Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1743 The Fat Enchantress

Actually, Han Li really wronged Fu Weiyi by saying that the actress who played the female lead Li Xiuzhi in "The Herdsman" was a student.

Although film and television and actors are all in the same circle, there are clear regional divisions within this circle.

People who aren't in the same circle will find it difficult to get along, even in a future era where communication is inconvenient, let alone in this age where video calls are readily available.

The director of this film, "The Herdsman," is Xie, a graduate of the National Drama Academy of Jinling.

The screenwriter of this drama, Li, is from Henan Province and works for the Beijing Writers Association.

The male lead is from the Fuzhou Military Region Cultural Troupe, and the female lead is from the Central Academy of Drama's acting class.

Most of the other actors and staff in the crew were from the Shanghai Film Studio, and a small number were from the Beijing Film Studio.

Almost none of these people had a good relationship with Changchun Film Studio, and none of them would spend an expensive phone call to tell the other party.

The main reason is that information was relatively limited in this era, and such an exception would benefit both sides.

Those who benefit from the system and have a brain will not go around bragging about how they broke the rules to profit.

Therefore, not only Fu Weihong, but even the teachers at her school might not know the inside story.

The Wrangler attracted over 100 million viewers and won the Best Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor awards at the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards in 1983.
After winning three Golden Rooster Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing, the film sparked widespread discussion, and the director, screenwriter, and crew members gave interviews.

It was only then that everyone realized the actress playing the female lead, Li Xiuzhi, was a student, thus creating a basis for breaking the rule that students cannot take on acting roles before graduation.

So when Han Li finished talking about "The Herdsman", Fu Weiyi was completely stunned.

However, she quickly realized what was going on and, clinging to Han Li's other arm, began to question the "Horse Herder" production team about why they had made an exception and chosen a student to play the female lead.

Han Li had only seen reports about this online in his later years, and those reports were published only after repeated revisions, so he really didn't know why there was an exception here.

When asked about Fu Weiyi's question, Han Li could only laugh it off, saying that he had heard it from someone else, and quickly steered the conversation to the two episodes of Journey to the West that were being broadcast live.

Although Han Li had not yet found an opportunity to get to know Director Yang of Journey to the West, it was because he did not want to waste his favor on this matter.

However, while Han Li was fooling Fu Weihong, he had already decided in his heart to ask Liu Zhongcheng, Zhang Hailin, and Hou Huidong to help him find connections when he got back.

They may not know the person in charge of the Journey to the West production team, but their circle of friends is different. With friends asking friends, it's not difficult for them to contact CCTV.

While they were chatting, Fu Weiyi's stomach started growling in protest from hunger.

Next, Han Li accompanied the Fu sisters to the kitchen. Fu Weiyi had stewed cabbage and pork in the pot earlier, and the meat and vegetables in the pot had been stewed until they were tender. Now, all they needed to do was stick some flatbread around the pot before they could eat.

Making dough and flatbreads was very simple for the Fu sisters. Han Li chatted with them for a short while before they could eat.

During the meal, Han Li listened to Fu Weiyi talk about her experiences at school this year, including some funny incidents caused by classmates' inappropriate facial expressions during class. Most importantly, he talked about the most eye-catching and lively event in "Northern Spring City," the clivia display, which involved the entire city.

Han Li learned from Fu Weiyi that although the clivia has not yet been designated as the city flower.

However, after the "price limit order" was introduced last year, stipulating that the price of a pot of clivia should not exceed 200 yuan, the market for clivia became even more popular than before.

Last winter, it was already happening that the price of a potted clivia would increase three times as soon as someone carried it along the street, without even having to walk the entire length of the street.

Currently, the most popular locations for Clivia miniata in the "Spring City of the North" are Chaoyang Park, Laoquanlou, Guangfu Road, Yongchun Road, Hongqi Street, Wanbao Street, and Qinghua Road.

In these places, people are everywhere looking for clivia plants. Whenever a clivia plant appears for sale, its price can be raised several times over in a very short time by those around it.

Even if this clivia is of poor quality, there will be no shortage of people willing to take it over.

Han Li had already owned Clivia for a long time; a couple of years ago, he not only gave two pots to each of the elders.

Under his guidance, Han's father has cultivated quite a few plants through division over the years, and last year he made a lot of money in the flower, bird, fish and insect market in Beijing.

How much money is "a lot of money"?
Based on the current prices of traditional courtyard houses, the money that Han's father earned from selling clivia plants could easily buy two or three three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard houses).

As Han Li was pondering whether he should go to "Northern Spring City" to make some money from clivia, Fu Weiyi patted his arm and said with a resentful expression.

"Brother Han, have you noticed that I've gained a lot of weight this year?"

Han Li: "Really? I didn't notice. I'll check carefully after we finish eating. If there are any, I'll help you get rid of them."

Fu Weiyi blushed and said, "Of course! My teacher said that if I don't control my mouth, I'll be ostracized by many film crews in the future. You have to behave yourself later."

Well, women are very sensitive about their bodies; they can always quickly notice whether they're a little fatter or thinner.

Especially for someone like Fu Weiyi who wants to be an actress, she is even more sensitive to changes in her body shape.

In the past, whenever Fu Weiyi communicated with Han Li, she could always notice changes in her figure after each conversation.

It was precisely because Fu Weiyi had such confidence that she couldn't control her appetite and ate a lot throughout the year, which prompted her teacher to speak out.

Ever since being scolded by the teacher, Fu Weiyi has been eagerly hoping to see Han Li as soon as possible.

At first, Fu Weiyi was drawn to the cassette tape and the topic of the Jeep Wrangler, forgetting about her weight gain.

Just as she was about to finish eating, that familiar feeling of bloating came over her, which reminded Fu Weihong of the incident and prompted her to suggest that they talk and communicate later.

While Fu Weiyi was talking about this, Fu Weihong quietly touched her belly and felt that she had gained a lot of weight this year, so she silently sped up her eating.

What happened next is self-evident. Whether it was a long-awaited reunion, the Fu sisters wanting to lose weight, or Han Li wanting to relive the beautiful scene of the enchantress joining forces against him, it doesn't matter.
The three of them quickly finished dinner, and the Fu sisters swiftly cleared away the dishes. Han Li then hugged them from behind.
(End of this chapter)