Chapter 179 Dreaming that you are suitable to be a screenwriter
The cafeteria was brightly lit and crowded.
After Zhou Yuesheng bought breakfast, he saw Qi Er a few windows away.
Qi Er, wrapped in a heavy military coat, moved slowly, in stark contrast to the people around him who moved neatly and efficiently.
Zhou Yuesheng walked over quickly and asked, "You're not going to the set today, why are you here so early?"
"Brother Zhou." Qi Er's eyes were bloodshot and he yawned involuntarily. "I stayed up all night to sort out the inspirations I had these days. Now I'm going to talk to my sister-in-law about cooperation."
"It's still early, let's go later." Zhou Yuesheng replied.
He didn't wait for Qi Er's reply, but felt the corner of his clothes sink.
The person next to him had closed his eyes, tightly grasped the hem of his clothes, and mechanically dragged his feet forward.
Zhou Yuesheng stopped talking and took him to the family compound, avoiding the crowd.
As he approached the house, he caught the faint sound of a radio song coming from the Yu family's courtyard. He raised his leg, turned, and sent the dazed Qi Er into the yard.
"Huh? Why is Brother Jie here?" Chen Zhao opened the door upon hearing the voice.
Zhou Yuesheng said: "After eight o'clock, let him go to the next door to find your sister."
Chen Zhao understood and led the person into the house.
Zhou Yuesheng turned around and went home, went straight to the kitchen, lit the coal stove, divided the breakfast into two portions, and kept one portion warm on the stove.
After he finished the other portion, he saw that Yu Zhile was still asleep, so he left a note, put on his coat and went out.
Yu Zhile opened his eyes shortly after the heating was stopped. He stayed in bed for a while and then got up to wash.
When she finished breakfast, the hour hand on her watch was exactly aligned with the number 8, and the expected knock on the door came as expected.
"Sister-in-law, this is a simple story outline." Qi Er took out two pieces of paper with dense writing on them, "I will give you product shots in the circled areas. Do you think it's appropriate?"
There were only two places he picked out, and their combined duration was a maximum of five seconds.
Yu Zhile knew that this was the biggest concession he could make within the scope allowed by policy, so he gave an affirmative answer.
"Chen Zhao told me some stories about Haiyu Village, which gave me a lot of inspiration. Maybe my next story will be shot in Haiyu Village." Qi Er thought about it again and again, and briefly talked about the outline of the new script. "I haven't sorted out my thoughts yet, but I have some questions to ask you."
He asked about the girls' separation and asked more about the local customs and environment of Haiyu Village.
Yu Zhile answered them one by one and also told them about Grandma Zhang's selfless help to others.
Qi Er buried his head in recording.
When his writing speed slowed down, Yu Zhile would stop and wait, lowering his head to read the paper he handed to him when he entered the door.
After answering the questions, she also helped him to smooth out his inspiration, making the plot connection more natural and smooth.
"You are very suitable to be a screenwriter!" Qi Er became more and more excited as he listened, and sighed, "It's such a pity that you are not a screenwriter."
Yu Zhile joked: "If you were from Haiyu Village, you would also think it's a pity that I don't develop a side business."
Qi Er thought of her deeds and smiled knowingly.
After a while, he said goodbye. Yu Zhile saw him off and returned to the study to continue organizing the plan.
It wasn't until she heard the knock on the door again that she realized it was already ten o'clock.
"Le Le, are you done talking?" Qu Rong was standing outside the door with two baskets of red pears. She handed one over with a smile, "Let's go say hello to your mother after we're done."
Yu Zhile put the basket on the table, tied a scarf around her neck, and the two of them went to the next yard.
Qu Rong exchanged greetings with Yu Wanqin for a while, said goodbye, and before leaving, she invited Zhang Wenxin and Yu Chuyue to have dinner together.
"Aunt Qu, just go and eat, we won't disturb you." Yu Chuyue refused with a smile.
Qu Rong thought of her old friend's advice and finally did not send out another invitation.
After they went out, Yu Zhile affectionately took her arm and talked with a smile about the little interesting things that happened during the field investigation.
Qu Rong really enjoyed this kind of relationship. Her eyes were full of smiles and her expression was so gentle that even the guard who had followed her for several years could not help but be surprised.
But it was only a moment, and the guard regained his usual composure and drove to the designated location.
