Chapter 94 Jiang Ling Moves Away
Although Jiang Ling didn't say anything, everyone's enthusiasm didn't diminish at all. They chattered one after another, making it very lively.
"Palace drama, wow, this is new, I haven't seen a palace drama before."
"That's right, I've never seen a TV show like this before. Hey, Ling, what's the story behind this TV show?"
Jiang Ling: "It tells the story of Emperor Qianlong."
Gao Cuifen: "Hey, what was this director thinking? Why did he have to film the story of the Qing emperor, and Qianlong at that? That bastard and his father were both bad people. Didn't you hear the old saying, 'Kangxi Kangxi, ate bran and drank porridge, Qianlong Qianlong, was worse than a locust.'"
Li Xiuying rolled her eyes at her and said, "You uneducated person! Kangxi is not Qianlong's father, he is Qianlong's grandfather!"
Gao Cuifen: "Regardless of whether he's my father or my grandfather, he wasn't a good person. If it weren't for those emperors who didn't do their jobs, we wouldn't have suffered so much before. This director had to film his deeds, what a low standard."
"You have the talent? If you have the talent, go make a TV series. Why are you wasting your time here and picking on the director?"
Li Xiuying curled her lips, not wanting to talk to Gao Cuifen anymore. She turned to look at Jiang Ling and said, "Hey, Ling, are you guys filming a TV show? Are you short of extras? The kind who don't have any lines, just filling in the numbers. What do you think of me?"
She tugged at the hem of her clothes, straightened her back, and asked eagerly, "Can you see if I can be an extra in the crew?"
Before Jiang Ling could say anything, Gao Cuifen beside her spoke up: "Tsk, Li Xiuying, you still want to act in a TV series?"
Li Xiuying stared: "What's wrong?"
Gao Cuifen: "Hahaha, oh hahaha, my stomach hurts from laughing, please stop making me laugh. You, you still want to act in a TV series? What role would you play? With your looks, people might not even want you to play an old lady, right?"
Li Xiuying gritted her teeth and said, "Get out of here!"
Jiang Ling is still here. She is too lazy to pay attention to Gao Cuifen. She will wait for another day. She will beat Gao Cuifen up another day.
Li Xiuying continued to look at Jiang Ling: "Ling, take a look at me, how am I doing?"
Seeing Li Xiuying being so proactive, other people in the hospital thought that they couldn't be left behind, so they also spoke up.
"Jiang Ling, you can't just look at Lao Li, look at us too!"
"Yes, Jiang Ling, take a look at me too. What do you think of me? Am I good at acting?"
Even Shi Qiushui leaned in front of Jiang Ling with her little face in her hands: "Sister Jiang, Sister Jiang, look at me, can I act in a TV series?"
Jiang Ling said with a somewhat awkward expression: "Uh, well, the crew is recruiting assistant directors, and I'm not sure if you can be extras. When I get to the crew, I'll go find the assistant director and ask for you."
Shi Qiushui nodded vigorously and said sweetly, "Sister Jiang, please don't forget me~"
Jiang Ling couldn't help but rub her chubby little face and said, "Okay, Sister Jiang, please remember to ask for our Xiao Qiu."
Everyone chattered, surrounding Jiang Ling with questions. They kept asking for quite a while, until Jiang Ling's mouth was dry from all the talking. She rubbed her hands and said, "Well, aunties, sisters, I won't be going to the crew these days. I'll go on Sunday. So if you have anything to say, we can talk slowly when we have time these days. Let me go home and have a drink of water first."
Ma Yulan: "Ah, that's right, you all should stop talking to Jiang Ling and let her go home and rest. She has been working all day and just got back. She hasn't even gone home yet, and you're just dragging her around talking to her."
After hearing this, everyone felt embarrassed and quickly said, "Well, Jiang Ling, go back. We won't be around you anymore."
"Yes, Jiang Ling, go home."
Jiang Ling: "Then I'll go back first."
Jiang Ling turned and entered the main room, and the people gathered in the yard dispersed. Yao Dazui smiled as brightly as a chrysanthemum and walked out happily.
There is an actor in their courtyard who is going to be on TV. This is great news, she has to go out and show off!
Li Xiuying stood there and thought for a while, then followed Ma Yulan and said, "Old Ma, I'll go to your house with you."
Ma Yulan: "What? You still want to ask Jiang Ling about being an extra? Didn't Jiang Ling tell you that she's not responsible for this matter? Why are you still..."
Li Xiuying: "No, I'm not here for that. I'm, uh, don't ask me now."
Shi Qiu Shui blinked his eyes, very curious.
What is Grandma Li going to do?
She decisively stepped forward and said, "Grandma Ma, I want to go to your house and play too!"
