1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 94 No, No~
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Xia Tian took Peggy to have a meal on the set. During the meal, Zheng Xiaolong and the others seemed to be unable to see Peggy.

Turn a blind eye
Brother Tian'er's romantic affairs have probably spread to everyone in his circle of acquaintances in Yanjing.

Three in Yanjing, oh no, maybe four!

Zheng Xiaolong and his colleagues are colleagues of Deng Jie.
Then there are three more in Hong Kong, and they are all public, reported in newspapers and even on TV!
It’s still your flower that’s playing with it!
So, it's not surprising that there's one more in the US. But you're so brave as to lay your hands on this little girl... You're a novice~
When introducing Peggy, Xia Tian said, "This is my friend Peggy in the United States. If you encounter any problems, you can ask her for help."

But everyone thought he was joking and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

——Xia Tian is an internationally renowned director and star, so it's best not to ask too much about his affairs.
Peggy could only smile and glance at Xia Tian, ​​who spread his hands: "See, I told you that our national conditions are different..."

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This meal was prepared by Zheng Xiaolong’s wife, Ms. Wang!

Not only does she run errands for the crew, she also works as a translator and a cook. She is truly an unsung hero behind the scenes.

After dinner, Zheng Xiaolong also talked to Xia Tian about some of his concerns.

On the balcony, Zheng Xiaolong lit a cigarette and exhaled: "Now, I'm worried that someone from the crew will run away! Although I've confiscated their passports, I don't know if they'll be of any use..."

His worries are not unfounded.

This kind of thing has happened quite a lot in recent years!

Especially for some art troupes, once they go abroad, even the group leader and deputy group leader will run away. Even the team leader will run away with his passport as collateral and become an illegal immigrant!
In fact, his worries were completely reasonable. The number of people in the original time and space crew was decreasing, and some people actually took the opportunity to film abroad and secretly stayed in the United States.

However, Xia Tian scoffed at this behavior. He looked at the lawns, streets, trees and cars outside the window and knew why these people were running away, even if they had to be illegal residents.

But even if this country is really good, what does it have to do with you? Do you really think you are American just because you work in the black market? It's just raw materials!

Xia Tian smiled and said, "What's there to worry about? If these people dare to run away and work illegally, even if they live to 40, it would be a happy death for them!"

Do you really think it was a long time ago? It wasn’t easy back then either. Old Chinese people worked hard for half their lives and then died one day!

These people are considered well-known and have formal jobs in the capital. If they don't leave, they will all be Beijing masters in 20 or 30 years.
But if they want to come back in 20 or 30 years, I wonder if they can afford to buy a toilet?

Zheng Xiaolong was not surprised by Xia Tian's attitude towards him. After all, it could be seen from the novels and articles he wrote.

Although he acknowledged that the United States was now wealthy, he did not at all agree that it was a good place.

Paradise for the rich, hell for the poor!

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After visiting the set and giving some encouragement, Xia left, leaving the rest of her time in the United States to Peggy.

It's not that easy to film outside these days. There will definitely be a lot of trouble.

Sure enough, a few days later, before Xia Tian left, he received a call from Feng Kuazi.

He complained on the phone, his voice full of tears: "Tian'er, you don't know! The second male lead, Chen Daoming, just quit and ran away!"

Xia Tian was amused: "What's going on? Why did you run away after just one week of filming?"

I came here to experience it two months in advance! I can't be here for vacation~
When asked, it turned out that the feelings were due to the script, or the role.

What is the story of "Yenching People in New York"?

There was a cellist who was born into a blessed life but didn't know how to appreciate it. Tired of his good life, he came to the United States with his reluctant wife to embrace freedom.

As a result, I couldn't even eat here, I lived in the basement, washed dishes, and was eaten by people.
Then his wife went out to work and was noticed by the boss, and they ended up getting divorced.

His wife felt a bit guilty after the divorce, so she funded him. As a result, he turned evil and cheated his ex-wife's current husband of his business secrets, and began to rise.
Then he bankrupted his rival's company and hired him to work for him.
As a result, he was schemed by his ex-wife and husband who had been sleeping on straw and enduring hardships, and almost went bankrupt...

He also brought his daughter to the United States, but she discovered that her parents had divorced...

In the end, the daughter fell into depravity in the American environment, slept with a gangster, and finally married the gangster's father.
——The description of summer is very realistic~
At the end of the story, the protagonist's colleague (played by Feng Kuazi) also came to New York to join him in pursuit of freedom.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the plane, the male protagonist taught his colleague a lesson, left him alone on the street, and let him fend for himself.

