1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Originally, Zhou Yan had no intention of looking at the photos in the camera. Even if he wanted to, he would ask someone in the studio to develop the photos.

But since he knew that there might be more explosive photos in it, Zhou Yan decided to develop the photos himself.

A darkroom is a must in their studio, and it is very convenient to develop photos, which Zhou Yan can do himself.

After Liu Hang left, Nakamori Akina looked at the camera on the table curiously, "What happened?"

"A tabloid reporter was caught by our people while taking photos through a window. This camera belongs to him."

Zhou Yan briefly told Akina Nakamori what happened today, but did not mention the specific details, such as the tabloid reporter falling from a height and breaking his bones.

Akina Nakamori has suffered a lot from media reporters over the years, so she naturally doesn't have a good impression of reporters, especially tabloid reporters.

The incident with the tabloid reporter made her alert. "Could there be other reporters watching the studio besides this one?"

"Maybe." Zhou Yan was not sure either.

He was actually thinking about this too.

When he first set up the studio here, not many people knew about it, but as time went on, it became impossible to hide the news from reporters.

After such a long time, some reporters did come to the studio and want to interview Zhou Yan through formal channels.

However, this was the first time they encountered someone running over to take pictures like today.

If there are other people taking secret photos nearby besides the reporter today, Zhou Yan should be more careful.

However, even if there were reporters taking pictures nearby, they probably wouldn't be able to capture anything, as he and Akina Nakamori and the others wouldn't have had any contact outside.

Unless someone secretly installed surveillance cameras in his office, nothing would be captured.

Seeing that Akina Nakamori was a little worried, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I have asked Liu Hang and others to strengthen the security of the park. This situation will not happen again in the future."

As he said that, he reached out to hold Akina Nakamori's hand, and Akina Nakamori sat in his arms.

Akina Nakamori has been running around outside for promotions during this period, and the two haven't seen each other for some time. As soon as she sat on Zhou Yan's lap, Akina Nakamori felt her body starting to heat up.

The heat rose from the bottom, gradually spread throughout the body, and reached the face.

In an instant, she seemed like a pot of boiling water, with steam rising up, and her originally clear eyes became misty.

In the past, when Zhou Yan saw this pair of misty eyes, he might feel a little sad and a little broken, but now he knows that when Akina Nakamori's eyes become like this, it proves that her desire is rising.

Sensing Akina Nakamori's emotions, Zhou Yan turned his head and kissed her.

Akina Nakamori also put her arms around Zhou Yan's neck and responded unscrupulously.

After a long while, their mouths finally parted.

Akina Nakamori still hugged Zhou Yan's neck, panting slightly, "Yan, do you miss me?"

Zhou Yan hugged her in his arms and gave a positive answer, "Yes."

Although this answer was very simple, Akina Nakamori was very satisfied. A smile appeared on her face and she quickly kissed Zhou Yan on the cheek, "I miss you too."

After the kiss, she pouted again, "I didn't even know your new book was going to be released."

She was blaming Zhou Yan for not telling him about this.

Zhou Yan raised his hand and smoothed the hair beside her ear, and said with a smile, "I thought you were not interested in these things."

"I'm interested in everything about you."

Zhou Yan nodded, "I'll tell you next time if there's a new book."

"Yeah." She nodded with satisfaction, then lowered her voice and asked, "Does Shizuka know about your new book?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "She doesn't know."

This is the truth, he really didn't tell Kudo Shizuka about this. He has so many things to do every day, it is impossible for him to report everything to several girls.

If "Don't Leave Me" was translated into Japanese, Zhou Yan would probably tell Kudo Shizuka that with Kudo Shizuka's current level of Chinese, it would be difficult for her to read a long novel.

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Nakamori Akina smiled and said, "You should have told her."

It always feels a bit weird that Akina Nakamori reminded me of this.

In fact, Zhou Yan was also quite curious about Akina Nakamori's thoughts, because she probably knew the relationship between him and Shizuka Kudo, otherwise she wouldn't have been avoiding him before.

And the current situation of the two of them is obviously unfair to Shizuka Kudo.

Come to think of it, the situation she encountered before was similar to that of Kudo Shizuka.

"I'll tell her."

Nakamori Akina nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "The girl who sat opposite Mr. Xu at dinner today, have you known each other for a long time?"

