Chapter 201 Storytelling
"Much better. How about you? Weren't you also injured that day? I asked you on WeChat before, but you didn't reply." Shi Feiye was still wondering if Wan Fu was in a bad mood and didn't want to reply to her.
"Hey, it's my parents. As soon as they heard that I was injured, they rushed over to see me yesterday. I didn't even have time to check my phone. I came here today to reply you, and seeing that you were already here, I thought I would come over to ask you directly, so it wouldn't be a bother."
Wan Fu turned and politely greeted Han Wenya: "Ms. Han, nice to meet you. I didn't expect Director Wang to invite you to guest star. Our crew will definitely add a touch of color."
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. I don't deserve what you said. The crew already has you and Miss Wu here, so why does they need me to add to the fun?" Han Wenya instinctively took a step back in the face of Wan Fu. This woman was a ruthless character who had established herself in the entertainment industry entirely by her own strength. She couldn't afford to provoke her.
"You know A Ye, that's really lucky, it's just right for A Ye to tell you about the play."
Han Wenya nodded and pretended to be happy: "That's right, thanks to Ah Ye's explanation of the play, my understanding of the role has deepened a little."
Wan Fu wanted to talk to Han Wenya, and she found that Shi Feiye was not that enthusiastic about Han Wenya, so she asked: "Miss Han, is there anything else? If not, I have some questions for Ah Ye."
"It's okay, it's okay. You guys chat, and I'll go think about the role myself first." Even though Han Wenya was dissatisfied, she still gave in. She couldn't compete with Wan Fu right now.
Shi Feiye said politely in time: "If you have any questions, come and tell me. Don't be polite."
"Don't worry, you guys talk first."
After Han Wenya left, Wan Fu sat down where she had just sat: "What's wrong, is this person annoying you?"
"It's okay. We've known each other for a while, but we're not that close. I just feel something is weird, but I can't really put my finger on what's weird about it. Maybe I'm overthinking it."
In the entire crew, Shi Feiye has the closest relationship with Wan Fu. Shi Feiye also has a good impression of this person. He is a generous and open-minded person with a relatively reliable character, so she can occasionally tell her a few true words.
"This circle is like this. If you don't have a plan in mind, you won't be able to make it. You don't have to worry too much. You'll be on guard sooner or later anyway. You have a background, so you don't have to worry about what she thinks. Even if she does, she won't dare to go too far."
Wan Fu's words were casual, revealing a sad atmosphere, so Shi Feiye had to change the subject: "Have your parents left? I didn't come here yesterday, is there anything wrong?"
"What's the problem? It's just that screenwriter Hai is a little tired. This is good. This way everyone won't be too annoying to screenwriter Hai and will just calm down."
"That's good. I was worried that you guys would be too busy." Shi Feiye and Wan Fu discussed the script over and over again, and the work was then on track.
At noon, Han Wenya came over and talked to her, and wanted her to eat sushi, but Shi Feiye refused promptly. She had a nutritious meal that Qin Buzhu had helped her to order, and she didn't need to eat other people's food.
Han Wenya wanted to take this opportunity to find out something, but Wan Fu came over again and sat with them, talking and eating. Wu Chunqian also came over from behind, and the topic all became safe topics, so no one could say anything.
The filming of the afternoon scene was almost finished, so Director Wang asked Shi Feiye to go back and rest first. He insisted on arranging his driver for her and told the driver to take her back no matter what. Shi Feiye had no choice but to go back and rest early.
After dinner, she started typing until Qin Buju called her in the evening:
"How was your day? Are you tired?"
Not sure if it was a psychological effect, Shi Feiye felt that Qin Buju's tone seemed to be much gentler. She thought that she should be affected by her mentality like other women who were in love. She sighed with amusement and helplessness in her heart, and answered Qin Buju honestly:
"No, everyone is very nice to me. If there is anything, they will come to my location to find me, and try not to trouble me. Director Wang even specially arranged for me to come back early. It's no different from changing the place where I recuperate."
Qin Buzhu thought of the information about the woman named Han Wenya that he had asked Zou Lianxun to check today, and reminded Shi Feiye:
"Director Wang wants you to leave, so don't be too polite to him. Also, I asked Xiaoliu to check on the woman I met today. She's not a particularly good person. Don't get too close to her."
"Are you talking about Han Wenya?" Shi Feiye was a little curious, "Why?"
"She's a bit weird, and she's already surrendered to reality in order to become famous. She used some tricks to get the role in the previous drama. People like her are likely to go from one extreme to another. Although they may not do anything to you, it's still better to be careful."
Shi Feiye said she understood. Just when she didn't know what the two of them should say, Qin Buju suddenly said, "Do you want to hear a story?"
Hmm? Listen to a story?
Shi Feiye thought Qin Buju was going to tell her some love story or something like that: "Okay."
Then Qin Buyu began to speak:
"In the old days, there was a scholar named Sun Bairen. He failed in the imperial examinations many times in his early years and gave up the idea of becoming an official. He married and had children, and lived on the rent of more than 100 acres of thin land left by his ancestors. Although he was not good at calligraphy, he liked calligraphy, painting and chess. Recently, there was always an old Taoist playing chess on the bank of the county moat, and Sun Bairen came here to have fun all day.
