Before New Year's Eve, Zhang Yansheng brought Zhang Heling back. Because the old lady is still alive, the Zhang family still celebrates the New Year together every year.
But this year, my aunt and cousin seemed particularly happy and told everyone: "It will be broadcast on the third day of the Chinese New Year. The publicity and promotion is very good, and now everyone is talking about it online."
It turned out that the TV series that Zhang Qi had invested in before was about to be released during the Spring Festival.
Zhang Qi asked, "How is the movie invested by Yanyan going? I heard that it was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival this year, but it has been postponed again? This is the second time, right?"
I can tell from the tone of his voice that he's paying close attention.
"Yeah." Zhang Yansheng had known this for a long time and said nonchalantly, "That's how movies are. They're much more troublesome than TV dramas."
"So we still have to think carefully about investment and make multiple assessments," Zhang Qi said earnestly, "We can't just listen to other people's advice and spend money impulsively. If we do that, no matter how much money our family has, it won't be enough to cover the loss. Don't you agree?"
Zhang Yansheng nodded calmly: "Sister is right."
Zhang Heling raised his eyes, looked at Zhang Qi, then at Zhang Yansheng, and said nothing.
At night, she quietly asked Zhang Yansheng: "Sister, will we lose money?" She stood in the right line and knew who was "us".
Zhang Yansheng patted her head: "That's hard to say."
Zhang Heling was worried.
Zhang Yansheng was speechless: "Why are you worrying about this, little guy?"
Zhang Heling said unhappily: "If we pay the money, Auntie and Sister Qiqi will say something unpleasant again."
Now that I've grown up, I clearly couldn't understand those sarcastic words when I was a child.
Zhang Yansheng slapped him with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw and said with certainty, "I can't compensate you. Stop imagining it."
Zhang Heling became happy. Then he grabbed Zhang Yansheng and asked quietly, "What about Sister Qiqi's TV series?"
Zhang Yansheng: "Then how should I know?"
Zhang Heling was really anxious because he couldn't get a definite answer from Zhang Yansheng.
She also kept track of the time to watch the TV series.
"They are all very good-looking," she commented pertinently.
Zhang Yansheng didn't watch it. The name of the drama is "One Man Holding Up the Sky". Zhang Yansheng didn't want to watch it after hearing the name. She asked, "How is it?"
Zhang Heling: "They are all very good-looking."
"..." Zhang Yansheng, "Then what?"
"There was a man who was not very powerful at first, but then he became more and more powerful, and in the end, no one could beat him. All those who bullied him ended up in a very miserable way, and those who said bad things to him also ended up in a very miserable way." Zhang Heling concluded, "Then there were a few women, and then there was a man. Today you kissed me, and tomorrow I kissed him. Today you misunderstood me, and tomorrow I misunderstood him. Anyway, no one was willing to explain things clearly, so they kept misunderstanding each other and getting angry with each other. When the misunderstanding was resolved, they kissed each other again. Anyway, there was a man who was always fighting with others, and at the same time he couldn't explain clearly to a few women, but in the end these women admired him very much."
Zhang Yansheng: “…Okay.” It turned out that this was not a drama she would like to watch.
Before school started, Maureen called Zhang Yansheng and told her two good news.
"The first one, One Man Holding Up the Sky, you said a relative of yours invested in it, right?" She said, "From now on, it's OK, and I'm basically sure I won't lose money. If it's stable in the later stage, I'll probably make a small profit."
"Oh." Zhang Yansheng was not interested in this. Whether Zhang Qi made a profit or a loss had nothing to do with her. She asked, "What about the second one?"
"The second one," Maureen informed her, "Out of the Solar System has been scheduled for a summer release."
This news really shocked Zhang Yansheng: "Are you sure?"
"Of course." Maureen said with a smile, "I said it's set."
It’s half a year earlier than in the previous life.
Zhang Yansheng thought about it carefully and felt that this might be related to what Maureen said about the smoother later financing. Not to mention anything else, just from K City, Maureen raised 1.5 billion.
As long as the funds are in place, it will not affect the progress of the film. So it is logical that it happened earlier than in the previous life.
"Then we'll look forward to it." Zhang Yansheng said.
"You won't be disappointed." Maureen said, "I watched it in advance at Old Xie's place. Although it's a version that hasn't been edited yet, you really won't be disappointed."
"Of course." Zhang Yansheng smiled, "I spent money on this movie because I believe in its quality."
Zhang Yansheng told Xu Lichen the good news, but Xu Lichen said, "I already knew it."
"Hey, did Sister Xiao Mo call you first?" Zhang Yansheng asked.
"No, Brother Hai told me." Xu Lichen said.
Zhang Yansheng: "...Who?"
"An assistant director." Xu Lichen said, "Guess what I did during my winter break?"
"Either tell me or hang up," Zhang Yansheng said, "I won't guess."
"Tsk!" Xu Lichen boasted, "I went to act." Zhang Yansheng: "...Huh?"
Xu Lichen said proudly: "Brother Yangzi introduced me here."
Zhang Yansheng: "...Who?"
Xu Lichen: "Another assistant director, casting director."
I see, they are the group of people who were drinking with him arm in arm.
Xu Lichen was still excited: "Zhang Yansheng, let me tell you, acting is really fun."
Zhang Yansheng listened to him mumbling for a while, and then said in silence: "Alright, focus on it, school is about to start. What you did during the winter vacation..."
"Zhang Yansheng!" Xu Lichen said loudly, "If we don't talk about winter vacation homework, we will still be brothers for life!"
The pace of life in the second semester of the second year of high school is even more intense.
