"Quanjude's roast duck is not good. If you want to try authentic and affordable Beijing roast duck, go to Bianyifang. The newly opened one called Siji Minfu is also good..."

"Among the time-honored restaurants in Beijing, Fengze Garden is the most recommended. Hongbinlou is also good. As for the other restaurants, it depends on personal preference..."

"Hey, you're late. If you came a month earlier, the streets would be full of foreign friends. If you don't speak a few words of English, you'd be embarrassed to talk to them..."

“…”

Wei Yang had heard that taxi drivers in the old city were good at chatting, and today he got to see it for himself. During the more than one hour ride from the airport to the city, he never stopped talking.

Wei Yang could talk a lot when asked a random question, from local customs and practices to historical allusions, then extend to the changes of the times, and finally throw in some international events.

Wow, if this group of people were to write online articles, each of them would be as good as Poseidon, the god of the sea.

"Okay, we're here."

Wei Yang paid the money, took the suitcase down, and the driver stepped on the accelerator with ease.

"I wish you a pleasant stay in the capital. Bye."

Standing on the streets of Beijing with a suitcase in his hand, Wei Yang looked at the surrounding road signs and grinned.

"It's Chaoyang again. This place is unlucky."

Looking at the address sent in the text message, Wei Yang, wearing a hat and sunglasses, walked into the gate of a residential community not far away. After asking two passers-by, he finally found the apartment building, took the elevator, and went straight to the twelfth floor.

"1204, this is it."

Wei Yang rang the doorbell. A minute or two later, the door opened. Zhao Liying, who hadn't seen him for a long time, saw him and happily jumped directly onto Wei Yang.

After a quick glance around, Wei Yang held Xiao Zhao in one hand and pulled the suitcase into the house with the other, closing the door with his foot. Before Wei Yang could take a look at Xiao Zhao's residence, his mouth was immediately blocked by Xiao Zhao.

After a while, taking advantage of the gap to take a breath, Xiao Zhao, with moist eyes and red lips, whispered in Wei Yang's ear.

"I bought that bellyband."

What else could Wei Yang say? He picked up Xiao Zhao with both hands and walked towards the bedroom. He opened and closed the door, leaving only the suitcase alone at the entrance of the living room.

…

After the smoke cleared, Wei Yang lay back on the bed, feeling a little regretful that he didn't have a pack of cigarettes with him.

Although he doesn't have a smoking habit, he always feels like something is missing if he doesn't smoke a cigarette at this time.

There was no air conditioning in the room. Xiao Zhao was sweating all over and got up to take a shower. When he came out, Wei Yang was walking around the house in shorts, observing the layout of the house.

"This place is pretty good."

The place where Xiao Zhao lives is a small apartment with an area of ​​about 40 to 50 square meters. However, although it is small, it has everything you need, including a living room/dining room + bedroom + bathroom + kitchen, and even a semi-balcony where you can dry clothes.

"The company contacted us and offered to reduce the rent. We are responsible for our own water and electricity. We don't have to share a room or live in a basement."

Xiao Zhao sighed a little. Huayi is a big company, and small artists have little sense of existence, but there are still some guaranteed benefits after all.

Of course, most of the money Xiao Zhao pays every year has to be given to Huayi, so in essence, the wool is paid by the sheep.

After walking around for a while, Wei Yang felt a little hungry.

He was prone to airsickness, so he didn't dare eat too much on the plane. He came straight here after getting off the airport, without even drinking a sip of water, and worked very hard. The little food he had in the morning and on the plane had long been consumed.

Xiao Zhao knew that Wei Yang was coming today, so he was well prepared. He stewed the beef in advance, heated it up on the fire, steamed the fish, and quickly stir-fried two side dishes. He started eating in a little over half an hour.

"Is it tasty?"

After Wei Yang tasted the beef, Xiao Zhao looked at him expectantly, and the latter nodded.

"tasty."

I have mentioned before that Xiao Zhao is good at housework, but he is not talented in cooking, at least not as good as Wei Yang.

The four dishes tasted good, but not particularly delicious. The beef was a little salty, the fish was not marinated well, and the two stir-fried dishes were overcooked.

However, it is fine to just think about it in your mind. If you really say it out loud, you will have no good life, so Wei Yang decisively encouraged and praised him.

"I have made a lot of progress since I was in the Magic City. It won't be long before I have to give up my position as our chef."

The words "our home" made Xiao Zhao very happy. He kept picking up dishes and serving rice to Wei Yang, almost suffocating Wei Yang.

After dinner, Wei Yang wanted to wash the dishes to show off, but Xiao Zhao didn't let him do it.

Wei Yang could only sit on the sofa to digest his food, and then he saw a script on the coffee table. He picked it up and saw that it was the script that Xiao Zhao wrote for the crew of "Criminal Police Storm".

It can be seen that Xiao Zhao has read it a lot and even wrote and drew on the script and recorded a lot of things.

Wei Yang couldn't help but smile. This was the method he taught Xiao Zhao.

After reading the script several times and analyzing the psychological environment of the character situations, he always gained different insights, which he then wrote down in the script to facilitate his understanding of the role and design-related performance details during filming. Later, in "Chinese Paladin 3" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Star", Liu Shishi also learned from him.

However, it is okay for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", but this trick is not very applicable to "Twinkle Twinkle Star".

