"The cheaper the better, of course. Okay, hang up."
A few seconds after the call ended, Ji Juntao pushed a WeChat account to him. The nickname was "Pork Belly with Sauerkraut," and the profile picture was a bowl of mouthwatering, glistening pork belly.
Shang Yechu wrote down the account number and took out another mobile phone—this was the work phone that Ji Juntao had assigned to Shang Yechu, a common, ubiquitous phone that would go unnoticed by anyone.
Shang Yechu logged into her work account, explained her purpose in the notes, and requested a friend request. Not long after, Wuhuaroujiansauerkraut accepted Shang Yechu's request.
Is "The Mute Woman" really going to be filmed?
Who are you?
Shang Yechu replied: 【Hi, I'm DouDou, a clerk at Qingping Entertainment. One of our company's artists is planning to play the granddaughter in "The Mute Granny," and we'd like to ask you about the specific details of the story's prototype. Would it be convenient for you to tell us?】
Pork Belly Fried with Sauerkraut excitedly said, "Oh, hello. President Ji told me about this. Ye Chu is from your company, right? Is she playing the role?"
【I can't reveal that right now, honey.】
【Just call me Xiaojun, "kiss" sounds like a Taobao customer service representative.】Pork belly fried with sauerkraut, both amused and exasperated.
Hello Xiaojun.
The man with the pork belly and pickled cabbage continued: "The story is based on a girl from my village. I won't tell you her name. I got her permission to write this script, and I even gave her a thousand yuan after it was sold."
Shang Yechu raised an eyebrow: [Wow! That little girl is quite the generous one!]
The man with the pork belly and pickled cabbage asked, puzzled, "Huh? What's so generous?"
I've seen some kids who always keep their family matters to themselves and don't like talking to outsiders. That little girl, however, was able to accept that her family's story was written into a script and made into a movie.
Fried pork belly with sauerkraut: [Oh, I see. She said her parents are very upright people, and there's nothing to hide.]
Shang Yechu typed a few words: "If these things are exposed, you'll need a very strong heart to face the strange looks from those around you."
Pork Belly with Sauerkraut: [Pfft, so you were worried people would pity her? Hahahaha! How could that be? She's always been number one in her class, and last year she signed a contract with a big company, starting at 200,000 yuan a year right after graduation. People around her pity her? They'd be more likely to be begging for her coattails.]
Shang Yechu was slightly taken aback.
Pork Belly Fried with Sauerkraut rambled on: "She was always the kind of 'perfect child' everyone admired, you know? I used to be jealous of her; she was better at school than me, and adults always praised her. She went to the county school, while I could only go to the town elementary school. She was an only child; I have two younger sisters who were always fighting and angry with me."
I used to think she was pretentious, but then we became classmates in high school. I realized she's a really nice person. She could have gone to a top high school in the city, but she chose that run-down high school in our county so she could visit her parents more often.
Later, I went to an ordinary second-tier university, but she got into a top university. Unfortunately, just as she was about to start living a better life, her entire family was suddenly wiped out.
It's true she has a bad temper and is aloof. But she's also sincere. Later, when I went to her house, I learned that her mute grandmother, although mute, wasn't completely speechless. She could make some strange, unusual noises.
Her grandmother sings in that strange, terrifying sound every night, like the cawing of an old crow. Because she has a mental illness, her family can't get her to shut up. She grew up listening to that sound, suffered from chronic sleep deprivation, and is easily startled and prone to outbursts of anger. She seems to have some kind of neurasthenia...
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