Chapter 193193 [Daily Life]
During the two years that Jiang Ning stayed in No. 1 Middle School, the sample books of the martial arts magazine were always sent to the security guard of the No. 1 Middle School. After Jiang Ning left No. 1 Middle School, these magazine samples were of no use to her, so she did not ask the magazine to change the address. In the following year, the sample books were still sent to the security guard of No. 1 Middle School, and Liu Ping went to pick them up regularly.
Thanks to Jiang Ning, they have read many works serialized in "Wuxia" magazine. Their favorites were "Being a Constable in the Song Dynasty", "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" and "The Commander of the Imperial Guards", which were written with female protagonists as the visual angle. Among them, their favorite was "The Commander of the Imperial Guards". Although the female protagonists in the first two books were female, one was a detective story and the other was a cultivation story. Although they were also very enjoyable to read, they were not as shocked as the last one, which was a real political conspiracy story.
In particular, so many readers are looking forward to something happening between the heroine and the crown prince, some romance or something. However, this work has been written until now, and it is already the second part, and there is still no romance at all. The heroine has always been clear-headed about the crown prince. They have a friendship of growing up together, and she has awe of the ancient imperial power, and she also wants to use him to benefit the world.
This is very rare in this era when love-oriented novels such as "Qiong Yao" are flooding the market. Even Lian Nishang in the heroine-led drama "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" falls into various love affairs. Only the heroine in "The Imperial Guards" is always sober and always knows what she wants.
They are all loyal readers of Ningmeng.
But it was dark under the lamp, and they didn't realize that Jiang Ning was the author of "Jinyiwei Commander". Ning Meng felt that he was very far away from them, and no one thought about it in this way.
Who would have thought that with such strict management in No. 1 Middle School and such intense study in high school, Jiang Ning could still maintain a series of more than 20,000 words a week? Not to mention that readers online think it is impossible, even they themselves think it is impossible, especially He Xiaofang. Just studying itself has consumed all her energy, and she can only barely keep up with the learning progress, let alone find time to do other things.
Jiang Ning was not only doing other things at that time, she also went to the competition class every night to take part in the competition exams.
When they thought of this, their mouths opened into O shapes.
Lu Xuehua sighed: "Oh my God, does she have forty-eight hours in a day?"
"Fuck, how did she do that?" Liu Ping was also shocked.
They suddenly remembered that when school started, Jiang Ning always closed the mosquito net and wrote and drew inside. Several people looked at each other in confusion: "Could it be that she was not studying at that time, but was writing a novel?"
"Then how come her grades can improve so quickly?"
Xu Xiuli was also very shocked. She was one of the few people in the dormitory who knew some things about Jiang Ning, such as that Jiang Ning's household registration was moved to Shanghai and he bought a house in Shanghai. But she didn't know that Jiang Ning was writing about this and had written so many long novels.
He Xiaofang's face was full of pride, as if whatever Jiang Ning did was natural to her. If she had a tail behind her, she would see her tail swinging like a propeller. She said excitedly and admiringly, "Ningning is so amazing. She is very smart. It is normal for her novel writing to improve her grades, right?"
Anyway, in her heart, whatever achievements Jiang Ning made were normal.
She was tired of saying "Ningning is so amazing". In her eyes, Ningning was omnipotent and it was no surprise that she could do anything amazing. She was just extremely proud and honored that she had such a good friend. In the crew, her plump chest stood up even taller and she walked with the wind.
The original author of this drama is her good friend!
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of August. After the joint efforts of the people across the country and countless soldiers fighting against floods on the front line, the floods finally receded at the end of August.
Jiang Ning finally came to the vertical store with Song Peifeng.
She was originally planning to go back to school to register, but she thought about how He Xiaofang and a few others were arranged by her to join the filming crew, and she didn't know what the situation was like. In any case, she had the responsibility to go to Shudian. By the way, she hadn't met with Xu Xiuli, He Xiaofang and others for a long time, so she thought about having a meal and chatting with them, which would be a rare way to relax.
