Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 176 You went to the wrong bathroom

In the restaurant of the Regent Hotel, the mainland directors and their familiar friends sat together at three tables in total.

The table where Chen Shiping sat was occupied by leaders from various film studios, all of whom were senior directors. They were either senior directors or senior leaders of the factory.

The remaining two tables were occupied by the director and the others. The atmosphere at this time was pretty good and the Cantonese food tasted good. Even Chen Shiping, a northerner, liked it very much.

The only bad thing is that the portions are a little small.

Chen Shiping still likes the feeling of eating a big mouthful of meat, and the portion is always too small and feels unsatisfactory.

The reception dinner was quite formal, nothing fancy, and we didn't even drink much wine. After the meal, everyone went back to their rooms.

Due to funding issues, except for older bosses like Xie Tieli, everyone else has standard rooms.

But Chen Shiping is an exception. He spends his own money to live by himself. Who can share a room with a grown man?

In the hotel room, Chen Shiping took a shower and came out of the bathroom, and was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door.

"Wait a moment." After Chen Shiping shouted, he put on his clothes and went to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Chen Shiping was thrown into the room before he could see who was outside.

"You uh."

Chen Shiping's mouth was blocked as soon as he opened it. Guan Zhilin put his arms around his neck and jumped up and wrapped himself around him, kissing him crazily.

Chen Shiping directly stretched out his hand to support her, pressed her against the wall and responded enthusiastically.

Suddenly there was only the sound of violent breathing in the room, and after a long time the two slowly separated.

Guan Zhilin's eyes were misty and a little sad, but he still managed to smile and said, "During this period, I transferred all the company's money to the property market. I really made a lot of money."

"Are you unhappy?" Chen Shiping raised Guan Zhilin's chin and asked.

Guan Zhilin avoided Chen Shiping's gaze and said, "No, how can you not be happy making money?"

Chen Shiping frowned and took a step back and said, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"No." Guan Zhilin stepped forward and hugged Chen Shiping and said, "I'm just a little jealous thinking that you are getting married."

After saying that, Guan Zhilin raised his head and pouted and said, "Can't I be jealous?"

Chen Shiping rubbed Guan Zhilin's head and didn't know what to say.

This situation has been expected for a long time, right?

We have decided to get married this year, and the preparations are almost complete now. The wedding will be officially held when Chen Shiping returns from Xiangjiang.

You are not young now. If you don't get married, you will look unstable. How can you get promoted in the future?

As for Guan Zhilin's sadness, Chen Shiping had expected it, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Feelings probably weren't the most important thing in Guan Zhilin's heart. He was probably a little disappointed, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Would you like some tea?" Chen Shiping turned to look at her and asked.

Guan Zhilin shook his head and said, "Today is inconvenient. I just want to hold you to sleep."

Chen Shiping: "." Then I can fall asleep.

After a while, the lights in the room went out, and Chen Shiping hugged Guan Zhilin and stroked her soft skin.

Guan Zhilin moved comfortably in his arms, like a kitten, resting his arm on his arm and said, "Do you hold A Min like this every day to sleep?"

Chen Shiping hummed softly.

Guan Zhilin was quiet for a while, then suddenly turned around and hugged Chen Shiping and said, "Then I want to hug you."

"it is good."

Guan Zhilin smiled sweetly and said, "Hey, go to sleep."

The room slowly became quiet, leaving only the sound of the two people's gradually calming breathing.

Early the next morning, Chen Shiping woke up and found that the bed was empty, and the smell of Guan Zhilin's perfume still lingered in the warm quilt.

It seems that he left early.

Chen Shiping felt more and more that Guan Zhilin was sensible and should let her earn more money in the future, since he wouldn't need it anyway.

After taking over China Film and Television a few years later, there would be plenty of funds for him to use.

No serious person would spend his own money!

When Chen Shiping went downstairs to have breakfast, many directors didn't get up. It wasn't until about nine o'clock that the talents began to arrive one after another.

Several people looked a little listless. Chen Shiping drank milk and looked at Teng Wenji diagonally opposite, wondering if this old boy ordered takeout last night.

There are telephone numbers in the hotel magazine, and there are many of them.

Mei Juan sat next to Chen Shiping and whispered: "I just went to the front desk to inquire about it. There were many directors last night."

"Okay, I understand." Chen Shiping interrupted Mei Juan and said, "Don't worry about this kind of thing."

"You don't care if they go out all night without returning home?" Mei Juan couldn't help but ask.

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows and said, "No matter what, we'll wait until someone gets jumped by the immortal."