She asked about Dong Wenmiao again.

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "About six or seven years ago. The first movie I participated in was Raise the Red Lantern. She was the costume director for that movie."

"For the first movie, the emotions should be very different."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "What do you want to ask?"

"Does she like you?"

"I don't know, but I guess he likes me. After all, everyone loves me."

Hearing Zhou Yan bragging, Nakamori Akina sneered, "You are too confident."

When the two of them did not have an intimate relationship, Akina Nakamori thought Zhou Yan was very serious, but after they had an intimate relationship, she found that Zhou Yan was becoming less and less serious.

But she also likes the frivolous Zhou Yan.

……

It was dark in Dongmianhua Hutong at this moment, and four girls were walking together in the alley.

They were Zhang Ziyi and her friends who were going to Zhou Yan's studio to attend the party tonight. Although there were few street lights in the alley and most of the place was dark, the girls were not afraid at all because their school was only a few steps away.

After the party, the studio sent a car to take them back. The car stopped at South Street and they got out and walked inside by themselves. There was not much road left.

"Hey, when are you guys going home?" Zhang Ziyi asked.

Their school had been on holiday a few days ago, and most of the students had gone home. Since they had to perform for the evening party, they were not in a hurry to leave.

Now that the party is over, they are going home to celebrate the New Year.

Zhang Ziyi is a native of Yanjing, so it is very convenient for her to go home. She was originally planning to go home directly tonight, but finally decided to go back to school with a few other girls to stay for one night and go home tomorrow.

For a local like her, she actually hopes to stay in the dormitory for a few more days, because it would be really boring to go home. Normally, she goes to school and goes home enough times, and she is not as eager to go home as other students who live far away.

"I'm taking the train tomorrow afternoon. It's so troublesome to go home every year. I hate taking the train the most." Mei Ting sighed. Her home is in Jinling, and it takes a long time to take the train.

Trains are very chaotic these days, and even more so now that the Chinese New Year is approaching.

The train was like a can of sardines, and people were the sardines inside, squeezed together. She had not yet bought a sleeper berth, so she could only take a hard seat to go home.

Your butt will definitely suffer after this trip.

Hu Jing smiled and said, "You're fine. I'm much farther away than you are. I have to stay on the train for several days."

Her home is in Yunnan Province, which is very far away, and it is not easy to go back.

When the head teacher approached her, she wanted to refuse at first. After all, it was too late and she couldn't go home. But after thinking it over, she didn't want to miss this opportunity and decided to stay and perform with them.

"You are quite far away, but I'm fine." Qin Hailu said with a smile.

Her home is in Liaodong, which is several hundred kilometers away from Yanjing, but compared with Hu Jing and her friends, it is much closer, and it is also very convenient to go back. Basically, you can arrive on the same day without having to spend the night in the car.

"Haha, why don't you just not go home and come to my house to celebrate the New Year." Zhang Ziyi said with a smile.

"I do want to, but my parents will definitely not allow it. If I stay to perform this time, my mom would probably scold me if she didn't like Zhou Yan," said Hu Jing.

"Auntie likes Zhou Yan? Does she prefer to listen to instrumental music?"

"No, my mother is a fan of Zhou Yan. When Zhou Yan played Chen Feipu, my mother said that he had a bright future."

"Auntie, you have good vision. It's only been a few years and Teacher Zhou has developed to this point."

"It's a pity that he didn't act in many movies. This time he starred in "Time Traveler", which made my mother very happy. She even asked me if I would have the opportunity to work with Zhou Yan when I become an actor in the future and have a love affair with him in the movie. She could brag to others in the future that she was Zhou Yan's mother-in-law."

Hu Jing herself finds this funny. Not only is she a fan, she also wants to be someone's mother-in-law.

"Haha, Auntie is so funny."

The other three girls were also amused.

However, Hu Jing's words did make them have some associations.

"You never know. Now that we have joined the school-enterprise cooperation, we may have the opportunity to act with him in the future," said Qin Hailu.

"There will definitely be a chance for us to act together, but it will be difficult to play lovers in a movie. Mr. Zhou is already good at acting in movies, and the only actress who can play a love scene with him is Joey Wong, right?"

