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Chapter 255 I will still be Li Kuiyong in my next life!

"Li Kuiyong?" Xia Tian was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.

"Well, what happened?"

"Nothing? Hello Brother Yong, I'm Xia Tian. I see everyone is willing to nominate you to be a leader. You are very prestigious. You have been in this business for many years, right?" Xia Tian asked with a smile.

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Li Kuiyong naturally knew Xia Tian - it was hard to find someone in Yanjing who didn't know Xia Tian now. Even six-year-old children probably knew Xia Tian.

However, Li Kuiyong did not expect that this big star who could only be seen on TV and in newspapers was actually so easy to get along with.

It has been six or seven years since Li Kuiyong returned to the city after joining the team and he has heard a lot about summer.

Especially Xia Tian, ​​as a kid from the alley, often beat up those kids from the compound... He had fought with the kids from the compound many times and almost lost his life.

If he were still younger, he would have gone to get to know Xia Tian a long time ago!

But after going through so many things, he is no longer impulsive or aggressive.

Later on, summer was even more amazing!
Children's songs, songs, movies, writers, athletes, newspapers, TV... If you live in Yanjing, it is hard not to come across information about him. Every time, the grandpa and grandma on the street love to talk about what Xia Tian has been doing recently - it feels like they are their most proud nephew!
I didn't expect to meet you now! We were having a great time chatting?!

Originally, Xia Tian just wanted to communicate with Ban Ye’s representative, leave contact information, and then let them take over the work of "The Last Emperor" crew.

On the one hand, it saves the crew some trouble, and on the other hand, it allows the producers to make money.

But I didn’t expect that the representative of the board was actually called Li Kuiyong!

After looking at his appearance and demeanor, Xia Tian had an idea.

Start chatting with each other...

Li Kuiyong also felt that this big star was very friendly. Not only was he kind enough to introduce jobs to everyone, but he was also very friendly when chatting with them. He didn't seem to be arrogant at all.

Before he knew it, he had talked a lot about himself.

Li Kuiyong was born in 55, ten years older than Xia Tian, ​​and is 31 this year.

He is considered an authentic old Yanjing person...

But not all people in Yanjing enjoy a good life. On the contrary, if there are many people enjoying a good life, there are ten times as many people who suffer for them.

If you read Lao She’s works, you will know that there has never been a shortage of poor people in this city!
I won’t talk about things that happened too long ago.

Li Kuiyong's parents gave birth to nine children in total, and eventually raised six of them, four sons and two daughters.

There were more children. Although his father was the only one in the family with a proper job - the "Bo Ye" in the city's transportation team, Li Kuiyong was considered to have inherited his father's business. But that era was different. They could not have enough food every day, but they could afford to support themselves.

But when Li Kuiyong was 14 years old, his father, who was stronger than an ox, suddenly fell seriously ill with kidney failure and heart failure, and died in less than a month!

The burden of the entire family basically fell on the mother, who was already in poor health.

Later, when he reached age, he went to work in the countryside in northern Shaanxi.

Three years passed before he returned to the city in 79, when the 22-year-old Li Kuiyong brought his wife and children with him - all those who had some ability had run away.

At that time, his son was one year old. His wife was a poor household in a rural area in northern Shaanxi. She had little education, and the family lived a very tight life.

While supporting his mother who was a little confused, he also had to support several younger brothers and sisters.

Finally, he used a lot of connections and ran around for more than a year before he took over his father's job of pedaling a scooter, and he has been doing it for seven or eight years now!
Because he was righteous, honest and brave, he gained prestige among the Banye over time.

But now that we are developing a market economy and carrying out reform and opening up, the job of pedaling a rickshaw has begun to decline.

Well, no matter if you are a private transporter or an "official" transporter, you have to find a way to make a living!

Since motor vehicles were not allowed to enter the Forbidden City, even the crew members and actors could only use bicycles and carts to enter and exit the set, so this big job came about.

The crew members are either foreigners or people from the art circle, so there is really no way to find so many people to properly handle the transportation in a short period of time.

I helped out in the summer and took on some external liaison work.

That is to say, she has a good relationship with Zun Long, and Bellucci is really a "Xia" and "Xia" girl, more clingy than the old Paladin, otherwise Xia Tian would not like to meddle in such trivial matters.

At the beginning, Li Heizi's crew didn't care about it, so he just beat up the disobedient dragon and tiger martial artists for him~
Oh, by the way, this crew is actually quite popular~
Director Bellucci is a member of the Italian Communist Party. The film soundtrack he found was written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a staunch representative of the Japanese Z-wing youth. Like Hayao Miyazaki and others, he was a "red element". For the young Ryuichi Sakamoto, China was the "red sun" in his heart.
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Xia Tian didn't expect that she would get to know Li Kuiyong because of this.

"Okay, Brother Yong. That's all for today."

"You just wait here at the door for a while. Wait for the worker with glasses to come out and help him carry all the things back to his residence. That way, today's work will be done."