Mei Juan didn't understand the meaning of the fairy dance, but she probably understood it, so she nodded and said nothing.

There are a few honest directors who come to the capitalistic city of Hong Kong to learn Cantonese!

The exchange meeting will only start tomorrow, and there is nothing to do today. Chen Shiping did not restrict the freedom of these directors, so he allowed them to move freely.

I went out to meet Shi Nansheng. Before the exchange meeting ended, I had to find out how many Xiangjiang directors Shi Nansheng had persuaded to join the Directors Association.

The directors had all left, and naturally several young people in the team couldn't sit still. Wang Xiaoshuai and others also went out together.

It’s just that I don’t have any money in my pocket, so I can only wander around the streets.

"Xiangjiang is indeed very prosperous."

"The only world port in the mainland, how can it not be prosperous?"

"But many people look very poor, even poorer than me."

Wang Xiaoshuai looked at a man picking up garbage in the alley and thought it was quite interesting.

Outside the alley are high-rise buildings and white-collar elites in suits and ties, while inside the alley are scavengers with numb faces.

This contrast was so strong that Wang Xiaoshuai and others immediately became interested.

Several young men couldn't help but follow him, and then they followed him all the way to the public housing building.

The young men were shocked by the living conditions in public housing after entering.

What kind of life is this, how come so many people live in such a small house?

Nortel dormitories are eight blocks better than this!

There are advertisements for escorts everywhere, young women with heavy makeup, glamorous white-collar workers, young and ignorant children, and old people who are dying.

Depressed, cramped, contradictory, decadent, positive, indifferent, passionate.

All aspects of life in Xiangjiang seem to be here. This is the most real Xiangjiang. The high-rise buildings outside seem so fake at this moment.

Like a colorful bubble, beautiful but fragile.

Wang Xiaoshuai and others discovered that the social problems in Xiangjiang were much more serious than those in the mainland.

Why doesn’t director Xiangjiang film this kind of social contradiction and huge sense of fragmentation?

Wang Xiaoshuai and others stayed in the public housing building for a whole day before returning to the hotel. After returning, they hid in the room and could not come out.

They didn't come out until Chen Shiping came back to call for a meeting in the evening.

Tomorrow is the exchange meeting. Chen Shiping didn't say anything during the meeting. He only said that everyone should have friendly exchanges and treat Xiangjiang and Wanwan filmmakers equally.

It’s almost like you straightened your waist!

After the meeting, Chen Shiping was about to go back to his room to sleep when Wang Xiaoshuai and others gathered around him. "Director! Can you support me with some funds?"

Chen Shiping frowned and asked, "Why do you need money?"

"Make a movie!" Lou Ye replied first.

Chen Shiping looked at them strangely, what were these people doing today?

Zhang Yuan immediately interjected: "We went to the public housing today and thought of a very good subject. The story goes like this. A mainlander wants to come to Hong Kong."

After hearing this, Chen Shiping touched his chin and said, "So, you want to burst the bubble in Xiangjiang?"

"Yeah!"

Chen Shiping was extremely speechless. You've revealed something, but they didn't know what they were thinking? They just want to save face and keep silent.

But if it can really be filmed, it can be shown to the directors in Xiangjiang.

Chen Shiping still believes in the level of these six generations, and if a few people get together, they can definitely produce a good picture.

"Can we finish filming before the exchange meeting ends?"

"If you grit your teeth, you can!"

"Okay, I'll pay you."

An hour later, Chen Shiping prepared money for them and contacted the equipment, and then went back to the room to sleep.

No matter how they do it or whether they can do it, it has nothing to do with them.

At this time, in Wang Xiaoshuai's room, several young men were excited and nervous together.

The film exchange meeting only lasts for half a month, and it is too difficult to make a movie in half a month.

Wang Xiaoshuai said directly: "Just use non-professional actors, no need to consider the issue of acting skills, shoot it as a documentary, and I will be the director! Lou Ye will be the photographer, Zhang Yuan will be the actor, and Xuechang will be the assistant!"

Wang Xiaoshuai and the others are just a grassroots team, but this world is not a grassroots team. It's very funny.

The six generations went out to make the film with excitement. Even if it failed to be made, it could still be regarded as a local documentary in Hong Kong. It is meaningful after all.

Sixteen millimeter cameras and film are not expensive, so let them make them.

On the first day of the cross-strait exchange meeting between the three places, at the press conference, Chen Shiping, Xie Lao and others, as representatives of mainland films, were also official representatives. There were also people from the Film Bureau in Wanwan as representatives.

