"Something is wrong here." After carefully reading the text written by the headline reporter, Li Shaohong felt something was wrong and seemed to have not yet come to her senses.
"Something's wrong? What's wrong?" Hu Mei asked.
"Look at these sentences. I feel like something is wrong." Li Shaohong pointed at a few sentences and asked Hu Mei, Liu Miaomiao and Peng Xiaolian.
"Back then, when I was eleven, I heard the tragic story of my homeroom teacher and her fiancé, and I wrote it into a novel, naming it 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Four years later, I never expected that I would... " Liu Miaomiao recited the words that Li Shaohong pointed at. Before she finished, Hu Mei and Li Shaohong looked at each other and said in unison:
"Xiaoxiang clear sky."
"Xiaoxiang clear sky."
"Qiu Rui is Xiaoxiang Qingkong." Peng Xiaolian immediately reacted.
"Qiu Rui has kept it a secret from us, which has made us suffer so much!" After discovering the secret, Li Shaohong smiled widely.
The writer she admires is Xiaoxiang Qingkong, who is also known as Qiurui. She won the Cannes Best Film Award for a movie she shot. These things make Li Shaohong feel extremely happy and excited.
"Qiu Rui knew that we admired and liked Xiaoxiang Qingkong, and we used to discuss Xiaoxiang Qingkong's age and the details of her various works.
Thinking about it now, I find it both funny and subtly awkward that I didn't recognize her true face in front of her." Li Shaohong's words made Li Shaohong, Peng Xiaolian, and Liu Miaomiao laugh, and the atmosphere became light and cheerful.
Everyone recalled every moment they had spent with Qiu Rui, and those heated discussions about the clear sky over Xiaoxiang now seemed full of special fun.
“Yeah, Qiu Rui is really good at hiding.
"But it also speaks to her talent and modesty, doesn't it? To be able to achieve such high achievements in both literature and film without being arrogant or impatient is truly admirable." Peng Xiaolian said with a smile, her eyes sparkling with admiration and praise for Qiu Rui.
"Actually, during one party, when we were discussing Xiaoxiang Qingkong, Qiu Rui revealed that she was Xiaoxiang Qingkong, but we didn't believe it and thought she was just joking." At this time, Liu Miaomiao said weakly.
"Is this true?" Li Shaohong pretended to be confused and asked.
In fact, the laughter and joy at that party are still vivid in their minds. Qiu Rui casually told them the shocking secret, but they all treated it as a harmless joke. No one even bothered to investigate whether there was sincerity in her eyes.
"I don't remember either. I guess Miaomiao heard it wrong." Hu Mei also agreed.
Resolve this embarrassment.
"Hahaha." Then, the four of them looked at each other and laughed in unison.
The news that Zhang Qiurui won the Best Director Award and Best Supporting Actress Award in Cannes spread instantly throughout the campus, Yanjing, and to the surrounding provinces, much faster than expected.
It is unprecedented that someone from China won a major award in Cannes. This also means that domestic films have been caught up with foreign ones, which is a cause for celebration.
There has been a wave of enthusiasm for watching the movie "The Fault in Our Stars" all over the country.
However, Zhou Guihua, Zhang Ercheng and others who were far away in the production brigade of Zhangli Village, Sha County, Xingcheng, did not know about this.
That day, Zhang Ercheng and Zhou Guihua came back from the brigade after finishing their work and were just about to take a break.
Outside their house came the sounds of gongs and drums, accompanied by someone setting off firecrackers.
There was a crackling sound.
"Uncle Zhang and Aunt Guihua congratulate you." Team leader Xu Qunyi walked into the Zhang family with a happy look on his face.
Xu Qunyi was accompanied by the county magistrate, Secretary Li and other senior county leaders. Their arrival stunned Zhang Ercheng and Zhou Guihua for a moment. They looked at each other with confusion, their hearts filled with puzzlement and surprise.
"Captain Xu, what's going on? What good news? How come we didn't know about it?" Zhang Ercheng spoke first, with some confusion in his voice.
Zhou Guihua felt a little nervous after seeing all the county leaders coming to their home, but she quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, we two just work honestly on weekdays, there's nothing worth celebrating."
"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Guihua, your Qiu Rui filmed a movie at the Yanjing Film Academy and it's said to have won a major award abroad.
Therefore, the county leaders have come to announce the good news and thank Comrade Zhang Qiurui for his great contributions to our county. As soon as Xu Qunyi finished speaking, Zhang Ercheng and Zhou Guihua stood there as if struck by lightning, their eyes wide and their mouths half-open, completely unable to believe their ears.
After a long while, Zhou Guihua asked in a trembling voice, "Captain, s- ...
Zhou Guihua had never heard her daughter talk about making a movie before. She didn't expect that her daughter would make a movie and win a big award abroad. She was very excited about her daughter's great talent.
Nowadays, foreign goods or foreign things are very popular and are all of the best quality.
“It’s absolutely true, Aunt Osmanthus.
Look, this is the latest news report, detailing the news that the film Comrade Zhang Qiurui co-produced at the Yanjing Film Academy won an award abroad. The county magistrate smiled and walked forward, holding a printed copy of the report and handing it to Zhou Guihua.
Zhang Ercheng snatched the newspaper. Although he didn't know many words, he recognized the photo of his daughter on the front page of the newspaper.
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