Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

Seeing her pout, Yang Che roughly guessed who it was. As he bent down to take it, he said, "Don't be silly."

Fan Bingbing's dazed look faded considerably: "Hmph... Don't answer."

Yang Che frowned: "Tsk, what if something happens?"

Fan Bingbing pouted.

Yang Che reached out and rubbed his hands a couple of times as a way of comforting him before answering the call.

Gao Yuanyuan's sweet voice rang out: "Darling, are you still in Hong Kong?"

Yang Che coughed lightly: "We've arrived in Guangzhou."

Gao Yuanyuan paused for a second, then complained, "You didn't even say you'd make a phone call."

Yang Che was also helpless. Usually, he'd call or text her after landing to let her know he was safe. Today, Li Yue had followed him the whole way, and before he could even catch his breath at the hotel, Little Fatty had already shut him up…

During the pause, Gao Yuanyuan's voice returned to its sweet and charming tone: "I miss you. When are you coming back?"

"I was planning to go tomorrow, but I got a call and I have to go to Nanjing to meet with people from the TV station. The timing depends on how things go."

At this point, Fan Bingbing lost patience and started whining, dawdling, and swaying.

"I see..."

"hiss.."

Fan Bingbing was still not satisfied. She sat up and shouted, "Are you ever going to stop? You know he's in Guangzhou, yet you keep talking on and on, ugh. Ah..."

Gao Yuanyuan's voice instantly turned shrill: "Fan Bingbing?"

Yang Che subconsciously pulled the phone further away, then felt a rush of blood to his head. This feeling was truly mysterious. Then, as if possessed, he pressed the speakerphone button.

Only Gao Yuanyuan's cold voice came through the receiver: "I'm calling my boyfriend, why are you coming over here like a jerk? Looking for a fight?"

Fan Bingbing began her exaggerated performance: "I...you f***ing...ah~ah~husband...it feels so good."

Yang Che then said seriously, "Stop fooling around, Yuanyuan, Bingbing is being silly. I'm hanging up now."

Fan Bingbing instantly felt wronged: "What nonsense am I talking about? What are we doing right now? She just cursed at me, and you're still siding with her. Let's not do this anymore, go find her."

"If I insult you, I'll slap you..."

Gao Yuanyuan's voice stopped abruptly because Yang Che had hung up halfway through Xiao Pang's speech.

"Why are you crying?"

"Who cried? You're being unfair. Get up."

Yang Che bent down and hugged her: "She doesn't know I've arrived. When we were together before, when did she ever call? She's all alone in Beijing, and you're still provoking her. If I don't comfort her, what if she does something rash?"

"If you can't figure it out, then you can't figure it out."

Fan Bingbing pursed her lips and said something, but then stopped struggling.

Gradually, things returned to normal, and Xiao Pang's mood also calmed down.

Forty-six minutes later, Yang Che felt like he was starving.

Many people have probably felt this way: you're extremely hungry after you're done, especially since it's already past 1 a.m., well past mealtime.

Little Fatty was also very hungry, so hungry that she had no strength. She clung to him like a koala, asking him to wash her and even dress her.

Yang Che really wanted to rummage through the box to find the underwear he bought for her, but if she saw three different sizes, she would explode. Two sizes wouldn't matter.

So we can only give her the clothes she brought.

"Brother, look, isn't it bigger?"

Yang Che nodded. He had weighed it carefully just now, and it was about 65.2 grams heavier on each side.

Afterwards, Yang Che drove his Mercedes and took her to a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Lishui Town that specialized in roast goose.

Fan Bingbing scooped up a spoonful of winter melon soup, and her eyes lit up.

"Wow, this looks delicious! Bro, how did you know about this place?"

Winter melon is a local specialty of Lishui. When you stuff winter melon with dried scallops, shrimp, and chicken and simmer it, the soup is both fresh and sweet.

Yang Che casually shoveled a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth and said, "I saw a lot of people when I passed by, so I knew the taste must be good."

I've been to this place many times, of course. This restaurant also had a secret menu where they made some strange and unusual animal dishes, which tasted pretty good. However, it was later banned, so they stopped serving them.

After lunch, the two didn't go out for a stroll; they went straight back to the hotel for a nap.

They didn't go out after waking up; the young couple, reunited after a long separation, never seemed to tire.

After coming here again, Yang Che finally got down to business with Fan Bingbing.

"Starting today, Liu Chang and his group will be hyping up who is prettier between you and Zhao online, to put it bluntly, they're just trying to ride on her coattails. They're also using your makeup and styling in 'My Sassy Girl' to reshape your public image and boost your status."

Fan Bingbing nestled against his chest, blinking cutely, and said, "Just like that, you've been promoted to a higher status?"

Otherwise, why would people call you a "carpet star"?

Yang Che spoke nonsense with a straight face: "This is communication psychology. I'll find some relevant books for you to read. You don't need to understand it now. Pretend you don't know anything about it. No matter who asks you, just say it's spontaneous from the audience. You should only focus on playing each role well."

"Even Sister Hua can't tell?"

"No, this is my ultimate weapon. You can't even tell your mother."

"Okay, I got it. Hehe, bro, you're so nice, *kiss*."

After cuddling together for a while, the two went out again. While eating beef offal and radish by the roadside, the stall owner recognized Fan Bingbing, but still called her by the name that Fan Bingbing now disliked. Fan Bingbing had to smile and give the stall owner an autograph.

Yang Che thought to himself, "They've already signed it, and they still want eleven yuan and fifty cents for the beef offal..."

After paying the bill, the lady asked, "Tiao Zai? Uh...boyfriend?"

Fan Bingbing smiled and said, "Yes, he's my boyfriend."

The older woman laughed and said, "Here comes the handsome young man."

Yang Che was overjoyed. He had come all this way just to hear someone call him "handsome guy."

At 7:30, the two arrived at the Nanhai Film and Television City.

This place belongs to CCTV. It was built for the filming of "The Story of Hong Kong," and last year they built a street for "The Story of Macau." So, this place has always been known for its old Hong Kong and Macau neighborhoods. Hengdian has become known as Hengdian World Studios, but films and TV series involving old Hong Kong and Macau neighborhoods still come here to film. That doesn't include things like "Siege of Flying Daggers" where they had the money to build sets on the spot.

Of course, this area is not just the Hong Kong and Macau districts. The largest part is the Heavenly Palace area built for "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" and the Jiangnan water town, which is also the main filming location for "Young Justice Bao".

Upon arriving at the courtyard where Bao Zheng was staying, which was also the filming location for tonight's scene, Fan Bingbing pushed her boyfriend in front of Li Bingbing, who was waiting in line, and then hurriedly went to the dressing room.

Yang Che generously stretched out his arms: "Da Bing, you look even more beautiful."

Yang Che was telling the truth. Her face was a little pale from the powder, and most importantly, she looked much more confident than when they met on the set of "My Sassy Girl".

Li Bingbing laughed and hugged him: "I'm really happy to receive praise from Boss Yang."

Yang Che asked with great concern, "I heard you got injured as soon as you joined the crew, what happened?"