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Chapter 160 Zhu Lin: So your name is Gong Xing (guaranteed 1 update)
The next day, Zhou Huimin deliberately passed by Queen Mary Hospital on her way to school, wanting to tell Uncle Gui about the move.

However, Gui Bo did not go to work today, saying that he had taken a personal leave.

Zhou Huimin went to school in a bad mood, and secretly wrote a letter to A Ming during class, but she didn't finish it in a single class.

In the next music class, she asked her music teacher, with whom she had a good relationship, how to sing "Homesickness".

I waited until the afternoon to continue perfecting the letter to Wei Ming. This time I must unveil the mystery behind him.

When Zhou Huimin was writing to Wei Ming, Gong Xing, who was far away in the northwest experiencing life, was also writing to Wei Ming.

Director Xie Jin asked her to feel the role in real life and write down her thoughts and feelings for herself so that she would not forget them when the filming actually started.

Gong Xing thought that since he had already written it, he might as well write down his thoughts and feelings in a letter and communicate with the original author.

Although he knew the phone number of Peking University's South Gate, he still felt that a letter could express it more clearly.

When she finished writing the letter and went to the local post office to mail it, she unexpectedly found the March issue of "Popular Movies" and quickly picked it up.

She bought every issue of this year's "Popular Movies". The cover characters of this issue are Zhao Erkang and Siqin Gaowa, the male and female protagonists of last year's movie "Homeward Bound".

However, Gong Xing didn't look at it carefully, but turned directly to the back cover photo.

Seeing the back cover picture, Gong Xing covered her cherry lips in surprise.

This is a set of makeup photos taken by her, Zhu Shimao and Xizi before the New Year. It shows the family of three talking at home.

Director Xie said that this photo will appear in an issue of "Popular Movies" after the new year. It definitely won't be on the cover, after all, it hasn't been released yet and hasn't even been filmed yet, but it may be on the back cover or an inside page.

After all, Xie Jin is a well-known director, and he is filming a well-known novel that has attracted a lot of attention across the country. Putting it on the back cover can not only satisfy the audience's curiosity about the main creator, but also serve as a means of publicity.

As the heroine of "Jiehong", Gong Xing's crew also appeared on the inside pages of "Popular Movies", but the attention it received was definitely not as high as the back cover.

Gong Xing held the magazine in his hands, wondering when he would be on the cover.

She immediately opened the letter and added a sentence at the end, reminding Wei Ming to remember to watch this month's "Popular Movies".

The first still from "The Shepherd" was leaked, which did attract the attention of some people, such as Zhu Lin.

She had recovered from her illness a long time ago, but now she was still filming in Ailao Mountain, and she would occasionally visit Doctor Xu's house.

The fact that she and the writer Wei Ming are friends has been known to the entire crew. She feels that her colleagues have become more polite to her, and that in their eyes she has become someone with a background. Narenhua, the gossipy little girl, wants to find out every detail of her acquaintance with Wei Ming.

Moreover, when the crew and starring lineup of "The Horse Herder" were revealed, the crew members who knew the news immediately told her and lent her their own "Popular Movies".

Zhu Lin looked at the three people on the back cover. They were all relatively unfamiliar and not familiar actors.

"The leading actress is quite pretty." The colleague who lent her the magazine said instinctively.

Zhu Lin nodded. Although her style was rather plain, it couldn't hide her natural beauty. She looked like a very elegant beauty.

Suddenly, an image flashed through Zhu Lin's mind. He seemed to have seen this sister somewhere before.

The photo introduces the heroine as "Gong Xing". Zhu Lin remembers that when he went to Peking University to look for Wei Ming, a girl came towards him. Because she was pretty, he even looked at her a few more times while riding a bicycle.

Yes, that's her!
Zhu Lin suddenly had a guess: Could it be that this sister Gong Xing was also going to look for Wei Ming? She should have left Peking University at that time!
Could it be that her chance to get the leading female role has something to do with Wei Ming?

The more Zhu Lin thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Besides, this girl looked older than Wei Ming. How many good sisters did this kid have?
Zhu Lin wasn't particularly angry, as she wasn't anyone to him. He just felt a little disappointed, as he thought that his sister was unique to him.

However, this loss was alleviated with the arrival of Wei Ming's letter.

Wei Ming sent the letter directly to the village where they were temporarily staying, and the postman crossed mountains and rivers to deliver the letter to her.

It was said to be a letter, but in fact it was a package. Wei Ming kept his promise and sent her the tape of "The Sheep Class". Because Zhu Lin said that she had not read the novel yet, Wei Ming also sent her a copy of the February issue of "People's Literature", which was a signed edition. He said in the letter that he would publish a book soon and would send her another copy then.

Seeing these things, Zhu Lin smiled again.

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"Laugh, what the hell are you laughing at!" Wei Ming glared at Biaozi and Xiaomei.

Just now, a fat girl kept chatting with Wei Ming all the way, and her eyes showed no sign of hiding her desire for him.

Fortunately, the fat girl had already gotten off the bus.

Wei Ming snorted, "If I wasn't accompanying you two, wouldn't I just sleep in the sleeper?"

But the sleeper berths are too expensive, and these two guys, who run a small business, definitely can’t bear to afford them.

Later, they each took a step back and agreed to get off in Wuhan and wait a while before buying tickets to Guangzhou.