Shi Yue looked at Shi Qiushui, who mercilessly let go of his hand and ran away, and shook his head helplessly. He looked down at Zhao Ran and said, "Then let's go back too?"
Zhao Ran nodded, then waved to Shi Yue and said, "Goodbye, Uncle Shi."
"Yeah." Shi Yue nodded in response. After getting the response, Zhao Ran walked to the backyard, while Shi Yue went home by himself.
Shi Qiu Shui followed Li Xiuying into Ma Yulan's house. When they came in, Jiang Ling was holding a big teapot and drinking water. The teapot had a big belly and a wide mouth, which could hold half a thermos of water at a time. Jiang Ling drank most of the teapot's water in one breath. It was obvious that she was really thirsty.
Jiang Ling saw them come in, put down the teacup in her hand, and asked in confusion: "Hey, Aunt Li, Xiaoqiu, what are you doing..."
She thought to herself, could these two people be here to ask her how to become an extra?
Li Xiuying smiled, but was too embarrassed to speak.
She chased after him, not to ask about being an extra, but to ask about Jiang Ling and Yang Zhiqiang.
She had originally agreed with Yao Dazui today that she would ask Jiang Ling in the evening whether she was interested in Yang Zhiqiang, but now she really couldn't bring herself to ask.
Li Xiuying thought for a moment and asked, "Well, Ling, I just want to ask you, if you go to act, where will you live? Will you still live in our courtyard, or..."
She didn't intend to get straight to the point right away, so she took a roundabout approach, asking an unrelated question and then slowly leading the topic to Yang Zhiqiang.
Jiang Ling didn't think much about it and answered honestly: "Ah, after I joined the crew, I won't live in our courtyard anymore. The director said that the crew and actors have a unified dormitory and asked me to live there."
Li Xiuying: "Ah?! So you're moving out this Sunday?!"
Jiang Ling: "Yeah, that's right."
Ma Yulan exclaimed in surprise, "You're moving out this week?! No, why didn't you tell me just now? I didn't even know about this! You're such a fool! Thank goodness Aunt Li asked that. Otherwise, would you have waited until the day you moved out to tell us?!"
Jiang Ling waved her hands quickly: "No, no, Aunt Ma, you're overthinking it. I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just that I didn't think of it just now."
Just now, so many people in the yard surrounded her and asked her all kinds of questions, which confused her and she forgot about it.
After hearing her explanation, Ma Yulan's expression improved somewhat.
Li Xiuying: "No, then after you move away, will you never come back?"
Jiang Ling: "Of course not, how could I not come back? I can't bear to leave these people in our courtyard! Aunt Li, Aunt Ma, don't worry, if I have time, I will definitely come back often. Don't think that I am no longer a member of our courtyard because I moved away. You can't forget me!"
"Of course, of course, I definitely can't forget about you."
Shi Qiushui nodded seriously: "Yes, Sister Xiao Jiang, we will never forget you, anyway, I won't!"
Jiang Ling: "Hahaha, okay!"
Li Xiuying tried to steer the conversation towards her intended topic. She said, "Hey, Jiang Ling, you've successfully achieved your dream and become an actress in a film studio. Have you ever considered your future?"
Jiang Ling: "What about the future? Aunt Li, I don't quite understand what you're saying. What do you mean by the future?"
Li Xiuying: "It's about things like dating, finding a partner, and getting married."
Jiang Ling: "Ah, this matter? I haven't really thought about this."
She pursed her lips, smiled, and said, "Honestly, Aunt Li, I haven't thought about this issue yet. I'm only 23 and still young. I still have a lot of youth to enjoy, so I'm not in a rush to find a partner. Besides, my biggest concern right now is to act well, try to win the director's favor, and then continue to work as an actor. As for falling in love, I don't have time for it at all."
Li Xiuying muttered quietly, "Why aren't kids in a hurry to find a partner these days?"
Jiang Ling: "Ah? What?"
Li Xiuying: "Well, I was thinking of your big brother Yang, Yang Zhiqiang. He also said that he is not in a hurry to find a partner."
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "Brother Yang, there's really no need to worry."
Li Xiuying: "Don't worry, are you? Your Big Brother Yang is already 30 years old this year! You don't know that your Big Brother Yang's mother and everyone in our hospital are all worried about finding a partner for your Big Brother Yang. But no matter how worried everyone is, your Big Brother Yang is not anxious at all, not at all!"
Jiang Ling: "Aunt Li, I don't think you need to worry about this at all. I also talked about this with Brother Yang, and he told me that you guys are urging him to find a partner."
Li Xiuying: "Did he talk to you about this?"
Jiang Ling: "Yes, we talked about it. He told me that he doesn't really want to find a partner, at least not right now, because all his energy is currently devoted to his business and he has no energy to spare for a relationship."