The whole road was filled with cars. Jiang Ning fell asleep on Song Peifeng's shoulder, feeling a little tired. There were slight dark circles under her eyes. Song Peifeng held her hand in his warm and dry palm. It was hot in summer, and his palm was a little sweaty, but he didn't care. Even if their fingers were crossed and held loosely, he insisted on holding her hand. Only at this time would she reveal her unreserved thinness and fragility. At other times, she lived her life like a wall that could shelter her from the wind and rain.
During the disaster relief process, many dangerous incidents actually occurred. Once he was accidentally caught in a flood. Jiang Ning had almost no hesitation at the time. He picked up the lifebuoy at hand and jumped into the rolling flood.
In the raging flood, even if they were wearing life jackets and she was holding a lifebuoy, this action was still very dangerous. But she still risked her life and swam towards him in the torrent. In the flood, she held his hand tightly, letting him hold on to the lifebuoy and try her best to keep her head above the water in the waves.
He could hardly describe the shock she felt when she grabbed him, but to her, it was as if she had done something insignificant. They finally reached an area where the flood was not so turbulent, grabbed a big tree, and the two of them climbed up the fork of the tree that was submerged in water and rested exhausted.
There is a lot of contradiction in her. She usually pays great attention to body maintenance, exercises regularly, and pays attention to nutritional balance when eating. She does not care about grace over temperature. She seems to love life and want to face life and treat herself well. However, during the disaster relief period, she has a contradiction of ignoring her own life, just like she jumped into the flood and swam towards him without hesitation.
What was she thinking at that moment? Did she know that she might also be swept away by the flood? How could she, who is so rational and intelligent, not know this? But she still did it, with an indifference that didn't care about her life or death, and a determination in her eyes as she swam towards him.
He later asked her why she jumped down to save him, didn't she know it was dangerous?
She smiled and said, "I know. Isn't this because of my good swimming skills?"
Jiang Song can swim back and forth in the Qiantang River and calls himself a little white dragon in the waves. She does long-distance running and strength training for so long every day, there is no reason for her to be worse than Jiang Song.
Of course, this was just a joke. After being reminded by Song Peifeng, she also found that sometimes she seemed to have an impulse to give it all up without any concern. It might be that sometimes she felt that this beautiful world was unreal, and sometimes she couldn't tell whether all this was her illusion or reality. On the contrary, when she was on the verge of death in the flood, she held the other person's arm tightly. The feeling of being exhausted and almost losing strength was more real, so real that it allowed her to treat the world well, love others well, and love herself well.
Song Peifeng tried his best to position his shoulder so that she could lean on it more comfortably, but he could not ignore the emotions surging like magma beneath his calm appearance.
He seemed to have a disease that made him feel uncomfortable without holding hands. He had to hold her hand wherever he went. Sometimes, even if he had a lot of bags in his hands, he would carry them with his other hand. Or if he had something on his back, he would still free one hand to hold her hand tightly to make sure she was really by his side. Even the touch of the fine calluses on the palm of her hand made him feel at ease.
When they came to the store, they didn't inform anyone. After arriving, they first found a hotel, checked in a room, put down all their things, took a shower, and washed themselves before calling the producer Huang Lan.
This year, due to the introduction of the world's most advanced communication technology, mobile phones have become popular. Huang Lan also bought a mobile phone and used a beautiful mobile phone chain to hang it on her chest, which looks fashionable and beautiful.
After Huang Lan received the call, she saw that Jiang Bai was still filming, so she didn't disturb him. She called a stage assistant and went to the entrance of Shudian Film and Television City with the assistant to pick up Jiang Ning. When she saw Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng standing at the entrance hand in hand like a perfect couple, she was very surprised and walked over to her and called her affectionately, "Teacher Ning Meng!" She came over and hugged Jiang Ning, looked at Jiang Ning closely, and said with a smile, "I heard from your brother that you went to the disaster area to provide relief. We were all very worried about you and admired you. Now we are so happy to see that you are back. How is the situation in the disaster area?"
In fact, the situation in the disaster area is broadcast on TV news every day, but Huang Lan and his team are busy shooting in the film and television city every day and really have no time to watch TV news.
Jiang Ning smiled, shook hands with Huang Lan and said, "The flood has been blocked, and the dam has not burst."