On the other hand, there are only unofficial association presidents like Wu Siyuan in Xiangjiang.

Xiangjiang is very interesting now, because it is almost 1997, and many people are confused about many things.

They can't find their direction or their roots. Many directors in Hong Kong are in this state.

Confused and at a loss.

In the end, they neither recognized the mainland nor sought refuge with the gentlemen. They just stood firm on their own and developed a unique Hong Kong culture.

Du Qifeng is such a director. There is too much confusion in his movies, which represents a large part of the people of Hong Kong.

Chen Shiping sat on the stage and looked at the reporters and many filmmakers in the audience, and also put away his usual domineering appearance.

There are reporters here today, so it’s better to be more modest.

Many actors from Xiangjiang also came to join in the fun, but most of them were theatergoers, and they were not interested in mainland directors.

Xiangjiang directors and Wanwan film talents are the targets of their attention.

There is a saying in the Hong Kong entertainment industry that goes very well. Without Wanwan’s funding, there would be no Hong Kong movies.

Soon the exchange meeting began under the flashlights of reporters.

First, they complimented each other and said a few words for the occasion. The speeches from the mainland and Wanwan's speeches were still very similar, and both were relatively official.

Speaking of which, Wanwan movies are quite similar to Mainland movies. At this point, Xiangjiang seems to be more heavily influenced by capital and is more Western-oriented.

After a simple opening, the first movie began to be shown.

The first film selected to be screened was "Early Spring and February" directed by Xie Tieli.

No one has any opinions on this point. After all, it is an initiative initiated by the mainland, and this film in early spring is also qualified as the opening film.

Cannes specially invited this film to participate in the film festival and even awarded it.

In the screening room, Chen Shiping looked at the movie screening list in his hand and wanted to communicate with Edward Yang.

Chen Shiping likes his movies very much, but Edward Yang is sitting far away at this time, so he can only wait for the screening to end before looking for another chance.

Just when Chen Shiping was lost in thought, someone suddenly knocked him on the shoulder.

When he looked back, he saw Lin Qingxia sitting behind her and winking playfully at him.

Lin Qingxia didn't speak, she just made a gesture to go out, then got up and went out quietly.

Chen Shiping sat there and waited for more than ten minutes before getting up and going out.

After walking out of the screening room, he turned around and saw Lin Qingxia sitting in the corner.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time. Although they usually keep in touch by phone, they don't communicate much.

After Chen Shiping sat down, he looked at her and said, "How have you been lately?"

"Not bad, how about you?" Lin Qingxia acted very reserved, like an old friend reminiscing about the past.

Chen Shiping shrugged and said, "I'm just busy, I haven't been idle for a whole year."

Lin Qingxia crossed her legs and leaned back on the chair, her toes naturally rubbing against Chen Shiping's calf.

Chen Shiping didn't avoid it, he just left it there for her to rub against. However, the two of them stopped talking, and the eyes they looked at each other gradually became heated.

Lin Qingxia pursed her lips and suddenly put down her legs and said, "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."

Chen Shiping nodded and watched her get up and leave.

But after taking a few steps, she looked back at Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping glanced around, then stood up and followed.

The location of the bathroom was easy to find, but there were a lot of people there. Lin Qingxia took one look and walked into the safe passage and went downstairs.

Chen Shiping also followed in, and the two of them went to the bathroom on the second floor one after another.

This is a concert hall, but there are no performances during the day, and there are no people on the second floor. Most of them went upstairs to watch movies.

In the quiet bathroom, Lin Qingxia looked back at Chen Shiping and said with a smile, "You went to the wrong bathroom."

Chen Shiping didn't say anything, but directly pulled her into the cubicle at the back. After the wooden door slammed shut, Lin Qingxia's exclamation came from inside.

"Don't be so anxious."

As Lin Qingxia spoke, she quickly untied Chen Shiping's belt.

Chen Shiping held it with both hands and couldn't help but said, "You are probably more anxious."

With a clang, the metal buckle of the belt fell to the ground and made a clanging sound.

Lin Qingxia slowly sat on the edge of the toilet and straightened her skirt.

He gently lifted his legs with both hands and looked up at Chen Shiping.

Seeing her sitting there with her pink lips open, Chen Shiping stepped forward and pressed her lips against hers without saying anything.

If the bathroom floor is dripping with water and needs to be cleaned, it is better to block it.

　I've been quite busy lately, I haven't had any holidays, and I have a lot of things to do at home. I'll try my best to catch up on the updates when I have some free time after the new year.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)