"Qiang Qiang, little Qiang Qiang, come here, give your aunt a smile... Oops, why do you always sleep?"
After two months of training, Xiao Tang has become very proficient in holding the baby. She teased the baby in her arms with a funny expression. Unfortunately, the baby ignored her at all. He yawned and chirped twice before closing his eyes.
Go to sleep.
"Children are like this. They sleep when they are full and wake up when they are hungry. Only in this way can they grow up faster."
Jiang Qinqin came over and took her son from her hand, and gently put her sleeping son on the crib. Seeing her son sleeping soundly with his hands raised, her eyes were full of tenderness.
After giving birth, with the help of professional nutritionists and fitness coaches, her body shape recovered very well. Although it has not returned to the level before pregnancy, the big areas are larger than before, and she has gained a few more pounds.
The charm that she should have at this age.
Xiao Tang also came over, looked at this cute little guy, and couldn't help but said: "Sister, look at Qiang Qiang's eyebrows, nose, and mouth. No matter how I look at him, he looks like Brother Xin. There is nothing like you...
"
"Shh - keep your voice down and don't mention this name at home in the future."
Jiang Qinqin interrupted Xiao Tang and looked out the door with a guilty conscience.
Since the birth of the child, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother have often pressed her to ask her who Qiang Qiang's father is. When pressed, she simply said that he had borrowed sperm to give birth to the child.
Of course, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang refused to believe it. After all, the old couple only had one daughter. They were pregnant without knowing it. Now they have given birth to a child, but they still don’t know who the father is. How can this make the old couple
I feel relieved. When my daughter was pregnant, she was worried about her health and didn’t keep questioning her. Now that the baby was born, the couple who had been holding back for several months insisted on asking the truth.
Xiao Tang stuck out his tongue, made a face and lowered his voice quickly: "Sister, don't worry, I promise not to mention it in the future."
However, when Xiao Tang mentioned it like this, Jiang Qinqin couldn't help but secretly sigh when she looked at her sleeping baby son, "How should I put it?" I can only blame that guy's genes for being too strong, and he probably won't be able to hide it even if he wants to in the future.
"Hey, sister, how are you going to reply to the new brother?" Xiao Tang asked.
"Well……"
Jiang Qinqin paused for a moment, shook her head and said, "Why am I filming now? You can help me get back."
"The Crowd", which set a box office record in the history of domestic films, was enough for her to eat for several years. During this period, Xiao Tang was very busy, dealing with various invitations that came in, including commercial performances, variety shows, TV series, movies, etc.
wait.
Nowadays, the appearance fee for a commercial is as high as millions, and the film remuneration has suddenly increased from the original three million to eight million. As for the remuneration of TV series, it is even more outrageous. Some producers quoted 600,000 per episode.
The salary for a random TV series can be as high as 10 to 20 million.
Of course, these are not particularly exaggerated compared to those of later generations. Think about it, the Fei mother of later generations suddenly jumped from a small transparent to the front line with the hit "Hello, Li Huanying", and the film salary went from millions to millions.
It jumped like a rocket to 30 million, a full thirty-fold increase, not to mention attracting the attention of everyone wherever he went. Things like cutting in the queue for a studio photo shoot and stopping the small crew who were filming are not worth mentioning.
.
Although Jiang Qinqin was not so exaggerated, she disappeared from the public eye after filming "The Crowd", including the subsequent promotional activities for the film's release and the celebration party after the hit. In order to respond to various speculations from the outside world,
She had to respond on Weibo. The main content was that the previous stage was due to physical reasons. Now faced with the results, she wanted to settle down and repay the audience by shaping a better character in the coming year.
She was originally out of helplessness, but she never thought that her Weibo would inadvertently attract many career fans. In fact, this has something to do with the general environment. In the second decade of the 21st century, with the development of mainland entertainment industry
With the rapid development, many negative things inevitably appear.
For example, various talent shows have begun to proliferate. In addition to the popular Super Girl on Mango Channel, "Happy Boys", "Come on Good Man", "My Type My Show", "Talent Show", etc. have sprung up after that.
The threshold for celebrities has been further lowered, and the degree of idolization of celebrities is getting higher and higher.
Once this person becomes famous, the management company's appearance will often be ugly, and he will be exposed everywhere in different ways, hoping to become famous all over the country overnight.
Jiang Qinqin's style is in sharp contrast to her. Her calm and unfazed temperament makes her look particularly fresh, refined and classy.
Although she has not been exposed for a long time, her popularity has not declined with the ending of "The Crowd", and the number of fans on Weibo has exceeded tens of millions.
Don’t forget, the number of her Weibo posts is not like that of the Malanshanshan girl who claimed to have over 100 million fans in later generations. It is unadulterated, has no zombie fans at all, and is very active. Fans are still posting on her Weibo
Leave a message below and hope to see her new works as soon as possible.
