Chapter 192192 [Exposure]

Shudian is located in a hilly basin, surrounded by mountains, with solitary peaks rising up and reaching the sky in all directions. It is more than 500 meters above sea level and is a non-disaster-affected area. (Note ①)

July and August are when floods are most severe. Xu's father and mother took four little girls, carrying backpacks and luggage, first by car, then by boat, and then by bus. The road to Shudian went all the way up. Not only was it not affected by the disaster, but when they were about to reach Shudian, several little girls also felt the tinnitus reaction caused by the pressure difference. Their ears began to feel blocked and buzzing.

"Oh my god, why do I feel like I can't hear!" Liu Ping was the first to react. She had never left her hometown and had never been on a plane. This was the first time she had this feeling. She was so scared that she shook her head and scratched her ears.

Xu Xiuli gently pressed her ears with her hands and turned around and said, "My ears also feel a little blocked. It's so uncomfortable."

Among the few people, only He Xiaofang didn't react at all. She turned around and looked at them curiously.

They were sitting near the front, and the conductor in front heard their conversation and shouted, "Don't be nervous! This is a normal reaction! Is this your first time here? This is a hilly area, high in the south and low in the north, and it's all upward. The highest point is 532 meters above sea level. It's normal to have a reaction, and it will be fine after a while! Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!"

After hearing what the conductor said, the girls looked like country bumpkins who had made a fool of themselves by going out for the first time, stuck out their tongues embarrassedly, and were too shy to speak.

Xu's father and mother also had some reaction, but it was relatively mild. After hearing what their daughter said, her ears were also buzzing as if they were blocked. They quickly unwrapped the water cup, poured a glass of water for Xu Xiuli to drink, peeled lychees for her to eat, and called out to the other girls, "Come, come, eat some fruit."

Most of the local fruits are persimmons, apples, pears, watermelons and other melons. Lychees are relatively expensive fruits here. Among the girls, except Xu Xiuli, the other three have never eaten lychees. He Xiaofang was a little embarrassed to eat it, but Liu Ping was very nice and grabbed seven or eight lychees in the cup, inviting them to eat like the host. She called out to He Xiaofang and Lu Xuehua: "Thank you, Auntie." Then she stretched out her hand and gave two lychees to He Xiaofang and two to Lu Xuehua: "Come, come, try the lychees Auntie gave you. I haven't eaten lychees yet. I've only read about them in books: 'If I can eat three hundred lychees a day, I'll be willing to live in Lingnan forever' and 'When a concubine rides on a horse, the concubine smiles, and no one knows it is lychees coming.' Today, thanks to Xiuli and uncle and auntie, I can taste the lychees that Concubine Yang liked to eat in ancient times!"

After giving the lychees to He Xiaofang and Lu Xuehua, her behavior of grabbing a handful at once didn't seem so abrupt, so she had four lychees left in her hand, which she ate with relish.

Xu Xiuli: …

Although she didn’t care about those lychees, Liu Ping’s blatantly taking advantage of others always made people feel uncomfortable.

Xu’s father and mother didn’t care. They simply spread the bag of ice lychees in front of the girls and let them eat. Then they carefully peeled the lychees for Xu Xiuli to eat.

Xu Xiuli was not in good health when she was young. She was protected and taken care of by her family like a baby. When she was in junior high school, the school was not well managed. There was not even a guard at the gate of the junior high school. Anyone could enter at will.

During the summer break, her father would come over to give her a popsicle, ice cream, or fruit, so that she could have a bite, and then he would ride away on his bike when she was ready for class.

But during the three years of high school, she became much more independent. When she saw her father and mother peeling lychees for her, she said softly, "You don't have to peel them for me, I can do it myself~" with a puffy mouth.

Dad Xu coaxed her: "The lychee juice dripping on your hands is sticky and uncomfortable." He took out a fork from somewhere and handed it to Xu Xiuli, "You use this fork to eat, my hands are already sticky, don't worry, don't peel your hands with juice."

