Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 417 415. That mountain and that rain

Green mountain forest, noisy bees and chirping birds. The sky is blue, with white clouds floating in it, like white cotton candy.

The clear stream flows in the mountains, reflecting the green shadows of trees and moss-covered rocks.

Chen Li'an squatted on the rock and bent down to take a sip of the clear stream water.

"Is it sweet?" Cheng Hao asked curiously, standing on the opposite side of the stream.

Chen Li'an picked up some water and washed his face and said, "Tian, ​​try it."

Cheng Hao immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not drinking. You just washed your face in there."

"It'll be better if you move up a little bit." Chen Li'an lifted up his T-shirt and wiped the water on his face, and couldn't help complaining: "I thought it was cooler in the mountains, but I didn't expect it to be so muggy."

Cheng Hao raised his head and glanced at the suddenly hazy sky and said, "It's going to rain."

"It will be bad if it rains. It will be difficult to shoot in the next few days." Chen Li'an looked up at the sky and felt that it was about to rain. He immediately turned around and shouted towards the hillside behind him: "Boy! It's raining. Go home!”

Two dog barks were heard immediately from the deserted hillside, and a large black and yellow wolfdog appeared from the hillside and ran down the hillside.

The second child ran to Chen Li'an and spun around in a circle, wagging his tail happily and looking at Chen Li'an eagerly.

Chen Li'an reached out and touched the dog's head, took out a small bag of beef jerky from his pocket, took out a piece and threw it into the second child's mouth.

He swallowed the small piece of beef jerky without even chewing it, and then looked at Chen Li'an helplessly.

Chen Li'an knocked the dog on the head and said, "There is salt, so don't eat too much."

The second child whined a few times and watched reluctantly as the beef jerky was put away by Chen Li'an.

"Teacher Chen, you and Er Er got to know each other so quickly. He ignored you a few days ago." Cheng Hao walked across the narrow stream and stroked Er Er's head a few times.

The second child was very understanding of human nature and rubbed Cheng Hao's palm affectionately.

Chen Li'an smiled, clapped his hands and said, "Go back to the village, it will rain later."

The second child waggled his tail and ran forward to clear the way. Chen Li'an and Cheng Hao followed behind and walked slowly towards the village.

"The air in the mountains is really good, it's a natural oxygen bar." Chen Li'an said without saying anything.

Cheng Hao hummed and followed Chen Li'an with her hands behind her back. She didn't quite understand what the oxygen bar meant.

Oxygen bars emerged quite early in China. They have been around since 1994, but they are not very popular.

The two of them didn't say anything, and just walked back to the village.

Back in the village, Chen Li'an saw Huo Jianqi worrying there.

"What's wrong?" Chen Li'an walked over and asked curiously.

Huo Jianqi couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's going to rain, and we have to wait several days before we can shoot."

Chen Li'an patted Huo Jianqi's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the scenery is more beautiful after the rain."

"That's it, this book has been delayed for so long from last year to now. I don't want the film studio to be worried." Huo Jianqi said helplessly.

Chen Li'an curled his lips and said, "I still have to pay one million. I'm not in a hurry. Why are they in a hurry? It's as if the funds have arrived."

Huo Jianqi: "." This is also the sponsor. He is not in a hurry so he doesn't say anything.

Chen Li'an was sitting under the eaves, looking at the gloomy sky, and suddenly wanted to have a few drinks. He turned to Huo Jianqi and asked, "Where's Teacher Teng? Why haven't you seen him? Let's have a drink together tonight."

Huo Jianqi leaned on the chair and said with a smile: "You're too late. Teacher Teng went drinking with the old village chief in the village."

"Okay, let's have a drink. It just so happens that your wife isn't here." Chen Li'an looked at the smoke in the village and couldn't help but suggest: "Get some bacon for the bar."

"Okay, I heard from Jia Zhangke that you drank with them every night when you were in Shanxi."

"It was cold when we were filming, and I couldn't sleep without drinking something at night."

Chen Li'an and Huo Jianqi chatted for a while, then stood up and took Cheng Hao to borrow bacon next door.

