Chapter 147

A small interlude did not affect the conversation.

At Jiang Wen's signal.

Mahjong paused.

Before he could continue speaking, Xu Jinglei flicked a cigarette into her mouth and clicked open her lighter: "Li Luo, I am recently preparing to film a movie, and Brother Wen and I are the male and female leads respectively."

"There is a role in the movie."

The flame ignited the tobacco, and she skillfully exhaled a smoke ring: "He said you are quite suitable and wants to hand that role to you."

"I already agreed to it before, so I came over to chat with you today."

"Do you want to give it a try?"

A pair of bright eyes looked at Li Luo through the smoke, with a hint of anticipation in her gaze.

Just as she said.

When reading the script at the time, Jiang Wen said there was a little brother who was quite suitable.

Xu Jinglei agreed without a second word.

Mixing in this circle, you can be ignorant of anything, but you cannot be ignorant of human relationships.

Today Jiang Wen said he would take her to see this little brother. As the producer, director, and lead actor, although Xu Jinglei had already agreed to the matter, she also wanted to see how the real person felt, so she chose to pay a visit.

Fortunately, everyone is in the same circle, so it didn't seem too abrupt.

Seeing Li Luo now, the feeling he gave her was very good.

So she chose to speak decisively.

"If you have time, just take it." Jiang Wen picked up his cigar and exhaled smoke boldly: "Don't always think about acting in TV shows; you should also try it in movies."

Everyone is so familiar.

If there is a suitable opportunity, of course, you have to take care of your own people.

The Beijing circle is like this.

Very exclusive.

If there are resources, they will be arranged for familiar people first.

You help me, I help you, thus forming a circle with huge influence.

But as long as you squeeze in.

You can easily obtain opportunities that others find hard to reach.

Li Luo is a Southerner, that's true, but in Jiang Wen's heart, this little brother has long been one of his own. He can't keep watching him struggle alone in the TV circle; when there is an opportunity, of course, he has to give him a hand.

"No problem."

At Xu Qing's signal, Li Luo picked up the Moutai and took a small sip: "When does filming start?"

He knew he wouldn't bring people over for no reason.

Sure enough, there was serious business to discuss.

Actually, without Sister Qing's reminder, he was too lazy to ask about the script and the size of the role; as long as the time was right, he would just agree!

The big brother wants to take him along to play.

He can't be ungrateful.

Regardless of whether it's TV or movies, there is such a thing as "raising one's status," which is often done by stuffing new actors into works with big stars to create an illusion of rising status.

This kind of thing is very simple to put bluntly.

In the same movie, one acts with Pan Changjiang, and the other acts with Jiang Wen; the texture given to people is completely different.

They are completely taking care of him.

There is no reason to refuse.

"Filming starts in mid-November." Xu Jinglei calculated slightly and said while biting the cigarette: "However, the scenes for your role are not heavy. If the time doesn't coincide, the filming schedule can be adjusted."

Filming is like this.

If the actor's schedule can't keep up, you can only find a way to make it work.

It was like that when filming "Ping Zong Xia Ying" with Fan Bingbing; she had already been filming for a period of time.

She, the female lead, only rushed to join the crew.

"Mm."

Li Luo thought for a moment and nodded: "I'm going to join a crew to film in a few days, and the expected wrap-up time is mid-December. After that, my schedule is all open, if you guys have no problem."

"Done."

Jiang Wen interrupted his words and picked up his wine glass very straightforwardly.

"What a coincidence."

Xu Jinglei flicked the ash and laughed heartily: "The early stage is all about filming the female lead's childhood scenes. According to the current filming schedule, by the time we film the officer you play, it will be almost the end of December."

"Officer?"

Li Luo blinked his eyes.

"That's right." Xu Jinglei looked at him with appreciation and sighed in admiration: "Your figure is very good. I believe you will look very handsome in a military uniform."

Under this gaze, under the mahjong machine.

He was kicked.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Holding back the pain in his foot, Li Luo pressed the mahjong machine switch: "Then let's settle it like this. Thank you, Brother Wen, thank you, Sister Jinglei."

Glancing at the calm Xu Qing.

Truly wronged.

He wasn't flirting with any girl, yet he took such a kick for nothing.

"Thank you my ass, play cards, play cards."

Jiang Wen poured the wine and shouted indifferently: "Have someone send the script over tomorrow. When the time comes, you can study that character. Don't worry about the performance fee either; just take whatever is given!"

This posture.

It's as if he were the director and producer.

Making everyone laugh lightly.

Xu Jinglei didn't care either, and her red lips exhaled a long stream of smoke.

