Chapter 272

Zhu Lin also finally realized that Wei Ming had been wearing the watch Melinda gave him, which was proof of their lingering feelings.

So the first thing she wanted to do in 81 was to change a watch for this kid.

Recently, a watch is very popular, and it is a foreign watch, called Casio, from Japan.

This brand makes electronic instruments. Previously, it made calculators, printers, and then entered the electronic watch field.

The reason why it is so popular is because of "Astro Boy" released on CCTV at the end of last year.

This animation was given to CCTV for free, but it needed to play advertisements for Casio watches bound to Astro Boy. So through the prime time advertising of more than 9 million TVs across China, this brand also became popular in the country.

And those who can afford a TV can basically afford a watch, which can be considered precise advertising.

Zhu Lin saw this watch when she was watching TV with her parents, so she ran through all the major shopping malls in Yanjing the next day and finally bought it.

More than 200 yuan, no ticket required, a bit light luxury, and it looks a bit complicated. There is even a calculator on the watch, with many buttons. Even if you read the manual once, you only mastered the general idea.

Although it is also an electronic watch, it is much more expensive than those electronic watches from Hong Kong for dozens of yuan, and it has more functions. In addition to the calculator, it also has functions such as day of the week and date. The salesperson also said that the battery can last for three years, and it is convenient to replace the battery at that time.

After buying it, Zhu Lin ran to the Beijing Er Yingchang happily and confirmed with Director Zhao Huanzhang that she would play the role of the second sister-in-law. Her scenes in "Regret for the Past" had already been finished, and she could follow the crew to Shandong to experience life at any time and invest in a new role.

"Then three days later, is that okay?" Director Zhao said, "You need to go back to the Shanghai Er Yingchang with us first, and then the crew will go to Shandong together."

Zhu Lin didn't expect it to be so tight. Director Zhao was thinking of experiencing life before the New Year and filming after the New Year. Because this movie was not favored before, it had been delayed for too long.

So Zhu Lin, who originally wanted to go to Tuanjiehu to date the dog man today, had to stand him up.

She had to tell her parents about this big event when she went home at night and do their ideological work. For this reason, she even asked for a script from the director.

However, Zhu Lin knew that Wei Ming would definitely go to Tuanjiehu to wait for her, so she ran there in advance, put the watch there, and left him a note.

As soon as Wei Ming got off work, he went to Tuanjiehu, and then saw this Casio C-80 calculator-style watch, which was considered a high-tech product in this era.

Forget it, now he has three watches. Melinda's one can be put away for the time being, wait until she comes to China, and then talk about it. In the future, he will wear this watch and Sister Xue's Magic City brand in turns.

Received Sister Lin's gift, Wei Ming was very happy, then put away the gift, changed into the Magic City brand and went to the Beijing Er Yingchang to find Gong Ying. At this time, Sister Lin should be at her own home, so the Beijing Er Yingchang is safe.

Of course, Wei Ming was nominally looking for Director Wang Haowei, and by the way, met with several leads to chat.

"Your cousin Wei Xi is indeed a good seedling. How about this, can we meet him tomorrow?" Director Wang Haowei praised Wei Xi's acting talent after watching "The Herdsman."

Of course, he still had to meet him. After all, children change quickly. Maybe after a year, he will change from a handsome child to a declining child.

Wei Ming: "Okay, I'll go back and call my uncle. In addition, I also want to talk about the film score."

"I know little Wei, you understand music." Wang Haowei laughed. "On the Field of Hope" and "The Same Song" are both popular annual hit songs nationwide.

Wei Ming was humble: "I just know a little bit. I don't know if you have heard of 'Only Mom is Good in the World'?"

Wang Haowei nodded: "Some impressions, it seems to be a song in an old Hong Kong movie 'The Wandering Orphan'."

"That's right, I think this song fits the theme of our movie very well."

"I have already forgotten the lyrics a bit."

Wei Ming wrote it out immediately and let Sister Xue on the side sing it out. She sings okay.

Wang Haowei nodded: "I feel that the memories of that year have all come back. I remember the original singer was a little girl's voice, right."

