Wearing a mask, a woolen hat, and a small bag slung across his body, He Xin walked out of the gate with the flow of people. When he looked up, he saw Cheng Hao, who was also covered by the same mask and hat, waving to him.
He hurried up to meet him and said unexpectedly: "Why are you here?"
"It's so late, don't bother others. Hey, you didn't bring your luggage?"
"It's just two days and I haven't brought anything with me."
"Where's dinner?"
"I haven't eaten yet. Do you have any at home?"
"I've packed two dishes for you. Just go back and get a bowl of noodles."
"Okay, let's go."
When I walked out of the airport, I saw the same champagne-colored M6. It had been there for several years. When I bought it, it was quite eye-catching because it had just come out, but now it is out of date.
When I got into the car, flash lights flashed continuously on the opposite side and next to me.
"It's not easy. There are still people guarding us now."
These days, the annoying airport photographers of later generations have not yet become popular, and the only ones guarding the airport are paparazzi. Compared to the blatant photographers, at least the paparazzi are sneaky and will not affect public order.
"What's so strange about this? I heard from Sister Qinqin that she came back early in the morning last time and still encountered paparazzi taking photos there."
"It's not easy...ah, who were you talking about just now?" He Xin leaned back in his chair and sighed. When he came back to his senses, he subconsciously said nervously.
Fortunately, Cheng Hao didn't pay attention and said with a smile: "Sister Qinqin! What a coincidence today, Yaya and I went to the SPA, and we happened to meet Sister Qinqin there, and we had dinner together today."
"oh."
He Xin relaxed a little and pretended to be casual: "What did we talk about? I see you are very happy."
"Gossip, she also said that when you were filming "Qiao's Courtyard", you made people cry several times."
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just a collision in creation. I'm more reasonable than her. It's normal for her to be unhappy. Anyway, I've never seen her cry." He said deliberately and confidently.
"Tch, you're the only one who's amazing! Fortunately, it's Sister Qinqin. If it were anyone else, they might say you don't respect your seniors." Cheng Hao glanced at him and hummed.
"Senior? Oh, that's right...Hey, what, should we change cars?"
As the saying goes: Too much talk leads to mistakes. He didn't want to talk too much about Jiang Qinqin with Cheng Hao, so he deliberately changed the subject. Looking at the slightly outdated interior of the car, the navigation and reversing radar were all rear-installed.
"Why are you changing your car? Isn't this car pretty good?" Cheng Hao said in surprise.
Speaking of which, this Ma Liu has been driven for five or six years, but I just drive it by myself in Beijing. When I go out to film, everyone has a car. He Xin's current car is the Audi Q7, and Cheng Hao's agency also gives it to her.
Equipped with a Toyota nanny car, the Ma Liu spends most of its time parked in the basement downstairs of his house. For such a long time, the mileage has just exceeded 10,000.
It seems that Cheng Hao is reluctant to change.
"No, you said that we are getting married soon. Even if we don't move the house for a while, we have to change the car."
He Xin spread his hands, then said with a smile: "In this case, if I give you a car, do you think it is a wedding gift to you?"
"Oh, you sent me away in just one car?" Cheng Hao snorted and said coquettishly.
"That's definitely not possible! Didn't we both agree a long time ago that we should do our own thing before we get married? When we get the certificate, what's yours will still be yours, and what's mine will be yours! I'll take the names on those house books later.
Change them all to yours." This guy looked like a licker.
After all, he has almost become an uncle after years of accumulation.
Cheng Hao then snorted with satisfaction and said: "There is no need to change the name, just add my name."
The guy nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, let's do whatever you say. Oh, by the way, what kind of car do you like, or I will buy you a sports car?"
"Forget about sports cars, they are not practical at all."
"Then how about Land Rover?"
It has to be said that large-displacement gas-powered vehicles like Land Rover are very popular in the industry. Last time he saw Song Jia, he was driving such a large off-road car that looked like a small tank.
Cheng Hao frowned and said, "There's no need to be so ostentatious... Actually, I think this car is quite good. There's really no need to change it to another car. Didn't you often say before that buying a car is worse than buying a house? Buying a car is half the price." , buying a house can also add value!”
"Forget the house, it's enough. Didn't you say that after we get married, you will go to work seriously? The car must be more decent to be worthy of your status as a Tokyo movie queen."
