[Urban Spirituality] Heaven's Way

"The film "Hua Die Sha" tells the love story of four families and three generations that took place during the Republic of China. Director Zeng Xiaofan used his unique shooting techniques and narrative methods to bring us a completely different audio-visual experience from previous domestic films. ..."

Xiao Shi put down the newspaper in his hand, raised his head and said to Zuo Mu who was carving, "I didn't expect this Zeng Xiaofan to have some skills, you have a good eye."

"The sky is full, the earlobe is long and thick, and the mouth is full of food. He is a blessed person." Zuo Mu looked at Zeng Xiaofan's photo, "The most important thing is that this person is not only blessed for himself, but also good for himself if he makes friends with him. Nice guy."

Zeng Xiaofan still did not give up the idea of ​​letting Xiao Shi enter the entertainment industry. In fact, he was already disappointed. It was a habit to keep calling to persuade him. He felt that Xiao Shi was born to eat this bowl of rice. Zuo Mu just opened a small noodle restaurant, but he was not short of money. He really had nothing to impress Snacks, so he could only persuade him over and over again.

Xiao Shi was almost driven crazy by this person's nagging, you said that a big director is as busy as a spinning top every day, how can he still have time to take care of himself.

Zuo Mu thinks that life is too boring. It’s okay if he enters the entertainment industry for snacks. Anyway, he usually has nothing to do. He spends three days fishing in the noodle shop and two days posting on the Internet. Why not hang around in Zeng Xiaofan’s film and television company and earn some money? money spent.

Don't do snacks, Zuo Mu simply can't let go of the restaurant business, Zuo Mu is not by his side, let him deal with so many people alone, His Royal Highness Taotie is not willing, he is a god, how can a god hang around with mortals every day!

Xiao Shi's reason made Zuo Mu very speechless, Xiao Shi completely forgot that Zuo Mu was also a fairy who was cultivated by ordinary people, and there were two little ghosts in his family who were not as advanced as "human".

Xiaoshi, the god, can get along with ghosts day and night but can't be with people. It's all excuses.

Cheng Zi made it clear: "Brother Xiaoshi, you are reluctant to part with Brother Mu!"

Xiaoshi stared, "Stinky boy, do you need to talk too much?!"

Zeng Xiaofan's new movie was finished, and Zuo Mu and others were invited to watch the premiere of the movie. During this time, Zeng Xiaofan was busy running promotions all over the country, and he couldn't spare to go to J City, let alone eat noodles, so he asked his assistant to run away for a while. He remembered that Zuo’s family still had two children, so director Zeng Xiaofan sent four movie tickets. These tickets were pre-sold and couldn’t be bought outside now. They were all very good seats. Yunji is hard to find a ticket, Zuo Mu also agrees, he randomly took out a painting from the study, and asked the assistant to pass it to Zeng Xiaofan as a return gift for the ticket.

The assistant of the big director is also very busy. On the evening of the delivery of the tickets, the little assistant got on a plane and left.

Unexpectedly, early the next morning, the Dafang box landline in Zuo's house began to ring. When Zuo Mu picked up the phone, it turned out to be Zeng Xiaofan who was busy promoting the movie to all over the country.

"Xiao Zuo, what did you give me?!" On the other side of the phone, the director was a little excited.

"A painting." Zuo Mu was very calm, he picked out a painting at random, and really didn't pay attention to who drew it.

"A painting, what a painting, do you know what you sent, Tang Yin's, that is Tang Bohu, Tang Bohu's landscape painting, Xiao Zuo, where did you get it, authentic, this is authentic!" Over the phone The big director is a bit incoherent, Zeng Xiaofan is also very rich, he likes to collect, and he also likes antiques, he also bought a lot of good things from all over the place, Tang Bohu's paintings, it's not that director Zeng Xiaofan can't afford it, but he can't buy it!

Tang Bohu’s landscape paintings in his later years had reached their peak, with very high achievements and great appreciation value. Most of the paintings like this were collected by the state or individuals, or flowed abroad, and there were very few circulations in the market. When Zeng Xiaofan received this painting, He was immediately stunned. He has been playing with antiques for so many years. Although the genuine imitation cannot be seen at a glance, it can be estimated. This painting is not like an imitation. If it is real, it will be too expensive Now, Zeng Xiaofan felt that the sum of all his collections was not as valuable as this painting.

