Chapter 169 169
This was the first time that Jiang Wu sat in a cinema to watch the movie adapted from her own work.
Not to mention other audiences who had not seen the movie, even those who had seen it again were also amused by the jokes in the movie. The cinema was filled with the joyful atmosphere of the New Year.
Jiang Wu was also amused. While watching the movie, she also saw the superb acting skills of the actors in the movie behind these funny moments.
Don't think that comedy is easy to act. To act funny and not be out of character, you have to integrate yourself into the role.
Jiang Bai was the same. He appeared in the middle of the show, and he was also amused by the jokes in the beginning and smiled happily.
He is actually a very simple person, and his sense of humour is also very vulgar, similar to the tastes of the general public. Basically, the jokes that can make other audiences laugh are also his laughs.
Until he saw himself appear on stage.
How can I describe that feeling? Very strange.
He moved his body uncomfortably and paid attention to the movements around him. Fortunately, it was dark in the seats below and no one could see him.
Then he paid attention to his performance on the big screen.
He felt as if he was torn apart. He felt that the person on the big screen was definitely not him. Under the director's camera, the little monk was clean, transparent, and bright. His whole body seemed to be shrouded in a layer of faint golden light. There was a rouge-red mole on his forehead. His expression was cold, as if he was a god who had fallen to the earth and was looking at the people in the world.
How could he have such a calm and detached temperament?
In Jiang Bai's heart, he was as humble as dust.
The audience in the cinema saw Fahai and his two little apprentices appear. Since the first scene was a long shot of the three people and the focus was on Fahai, everyone did not notice the two little apprentices behind him at first glance, but the next second, the camera zoomed in and everyone could see the faces of the little apprentices behind him. For
a moment, they thought they were dazzled, but when they saw the close-up of the character "Ming Yue", the beauty that dominated the screen directly impacted their eyes. Many people who could not recognize her let out a "hiss" while some people from Jiangjia Village who saw Jiang Bai also let out a louder "Shaha!" '
They couldn't help but stretch out their hands to pull the people around them: "Look, do you think Fa Hai's apprentice looks like Jiang Bai from the big guy's family?"
Not everyone in Jiangjia Village knows and is familiar with Jiang Bai. First, Jiang Bai was too invisible in the village before. Second, there is a real barrier between the educated people in the village and those who don't study and go out to work. They don't play together at all, nor are they a small group. Even the children of each room play with their own children. People from the first, second, and fourth rooms are really not familiar with Jiang Bai. At most, when he walks with Jiang Song on the road, everyone will know that he is Jiang Song's younger brother. Usually, when people from the other three rooms see Jiang Bai, if they ignore his iconic height, other children may really not know who he is.
Not to mention, migrant workers work outside all year round and rarely see each other during the Chinese New Year. Jiang Bai, a student, studies outside all year round and is a homebody. He prefers to read at home and is unwilling to hang out with the people in the village who like to gamble during the Chinese New Year after returning from work. They are even more unfamiliar with each other.
But there are still people of the same age as him, who were classmates in elementary and junior high school, and people from the same third house, who recognized Jiang Bai.
But some people didn't react: "What Jiang Bai?"
The people who recognized Jiang Bai were anxious: "Third house, his father is the tallest in the village, a big guy, Jiang Song's younger brother!"
No one knew Jiang Bai, but when he was mentioned as Jiang Song's younger brother, everyone reacted.
The youngest son of the tallest big guy in the village!
They all knew who it was, but they really had no impression of Jiang Bai. When they heard them talking about it, a cold, blurry face with round eyes appeared in their minds. When their friends reminded them, they realized that they seemed to be somewhat similar. They smiled and said, "It's really a bit similar."
His friends beside him were anxious: "It's not similar! Don't you think that's him?"
"How is that possible?" His friend watched the movie and laughed out loud with a clear and stupid laugh.
There were no seats at the end of the movie, so people had to stand. Those who had just seen Jiang Bai also hissed in unison and looked at each other. Some people even tiptoed and pointed at the screen excitedly and shouted: "Isn't that the person just now? Damn, they look alike!"
