Chapter 146 Cheng Xuyuan, you can’t hide anymore
The sudden slap startled Cheng Xuyuan.
He turned his head quickly and saw a familiar face smiling at him.
Although he is already sixty years old, the old man's smile is still so sincere.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Lan, why are you here?"
The person who came was Lan Tianye.
He said in a deep voice: "I came here to talk to you about the script of "The Pursuit of Happyness". We have already read your script."
"And after the review, everyone feels that your script is very good."
“We are going to start rehearsals this month.”
"However, we have made some minor adjustments to the script, so let's take a look."
At this time, Cheng Xuyuan had time to look around the dormitory, and saw Xu Simou looking at Lan Tianye with admiration, as if he was a little fanboy.
There was another person sitting in the dormitory at this time, Chen Jianxun.
"Jianxun, why are you here too?"
Just as Chen Jianxun was about to answer, Lan Tianye smiled and said, "Jianxun and I are also friends. This time I came to see you, but I only knew that you were studying at Yanjing University, but I didn't know which dormitory you were in."
"Please Jianxun bring me here."
Chen Jianxun smiled and said, "Xuyuan, you really screwed over the boys in our Chinese department this time!"
"All of us boys are being asked, 'Hey, are you Xu Lingyun?' whenever we meet. It's so annoying!"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Jianxun, who told you that there are so many talented people in the Chinese department? Can you blame me for this?"
Chen Jianxun smiled and said, "You are praising yourself."
"Others don't know, but you don't know who you are!"
Lan Tianye smiled and said, "Xuyuan, Jianxun also told me about this matter."
"I don't think you can keep this secret for long."
Cheng Xuyuan knew very well in his heart that he couldn't hide it for long.
He smiled and said, "It's better to keep it a secret for as long as possible. To be honest, I really don't like being overly noticed."
"I just hope I can study and write quietly."
Hearing what Cheng Xuyuan said, Xu Simou sighed silently.
Cheng Xuyuan's idea is exactly the opposite of his.
He really enjoys the happiness of being noticed, but unfortunately, he does not have the capital to be noticed now.
Lan Tianye seemed to understand Cheng Xuyuan's thoughts. He smiled and said, "For things like this, we can only let nature take its course."
"I came to see you for another reason. I want you to spare some time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to come over to our place and take a look at the actors we have selected."
It doesn't cost much to watch actors, so why should I waste my time?
Although I complained in my heart, I couldn't say it out loud.
So Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "I think you are professional in selecting actors."
"Mr. Lan, just decide for yourselves."
"I'm afraid I can't give any good advice and might even cause more trouble."
Lan Tianye waved his hand and said, "Xuyuan, you are too modest."
"We have always believed that the person who has the best grasp of the actors is the screenwriter who writes the script."
“Because when they were writing the script, they already had a systematic understanding of the characters they were writing about.”
"Whether it's appropriate or not, the screenwriter's opinion is very important."
"So you have to come for this matter."
Seeing Lan Tianye's serious look, Cheng Xuyuan agreed reluctantly. After all, he would be paid for this matter.
"By the way, when you go over, pick up the manuscript fee."
"For a script of more than 20,000 words, Lao Yu is prepared to give it to you according to the highest standards, which should be more than 100 yuan."
At that time, the highest pay for script adaptation was five yuan per thousand words.
I was paid more than 100 yuan for more than 20,000 words, which was naturally based on the highest standards.
When Cheng Xuyuan heard this, a smile immediately spread across his face.
After all, no one has too much money.
Xu Simou and Chen Jianxun both looked at Cheng Xuyuan with envy. Between the two of them, Chen Jianxun had a salary and his life was relatively easy.
Xu Simou lives entirely on a subsidy of less than 20 yuan a month. Although he has no worries about food and drink, he is always short of money every day.
Cheng Xuyuan earned more than 100 yuan for adapting a script, which is really enviable.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Lan, I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble. I'll treat you to a meal later."
Lan Tianye said, "Let's talk about dinner later. You should go there as soon as possible."
"After all, the earlier the actors are decided, the earlier the show can begin."
At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "Although I haven't read the second half of your novel Desire, I think it's also quite suitable for adaptation."
"Or you can adapt it as well."
Adapting "Desire" into a play?
Cheng Xuyuan glanced at Lan Tianye and thought that this old man really had a good eye.
"Desire" itself was adapted from a TV series.
It's not impossible to adapt this into a play.
"I'll think about it later." Cheng Xuyuan did not refuse and agreed without hesitation.
All the things that needed to be done had been done, so Lan Tianye looked at his watch, then said goodbye and left.
After all, it was getting late.
Cheng Xuyuan and the other two sent Lan Tianye to the dormitory building. Seeing Lan Tianye riding away on his bicycle, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although this old man is a bit old, his serious attitude towards work is really worth learning from!"
Chen Jianxun said: "That's right, he is very serious in many aspects."