What Zuo Mu said next proved Zeng Xiaofan's guess, he said calmly, "Of course it's the real one, I don't have fakes here."

Zuo Mu vaguely remembered that Tang Bohu's painting was sold to him by the Tang family after Tang Yin's death. It was absolutely genuine. In Zuo Mu's study, everything was an antique. Zuo Mu himself is a moving antique. He collects these The purpose of things is also very simple, because he knows that he can live for a long time, and the value of antiques has always doubled, so Zuo Shangxian feels that he is an ordinary person.

Hearing Zuo Mu's words, Zeng Xiaofan wanted to grab Zuo Mu's collar and yell like a prodigal son, and give it away if he knew it was the real one!

"You can keep it. I gave you this painting. If one day you are down and out, you can still take out the painting and sell it for money." Zuo Mu said seriously.

Zeng Xiaofan was completely choked, selling paintings, when will Zeng Xiaofan be reduced to selling paintings?This brat actually cursed himself!Zeng Xiaofan gritted his teeth angrily.

Zuo Mu did not tell Zeng Xiaofan's fortune. He still didn't know that what he said accidentally was right. Ten years later, a financial turmoil brought the company under Zeng Xiaofan's name into an unprecedented crisis. Broke, almost declared bankruptcy, owed nearly 2000 million yuan, friends in the circle gathered together and Zeng Xiaofan’s savings for many years, and there was still a shortfall of [-] million. Zeng Xiaofan, who was nearly [-] years old, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and took out his collection of antiques, including There is the priceless Tang Bohu landscape painting sent by Zuo Mu.

After hanging up the phone, Zeng Xiaofan was still in a turbulent mood. He unfolded the painting carefully, admired it slowly, and sighed in admiration.

This kid is really too generous. Hearing what he said, does he have other paintings at home?They are all genuine products, Zeng Xiaofan's heart was itching, he suddenly wanted to go to Zuo Mu's house to see and feast his eyes on it.

Once Zeng Xiaofan got such a painting, he wanted to show it off no matter what, he didn’t sleep all night, Director Zeng Da was still in high spirits, when friends in the circle gathered privately, Zeng Xiaofan took out the painting that Zuo Mu gave him, Zeng Xiaofan’s friend, Naturally, they share a common language with Zeng Xiaofan. As soon as this painting came out, everyone was stunned and hurriedly asked about the origin. Zeng Xiaofan was also kind. He felt that Zuo Mu didn't want to enter the entertainment industry, so he only opened a small noodle restaurant as a small owner. Naturally, he was the kind who was very low-key and didn't want to show off. He kept his mouth shut and didn't talk about Zuo Mu's identity, only saying that it was a gift from someone else. The director is very happy.

Living at home every day is also very boring. Since Zeng Xiaofan sent the tickets, Zuo Mu and the others have no reason not to watch it. It is also good to take advantage of this opportunity to relax. Although the premiere location is in the imperial capital, a spell will solve the problem up.

Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi, each holding a child, appeared at the entrance of the premiere ceremony with VIP tickets. The premiere ceremony of Zeng Xiaofan's new movie was full of stars, and they even specially set up a red carpet. Seeing this scene, Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi stopped. Stand still, where do you get in?

But the few people didn't wait too long, because at this time Zeng Xiaofan's assistant saw Zuo Mu and the others and ran over to greet them.

Seeing the little assistant, Zuo Mu asked, "Where's Director Zeng?"

"Director Zeng is busy. He kept asking me to wait for you here. If you hadn't said you were here, Director Zeng would have asked me to pick you up at the airport." The assistant said politely.

Zuo Mu nodded and asked, "Where do we go in from?"

The assistant laughed all of a sudden: "The director is right. You guys don't want to walk the red carpet. The director told me before that if you don't want to walk the red carpet, let me take you to the VIP channel. The director is a little bit reluctant. Friends who deal with the media all go that way.”

Xiao Shi and Zuo Mu nodded, both of them felt very satisfied with this arrangement.

The people in the VIP channel are all personal friends of Director Zeng, and there are very few in the entertainment industry. They insist on their identities and are unwilling to show their faces in front of the media. The young people who were holding the child were all surprised, but these people were not as gossipy as the reporters, they were curious, but no one asked.

