitations. You even live in Shanghai during the Chinese New Year. Do you still take this place as your home?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Father Wang hurriedly smoothed things over and advised them not to quarrel anymore.

"Don't say a few words. Nini finally came back. The long journey must have been exhausting. I'd better go back to the house and sit for a while. If you have anything to say, I will talk about it tomorrow." Father Wang took Wang Manni's arm and led him into the house. Ms. Wang felt sorry for her daughter and muttered a few words in a low voice, and then stopped arguing with Wang Manni.

Wang Manni was actually a little tired after traveling all the way. She went to the house to freshen up briefly and then returned to the dining table. She glanced at Father Wang in amazement at the table full of sumptuous meals, and then sat down to eat on her own.

At the dinner table, Father Wang hesitated to speak several times, but was finally kicked by Mother Wang, and then he said, "Nini, how long do you plan to stay when you come back this time?"

Wang Manni glanced at her mother, stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the potato shreds, and said casually, "Let's go tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? No way!"

Madam Wang said with a displeased face, "You finally came back, how can you stay for one night and leave? You use this place as a guest house, right?"

"Mom, that's called a hotel." Wang Manni said helplessly, "I still have a job in Shanghai. I hurriedly took a long vacation when I heard that you were sick, and I will deduct one day's salary if I go back one day late."

"That's not okay. You have to stay for a few more days this time. Are you so short of money? Otherwise, I will make up for you as much as the deducted wages!" Mother Wang said forcefully, "Otherwise, you really pissed me off." Go to the hospital and stay and take care of me."

lack.

Really lacking.

Wang Manni felt bitter, but she didn't want to report her worries in front of her parents.

She has worked hard in Shanghai for eight years. Before the cruise, she only had 5,000 yuan in her bank card. However, with the rent rising to 9,500 yuan and more than 20,000 credit cards, she has really Stretched, he even moved the house that had returned 9,000 yuan, and moved to the "village" on the outskirts of the city like other Shanghai drifters.

Seeing something on Wang Manni's face, Wang's mother felt distressed again. She didn't know how Wang Manni was doing in Shanghai, but the last time Wang Manni didn't dare to drink water at work and caused kidney stones , she and Papa Wang waited hard all night in front of the phone, fearing that something might happen to their daughter.

That incident strengthened her mind, and this time Wang Manni must not be allowed to return to Shanghai just like that.

Getting up and walking into the back room, Wang Manni glanced suspiciously, and vaguely heard the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets inside. After a while, Ms. Wang returned to the table with a bank card.

"How long have you been on vacation? How much will you deduct from your salary?" Mama Wang said in a big voice, "Is 10,000 yuan enough?"

"Mom, what are you talking about, how can I ask for your money?" Wang Manni looked at Ms. Wang dumbfounded, and said helplessly.

"Hey, this is actually your money." Mother Wang said proudly, "You send home two thousand yuan every month. Your dad and I have saved this money for you, and it's almost a hundred thousand now. , I wanted to wait for you to get married, take this money back to you as a dowry, if you need it now, I can advance you 10,000."

Wang Manni looked at Ms. Wang dumbfounded. Ms. Wang thought that ten thousand was not enough for Wang Manni, so she quickly put the bank card back into her arms and said, "I can't give it anymore. Thousands of betrothal gifts, but the dowry we give back should not be underestimated, not to mention gold and silver jewelry, the money on this card will give you 10,000, and the rest can just make up 88,000. The numbers are auspicious, just right."

"No, so it's related to marriage again?" Wang Manni felt a pain in her head, and smiled bitterly, "These money is for you to supplement your family. What are you doing with it?"

With 2,000 yuan, you can save 100,000 yuan, and her monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan is for a bowl of ravioli for 50 yuan, a cup of hand-made coffee for 200 yuan, and a sunset on the balcony for 9,500 yuan a month. , In the end, I can't even pay for my credit card.

Wang Manni didn't have time to sigh, but frowned slightly, catching some kind of message in her mother's words.

"Wait. What you said is not what you said, why does it sound wrong." Wang Manni frowned, "What are you trying to do by pretending to be sick and tricking me back?"

Mama Wang was speechless for a moment, she glanced at Papa Wang who was silent beside her, and stared sharply.

Father Wang had no choice but to put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said carefully, "It's actually like this, Nini, your mother and I, I think you have worked hard in Shanghai for these years, so I want to ask you if you have a boyfriend? Friends, when will you bring it back to see."

Liang Zhengxian's figure suddenly appeared in "boyfriend" Wang Manni's mind, then shook her head, and her mood became a little depressed.

Work, love, life, family, all things made her burn out, but she was helpless.

Father Wang and Mother Wang looked at each other, secretly thinking that there was something going on, so they pulled a chair and sat beside Wang Manni, and talked to her about the blind date.

The ancient town of Ersandu is located in a remote place, and retains the original Jiangnan ancient buildings, water towns, stone bridges, and ancient flavors.

In the early years, he was too poor because of these, but in recent years, with the rise of the film and television industry, tourism has gradually developed through the filming of several film and television dramas.