"Did he come to our theater?"
"Coincidence? Just look alike?"
Is there anyone who looks so similar?
It's no wonder they couldn't believe it. To them, appearing on TV and filming movies were so far away that they were like they were not in the same world or dimension. The most they knew about movies were the Four Heavenly Kings, Chow Yun-fat, and Stephen Chow, which were far away in Hong Kong.
Even if they were given ten thousand imaginations, they could hardly imagine that the people in the movie were right next to them.
But just now, they seemed to have really seen it.
This little commotion and rustling sound did not attract widespread attention in the cinema, and was even scolded by the people around them who were concentrating on watching the movie, asking them to be quiet.
Jiang Bai actually heard some noises around him, so when the movie was about to end, he said to Jiang Xi beside him, "I'm going out first, I'll wait for you at the door of the young master's house."
The 'young master' Jiang Bai was referring to was Uncle Jiang, whose old house was less than a hundred meters away from the cinema.
At this time, the brothers Jiang Guoan and Jiang Guoliang, with their wives and sons, and Jiang Guoliang with his girlfriend, were also watching the movie in the audience below.
Others couldn't recognize Jiang Bai, but Jiang Guoliang was too familiar with him. Unlike others who were still a little uncertain after recognizing him, he recognized at a glance that this was his nephew Jiang Bai, who was not much younger than him.
Jiang Guoan curiously poked his shoulder and asked him, "Do you think Mingyue looks like our Baizi?"
Jiang Guoliang was shocked and turned back to Jiang Guoan and said, "What do you mean by like? She is clearly like him!"
But many people still couldn't believe it until the end of the movie. The names of all the actors in the back rolled up like a wheel.
They clearly saw the words "Jiang Bai" behind the actor who played Mingyue.
Those who had seen Jiang Bai in the back shouted after seeing this name, "Jiang Bai! It's really Jiang Bai!"
"Fuck, Jiang Bai went to act in a movie!"
"What Jiang Bai? Which Jiang Bai?"
"Look at the subtitles above. Mingyue is played by Jiang Song's younger brother. Did you see the name? Jiang Bai!"
Many people who were reminded and didn't look at the final cast list noticed Jiang Bai's name at the end of the cast list. They all seemed to have discovered a new continent.
"Jiang Bo is here too. I just saw him. He looks exactly like in the movie, so handsome!"
"I saw him at the ancestral hall this morning. He is almost as tall as his father. I thought he was handsome then, but after watching the movie, I realized he is so handsome!" "
Really? Did you really see him? Can he be more handsome in person? Is he wearing makeup in the movie?"
"Really? He is more handsome in person, in a different way!"
"I know, I know. He was raised as a girl when he was young. When he was six or seven years old, no one noticed that he was a boy. It was because he was so beautiful!"
First of all, a child with a pair of big, dark and bright eyes is already an advantage in terms of appearance. Jiang Bai also has long, thick dark eyelashes, a straight high nose bridge, and is white and tender. When he was young, he looked like a doll. He was a little beauty.
"His brother is more handsome!"
Many people don't have a deep impression of Jiang Bai, but are more familiar with his brother Jiang Song. Jiang Song has a kind of sunny filter, plus a really good-looking face. Unlike Jiang Bai's slightly soft appearance, Jiang Song has thick eyebrows and big eyes, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and sharp edges and corners. He gives people the feeling of a sunny boy.
The three siblings have the same feature, they all have very good skin. Jiang Song loves sports so much, he goes up the mountain and down the river in the summer, his back is sunburned and peeled, and in the winter he covers himself up all winter, his skin becomes white again.
But at this time, no one wants to know about his brother, they only want to know about Jiang Bai.
"Didn't they just say someone saw him? Where is he?"
As soon as the movie ended, the lights in the cinema came on, and everyone was looking around for Jiang Bai.
The brothers Jiang Guoan and Jiang Guoliang were also looking for Jiang Bai, only Jiang Xi silently pulled up her scarf, quietly left the cinema, and came to the door of her grandfather's house. In the darkness, a thin and tall figure stood there, with his hands in his pockets. When he saw her coming, he said coldly: "Let's go."