The car stopped in front of a three-story building with a few big red characters on the door: Jingrui Restaurant. It was lunchtime, and through the glass windows one could see the restaurant was packed with customers, bustling with activity.
When the three of them walked in, a cloud of hot air hit them in the face.
Two waiters came to greet them warmly. One of them led the guard to a good seat in the lobby as usual, while the other took Qu Rong and Yu Zhile to the private room on the second floor.
The moment they stepped onto the stairs, the sound of a bell rang again from the direction of the door, accompanied by a flattering voice.
Yu Zhile turned his head and saw a middle-aged woman walking towards him surrounded by a group of people.
"Le Le, what's wrong?" Qu Rong felt the change in the rhythm of her steps.
Yu Zhile withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and walked quickly to her side.
In the box, Qin Qing and Qi Ying were chatting.
The former saw that there were only the two of them and said angrily, "Sister Rong, why didn't Chu Yue come with you?"
Qu Rong didn't respond, Qi Ying took over the conversation: "Well, you're already thinking about meeting your daughter-in-law after just a few days of dating. Aren't you afraid that the girl will be scared away by you?"
As they were talking, the group of people just passed by their door with a lot of noise, leaving behind some noise.
"Wow, Jingrui Restaurant is quite lively today." Qi Ying sighed.
Qu Rong smiled and said, "The Commercial Bureau has indeed made some significant moves recently."
"Is the recent celebrity surnamed Yu? I heard she is also from Jiang Province. Who knows, maybe she and Chu Yue and Le Le are relatives." Qin Qing responded casually.
Qi Ying was about to respond when she was interrupted by a knock on the door, and the three of them stopped talking.
After getting Qu Rong's consent, the waiters came in one by one, quickly placed the mutton and copper pot, and then left quietly.
During the dinner, the two sisters Qu Rong talked about the situation in Beijing without any reservations, as if they wanted Yu Zhile to hear it on purpose, and Yu Zhile listened with great interest.
They had dinner early that day and Zhou's father also came. They had mutton spine hotpot in a restaurant with antique decoration.
Dad Zhou got drunk after drinking two glasses of wine. Qu Rong sent him home and asked the guard to drive his car to take Yu Zhile back to the military region.
When we returned to the military area, it was still daybreak. People in the building area gathered under a big tree to warm themselves by the fire and chat. Aunt He was talking with saliva flying everywhere, occasionally blurting out words like "Captain Yu" and "Chief Zhou".
After listening to the general idea, Yu Zhile guessed that she was slandering her family again, so he asked the guard to stop the car, walked into the crowd and slapped her.
"Let him speak with his strength if he has the ability, and if he doesn't, just stay at home." She snorted coldly, "Also, keep your mouth shut, or I'll beat you up every time I see you."
Aunt He was stunned by the slap. When she came to her senses, Yu Zhile had already got into the car and drove away.
The people who were originally interested in listening to her gossip took a closer look at the license plate which was gradually getting smaller, and then they all found excuses to slip away, leaving her alone with her face flushed with anger.
In the remaining days, Yu Zhile became busy again.
During the day, Qu Rong took her out for shopping and eating, and introduced her as the new family member to relatives and friends in a high-profile manner.
When she returned home at night, Zhou Yuesheng stuck to her like a koala and never left her side.
Despite their reluctance, time passed quickly and in the blink of an eye it was the day they were going back to Haiyu Village.
Zhou Yuesheng took half a day off, and Qin Yunbai drove Qin Qing's car directly to pick him up.
Sheng Lanyue and the girls from the art troupe got up early and sent them to the gate of the military region.
"Le Le, you are this." Li Yun quietly gave Yu Zhile a thumbs up and said softly, "After you slapped him, not only did the family compound become much quieter, but even the bathhouse in the evening was not so noisy anymore."
Zhang Wenxin, who was standing next to him, burst out laughing and said, "That's nothing. Our Lele even played with knives in Haiyu Village."
Yu Zhile patted her on the back, signaling her to shut up, otherwise, with Li Yun's personality, she would have to pull them aside to get to the bottom of it.
Fortunately, Lan Yuanyuan's arrival attracted her attention and she didn't hear clearly what Zhang Wenxin said.
"Yuanyuan, if you leave, who will I find to order a nice skirt for me this summer?" Li Yun looked reluctant and went forward to hug Lan Yuanyuan.