Pushing open the door of the house, Wang Manni walked casually on the road. Although everything around her had changed slightly from what she remembered, she had to return gifts and say hello to people every two steps she took. Gradually get acquainted.

The alleyway is not long, but there are several specialty shops listed, such as tea cakes, white porcelain, camellia oil, etc., anyway, it is also the place where Wang Manni was born and raised. Specialties' she hadn't even heard of.

Pass through the alleyway and come to a wider street. The local people lean on the door and talk about the interesting things in the town with the people under the opposite eaves. They walked in a hurry last night and didn't have time to pay attention to the surroundings. Now they walk again. Only then did she realize that the stone road under her feet seemed to have been specially repaired by someone, and the Wuhe River passing through the town did not have the peculiar smell of her childhood. drive down.

Gazebos, green plants, weeping willows, antique wooden restaurants and homestays, Wang Manni looked around and had no extra thoughts. She just compared everything in front of her with the prosperity of downtown Shanghai, and then she was determined to dismiss this so-called Director Xiao Zhang, and then return to Shanghai.

Sitting in a coffee shop on the water side of the promenade, Wang Manni ordered a cup of latte, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw a few girls doing manicures on the side of the coffee shop.

Shaking her head, Wang Manni turned her head to look at the weeping willows by the river outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. It is late autumn now, and all she can see are fallen leaves. Looking back at the coffee brought by the waiter, she raised her head in surprise and said, "This is my Did you order a latte? Wouldn’t it be instant coffee?”

"How is that possible?" the waiter laughed, "We all sell hand-ground coffee now."

"Understood, thank you." Seeing that the coffee Jiang Chen made for her was obviously inferior, Wang Manni pursed her lips and smiled.

After dismissing the waiter, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to complain to him about it.

After a while, the waiter came again and handed her a list with a smile, "Miss, do you want to do your nails?"

Wang Manni glanced left and right, wondering: "What do you mean?"

"This is a special feature of our store. Customers can have manicures while drinking coffee, which is convenient for everyone." The waiter smiled.

When Wang Manni heard this, she wanted to leave immediately.

What she drinks is coffee, which is a 'petty bourgeoisie', not such a vulgar and low-level thing.

"Isn't that what those hot pot restaurants are like?" Wang Manni frowned.

"But we are professional in manicure." The waiter didn't understand why Wang Manni was so excited, and explained for a while, "Our boss was losing money every day when we first sold only coffee. This manicure is on and we're now the hottest coffee shop in town."

There was a certain pride and confidence in the waiter's tone.

But Wang Manni sneered, her eyes were quite contemptuous.

"This little Director Zhang is really talented."

The combination of coffee shop and manicure completely lowers the style of coffee.

The waiter heard the sarcasm in Wang Manni's tone, and felt a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't directly get angry at the customer, so he turned around and walked away.

Wang Manni looked down on Director Zhang of the planning office even more.

The planning office, huh~ sounds like the street office.

Just such a small town in the backcountry, is there any good planning, can it be planned into Shanghai after further planning?

Wang Manni looked down on this small town from the bottom of her heart, and she didn't want to stay here.

Turning to Jiang Chen's contact information, Wang Manni deliberately asked him to send some beans. Even if there is no coffee shop at home, it is better to process it in another coffee shop than the coffee from this coffee shop.

As for the difference between a cup of coffee that costs 30 yuan and a cup that costs 200 yuan.

She didn't have the consciousness to think about it at all.

"Si Teng, the ancient town of Ersandu, do you want to go together?"

Knowing that Wang Manni's hometown is in an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, the image of Si Teng in a cheongsam with willow leaves like eyebrows and long hair like a waterfall walking in the misty and rainy Jiangnan suddenly appeared in Zhou Ji's mind.

Seeing Zhou Ji's burning gaze, Si Teng couldn't help but smile slightly, "What are you thinking~ my mouth is drooling."

"The night I missed you." Before Zhou Ji finished speaking, he was already greasy by himself.

It's really embarrassing for the former richest man, how could he say such shocking words.

Simply indiscriminate attack.

"???" Si Teng looked at Zhou Ji, who suddenly shuddered, with a puzzled look on his face.

Zhou Ji shook off distracting thoughts and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I suddenly remembered a joke."

Si Teng has long been used to Zhou Ji's convulsions from time to time. He closed the ancient book in his hand, and a smile flashed across his black and white clear eyes, "This time, you can go to the ancient town of Ersandu by yourself, and I won't go."

Zhou Ji said unwillingly, "Then what if I invite Chen Yu and Zhong Xiaoqin to go together?"

"Then I don't have to go," Si Teng rolled his eyes at Zhou Ji, and said with a smile, "With you here, I feel more at ease."

Zhou Ji raised his forehead and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Si Teng blinked, showing an innocent expression, as if to say 'I don't know what you're talking about'.

"Forget it, then I have to go there alone." Zhou Ji shrugged, and said helplessly: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Wang Manni for a long time, so take this opportunity to get to know her situation well, and then go Investigate the matter of Liang Zhengxian."

Si Teng raised his eyebrows, his eyes became cold again.

"I go!"