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Chapter 28 Gong Xing's Bitter Love (asking for monthly ticket)

When it was getting dark, Dezhou Station arrived and the lady opposite was preparing to get off the bus.

Wei Ming personally helped her pick up her luggage and escorted the old lady off the train. The two had a great conversation along the way. She said, "When we get to Chongdugou in Luoyang, please mention my Lei Xiping!"

Along the way through Hebei and into Shandong, a lot of people got off, but not many got on. There were still people standing in the aisles before, but now there are not only seats, but also empty seats.

So some male comrades deliberately sat opposite Gong Xing and wanted to talk to her, but her attitude was very cold, so they were nicer to Wei Ming. After all, he was a writer, a hero, and most importantly, he was good-looking.

At this time, the dining car arrived. They both bought train meals. They didn't need food coupons, and there were vegetables and meat. It was just a little expensive and luxurious.

After dinner, Gong Xing's kettle was empty, so she picked up Wei Ming's kettle and helped to get hot water.

This woman was indeed very friendly, and Wei Ming didn't even worry that she would drug his water.

After taking a sip of water, Wei Ming saw Gong Xing put down "October" and switched to "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art".

Wei Ming, who was a little greedy for the magazine, pointed at it and said, "Can I have a look?"

"Give."

Wei Ming glanced at the table of contents and went straight to the script "Bitter Love".

Seeing that he was reading this one, Gong Xing became interested: "Can you talk to me about this book after you finish reading it?"

"This one, Bitter Love?"

"Correct."

"it is good"

This is a film script written by the writer Bai Hua. Even though Wei Ming lived in the countryside in the early 80s, he had heard about the great discussion about "Bitter Love", which lasted for nearly three years.

The reason for his curiosity was that he had never seen the final film and could not find any clips of the film on the Internet.

In short, this is a banned film that can never be made into a reality. It is said that the entire film is locked in the safe in the director's office of Changchun Film Studio and will never see the light of day.

Gong Xing was so concerned about the script because she knew it was a project of Changchun Film Studio, and the "Jihong" she acted in was also from Changchun Film Studio, so there was some kind of relationship between them.

After Wei Ming read it, she asked, "Do you think I can play the role of the daughter Xingxing well? My father is also a painter, and his experience is similar to that of the male protagonist."

She felt that this role was perfect for her, as if it was tailor-made for her.

Wei Ming thought about it and felt that it was indeed suitable. The protagonist’s daughter eventually left her hometown and went abroad for love, which was consistent with Gong Xing’s later experience.

But Wei Ming said, "You'd better not take this movie."

"Why?"

Because I don’t want you to do useless work.

Wei Ming asked back: "How much do you know about this movie?"

"It seems that this is a project directed by Peng Ning from Changchun Film Studio, and he commissioned writer Bai Hua to write the script."

Wei Ming later continued to work in the circle and knew more clearly.

"You know Huang Yongyu, right?" he asked. The monkey stamps that the reborn people love to buy and forget about after buying were painted by him.

"Of course, a genius from Xiangxi and a famous painter." Gong Xing's father is a painter, but he is not as famous as her. She knows all these well-known painters by heart.

"This script is adapted from his and his daughter's real experiences," Wei Ming said slowly, "Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Yongyu worked for the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao..."

At that time, Huang Yongyu had a colleague at Ta Kung Pao named Cha Liangyong. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Yongyu's cousin Shen Congwen, who was studying at Yenching University, wrote to him and invited him to return to the mainland to build the motherland.

Old Huang also wanted to ask Louis Cha to come back with him, but Cha did not come back, and later Cha's father died.

Old Huang and his uncle...

"You understand, right?" Gong Xing understood. Because she was suspected of having overseas connections, her family was not doing well at that time, so she was usually very cautious and kept a low profile.

She was just focusing on fitting the role and almost overlooked the risks involved. After Wei Ming's in-depth and easy-to-understand analysis, she decided that it would be better not to touch it.

In fact, it’s not that we can’t touch it. Similar scar literature and films have sprung up like mushrooms after rain in recent years, and there are many excellent works among them.

It’s just that some lines in “Bitter Love” are too blunt. One of them was directly adapted from “Tea House”, but it was used in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but it cannot be used now.

There were people who supported this film, otherwise it wouldn't have been successfully launched and filmed even though the script was rejected, and even the poster and release notice were published in "Popular Movies". But it was stopped at the last minute.

All I can say is that two different schools of thought competed with each other on this movie, and one side lost.

But this period is the one that gives filmmakers the greatest say and the highest degree of freedom.

Gong Xing finally said with emotion: "You know so much!"

It was already 12 o'clock and the carriage was silent. The passengers were all very tired but they were forcing themselves not to close their eyes.

There is limited police force in the car, and the windows can be opened. If a robbery or theft really occurs, there is no time to react.

Wei Ming saw Gong Xing start to yawn and said with a smile: "Why don't you take another nap? I'll keep an eye on you."

"are not you sleepy?"

Wei Ming: "You go to sleep first, and I'll take over when you wake up. Someone has to look after the luggage."

"Okay, let's take turns to rest." Gong Xing was happy. He originally thought that he would have to endure more than 20 hours of hard work on the journey home by himself, but he didn't expect to meet Wei Ming, his train companion. It felt really good to have a companion.

After Gong Xian fell asleep, Wei Ming actually saw a man with shifty eyes wandering around in the carriage. When he saw the man looking at Gong Xian's bag, he glared at him and told him to get out of the way.
The other party bared his teeth and tried to provoke him, so Wei Ming took out the brass knuckles that Biaozi had lent him and put them on. They had thorns on them, and the other party immediately fled away.

If reason doesn't make sense, I can still try a little bit of martial arts.

Gong Xing couldn't sleep well in the car and woke up several times, but Wei Ming said he was not sleepy.

Until about three in the morning.

"Where are you?"

Gong Xing murmured, with a soft temper as if he had just woken up.

Wei Ming yawned: "Oh, the next stop is Huijing, and the one we just passed is Bengbu."

He was obviously a little overwhelmed, so the two of them took turns and Gong Xing started to read Wei Ming's book.

When Wei Ming woke up to face the morning sun, the first person he saw was his public security comrades.

The two railway police officers from last night came over with another police officer. Good news, the interrogation results were out, and they came specifically to inform Wei Ming, the person involved.

It turned out that the human trafficker was a relative of the little girl's grandfather from his hometown. He came to seek refuge and asked the little girl's father to help him find a job.

But there was no extra work in Yanjing City, so the man of the house asked her to stay at home temporarily, do housework, pick up the children, and make other arrangements when the situation improved.

But she was lazy and gluttonous, and the hostess was dissatisfied with her and wanted to drive her away.

She was also dissatisfied with this family. Why could other rural people find jobs through their relatives in the city, but she couldn't?

She felt that the little girl's father was just being perfunctory and didn't want to acknowledge her as his cousin, so she simply stole things and money from the family, thinking of leaving.

She didn't dare go back to her hometown in Baoding and planned to live a carefree life in the south.

As a result, she was accidentally seen by a little girl while stealing. In a fit of anger, she took the little girl away with her, planning to sell her in a mountain village. She also took the hostess's mother's sleeping pills and fed them to the child along the way.

Wei Ming couldn't help but twitch his lips after hearing this. Why was the experience of this human trafficker so similar to his own?

The difference is that Uncle Ping'an arranged a job for me, but even if he hadn't, I wouldn't have stolen Lele away.

Lele is such a well-behaved child, how could I bear to do that!
(End of this chapter)