After that, he waited for her to pull his sleeve again.
The snow was slippery, and Jiang Xi held him to prevent him from slipping and falling.
He felt that his body was as strong as a mountain, and like an immovable stone pillar, he could protect Jiang Xi and let her hold him and walk without falling.
In the Jiang family, he was actually more like her and Jiang Song's brother than Jiang Song.
Jiang Xi was not polite and directly grabbed his arm. The brother and sister walked home in the snow, stepping on the snow, and clacking.
The winter night is really dark, so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you, but Jiangjia Village is still quite lively. On New Year's Eve, every household has to stay up all night, and all the lights have to be lit all night on this day. Many people from nearby villages who come to Jiangjia Village to watch movies also go out together and go back together.
There are also many people who have returned from working in other places, and they don't go back at all, but go to gamble in the homes of people they know.
Although they had already come out, the person they were talking about was Jiang Bo, who had just played Ming Yue in the movie.
"What do you think? Is it him?"
"The name has been mentioned, how could it not be him?"
Someone suggested, "Why don't we go to his house?"
They hadn't been to Jiang Bo's new home yet!
Some wanted to go, but some didn't, especially since Jiang Bo and Jiang Xi were college students, who were like people from two different worlds. They, the unruly ones, felt like they were a head shorter than the college students, and they felt guilty and didn't dare to go.
But there were also people who were curious about the excitement, and went to Jiang's house to find Jiang Bo, such as Jiang Guoliang and his girlfriend.
He and his girlfriend and her parents came to discuss the engagement at the end of the year. After the discussion, his girlfriend's parents went back first. His girlfriend played in Jiangjia Village for two days and took the opportunity to see if his parents got along well and what the family tradition was like. She was going to go back in two days. Who knew that it would snow for several days and nights, and the thick snow was nearly three feet deep. Now, all the boats and cars were gone. His girlfriend was also trapped in Jiangjia Village and couldn't go back. After waiting for the weather to clear up, it was already the 29th day of the lunar year. During the Spring Festival travel period, she couldn't buy a ticket to go home. She and Jiang Guoliang were at the best and most affectionate time. Jiang Guoliang was handsome and sweet-mouthed, and he could coax people. He coaxed his girlfriend to call home and stay in Jiangjia Village for the New Year.
Now Jiang Guoliang took his girlfriend to Jiang's house.
Jiang Guoan's wife was also very curious. Although she was over 30, she had always been well protected. She looked like a girl in her early twenties. She was also arrogant and innocent.
This was her first year in Jiangjia Village after being married for so many years. Upon hearing this, she said to Jiang Guoan, "Let's go to your second brother's house to take a look. Your little nephew really went to film a movie?"
The lobby aunt was obsessed with looks, otherwise she wouldn't have liked Jiang Guoan. She was very interested in all fashionable things. Jiang Bai was undoubtedly the most fashionable person in Jiangjia Village. There were
also many other people of the third house who knew Jiang Bai and were of the same age. They were all going to Jiang's house.
To watch a movie in the village, Jiang Gangqin, who has always been at the forefront of fashion in the village, was naturally not spared from such excitement. She went with her two nephews and nieces. Jiang Gangqin's home was only sixty or seventy meters away from the Jiang family's new building. When she arrived at the door of her house, she shouted towards her window: "Mom! I'm going to play with Jiang Liu!"
Gangqin's mother, who was watching the Spring Festival Gala at home with Gangqin's father, heard the voice and immediately walked to the window and shouted: "Then come back early! Are you cold? I'll get you a hand warmer!"
"Mom! I'm not cold!" As she said that, she ran to Jiang Liu's home on the thick snow.
It was also her first time to visit the new house of the Jiang family. She was holding a flashlight, and her two nephews and nieces followed her quietly. Before they even reached the Jiang family, she started shouting in a loud voice: "Bang! Bang!"
Jiang Bang and Jiang Bai had just arrived home and were changing into cotton shoes in the living room. They came out when they heard the noise.