"The department store has ordered a batch of winter clothes from our sideline group. They said if they sell well, they will continue to order summer clothes." Lan Yuanyuan smiled and replied, "You can also write to me, and I will send you a new clothing catalogue."
"Don't forget us, send us some too." The girls' voices rose one after another.
The overlapping sounds of Lan Yuanyuan should be good.
On the other side, Yu Wanqin held Yu Zhile's hand with red eyes and repeatedly reminded him.
"Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of myself." Yu Zhile comforted.
After that, she hugged her family members one by one and said goodbye to them with a smile.
The figure in the rearview mirror gradually turned into a black dot and soon disappeared completely. The sad atmosphere slowly spread in the car.
After the car drove for a while, snowflakes suddenly started falling from the sky, and large flakes of snow flew towards us and hit the windshield.
"It's snowing." Yu Zhile rolled down the window and reached out to catch it.
The snowflakes fell softly into her palms and melted in an instant, leaving a hint of wetness.
"It's snowing." Chen Zhao said cheerfully, breaking the heavy atmosphere, "Brother Zhou, remember to take Xiaobao to build a snowman tonight. He likes it."
Zhou Yuesheng agreed.
When they arrived at the train station, the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow.
Because of the snow, they were delayed on the road. The train they were going to take had already arrived at the station for some time, and the conductor was urging passengers with a loud speaker.
Yu Zhile smiled and opened his arms to Zhou Yuesheng, saying, "It will be less than thirty days before we meet again."
Zhou Yuesheng hugged her tightly, reluctant to end the hug.
Zhang Wenxin frowned in jealousy at the sticky look of the two people. Turning her head, she saw Qin Yunbai next to her carefully wiping the water droplets off Yu Chuyue's hair.
"You, you two, when did you get together?" She opened her eyes wide, "You actually secretly dated behind our backs!"
Yu Chuyue took Qin Yunbai's hand openly and smiled brightly: "It's not a secret now."
Qin Yunbai's mouth corners couldn't stop rising.
At this time, the conscientious attendant ran over and asked, "Do you guys want to take this train? The train is about to leave."
Zhang Wenxin responded repeatedly, winked at the other three light bulbs, then picked up his luggage and went to look for a carriage.
After a while, the flight attendant in the distance gave another loud reminder.
Yu Zhile patted Zhou Yuesheng and said, "I'm leaving now. Be careful when you go back and don't drive too fast."
On the other side, Yu Chuyue was also instructing Qin Yunbai.
The two brothers watched the train completely leave the station before driving back to the military area.
Zhou Yuesheng bought six sleeper tickets for adjacent carriages, but after getting on the train, the six of them gathered in one carriage.
The train left the platform and the vast scenery appeared before everyone.
"I'm about to leave, and I'm a little reluctant." Zhang Wenxin said softly, looking at the receding scenery outside the window.
During the days of field investigation, they visited many places, gained a deeper understanding of Beijing, and understood why the educated youth wanted to return to the city so much.
Jing City is much more prosperous than the provincial capital of Jiang Province, and the people here have a unique vitality.
Yu Chuyue was not used to separation and was in a low mood, so she agreed softly.
"We will be back here soon and will live here for a long time, so long that you will miss the sea in Haiyu Village." Yu Zhile said confidently.
"I believe in you, sister. I will follow you back to Beijing to do great things and surprise those who can only rely on their parents." Chen Zhao snorted, "Let them know that not only are they not as good at talking as I am, but they are also not as promising as me."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Wenxin recalled his glorious feat of single-handedly scolding ten people until they cried, and asked for the details.
The boring time in the car made Chen Zhao's strong desire to express himself burst out. He started from when he was one year old and talked for three hours in one breath, revealing his entire life experience.
When he was one year old, Chen Hua returned to the frontline and was often on missions, so his father had always taken care of him. The house allocated by his father's unit was in that compound, so he did not grow up in the military area and did not know Zhou Yuesheng and Qin Yunbai before going to the countryside.
The feud with the Ten-Man Group began in junior high school. They wanted to play a trick on a kid in the compound whose father had just died, but he didn't want to play a trick. On the way home from school, they met each other and told him about it.
The kid was very smart. He not only teased the group of ten, but also reported the incident to the neighborhood, so that the group of ten got beaten up when they got home. From then on, the group of ten hated them.
The next year, the child followed his mother to the northwest. The ten-man group pointed their guns at Chen Zhao alone, but unfortunately Chen Zhao's childhood friend was very strong, so they didn't get any good results.