Li Xiuying: "You are busy with your career, and he is busy with his career too. You two are quite a good match."
Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said with a smile, "Oh, Aunt Li, please don't joke with me. Brother Yang and I don't have any sparks at all. We are just friends. Oh, no, should we say brother and sister? We feel like real brother and sister. Anyway, I treat him as my real brother and he treats me as his real sister. You said that since we are like this, what else can we do?"
Li Xiuying waved her hands: "Oh, oh, I get it. I won't make such jokes next time."
She now understood that Jiang Ling was really not interested in Yang Zhiqiang, not at all.
Since this is the case, no matter how hard she tries to bring them together, it will be useless.
Li Xiuying sighed silently in her heart, but finally did not mention the matter again.
She decisively changed the subject: "Hey, Jiang Ling, when are you going to the studio on Sunday?"
Jiang Ling: "Probably in the morning?"
Li Xiuying: "Then shall we take you there?"
Jiang Ling: "No need, I know the way to the studio, so I won't bother you."
Li Xiuying: "Oh, it's not a bother, it's not a bother. What kind of a bother is this? We have a day off anyway. I'd really like to go to the studio and see what it's like inside. Right, Lao Ma, you want to go too, right?"
Ma Yulan nodded: "I really want to go and see it too."
She not only wanted to see what the studio looked like, she also wanted to find out what the situation was like in the crew that Jiang Ling was going to act in. A crew was also a small society. Jiang Ling, a simple-minded girl, was going to go there like this, and she didn't know whether she could make it. If she followed her, she might be able to give Jiang Ling some guidance.
Jiang Ling bit her lip and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then you two can come with me."
Shi Qiushui pouted: "Sister Jiang, I'm still here! I want to go to the studio with you too, you can't forget me!"
Jiang Ling: "Xiaoqiu, do you want to go too?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yeah! I want to go too!"
Jiang Ling thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go together."
After Li Xiuying's publicity, everyone in the compound soon knew that she and Ma Yulan were going to send Jiang Ling to the studio on Sunday.
Everyone knew that the result of this incident was that the team sent to escort Jiang Ling became even larger.
Everyone in the hospital wanted to visit the studio, so they crossed it out and wanted to send Jiang Ling to the studio.
No matter what everyone wanted to do, to Jiang Ling, they all meant well and she couldn't refuse. So early on Sunday morning, everyone in the courtyard of No. 28 Ping'an Hutong went out together to send Jiang Ling to the studio.
When this large group of men and women, young and old, arrived at the bus stop to wait for the bus, passers-by were confused. What were they doing?
I haven’t heard that there are discounted eggs in department stores again?
Not only were the passers-by waiting for the bus at the bus stop confused, but even the security guard at the studio was confused.
The security guard at the gate had seen actors reporting to the studio, but he had never seen an actor reporting with so many relatives.
He was stunned for a moment before he remembered to stop these people. He quickly shouted, "Hey, wait a moment, comrades."
Shi Yue turned his head and said with a smile: "Comrade, are you calling us?"
Security guard: "Yes, don't leave yet, come over and register. Our company has a rule that everyone entering and leaving must register at the door."
"Oh oh oh, okay." Shi Yue cooperated and brought everyone back to register.
The security guard pointed to the register and said, "It's right here. Just write your name and the time you came in. It's 7:45 now. Just write this time on everyone."
Shi Yue nodded, picked up the pen, and was the first to write his name on the register. After he finished, he handed the pen to Ma Yulan behind him and said, "Here, Aunt Ma, you write it."
"Okay." Ma Yulan took the pen, registered her name in the register, and then passed the pen to the next person.
They registered one after another. There were many people coming this time, including Ma Yulan's family, Gao Cuifen's family, Li Xiuying's family, and the young couple Da Liu and Xiao Liu from the front yard. Almost everyone was there. There was also Yao Dazui from the backyard, and Old Zhao's family. There were a total of about 20 to 30 people in total. The registration took a long time. Finally, after they finished registering and the security guard checked that there was no problem, they were allowed to enter the studio.
Shi Yue and his companions were a little confused after entering the gate. The studio was very large, much larger than their machinery factory. Standing at the gate, they had no idea which way to go.
Jiang Ling had been here once before, so she knew where the reporting area was. She pointed to the left and said, "Well, ladies, I'll report first. I'll go to the Actors' Troupe first. Go left."
Shi Yue turned to the left and took a step to go out. He thought for a moment, then retracted his leg and said to Jiang Ling, "Jiang Ling, you come. You walk in front, and we will follow you."
"Why."
Jiang Ling responded and came to the front of the team. She led everyone to walk straight to the left road for two minutes, then turned right at the intersection, and walked for another five minutes. Then, they passed through two large sheds and arrived at the actor troupe of the studio.