"Does the one about Senior Sister Gong Li count?" Qin Hailu asked.

"That shouldn't count."

"Oh, then there is only Joey Wong."

"I feel that Mei Ting has the best chance," said Qin Hailu.

Hu Jing and Zhang Ziyi also looked at Mei Ting.

They both knew why Qin Hailu said Mei Ting had the best chance.

Although Mei Ting is in the same class as them, her situation is very different from theirs.

Before coming to the Central Academy of Drama, Mei Ting had been in the Jinling Frontline Song and Dance Troupe for many years and was promoted to a platoon-level cadre. She had previously starred in the TV series "Bloody Childhood" and caused a sensation because of this drama.

If it weren't for the fact that the army was not allowed to film privately at that time, Mei Ting would have probably filmed quite a few movies.

Mei Ting smiled modestly and said, "Everyone is the same. I am no different."

"You and Zhou Yan are from the same hometown."

Mei Ting nodded, "Well, actually I've seen him before. He's been to our front-line song and dance troupe."

"He also went to the front-line song and dance troupe."

"Well, he helped to create the 'Drinking the Yangtze River Water' in our song and dance troupe. I almost became the leading actress."

When their troupe was rehearsing "Drinking Yangtze River Water Together", Mei Ting's mind was actually no longer in the troupe, her mind was on making the movie.

At that time, Ye Daying had already asked her to film "Bloody Childhood".

Later, when "Drinking the Yangtze River Water Together" was rehearsed, Zhou Yan went to watch it live. Mei Ting met Zhou Yan that time, but the two did not talk at that time.

"What a pity! If you had acted in "Drinking the Yangtze River Together" at that time, you would be very familiar with Zhou Yan now."

"Maybe." Mei Ting smiled.

In fact, she knows more about Zhou Yan than Zhang Ziyi and others.

Most people only know that Zhou Yan is a musician, writer, and director, but know nothing about his background.

Zhou Yan has been in the industry for so many years, but no media has ever dug into his family situation. All we know is that he is from Jinling, studied at the Central Conservatory of Music, and then stayed on to teach, but nothing else is known.

If you think about it carefully, it doesn't make sense. After all, Zhou Yan is not an ordinary star. His fame is definitely first-tier.

Normally, the background of first-line stars will be dug out to some extent.

Mei Ting had also heard some inside information about why this situation occurred.

It is said that Zhou Yan is the grandson of a former big boss surnamed Zhou in their Jinling J Middle School. There are only a few big bosses surnamed Zhou in their middle school. Judging by age, it should be that old Zhou.

If Zhou Yan is really the grandson of Old Zhou, then his background is extremely strong. He is the kind of person who can do whatever he wants in Jinling.

However, this rumor was only spread among their JD. Not many people in the outside world had heard of it, and Zhou Yan himself never mentioned his family background.

This is also in line with common sense. Generally speaking, those who like to mention their family's JD background probably have an average background. Those with a particularly strong background would never talk about it everywhere.

Zhang Ziyi and the others were quite interested in Zhou Yan, and asked Mei Ting how popular Zhou Yan was in Jinling.

Mei Ting told them truthfully: "Zhou Yan's popularity in Jinling is probably unmatched by any other star. I heard from my mother that after the release of "Time Traveler", the cinemas were packed."

“Haha, everyone must be supporting people from their hometown.”

Mei Ting smiled and said that it was not just as simple as supporting people from her hometown. Many units organized people to book out the entire theater to watch the movie. For example, her previous unit, the Frontline Song and Dance Troupe, was one of them. As soon as the movie was released, the troupe leader organized everyone to book out the entire theater to watch it.

Leaders of many units know more about the Zhou family than ordinary people. They organize people from their units to watch Zhou Yan's movies, which is somewhat suspected of flattery.

Not to mention the old man, although the second generation of the Zhou family had an average career development, he was still the object of flattery for most people.

The four girls were chatting and laughing. When they walked to the school gate, Mei Ting saw a tall and big black shadow and was startled, "Oh my god!"

The other three girls didn't see the shadow, but were frightened by her calling "mother".

"What's the matter?" Qin Hailu asked puzzledly.

Before Mei Ting could speak, the shadowy figure walked out from the darkness and came under the light. "Hello, I am Chen Kaige." (End of this chapter)