Jiang Gangqin smiled widely, and her bright eyes seemed to glow under the corridor lights of the Jiang family's corridor. She looked at Jiang Bai and said, "Jiang Bai, did you play Mingyue in the movie "White Snake" that was shown in the cinema today?"
After cleaning up the dishes and washing the dishes, Jiang's mother went back to her room to watch the Spring Festival Gala. When she heard the noise in the main room, she looked towards the open door.
Jiang Bo was not used to Jiang Gangqin's enthusiasm. He took a step back, smiled, and nodded shyly: "Yes."
Jiang Gangqin almost screamed like a groundhog: "Is it really you? You actually went to act in a movie? How did you get there? Is it fun to make a movie?"
She was simply curious to death.
She especially liked Ren Xianqi, and she sang well. She had a dream of being on stage since she was a child. Unfortunately, she was born in a remote mountain village. Not to mention the stage, she had never been on the stage on Children's Day. The biggest stage she had been on was the singing competition held by the provincial government last summer.
Unfortunately, although she likes to sing and sings well, she is far behind many professional musicians who can sing, dance and play musical instruments. She was eliminated before she even made it to the finals.
When she heard that Jiang Bo was actually filming a movie, she was so jealous that she wanted to go with Jiang Bo to see if she could film.
Even if it was just a small role...
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of the acne on her face.
Her originally enthusiastic heart suddenly became cold as if a basin of cold water was poured on it.
Jiang Gangqin has a delicate appearance, and her eyes are extremely beautiful, watery and clear.
But she didn't know what was going on. Since she started to have acne during puberty, her face has been red every day. She has seen doctors and applied various plasters, but the acne keeps coming back. She can't use facial cleansers, let alone put on makeup. For this face, she even gave up chili peppers and dared not eat any food that is slightly spicy.
If she didn't put on makeup, she would be on TV. She had seen it once last summer. The pretty little beauty in real life looked very ordinary on TV, which made her regret not putting on makeup.
Although she couldn't be on TV, she was still very interested in Jiang Bo's filming and yearned for it.
Jiang Bai said, "I don't know either. The director asked me."
Jiang Guoliang and his girlfriend also arrived at this time. As soon as they arrived, they showed a brilliant smile: "Baizi! Dingding." He introduced his girlfriend who was about the same age as Jiang Song to the two of them: "This is your aunt."
His girlfriend was only 22 years old, and suddenly became the aunt of two young people who were almost the same age. Her face turned red all of a sudden, and she snuggled up to Jiang Guoliang and greeted the two of them shyly: "Hello."
After greeting, her eyes stopped on Jiang Bai's face uncontrollably.
The Jiang family was brightly lit. In previous years, when they lived in the old house, the light bulbs in the living room were only 50 watts at most, but in the new house, Jiang's father earned nearly 100,000 yuan this year, and directly used a 100-watt light bulb, and the living room was as bright as day.
Looking at Jiang Bai's face from such a close distance, she just thought he was so handsome! How could he be so handsome! My God, his nose is so beautiful, isn't it? And his mouth, did he put on lipstick? Why is it a moist bright red color, better looking than the lip color of girls!
She originally thought Jiang Guoliang was very handsome, otherwise, as a girl from the suburbs of a provincial capital, she would not be attracted to a poor country boy who has nothing but his job. Isn't it because Jiang Guoliang is tall and good-looking?
But now, looking at Jiang Bai, and then looking at Jiang Guoliang, he seems so ordinary.
Jiang Guoliang saw that his girlfriend was staring at his nephew, and couldn't help but pull her to draw her attention back.
His girlfriend quickly came to her senses, glanced at Jiang Guoliang, and couldn't help but look at Jiang Bai's face again, her eyes simply couldn't be taken away from Jiang Bai's face.
Father Jiang was frying fried dough twists and sweet potato chips in the kitchen. They came back late this year, so the Jiang family didn't have any fruit plates or desserts to entertain guests, so they could only make them on New Year's Eve.
Father Jiang was in a good mood. Hearing the noise, he came out of the kitchen and poked his head out: "Guoliang and Gangqin are here. I just fried sweet potato chips and dough twists, as well as potato and radish meatballs. You guys can try them."