"That's right, the original singer is named Xiao Fangfang, who is the lead of this movie. She was only ten years old at the time. I think this song is also more suitable for a little girl to sing."

Wang Haowei: "Any recommended candidates."

Wei Ming laughed embarrassedly: "Then I will recommend the virtuous without avoiding relatives. Wei Xi's sister Wei Le can sing very well. 'Where is Spring' is her original song."

Wang Haowei also laughed: "The Wei family is full of talents, so bring them together tomorrow."

Wei Ming: "In addition, I have also prepared three original songs for this movie, all of which are praising maternal love."

"Three?" Still the same theme, Wang Haowei was surprised. Is this person's creative enthusiasm so strong?

Wei Ming said: "In fact, these songs were already created when writing the script, and they all follow the plot."

"Oh?" Wang Haowei thought of "The Chorus," which seems to be this creative mode, with stories and music accompanying each other.

It's just that the male lead in "The Chorus" is a music teacher, and the story itself is related to music, so it is combined very cleverly, and the novel and music album have played a complementary effect.

Wang Haowei asked: "Did you bring these three songs?"

Wei Ming: "Two of them have lyrics and music, and one has only lyrics. I entrusted Teacher Gu Jianfen to help compose the music. It should be coming soon."

The song that asked Teacher Gu to take action is "Mom in the Candlelight." After all, they are acquaintances, and Wei Ming is embarrassed to snatch her representative work, so after writing the lyrics, he found her. I believe that although it was six years in advance, it still can't stump her.

In the staff building of Yanjing Institute of Technology, Zhu Lin returned. Her parents were watching the news. She didn't make a sound at first, until the news mentioned the new Marriage Law officially implemented from January 1st.

It really let little Wei guess right. The new Marriage Law stipulates that the legal marriage age is 22 for men and 20 for women, which means little Wei still needs three years to get married!

This made Zhu Lin a bit frustrated. After three years, she will be in her early 30s.

The new Marriage Law also has two important pieces of information. One is to write family planning into the law. It is foreseeable that a large number of only children will be born in the 80s.

Another is to make substantive provisions for the legal reasons for divorce. For example, divorce is also possible under the circumstances of "broken husband and wife feelings and ineffective mediation."

And in the past, divorce required five stamps and the consent of many departments to divorce. Now, only one stamp from the civil affairs department is needed to divorce, which simplifies the divorce process.

Seeing this news, Zhu Ma began to nag about her daughter's marriage again: "Now the country advocates late marriage and late childbearing, and our family's Linlin can be considered to have responded to the country's call."

Zhu Lin immediately replied: "Then how about I just find someone to marry first, and then divorce. Anyway, divorce is simple now."

Hearing her daughter's words, Zhu Ma immediately admitted defeat: "Forget it, marry and then divorce, it's better not to marry at all."

Father Zhu also said: "Yes, yes, yes, we are not in a hurry, pick well, choose slowly. Linlin, why did you think of going home today?"

"Dad, Mom, I took another play. I might go to the Magic City in two days, and then I have to go to Shandong, right next to Jinan. Maybe I can go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors."

"Back to Jinan? What play?" Father Zhu became curious.

Zhu Lin directly took out the script of "Happy Reunion": "It's this one, it's written very well. I play the second sister-in-law in it, you guys look."

Zhu Ma took it and saw that the beginning of the script was the marriage of the Chen family's second son, Chen Renwu, and his new wife, Xue Shuilian, who is the second sister-in-law.

Zhu Ma was happy. Is it that her daughter actually wants to get married, so she specifically chose such a script, wanting to experience the fun of marriage in the movie?

Continuing to read, this Chen family has constant disputes, mainly the contradictions and disputes between the Chen family's eldest sister-in-law and the mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and sister-in-law. It looks very lively and the lines are also very good.

As a Shandong person, Father Zhu saw at a glance that this author is an authentic Shandong person, more authentic than "Er Niu" written by the writer named Wei Ming.