It should be said that Jiang Qinqin has no shortage of acting roles now, but "Beijing Meets Seattle" is a movie produced by Xinhao Media after all. Director Xue Xiaolu kindly invited her, and He Xin also called twice in person. She initially
There is still some hesitation. On the one hand, it is out of the psychology of returning the favor; more importantly, she really wants to be with He Xin. And with her current shady status, the best way to cover up is to work together in filming.
But it was really difficult to explain the matter of the child, especially now that even Xiao Tang said that Qiang Qiang looked more and more like He Xin, so she gave up all this thought.
Until now, she has not thought about how to tell He Xin about her son. It is precisely because of her ambivalence that she has always chosen to escape.
"Back?"
Xiao Tang was inevitably a little hesitant. In her opinion, simply taking her children with her to film was a good opportunity to break the situation. She really couldn't hide it like this all the time. But when she saw the troubled look on her boss's face, she had no choice but to say
He nodded and said, "That's okay."
…
A flight from Vancouver landed slowly at John Wayne Airport.
Compared with the continuous rainy days in Vancouver, as soon as I got off the plane, I felt the bright sunshine and warm climate of Southern California, and the down jacket I wore couldn't be worn at all.
Walked out of the airport and hailed a taxi.
"Go to this address."
He handed the driver a piece of paper with the address on it.
Although He Xin's English is poor and full of Chinese accent, he is also a person who often goes abroad, and he can still speak a few commonly used English sentences.
The fat Nico driver looked at the address on the note and muttered twice, obviously not satisfied. Because John Wayne Airport is in Irvine, and the address on the note is not far from the airport.
Far.
The taxi industry is similar at home and abroad. For example, a man in Beijing queued for several hours at the Capital Airport and finally got a customer. It turned out that the address the customer wanted to go to was the Liz Garden outside the airport. A starting fee
No one would be happy if it was more, but they couldn't refuse it, so they could only admit that they were unlucky.
He Xin knew nothing about this. The crew booked the air ticket for him. Originally, the crew assigned him an assistant who was proficient in English, but he didn't bring one with him, and he didn't notify Jiang Qinqin in advance. Subconsciously, he was worried about Jiang Qinqin's paragraph.
I always feel unspeakable doubts about staying in the United States for a long time. On the other hand, I also want to give the other party a surprise.
How should I put it, when they were in China, the two would often get together for a while, and their ambiguous emotional bonds were tacitly understood. This was the first time they had been separated for nearly nine months. Although they occasionally made video calls,
This was completely different from meeting face to face. Especially when he arrived in Vancouver, the geographical distance between the two shortened, which made him feel impatient.
It was with this mentality of longing and inquiry that brought him to Los Angeles.
It was rare for John Wayne Airport to be right in the city center. If he hadn't known that there were several airports in Los Angeles, he would never have imagined that the Los Angeles Airport, an international metropolis, would be so small.
Sitting in the taxi, he looked curiously at the scenery outside the window. It was roughly similar to the street scenes he saw in Hollywood movies. There were low buildings everywhere. There were very few pedestrians and vehicles on the road at noon. The urban area was not big either.
, similar to small counties in China. After driving out of the city, there are contiguous villa residential areas, which are basically similar to the villa communities in Vancouver where the crew rented locations for filming.
This kind of villa community can be called a luxury home in China, but it seems to be common here. And the environment here is much better than the so-called luxury community in China. There are no walls to block, and one block is connected to another.
neighborhood, and occasionally you will see a police patrol car parked on the street corner.
"No wonder Sister Qinqin said the security here is good." He Xin muttered to himself. At least after leaving the airport, apart from the driver, he had not seen a single Nico. Most of them were white, and there were
Latinos as well as familiar Asian faces.
Although He Xin didn't really like this country, which is known as the most powerful country in the universe, he was still curious after arriving here for the first time. Just as he was browsing various unique Western-style buildings through the car window, he didn't expect that the taxi stopped.
Come down.
His heart tightened subconsciously, thinking that the Nico driver was trying to do something, so he put on a defensive posture. However, he saw the driver turn up the meter to indicate that he had arrived at his destination.
"arrive?"
It seems that it has been less than fifteen minutes since I got on the bus from the airport.
The driver gave an accurate answer with an obviously depressed look on his face, and pointed to a villa diagonally opposite that looked like a rigid architectural style, indicating that the address on the note was this house.
He paid the fare, gave an extra ten dollars as a tip, and finally saw the smiling face of the Nico driver for the first time.
After getting out of the car, He Xin walked towards the house. Most of the houses here have no fences, and the neatly trimmed lawns extend to the sidewalk.
The yard was quiet, and a powerful-looking Chevrolet SUV was parked in the driveway.