Mom Xu watched with a water bottle on the side and said to Xu Xiuli: "Listen to your dad." She took out a handkerchief and wanted to wipe the corners of Xu Xiuli's mouth, but Xu Xiuli took the handkerchief helplessly and wiped it herself.

Xu Xiuli looked at the three friends around her and looked at her helplessly.

Xu's father and mother looked at He Xiaofang and the others and chatted casually: "Where did you volunteer?"

Liu Ping pointed at Lu Xuehua: "Whichever community she signed up for, I'll go there."

Xu's mother smiled and said, "I can see that you have a good relationship. Young girls are like this, they like to be with good friends."

When Liu Ping heard Xu's mother say that she and Lu Xuehua were good friends, she leaned her head on Lu Xuehua's shoulder with a bright smile on her face. She rarely gave Lu Xuehua another lychee in her hand, but Lu Xuehua rolled her eyes at her.

Lu Xuehua's answer was much more serious. She said, "I applied to an industrial university in the provincial capital."

In May of this year, the country selected the first batch of the best universities, which also meant to be built into the most top-notch universities. The "211 Project" was proposed in 1995. With Lu Xuehua's grades, she could not be admitted to either 211 or 985 universities, and could only apply for an ordinary undergraduate program.

He Xiaofang smiled shyly and said, "I applied for the English major at the Normal University in the provincial capital."

Xu's father and mother nodded approvingly and said, "You made the right choice. The provincial capital is good, close to home, and parents can take care of it." He looked at Xu Xiuli, sighed and said, "Our Xiuli wanted to apply to a university in Beijing. The universities in Beijing are good, but they are so far away. It's so difficult for us to visit her. How can it be better than hometown? It's close and you can go home anytime you want."

Before Xu Xiuli filled in her application, she told Xu's father and mother that she wanted to apply to a university in Beijing, but they were scared to death and strongly opposed it, saying that it was too far from home. They told her that she could only apply to schools in the province, and the farthest could not exceed Shanghai.

The only choice outside the province was a university in Shanghai.

The main reason was that they were afraid that they would be too far away and that they would not be able to take care of their daughter. They would not know that their daughter was bullied outside, or that a boy from another place would pursue their daughter. If their daughter fell in love with a foreigner and married someone from another place thousands of miles away, wouldn’t they be crying to death?

Hearing what Xu’s father and mother said, Xu Xiuli turned away uncomfortably and puffed up her cheeks.

She was not a rebellious girl. She could feel the deepest love of her parents and naturally listened to her parents.

Her parents said that the farthest she could apply to was Shanghai, so she applied to a university in Shanghai. In fact, she really wanted to apply to a university in Beijing, but she was afraid that her score was not high enough.

She knew that Jiang Xi had bought a house in Shanghai and moved his household registration there. He might settle there in the future, so she wanted to stay there too.

She had no friends since she was a child because her parents had always been very close to her. Jiang Xi was the first person she could truly call a good friend.

First, Shanghai was a big city, and she longed for life in a big city. Second

, she had been controlled by her parents since she was a child. Now she was 19 years old, but in her parents' eyes, she was still like an ignorant child. She wanted to get away from her parents and be independent.

She wanted to rebel, but was afraid of hurting her parents' feelings, so she didn't rebel much.

After listening to Xu Xiuli's words, Xu's father and mother knew that she wanted to stay in Shanghai to work. They thought that Shanghai was not too far from home, only two or three hours' drive away. They knew that her good friend had bought a house in Shanghai, so they planned to buy her a suite near her school after Xu Xiuli started school.

The little girl had her own house, so she would have confidence. It would be convenient for them to come and live with their daughter in the future. Even if she found a partner in Shanghai, they could come over at any time.

They also thought that if they could earn more money, they could buy a house near their daughter and live closer to her, so that they would not be afraid that their daughter would be bullied by her son-in-law in the future.

