"I thought we would go to an uninhabited mountainous area with no one around." As soon as Zhou Yiyang got off the car, he saw several farmhouses preparing to come over to solicit customers. The only doubt in his heart was dispelled at this time.
Zhang Yingyuan, who was standing by, glanced at Zhou Yiyang and said calmly, "If I really took you to that kind of place, would you be able to rest assured? That little girl would be scared, right?"
Su Yin smiled and said, "With Brother Yang here, what do I have to be afraid of?"
Zhang Yingyuan stood under a tree, lit a cigarette for himself, and held it between his lips: "You trust him so much? Aren't you afraid that he will sell you out?"
"No," Su Yin dragged her suitcase down: "Brother Yang is not that kind of person."
Zhou Yiyang chuckled and glanced at Zhang Yingyuan beside him with some pride: "Did you hear that? I'm a very trustworthy person."
Zhang Yingyuan shrugged: "I was just like you when I was young."
He took a few puffs of his cigarette, and when he saw Su Yin covering her nose with her hand to avoid inhaling secondhand smoke, he threw the cigarette away and stomped it out with his foot.
"That's where we're staying," Zhang Yingyuan said, pointing to a hotel up ahead. More accurately, it was a farmhouse called the Wang Family Hotel. "The accommodations are definitely not as good as those big hotels you usually go to, so you'll just have to adapt slowly. If you have trouble adjusting, just work harder and finish filming, and then you can go back to your big city."
Su Yin took a look at the old-fashioned farmhouse and the proprietress sitting at the door and waving enthusiastically. It certainly didn't look like a regular hotel.
"Big Director," the proprietress walked towards them in her cotton slippers. She passed Zhou Yiyang and Su Yin and her eyes fell on Zhang Yingyuan: "Is this your actor? He's really good-looking!"
Su Yin was stunned when she heard Zhou Yiyang teasing in her ear, "Are you still a little surprised that no one recognized you when you came out? Let me tell you, you're still a long way from becoming famous all over the country!"
Su Yin stuck out her tongue and said to Zhou Yiyang, "Brother Yang, how can you mock me like that! I was just a little surprised. But it feels pretty good. At least I don't have to pretend to be filming here."
On the other end, Zhang Yingyuan was also confirming various matters with the landlady: "Yes, there are three of us staying here. Can we have three double rooms?"
The proprietress shook her head and said, "There are only two rooms, one with a king-size bed and one with twin beds."
"Do you have other guests?" Zhang Yingyuan asked in confusion.
"No, there are only two rooms with air conditioning. If you don't mind the cold, that's fine." The landlady sighed, "Director, I'm the only one on this mountain with air-conditioned rooms. Honestly, you city folks won't be able to get used to it!"
Zhang Yingyuan had no choice. He was too old to dare to act rashly. Zhou Yiyang, with his delicate skin and tender flesh, looked like he couldn't endure hardship. "Okay, then two rooms will do. Are the rooms ready?"
"Okay, okay, the quilts are all new." The proprietress leaned closer and asked, "Are these two actors famous?"
Zhang Yingyuan didn't explain to her that Zhou Yiyang wasn't an actor. Instead, he whispered, "They're all okay, they're pretty famous. But since you don't know them, they can't be considered that famous."
The boss lady was fooled by his theory and thought it made a lot of sense: "That's right! But I think they are all good-looking. They will definitely become famous in the future. Then I can also do advertising!"
However, Zhang Yingyuan cruelly punctured the proprietress's fantasy: "Your place is not a scenic spot. There are no tourists here. Your advertising is useless."
The lady boss was a little angry. How could this great director be so speechless? She bit her nails and whispered, "But don't we still have you, the director? If you make this movie, we'll be famous!"
Zhang Yingyuan raised an eyebrow, not expecting the proprietress to understand such things. However, he continued ruthlessly, "Forget it. No one watches my movies. I just entertain myself."
"Then why are you taking pictures!" The proprietress was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
"In memory of a person." When he said this, his voice suddenly became much softer, as if he was whispering.
"You intellectuals are all doing nonsense!" The proprietress left cursing.
But when she walked over to Su Yin and Zhou Yiyang, she still showed a businessman's enthusiastic, almost hypocritical smile: "Little beauty, give me the suitcase, I will move it to your room for you."
Su Yin looked back at Zhou Yiyang, and only after Zhou Yiyang nodded did she hand her suitcase to the proprietress.
When the lady boss saw their interaction, she immediately covered her mouth and laughed: "Oh, you listen to him so much!"
She left with her suitcase, looking as if she had seen through everything.
Zhou Yiyang coughed awkwardly at this time, and then said: "Well, she just said it casually, don't take it to heart."
Su Yin was very calm: "I know, Brother Yang, let's go upstairs and see what the room is like."
If the exterior of this farmhouse is still in line with the aesthetics of this era, the interior is more like the architectural style of the 1990s.
Su Yin looked at the faded wallpaper in the corridor and felt a little uncomfortable.
It was as if they were on a time machine and suddenly returned to the last century.
"But," Zhou Yiyang stroked the cool wallpaper with his hand, walked up the stairs that creaked at every turn, and looked down at the lonely yet thriving old tree in the courtyard. He suddenly understood why Zhang Yingyuan had chosen this place. "This place is very suitable for Zhang Yingyuan's visual language."
Su Yin grasped the key point of Zhou Yiyang's words: "Brother Yang, are you saying that Director Zhang will still make a movie here?"
At this time, the proprietress turned around and said with a playful smile: "You know, this famous director paid me. You can shoot whatever you want in my shop! But tell me, what's so good about shooting in this shabby shop of mine!"
Zhou Yiyang didn't answer the proprietress's words, but patiently explained to Su Yin: "You haven't seen Director Zhang's movies, so it's normal that you don't understand. His five films are all aimed at people at the bottom of society. He likes to shoot forgotten villages and slums hidden in downtown areas. He likes those dark, damp, and old things. But the strange thing is that the heroines in his movies are all very beautiful. They are like the only beam of light growing in the darkness. So his heroines are all very outstanding."
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