Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 426 The real big money comes from selling peripheral products!

After the passion subsided, Cao Zhiqiang hugged Zhu Lin, who was as docile as a kitten, and felt greatly satisfied.

"Sister Zhu, what do you think?" Cao Zhiqiang asked with a smile, "I mean, what are you going to do in the future?"

"I don't know." Zhu Lin said in a daze, "I don't know anything."

"Then you still..."

"do not talk!"

Zhu Lin quickly covered Cao Zhiqiang's mouth with his hand: "Please, stop talking. I, I don't know what's wrong with me. It seems like lard has blinded my heart, and it seems... in short, I don't know why.

Anyway, you’ve already taken advantage, so don’t ask.”

Having said this, Zhu Lin turned over and sat up and started to get dressed: "In short, we will never meet again. Just treat it like this is a dream."

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang immediately reached out, grabbed Zhu Lin's arm, and pulled her into his arms.

After that, Cao Zhiqiang hugged Zhu Lin, who was still trying to struggle, and said softly: "Don't move, you will only make me more excited!"

After hearing this, Zhu Lin became motionless.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled, and while stroking Zhu Lin's hair, he said softly: "Sister Zhu, I don't care what you thought before, but since you are now mine, I can't pretend that nothing happened.

.

In this case, I have also heard about your story. If you go back this time, you might as well just divorce your husband.

After that, don’t think too much about it, just follow me honestly and act peacefully, how about that?”

"What, you want to marry me?" Zhu Lin asked with a thought in his heart.

"Of course it's impossible." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Even if I want to, my age doesn't allow it, and if you just get divorced and you stay with me openly, there will definitely be gossip, which is not good for anyone, especially for you.

You are hurt a lot.

When the time comes, my youth will actually be an advantage. People will not say anything about me, they will only say that you are flirtatious and seductive, and your reputation will be ruined."

"Then what do you mean?" Zhu Lin frowned, "You want me to be your secret mistress?"

"Don't put it in such a bad way." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Why can't you just say that you are a close friend?"

"Intimate partner? Haha." Zhu Lin laughed at himself, said nothing, and instead took the initiative to put his head on Cao Zhiqiang's chest.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled lightly and said: "Why, do you think I want to continue to take advantage of you? Think I am perfunctory with you? That's really not the case."

After sighing, Cao Zhiqiang hugged Zhu Lin and said, "Sister Zhu, let me ask you first, what do you think is the most important thing for a man and a woman to be together for a long time?"

"Is it feelings?" Zhu Lin asked.

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Emotions must be very important. After all, if two people don't have feelings and don't look at each other, they won't even be able to be together. But this only makes it possible for a man and a woman to be together, but not for a long time."

The most important thing."

"What is that?" Zhu Lin asked.

"Everyone gets what they need." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Everyone gets what he needs?" Zhu Lin frowned.

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"If two people look at each other and the thunder in the sky stirs the fire in the earth, they can indeed be together. Whether they can be together for a long time is not about this, but whether the other party can give you what you want and whether you can have something for you.

help.

This help is not only material, but also emotional.

For example, if a couple can live together for a long time without getting divorced, they are either inseparable from each other materially, emotionally inseparable from each other, or both.

This is even more complicated if you expand on it, and involves a lot of psychological things, so I won’t go into details to avoid boring you.”

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "Let's not talk about others, let's talk about you.

When you married your husband, it wasn't because you were old enough, and then your parents and people around you were urging you to get married. Then you also felt that you should get married, so you wrote a letter of introduction from a colleague to your current husband.

After a blind date, we felt that we were in similar situations and that we were a good match, and then we got together, right?"

"Yes." Zhu Lin nodded, "But is there a problem?"

"No problem." Cao Zhiqiang said, "At that time, although it was mainly the urging of the people around you, you yourself were also eager to get married, but you didn't necessarily love the other person so much. It was just that you felt that you were of the age to get married, and you didn't want to be too involved with the other person.

You are different, so you chose to get married. In fact, it is a compromise on your life, right?"