As the weather gets warmer, schools have advanced arrival times and delayed dismissal times. It is said that some students who cannot afford the rent nearby have to get up at five in the morning and go out, get home at ten o'clock in the evening, and continue to study until midnight.
Zhang Yansheng was much better. She could take a rest and a nap in the car in the morning and evening.
But you have to sleep in on weekends! Basically, all the energy consumed during the week has to be replenished by sleeping in on the weekends.
And she wakes up in a bad mood.
One weekend morning, Zhang Shuocheng woke up very early for some reason, ran to the yard, and woke Zhang Yansheng up by shouting frantically right below her window. Zhang Yansheng wrapped himself in his bathrobe, rushed down and beat him up.
Zhang Shuocheng cried bitterly in front of Zhang Huan.
It was so cruel that Zhang Huan shed a few tears with him, sighed, and suggested to him: "On weekends, you should go to the front yard to play, not to the back yard, so as not to disturb your sister. She is about to take the college entrance examination and is under a lot of pressure."
Zhang Shuocheng wiped his tears and cried, "Yeah!!"
In this boring yet fulfilling pace of life, I suddenly learned in April that Xu Lichen had taken a week off. I learned about it from his classmates.
There were two boys who came to look for Zhang Yansheng. One of them wore glasses and the other one introduced himself as the monitor of Class 5.
"We heard from Xu Lichen that he is your buddy," the monitor said. "I just want to ask if you know when he will come back to school? He has been on leave for a week. We sent him homework but he didn't respond. We are a little worried that he won't be able to catch up when he returns."
Zhang Yansheng was so shocked that he was speechless for several seconds.
This life is very different. She and Xu Lichen have both escaped from Class 8 and the life of skipping classes and schools. They are taking different paths. What's going on with Xu Lichen?
"We don't know either." The man with glasses pushed his glasses up. "The teacher doesn't know either. He just said that something seemed to be wrong at home, like his dad was sick or something."
Mr. Xu is sick?
Zhang Yansheng didn't know why his heart suddenly started beating violently and he felt uneasy inside.
After she finished talking to the two boys from Class 5, she hurriedly got into her car and took out her cell phone to call Xu Lichen.
The call was connected, there was a ringing sound, and then Xu Lichen hung up.
Zhang Yansheng called twice more, but was cut off both times.
Zhang Yansheng felt even more uneasy.
She thought for a moment and called Zhang Huan: "Dad, I have something to ask you... No, I just got in the car and will be home soon! I've eaten... Let me talk, I have something to ask you!" She asked: "My classmate Xu Lichen... Yes, that little Xu, yes, yes, do you know what happened in their family recently?... No, not these, is there anything new?"
Zhang Huan: "How would I know? How can I keep an eye on a couple's divorce and quarrel every day?... Hey, don't worry, I'll help you find out."
Zhang Huan then hung up the phone and went to help Zhang Yansheng find out.
After about twenty minutes, he called back: "Something's really going on!"
Zhang Yansheng calmed down and said, "You go ahead."
"How should I put it..." Zhang Huan's tone was filled with a feeling that was hard to describe, "Xiao Xu's father... said he was mentally ill."
This news made Zhang Yansheng's head buzz.
Zhang Huan said: "I went to a meeting at the Provincial Development and Reform Commission last month and saw him. Now it is said that he met with his wife, Xiao Xu's mother, and then he became mentally ill. He is now in a mental hospital."
"This is fucking... they only met once, and then he ended up in a mental hospital." Zhang Huan rubbed the goose bumps on the back of his neck, "It's really scary when you think about it."
Zhang Yansheng felt his head buzzing!
She already understands it all!
What Mother Xu failed to accomplish in her previous life, she accomplished in this life! She controlled that scumbag, Xu's father!
But how could this happen?
The Xu couple's divorce battle ended in physical violence several times. The couple were very wary of each other.
In her previous life, Mother Xu also held a Hongmen Banquet and ambushed people. But because Xu's father was wary of her and brought enough bodyguards, she finally escaped.
How could this happen in this life?
Zhang Yansheng felt that he needed to sort out his thoughts.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the road was empty, driving was unimpeded, and the telephone poles on the roadside were rapidly receding.
Why was "Out of the Solar System" released half a year in advance? Because the financing went smoothly. Because Maureen met Zhang Yansheng on the Shuizhen forum, and then borrowed 1.5 billion from K City that did not appear in her previous life.
Ultimately, it’s because of the variable Zhang Yansheng.
And the Xu family...the only one who changed in the Xu family was Xu Lichen. Xu Lichen is the only variable in the Xu family.
The huge difference between this life and the previous life can only be because of the role Xu Lichen played in it.
Seeing that they were almost at home, Zhang Yansheng suddenly patted the back of the driver's seat and said, "Driver Zhou, turn the car around!"
Zhang Yansheng went to Xu's house.
The lights in the huge house were all off, making it look like a haunted house. Zhang Yansheng pressed the doorbell for a long time before an aunt came hurriedly to open the door. It looked like he had fallen asleep and woke up again.
But Xu Lichen was not at home.
Mother Xu is not here either. There is no owner in this house now. The man was admitted to a mental hospital. The hostess was disgusted by the house which was full of traces of the other party and refused to come back to live there. Xu Lichen was not there either. There are only a few aunts in the house. They live a carefree life every day. They are happy and glad that no one cares about them. But at the same time, they are worried that they will lose their jobs if the family becomes in such a mess.
"I don't know where he went." Auntie said, "He said he was filming a movie."
"Oh, he always likes to make movies."
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