He quickly brought out a large plate of freshly fried fruit, placed it on the square table in the living room, and invited them to eat.
Jiang Guoliang and his friends were not polite. They directly pulled their targets to sit on the long bench in the living room of the Jiang family and asked Jiang Bai: "I just heard you talking about filming a movie. Baizi, did you really play Mingyue?"
Jiang Gangqin had asked this question before. Just as he was about to nod, he heard someone outside shouting: "Jiang Bai! Is Jiang Bai at home?"
In previous years, only Jiang Song was so popular, and no one wanted to play with him. Suddenly, so many people came to see him. He was still a little uncomfortable. He stood up with a cold expression and went to open the door. "Home!"
As soon as he opened the door, six or seven people, both men and women, rushed into the Jiang family.
Fortunately, the main hall of the Jiang family was very large, otherwise it would be really crowded.
As soon as they entered the house, they all stared at Jiang Bai's face like Jiang Gangqin.
In the past, they had no impression of Jiang Bai, but now under the bright lights, Jiang Bai's outstanding appearance was clearly visible to them. One of them couldn't help but exclaimed: "Fuck! How come you suddenly grew so tall and handsome?"
Jiang Bai had been selling clothes for two years and had trained himself. Hearing this, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips and joked: "When did I stop being handsome?"
Jiang Bai was wearing a woolen hat on his head. Because he had to shoot a shampoo gg before, his hair this year was not as short as in previous years, so he didn't cut it, but he still didn't like slightly longer hair, so he pressed it all under the woolen hat, which made his delicate and three-dimensional facial features completely exposed to everyone's eyes.
They all stared at Jiang Bai's face in amazement.
In fact, the moon in "White Snake" was shot so beautifully by the director, and the big screen was so visually impactful. When they were in front of Jiang Bai, they realized that Jiang Bai was not the little monk in the movie, but a real person around them.
The two girls who came with them hid behind the crowd, staring at Jiang Bai with sparkling eyes. Jiang Bai felt a little embarrassed by being stared at, and reached out to touch the woolen hat on his head. He called them: "Sit down."
The two girls waved their hands quickly: "No, no, no, you are busy, don't call us."
They were from the fourth room. The girl who was talking was a primary school classmate of Jiang Xi, but she went out to work after graduating from primary school and was not familiar with Jiang Xi.
Jiang Xi still stood up and greeted them with Jiang Bai, asking everyone to sit down. There were not enough benches, so Jiang Xi went to the kitchen to ask Jiang's father if there were any more benches.
Jiang's father hurriedly said, "There are a few old
benches under the stairs." He put down his work, hurried to the place where miscellaneous items were piled under the stairs, pulled out four old benches, and took out an old piece of clothing that he didn't wear as a rag, wiped the dusty benches, and moved them to the main room with Jiang Xi to let everyone sit down.
At this time, several young people, both familiar and unfamiliar, came to the door.
Jiang's father knew that his house would be crowded with people tomorrow, and many people would gather at his house to visit. But he didn't expect that instead of waiting until tomorrow, a large group of people gathered at home tonight, all of whom came to look for Jiang Bai.
Yes, they were not looking for Jiang Xiao, but for Jiang Bai.
Even though they both got into college, Jiang's father paid more attention to Jiang Bai, but he still habitually focused his attention on his younger daughter who was more dazzling, and unconsciously ignored Jiang Bai.
He didn't know what happened, so he wiped his hands with a rag and stood at the place where the kitchen and the living room were connected, paying attention to the heat in the kitchen pan while paying attention to what they were talking about.
He heard them talking about the movie they watched tonight.
Jiang's father thought that the young people were talking about movies after watching a movie, and then he heard them talking about what movie Jiang Bo had made.
Jiang's father was confused, movie? What movie? Bo Zi was in a movie?
In the main room, Jiang Gangqin was still curiously asking Jiang Bo: "You just said that the director came to you, why did the director come to you to make a movie? How did you two know each other? Why did he want to make a movie with you?"