It was like revisiting the experience of him and his wife when they first came to the United States...

This is like a cycle of depravity that will destroy a person's soul.
——America doesn’t believe in feelings!
In fact, Xia Tian didn’t write in such detail, at least he didn’t write much about starting a company and business wars, but he did write about hanging out in casinos and so on.

However, if the TV series is to be shot for more than 20 episodes, the content must be expanded.

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The second male lead played by Chen Daoming is the love rival of the male lead and the current husband of his ex-wife!
It seems that they felt that the role was not bright enough and wanted to change the script. This was not like later, when the actors would bring several screenwriters with them to the set and make changes as they went along.
The actors and their own screenwriters can fight on the set over roles!

Now you can change this thing whenever you want?

Chen Daoming simply said, "Okay, I won't act anymore." He gave up!
Xia Tian also speculated that there might be something wrong with Marvin.

They both graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, but their acting styles are quite different.

Ma Wen, the grandson, is flamboyant and outgoing, while Chen Daoming is introverted and reserved. Ma Wen's performance is already very strong, and the script does not focus much on the second male lead, so he has no chance to show his talents.

I guess Chen Daoming doesn't want to compete with Ma Wen under unequal conditions.
However, the second male lead quit the role, which posed a problem - Chen Daoming and his wife were the second male lead and the first female lead!
They are all gone now!
Where can we find actors in this unfamiliar America?

Pants was filled with grievances: "Damn, my first time as a director, I was shooting a film abroad, and then the second male lead and the first female lead ran away. Where the hell can I find replacements?! Why am I so unlucky!"

Maybe he was also complaining and wanted Xia Tian to think of a solution.

Xia Tian said, "Let Ma Wen figure it out. He's the one who caused this. He's been to America before, so he has acquaintances there!"

Previously, the Americans launched a one-month invitation program for outstanding global talents.

The purpose is to invite people to the United States to demonstrate advanced technologies, a kind of soft propaganda.

Of course, it would be even better if we could brainwash outstanding young people around the world with American cultural values.
Marvin is present at this event.

At Xia's suggestion, he gained an in-depth understanding of the United States' productivity construction, the lower classes, and the real laws of social operation.

Otherwise, why would you be so disdainful of the name "Yanjing People in New York"?

At that event, Marvin met a lot of people, even Quentin!

Later, Ma Wen introduced an American who had worked in the Chinese Embassy before, changed the background of the second male lead to an American, and changed the female lead to Wang Ji.

Wang Ji was admitted to the People's Art Theatre in the early 80s, where she was a classmate of Song Dandan and Liang Guanhua (Di Da Ren). Later, she caught up with the immigration wave of the late 80s, gave up her stable job and headed to the United States to pursue her dreams.
I am now a real American!
Oh, by the way, during the filming period, Ma Wen and Ma Xiaoqing (who starred in "The Troublemakers"), who played his daughter, got together again.

A fleeting romance in this "free and open" country.

It’s worthy of being the entertainment industry!

Later, in an interview after the TV series became a big hit, Xia Tian said: "I hope the audience will not misunderstand. This is not a story of personal struggle in a foreign country, but a painful collision..."

"Just like I said at the beginning: it's a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor. Don't have any beautiful fantasies about the distant and unreachable place. After all, a happy life must be created by your own hands."

Many years later, when young netizens mentioned this TV series again, they commented like this: At that time, they yearned for New York, USA, while the old people in our village yearned for the capital Yanjing.

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On November 11, Xia received a call from home in the United States.

The call was from Milan.

"It seems a writer died in the summer."

"Who?"

"It seems to be Lu Yao..."

That’s right, it’s Lu Yao who wrote “Ordinary World”.

That is: I went to Shigejie Commune to find Hu Delu, who gave me a fashionable hairstyle.

If you want to make a ball head, I really want to beat you to death!

Lu Yao worked so hard at writing that he eventually developed liver cirrhosis due to overwork. He died young at the age of 42 shortly after finishing the third part of "Ordinary World".

Sigh... why are you so frivolous? How long can you work hard even if you're already exhausted?!
Confused!
Two days later, Xia Tian also received a call from Sister Yun in the United States.

She received a message and was very undecided, so she called Xia Tian.

After listening to this, Xia Tian discussed with her for a long time, and then told Peggy that he might leave again.

Paige smiled and said, "It's okay, you'll come again, right?"

"of course."

"Can I have a kiss then~"

“…Not yet! No, no~”

(End of this chapter)