Chapter 148 I'm so tired
"By the way, why didn't we see classmate Cheng Kaige in your joint graduation work this time?" Lin Weimin asked.
Xie Yuan looked at Tian Zhuangzhuang who was busy at the scene, "You, I don't know. Kaige and Zhuangzhuang are childhood friends, and they were admitted to Yanying together. The school let Zhuangzhuang take the lead in this graduation joint work, and Kaige is very excited!"
Lin Weimin couldn't help but laugh. This Mr. Kai was really interesting.
Lin Weimin chatted with Xie Yuan for a while. Instead of mentioning Cheng Kaige, he asked about Xie Yuan himself.
He is a student of the Acting Department of 1978, and just starred in the film "New Soldier Ma Qiang" directed by director Yu Qing this year.
In the future, he will star in many films including "Neighbors" directed by Zheng Dongtian and Xu Guming, "Call of the Soul" directed by Chen Lizhou, "One and Eight" directed by Zhang Junzhao, and "Life and Death" directed by Shi Xiaohua. His career is unusually smooth.
But what really made him famous was starring in two movies adapted from the works of writer A Cheng, namely "The King of Children" and "The King of Chess". "The King of Children" was directed by the protagonist of today's discussion, Cheng Kaige.
Xie Yuan has a habit of imitating others when mentioning a certain character during a conversation, and he does it very lifelike.
Lin Weimin was very curious whether he could imitate the characters so well because of his talent or whether he improved his acting skills by imitating others.
Before leaving, Lin Weimin patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder and encouraged him, "You have a great talent for acting, don't waste it."
Xie Yuan was a little excited to receive his encouragement and comments. After he left, Xie Yuan would find people to chat with when he had nothing to do and even had a catchphrase.
"I was chatting with Teacher Lin just now. Guess what? Teacher Lin patted me on the shoulder and said, 'You are very talented, but don't waste it. You must act well.'"
Lin Weimin didn't know about Xie Yuan's behavior, and he also didn't know that on this day, he had a new title in Yanying: the set killer.
Many years later, whenever Tian Zhuangzhuang flew into a rage on the set and everyone was silent, he would always bring up this day many years ago and say, "You should be thankful that it was me and not Teacher Lin that you met. With your character, Teacher Lin would have scolded you so much that you would never want to act again in your life."
A few days later, Qu Xiaowei came to Lin Weimin and said that Liu Haiyan arrived in Yanjing yesterday and planned to invite him and Zheng Guo to dinner tonight.
Lin Weimin said: "When you go to invite Zheng Guo, just say you want to bring your family."
"Bringing family members?"
Qu Xiaowei didn't know that Zheng Guo was already in a relationship. Lin Weimin told him about his relationship with Yao Shuzhi. Qu Xiaowei was surprised and asked, "So soon?"
"This is called a turtle looking at a mung bean, they are attracted to each other."
Qu Xiaowei laughed and said, "Go to hell, when we meet, I will tell Zheng Guo about this."
Lin Weimin didn't care, "Just learn."
After Qu Xiaowei left, Zheng Guo ran to the Chinese Literature Society after get off work in the evening, found Yao Shuzhi and said that he would take her to dinner with friends in the evening.
He and Lin Weimin looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.
In fact, Lin Weimin and Yao Shuzhi worked in the same office. When Qu Xiaowei came over, he could have told Yao Shuzhi about the meal, but he didn't do it.
Qu Xiaowei invited Zheng Guo to dinner. Even though he is in a relationship with Yao Shuzhi now, he may not be willing to bring Yao Shuzhi to such an occasion.
Lin Weimin asked Qu Xiaowei to find Zheng Guo, and then Zheng Guo decided whether to take Yao Shuzhi with him. It seemed troublesome, but it was a reflection of a sense of propriety.
When we went to Xinqiao Hotel in the evening, Qu Xiaowei also found someone to bring everyone in.
Looking at the couples around him, Lin Weimin suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, as soon as they sat down, Liu Haiyan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, laughed heartlessly and said, "Weimin, why are you still single?"
Lin Weimin gave Qu Xiaowei a look and said, "Your wife really doesn't know how to chat."
Liu Haiyan asked again: "Where is that policewoman from last time? Why didn't you catch her?"
Seeing that Lin Weimin had a bad look in his eyes, Qu Xiaowei quickly gave Liu Haiyan a small gesture to stop her from talking about the topic.
He took the initiative to speak: "I really didn't expect that you could act so quickly, Zheng Guo."
Qu Xiaowei's eyes moved between Zheng Guo and Yao Shuzhi. Yao Shuzhi felt a little embarrassed. Zheng Guo smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Weimin!"
He then joked, "You've been busy for us for a long time, but you're still single. This is really not right."
How come anyone can scratch me when they talk?
Then I leave?
In an occasion like today, Lin Weimin felt the naked discrimination against single people.
Jokes aside, everyone is indeed concerned about Lin Weimin's marriage and love issues, but they also know that with his conditions, it is not difficult for him to find a girlfriend.
Today, when treating everyone to a dinner, Qu Xiaowei was very enthusiastic and wanted to take the menu and order something. In the end, Zheng Guo couldn't bear it anymore and stopped him.
Lin Weimin joked: "Just let him order, we're going to fight the rich today anyway!"
Yao Shuzhi smiled and said, "No one is richer than you! I heard from the people in the front building today that the publishing house is going to print more copies of your "Cliff", and will also publish "Farewell My Concubine" in September, which will bring in several thousand yuan. All of us here, even if we put our money together, are not as rich as you!"
Except for Liu Haiyan, everyone present knew about Lin Weimin's wealth. Liu Haiyan stared in disbelief, "Weimin is so rich?"
Qu Xiaowei put his arm around her shoulders and said, "What do you think? If he were in the land reform era, he would have been shot!"
Everyone laughed.
Lin Weimin didn't care about being teased by them, and he kept talking. At the same time, he felt a little regretful. It was he who said to bring the family members. He should have called Zhuangzhuang over earlier.
Let Qu Xiaowei know what it means for young people to have no martial ethics.
After the meal, everyone said goodbye and agreed to meet again at Lin Weimin’s courtyard when they have time.
Among these people, Lin Weimin's house is the largest.
The next day when he went to work, the publishing house really sent Lin Weimin a payment slip, which was the payment for the reprint of "The Cliff".
This is the second reprint of "The Cliff" since its publication. The first print run was 200,000 copies. This time, the publishing house directly doubled the print run, starting with 400,000 copies. The royalties paid to Lin Weimin were also doubled to 4,800 yuan.
The reason for taking such a big step is mainly because Qindao TV is going to adapt "The Cliff". But once the TV series is broadcast, will the novel still be sold well?
Lin Weimin couldn't help humming a little tune when he received the manuscript fee, and said to Yao Shuzhi: "Sister Yao is really well-informed!"
"That's it!" Yao Shuzhi said proudly.
Looking at Lin Weimin's freshly-released royalty slip, not only her, but other colleagues in the office were filled with envy.
Liu Yin said faintly: "I can't even remember how many royalties Wei Min has received this year!"
Rong Shihui sighed, "I can't remember which stroke it was, but I know it's definitely not the last stroke."
Everyone looked at each other and sighed.
It’s so tiring to have colleagues like this!
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