The director of the actors' troupe was stunned when she saw Jiang Ling leading such a large group of people. She stared with wide eyes and asked, "What are these..."
Jiang Ling smiled sheepishly and explained, "They came to see me off."
The person in charge pointed at the people in the compound and said, "Are they all here to see you off?"
Jiang Ling nodded. Shi Yue, who was standing next to her, took in the person in charge's expression and asked, "Comrade, are we too many and causing you trouble? If so, we'll leave immediately."
Person in charge: "Oh, that's not the case. You didn't cause any trouble. I just haven't seen so many people escorting one person here."
She sincerely said to Jiang Ling: "Comrade, you have so many family members!"
Jiang Ling knew that she had mistaken everyone in the compound as her relatives, but she didn't explain much. After all, it was quite troublesome to explain.
The person in charge had no intention of inquiring about Jiang Ling's family situation. She simply sighed and started to process the procedures for Jiang Ling. After about three or four minutes, she had completed the procedures.
She handed Jiang Ling a small square piece of paper and said, "This is your work ID and also your pass to enter and exit various areas of the studio. Keep it safe."
She said, "The dormitory building is the third building on the left after you exit the main gate of our class's theater group. Next to the dormitory building is our cafeteria. Take this work ID to the management office on the first floor of the dormitory building and find the lady there. She will assign you a dormitory and take you to get a meal card."
"Oh, okay, I understand." Jiang Ling nodded seriously, smiled at the person in charge, and said, "Comrade, thank you."
The person in charge said, "You're welcome. Just grab your things and hurry to the dormitory. I don't know if there are any empty beds left. If not, you might end up staying in a previously empty dormitory. Those empty dormitories haven't been occupied for who knows how long, so you'll have to clean up on your own."
"Okay, I'll go over then."
Jiang Ling picked up her small bag and walked out of the person in charge's office. Ma Yulan patted her on the back and said, "Don't worry, Jiang Ling, even if you want to stay in an empty dormitory, there are still so many of us following you. We will help you pack up when the time comes!"
Gao Cuifen: "Yes, we'll help you clean up!"
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "Okay, Auntie, let's go."
Jiang Ling and her group quickly found the dormitory according to the direction given by the troupe leader. After the aunt working in the management office on the first floor confirmed that the documents Jiang Ling brought were in order, she quickly took Jiang Ling to her dormitory.
Fortunately, there was an empty bed in the dormitory rooms that were currently in use, and Jiang Ling successfully moved in, so she didn't have to live alone.
Because it was a girls' dormitory, there were a bunch of men among the people who came to see Jiang Ling off, so no one followed Jiang Ling to the dormitory. Jiang Ling went up by herself. She greeted the only roommate in the dormitory briefly, chatted with her for a few words, then put down her things and went downstairs.
Although everyone in the compound was waiting outside the dormitory building, they were not bored at all.
Because the dormitory building entrance is facing a dance rehearsal room, everyone is watching the actors rehearsing inside through the glass.
Gao Cuifen watched and commented: "Hey, look, the third guy on the left, I think he is the most handsome."
Li Xiuying: "I think the second one is the most handsome. I don't like the third one's big ears."
Ma Yulan: "I like the one at the end. He's tall. I like tall people."
Aunt Zhao: "Hey, you're all no good. You have no taste. The most handsome one should be the dance teacher!"
Gao Cuifen: "No, I don't like Teacher Nei."
Ma Yulan: "I don't like it either. The one at the end is the most handsome!"
The spouses of several aunts: ...
Fortunately, Jiang Ling came downstairs quickly and interrupted the aunties' comments, otherwise they might have started arguing over who was the most handsome one.
Jiang Ling was going to meet the director in the afternoon, but she had nothing to do in the morning, so she took everyone on a tour of the factory.
It was called a tour, but because many places were work areas and ordinary people could not enter, Jiang Ling just took everyone on a simple tour around the factory.
What everyone had expected, such as encountering a famous actor or being spotted by a passing director and being cast in a movie, did not happen.
Because there are only a few small indoor studios inside the studio, and the rest are in the affiliated film and television bases, there are not many actors and directors who reside in the studio.
However, everyone was very satisfied to be able to visit the studio once and did not feel any regrets. When everyone left, they all had happy faces.
Especially Yao Ming.
Yao Dazui: I have more material to go out and show off to others!
Near noon, everyone left the studio gate, and Ma Yulan asked, "Let's go, shall we go back?"
Shi Yue pursed his lips and said, "Auntie Ma, you guys go back first. I'll take Xiaoqiu to the department store to buy some things."
Shi Qiu Shui looked at Shi Yue with her big round eyes.
When her father came out, didn’t he say he would take her to the department store?
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