"You are so good, Jiang Yilu, look at what kind of crappy scripts you chose for me."
Jiang Yilu, Old Man Bai, and a few sisters were waiting at the train station platform when they saw a familiar figure coming out of the train door, followed by a pretty girl and a somewhat cynical young man. Before they could go to greet him, the young man behind Ruan Yuanjiang rushed up to Jiang Yilu in two or three steps, raising his fist and ready to swing down.
Jiang Yilu hadn't figured out what Ruan Congzhao was going on about, and subconsciously threw him over his shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
"Xiaobao——"
"Brother Xiaobao——"
Several female voices overlapped, no one was worried about the poor man who was thrown to the ground, but instead they nervously surrounded Jiang Yilu, who was not even hurt.
"Hiss - I was just teasing you, but you were so cruel."
Ruan Congzhao rubbed his sore shoulder and got up from the ground. He stared at Jiang Yilu with resentful eyes. Even Ruan Ruan, his sister who valued women over her brother, was not spared.
"Who told you to scare Brother Xiaobao? You deserve it!"
Ruan Ruan's brows were furrowed into a frown. Although she said that, there was still some distress and concern in her eyes when she looked at Ruan Congzhao.
"You're not hurt, are you? I didn't react in time and I might have hit you too hard." Jiang Yilu apologized sincerely, while reaching out to grab Ruan Congzhao.
Jiang Erni and the others had been watching the strange man in front of them with vigilance, fearing that he would go crazy again and attack their brother. That's right, Ruan Congzhao's inexplicable behavior just now had already labeled him as mentally ill in the minds of several people. They all secretly decided in their hearts that they would keep a close eye on this man in front of them in the next few days to prevent him from suddenly "going crazy" again.
"It's okay, I can still withstand this little collision." Ruan Congzhao controlled his facial expression. With so many beautiful girls watching him, how could he scream in pain like a sissy? That would undermine his heroic spirit.
Ruan Yuanjiang watched from behind and shook his head. He didn't know how his nephew, such a serious man, could have such an undecent son. The last time he went to Gangcheng, his two elder brothers Congxu and Congshu were both quite normal, and Yuan Bai's son was also very stable, but there was such an outlier like Congzhao.
"If you have anything to say, let's talk when we get back. Xiaobao, help your Grandpa Ruan with the luggage." Bai Fangqiu glanced at the strange young man who was rubbing his shoulder with a distorted expression while no one was paying attention. He thought that he seemed to have a bottle of medicine for injuries. It was not mixed properly at the beginning. There was no problem with anything else, except that the medicine was a little more irritating than ordinary medicine for injuries when applied. It would be just right to give it to him.
Ruan Congzhao felt a chill down his spine, as if someone was staring at him. He turned his head and looked back, but there was nothing.
"How long can you stay this time?"
Sitting in the car on the way to the courtyard, Jiang Yilu asked Ruan Ruan curiously.
"Ruan Ruan, you have to stay longer this time. We haven't seen each other for many years. When you were a child, I braided your hair every day. Your hair was so thin back then. Now it's thicker than mine." Jiang Sini was sitting in a car with them, while Grandpa Ruan and Grandpa Bai were sitting in a car with Erni and Sanni.
"Okay, Sister Si Ni, I brought you a lot of gifts, all in the suitcase at the back, you don't even know..."
The two girls got over the initial awkwardness and soon were chatting animatedly, as if they had returned to the intimate time of their childhood. Jiang Yilu, the little treasure brother that Ruan Ruan always mentioned, was left aside, and no one answered his question just now.
“Hehehe.”
Ruan Congzhao sat in the front passenger seat, looking back at Jiang Yiliu's rare humiliation, and forgot about the slight pain. He was also kind enough to solve Jiang Yiliu's doubts.
"We came here in the name of a joint venture to make a movie. It took two months to review and approve. If the movie is not finished by then, we can still review it for a while longer. Ruan Ruan and I came late. The previous crew came a week ago. The main filming is in Haicheng, so we have to run back and forth. As a partner, you have to go over there too."
As soon as Ruan Congzhao talked about the movie, his whole face lit up with joy, and it was obvious that he was very confident about the movie.
"Which one? By the way, you just seemed to say that the scripts I chose had problems. What's going on?" Jiang Yilu asked puzzledly. It had been so short a period of time and those things hadn't been filmed yet. How did he know that there was something wrong with the script? Moreover, those were classics that had been remade countless times in later generations. Even if there was a butterfly effect, it shouldn't be that big.
"Brother Xiaobao, don't listen to what our third brother says, he is lying to you." When Ruan Ruan heard Jiang Yilu's doubts, she glared at Ruan Congzhao. She didn't know if Brother Xiaobao had been worried for a long time after the last phone call, and she had forgotten about it when she sent the telegram.
"You don't know that Mr. Gu Zhaofeng's novel that you asked my third brother to buy has become a hit. Now everyone is talking about Shanghai. When my brother bought the film rights, the price was still cheap. Now it's far from that price. Take advantage of the popularity of the TV series and hurry up to finish the film. You can make a fortune."