He was afraid that he would go to the wrong door, so he checked the house number and made sure it was consistent with the address he wrote down on the note, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to walk in and ring the doorbell, he was even thinking about Jiang Qinqin's surprised look when he saw her, when an old man who looked to be in his sixties turned out from a nearby path that might lead to the back of the house.
The old man was stunned when he saw He Xin, looked at him with scrutiny and vigilance, and then asked in broken English: "Who are you looking for?"
When the old man was sizing up He Xin, He Xin was also sizing him up. The old man in front of him, who was thin and elegant, looked quite handsome, especially when he said that sentence in English with a strong sense of humor.
Sichuan flavor, there is no need to ask whether this is Father Jiang.
He hurriedly said with a smile: "You must be Uncle Jiang, I am a friend of Sister Qinqin..."
Hearing that He Xin spoke in Chinese and quite standard Mandarin, Father Jiang was obviously relieved. After living in the United States for so long, he also learned a few daily expressions, but he could only cope with it. He was about to communicate.
He felt really uncomfortable when he got up. But then he heard that the man in front of him with gray hair and a shaggy beard, who looked to be at least in his early forties, actually claimed to be "Sister Qinqin's friend", and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Wait a minute.
Yes, you mean Sister Qinqin?"
"Yes, I am a friend of Sister Qinqin. My name is He Xin. I am the same He Xin who acted with Sister Qinqin in "The Crowd" last time..."
He Xin quickly introduced himself.
Speaking of which, he and Jiang Qinqin have known each other for so many years, and this is the first time he has met Jiang's father. Last time he heard that his two elders came to Shanghai, and he wanted to visit, but Jiang Qinqin left in a hurry. Moreover, during the relationship between him and Jiang Qinqin, in addition to
Last time, except for a drunken night at Jiang Qinqin's house in Shanghai, he had never set foot in the boudoir of the beautiful lady Jiang. Although he was ambiguous, he always adhered to the bottom line. So he had never even seen the photos of the two elders. Just now it was just
I saw that there are many similarities between Jiang’s father’s eyebrows and Jiang Qinqin’s. People say that if a girl is born to a father named Xiao, after all, if he can give birth to a beautiful daughter like Jiang Qinqin, Jiang’s father must be a handsome old man.
Halfway through, He Xin realized how he was dressed now, and quickly took off the black-framed plain glasses he was wearing, and explained: "Uncle Jiang, I'm here to film. Some time ago, I heard that Sister Qinqin has bad health
Not good, so I came here to have a look."
"Oh, so you are Teacher He! I really don't dare to recognize you unless you tell me, hello! Hello!"
It wasn't until He Xin took off his glasses and Jiang's father looked at him carefully again that he recognized him and shook hands with He Xin with a look of surprise on his face.
"Hey, uncle, I don't dare take this seriously. Just call me Xiao He. Uncle, is Sister Qinqin at home?"
"At home, at home, He...well, I'm not welcome, Xiao He, please come in quickly."
Father He warmly welcomed He Xin into the house, and at the same time shouted loudly into the house: "Old lady, look who's here!"
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"You can push any other dramas, but the main one right now is the new drama "Let's Get Married" directed by Liu Jiang. According to Director Liu Jiang, I still hope that you can work with Teacher Zhang Yi again..."
In the study on the second floor, while Qiang Qiang was sleeping, Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang were discussing work.
Nowadays, Jiang Qinqin has a lot of film appointments. In addition to her acting skills, most of them are interested in her current popularity. But now she is still breastfeeding. Even if she wants to come back, she will have to wait until her child is weaned at least. But some of them can be promoted, and some cannot.
Just like Director Liu Jiang's invitation, she and Zhang Yi starred in "The Beautiful Era of Daughters-in-law" before. With this TV series, she also won the Feitian Award for Outstanding Actress. Now she obviously can't turn it down.
"Director Liu Jiang said that the film will start shooting in the second half of the year. Of course, if there is any inconvenience on our side, the crew can wait for two months, but I guess they won't be able to wait any longer." Xiao Tang continued.
"This drama is also from Xinhao Media?" Jiang Qinqin asked thoughtfully.
"It is jointly invested by Xinhao Media, Warner Bros. and Director Liu Jiang's studio."
"That……"
Just as Jiang Qinqin was hesitantly preparing to nod in agreement, she suddenly heard Xiao Tang exclaiming: "Ah - why is he here?"
"Who is here?" Jiang Qinqin was stunned for a moment.
At the same time, Xiao Tang turned around with a look of disbelief on his face: "It's Brother Xin, he's talking to your dad!"
"Don't be kidding, how could he..."
Jiang Qinqin thought that Xiao Tang was lying, but just when she was halfway through her words, her expression suddenly changed and she rushed to the window. She saw her father enthusiastically greeting He Xin to come into the house, and she could clearly hear her father shouting into the house.