Zhu Lin sighed: "Yes, you are right. I was... indeed, it was just a compromise with life. I, I didn't love him at all."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Let's not talk about love or not. The key is that you really had the need to get married at that time because you didn't want to be too different.

If you had been in the research institute and been in that environment, let alone you and I, it would be difficult for me to meet. Even if we did, you might not be tempted by me.

Why? Because at that time, you were still in your comfort zone. You didn't jump out of the well, didn't see the sky outside, and didn't arouse your desire for change.

It's like a person who has never left the village in his life. If you give him a cow, he will be very satisfied.

But if he leaves the countryside and comes to a big city, and sees the modernity and prosperity of the big city, and gives him another cow, he will not be satisfied. He wants more, such as an apartment in a big city, and

I want a car.

Any idea why this is?

This is because he has seen more good things, his psychological expectations have increased, and his happiness threshold has also increased.

Talking about you on the other hand, you are essentially the same as the farmer I mentioned."

"It's the same, how can it be the same?" Zhu Lin was a little unhappy, "I was born in the city, I am a city dweller!"

"That's not what I'm talking about." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Although you were born in the city, the trajectory of your life in the first half of your life has actually been in a very small circle.

I know your parents are both intellectuals, but that is also a circle.

You were restricted by the protection of this circle in the past and have always lived in this circle.

So when you go to school and work, you are actually following the path arranged by your parents, and you still cannot escape from this circle, let's say it is the scientific research circle.

Then, you accidentally became an actor, which finally ignited the fire in your heart.

You suddenly realize that doing research in a scientific research institute is not the life you want. You want a more exciting and meaningful life.

That's why you gave up your higher-status job as a researcher and started from scratch to become an actor.

At this time, others may not understand you, or even oppose you, but you insist on going your own way, and you will no longer be as submissive as before.

Why? Because you truly understand that being an actor is what you want.

At this time, if others can't help you or support you, then you can do it alone.

Why? Because other people, including your husband and parents, actually never understand you or what kind of person you are.

You were obedient in the past just because you didn't find something that really interested you.

Acting is what you are really interested in. Now that you have found it, you will naturally not care about other people's objections.

You are not actually rebellious, you just like to stick to your own opinions.

Whether it's your husband, your boss, or even your parents, they don't understand you just because their mindset is there, and they always like to look at problems from their own standpoint, but never really stand in yours.

I have thought about the problem, am I right?"

Zhu Lin bit his lip, then put his face against Cao Zhiqiang's chest and rubbed: "You are like a roundworm in my belly. You, how do you know everything?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and touched Zhu Lin's head: "It's very simple, because I like you, so I will put myself in your shoes and consider the problem.

If you really like someone, you don't always think about what you want them to do, but you first put yourself in their shoes and consider what they want.

The reason why I can understand your thoughts is because I assume your identity and consider issues from your standpoint. When I think about it this way, many issues become clear and audible.

So you see, a lot of things are that simple."

"Yes." Zhu Lin sighed, "It was originally a simple matter of putting yourself in someone else's shoes, but they just didn't understand."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "It's not that they don't understand, nor that they don't understand empathy, it's just that they are too selfish. They always feel that they are right and don't want you to become an actor, so they pretend not to understand and deliberately create all kinds of problems for you.

Obstacle.

Especially your husband.

According to what you said before, your husband is a very traditional man. It would be difficult for such a man to accept his wife kissing other men on the screen, even if he knows it is acting, don't you think?"

Zhu Lin let out a long sigh and didn't reply.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "I'm different. Not only do I like you, but I don't like you selfishly. I don't want to hold you tightly in my hand, let alone control everything about you.

In this way, I can understand you better.

Therefore, I have no objection to you continuing to act as an actor, nor to you acting as a couple with other people.

Of course, out of a man's selfishness, I still mind if you act in kissing scenes with other men.

As long as you don't do sex scenes or kissing scenes with other actors, then there's no problem.

This is my bottom line, and I will tell you clearly, what do you think?"

"Hmph." Zhu Lin curled his lips and gently tweaked the soft flesh on Cao Zhiqiang's waist, "To put it nicely, aren't you just like them?"

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang bared his teeth and said, "But the difference between me and your husband is that I can give you more.