"Teacher Cheng, why are you holding me? I don't drink." Cheng Hao followed Chen Li'an in confusion.

Chen Li'an sighed and said in a somewhat grumpy tone: "There is a girl in the house next door. Their family wants to recruit me as their son-in-law to inherit their family's legacy."

Cheng Hao couldn't help but burst into laughter, holding his hands and laughing all the time.

"Teacher Chen, why don't you just obey? The girl next door is so handsome, and she still has land for you to grow."

Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not good to be pretty. You're even prettier than her."

Cheng Hao said jokingly: "What if you look better than me?"

"There's no need to compare, I won't hesitate if I'm as good-looking as you." Chen Li'an replied with a smile, then pushed Cheng Hao and said, "So hurry up and borrow a piece of bacon for me. I want to come to your door and they think it's for free." Here’s the betrothal gift.”

Cheng Hao smiled and nodded, taking small steps to knock on the door and borrow some bacon.

Chen Li'an stood at the intersection and lit a cigarette. Looking at the village with smoke curling up, he felt like it was a paradise.

But thinking about the mountain roads here, Chen Li'an rejected this ridiculous idea again, feeling a little like why not eat minced meat.

The environment here is very good, but the material conditions are very poor. Young people in the village are reluctant to come back after leaving.

What feels good to me is just a novelty. If I really lived here for a long time, I probably wouldn't be able to bear this kind of loneliness.

The summer breeze brought a bit of coolness, and the smoke Chen Li'an held on his fingers was blown away slowly by the wind, and finally merged with the smoke and disappeared into the sky.

After a while, a group of children ran out of the school in Zhaizi. They would look at Chen Li'an curiously when they passed by.

The children in the mountains are very simple and have bright eyes, as if they can see deep into their hearts at a glance.

Chen Li'an remembered that he still had beef jerky in his pocket, so he took it out and shared it with them.

Chen Li'an smiled particularly happily amidst the childish voices thanking his uncle.

Cheng Hao, who borrowed bacon not far away, looked at this scene and felt that Chen Li'an was quite caring.

After all the children ran away happily, Cheng Hao came over carrying a piece of bacon.

Chen Li'an looked at the bacon that was red in color and exuded a light aroma. He looked at Cheng Hao with some surprise and asked, "This meat is so good. Did you spend money to buy it?"

"No." Cheng Hao said with a narrow smile: "I told them that I wanted to ask for a betrothal gift, so I immediately took out the best bacon in the house."

Chen Li'an rolled his eyes at her and said, "Are you kidding me? I'll punish you by lighting a fire for me later."

"I'm lighting the fire, so what are you doing?"

"I'll fry you and you'll cook."

Cheng Hao looked at Chen Li'an in surprise, not expecting that he could cook.

Returning to the village committee of the village, Chen Li'an ran to the kitchen to wash the bacon and cut the side dishes. He looked back at Cheng Hao, who was still blowing the fire, and suddenly felt speechless.

Can't you just light a fire? It doesn’t even burn, so what can it do?

Chen Li'an looked at the disgraced Cheng Hao and shouted helplessly: "Lao Huo! Come and light the fire!"

"Isn't Cheng Hao burning?" Huo Jian stood up and ran over with a cigarette in his mouth. Looking at Cheng Hao with ashes still on his nose, he couldn't help but click his tongue.

Chen Li'an shrugged at Huo Jianqi and said, "See for yourself, a box of matches is almost half used."

Cheng Hao choked on the smoke and coughed twice. He looked at Chen Li'an and Huo Jianqi sheepishly and said, "I have never burned a fire. I use gas tanks at home."

"Today's young people lack life experience." Huo Jianqi put the cigarette butt in his mouth and walked behind the stove and said to Cheng Hao: "Get up and I'll burn it."

Cheng Hao stood up and patted the dust on his body sheepishly, walked up to Chen Li'an and said, "How about I cook."

Chen Li'an looked at Cheng Hao, who had a few gray marks on his face, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Forget it, you should go and rest and wait to eat. I'm afraid you will waste my betrothal gift."

Cheng Hao: "." I was indeed disliked.