The three people, looking at Xu Xiuli who was loved wholeheartedly by Xu's father and mother, were a little envious. Even Lu Xuehua, who was spoiled since childhood, felt a little resentful.

Her parents were not biased towards her and her brother. Her brother even gave in to her and protected her since she was a child. But everything in her family was tacitly given to her brother. She was going to get married in the future, and if she could get a dowry after getting married, it would be considered a spoiled daughter.

Even if it was said that boys were not favored over girls in education, Lu Xuehua knew that it was still different.

When they arrived in Shudian, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. Several people left the station and went to the telephone booth at the station guard post to call Jiang Bai.

As soon as she picked up the phone, she heard a rough and loud voice shouting, "He Xiaofang!"

He Xiaofang turned around and saw a young man about 1.85 meters tall, with a strong and sturdy body, like a lump of black iron standing not far away. He raised his hand to signal her, then trotted over. As soon as he got closer, he smiled and showed his big white teeth: "Haha, when I saw a black girl from a distance, I knew it was you!"

He Xiaofang was not familiar with Tong Jingang at first. She had only met him a few times in the Jianghui store. When she was teased by his familiar words, she immediately rolled her eyes and snorted, saying, "How can I be as dark as you?"

Tong Jingang liked to play basketball, so he tanned himself so dark that it would be difficult for him to turn white again.

He Xiaofang was working in the fields at home, and she was also tanned. This year, because of the flood, she did not go out to the fields to bask in the sun, so she did not get tanned like she did in previous years after the double-snatch. She looked a little whiter, but standing in the crowd, especially between the fair-skinned Xu Xiuli and Liu Ping, she was still tanned in contrast.

Her temperament was also very simple, a bit like Gong Huang in "Chunlan Goes to Court".

Tong Jingang laughed and said, "Then I am still darker than you!"

He Xiaofang was not happy at all that she lost the darker comparison with him, but became more depressed.

After Tong Jingang teased her, he greeted Xu's father, Xu's mother and other girls and said, "Hello, uncles and aunts, hello, juniors, I am Jiang Bai's good brother Tong Jingang, and I also graduated from our No. 1 Middle School. You can call me senior or Jingang. Baizi is still filming and can't leave, so it's the same if I come to pick you up. You haven't had lunch yet? Let's go, I'll take you to eat first!"

He spoke authentic Wucheng dialect, and they were very friendly when they heard his accent. In addition, Tong Jingang was a bit of a social nerd, so he was very familiar and took the initiative to carry their luggage and backpacks for them.

Xu's father and Xu's mother saw that someone really picked up their daughter at the station, and they felt more relieved.

Tong Jingang took them to have a simple ramen meal. For these young girls who had just graduated from high school and had not yet entered college, a bowl of beef ramen for one dollar was already a luxury. He Xiaofang and Lu Xuehua were usually locked up in school and could not go out. Even though there were such ramen shops in Wucheng, and there were more than one, they had never gone out to eat. It was their first time to eat northwestern-style ramen. The noodle bowl looked about the same size as their washbasin, with plenty of noodles. Although there was not much beef, it was topped with a layer of tomato slices, green vegetables, and onions, which looked very rich.

As soon as He Xiaofang entered the store, she looked up at the menu hanging on the wall and the prices clearly marked on the back. She moved her body uncomfortably. Tong Jingang seemed to see her discomfort and said with a smile: "If it's not enough, add more noodles!"

He Xiaofang and the others quickly said: "Enough, enough, enough!"

Lu Xuehua and the others thought that such a big bowl of noodles would be enough for a pig.

I don't know if it was too late, but they were already hungry. Let alone the noodles, they even drank up the soup.

Tong Jingang was the same, and then he took them to where he and Jiang Bai lived.

He and Jiang Bai rented a room together, one big and one small. Tong Jingang lived in the big room, and Jiang Bai lived in the small room inside. The rent was 80 yuan a month, plus water and electricity bills, the monthly rent for the two of them was less than 100 yuan, and the average rent for the two of them was about 50 yuan a month.

