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Xie Lansheng also felt it, but he couldn't speak at all, his waist was bent even more, and he coughed violently.He only felt that something was climbing up the esophagus, and there was a pool of blood when he opened his mouth.His coughing sound has an ending sound, which is shrill and desolate.

Xinye's jaw tightened, and he said, "Go to the hospital." After he finished speaking, he bent over, hugged Xie Lansheng's shoulder with one hand, and Xie Lansheng's knee with the other, and picked him up horizontally. Xie Lansheng's pants jumped up, The thin white ankles are exposed.Xin Ye glanced at the person in his arms, and saw that Xie Lansheng's lips were bright red, all covered with blood, and there was a streak of blood flowing from his lower lip to the tip of his chin, but he was still smiling happily, his heart skipped a beat.

He had never seen such a person.

"No, there's no need to go...you'll be fine after a night of sleep." Xie Lansheng thought: going to the hospital still costs money.

"Sleep ass." Xinye said involuntarily, "Go to the hospital."

"..." Xie Lansheng could only sigh, "Whatever you want."

Xinye walked out with the man in his arms.Xie Lansheng leaned on his shoulder, looked at Xinye's neck and Adam's apple, thought it was really beautiful, couldn't hold it back, touched it lightly with his upper hand, and said: "Xinye, your lines are so beautiful...it's especially suitable for you. Be an actor."

He didn't hear any answer, but he clearly felt Xinye's throat rolling up and down.

When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Xie Lansheng looked far away and found that the moon was big and bright, especially beautiful and beautiful. The moonlight was pure and white, illuminating the world, him, and his dizzy youthful ideals.In Xinye's arms, he didn't need to raise his head.

He chuckled and chatted casually: "Xinye, did you notice? The moon is very beautiful today."

"Ok?"

"right?"

"It's okay." Noncommittal.

Xie Lansheng continued: "Suddenly I remembered Natsume Soseki's classic words: ILoveYou, translated, means 'tonight the moonlight is so beautiful'. Xin Ye, you grew up in the United States, can you understand this artistic conception? They are all straightforward Say 'ILoveYou' to people?"

Xinye looked up at the moon, did not speak, carried Xie Lansheng in his arms and continued walking, but his fingers on Xie Lansheng's waist and knees tightened unconsciously.

He couldn't understand it at first.However, I don't know what's going on, when Xinye looked down at Xie Lansheng, Xie Lansheng was looking at the moon, he raised his slender neck, his skin was fair, his lips were blood stained, his long eyelashes blinked, his two The pupils of the eyes are reflected by the bright white moonlight, and there is love in them, as well as the reflection of the moon, which can be understood in an instant.He thinks the moon is beautiful, and those who fall in love with him will probably feel the same.

After about half of the journey, Xie Lan was afraid that Xin Ye would be tired from walking, so she put her arms around his neck.He crossed his fingers and put his arms around Xinye's neck, he could feel the warm blood shallowly separated by a layer of skin.Xin Ye froze for a moment, his feet paused slightly, and he tilted his neck unnaturally, trying to get rid of the weird feeling.

He just walked step by step.The road is long, but it seems short.The shadows of the two were long, thin and blurry in the night, everything seemed to be gone, only a bright moon in the sky shone faintly on them.

At the entrance of the village, Xin Ye got into the car and drove all the way back to the city and headed straight to the hospital.

The diagnosis was gastric bleeding, acute gastric mucosal injury.The doctor asked Xie Lansheng to hold ice cubes in his mouth, and then hugged the ice pack, and then prescribed injections and medicines, and gave Xie Lansheng a shot. While giving Xie Lansheng, he said, "Drink, drink, drink! If you drink it, you will know how to drink it! If you drink it again, your stomach will be curd." It's over! Are you really not afraid of death?!" Xie Lansheng only smiled: "I know."

There were not many people in the IV room, and Xie Lansheng had a bed to lie on.Xin Ye sat on a chair beside him, watched him for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "What's the matter with you panda?"

Xie Lansheng: "???" What panda?

"Did you die to make a movie?"

Xie Lansheng smiled: "How can it be so serious?"

"You spoil yourself like this. Don't you just want to cry? Why not cry? Do you have to be a director or make a movie?"

Xie Lansheng said: "That's different." Weeping because of the story shown in words or pictures is different.

Xin Ye's actions were very rough, and he straightened Xie Lansheng's trouser legs, not wanting him to catch cold: "Don't spoil yourself again, do you hear me. Next time I won't just watch, I will intervene."

"Okay, okay," Xie Lansheng convinced, "I've only seen directors managing actors, but I've never seen actors managing directors."