"Then can't you spend the New Year at home this year?" Zhu Ma asked with some worry. Last year, she couldn't spend the New Year at home because of "The Traitor." The two old people felt that there was no New Year's flavor during the New Year.

Zhu Lin: "Don't worry, it will start filming after the New Year. Before the New Year, it is to experience life and participate in labor. I will come back for the New Year."

Hearing her say this, her parents finally agreed. Mother persuaded her not to work too hard: "Mother doesn't expect you to be famous, doing it happily is the most important thing."

But Zhu Lin didn't think so. At least she had to surpass that Gong Ying. Thinking of Gong Ying, I don't know if I will meet her when I go to the Beijing Er Yingchang tomorrow.

The News Broadcast ended, and after watching the weather forecast, Father Zhu was excitedly waiting for "Garrison's Gorillas." However, the new episode of "Garrison's Gorillas" that should have been broadcast today did not appear.

"What's going on?" Lao Lao Lao Wei tuned the channel, "That's right, it's this channel. Why did it change to another show today?"

When his son came back, Lao Lao Lao Wei told him about this.

Wei Ming remembered that there was such a thing. It seems that "Garrison's Gorillas" was complained about. I don't know if it was a public complaint or an instruction from the higher-ups. Anyway, it was considered a pure entertainment film of fighting and nonsense, without much artistic value, so it was stopped halfway through.

A total of 26 episodes, only 16 episodes were broadcast before it was announced to be finished, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the story is obviously not finished yet. It can't even be considered an appendix; this is a eunuch!

However, the country also has the country's difficulties. As more and more unemployed people stay in the city, the urban public security situation has deteriorated sharply, and the social crime rate is approaching the time when the country was just founded in 1950.

At this time, such a fighting show appeared, and the crime was counted on him. This is also an important reason why pure entertainment martial arts films such as "The Mysterious Buddha" were criticized before they were released.

Wei Ming told Lao Lao Lao Wei about the doorway in this, and then went to call Uncle Ping'an.

Wei Ming told Uncle Ping'an about taking Xizi and Lele to the Beijing Er Yingchang for an audition, and Aunt Xiaoyan chatted with him about the new Marriage Law.

In addition to regretting that Wei Ming could not get married in the short term, she felt it was a pity that she could not add a younger brother or sister to Xizi and Lele.

After hanging up the phone, according to the new Marriage Law, Wei Ming suddenly had some inspiration. Returning to the study, he wrote a new "Black Cat Sheriff" story.

This time, Black Cat Sheriff did not encounter a murder or theft case, but the sheep clan on the Green Grassland reported to the sheriff that the rabbits in their area had eaten all the grass, causing them to have nothing to eat and only eat dirt.

"Sheriff, look, I'm so thin that my lamb chops are exposed." The old sheep pointed to his chest and abdomen.

So Black Cat Sheriff went to investigate, and then saw a pair of rabbit couples surrounded by dozens of little rabbits. Black Cat Sheriff and White Cat Guard helplessly turned into nannies, taking care of the little rabbits while popularizing the terrifying reproduction speed of rabbits.

And Wei Ming named one of the gray-haired little female rabbits "Judy." She is the smartest and bravest among her brothers and sisters. Because she was well taken care of by Black Cat Sheriff, she was determined to become a police officer who eliminates evil and promotes good.

It can be considered a small easter egg that Wei Ming buried for his future works. After a while, he will also shape an elegant and cunning red fox. Although he is a liar, he cheated One Ear, so he was sentenced to one and suspended for one.

Finally, Black Cat Sheriff's handling method was to divide the area for the rabbits and the sheep clan, and built "Rabbit Village" and "Sheep Village," letting them eat their own grass.

In addition, an electronic screen was set up at the entrance of Rabbit Village to monitor the number of rabbits, using the terrifying numbers of rapid growth to warn the rabbit clan.

And facing the food crisis in Rabbit Village, the sheriff did not use violent means to abort, but invited experts to use technology to cultivate high-yield carrots and hydroponic vegetables that do not rely on land to deal with the food crisis in Rabbit Village.

This is an ideal state of the fairy tale world, but the real world is obviously not so ideal.