"Just because you have to go to work, you need to keep a low profile, do you understand? Haven't you seen Teacher Hao still driving that Passat!" Cheng Hao rolled his eyes at him.
"That's different. Brother Hao is only thinking about being an official now. You are an artist. We rely on our ability to earn a living and pay taxes according to regulations. Our income is legitimate and legal. Why do we need to keep a low profile?"
"Oh, I'm too lazy to tell you!"
I chattered all the way home.
"It's been a busy day. Let's take a shower first and I'll make some noodles for you."
"Why!"
The woman who was about to get married was different. She suddenly became a lot more virtuous. This guy responded and got into the bathroom happily.
After taking a hot shower, I felt refreshed.
"At the foot of the world is my lovely hometown. When I leave her, it seems like the cantaloupe has broken its vine..."
He walked out of the bathroom humming "Missing Comrades". This song was sung by his character Chen Guilin in the play. During this time, he had been practicing to keep the song on his tongue.
The dishes were already on the table, freshly heated and steaming hot, including a plate of braised large intestines, a plate of shredded belly with red oil, and a plate of freshly mixed cucumbers.
"Hey, what you ate tonight was really greasy. Don't you want to lose weight?"
"No!"
Cheng Hao came out of the kitchen with noodles and said with a smile: "Sister Qinqin took us to a private restaurant for dinner tonight. I heard that the braised large intestine and red oil tripe were very authentic. I didn't feel embarrassed to order them at the time. I didn't receive a call in the middle of the meal.
After your call, I heard that you were coming back, so I packed two portions on your behalf. I tried a few bites, and they tasted very good, and they taste great with noodles! Come on, try it!"
As soon as he heard about the private restaurant that Jiang Qinqin took them to, He Xin knew which one it was because he had been there too, more than once. It was a Shanghai-style private restaurant, and that was where the braised large intestine and red oil tripe were.
The restaurant's signature dish.
The large intestine was crispy and glutinous, and the tripe was crispy. He tasted it as if it was his first time. He gave it a thumbs up and nodded sharply after tasting it twice: "Sure enough, the taste is very good, um, delicious!"
"It's delicious, hehe, I'll take advantage of it too."
Cheng Hao specially squeezed a cup of cucumber juice for himself and sat next to him to eat it together.
To be honest, He Xin really felt guilty and a little guilty at this time. At the same time, he couldn't understand why Jiang Qinqin got together with his fiancée.
"What are you thinking about? Eat quickly!"
Hearing Cheng Hao's urging, he realized that he had stopped using his chopsticks unknowingly.
"oh!"
He quickly took a bite of noodles and asked as an excuse: "How did you feel after reading the script of "Du Lala"?"
"It's very good. Didn't I tell you on the phone?"
"Well, I think there seems to be a little more love elements, not enough workplace elements, and it deviates a bit from the theme of the original work." He thought for a while.
In fact, coming back to read the script was Cheng Hao's excuse. Xue Xiaolu had already sent the electronic file to his mailbox.
In his previous life, he was an ordinary spectator, watching movies and dramas just to enjoy the excitement. I remember when I watched "Du Lala", what impressed me the most was Mok Wenwei, Wu Peici, Li Ai and others, whose long legs filled the screen.
It's very eye-catching. The heroine Lao Xu's carrot legs, flat chest, swimming waist, and all the dark flesh are particularly eye-catching.
It can be said: there is no harm without comparison!
Wang Wei, who looks ugly and has a pair of small, dull eyes, either really has a vision problem or has a strong taste. Otherwise, he would not leave those long legs to eat the dark meat of the dumplings.
Bar.
But looking back on the plot now, he looked at it more from a professional perspective, especially after reading the original novel, he found that the plot of the original "Du Lala" was really full of loopholes.
First of all, there is a problem with the concept. This is a workplace drama. From a macro perspective, it tells the story of the "Chinese Dream".
The Chinese Dream is the rise of a big country externally, but it is actually the dream of entering the middle class internally. According to the description in the original novel, it is the great Du Lala. In today's China, she has painted a picture for countless readers of her rise to prominence after entering a foreign company.
Beautiful scenery of Huangliang.
The story of Du Lala should be based on the structure of a very lucky female Xiaoqiang who is like a snail "I want to climb up step by step", interspersed with a tacky office romance.