Jiang Bai didn't like eating boxed lunches outside, thinking they were not clean, so the two of them bought a small electric rice cooker, noodles, tomatoes, eggs, etc., and ate tomatoes, eggs, vegetables and noodles every day. Occasionally, Tong Jingang couldn't stand it and wanted to improve his diet, so he went to the vegetable market to buy some chicken legs and feet and put them in the electric rice cooker to eat.

So when Xu's father and mother came, they saw that the big room outside was a bit messy. Tong Jingang didn't expect so many people to come, so he quickly cleaned up the room and said, "Uncle and aunt, I'm sorry, the room is a bit messy and I haven't cleaned it up."

Because it was a rented house, the room was really very simple. It was a gray cement house. In addition to a bed against the wall, there was only a square table in the corner, with rice cookers and other things on the table, and two plastic stools.

So many people came into the room at once, and there was no place to sit.

Tong Jingang quickly asked them to sit on the bed and said, "This is the house that Baizi and I rented temporarily. We rented this place when we worked as summer interns last year. We are familiar with the landlord. If you stay here for a long time, like us, you can rent a house. It's cheaper. If you just come to play and have enough budget, you can stay in the guesthouse."

There is a guesthouse in the town.

Xu's father and mother didn't expect the environment here to be so simple. This is obviously an old house of someone in the town. The landlord should have moved to a new house.

In the past, this place was a barren land and no one would come here. But since the film and television city was built here, film crews have gradually come here to shoot movies, and the town has gradually become popular. These uninhabited old houses can be cleaned up, with some cement on the floor and lime on the walls, and renovated, and they are quite easy to rent.

They put down their luggage, looked around, and asked Tong Jingang, "Is there any better room?"

Tong Jingang said hurriedly, "Yes, we rent the house upstairs from the landlord. The house they live in is a new house. They live on the first and second floors, and the third and fourth floors are all rented out. The big room on the south side is 80 yuan a month, and the small room on the north side is 50 yuan a month. If you want, I can take you there!"

The landlord's new house was about six or seven minutes away from where Tong Jingang lived. He took a few girls to knock on the landlord's door. When the landlord heard that they were here to rent a house, he took a few people upstairs.

Shudian Cinema City had not been fully built yet, only part of it had been built. There were not many people in the city at that time, and it was completely unlike the prosperity it would be a dozen years later. The landlord still had several empty rooms upstairs with their doors open, and he took a few people upstairs.

This room is much better than the house that Tong Jingang and his friends rented. It has a tiled floor and a small bathroom with a toilet and shower combined. However, there is no hot water in the bathroom. One has to go to the stove to get hot water, which costs one cent per pot. The room is equipped with a bed and a simple old closet.

The room at the back, which costs 50 yuan, is separated from the room facing south, which costs 80 yuan, by only a corridor. Because it faces north, it can only get some sunlight at around 4 or 5 p.m. There is no wardrobe inside, but there are two beds, a single bed placed horizontally against the wall, and a double bed placed vertically against the wall, leaving an aisle less than one meter wide, with a small bathroom inside that also has a shower and toilet. The only advantage is that the house is new, clean and bright.

When Liu Ping saw the two beds in this room, she quickly shouted, "This one, this one! I want this one!"

Dad Xu walked in and looked around and said, "There is no place to step after walking in here."

During Liu Ping's three years in high school, eight people lived in one dormitory, let alone the four of them?

But Xu's father and mother rented a large room facing south opposite them for 80 yuan, and went to the town to buy her a table fan, bought a new cool mat, cleaned her room, and scrubbed the cool mat.

He Xiaofang and her friends were reluctant to buy an electric fan, so they brought their own cool mats, went to Tong Jingang to get the luggage bag, spread the cool mat on the bed, wiped it, and went to sleep.

