Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 217: "Stewardess" premieres, Zu Xian breaks up

When Bao Jianfeng and others were raising money to set up a website.

Mango TV has begun to announce that the TV series "Living with the Air Hostess", adapted from the novel of the same name by Zhong Yuan Yi Dian Hui, will be broadcast soon.

In just a few days, it attracted the attention of countless viewers.

After all, Mango TV has very good ratings in China.

The name Zhongyuan Yidianhui has long been known to the public.

In addition, a big star familiar to many people, Wang Zuxian, appeared in this trailer.

Joey Wong plays the leading female role.

Jerry Yan plays the male lead.

Although the name Jerry Yan is unfamiliar to many people, this TV series is enough to attract many viewers just because of Wang Zuxian's face.

Coupled with the popularity of Taiwanese TV dramas in mainland China these days, this TV series showed signs of becoming a hit before it was officially aired.

The film and television industry in this era is very weak.

Hong Kong movies and TV series are often very popular in mainland China; Taiwan movies are not very good, but their TV series can always set the trend in mainland China; Korean soap operas can also occupy a place in mainland China; occasionally, Singaporean TV series can also be popular in mainland China.

Ultimately, it’s because the mainland’s film and television dramas are just not up to par.

The mainstream dramas in mainland China are costume dramas, police and gangster dramas, rural dramas or urban dramas about family life. Not only are the types of dramas single, but the plots and actors in the dramas also have a rustic feel. They can meet the viewing needs of some middle-aged and elderly people, but they seriously cannot meet the needs of young audiences.

Young audiences are interested in fashionable urban dramas and passionate martial arts dramas, which can generally only be satisfied by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korean pop culture.

Cao Ying is the same age as Cao Sheng and grew up with Cao Sheng when they were young.

The difference between her and Cao Sheng was that after graduating from junior high school, she did not continue her schooling. She could not go to school even if she wanted to, because the admission rate from junior high school to high school was extremely low at that time.

In the middle school she and Cao Sheng attended, only a few students could be promoted to high school each year.

She is also different from other children of her age. After graduating from junior high school, they go out to work.

Her father was the accountant in the village. After she graduated from junior high school, he opened a small store for her at home and let her manage it.

Her father said at the time: "How much money can you make if you go out to work as a teenager? It's so chaotic outside, your mother and I are worried, you might as well stay at home and sell some things. It doesn't matter whether you can make money or not. In a few years, when you grow up, your mother and I will find you a good husband, and your husband will continue to support you. When you have children, they will grow up and continue to support you. You won't have to suffer much in your life, isn't that good?"

At first, she was reluctant.

She wanted to go out and see the world like her friends.

But she couldn't beat her father.

I was just stuck at home, running the convenience store.

Gradually, I got used to this kind of life.

Every day I sit behind the counter, cracking melon seeds, drinking tea, and watching TV. When someone comes to buy something, I sell it to them.

When no one comes to buy things, I just spend my days leisurely.

Life is leisurely.

Because she watches TV every day, she was the first to know when Mango TV recently previewed the show "Living with a Flight Attendant".

When others watch this trailer, their attention is usually on Joey Wong.

However, her attention was immediately attracted by the words "Zhongyuan Yidianhui".

"Adapted from the original novel of the same name by Zhongyuan Yidianhui..."

The words at the beginning of the trailer made her eyes widen a little.

A little gray in the Central Plains...

Isn’t this Cao Sheng’s pen name?
Isn’t “Living with the Air Hostess” the first novel written by Cao Sheng?

She had heard this news in the past two years.

Suddenly I saw the novel written by Cao Sheng on TV. The TV series adapted from it is about to be released, and the actress playing the heroine is the famous Wang Zuxian.

Cao Ying was so surprised that he wanted to share the news with the villagers.

This is a TV series adapted from Cao Sheng’s novel!

Driven by a strong desire to share, she seemed to be possessed by Xianglin Sao in the next few days, telling everyone she met that the TV series adapted from the novel written by Cao Sheng would be broadcast on Mango Channel in a few days.

While having dinner with her parents, she asked them if they knew about this.
When someone comes to buy something, she asks them if they know the news.

When she was really bored, she touched the head of the local dog at home and asked the dog - "Ah Huang! Do you know that the TV series adapted from the novel written by Ah Sheng is going to be broadcast?"

After she spread the news, the whole village heard about it within a few days.