After all, I said, if two people want to be together for a long time, the key is to be able to get what they need."

"Everyone gets what they need?" Zhu Lin asked, "How do everyone get what they need? Do you want to give me money? Like those people in the south, take me as a mistress?"

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "As I said, don't think of me as vulgar. Of course, if you like the mistress life, I don't care."

"Hmph!" Zhu Lin curled his lips, "Then I want you to marry me, do you dare? Don't talk about age, if you are old enough to marry me, do you dare?"

"I don't know." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

"Don't know?" Zhu Lin raised his head and looked at Cao Zhiqiang in surprise, "It's not that you dare or you don't dare, it's that you don't know?"

"Yeah, I don't know." Cao Zhiqiang put his hands on the back of his head and said, "Sister Zhu, I don't want to lie to you. Although I like you very much, I actually have another woman, and I like her quite a lot.

Moreover, I am still young and I am not sure at all. If you ask me to promise you now, it is very simple, just one sentence.

It may not be possible. Even I don’t know this myself, so how can I give you a real guarantee?”

"You are quite honest." Zhu Lin said flatly, "Also, who are the other women you are talking about?"

"Don't worry about it, you don't know me anyway." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Sister Zhu, I can only say that if you follow me, I will give you what you want.

These things are not only money, but also career, reputation, status, and my love for you."

"Don't say it so disgustingly," Zhu Lin said, "Don't you have another woman?"

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "Sister Zhu, men are different from women. It would be boring if you keep worrying about this.

Furthermore, in this industry of actors, there must be people who will support you. If no one supports you, it will be useless no matter how good your conditions are.

You entered the industry a little late, and you didn't come from a professional background. You just relied on your good looks to get lots of dates.

However, you are already thirty-one years old, how long can you maintain your beauty?

Moreover, until now, you have not had a real masterpiece.

Why? It’s not because of anything else, it’s just that you are unlucky and never come across really good scripts.

However, when you met me, things turned out well.

I’m not bragging, just speaking of creating scripts and soundtracks, haha, at least in China, no one can do it.”

"Ha, that's not a bad tone." Zhu Lin smiled.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Isn't it? For example, let's take this movie we just finished filming. What do you think?"

"I don't know." Zhu Lin bit his lip.

"No, you know." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Actually, you have been obsessed with the script since you knew it, right? You are not only obsessed with the story, but also with the heroine, right?

"

"Yes, yes, I'm obsessed, okay?" Zhu Lin said angrily.

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "And Director Xu Qingdong, the reason why he is so obedient is actually because he was fascinated by my script.

It’s not just you and Director Xu, there are actually many people who come to film, such as those teachers from Nortel. The reason why they are willing to give up their vacations to film is not only for money, but also because they like my script.

A story that one person likes can be considered a special case, but so many people like this script, doesn’t that explain the problem?”

Zhu Lin sighed: "This story is indeed very good. Although the plot seems simple, it is very attractive, especially the characters in it. There is an indescribable feeling that you can't extricate yourself from after reading it. It's very, well, in your words

Say, call the boss."

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "Don't worry, I've almost finished writing the novel based on this script.

After I finish writing it, I will ask my publisher to produce the novel.

Then after the movie is released and the crowds are empty, I will take advantage of the movie-watching craze to officially release this related novel.

In this way, the novel will definitely sell well, and I will be able to earn another wave of royalties.

Not only that, I also had a batch of movie-themed costumes made.

For example, the clothes and shoes worn by the male protagonist, as well as the clothes and shoes worn by the heroine, and even keychains and wind chimes, I had many of the same styles customized in advance.

In addition, I will also release related soundtrack albums for movie-related theme songs and interludes.

At that time, there will not only be pure music from the original soundtrack of the movie, but also a version sung by real people.

By the way, you can come over and record an interlude later to add some gimmicks.

In short, once the movie is released, I can take the opportunity to sell peripheral products and definitely make a lot of money.

So you see, the movie itself only makes a small amount of money, and no matter how popular it is, it won't make much money.

The real big money comes from selling peripheral products!

This is the saying that a drunkard's intention is not to drink!"

(End of chapter)