The dejected Cheng Hao pulled up a small bamboo stool and sat next to him. Watching Huo Jianqi skillfully lighting a pot with a cigarette butt, and Chen Li'an pouring oil, adding vegetables and stir-frying in a clear order, he felt like a waste in a firewood pile.

But her attention was soon attracted by the aroma wafting from the pot. The aroma of bacon and garlic sprouts mixed together was so tempting.

Soon a plate of bacon was out of the pot. Chen Li'an filled the pot and said excitedly to Huo Jianqi: "Old Huo, get the wine."

Huo Jianqi, who had just put out the fire, stood up and rubbed his hands and said, "Come on, come on, it's not easy to taste your craftsmanship today."

"No, I don't usually cook for men." Chen Li'an put the dishes on the small wooden table under the eaves, looked at Cheng Hao who was following him and said, "Sorry, I forgot about you, sit down and eat. "

Cheng Hao sniffed and said coquettishly: "How about I go eat from the crew's big pot, and you just have one dish."

"Oh, by the way, you go to my room and bring some beef jerky and peanuts to serve as food and drinks."

"oh."

Cheng Hao ran away. Huo Jianqi came over and bumped Chen Li'an with his shoulder and said, "Don't try to get her idea. Teacher Teng and her father are friends. Be careful that Teacher Teng will cause trouble for you."

Chen Li'an rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. Who did he think he was? He wasn't Teddy who couldn't walk when he saw a woman.

Soon Cheng Hao came back, put the beef jerky and peanuts on a plate, and then sat down at the table naturally without saying anything about eating a big pot of rice.

Chen Li'an and Huo Jianqi looked at each other and smiled, then took a sip of wine from their glasses.

At this time, light rain was already falling in the sky. Chen Li'an and Huo Jianqi were drinking wine and watching the raindrops falling on the bluestone. They felt that such a leisurely life was really good.

Rainy days are the best time to drink.

Cheng Hao ate the bacon in small bites and looked at the wine in Chen Li'an's cup. He stood up excitedly and ran to get a cup, put it in front of Chen Li'an and said, "Give me a cup."

"You don't drink, don't you?"

Cheng Hao pinched his fingers and said, "Just a little bit, have a taste."

Chen Li'an smiled and poured her a glass and said, "Erguotou is highly alcoholic, so drink it in small sips."

Cheng Hao nodded as he smelled the aroma of the wine, took a sip from the cup, and his face suddenly wrinkled up.

Chen Li'an and Huo Jianqi burst into laughter. Sometimes the happiness of old men is so simple.

Cheng Hao blushed and looked at the two people who were laughing at him. He pushed his cup in front of Chen Li'an and said, "I won't drink anymore."

"Don't waste it if you don't drink it." Chen Li'an took it and poured it into his own cup. He hummed and took a sip from the cup.

The sky outside gradually darkened. After the meal, the three of them sat under the eaves with a cattail leaf fan and watched the rain outside, enjoying the brief tranquility.

The rain stopped that night, and when it got dark the next day, the crew got busy.

The mountain road was very slippery after it rained, but some scenes were ready to be filmed.

Chen Li'an got up early, looked at the misty mountains, stretched, messed up his hair, put on a gray T-shirt and went to film.

The advantage of acting in this kind of film is that you don't need to put on makeup, unlike the previous Daming Palace Ci, which required more than half an hour to put on makeup every day.

In a small room, there was only one light on. Teng Rujun had a skinny figure. He stood in the room without saying a word. When Chen Li'an came in, he just nodded.

The Mountain, That Man, That Dog is a very simple movie. The old father retired due to illness after working as a rural postman all his life, and his son who did not go to college inherited the job.

One is a worried but taciturn father, and the other is a child who cannot express or communicate with his father.

A journey of sending letters, a process of a father and son understanding each other.

The two people don't even have names in the movie, just the two simplest and most straightforward identities.

A son, a father, a typical Chinese father and son.

Chen Li'an wasn't sure whether he could play the role well. He had always been a father, and this was the first time he called someone his father.

But thinking of Uncle Qi, Chen Li'an felt that it was not difficult. Once he was a teacher, he was always a father.

(There will be another chapter later, and another chapter during the day tomorrow.)