Huang Lan touched Jiang Ning's rough palms. A few months ago, there were only a few calluses on her palms. However, after not seeing her for a while, her palms became much rougher. Her palms and fingers were not as tender as before, and there were some small wounds on her hands that had not yet healed.
Huang Lan was a very delicate and beautiful woman in her thirties. When she saw the wound on her hand, a look of heartache appeared on her face. She patted her on the back and said with emotion, "It's not easy." She looked at Song Peifeng with interest and winked at Jiang Ning teasingly. Everything was said without words.
Jiang Ning introduced Huang Lan openly and generously: "My boyfriend, Song Peifeng." Then she said softly to Song Peifeng: "Sister Huang Lan, the producer of the Jin Yi Wei crew."
Huang Lan smiled and said, "Yes, just call me sister together with Teacher Ning Meng."
Jiang Ning also laughed and said, "I'm calling you sister, but you still call me Teacher Ning Meng."
Huang Lan immediately shouted affectionately: "Yes, yes, sister Ningning!"
She heard Xu Xiuli and the other girls on the set calling Jiang Ning "Ning Ning" in private, so she immediately took advantage of the situation and called her Ning Ning as well.
As Huang Lan walked away, she scolded Jiang Ning, "We agreed that I would come to work with the crew for a week to optimize the script after the filming started. I called you several times, but who knew you went to the disaster area? I couldn't find you."
Jiang Ning also smiled and said, "Sister, you are wronging me. Although I didn't come to the crew, I read the second and third drafts and gave suggestions. Although I didn't come to the crew, I never stopped receiving emails."
When she was writing the second and third drafts, the flood was still in its early stages and the impact was not that great. While mobilizing supplies, she also formed a volunteer team at school, organized donations from the school and the public, mobilized team strength, and formed a fleet. She was not on the front line of the flood, and she had access to the Internet. She read both versions of the draft and gave her comments. ”
The main suggestion was to cut off some of the heroine's four-to-one Mary Sue love lines, so that each of them could have their own love lines. As a result, in the third version, the screenwriter set their respective love lines that she suggested to the third male lead, who appeared simple and innocent on the surface, but was actually a blackened, yandere, and crazy female villain who was ruthless and killed people without blinking an eye. The character setting was quite interesting.
Jiang Ning was only responsible for giving advice, and whether the subsequent advice was adopted or not was none of her business. In the later period, all her energy was focused on the purchase and mobilization of materials. She no longer had the energy to pay attention to the script of their crew, so she let the screenwriters play freely.
When Jiang Ning came over, what he saw was a scene between Jiang Bai and the heroine.
It has been stuck several times, and each time Jiang Bo's emotions are not right, so the director calls for it to be cut again and again.
This is a love scene, and the feelings of the second male lead Jiang Bai towards the female lead are restrained, forbearing and full of affection.
The heroine of this drama is a heroic and beautiful woman from Hong Kong. She is considered the most famous and high-profile actress in this drama. The other most famous one is Jiang Bo, the second male lead who played in "White Snake". Almost all the others are newcomers selected from major film and television academies. What surprised Jiang Ning was that the role of the simple, innocent and yandere female villain was played by an actress with great acting skills that Jiang Ning liked very much later. However, she was only sixteen years old at that time. Although her acting skills were still immature, she was also full of spirit.
There were a lot of people on the set, making it look messy. Fortunately, the shooting location was not messy. Jiang Ning was watching from the back, without disturbing the people acting in the front. He just sat with Director Zhang and watched the performances through the small screen backstage.
The young people’s acting skills were not superb, but they all acted very seriously, especially Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bo, who did not come from a professional background, did not have many acting skills. What he could do was, after reading the script, to substitute some of his family experiences from childhood to adulthood into the role, and he acted quite well and seldom laughed, which made people around him laugh. Because the female lead opposite him was from Hong Kong and spoke Cantonese, the two of them clearly spoke different languages, but he was able to act and recite his lines seriously, and was not distracted at all by the different language, and he took his job very seriously.
What troubled Jiang Bai was that the screenwriter and director asked him to look at the heroine with an affectionate yet restrained and forbearing gaze.