However, the original version just cut the part about Du Lala's success in the workplace to only the framework of a love story, and organized the entire movie with encounter-interaction-misunderstanding-reunion.
Jobs that just pass by, inexplicable promotions, and workplace elements are fragmented, which makes people feel as unreal as child's play. "Du Lala's Promotion" has been completely adapted into "Du Lala's Fishing for Golden Turtles".
Of course, Xue Xiaolu’s script is not that retarded, but the element of love is still a bit overwhelming. From the first draft of the script, it can be seen that if we follow the description in the literature department textbook "The Archetype of Literature": "Myth as the basis of common human experience provides the writer with
It provides inexhaustible archetypal patterns, and literature is rooted in the entire human culture through the replacement and application of mythical archetypes, and is understood and appreciated by all mankind. Film and literary scripts, as a form of expression of literature, are also
It embodies this.”
The prototype of Xue Xiaolu's script undoubtedly comes from the immortal fairy tale "Cinderella" by the Brothers Grimm. According to the pattern of "Cinderella", there is basically a particularly vicious stepmother, who makes Cinderella suffer and suffer bullying.
But Cinderellas always have hardships and joys, get help from the gods, get beautiful clothes and a pair of beautiful shoes, participate in grand festivals and win the favor of princes or kings and other powerful people, and finally live a happy life.
To put it bluntly, it is a combination of a story about tribulation and a story about a turning point in fate, which contains the themes of suffering and salvation. In other words, suffering in "Du Lala" can be understood as struggle, and salvation means pursuing promotion.
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So what is the meaning of pursuing promotion? The answer given in "Cinderella" is for three meals a day; Du Lala's answer shown by Xue Xiaolu in the script is beautiful clothes, a car, a house and love; but since
It is the Chinese dream. He Xin thinks that we should stop being so materialistic and have something sublimated, such as dedicating ourselves to something called a career.
He told Cheng Hao his thoughts, and Cheng Hao was stunned for a while, and finally stared at him with eyes that he couldn't understand.
"What?" He Xin asked in surprise.
He also subconsciously touched his face, thinking that something had been eaten on his face.
"Wow! Husband, when did you become so good?" Cheng Hao exclaimed with his eyes widened.
"Tch, you just know? Don't forget "Latent" and "The Wind", I am both a screenwriter!" He Xin said with a look on his face.
He is indeed very proud that "Latent" and "The Wind" made it clear that he plagiarized the original version, but "Du Lala" is different. He completely abandoned the original work and improved it based on the first draft of Xue Xiaolu's script.
Instead of being like in the original version, Miss Du Lala, who has carrot legs, flat chest, swim ring waist, and a black body, is still content to show off the Armani, D&G, Mazda Trot and other material products she bought, as if she is working hard to make progress just for this.
It was a pile of flashy and empty crap. The DB she worked for was so hyped that everyone in the company spoke English words, but the audience had no idea from the beginning to the end what the company was selling.
"The meaning of pursuing promotion is then sublimated to the meaning of pursuing life! So what is the meaning of life? Cinderella said that a woman's life is to marry a good prince. But Du Lala can't think that a woman's life is to have a high salary at the same time.
Marrying a diamond king again? It should be that facing the temptation of success and the pursuit of successful men, she was lost and hesitated, but in the end she bravely took off the coat of vanity and found herself!" He Xinyi
He said with a pretentious face.
Cheng Hao's eyes were full of little stars, but he still asked with doubts: "What about her and Wang Wei? Can't they be together again?"
The guy shrugged and said, "I don't know about this. This needs to be set by the screenwriter. I came back just to talk to Teacher Xue about the director and the script."
Cheng Hao was so excited by what her husband said that it completely sublimated the theme she originally imagined. If women in "Cinderella" are subject to patriarchal rule, and Xue Xiaolu's script still contains a little bit of patriarchal rule, then according to He
The new idea is completely breaking the traditional Cinderella complex, embodying the contemporary women's reconstruction of themselves, establishing their strong self-confidence, stepping out of the barriers of patriarchal tradition, and truly becoming women themselves.
"Hey, how about you play Wang Wei?" she said excitedly.
"I?"
He Xin hurriedly shook his head and said: "It's inappropriate. Don't say I don't have the temperament of a domineering president. Even if I do, the audience will be bored if the two of us always appear in the same movie."