"The money is paid every three days. I'll be the chief engineer here, and you can figure out how to divide it up... See you tomorrow."

Li Kuiyong was very happy, not only because Xia Tian spoke to him in a friendly manner, but also because he seemed to be a very nice person.

What's more, when they talk about work and money, they are very clear and unambiguous. How wonderful!
We work, you pay!
When Xia Tian returned home, he saw that Milan had not come back yet, so he cooked dinner first.

When I had some free time, I started thinking about my encounter with Li Kuiyong today.

Just like before, this person is "known" by Xia Tian!
"Blood Romance"!

The approximate information should be correct, but maybe the age is a little younger?
But it’s normal, I’m used to changes in the summer.

This bloody romance is only the romance of a few people, the romance of the protagonists and the children of the compound.

In the original novel or the drama, Li Kuiyong, who can be said to be the only character that people like, was diagnosed with cancer when he had struggled for most of his life and his life was just starting to get better.

Then he died of cancer at the age of 40!

He said: "I will be Li Kuiyong in my next life!"

He understood the class he belonged to and was well aware of the difficulty of crossing this gap.

This realization made him feel desperate, but he did not sink into despair.

He still tries his best to support his family, living frugally and building up hope for them.

Although it was hard work and he had been busy all his life, he was a man of integrity, worthy of the heavens above and the earth below.

He spent his life fighting for everyone around him with a clear conscience.

He did not envy Zhong Yuemin's group of romantic young men, he just wanted to be Li Kuiyong.

……

As soon as Milan came back, he saw Xia Tian sitting in the study, staring at the desk in a daze.

She knew Xia Tian too well, and saw what was going on at a glance, so she asked, "What's wrong? Did you encounter anything interesting?"

"No, I met someone interesting!" Xia Tian replied, and then he stood up and went to the kitchen to bring the food.

Milan looked at the busy Xia Tian with a little curiosity. After all, Xia Tian had too high standards and he didn't really care about ordinary people.

The last “interesting person” might have been Zun Long.

Go further...go further and you will see Fatty Wang and Lao Hu!
All the young people in Yanjing want to know Xia Tian, ​​but how many of them can really get to know Xia Tian and meet him and say a few words to him?

While eating, the two talked about Xiaoxu and Zhang Li, and the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" had already left for Zhengding.

The Ning and Rong mansions over there have been repaired, and the final scenes will be filmed soon.

At that time, Xia Tian also proposed some suggestions to XX through Director Ren on developing tourism-related industries, but I don’t know if they were useful~
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Xia Tian walked out of the gate of the Forbidden City and saw Li Kuiyong and some Ban Ye waiting in the shadow of the high wall, so he walked over.

"Brother Yong, how is the car modification going?" he asked with a smile.

"More than twenty cars have been modified!" Li Kuiyong answered while putting out the cigarette in his hand.

He smoked paper-rolled dry tobacco leaves, which had a strong smell. It was a habit he picked up when he went to the countryside in northern Shaanxi. The life was too bitter and tiring, and smoking a cigarette could help him relax.

However, he found that when Xiatian smoked, he would always look at his cigarette, thinking that Xiatian didn't like the smell of cigarettes, so he would put out the cigarette every time Xiatian came.

As the saying goes, people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.

In just these few days, although I don’t know why Xia Tian treats me differently, I have indeed felt the genuine kindness.

He didn't mind sitting on a rock and chatting with me, and even invited me to a roadside restaurant, where he greeted those who recognized him, ordered food, and asked me to take some dishes for my family.

——This is the first time I’ve met someone who eats so much!
The official in the crew was rude in giving tasks to the scooters, so he directly accused them of being "bureaucratic", which made the young man feel ashamed.

If people are kind to you, you should be even kinder to them.

Besides, Xia Tian was very much to Li Kuiyong's liking, and he had already regarded her as a friend.

This year, Xia Tian suggested converting some carts into "covered wagons" to transport people. After discussing with many people, Li Kuiyong agreed with the idea, and the money for the conversion was paid by Xia Tian.

Xia Tian smiled and said, "Tomorrow, the 4th, the crew will officially start filming. By then, there will be to crew members going to and from the Forbidden City every day. Many people will need to take a car, especially foreigners. They may not have enough cars..."

"Besides, they might prefer taking a sightseeing bus to taking a car!"

In summer, the carts that are modified with canopies and seats are called "sightseeing carts" and are specially designed for foreigners.

Don’t be surprised, many foreigners like to ride in a slow “open-top” cart on the streets. It feels more like traveling and is much better than riding in a car.

Our conditions are not very good now. The crew originally agreed to prepare a "nanny car" for Zun Long, but where can we find a nanny car in the country now?

Finally, they removed the seats from a passenger bus, made some simple modifications, and used it as a "nanny car."

Zunlong is quite satisfied with it, he feels it is spacious and comfortable! He invites Xia Tian to the car every day to drink tea and chat~
(End of this chapter)