The assistants all the way talked to Zuo Mu and others very well, kept the atmosphere harmonious, and did not stand coldly. The assistants who can do this are very clever. The assistants dare not underestimate the young people in front of them. Others don't know the painting directed by Zeng The origin, did he know that this young man named Zuo Mu went out for a walk, and when he came back, he gave him a long box. This kind of box contained either words or paintings. As a result, within a few days, Director Zeng took it out I bought Tang Bohu's paintings to show off to my friends. In the past few days, Director Zeng was as busy as a spinning top, so there was no time to buy paintings. It is self-evident who gave the paintings.

It's a priceless thing. It's said that Zuo Mu is just a small noodle shop owner. I don't believe it if I beat my assistant to death. It's impossible for the rich second generation. How can the rich second generation have the temperament of the Zuo family? This Zuo Mu is not a politician. Yes, the third generation, the fourth generation, maybe both parents are overseas, and he is a low-key rich man.

Dumplings and oranges don’t go to the cinema very often. Zuo Mu and Xiaoshi often went there when movies were not popular. At that time they watched silent movies, but later the movie industry developed, the two of them went I don't go often, because there are too many people watching movies.

"Hua Die Sha" is set in the period of the Republic of China. The status of the couple is very different, and the three views are very different. The story of the couple who fell in love and fell in love, and finally the love was annihilated in the trend of the times. Compared with foreign big-produced films, this film does not have too much fancy For stunts, Zeng Xiaofan spent a considerable amount of money on the script. The screenwriter must be a top-notch screenwriter in China, and the actors are also selected by Zeng Xiaofan himself. The cast of this film can be described as luxurious, with a good script, good actors, and a first-class production team. Even the picky eyes of Snacks gave it a "not bad" evaluation.

Snacks said it was "not bad", that is, it was pretty good. I remember a certain American blockbuster that was popular all over the world, and Snacks said it was "garbage" after watching it.

Xiao Shi and Zuo Mu watched with gusto, but oranges and dumplings are different. The two children don't understand love, let alone experience that era, and they don't understand the value of surprise. All the troubles are of their own making.

In the eyes of an adult, the sincere feelings seem a bit self-inflicted in the eyes of the single-minded Cheng Zi.

The orange hated the sky, the dumpling dozed off, Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi had helplessness in their eyes, they couldn't understand the "Joyful Big Big Wolf" that children love to watch now, and the children couldn't understand the movie they thought was good.

"Since we're in the capital, let's have fun, and we'll go there after a while." Snack said, grabbing Chengzi's rabbit-eared hat.

Zuo Mu smiled helplessly. It seems that the noodle shop will be closed for a while, but that's okay, Zuo Mu nodded, "I've been focusing on business, and the two little guys haven't been to the capital yet."

The movie ended with thunderous applause. Zuo Mu and the others made the VIP seats. There were many celebrities and big names in the entertainment circle around them, as well as some investors from outside the circle. These people knew each other very well. They look at each other, they will say hello to each other, Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi are new faces, everyone doesn't know each other, a little curious, both of them are wearing casual clothes, and their appearance is also the same, they don't look like people in the circle, don't they The son of a rich businessman.

But at this time, Director Zeng walked over, exchanged pleasantries all the way, and arrived in front of Zuo Mu Xiaoshi.

Today Director Zeng’s clothes are still a lot more restrained, and the clothes are not so weird, but this is also relative. He wore a very large bloomer trousers, a Tang suit on top, and a peaked cap. Zuo Mu’s eyes were a little bit in the nondescript shape. twitch.

Maybe it was because of promoting the movie for several months. Zeng Xiaofan didn't look very energetic, and his eyes were dark purple. He asked a makeup artist to put makeup on his face today in order to look good on camera. It can be seen that Zeng Dao's complexion is not very good, Zuo Mu frowned, Zeng Xiaofan's appearance does not look very good.

Dumplings and Chengzi were still soundly asleep, even Xiaoshi felt a little bit overwhelmed, but there was no way around it.

Director Zeng looked at the two Doudings, his face was shocked, Zuo Mu smiled, "The movie is very good, but they still can't understand it, there's nothing they can do about it."

When Director Zeng heard this, he swept away the depression on his face, and was very happy, "It's really not easy. I screened these actors for a long time, and I changed the script a hundred times by myself." After speaking, Director Zeng salivated again. Looking at Xiaoshi intently, "It would be a pity if Xiaoshi would play the role of Qiulin, what a pity!" Qiulin is the second male lead in the film, a very handsome man. It's all out of the film, and I still think that people are not handsome enough.

