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After 2 minutes of hugging, Xinye went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Xie Lansheng's legs were weak and he didn't want to move at all, but he also knew that he needed to take a bath.He thought, whether he went to the bathroom by himself or was carried by Xinye, he would always stand up, so he took the toilet paper prepared in advance and wiped it, because he felt that he couldn't hold it.Too much.

It hurts again right now.

When Xinye came back clean and refreshed after washing, Xie Lansheng saw the other party getting angry, half propped himself up, threw all the paper balls over, and said, "Broken thing."

Xin Ye was taken aback, then smiled, bent down, supported the knee on the same side with one hand, and picked up the six balls of paper on the ground with the other hand, and threw them into the trash can beside him.

He walked back to the big bed and asked, "Will you take a bath?"

"Yeah." Xie Lansheng said, "I don't want to walk...you can carry me on your back."

The corner of Xin Ye's mouth was still curled up: "Okay." After he finished speaking, he turned his back, Xie Lansheng lay on the other's generous back on the white sheet, and Xin Ye grabbed his two legs, and walked steadily to the bathroom.It's just that during this process, Xinye's hands were dishonest, pinching his legs for a while, and patting his buttocks casually for a while.

Xie Lansheng looked down at the crevice of Xinye's hair—it was wet and steamy, and he really liked it again, so he lowered his head, kissed her lightly, and said, "Xinye...I really like you."

Xinye's steps obviously faltered, but he quickly walked forward again, and replied softly, "Yes."

Walking into the bathroom, Lan Sheng found that Xinye had put the bathtub water away, so he stepped in, asked Xinye to help him wash, and was carried back to the bedroom.

He was still tired and just wanted to sleep, not even a cigarette afterwards.

Be played crazy.

Xinye turned off the light in the room, and hugged his lover of the same sex.

Xie Lansheng rubbed against each other, remembering Xinye's reaction when he heard him say "I like you" just now, and asked, "Do you like listening to me talk about love?"

Xin Ye patted Lan Sheng's head: "Of course."

"As a serious East Asian person, I might not be able to say it..." Xie Lansheng thought about it, and suddenly said, "Shall I give you a tape that I recorded before?"

"Tape?"

"Well," Xie Lansheng smiled, "Have you heard of 'three turns and one ring'? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, marriage required three turns and one sound, watches, bicycles, sewing machines and radios. Later, in the late 80s and early 90s, The radio has changed into a tape recorder. Those who wear flared trousers and carry a tape recorder on the road are called new youths, listening to Teresa Teng and Anita Mui. The tape recorder in our family was bought in 1987. When I found out that it could record, I thought it was fun, so I washed it off I made a tape, and I talked and recorded myself.”

"What was recorded?"

"Hahahaha, it's poetry!" Xie Lansheng said, "I rummaged through the bookshelves and looked for it, and I picked out a collection of poems called "The One Hundred Most Beautiful Poems", which turned out to be mostly love poems. English comparison!"

"..."

"Because I was recording tapes for the first time. I have a very sincere attitude and a lot of emotion! The directing department of the Film Academy also needs to learn lines. Read it for two o'clock."

It was fun to listen to after recording it, and of course, it was also quite funny.He read the poems up and down, and read those extremely nasty words with the most affectionate tone, "Yet, dothy worst old Time: despite thy wrong, My love shal lin my verse ever live young." "My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires, and moreslow." "My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires, and moreslow."

However, I have to say that those sentences in that book are the most beautiful words in all mankind, and he couldn't say them himself.

Then, Xie Lansheng thought, give Xin Ye all the love poems he read carefully when he was young, and they should be in both Chinese and English.

After hearing this, Xin Ye rubbed his chin against the other party, and said, "I'll listen carefully to each sentence."

"Ah."

Xie Lansheng was really sleepy, he raised his head and kissed Xinye's chin, then nestled into the other's neck, smelling the warm breath, and closed his eyes.

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The next day, Xie Lansheng slept until noon because he was too tired.

Xie Lansheng was hungry, so he didn't go outside, and he and Xinye ate lunch on the first floor of the hotel.

Afterwards, Xie Lansheng and Xinye drove out of the hotel, "Go to the disc rental agency to ask the boss and the audience for their feedback". This is also an activity that Xie Lansheng had planned long ago.

They first went to the overpass of Beijing Railway Station to inquire with the hawkers.

Xie Lansheng asked: "Well, these two discs, Xie Lansheng's "Growing Roots" and "Beautiful Sea", have many people bought them?"

Small VCD vendor: "Many! So old! So much!"

"...To tell the truth." Xie Lansheng said, "I'm going to buy some discs. I think it looks good after watching it, and I will definitely come back to buy it next time. If I think it's ugly after watching it, I will definitely go to someone else's house."

The vendor frowned and thought about it, and said, "It's not bad. A dozen or so copies can be produced a day, not too many, not too few. This is a banned film, and some people like to watch it."

Xie Lansheng: "Oh oh oh oh..."