"It doesn't matter if you are a person." He vomited blood and went to the hospital again. In the end, he still needs to clean up all these messes, which is troublesome.

"Okay, okay, okay, hi." Xie Lansheng didn't dare to provoke him, and fell asleep in a daze.

…………

When he woke up again, Xie Lansheng found that he had returned to the guest house in the city, and the sky was bright.There is a tree outside the guest house, and the early summer sun shines down. The ground is mottled, as if there are many gold coins scattered.

The condition of the guest house is not good.Xie Lansheng lived in a room with Xinye, Luo Dajing and Zhang Jixian lived in a room, and Xiaohong and Xiaolu lived in a room.On the first floor of the guest house, you can take a simple bath - just use a basin to water, wipe with a towel, and there is a closed dry toilet behind.

Xie Lansheng didn't get up in a hurry.His stomach still hurt a little, so he lay on his back on the bed and thought about his current situation.

The venue is finally done.When "Rooting" is finished, he will cut out the more special scenery of the shooting location, and only keep some popular characteristics-he is afraid that Xuyi Village will be affected.He also planned to make a "letter of introduction" by himself and send it to the village chief just in case. In this way, although he and the village chief of Xuyi knew that he did not have a letter of introduction, if someone found out, the village chief of Xuyi would still It can be said that Xuyi Village was deceived by the crew and separated from the relationship.Xie Lansheng studied directing and has a solid foundation in art, so it was easy to carve his own stamp.Of course, Xie Lansheng believes that the possibility of being seen is extremely low-there are 100 million villages in China, and the film bureau cannot be discerned from the screen of "Growing Roots". I don't know the doorway in the shooting.

But now, another problem arises.

money.

"Underground film" is really one problem after another, all kinds of problems emerge one after another, and there is no time to stop. As a director, he always has worries, whether he is worried about this or that.

The previous investment of 25 yuan was exactly the bottom line, and there must be no less money, otherwise the film would not be developed.But I never expected before that it would cost 2000 more to invite Luo Dajing, and another 800 more to fix the set, plus the trip to Lianghe for nothing, the inside and outside were all 2920, and a big hole appeared so quickly , every step costs more.

Which 2920 does he use to make up?

Although his parents are still dead, his parents are against this, and all relatives and friends have already been questioned.

Besides, prices have skyrocketed in the past two years, and they soared by 40% last year. It's hard to say whether 25 yuan can be bought.

Xie Lansheng hugged the quilt, very worried.

At nine o'clock, he was hungry, and he finally turned over. When he stepped on the ground, his feet hurt, and only then did he realize that there was a blister.He thought for a while, pulled his shoes to the gate, and the proprietress asked for a needle, and when she came back, she burned the needle red, held her fair feet, looked at them carefully, picked out the blisters, squeezed them, and lit another cigarette , Flick the soot on the bubble, seal the wound, prevent infection, and want to go shopping indifferently.

As soon as he left the room, he saw Xiao Hong walking over with dull eyes, as if she was doubting her life.

"Xiao Hong!" Xie Lansheng called out, looked at her, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Hong said: "The actor diamond fell into the latrine."

Xie Lansheng: "..."

ha? ?

Xiaohong began to try to explain: "When the film king Xinda went to the dry toilet, the...cufflink on his left sleeve, is that the name? It fell into it all at once. I found it after he came back. When I asked, he said The thing fell into the cesspit, don’t want it, let it go. I asked him how much he wanted, and the actor said, a pair seems to be 10000 US dollars.”

Xie Lansheng gasped: "It's more than 5 yuan, if you don't want it, then you don't want it."

Xie Lansheng also doubted life, bought a meat bun in a daze, and then went back to the room in a daze.

It is now 1991, and many people have made money—they have tens of thousands of yuan in their homes, and even gold bars and bricks hidden in their homes. .

He pushed open the door and found that Xin Ye had returned.An idea popped up in Xie Lansheng's brain, but he was really embarrassed to say it, and looked at Xin Ye from time to time, hesitating and undecided.

Xinye naturally noticed it too. After waiting for a while, seeing that Xie Lansheng was afraid to speak, he turned his eyes and asked, "What are you doing? He hesitates to speak, and if he has something to say, he will fart."

"Uh," pressed by Xinye, Xie Lansheng picked his chin with his hand, raised his eyes, and asked, "Xinye, Xiaohong said, your diamond fell into the latrine, worth 10000 US dollars, 50000 yuan, what do you think?" If you don't, then you don't."