The sound of mahjong clattering lasted until late at night.

Having had their fill of fun, they said goodbye and left.

Li Luo was too lazy to clean up, so he dragged out a lounge chair and placed it in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the gray night sky and rocking gently.

Just two minutes later.

The "didi" sound of the electronic access control rang out.

Xu Qing, who had just left, appeared in front of him again swaggeringly. As Li Luo opened his arms, the Beijing girl rushed into his embrace with a fragrant breeze, and the two enjoyed a rare quiet moment.

"Filming is filming."

After a long while, Xu Qing's voice sounded faintly: "Don't you mess around."

"Hmm?"

Li Luo rocked the lounge chair.

This was the first time the other party had said these things to him.

"Forget it, I can't control you anyway." Rubbing her head, the big girl widened her bright eyes: "Old Xu is someone who can't stay calm. If you provoke her, be mentally prepared."

"What are you thinking?"

Li Luo couldn't laugh or cry and gave Xu Qing a flick on the forehead: "You value my charm too highly!"

Being flicked like that.

The big girl pouted, wrinkled her small face, and rubbed her forehead.

"Besides."

This little woman posture made Li Luo's throat roll, and his five-finger mountain pressed down heavily: "That Old Xu or whatever, compared to our Miss Xu, is too far behind~"

"I guess you know how to talk."

Xu Qing squinted her two small dimples with satisfaction.

Letting Li Luo do as he pleased.

Inside the brightly lit courtyard, the lounge chair rocked gently, pressing against the stone slabs and making a creaking sound.

According to the customs of his hometown.

On the first night of moving into a new home, the lights need to stay on all night.

Being rocked like this.

Li Luo woke up very early the next day.

He looked at Xu Qing, who was sleeping soundly, and after satisfying his hands a bit, he turned over and got out of bed, stretched, and the joints in his body crackled.

Everything around was quiet.

Outside the window, leaves fell quietly; old trees, small courtyard, and winding paths with flowing water.

It made him feel great.

Swinging his hands, he walked out of the bedroom and came to the small hall of the main house.

Pushing open the door with a creak.

Enjoying the morning air.

Extinguishing the lamps one by one, cleaning up the trash left from yesterday, and boiling a pot of white porridge in the kitchen, Li Luo busied himself with these things unhurriedly, enjoying the rare vacation time.

Without the annoyance of upstairs and downstairs, strolling in the courtyard is a world of its own.

The shouts of the Beijingers in the alley drifted about.

And there was the buzzing of pigeon whistles.

That feeling of old Beijing instantly came out.

After finishing breakfast alone, Xu Jinglei's people also sent the script over.

Brewing a pot of clear tea in the living room.

He lay on the sofa and flipped through this brand-new script.

"Letter from an Unknown Woman"

This is the name of the movie. No need to say anything; one look and you know it's an art film. The story background takes place in the Republican era, where a writer receives a letter from an unknown woman.

This letter comes from the hand of a dying woman.

Telling of her love for him for nearly 20 years.

Starting from the age of 13, because of the little things in life, the woman in the letter fell in love with the dashing and romantic writer living next door in the courtyard house.

Just because of the age issue, this unrequited love was destined to have no answer.

Later, the woman moved away for some reason.

Returning to the old place a few years later, her feelings did not fade at all; instead, they became even more intense. By chance, she had a real intersection with the writer and gave her first time to the other party.

In the short few days, the woman spent the happiest time of her life.

Later, the writer went on a business trip.

But in just a few days, the returning writer never looked for the woman again and forgot her completely.

At this time.

The woman discovered she was pregnant.

She chose to keep that love and gave birth to the child.

Life alone with a child was always difficult. In order to give the child a good growth environment, years later, the woman chose to become a socialite, surviving by clinging to one man after another with excellent conditions.

He discovered that this little brother wasn't just Xu Qing's god-brother.

After a dance, the woman and the writer met again.

Without a doubt.

The writer didn't remember who she was at all.

But the woman's love.

Was still so fiery.

Between the officer who loved her deeply and the writer who had no impression of her at all, the woman still chose to be a moth to a flame, and the story went on the same trajectory.

After a moment of pleasure.

The writer went on a business trip, and the woman was forgotten.

Later, the child died of illness, and the woman turned this intense emotion into a letter, also giving the writer a deep regret.

This story.

Made Li Luo's teeth ache a little.

It's the kind of art-house tone that Yu Feihong likes: I like you, but I just won't say it.

Even if I die, I won't say it.

If there's a child, I'll give birth to it.

I'd rather be a socialite than tell the writer.