Ruan Ruan is obviously also a serious fan of Shanghai Tang. Her eyes sparkle when the name is mentioned.
"The earliest version of the TV series has already been filmed!" Jiang Yilu was surprised. "Didn't we buy the copyright for the TV series? How come it's for a movie?"
He was in such a hurry at the time that he left the purchase and sale of copyright to Ruan Congzhao. He thought he had bought the copyright for the TV series, but he didn't expect it was actually the movie version.
"What earliest version?" Ruan Congzhao didn't quite understand what he meant. You asked me to buy the copyright of The Bund at the beginning. At that time, the TV series had already been filmed, but it hadn't been broadcast yet. So I bought the copyright of the movie, thinking that if the TV series was successful, I would start shooting a movie.
"You don't know how popular Shanghai is right now. Almost every movie theater in the streets and alleys is pasted with Xu Wenqiang's posters, and there's also that song, 'The waves are running, the waves are flowing, the river is surging and never stops...'" Ruan Congzhao sang passionately, but the out-of-tune singing voice obviously caused a certain amount of noise attack to the people in the car with him. Even the driver couldn't help but look at him as if he was a madman.
Jiang Yiluo still made a subjective mistake on this point. In his previous life, when Shanghai Bund was introduced to the mainland, it was already in 1985. At that time, Jiang Laidie was deeply fascinated by Xu Wenqiang in the play and wished she could turn into Feng Chengcheng. The tragic ending of the two made Jiang Laidie shed many tears.
He didn't expect that the filming of Shanghai Bund had been completed five years before it was introduced to the mainland, and he missed such a huge business opportunity.
"Don't think too much. We have already made money by purchasing the copyright of this movie version in advance. If it is better, we can at least make a hundred times the money." Ruan Congzhao is very open-minded. This is already a good start. At least after the movie is finished, it will make quite a splash in Hong Kong.
Jiang Yilu was not so optimistic. After all, in his previous life, he had never heard anyone mention the movie version of The Bund. He didn't know whether it was never filmed at all, or it was filmed but there was no response at all.
"Sister Si Ni, you have no idea how beautiful Shanghai is. Xu Wenqiang is so handsome in it. And Feng Chengcheng, every piece of her clothing is so beautiful. I specially asked the tailor to make several pieces according to that style, and I made several shades of each style. Then we can wear them together when we go out shopping." Ruan Ruan said excitedly.
Handsome movie stars, beautiful jewelry and clothes can always arouse the pink bubbles in girls' hearts no matter what era.
"It's a pity that you can't see it for the time being, but it doesn't matter. After third brother finishes filming the movie, we can go to the cinema together to watch it." Ruan Ruan felt a little disappointed when she thought that her fourth sister and the others had not seen The Bund, but she immediately cheered up. She believed that the movie shot by her third brother would definitely be better than the TV series.
"By the way, Miss Jin, who plays Fang Yanyun, is in the capital right now. She has also invested in our movie. Let's make an appointment to have dinner together then. After all, you are a major shareholder of Yuanzhao Film Company." Ruan Congzhao said teasingly.
"Miss Jin? Which Miss Jin?" Wasn't the movie being filmed in Haicheng? Why did she come to the capital like this?
"You probably don't know her. She is a movie star of the older generation. When she was at the peak of her popularity, she retired from the industry. It is said that she married a wealthy businessman. Later, the businessman died and she inherited a large fortune as a widow. She has been living in Canada ever since. This time she is willing to make a comeback and make a movie, which is also a big gimmick."
Ruan Congzhao looked somewhat proud: "She must have seen the potential of our Yuan Zhao. After all, we have a young talent like me, Ruan Congzhao. Isn't this the best signboard?" Ruan Congzhao adjusted his hair in front of the rearview mirror of the car, looking narcissistic to the extreme.
"Where is that Miss Jin from?" Jiang Yilu was a little curious.
"I'm not sure. It seems that she fled from the inland. Some people say that she smuggled in later. Who knows? She hasn't appeared on the big screen for almost ten years. Who would be interested in investigating her background?" Ruan Congzhao said indifferently: "But she seems to be looking for someone in the capital this time. Maybe she is looking for an old relative. By the way, she lives in the Overseas Chinese Hotel. I will take you to meet her after she settles down."
"Although she is forty years old now, she is still a great beauty. You can't tell that she is so old. Otherwise, no matter how much money I invest in her, I will not let her play Fang Yanyun." Ruan Congzhao turned his head and winked at Jiang Yilu with a charming smile on his face.
Overseas Chinese Hotel? Jiang Yiliu didn't pay attention to what he said afterwards. Instead, he was attracted by the name. He remembered that Grandma Wang said that the woman also lived in the Overseas Chinese Hotel. Her name was Miss Jin, and her surname was also Jin.
Could there be such a coincidence in this world? Jiang Yilu couldn't help but frowned.
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