Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

After tidying up, the two of them called Li Xiangdong and Li Yue and left the hotel, heading to Wansheng South Street. The young girl mentioned a restaurant serving Northeastern Chinese food that was delicious, and their grilled skewers were also quite good in the summer.

As you walk along the road, you see many young men and women, including some familiar faces whose names you can't recall.

Since both of them were wearing baseball caps, it didn't cause much of a commotion.

Yes, even in Hengdian, a place teeming with celebrities, the appearance of a young girl always causes a stir.

She linked arms with him as they walked through the crowd, a smile always on her lips.

This is already a very rare experience.

After dinner, they returned to the hotel and naturally spent another night of lovemaking.

The next day, July 21th.

As dawn broke and the young girl was still half asleep, she boarded the GL8, heading to Shanghai to catch a plane.

It took 5 hours to drive nearly 400 kilometers.

She had slept for 5 hours and was really tired.

Yang Che was alright; he slept for more than two hours and then drove for more than two hours.

The reason she was in such a rush was because she wanted to spend more time with her parents.

On the plane, the girl, who had slept well, was quite bored because her boyfriend was writing something and not chatting with her.

When asked what it was about, he was handed a novel called "The Search for a Gun." Fan Bingbing flipped through a couple of pages and got bored, so he asked the flight attendant for a few newspapers.

The flight attendants really liked her; she had already been asked for autographs twice since boarding. But as a big star, her assistant naturally carried autographed photos with her at all times.

As for Yang Che, the flight attendant was very polite, um, that's all.

When the newspapers were delivered, the flight attendant thoughtfully placed the "Xinmin Evening News," which mainly reports on the entertainment industry, at the top.

The little girl took it and glanced at it. Goodness, there was a news headline on the homepage: "[Zhang Jizhong: Yang Che is the real-life Linghu Chong]"

"Brother, brother, look."

"What's wrong?"

Yang Che glanced at the scene helplessly. It was alright. Zhang Dahuzi's crew was managed quite well. The fact that he had scolded Liu Bo hadn't spread. It made sense, considering that there were a group of actors and behind-the-scenes creators around at the time.

"You even visited the set of 'Swordsman'?"

Yang Che, who had just picked up his pen, paused and said softly, "I'm feeling particularly inspired right now."

The little girl pouted and fell silent.

Then, she put on her eye mask and fell asleep again.

Yang Che wasn't just showing off; he genuinely had a burst of inspiration. He even found it strange that he felt the urge to write as soon as he boarded a plane.

Someone asked, "Why is there so much drama when you're just copying a movie?"

Putting aside screenwriting, simply retelling a movie in a vivid and descriptive way is a sign of great writing talent.

After all, there are different levels of diary writing skills.

Moreover, Yang Che couldn't simply copy it exactly; there were some parts he couldn't remember. Even if he did remember them clearly, he couldn't replicate it one-to-one. He must have his own insights and the advantages of his era, after all, in his other timeline, he was nearly 50 years old.

Speaking of which, he even hired Ning Jing as the Guizhou dialect consultant for the script, although this woman can get quite frivolous when she talks...

We arrived in Beijing at 3:30 pm.

The man who came to pick me up was Xie Fengzhen, one of the sixteen brothers from the printing factory. He was from Yantai and was from the same hometown as Xiao Pang. The young man's appearance was rather indescribable, but he was very burly, after all, he was a big man from Shandong Province.

"Brother Xie, just call me Bingbing. I'll have to trouble you to take care of me from now on."

"Okay, okay."

After getting in the car, Yang Che said, "Fengzhen has been busy moving your family's house for a while now. Oh, and his aunt is also here; she's your housekeeper now."

The little girl was quite surprised: "Really? That's great."

Yang Che didn't feel awkward or uneasy. Xie Fengzhen's family was very grateful that their widowed aunt could come to the capital to work. Yang Che didn't have any superior attitude, nor would he treat these people like beasts of burden. Just like he didn't treat his company employees like beasts of burden.

When the group got into their car in the underground parking garage, they were surrounded by many onlookers, but Yang Che and Fan Bingbing didn't seem to care much.

After arriving in Zhonghai in triumph, Yang Che did not go inside. After all, the young lady had been gone for a long time, and it was inconvenient to say some things in front of him, an outsider. However, he would come over at noon tomorrow.

As for whether there will be any problems coming over, they've already moved into a 222-square-meter, four-bedroom, two-living-room, three-bathroom house and are driving a BMW worth over a million yuan, so what problems could there be?

He who eats another's food is bound to him; he who takes another's money is bound to him.

What's more, Little Fatty had already given up entirely; she told her parents that Yang Che had a girlfriend when she got together with him...

Little Fatty even proudly told Gao Yuanyuan about this on the phone.

"Just tell your parents that when you were with him, you were the other woman."

Of course, the two immediately started arguing again, just like many times before, because Gao Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and said, "You're the mistress."

............

Yang Che felt extremely tired after a long day of traveling.

There was a time when he felt tired on the road because he was taking a slow train and had to wait for a bus or taxi when he arrived at his destination... until he could afford to fly first class and had a private car to pick him up wherever he went, but he still felt tired.

Back in Courtyard No. 8, once I stepped inside, my fatigue lessened considerably.

Clearly, this fatigue was not physical, but psychological; he was ultimately a good man who loved his family.

"Bongjin, go buy me some food."

"Okay, Che-ge."

Afterwards, Yang Che turned on the tape recorder, listened to music, and sipped his drink.

Exhaustion has completely disappeared.

That night, he didn't go back to the bedroom, but lay on the sofa and slept soundly.

Time passed day by day.

Yang Che focused his main energy on writing the script for "Looking for a Gun". Barbara called once to inquire about the progress, and Yang Che said it would take at least half a month.

It won't take that long, but you'll still need to use it every week.

After returning to Beijing, Fan Bingbing stayed for four days. Except for the first day when she stayed at Zhonghai Triumph, she returned to Anzhenli for the other three nights.

Guo Xiaoyue returned to Beijing on July 25th. She told Yang Che that someone had already gone to find Liu Bo, but she didn't say who it was, and Yang Che didn't ask.

On July 26, Doubao and Gugu Gaga officially moved to Huasheng Jiayuan.

Yang Che didn't invite any outsiders; it was just a meal between people from the two companies, and that was it.

The two companies are now more accurately described as two departments, since they share an administrative system and a financial system.

There are currently 3 people in the administration department. The person in charge is Liu Hong, who shares the same name as Emperor Xian of Han, but she is a woman, 32 years old, and very capable. Li Jian's finance department has 5 people. Guo Xiaoyue has 2 clerks under her, including Wang Danling. Yu Wenhao has 3 direct subordinates and 8 part-time subordinates, all of whom are in operations. Of course, Zhang Jianbin and his 8 technicians are also Yu Wenhao's subordinates.

Liu Chang's film and television department has formal employees Xing Jianwei, Zeng Jian, Song Xiaofei, Ma Niu, Lin Mu, Liu Jiang, Fu Dong, Zhang Yang, and Jin Xiaoman. These are the employees who receive a basic salary of 500 yuan and have social security contributions paid. There are many more employees who do not receive salaries and are all his assistants.

As for Zhou Liren, Li Xiangdong, Old Sun, and those sixteen brothers, they all work at Hongda Printing Factory. Hmm... they didn't change their names; Hongda sounds pretty good.