Jiang Bai, who has not yet opened up to emotions, really has no idea what the director's required "affectionate, restrained and forbearing" look means. He tried to think of the heroine as his grandfather, but was scolded by the director. He then imagined the other party as his sister, but the director still scolded him: "No! No! That's your boss who saved you from suffering, helped you get revenge, and was your secret crush but couldn't get him. What's wrong with the way you look at your sister? Rest for five minutes and try again!"
This scene has been shot several times, but Jiang Bai still can't find the right emotion.
Jiang Ning had been standing behind Director Zhang for quite a while without disturbing him. Director Zhang asked someone to call Jiang Bai over and explain the scene to him. Only then did he see Jiang Ning standing quietly behind him watching the actors' performance in the camera.
When he saw Jiang Ning, the anger on his face immediately disappeared and he shouted, "Teacher Ning Meng is here." The rude look he had just shown towards Jiang Bai also subsided a little.
The director's shout also made some other actors on the scene look towards Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning did not wear a mask and acted very mysterious. In the early days, she did not want people around her to know that she was writing. She wanted to avoid some troubles, and the "Wuxia" magazine was afraid that she would be poached by her rivals, so they kept her identity strictly guarded. As for not telling Xu Xiuli and the others in real life, no author would want his or her pen name to be known by real people. It would be embarrassing to let friends and relatives in real life read the books they wrote.
But if her identity is really exposed, she doesn't care.
Although everyone already knew that Ning Meng was a college student and very young, when they saw such a young author of the original novel in the crowd, everyone's curious eyes couldn't help but fall on Jiang Ning and the boy she was holding hands with.
Jiang Bai, who was called over by Director Zhang, saw Jiang Ning first, and then saw Song Peifeng holding hands with her, and his eyes were fixed on the two holding hands.
Jiang Ning called out naturally, "Second Brother."
He Xiaofang was still a little timid, but Liu Ping rushed towards Jiang Ning like a fly: "Ning Ning!"
She is a very smart girl. In the past, everyone in the dormitory called her Jiang Ning. But when she learned on the crew that Jiang Ning was the author of the original novel of "The King's Guards" and that the second male lead Jiang Bai was Jiang Ning's second brother, she spontaneously learned to use a closer relationship with Jiang Ning to improve her status in the crew.
Before she jumped on Jiang Ning, she saw Jiang Ning had already seen them and called out, "Xiao Fang."
He Xiaofang couldn't hold it back any longer, her eyes suddenly became wet, she ran over and took Jiang Ning's arm, burying her head in her shoulder. Jiang Ning almost immediately felt the warmth and wetness coming from her shoulder.
She was taller and stronger than Jiang Ning. She buried her face in Jiang Ning's shoulder, acted coquettishly, and then smiled and said, "You're finally here. We all thought we'd see you when we got to the store, but we waited for a month and almost thought you weren't coming."
Because of her big stature, she was very shy in front of others, but in front of Jiang Ning, she unconsciously acted like a petite little girl and started to act coquettishly towards Jiang Ning.
Xu Xiuli also walked over and glanced at Song Peifeng who was standing next to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning introduced him to them naturally: "My boyfriend is Song Peifeng, you all know him."
Liu Ping held her face and cried out excitedly: "You actually have a partner secretly!" Then she looked intently at Song Peifeng and Jiang Ning, her whole body filled with the excitement of eating melon.
Lu Xuehua also came over: "Okay, you didn't tell us when you got a partner." She especially looked at Song Peifeng, as if asking when they started dating and whether they were in school. She looked at Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng with great interest.
Jiang Ning's frankness and generosity gave Song Peifeng enough sense of security. In front of her friends, he consciously gave up his seat next to Xu Xiuli. Xu Xiuli then walked over proudly, took Jiang Ning's other arm, then looked at Song Peifeng proudly, leaned her head on Jiang Ning's upper arm, and then felt that Jiang Ning seemed to be thinner than before, and the flesh on her arms was no longer soft as before, but had some solid muscles.
There was still filming to do on the spot, so the girls didn't stick around Jiang Ning for too long. They just stood beside her, winking at her, and listened to the director explaining the scene to Jiang Bai.