Xu's father and mother treated them to dinner, and finally met Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai is much more down-to-earth than Xu's father and mother thought. Apart from the halo given by the big movie screen, he is just an ordinary college student. He is not as familiar as Tong Jingang, but he is not distant either. He is just polite and shy.

But he is really handsome!

He is already 1.83 meters tall, wearing only a white T-shirt, light-colored jeans, and black leather sandals. But when he stands in the crowd, he seems to have his own light, making people see him at a glance.

Xu's father and mother's first reaction was to go see their daughter.

Seeing that her parents were looking at her, Xu Xiuli looked at Xu's father and mother inexplicably. When Xu's father and mother saw their daughter's reaction, they knew that their daughter had not yet opened her mind. Fortunately, it was okay.

Mr. Xu is not tall, and he always looks up when talking to Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai. He said to them very politely: "I knew you were handsome when I saw you in the movies before, but I didn't expect you to be more handsome in real life than in the movies!"

Every time this happened, Jiang Bai was particularly embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He just smiled and said: "No, no, it's okay."

Tong Jingang sighed and clicked his lips and said with a smile: "Otherwise, how can I say that uncle has good vision? He can see my handsome appearance at a glance. Baizi and I are known as the Black and White Handsome Men in Shudian!"

Liu Ping laughed: "It's the Black and White Devils, right?"

Everyone laughed. It must be said that the nickname of the Black and White Devils is really appropriate. When Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai stand together, they really are one black and one white.

Father Xu said politely, "They just graduated and are unfamiliar with the place. They are relying on the two brothers to take care of them. Please take care of them during their stay in Shudian."

Tong Jingang said proudly, "Hey, what's the big deal? They are Jiang Xi's classmates, so they are also my sisters. Let's not talk about anything else. Just in Shudian, I promise not to let anyone bully them!"

He really didn't brag. Although there were no big names in this era, the proportion of the actors' roles in a play can also show his status in the crew.

Otherwise, how can we say that his sister is awesome? She actually gave Baizi the role of the second male lead.

Jiang Bo is even more infuriating. If it weren't for the money, this guy would not be willing to act. He thinks there are too many scenes and too many lines to memorize. It's better to be a minor role. No matter

how much the role of the second male lead fits Jiang Bo, it still requires a certain level of acting skills. So every night, Tong Jingang helps Jiang Bo to rehearse and hone his acting skills. Jiang Bo himself

is a very stubborn person who is willing to study hard. He thinks that since he has accepted this job and is paid, he must do it well and be worthy of the money given by others. So after the performance every day, he does not leave the crew and follows others to learn very seriously in the crew.

The fourth male lead in the crew is a professional actor, because he was recommended by Meng. Although he didn't know Meng, he was very happy to teach him some acting skills he learned in school after hearing that Jiang Bai was Meng's brother. Jiang Bai

has nothing else but a quick mind in learning. In addition, his role is somewhat similar to his own personality, so he can act well.

At the dinner table, Tong Jingang didn't brag too much, because it was useless to brag too much. He would know when he took them to see it tomorrow morning.

He only gave them a rough introduction to what a supporting actor does, and said, "Let me first introduce to you what a supporting actor is. It's being an extra, most of the time they are outdoor actors, and they usually get more than ten to twenty yuan a day, paid daily. There is also a type of extra who can show their faces, and they get about twenty to thirty yuan a day. If you can get an extra who has a line or two, the salary will be more."

If Tong Jingang hadn't had classes at school, he would have almost become the leader of the group here, which shows how successful he is.

At present, there is no actor's guild in Shudian Cinema City, and there is no certificate to take. Many crews select actors from various drama academies or film academies. Extras are also randomly selected. The scale of extras in later generations has not yet been formed. Basically, if the crew needs extras and needs a certain role, and you happen to be there and can play this minor role, you will be in it.

This is also the reason why Tong Jingang and Jiang Baineng played many minor roles in various crews last year.