Just as he was about to ask another question, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of old men rushing over with anger, kicking over the hawker stall, pointing at the other person's nose and cursing: "What are you selling! Huh?"

a small vendor:"???"

Xie Lansheng: "???"

The old men continued to scold: "Didn't you say it was a pornographic film? Huh? What is it when you open it? It's all "Tom and Jerry" in it! I'm going to fuck you!"

Xie Lansheng: "..."

The small VCD vendor said stubbornly: "The cover is "Tom and Jerry"! How can I say it is a pornographic film!"

"You clearly said that this is Iijima-sensei's new work!"

"..." Xie Lansheng understood.This small vendor wanted to make money but he didn't dare to actually sell pornography, because it would be very miserable if he was caught selling obscene materials, but now, basically, it's enough to talk about it.These people who buy pornography can't make too much noise, and even said that as long as the peddler raises his voice, the man will run away.

Xie Lansheng saw that the two of them would not be able to end for a while, so he pulled Xinye and motioned to leave.The film king of Xin University put his hands in his pockets, and was watching with great interest. When he was forcibly pulled away by Xie Lansheng, he showed regret and turned his head every step of the way.Lan Sheng knew that the film king of Shen University always liked to watch the excitement, so he felt helpless.

Then they went to an average-sized rental agency.

Xie Lansheng lifted the curtain and went in, and took down "Growing Roots" and "Beautiful Sea" from the shelf to read.He first looked at the VCD plastic disk and found that it was a bit old, so he felt relieved. He then looked at the cover of the disk, and finally looked at the disk itself. Based on the scratches, he roughly judged the number of showings of these disks, and he was satisfied.

A few minutes later, Xie Lansheng put the VCD back, turned around and asked the owner of the disc agency: "Is there anyone who can rent the two discs "Rooting" and "Beautiful Sea"?"

"Yes." Aunt Disc Club raised her eyelids, "These two discs have just arrived, and there are three or four rents every day, and double on weekends."

"Hmm..." After a pause, Xie Lansheng asked, "How many disc clubs are there in Beijing?"

"I don't know." Mrs. Dishe was not very happy.

"Ok."

Xie Lansheng asked his two elder brothers to inquire with the pirates, and the pirates have quite a lot of regular customers, more than 300.Xie Lansheng did the math and took advantage of it. In this way, after two weeks, "Growing Roots" and "Beautiful Sea" have entered... [-] families!

Twenty thousand... His eye sockets felt hot again.

After a while, Lan Sheng asked Mrs. Disc Club again: "Then do you like or dislike these two films? How do you rate them?"

Being able to open a large disc rental company, the auntie of the disc club is naturally good at dealing with customers. Although she finds Xie Lansheng annoying, she still answers him: "It's okay. The evaluation is quite polarized. Some people think it's very good-looking, very good. Touching, some people think it is very beautiful, but boring, half and half."

Xie Lansheng said, "Oh, thank you."

Half the people liked them, and he was very surprised and very satisfied.

After asking questions, Xie Lansheng picked out a few European films on the VCD shelf - he couldn't just come and ask a question and then slap his ass and leave.

…………

After paying the deposit, Xie Lansheng installed a VCD while walking.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them walked out of the gate, he heard a sudden voice next to his ear: "...Xie Lansheng?"

Xie Lansheng turned his head quickly and found that the person who was calling him was actually the retired leader of the Film Bureau!After he was banned, he called Deputy Director Fang who had talked with him! (Chapter 33)

After that time, it was common for Xie Lansheng to be called by the Film Bureau to lecture him. A large number of people had trained him. Deputy Director Fang officially retired from the Film Bureau two years later.

They stood aside and talked.In fact, in Xie Lan's life, Deputy Director Fang treated him well.He was punished once and said that the other party was like his grandfather. Deputy Director Fang was amused and asked, "Isn't your grandfather gone long ago?" Xie Lansheng didn't even blush, and replied, "Yes, my grandfather died when I was born." It's gone, so I didn't have a preconceived idea, so I think that you are the kind of grandpa that everyone would want."

After retiring from the Film Bureau for two years, Deputy Director Fang is obviously old. After greeting Xin Ye, he asked Xie Lansheng, "How about preparing a new film recently?"

"No, no," Xie Lansheng hurriedly said, "Isn't this not allowed to be filmed? How dare I prepare a new movie."

Deputy Director Fang was amused: "Is there anything else you dare not do?"

"That's a lot!"

"Okay, don't be shy." Deputy Director Fang thought about it and said, "By the way, I have to congratulate you both. "Consummation" won the Berlin Golden Bear, right?"

"Ouch!" Xie Lansheng clasped his hands, "Thank you, leader! I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Deputy Director Fang always felt annoyed and funny when he saw Xie Lansheng. He is also retired now, so he doesn't represent the Film Bureau anymore, and his speech is much more casual than before: "Vice Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Culture went to Berlin to promote the campaign, and you are really... Hey, it's true...you're not worried at all?"

Speaking of this, Xie Lansheng's gloominess rose again, and he said with a sullen face, "I can't control that much anymore. "Consummation" can't lose to "The Wine House Girl."