Between the person who likes me and the person I like, even if I crash and burn, I choose a playboy, not caring at all whether the other party still remembers me.

Throughout the whole thing, it's a female "licker" falling in love with a scumbag, a humble, bottomless emotion.

A kind of almost pathological love.

This is quite fresh.

Mostly, what it wants to interpret is the feeling that loving you is just my own business, and it has nothing to do with you.

"A new script?"

Light footsteps sounded.

Xu Qing walked into the living room in a bathrobe. She rubbed her eyes and lay down beside Li Luo in a daze, looking like she hadn't fully woken up yet.

"What are you laughing at?"

Before Li Luo could answer, she snatched the script.

And started flipping through it with spirit.

A cup of clear tea and a kiss, holding the woman in his arms, Li Luo closed his eyes to rest.

"So touching."

After a long while, Xu Qing's voice sounded faintly.

"Pfft~"

Li Luo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Annoying."

Giving him a fierce punch, Xu Qing continued to flip through the script: "You stinky men just don't understand this kind of emotion. So you are playing the officer inside, right? The scenes are a bit few."

"Mm."

Tightening his grip on her waist, Li Luo said with his eyes closed: "That doesn't matter; just treat it as testing the waters."

Originally thought.

Xu Jinglei was looking at his market value.

But after reading the script, Li Luo felt it should still be Jiang Wen wanting to take him along to play.

This kind of art film.

Has a very high probability of being like Yu Feihong's "Love Has a Past Life."

It's a money-losing thing.

So the number of scenes doesn't matter.

Being able to act with Jiang Wen and Xu Jinglei in his first movie seems like a pretty good start.

"There is just one problem."

Xu Qing flipped through the script again and couldn't help but complain: "I feel like you would be more suitable to play the writer, Jiang Wen playing a refined writer who makes a little girl lose her soul."

"It just doesn't feel like that flavor!"

"But that guy definitely thinks he couldn't be more suitable. Clearly having a stinky face, he just likes to act in some refined roles."

"Do you know?"

As Big Sister Xu spoke, she started laughing herself: "Back then when Chen Kaige filmed 'Farewell My Concubine', Jiang Wen strongly recommended himself to play Cheng Dieyi. You dare to believe that he even took a makeup photo of Yu Ji himself."

"Scaring Chen Kaige so much that he didn't dare to pay attention to him."

"Hahaha."

The living room was filled with Li Luo's laughter.

The only one who can complain about Jiang Wen like this is Xu Qing.

The old guy has his own charm, but that guy is more suitable for tough-guy images; acting as a romantic writer is indeed a bit incongruous.

But how should I put it.

If Jiang Wen didn't come to play such a role, it's estimated that this pure art film would have problems getting approved.

His acting skills and talent are widely recognized in the circle.

As long as you take the two words "Jiang Wen" out.

You can pull in investment.

This is also the reason why the other party spoke so confidently in front of Xu Jinglei last night. In Li Luo's view, Old Xu being able to set up such a game is mostly because of Jiang Wen's face.

The two chatted leisurely like this.

Letting time pass.

Over three days, they barely stepped out of the house.

Staying in the courtyard, spending the last period of rest before the new play started filming.

The Grand Cherokee roared.

Whistling toward the side gate of the Sun Garden.

After kicking up a ground of fallen leaves, it stopped abruptly.

"Li Luo."

Bian Xiaoxiao, wearing hot pants and a short T-shirt, excitedly took off her sunglasses and waved at the man in the driver's seat, with a large suitcase placed beside her.

After a long wait.

Finally, the official joining of the crew for "Divine Physician Heroic Couple" arrived.

Acting with Li Luo for the first time, and also playing an important role in a big production for the first time.

The woman was so excited that her face turned red.

"Did you get your leave approved?"

Li Luo pushed the door and got out of the car, walking toward the other party.

Working in the same play, it's only reasonable to come and pick her up to set off together.

"Mm."

Bian Xiaoxiao nodded quickly and said happily: "When Teacher Huo heard it was filming with you, he didn't even ask and approved the leave note, and also told me to learn from you and not be lazy."

"He also told me to film well, otherwise he won't let me graduate."

Li Luo laughed loudly.

Putting the other party's heavy luggage into the car.

"Hello, Miss Xiao."

Wu Yu followed out of the car and greeted Bian Xiaoxiao.

The two had met once.

Not strangers.

After a round of greetings, amidst the chatter of the two women, Li Luo nimbly turned the steering wheel, and the Cherokee roared toward Zhuozhou.

Thanks to Brother "March Likes to Draw Big Cakes" for the reward of 500 starting coins, thank you!