He did not finish high school as the school was closed. They used their family connections to find jobs to stay in the city, but he directly signed up to go to the countryside.
In the past two years, many of his classmates who went to the countryside with him have been trying hard to return to the city. When they found out, they found different ways to ridicule him, writing letters and sending telegrams, but he didn't care at all.
This time when he went home to visit his family, they caught him and laughed at him in the courtyard. He could no longer bear it and used the curse method he learned from his teammates to greet them, but they didn't have any ability to fight back, and some of them even cried on the spot.
"So that's how it is. I'll teach you a few more tricks. Next time, just curse harder." Zhang Wenxin said excitedly.
The two of them began to whisper and discuss ways to curse, and soon Hu Shuang joined them.
Lan Yuanyuan looked at the three intoxicated people and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Yu Chuyue laughed twice, and then returned to her listless look the next second.
"We've only been apart for a few hours, and you miss Qin Yunbai so soon?" Yu Zhile pinched her face twice and joked.
Yu Chuyue nodded honestly and asked her why she didn't look sad at all.
"Because this is where we always remember the time of our next meeting." Yu Zhile pointed to the position of his heart.
Yu Chuyue thought of the reminder she gave her on the day they went shopping, and her thoughts drifted away.
Now she still doesn't know when she will meet Qin Yunbai next time. Due to their own reasons, they can't even find a suitable time to talk on the phone, and can only communicate through letters and telegrams.
When Qin Yunbai went abroad to study, they couldn't even exchange letters. Yu Chuyue paused at this realization.
Yu Zhile was also thinking about the same question and sighed imperceptibly.
She asked Zhou Yuesheng and also inquired from Qu Rong and others. The opportunity to go out for exchange and study is rare, and the quota will be consumed within the unit, so it is difficult for people from other systems to intervene.
However, the incident involving the injury of scientists last time has not yet passed and the situation is quite tense. The higher-ups will not have any plans in this regard in the next one or two years.
"Chu Yue, if you have the chance, will you go out?" Yu Zhile suddenly spoke with a serious expression, "It's not for Qin Yunbai, I'm asking what you really think."
Yu Chuyue, who understood the deep meaning of this, was shocked by her bold idea and was stunned for a few seconds.
Then, she smiled confidently and said, "Of course. I like to do challenging things."
Her tone was very similar to the one when she answered Zhang Wenxin's question at the beach a long time ago, confident and excited.
Seeing this, Yu Zhile also smiled.
Lan Yuanyuan didn't understand why, but she was infected by Yu Chuyue's flamboyant smile, and an unprecedented power burst out in her heart.
She secretly vowed in her heart that she would be braver in fighting for benefits next time when discussing cooperation with the department store.
A table invisibly divided the carriage into two halves. On one side, three people each had their own thoughts and plans, while on the other side, three people were discussing ideas for cursing.
The train rumbled along for a long distance, and at noon, the smell of food wafted from the corridor.
Zhang Wenxin's stomach growled with hunger, and she said to Chen Zhao, "Eat first, I'll teach you something else in the afternoon."
"Okay!" Chen Zhao responded excitedly, "I'll go buy some food, you guys wait."
A few minutes later, he came back with six aluminum lunch boxes, his chest warm.
He bought all the dishes and everyone tried a little of everything.
The freshly cooked meals tasted great and the portions were large.
After eating and drinking, they chatted for a while before Zhang Wenxin and Chen Zhao went back to the next carriage for a nap.
In the afternoon, the two began to whisper again.
The sound was not loud, so the others treated it as background noise and focused on their own things.
Dinner was the same meal, but they didn't buy boxed lunches and chose to eat instant noodles to try something new.
At that time, they were already far away from Beijing, and the snow in the places they passed was not as heavy as in Beijing, with only a very thin layer around the railway tracks.
The moonlight is bright tonight, shining on the snow, giving people a sense of tranquility and mystery, making everyone fascinated.
Late at night, Yu Zhile fell asleep in a daze amid the sound of wheels hitting rails, and dreamed of the scene when he was reading the product introduction of the advanced mall that night.
In the middle of the night, she was woken up several times by the conductor's shouting of arrival at the station. Her dreams were intermittent.
The rules floated before her, the font sometimes normal, sometimes turning into black dots.
Just as she caught a word, the flight attendant's voice pulled her out of her dream.
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