Seeing Xie Lansheng's expression and hearing Xie Lansheng's answer, Deputy Director Fang was a little surprised, and then sighed: "So you already know."

"???" Xie Lansheng didn't quite know what Deputy Director Fang was referring to, but he wanted to try to match the other party's words, so he nodded, "I only found out at the beginning of the year."

"Hey," Deputy Director Fang continued to sigh, "I still couldn't believe it when I saw the report letter. At that time, you seemed to be the assistant director of "Fortune Prosperous", right? Director Li was the director."

"..." Xie Lansheng was completely stunned.

Deputy Director Fang... you mean this?

Xie Lansheng didn't expect to hear this at all.

At the beginning, Li Xian reported him and reported "Rooting".

why?

When he left the Xiaoxiang factory, he said goodbye to Li Xian.At that time, obviously, Li Xian's reaction was a little shocked and a little touched (Chapter 4).

It shouldn't be against it.

Xie Lansheng carefully pondered Li Xian's performance at that time, and always felt that Li Xian was even a little tempted by the "self-shooting" at that time, but...

He thought of Li Xian's mother, Li Xian's wife, and Liu Yao's words.Could it be... Li Xian was really shaken at that time, but then, "His mother asked him to marry another wife on the hospital bed, otherwise he would not be treated." So he knelt down in front of the hospital bed and agreed. "(Chapter 41)?Not only did he agree to start a family according to his mother's wishes, but he also agreed to start a career according to his mother's wishes?Therefore, he must justify his own final decision. He doesn't want to see others follow the road of "making his own film" and come out, with freedom, happiness, awards and market?So report?Get them banned?

These were all speculations, but Xie Lansheng felt that his guesses were close to ten.

He didn't want to think about it anymore, so he said "I won't mention it anymore", and asked the deputy director what he was doing after retirement and how his health was, and they chatted for another seven or eight minutes before saying goodbye to each other.

Shen Ye naturally felt that Xie Lansheng was in a bad mood, so after the two got into the car, Xin Ye grabbed Lan Sheng's hand and interlocked his fingers to pass on the strength.

Xie Lansheng felt better.

Yes, he has Xinye as his lover, forever and ever, and Xinye will not disappoint him.As for Li Xian, what does it matter if you report him or not, whether you treat him well or not.

Thinking of this, he held Xinye's slender fingers tightly back, to reassure himself and at the same time reassure the other party.

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Then, they went to several disc rental agencies in different districts in Beijing, and the feedback they got back was almost the same as that of the first one. Half of the people liked it and the other didn’t like it. That is, three or four cards can be released every day, and doubled on weekends.

Xie Lansheng also reconfirmed the "1 families" he had calculated.Even if other cities are not as good as Beijing, there should be more than [-].

And it will continue to rise.

In the end, the number of people who watched "Rooting" should be more than [-], and "Beautiful Sea" is also the same.

This number is astonishing.

Seeing that Xie Lansheng was very satisfied and knew that the other party was on the right track, Xinye tapped his finger on the steering wheel and said, "Lansheng, I want to start a film company."

"Huh?" Xie Lansheng knew that Xin Ye would start a film company, so he was not surprised, so he just asked, "What about acting?"

"I won't act." Xin Ye shook his head, "Unless you need it one day. I found that, rather than playing a role myself, I prefer to do something in the desert of Chinese movies..."

Last year, private companies were able to buy bids and shoot. Xinye knew that according to the current development trend, in a few years, the "entertainment industry" would become the favorite of all industries. At the same time, European and American blockbusters are extremely strong, and domestic films can only weakly fight for the right to speak.This is an economic game, but also a political and cultural one.

He likes the excitement, and he likes the land.It seemed a lot more interesting than going to Wall Street after graduation.

Xie Lansheng didn't quite understand, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xin Ye still smiled lazily.At this time, a driver in front suddenly changed lanes in violation of the traffic regulations, but Xin Ye remained calm, with a touch of the steering wheel, he avoided it with ease, and said, "Train up soldiers, forge weapons...and then conquer the world."

Xie Lansheng just stared at him blankly.

"how?"

"No." Xie Lansheng came back to his senses, and smiled, "Okay, then I will have a husband to cover me from now on~"

Xinye almost missed the guardrail when he heard the word "husband". After a while, his throat rolled and he said, "...Little fairy."

"Hahahaha!"

"Lan Sheng," at this time, Xin Ye drove past a billboard for "Atlanta Olympics" and said, "I plan to settle here and buy a house. Staying in a hotel is not an option."

"Ok?"

Xin Ye glanced at Lan Sheng, and continued to ask: "Lan Sheng, come and see the house with me?"

"... Ah." Xie Lansheng looked forward, feeling like a husband and wife, a little happy and a little shy.He found that the front glass reflected the shadows of himself and Xin Ye, and they were sitting side by side.Ten seconds later, he looked at Beijing's blue and clear April sky through the window and shadow, licked his lips, and said softly, "Okay."

(Part2 "1995" End)

【2003】