Staying up late to finish this story, Wei Ming only had a sigh.

The next day, Wei Ming went to Peking University, but not to work, but to attend class.

Their correspondence courses are basically self-study at home, but there are also some class hours that need to be completed. It takes about three or four classes a year, one day at a time.

This is also the first time Wei Ming met his classmates, all of whom are in-service personnel from various units in the capital.

As the most famous person present, Wei Ming naturally became the object of their friendship. Wei Ming did not put on the airs of a great writer, and enthusiastically said: "The three major irons of life, we can be considered to have been classmates together. After school, classmates, let's go to the Long March Canteen, my treat!"

Everyone naturally responded actively, and Wei Ming also seriously remembered the names and units of all the classmates. These are all his connections.

For example, one works in the housing management department. If he wants to buy a Sihe Academy and carry out systematic livable renovation of the Sihe Academy, he might use it.

As for the teacher who taught, it was a coincidence that he was Wei Ming's colleague at the Peking University Library. He also served as a lecturer in the library department, which made Wei Ming even more like a fish in water in this correspondence course.

Because he had to attend class all day today, Wei Ming did not accompany Aunt Xiaoyan and the others to the Beijing Er Yingchang. She took the two children there by herself and easily won job opportunities for the two babies.

Gong Ying played a scene with Xizi as usual. The mother and son entered the play in seconds, crying messily, with strong infectious power, even Lu Xiaoyan and Director Wang Haowei couldn't stand it.

Fortunately, Director Wang has no children and can maintain some rationality, otherwise I am afraid it will affect the subsequent filming work.

Lu Xiaoyan hugged Lele and cried, and swore in her heart that even if Wei Ping'an cheated and divorced, she must raise the two children herself.

Later, Gong Ying treated them to a meal at the Beijing Er Yingchang. It was a coincidence that not far away was Zhu Lin and the people from the "Regret for the Past" crew having a farewell meal.

During the meal, the eyes of Gong Ying and Zhu Lin would occasionally collide, and the sparks were splashing.

Lu Xiaoyan was also thinking about whether to take the two children over to say hello to Zhu Lin, but she was afraid that Xiao Xue would think wildly. She was a die-hard Gong party.

So after eating, Lu Xiaoyan quickly took the two babies and retreated, for fear of being splashed with blood.

However, Zhu Lin took the initiative to walk to Gong Ying: "Little Gong, I am going to the Magic City soon. You are from the Magic City. Do you want to introduce me to what is fun in the Magic City?"

Gong Ying knew that she had something to say to herself, nothing more than saying harsh words. Humph, who is afraid of whom!

She smiled gently: "Okay, let's talk in my room. The guesthouse just assigned me a room."

Entering the room, closing the door, Gong Ying looked at Zhu Lin, who was taller and fuller than her, and asked.

"Does Comrade Zhu Lin have anything to say to me?"

Zhu Lin said: "Did you watch the News Broadcast yesterday, about the new 'Marriage Law'."

She shook her head, so Zhu Lin told her once and analyzed: "That is to say, Wei Ming still needs three years to get married legally."

"So what?" Gong Ying asked.

Zhu Lin: "I hope your eyes don't just stare at me. Don't forget that there is a Melinda in the UK. She not only keeps writing to little Wei, but also repeatedly expresses that she wants to return to the country. Do you know these?"

Gong Ying, who had been pretending to be calm, was indeed a little panicked, because she didn't know, but Zhu Lin knew.

Zhu Lin sighed: "Although I don't want to share a man with others, now we must join forces, just like the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in those years. Let's drive the devils away first and then talk about our affairs. What do you think."

Gong Ying pursed her small mouth: "Anyway, I won't back down!"

Zhu Lin said: "How about this, let's take three years as the period. After three years, Wei Ming will also be 22 years old. At that time, let him make a choice. The person who is not chosen will quit. But during this period, you might as well put down your hostility towards me, let us join forces to resist foreign enemies. What do you say."

Zhu Lin not only spoke, but also reached out and held Gong Ying's hands.