Jiang Ning looked at his second brother's tangled frown. When he was about to continue filming, he pulled Jiang Bai and whispered a reminder: "Second brother, treat the other party as if you were very hungry and wanted to eat braised pork but couldn't get it."
After Jiang Ning said this, Jiang Bai felt very deeply.
During his first and second years in high school, he never had enough to eat. He either had steamed buns with pickled vegetables or rice with pickled vegetables. The aroma of braised pork wafting from the last window was a window he salivated over but never dared to look at, for fear that if he took one look, he would never be able to look away.
Director Zhang really didn't expect that Jiang Bai, who had shot several takes but couldn't pass, would have such a high level of understanding. After he explained the scene a few times, he immediately understood it. His forbearing, restrained and admiring eyes, through the screen, could feel his suppressed desire, the deep struggle, pain and forbearance in his eyes, "Okay! Cut! This one passed!"
Real filming is much harder than the glamorous appearance on the big screen.
They rehearsed until after eleven o'clock at night. They were all exhausted, especially the main actors who had more scenes. It was hot in the summer, and they were wearing so many costumes. Even with the fans they kept on, they were still sweating profusely.
Jiang Bai and Yan Yichang both only put on a light layer of powder, and Jiang Bai only covered his freckles. His lips were so naturally rosy that he didn't even need to wear lipstick to look good enough.
In the crew, both male and female actors are outstandingly beautiful and very pleasing to the eye.
It was not until the end of the show that Yan Yichang had the chance to come over. He said to Jiang Ning very politely but a little awkwardly: "Teacher Ning Meng, I heard from the director that you recommended me to play the role of the Demon Cult Leader. Thank you for your recommendation."
This was his first role after being admitted to the acting department, and it was such an important role at that.
He wanted to find an opportunity to treat Jiang Ning to a meal to thank her for the opportunity, but when he saw the people surrounding her, he swallowed the words back and only expressed his gratitude to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning took a close look at Yan Yichang's extremely young, extremely handsome and very impressive face, turned around and said with a smile: "You're welcome, I just think your appearance is very suitable for this role, everything is for the TV series itself."
"Yes, yes, yes, our sister has a good eye for talent. I originally thought that Baizi was the most handsome guy I had ever seen in real life, but I didn't expect there was someone as handsome as Baizi. Alas, he almost caught up with me!" Tong Jingang said shamelessly, making everyone laugh.
After the filming, the director and the producer invited Jiang Ning and the crew to eat barbecue at a roadside stall. The leading actress was a little tired after a whole day of filming. In addition, she couldn't communicate with the other members of the crew, so she smiled and said she wanted to go back to her place to rest first.
Although the female lead recommended by Jiang Ning has a face as rosy as a rose, she is now in the prime of her life. She has also acted in many movies and TV series before. Both her image and acting skills are enough to handle the role of the female lead.
When Jiang Ning recommended this actress, they were worried that the female lead would not have schedule. So, sometimes fate is so wonderful. A year earlier or later, the actress' schedule would be full. But this year, she did not have any dramas and was invited by the director to come to the mainland.
Seeing that the female lead was not going, the directors didn't mind. If the person who came wasn't Ning Meng, they would have gone back to rest. Why would they eat barbecue so late at night?
During the meal, the director did not let Jiang Ning go and tried hard to invite her to play a guest role on TV. Jiang Ning, who had a clear plan for her future, still declined the director with a smile, which made the director feel a little regretful.
At night, Song Peifeng went back to the guesthouse to sleep alone, while Jiang Ning was dragged by Liu Ping and others to sleep in the room rented by Xu Xiuli.
Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli slept on the bed. He Xiaofang, Liu Ping and Lu Xuehua took their own mats and spread them on the ground around Xu Xiuli's bed, sleeping on the ground in a very simple manner.
Five girls who hadn't seen each other for a long time, on this hot summer night, were whispering about the situation in their class over the past two years, their teachers, the fun things they experienced while working as summer interns and filming, the schools they applied to, and their beautiful expectations for the future.
Before they knew it, their voices had become lower, and the room was filled with their gentle snoring and He Xiaofang's thunderous snoring.
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