Xinye spoke casually: "Yes." Jacob&Co's Cufflinks, a gift from his stepfather. After 1965, interracial marriages continued to increase, and Americans did not attach as much importance to "natural blood" as Asians. Being together is a family, and his stepfather has no other children.

Xie Lansheng confirmed again and asked: "50000 RMB is much better, really... If you don't want it, you don't want it?"

"Yeah." Nonsense, it's all in the latrine, can I still want it?

Xin Ye guessed that Xie Lansheng wanted to borrow some money from him.He knew that because of the purchase of Hongtashan and Moutai, the budget for the production team was not enough, so he had to raise a few thousand more.

Thinking about it, Xie Lansheng told the previous two investors that the total amount is 25 yuan, and new investors cannot be introduced, because this will definitely weaken the share of old investors, so Xie Lansheng can only borrow.

He didn't say a word, he wanted to hear how Xie Lansheng planned to borrow it, which was also part of observing the giant panda.

"Then...then..." Xie Lansheng was quite embarrassed, but he still managed to say it, "Xinye, if... I fish out the diamonds and wash them... I rub them with soap and a toothbrush, Wipe it with a towel, and I will wash it as many times as you say, even a hundred times, to ensure that it will be clean in the end...Can you give me 500 yuan as a reward?"

Xie Lansheng thought: A cuff button costs 25000, but he only needs 500, one-fifth of it, is it worth it to Xin Ye?With these 50, there are only 500 holes left, and one-sixth of them will be solved at once.

Xinye: "........."

Just don't know how to answer.

He was speechless for half a minute, then stared at Xie Lansheng and said, "I'll give you 500, don't go for it."

"……what?"

"I'll give you 500, don't go fishing."

Lan Sheng knew that Xin Ye wanted to "sponsor" him for free, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Forget it...I'm a director and you are an actor, how can I just take away 500 yuan from you for no reason?" Money." He didn't want Xin Ye to know that the crew of "Rooting" was short of money, so he hurriedly added, "I'm afraid I'll need money later, so plan ahead and be prepared."

"Ah."

After thinking about it, Xie Lansheng pondered again and asked: "The cufflinks really don't want to—"

Xinye interrupted him ruthlessly: "You are not allowed to go to the toilet to fish."

"..."

"I can't stand eating and sleeping with people covered in shit."

"..." Xie Lansheng thought that this thing belonged to Xinye, and people had the right to dispose of it, so he didn't say anything.And there are still two or three months before the film is printed, and there should be other ways to solve it if it is less than 3000 yuan, but he feels it is a pity in his heart, although he also knows that even if the cufflinks are fished out, they will not be much money— — These are the brands worth it.

Xin Ye looked at him, suddenly stretched out his hand, pulled three fingers hard on the sleeve of the other hand, tore off something, and threw it in Xie Lansheng's direction: "The other one is useless, here it is for you."

Xie Lansheng instinctively took it, spread out his palm, and found a rose gold square cufflink lying on the palm, which was emitting soft light under the light, very beautiful.There are six intersecting lines on the cuff buttons, which are perpendicular to each other, three of which are from upper right to lower left, and the other three are from upper left to lower right. There is a diamond on each of the nine intersection points, shining brightly.

Xie Lansheng got up and got off the ground, put the cufflinks on the table, and said, "I don't want it, you take it away. Directors can't accept actors, this is a basic principle." No matter how poor he is, he will never accept a penny from his own actors. .

Xinye said indifferently: "I won't withdraw it."

"Okay then," Xie Lansheng is a genius of logic, "I'll accept this thing, but I'll put it with you first, and I'll take it back when I want it someday. Is that okay?"

Xinye didn't say anything more - he wouldn't be in a hurry to deliver things.

Xie Lansheng was worried about his life. Seeing Xinye's lavishness, he was very worried that he would be cheated in the future, so he persuaded him earnestly: "Xinye, the great actor, we know you are rich...but don't always give away diamonds."

Being babbled like an old father, Xin Ye was simply baffled: "I never gave anyone else a diamond."

If it weren't for seeing how poor and crazy you are, why would I want to give you diamonds?

Xie Lansheng was sitting cross-legged, when he heard this, he found a logical loophole, and immediately retorted, saying: "Impossible, you gave it to me just now." Although he said to let Xinye go, in theory it was his.

Xinye nodded: "Yes, it can be counted. Then only you."

"Only me?" Xie Lansheng was quite surprised to hear this special answer. He thought for a while, thought of something, and suddenly smiled, and said, "There will be a daughter-in-law in the future. Don't tell the daughter-in-law to return it." Pass one to Xie Lansheng—we must fight."