After the movie was played, Director Zeng couldn't wait to find this young man. Everyone was surprised about the identity of this young man, but no one came forward to ask. Director Zeng also realized that this was not the time to talk, so he said to Zuo Mu Xiaoshi : "Let's come together for the celebration banquet later, I'll be leaving in a while, don't stay in a hotel tonight, just sleep at my house, I have to show you those collections in our house!"

After hearing this, Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi nodded and agreed.

At the celebration banquet, it wasn't that everyone didn't know Zuo Mu and Snacks. Some of Director Zeng's production team who had eaten at Zuo's noodle restaurant and filmed at Zuo's noodle restaurant all knew Zuo Mu.

Seeing Zuo Mu and the others were very happy, and they also knew about the snacks. Director Zeng wanted the guys from Zuo's noodle restaurant to enter the entertainment industry. They thought Zuo Mu's appearance was very good. Be nice.

It's a pity that such a person does not enter the entertainment industry.

Sure enough, as Zeng Xiaofan said, he didn't stay long at the dinner party, and he was about to leave. Zeng Xiaofan's assistant and Zuo Mu were already very familiar.

"Director Zeng hasn't slept much for two weeks. It's said that he suffers from insomnia. Taking medicine doesn't help, and he always has nightmares." The young assistant was worried about his boss, "You don't know, people in this circle Looking bright, most of them are actually in poor health, like Director Zeng, who has been working hard all year round, which is really worrying."

"Didn't you go to the hospital?" Xiao Shi was a little strange. Insomnia was already a disease, so he should go to the hospital.

"Where is the time?" The assistant said helplessly, with a bitter face, "Hey, it's really a headache. Director Zeng still thinks he is young."

After talking for a while, Director Zeng came over. He had finished entertaining those who needed to be entertained. According to his status in the entertainment circle, although he didn't need a top domestic director, he didn't need to look at other people's faces.

Zeng Xiaofan walked to Zuo Mu's side, danced and said, "Let's go, hey, I can finally rest! Call it a day and go home!"

Zeng Xiaofan's home is in the Chaoyang District of the capital. It is a typical rich man's small villa. It is a typical European-style building, but after opening the door, the two find that there is something special in the villa. It is actually a very homely decoration. It is a home for living, not like a model house.

Zeng Xiaofan's wife is surnamed Zhang, a very kind woman. She was also an actress when she was young, but she stopped acting very early. Later, she learned English by herself. Now she writes books at home and translates foreign works. When I go abroad, I always bring my wife with me. Director Zeng can't speak English, and Mrs. Zeng is his translator.

Zeng Xiaofan and his wife have been married for 20 years, and there have been quarrels and disagreements, but overall the relationship between husband and wife is very good, Zeng Xiaofan respects and likes his wife very much.

Apparently Zeng Xiaofan had mentioned Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi before, seeing the two, Mrs. Zeng was very happy, she naturally took off Zeng Xiaofan's coat, hung the coat on the wall, and then turned around to prepare refreshments for Xiao Shi and Zuo Mu.

"I've heard from Director Zeng that you two are both good boys, you are so handsome!" Mrs. Zeng said while flabbergasting.

"Auntie, don't worry about it, we can do it ourselves, please sit down quickly!" Xiao Shi has a sweet mouth, and when he thinks you are pleasing to the eye, he can coax people into a daze.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zeng was very happy, "What a polite and good boy!"

Zeng Xiaofan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, this Zuo Shi never smiled when he saw him, but he pretended to be a good boy when he saw his wife, what a little villain.

Zeng Xiaofan didn't know the details of Xiaoshi, so he naturally named Xiaoshi Cheng Zuoshi.

Xiao Shi blinked, as if he didn't see Zeng Xiaofan's depression at all.

Orange Dumpling was still soundly asleep, and Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi couldn't just sit like this holding the two children, so Director Zeng stood up and said to them, "I'll take you to the room to have a look. I live upstairs, and my collection room is also upstairs, and today I temporarily decided to let you live with me, and the house hasn't been cleaned up yet, so you two can live upstairs with me!"

At this time, Mrs. Zeng smiled: "We have lived in our hometown all year round. The house in Beijing is empty, with a layer of soil. Except for the upstairs room, which is small, it has been tidied up. The downstairs room is not suitable for people. Director Zeng insisted on bringing Take a look at his collection room, it will delay your sleep."

Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi shook their heads quickly, Zuo Mu blinked, and jokingly said: "We haven't booked a room yet, if we didn't have Director Zeng, we would have slept on the main road today."

Talking about the few people going upstairs, they didn't expect Zuo Mu and Xiao Shi to be stunned as soon as they went upstairs. Zuo Mu lowered his head, looked at the crazily shaking pointer of the compass on his wrist, and then raised his head to look at Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi frowned, and mouthed to Zuo Mu word by word, there are weird things upstairs!

The author has something to say: Our underworld shines outside the episode ([-])

Jiaozi and Chengzi agreed that if His Highness Hades hadn't had convulsions from time to time, the supreme leader would have been pretty good.

But it is a pity that this highness has been in the underworld for 600 years and has been the king of Hades for 200 years, but he is still single.

The most indispensable thing in the underworld is a beautiful female ghost. Well, even if you like men, there are all kinds of men in the underworld. The king of hell and Lu Pan are originally official partners, okay? But after Lu pan found a girlfriend, This official match was dismantled.

The ghost messengers discussed in private, read the newspapers in the world, and came out with an "asexual", this is not the type of His Highness Hades.

At this time, the old ghost messenger who has become an earth immortal stood up again, "You are all wrong! Why does His Highness the King of the Underworld have no one he likes, balabalabala..."

Then everyone suddenly realized.

This is a very tangled story. The beginning of this story is that His Highness Yama was still an ordinary person in the world. At that time, His Highness Yama was still a cute little boy. One day he went to play by the lake, but accidentally fell into the lake. A teenager Jump down to rescue His Royal Highness Hades.

Thus, His Highness Hades was tempted, and he found that he fell in love with that boy.

His Highness Yan Wang is very good-looking, if it weren't for His Highness always showing off in women's clothing, everyone would think he is a woman, then the Four Great Beauties might not have anything to do with Gao Changgong.

His Highness was very smart when he was alive, and he could learn the code words of any place as soon as he was born. When the young man grew up and joined the army, His Highness went to the boy's mansion dressed as a woman and became a maid. His Highness has been following that young man. He did not marry a wife, and His Highness did not recover as a man.

The two lived in peace for many years.

Later in the war, His Highness died in order to protect the person he liked. At that time, the young man who had become a general realized that the girl who had been guarding him was not a girl at all, but a very good-looking man.

At the end of the matter, it was always bloody. The boy always knew that he liked men. Unfortunately, he fell in love with the maid beside him, but he was afraid that the maid would look down on him. in the heart.

and after……

Everyone couldn't help asking, and the old ghost lamented that there was no sequel to this story.

The young man was originally a celestial immortal who had experienced calamities in the fairy world. Once the young man died, he regained his status as a celestial immortal and returned to the fairy world.

His highness who entered the underworld was favored by Lu Pan, who thought he was a talent, so he stayed in the underworld. After 100 years, His highness cultivated from an ordinary ghost to a ghost fairy, and after 300 years, His highness became an earth immortal. Later, the old King of Hades got tired of the hell. In life, she left behind a lot of mess and went to the world to find true love. Her Highness, who likes to wear women's clothes, became the supreme leader of the underworld, the King of Hades.

So, what about the angel?

Cheng Zi couldn't help but question the old ghost.

The old ghost said, I don't know what happened to that fairy, but I know another story.

There is a ghost messenger who has been devoting himself to cultivation and doesn’t care about the world’s affairs. One day he got lost in the world and met a young man. The confused ghost messenger was very hungry. Later, the poor man remembered the young man, so he often came to see the young man. After a few visits, the poor man found that he fell in love with the young man.

But the boy likes someone else.

The ghost messenger kept this love in his heart until the boy died and became a ghost. The ghost messenger begged his friend to keep the boy in the underworld.

Later, the ghost messenger who devoted himself to practice cultivated from a ghost messenger to a ghost fairy, and then to an earth immortal. Originally, he could walk around the world, but he stayed in the underworld for hundreds of years.

There is no other reason, only because there are people he likes in the underworld.

After the old ghost officer finished telling the story, he floated away. Cheng Zi held his chin and asked Jiaozi: "Why do I feel that my nose is a little sore, who is the old ghost officer talking about?"

Dumpling shrugged, "Who knows."

Everyone has everyone's story. You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, and the people watching the scenery look at you upstairs. Who decorated whose dream?