Tong Jingang's introduction shattered Liu Ping and the others' dream of becoming TV actors. They thought that playing a role like Yinsuo was called a minor role, but in fact, it was already an important female supporting role such as the third, fourth, and fifth female roles. In fact, minor roles were not even palace maids, but pedestrians and passers-by in ancient costumes that Xiaoyanzi grabbed on the street when she was escaping from the wedding.

However, they were still very curious, and followed Tong Jingang to the "Imperial Guard" crew the next day.

Jiang Xi had already told the producer Huang Lan and the director that he would introduce a classmate to come over to work during the summer vacation to see if there were any suitable minor roles, group performances, or odd jobs. The girl's hometown was hit by a disaster this year, so she came out to work and study.

Director Zhang and the producer wanted to continue to work with Jiang Xi in the future, and they would need Jiang Xi's help in promotion.

They also heard that the movie of "The King's Woman" was also being filmed, and it was directed by a well-known director. Of course, they would not refuse to help with such a small favor, and their crew was originally short of extras.

At present, Shudian was not as prosperous as it would be in later times, and extras had become systematic and large-scale. Many extras were played by villagers in the town, but some roles could not be played by those villagers, such as the lady from a wealthy family and the chivalrous woman in this play.

The first thing Director Zhang thought of when he saw He Xiaofang was, "Wow! The girl is so dark, the better, and has a strong body." He called to the costume crew, "Give her a set of Jinyiwei clothes to try on and do her makeup."

"Jinyiwei" itself is an ensemble drama with many characters. You'll often see a group of Jinyiwei riding together, or many people wearing Jinyiwei clothes running in unison on the street. There are also many scenes with female Jinyiwei, as well as all kinds of people watching the excitement. If it weren't for the fact that Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai were both so distinctive in appearance and too tall, and the fourth male lead Yan Yichang was so handsome, he would have wanted to arrange all of them as extras in other group dramas, otherwise there wouldn't be enough people.

He Xiaofang's dark face and sturdy body are very suitable for the makeup of a female Jinyiwei. I wonder how she practices fighting scenes with the martial arts instructor. If they can spar with each other, they may have a chance to appear on camera.

Look at the girls following her. Xu Xiuli has a small and slender frame and a gentle temperament.

Liu Ping is actually very beautiful. Her eyebrows and eyes are a bit like the Little Dragon Girl in the TV series broadcast this year and last year. She has deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge. She is just a little shorter, which makes her look stronger in the camera.

It's strange, she's a beautiful girl in adolescence, but I don't know if her temperament is too rough or what, in real life, many people don't think she's good-looking, they think she's very ordinary, and looks similar to Lu Xuehua.

Lu Xuehua is the most ordinary in appearance, but she can be said to have regular features, eyes that are neither big nor small, nose that is neither high nor low, mouth that is neither thin nor thick, just the appearance of a very ordinary person.

Director Zhang waved his hand and pointed at Liu Ping: "You also go and try on the clothes of the Jinyiwei." He pointed at Lu Xuehua again: "You wear the clothes of a maid."

He quickly assigned them some minor roles, of course, all without lines.

However, Xu Xiuli, who came to play with them, although her appearance was only delicate, her face was small, and she had an indescribable classical temperament, and she actually got a minor role as a lady from a wealthy family.

Of course, this is not their final role, but in the scenes shot today, these extras are needed. Even Xu's father and mother, who came to watch the excitement, wore ancient clothes and headgear, becoming the background people on the street.

Xu's father and mother watched here for two days and felt that it was a regular crew. Their daughter had no problem getting along with everyone in the crew, so they went back.

They still have business to run at home, and it is impossible for the parents-in-law to watch the store all the time.

Lu Xuehua and the others thought that Jiang Xi could find them extras because of Jiang Bai, because Jiang Bai played the second male lead in this play.

It was several days later that they learned from Tong Jingang that the original author of the novel of the play "The King's Woman" was Jiang Xi.