Gong Ying trembled slightly, wanting to shrink her hands back, but Zhu Lin held them firmly, she couldn't pull them out, and raised her head slightly to meet Zhu Lin's firm eyes again.

Gong Ying panicked, she asked: "Then what if he refuses to choose."

Zhu Lin: "Then neither of us will want him. At that time, we will both be 30. We can't let him delay us anymore. Let him play with eggs. You are right."

Gong Ying thought for a while, that is to say, within three years, they tacitly approved of each other's existence, did not give little Wei a vacuum period of feelings, did not let the foreign Melinda have a chance to take advantage, but at the same time had to deepen her feelings with little Wei, hoping that he would make a choice favorable to her after three years.

If you win the bet, you will be happy for a lifetime.

If you lose the bet, you will have worked in vain for three years.

Gong Ying is a pessimist. She first considers the situation of losing. At that time, she will definitely not be able to calmly accept little Wei marrying another woman, so the only thing she can do is to leave this sad place.

At worst, just go abroad.

Okay, she can accept this ending. It's not bad abroad, so she has to learn a foreign language from now on.

So she looked directly into Zhu Lin's eyes: "Okay, take three years as the period, I'll bet with you."

In this bet, they gambled away their remaining best youth.

Zhu Lin laughed and made this gentleman's agreement, so she could leave Yanjing with peace of mind. Otherwise, Gong Ying would unilaterally announce that she was dating Wei Ming, and she would be passive.

"Then don't treat me as if you have deep hatred in the future. We can also be friends. After all, it's not that we deliberately dig each other's walls, it's just that the little man is too greedy."

"When did I treat you as if I had deep hatred~" Gong Ying retorted, but she agreed with the latter sentence. They did not deliberately intervene in each other's feelings. The fault lies with little Wei. Obviously, he was deliberately hiding the existence of another girl.

But if she were asked to give up this scumbag now, they wouldn't be happy. They would only hypnotize themselves: Ma Xiaowei is just young and hasn't settled down yet.

Zhu Lin pulled Gong Ying to sit down: "I'm not just talking about you, I also have problems, we need to encourage each other. Before, seeing you acting so well and so popular in 'The Herdsman', I was very jealous of you. I don't know if you have seen my 'The Traitor'. I felt embarrassed when I watched it myself. The acting was too bad."

Gong Ying said frankly: "In fact, I had already seen it in the Magic City. There was indeed a problem with the acting, but my first movie 'Sacrificial Red' was also not acted well, and I had performed in stage plays for several years before. You hadn't acted in any plays before 'The Traitor', right."

"I haven't acted, but I have danced in the art troupe."

"It's already very good to do that for the first time acting." Gong Ying praised, and also showed a friendly side. The atmosphere between the two improved significantly.

So Zhu Lin boldly raised a question: "You, you two should have done it too."

Zhu Lin confessed first that she had done it, and then stared at Gong Ying with burning eyes.

At this time, there was nothing bad to admit. If she denied it, it would seem to be behind her.

"Well, done." Gong Ying nodded.

"When was it?" Zhu Lin asked again.

Now Gong Ying was embarrassed: "Why are you asking about these, don't you feel uncomfortable when you hear it."

Zhu Lin laughed: "If I were earlier, I wouldn't be uncomfortable."

Gong Ying was speechless. You have to take the lead in this: "I, I was just when he went to the Magic City to revise the manuscript this time."

Zhu Lin showed a victorious smile, I was earlier!

"When were you?" Gong Ying also asked.

"During the summer vacation."

Gong Ying: Sure enough, it was when she was filming in the Magic City. She lost Jingzhou carelessly!

"Then where were you?" Gong Ying pressed step by step.

"Wait a minute." Zhu Lin didn't answer, but ran back to her room to get two cups and a bottle of Moutai.

"Why do you still have wine?"

Zhu Lin: "Ma Xiaowei put it here. Since you want to chat, let's talk openly and talk through everything."

Gong Ying rolled up her sleeves, her small nose wrinkled: "Who is afraid of whom, fill it up!"

(This chapter seems a bit sci-fi, let it be sci-fi~)

(End of chapter)