As they became familiar with each other, they gradually became able to talk about anything.
One day, after playing chess, the two of them talked for a while. It was already dusk, and Sun Bairen didn't want to go home to see his old woman. The old Taoist said, "Since you don't want to go back, why don't you go back to the Taoist temple in the mountains with me, and talk across the bed at night, isn't it wonderful?"
Sun Bairen clapped his hands in agreement.
The old Taoist lived in a small Taoist temple deep in Taoshan Mountain outside the city. After leading Sun Bairen into the temple, he served him fragrant tea. Sun Bairen saw several paintings on the walls of the Taoist temple. They were profound and did not seem to be made by ordinary people. He was amazed. He asked who painted them. The old Taoist had no idea. He only said that this Taoist temple had a long history and these murals had been there since he could remember.
Sun Bairen was more and more surprised. He remained silent for a long time, lowering his hands and looking around, admiring the world in the painting.
The old Taoist didn't know much about painting schools. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "Master left a painting box before he died. There is a long scroll inside. I can't tell whether it is good or bad, but Master ordered that it should not fall into the secular world. Otherwise, I would have given it to you long ago."
Upon hearing this, Sun Bairen begged the Taoist priest to show him the painting box so that he could feast his eyes on it.
The old Taoist was feeling like showing off, so he pulled out a large wooden box from under the bed, brushed off the dust, opened the copper lock, and saw a scroll inside. The old Taoist slowly opened it and showed it to Sun Bairen.
The inscription is a work by a Taoist called Kong Kong, and the title is "A Picture of One Hundred Bears". The content is extremely bizarre. On the scroll more than ten feet long, there are a hundred bears of different sizes, in various shapes, but not crowded at all. What is puzzling is that these bears are all dressed in clothes and hats, just like street vendors. Sun Bairen admired it while watching it. In terms of painting skills alone, it is rare in the world.
Later, the two played chess again. Because Sun Bairen was thinking about the "Hundred Bears Picture", he made a wrong move and lost in a short time. He talked with the Taoist priest until late at night, and the Taoist priest said that he would definitely follow the master's instructions and would not let the painting fall into the world of pleasure. Sun Bairen slept in his clothes, with big and small bears flying in front of him. He couldn't sleep. Hearing the Taoist priest's snoring, Sun Bairen tiptoed out of the bed. Taking advantage of the moonlight, he saw the "Hundred Bears Picture" still on the table, so he picked up the scroll and ran out of the Taoist temple.
After walking a few dozen steps, I heard hurried footsteps behind me. The old Taoist chased me out and said, "Fellow Taoist, please stay. This painting is very strange. You must not take it down the mountain."
Sun Bairen was eager to get the painting, so he refused to listen. He increased his strength and the Taoist priest chased him even more closely. However, the mountain path was rugged and Sun Bairen was eventually caught up. He became more and more anxious and pushed the Taoist priest hard, pushing him off the cliff. The cliff was so bottomless that he thought the Taoist priest was dead.
At that time, the night was getting deeper and quieter, and there was no one else in the mountains. Sun Bairen let out a long sigh and walked down the mountain in two steps.
Before dawn, he was already at the foot of the mountain, and he returned home as if nothing had happened.
When his wife and children asked him where he had been last night, Sun Bairen made up a lie and said that he had talked with an old friend until late and stayed at the friend's house for the night. His wife did not suspect anything.
Sun Bairen ate casually, then unfolded the scroll and admired it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he loved it. So he hung it on the wall of his bedroom. No matter whether he went to bed or got up, the first and last thing he saw was always this "Hundred Bears Picture".
Suddenly one night, there was a thunderstorm. Sun Bairen heard a strange noise and turned over to see that lightning had just struck, lighting up the surroundings. The bears in the "Hundred Bears Picture" seemed to come alive and made a noise. Before Sun Bairen could get off the bed, the painting suddenly grew ten thousand times larger, including him.
Sun Bairen suddenly felt dizzy, like dust in the wind, and it took him a long time to calm down. The place where he was standing was not a bedroom, but a forest. There were two or three bears around him, staring at him with their heads tilted. These bears were dressed and walked straight, and if they were not covered with fur, they would really look like humans.
Sun Bairen was shocked and pinched his arm, feeling pain, so he knew it was not a dream.
Are there really people who are like bears in the world? Seeing more and more people and bears surrounding him, Sun Bairen was terrified and ran away desperately. He ran for two hours, but returned to the same place.
Among the bears, there was an old one who seemed to sigh, waved his paws at Sun Bairen, and spoke in human language: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Sun Bairen collapsed to the ground and fainted.
When he woke up again, he found several bears looking at him with concern. One of them brought some spring water in a gourd and said to Sun Bairen, "Drink, drink."
Sun Bairen took two sips and thought to himself, "This guy doesn't seem to have any intention of harming me. I have to find out where this place is."
So, when trying to communicate with the human-bear, the human-bear could not express himself freely and could only say a few simple words each time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com