If you take a direct train from Yanjing to Yangcheng, it will take more than 40 hours and your butt will be split into three pieces.

Mei Wenhua said in a frivolous way: "Brother Ming, if you are sleepy, you can sleep on my shoulder."

Biaozi laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh. These were the words used by the little fat girl just now.

"Go, go, go," Wei Ming adjusted his neck pillow and leaned against the window, "Fortunately, I will not be on the same line with you guys when I come back, I should enjoy myself then." They will part ways when they arrive in Yangcheng. The two plan to go to Shenzhen to buy some Hong Kong goods, while Wei Ming will go back to the Northern Expedition.

This time they followed Wei Ming's advice and only bought some electronic watches. These were small items and could be hidden inside clothes because the clothes were thick in winter. The profit they made would be at least double the amount.

However, considering the hardships they had endured in traveling such a long distance, Wei Ming felt that the money should be earned by others.

After a few more hours, they finally arrived in Wuhan. They would get off the bus and move around for half a day, then take the afternoon bus or continue heading south.

During the rare half-day break, Wei Ming didn't want to go anywhere, so he just stayed near the train station. The three of them also had some hot dry noodles.

Before getting back on the bus, Wei Ming saw the newly published "Popular Movies" at the newsstand, so he bought a copy. He has read every issue of "Popular Movies" this year.

Now that I have money, I have finally achieved magazine freedom. The same is true for several other major literary publications. Fortunately, I don’t need tickets to buy books and magazines now, but the quantities are relatively small.

He didn't know whether "Animals Are Dangerous" would be sold out as soon as it was released. Anyway, he had already pre-ordered 100 copies from the People's Literature Publishing House and invested another yuan in it.

"Hey, isn't this Xizi?"

When Wei Ming was looking at the cover, Biaozi saw the back cover and recognized little Xizi at a glance.

The focus of Mei Culture is: "Gong, Comrade Gong Xing!"

Wei Ming quickly turned the magazine over and saw a still of the family of three from "The Shepherd".

"Who? Who is Gong Xing?" Biaozi asked.

Mei Wenhua: "She was one of the two beautiful sisters who came to see Brother Ming on the day Melinda left!"

Biaozi looked at it carefully and said, "She is indeed beautiful! Although she is wearing a coarse linen shirt, she looks very fashionable."

Wei Ming frowned. Even this style couldn't suppress Sister Xue's temperament. It seemed that she would have to work hard to experience life this time.

He snatched the magazine away.

"Okay, hurry up and get in the car. We still have to sit there for more than 30 hours."

After getting in the car and sitting down, Wei Ming started watching this issue of "Popular Movies".

In addition to his focus on the film industry, another important reason why he attends every issue is that the Hundred Flowers Awards, which has been suspended for 17 years, will be restarted, which is the third Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.

This news was released at the beginning of the year, so starting from the first issue of this year, there is a voting page at the back, and after voting, it will be mailed to the Hundred Flowers Awards Organizing Committee.

This is entirely based on the votes of magazine users, so the sales of "Popular Movies" have been rising steadily since the beginning of this year, with each issue increasing by hundreds of thousands of copies. I believe that sales of one million are not far away.

Wei Ming has cast his votes in the previous two elections, and he said that he would give his voting rights for this election to Mei Biao and the other two.

The two immediately looked through the list of candidates at the back.

The long list of 63 films means that 63 feature films were produced in the country last year.

It was these 63 domestic films, plus a small number of foreign dubbed films, that generated 1979 billion moviegoers in 279, an average of 7000 million people watching movies every day, and an average of 28 movies per person per year (official data from the "Film Yearbook").

Many people in later generations often use this to conclude that the 80s was the golden age of film.

However, if you use your brain a little, you will know the problem here.

There are only 63 domestic films and even fewer dubbed films. Let's calculate the total number as 100 films, which means 279 billion moviegoers, which means that on average each movie has 2.79 million viewers. Even if there are many dubbed films, each one still has an average of million viewers.

This is obviously impossible. Nowadays, the number of copies of a movie may be as low as two or three hundred or as few as dozens. It is impossible to create hundreds of millions of moviegoers.

Even if there are only a few forms of entertainment these days such as movies, books, and radio, it would not be possible.

In fact, most movies are as flops as "Jiehong", and most of the 63 movies on the list are unheard of by later generations.

Last year, only a few films such as "Little Flower", "Gunshots in the Secret Service" and "Look at This Family" became hot topics of discussion among the public, reaching over 100 million viewers.

So it is obvious that the 279 billion moviegoers are extremely inflated. Even if mobile screenings are included, the total number may not reach billion. It is possible that if a movie is shown in a village, the number of people in the entire commune may be counted.

While Wei Ming was thinking about it, Biaozi and Mei Wenhua had already started arguing about who to choose.

I said "Gunshots in the Secret Service" was better, and he said "Little Flower" was more touching.

I said Liu Xiaoqing acted well, and he said Chen Chong's acting was even better.

You say Tang Guoqiang deserves the title, but I say Sun Daolin is better.

Their argument even attracted other passengers in the carriage, and they all debated who performed better, making the carriage very lively.

Wei Mingze found peace in the midst of the noise and read the new March issue of Contemporary Magazine...

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(End of this chapter)