But Wei Yang didn't think his method was useless.

After all, there are always few moments of cheating, and a good memory is not as good as a poor pen. The experience accumulated step by step in this stupid way can often become an actor's valuable foundation.

When Xiao Zhao came out of the kitchen, she saw Wei Yang reading the script she had memorized and felt a little embarrassed.

"Don't read it, I just wrote it randomly."

"Don't underestimate yourself. You write very well. But sometimes you shouldn't just study your own role. You can also enrich the details of the situation of your opponent's role. This will allow you to feel the scene and the character's psychological process more intuitively."

Wei Yang encouraged Xiao Zhao's efforts and also shared his own experience.

After all, one-man shows are a minority, and a good play is one that is mutually accomplished. A mature actor cannot just focus on himself, but must also understand the play of his partner.

Xiao Zhao nodded thoughtfully. When it comes to acting, Wei Yang is really half a teacher to her.

She had gained a lot of benefits from Wei Yang, so she was willing to listen to Wei Yang's professional advice.

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Wei Yang is not misleading. As mentioned before, although he does not have much practical acting experience, he is a screenwriter and is very good at analyzing scripts and designing scenario details.

Plus, he is also a professional, and not only is he a student of acting, he was also a well-known film critic in his previous life.

Therefore, he has extremely rich theoretical knowledge and is well-informed. He also has some unique ideas and vision. At least it wouldn't be a big problem for him to occasionally teach and guide those who have just started their careers, like Xiao Zhao and Liu Shishi.

…

After chatting for a while, Wei Yang stopped talking on his own. It might be because he was already middle-aged before his rebirth, he always had the habit of being a know-it-all.

This is not actually a shortcoming. On the contrary, both Xiao Zhao and Liu Shishi like listening to his long speeches and think he is mature and has connotation.

However, Wei Yang felt that it was fine to be polite with people close to him. He should be more cautious with outsiders and there was no need to talk so much, so he consciously restrained this habit.

Instead of talking about the script, we can talk about our lives, especially Xiao Zhao. I like to ask about his daily life.

"After the filming is finished, I will go to class and practice vocal music when I have time. I also met with a few screenwriters recently and saw two good talents. I plan to take them as my apprentices."

"You accepted a disciple?"

Xiao Zhao was very interested in this. If Wei Yang became a master, wouldn't she be his master's wife?

Seeing that she was curious, Wei Yang started talking about his two prospective disciples.

As mentioned earlier, it is very common for screenwriters to have old employees mentor new employees.

It is difficult for new screenwriters to gain experience, channels, connections, etc., and they will avoid detours if they have the guidance of an experienced screenwriter.

Experienced screenwriters are very busy with their work, and sometimes they need to form teams and recruit some people to assist them. Newcomers are cheap, hard-working and obedient, so they are a very cost-effective choice.

The two sides benefit from each other, and it has gradually become an industry practice.

The specific relationships are varied. Some are bosses and employees, some are big brothers and little brothers, some are masters and apprentices, and some are lovers. There are even some who are godfathers.

Wei Yang had experienced mostly boss-employee and master-apprentice relationships in his previous life, so he was more familiar with these two models.

The screenwriters Wei Yang found this time were all acquaintances from his previous life.

One of them is called Ma Jin, he dropped out of high school and came from a purely unconventional background. His characteristics are solid writing and extremely fast typing speed, but his disadvantage is that he is not very smart and has little talent in creativity and plot structure, so he can only help others.

In his previous life, Wei Yang and he started out as ghostwriters and apprentice screenwriters. Later, Wei Yang became an independent screenwriter, and he was still a ghostwriter.

However, Wei Yang knew Ma Jin's abilities. Although he could not be a screenwriter independently, as long as he was given an outline, setting and a strict plot direction, he could come up with a script of sufficient quality.

In his previous life, when Wei Yang took on some private work, he always liked to ask Ma Jin for help. He did good work, talked little, and never delayed submitting work.

The other one is called Zuo Le, a freshman in the Department of Drama and Literature at Shanghai Theatre Academy. He had been with Wei Yang in his previous life and was considered half-apprentice.

Unlike Ma Jin, Zuo Le is a hexagonal talent with good standards in all aspects, but precisely because of this, although he is well-rounded, he does not have any particularly outstanding advantages.

Such people have a high lower limit but a low upper limit, so they cannot take on the main responsibility. Their best position is to play a supporting role.

In his previous life, Zuo Le was Wei Yang's right-hand man. From the moment Wei Yang was reborn, he began to miss this old partner.

When looking for an intern screenwriter this time, Wei Yang first looked for Zuo Le, but the latter was just a freshman and had not yet started, so through his memories, he dug out Ma Jin, who was still working as a ghostwriter for others.

The two men were still unknown now, so they were naturally delighted to be recruited by Wei Yang, who was already somewhat famous.

Zuo Le was smart and called him Master directly, and Ma Jin followed suit, so Wei Yang accepted these two old friends and partners from his previous life as his apprentices.

In fact, Ma Jin is a few years older than Wei Yang, and Zuo Le is only two years younger than him.

However, in the screenwriting industry, the most experienced ones come first. It is not uncommon for people in their forties or fifties to call people in their twenties or thirties teachers. Master and apprentice are just titles. Wei Yang does not rely on these two people to perform the old rituals of celebrating his birthday.

(End of this chapter)