Many people from several nearby villages heard about this incident.

There are still many people in rural areas in this era.

Those who go out to work are a minority.

Few people have mobile phones. There is generally no Internet access in the village and computers are almost unseen. Everyone likes to get together and chat about all sorts of gossip.

Not to mention something as big as the novel written by Cao Sheng being made into a TV series.

Even if someone steals someone dozens of miles away, the news may spread throughout the area in just a few days.

Cao Sheng's parents naturally also heard about this.

They were not originally interested in Taiwanese TV dramas that were all about romance.

But because they heard that this TV series was based on their son's novel, they became very interested in it. Since hearing the news, they have been counting the days until the TV series is officially broadcast.

The night of the official broadcast.

Cao Sheng's mother leaned against the bed, watching the TV, and said with a smile on her face: "Haven't you always wanted to know what kind of story your son's novel is about? Read it carefully later! But you must read it carefully!"

Cao Sheng's father was also leaning against the bed. Hearing this, he sneered, "Don't you want to know? We both don't know the character 'one'. We have all the novels published by our son at home, but we just can't understand them. If only we could have studied for two years when we were young!"

Cao Sheng's mother also sighed, "When we were young, did we still want to study? We were lucky enough not to starve to death during those years. How many people starved to death at that time!"

Cao Sheng's father also sighed.

As several commercials on TV finished, the long-awaited theme song of "Living with the Air Hostess" finally began playing.

Same night.

I wonder how many families in the village are watching this TV series.

No one knew how many viewers were watching across the country.

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng rarely turned on the TV in the living room, holding a cup of tea, and watched the premiere of "Living with a Flight Attendant" tonight.

This is the first TV series adapted from his novel.

It is very memorable for him.

He doesn't have time to watch the show every night, but today is the premiere and he wants to watch it.

The opening song is very nice, it’s my brother’s “The Wind Continues to Blow”.

Amid the beautiful and sad singing, the images on the TV changed one after another, showing Jerry Yan who played the male lead, Joey Wong who played the female lead, and some supporting characters.

Jerry Yan, who was born in 77, is very young, and there is a visible age difference between him and Joey Wong, who was born in 67.

The image of Jerry Yan that flashed across the TV looked rather sloppy and a bit depressed.

The heroines played by Joey Wong are all beautiful, and the most beautiful one is her heroic figure wearing a stewardess uniform and dragging a suitcase.

Cao Sheng felt it was not bad to have these two people play the male and female protagonists of this drama, and nodded slightly subconsciously.

As the opening song fades into silence.

The show has finally started airing its main episode.

The first scene of the feature film is a passenger plane rumbling down and landing at an airport. The camera switches several times, flashing through several landmark buildings in Taipei.

The camera quickly cut back.

The plane has landed smoothly at the airport and the passengers are getting off.

Ran Jing, played by Joey Wong, also got off the plane with other stewardesses. Joey Wong in the image of a stewardess was so beautiful that she looked like a walking landscape.

When she said goodbye to her colleagues at the airport exit, the other flight attendants had different expressions, but they all looked relaxed and had smiles on their faces.

Only the character she played, Ran Jing, looked depressed with a furrowed brow.

She got in a taxi and returned to her residence.

After entering the door, she took off her high heels, put on slippers, and sat down on the sofa in the living room. As soon as she sat down, her melancholy eyes looked at a small photo frame on the coffee table.

In the frame was a photo of her and a handsome guy.

They both smiled brightly in the photo.

She looked at the photo, and the melancholy in her eyes seemed to become even more intense.

She closed her eyes tiredly.

After a moment, she stood up to get a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.

The scene on TV switched to the male protagonist Ding Yang, played by Jerry Yan.

There was a dim light in a bedroom with drawn curtains. Suddenly, the alarm rang and the messy quilt on the bed was suddenly lifted up, revealing a head with messy hair.

The head remained still for a few seconds before it suddenly opened its eyes, pouted in dissatisfaction, let out a breath, and suddenly sat up as if it had resurrected from the dead.

He slapped the alarm clock off the bedside table. It fell to the floor, rolled over, and continued to ring.

This made his frown deepen even more.

"Dry!"

He cursed, impatiently looked for clothes on the bed, put them on, got out of bed, and finally picked up the alarm clock and turned off the annoying alarm.

When he got to the bathroom, he urinated happily, and he shuddered when he finished.