"I remember watching them rehearse once, and it was good enough, but in order to get better results, they kept rehearsing it over and over again for another day."
"It's a plot that has been brought to its best."
At this point, he turned to Cheng Xuyuan and said, "Xuyuan, I am really looking forward to the performance of "The Pursuit of Happiness" and how it will be rehearsed."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Then let's wait and see."
Xu Simou stared at Cheng Xuyuan for a long while before he said, "Xuyuan, when you go to the People's Art Theatre, can you take me to see it?"
"I've heard a lot about their names these days, but I've never seen them!"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Why not?"
"I plan to go there the day after tomorrow. Let's go together."
Xu Simou originally thought that Cheng Xuyuan would shirk this matter, but he did not expect Cheng Xuyuan to agree so readily. He said excitedly, "Thank you, Xuyuan."
"Exchange food stamps for eggs!"
"Pickled salted eggs! Salted eggs that are so juicy!"
"Peanuts, peanuts fried in sand!"
Cheng Xuyuan, who had just finished dinner, subconsciously felt a little hungry when he heard the shouting.
Those who exchanged eggs for food coupons in school were basically villagers from nearby.
They usually took their eggs to school to exchange when students were out of class. This allowed them to get some precious food coupons for their families and also helped the students satisfy their cravings.
As for exchanging salted eggs, few students would do such a thing.
After all, food coupons are precious and they also need to eat.
But there are also people who have small appetites and cannot finish their food coupons. If they are craving for something, they will occasionally satisfy their cravings.
Cheng Xuyuan walked quickly towards the middle-aged man carrying the basket and said, "I don't have any food coupons. Can I buy them with money?"
The man glanced at Cheng Xuyuan and found that he was a student. He hesitated and said, "You can buy it with money, but without the egg coupons, the price will be more expensive than in the supply and marketing cooperative."
For Cheng Xuyuan, as long as he doesn't want the vote, everything is fine.
In just two minutes, Cheng Xuyuan returned to Chen Jianxun and Xu Simou with six salted eggs and a bag of fried peanuts.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" As Cheng Xuyuan spoke, he handed the paper bag containing sand peanuts to Xu Simou.
Xu Simou took the paper bag, took out a peanut, crushed the shell and put it directly into his mouth.
"Xuyuan, it's better to have money!"
Chen Jianxun was even more rude. He took a salted egg from Cheng Xuyuan's hand and quickly started peeling it.
"It's still candy-heart yellow, not bad."
Seeing the two people eating greedily, Cheng Xuyuan smiled. All these things cost only 80 cents, which was not too expensive. But it was just right to satisfy hunger.
I returned to the dormitory with eggs and peanuts, and Guo Yuangui just came back from the library.
He was already familiar with Cheng Xuyuan, so he unceremoniously grabbed a handful of burnt peanuts, pinched the shells, and said to Cheng Xuyuan: "Xuyuan, I think you can't hide it any longer!"
"I heard that the students who were looking for Xu Lingyun have already started to think about looking for him among students from other departments."
"Some people have even started analyzing the suspects."
When Cheng Xuyuan heard the news, he felt helpless.
He didn't expect that the news that he was studying at Yenching University was spread from a work seminar.
However, he did not care too much about this. He threw a pickled egg to Guo Yuangui and said with a smile, "If you find it, you find it."
"I'm not going to hide it too much anyway."
"But I'll just hide for as long as I can until they find me."
Guo Yuangui took the egg and looked at Cheng Xuyuan who looked indifferent, and then said, "This is the only way."
Chen Jianxun, Cheng Xuyuan and others chatted for a while and then walked towards their dormitories.
As soon as I walked into the dormitory door, I heard someone loudly recite: "You can see me or not, I am there
Neither sad nor happy You miss me, or you don’t miss me The love is there
Not coming, not going ..."
When Chen Jianxun heard this poem, he was a little stunned.
He thought this poem was very beautiful. Among all the poems he had heard recently, it seemed that only "A Flowering Tree" written by Cheng Xuyuan could be compared with it.
Who wrote this? When the poem was finished, Chen Jianxun quickly walked in and asked, "Chun Jian, where did this poem come from?"
"Jianxun, I copied this from a girl in our class."
"I heard that a student from the history department wrote this downstairs of the girls' dormitory in order to pursue a girl from our department."
"What do you think?"
He is from the history department and is pursuing a girl from our department.
Hearing these two specific conditions, Chen Jianxun's heart suddenly moved.
He turned to the person reciting the poem and asked, "What's the name of this boy from the history department?"
"My surname seems to be Cheng, but I didn't remember my first name at the time."
Li Chunjian said: "But Jianxun, I think this is easy to find out. After all, this poem is going viral among the girls in our class."
It seems that Cheng Xuyuan can't escape! .
Brother, you just said you wanted to keep a low profile and hide, but now you are writing love poems to that girl.
Can you still hide this? Today's first update, please support me, please (End of this chapter)
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