When he came to the sink, he washed his hands, then suddenly lowered his head to wash his face. Only after washing his face did he remember to brush his teeth.

During this period, the camera captured the sunset outside the window.

This guy was actually woken up by the alarm clock in the evening, suggesting that he had a reversed day and night schedule.

After he hurriedly brushed his teeth and began to comb his hair and put hair wax on his head, his handsome face with untidy beard was finally revealed.

In front of the TV, Cao Sheng felt that Jerry Yan's image was quite different from the image he had imagined when he created the role of Ding Yang.

But the overall temperament is still similar.

After dressing up, although Jerry Yan’s overall image is still a bit decadent, he has a different kind of cool and handsome feeling.

He went out.

I ate a bowl of beef brisket noodles at a noodle shop.

After filling his stomach, he walked on the street as night fell, looking around with a toothpick in his mouth. The toothpick was restless in his mouth, holding it here and there, looking nonchalant.

When passing by a newsstand.

He walked over and flipped through newspapers and magazines for a while.

When he was flipping through a magazine, he saw the big bear girl in a swimsuit, and his eyes widened a little, shining.

The newsstand owner asked him if he wanted to buy it.

He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The bear is too small! I won't buy it!"

After saying that, he threw down the magazine and turned away.

I heard the boss lady's scolding from behind.

He turned a deaf ear and continued walking forward lazily.

As he walked, he muttered to himself: "Let's go to the bar and have a couple of drinks! Maybe there will be a romantic encounter!"

When he walked into the bar and saw Wang Zuxian (Ran Jing) drinking alone in the corner, his eyes widened.

……

in front of the TV.

Cao Sheng smiled.

When he got to this point in this episode, he noticed that the plot was a little different from the novel he wrote, for example, the story took place in Taipei, and Ding Yang, who should have appeared first, was replaced by Ran Jing, played by Joey Wong, and so on.

But he felt the main thread of the story had not changed.

Ran Jing's beauty and melancholy were well portrayed by Wang Zuxian.

The decadent and unruly handsomeness of the male protagonist Ding Yang was also portrayed by Jerry Yan.

The most important thing is the first encounter between the hero and heroine in the bar, which was also filmed with great feeling.

The quality was slightly better than he expected.

He had originally planned to watch only one episode, but as time went by, he ended up watching all two episodes that were aired that night.

After watching it, he felt that if the quality of the show did not deteriorate in the later stages, the ratings and reputation would not be bad.

After turning off the TV, he poured himself a cup of tea, took it to the study on the third floor, and turned on the computer.

I'd like to see the book review section for this book. Is anyone discussing the show tonight?

As he expected, since the completion of the TV series, the book review section of "Living with a Flight Attendant", which had been silent for a long time, has seen a lot of posts discussing the TV series.

For example: "Zu Xian's Ran Jing is so beautiful! I bet when the author was writing this book, the Ran Jing he imagined was definitely not this beautiful!"

"Who's the guy playing the male lead? What has he played before? Why does he look like a new actor? But he's so handsome!"

"It's a little different from the original, but it feels more interesting and fresh! Wang Zuxian plays Ran Jing, so beautiful!"

“They actually used “The Wind Continues to Blow” as the opening theme song. It feels so good!”

……

at the same time.

Bay Bay.

Wang Zuxian sat in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were even more melancholy than on TV. She sighed softly, picked up the mobile phone at hand, edited a text message and sent it.

The text message read: "Let's just forget it! I think we might not be suitable for each other. I hope you can find a woman who is more suitable for you. Let's part ways in peace, okay?"

A moment later, her cell phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID, smiled faintly, answered the call, and put the phone to her ear.

A familiar voice came from the phone: "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly saying that we are not suitable? We are about to get married, and you are saying this now? Then who do you think is suitable for you?"

Wang Zuxian smiled and said calmly: "I think a man like Ding Yang might be more suitable for me."

The man on the phone became excited instantly, "Ding Yang? Who is Ding Yang? When did you meet him? How is he better than me?"

Wang Zuxian: “…”

After a brief silence, she chuckled and hung up the call.

Putting down her phone, she rolled her eyes and suddenly wanted to travel to the mainland to relax and meet Zhongyuan Yidianhui, who wrote the character "Ding Yang".

She wanted to know whether the character of Ding Yang was created by Zhongyuan Yidianhui based on his own personality?

(End of this chapter)