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At night, they were so tired that they staggered and fell asleep on the bunk.Two girls, Ouyang Nannan and assistant Xiaohong, slept on the east side, and the rest slept on the west side. Luo Dajing was still snoring.

There are a lot of mosquitoes in Xuyi in summer, and the buzzing is very annoying.They circle around a few people, flying to this end for a while, and flying to the other end for a while.

Xie Lansheng was lying on the bunk, and suddenly felt that this was not possible. He thought, if Xinye and Nannan were bitten, the filming would be affected!It’s okay to sting the body, but what about stinging the face?What about biting?Could it be that the leading actor was shown on the big screen wearing a big bag?That was ugly.Not only ugly, but also unreal.It took two days to shoot in reality, and the plot in the play can go on for two months or even two years. It's too ridiculous for the protagonist to carry a big bag in the same place all the time.

Actually forgot about this.I'll buy a mosquito net next time.

what about now?

...Get up and fight?

Not good, everyone is asleep.

By the way, Xie Lansheng had an idea, thinking of his physique that "attracted" mosquitoes at home.Basically, as long as he is there, the mosquitoes will not bite other people, but only him.

Hmm... Xie Lansheng thought about it, and lifted the thin quilt to one side, exposing his chest, abdomen, hands and feet, and lay on his back.It was quite cold in Xuyi at night, Xinye and Nannan were covering their quilts, so there were not many places to talk.Especially Xin Ye, who actually had to wear pajamas to sleep, the material was slippery, while Luo Dajing and Zhang Jixian were both shirtless, and Xie Lansheng himself was wearing a big white vest.Xinye quilts are also very expensive, and they are vacuumed and packed in boxes.However, Xie Lansheng always feels that although Xinye has always been expensive, it is not difficult to serve him. He eats whatever he can eat and sleeps in whatever bed he has. He doesn't particularly care about "comfort", but the personal things look very particular.

Sleeping...sleeping... Lan Sheng was worried that he would be caught and covered because it was too cold in the middle of the night. After thinking about it, he simply rolled the quilt into a strip and kicked him to the ground.

That night, he was cold and itchy, and he didn't sleep well.Mosquitoes kept buzzing around him, coming and going.

He is very uncomfortable.

Early in the morning of the next day, the first thing Xie Lansheng did after waking up was to check whether the two leading actors, Xin Ye and Ouyang Nannan, had been bitten.He put his shirt on his vest, and walked up to Xin Ye who had just returned from washing his face.

Because of the slight difference in height, Xie Lansheng ordered Xinye: "Xinye, bow your head."

"???"

Xie Lansheng didn't talk nonsense anymore, he directly held Xinye's ear with his hands, and made him hang his head with some force.

Just as Xinye wanted to wave Xie Lansheng's thin arms away, he suddenly looked into Xie Lansheng's clear and bright eyes.Xie Lansheng flicked across Xinye's forehead and lips one by one with a pair of light brown pupils, very serious, Xinye could see his own shadow in it, and he stopped moving.

Xie Lansheng exerted force with his hands, and turned Xinye's face to the left, looked at it, then turned it to the right, looked at it, and lifted Xinye's hair to check his forehead and the corners of his forehead.At this point, Xinye finally came back to his senses, pinched the opponent's wrist, put aside, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Seeing that none of the leading actors were bitten, Xie Lansheng was very proud.He took a step back, scratching here and there, scratching the back of his hand for a while, scratching his elbow for a while, looking at her daughter and then back at Xinye, feeling very happy in his heart: "This shitty place is full of mosquitoes, let me see." You two were not bitten! Good, good luck, you are not bitten, you can continue to shoot today." After speaking, he was happy, and pinched Xinye's chin with three fingers, and squeezed: "Look, how many Naked!"

Xinye was obviously stunned, but Xie Lansheng had already turned his head: "Xiaolu, go to the town to buy a plate of mosquito coils! Take Brother Liu's tractor! Brother Liu is just about to go!" It was also printed with a bed sheet pattern.

After getting the answer, Xie Lansheng returned to the "bed", bent down, picked up the quilt on the ground, patted it hard, and threw it back on the bed.

Xinye came over, put his arm in, looked him up and down all over his bag, and asked, "Director Xie, you're still playing around while you're sleeping."

"I have been fighting since I was a child."

Xinye sneered twice after hearing this: "The few days I lived in the hostel were as honest as a kitten."

"..." was found.Xie Lansheng whispered, "It's true that I fed the mosquitoes on purpose... Don't let my daughter hear it." Otherwise, she would definitely feel guilty if nothing happened to her.

"You...you are..." Xinye felt that he could not see Xie Lansheng like this. He was silent for a while, then suddenly turned around, pointed at Xiaolu, and pointed at the door, "What are you doing standing there?"

Do you want to come back today? !

Xiaolu was taken aback by him, and quickly flinched and ran away.

He has always felt that the director Xie Lansheng is not scary, but the leading actor Xin Ye is.

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Today we are filming the scene of "Falling into the River". As soon as the film "Growing Roots" opened, Caifeng was pregnant again, and all the "symptoms" she showed were that she was about to give birth to a fat son, such as rough skin, mild morning sickness, sharp belly, and long pregnancy line... just like the previous two times Not the same.So, the whole family was eagerly looking forward to and excited, saying "it must be a son" whenever they met, and recalling the wedding together.

Unexpectedly, things backfired in the end, and a daughter was born.One day, she was kicked into the river by her husband while she was washing the children's clothes by the river.The river was quite cold, and Caifeng jumped up by herself, and she contracted lung disease ever since.

Before filming started, Luo Dajing said: "Fortunately, my daughter can swim."

Xie Lansheng smiled: "When I asked my friend to recommend someone, I said that it is best to be able to swim." He said while arranging his daughter's clothes.Although the clothes are all real and from the village, because of the big screen, the styles Xie Lansheng chose are more beautiful and decent.After buying all the clothes, Xiaohong scalded them with boiling water to ensure they were clean. This is also a strict requirement of Xie Lansheng.

Luo Dajing nodded: "I see."

Because the heroine needs to "thump", but the river is still a bit deep. Although Ouyang Nannan's water skills are good, it was not easy to shoot this scene.Therefore, after careful consideration, Xie Lansheng decided that he would plunge into the water first, hold his breath, and then support his daughter from behind, so that her head was above the water, and her hands and feet fluttered together to make the picture more realistic and beautiful.Xie Lansheng felt that it would be fake if her feet landed on the ground and she just used her hands to thump.

Because the river water has buoyancy, it is not difficult to "hold up the baby".Xie Lansheng was a little bit unable to grasp the ground at the beginning, but he found it quite easy once he had weight in his hands.

Hearing the photographer Luo Dajing yelling "Let's start, Action", Ouyang's nannie began to thump, Xie Lansheng held her breath, and grabbed her waist with all her strength to let her struggle in peace. Then, after an unknown amount of time, another Hearing Luo Dajing on the shore yell "Okay, it's OK", Ouyang Nannan stopped her movements and assumed a normal swimming posture. Xie Lansheng let her go, only feeling a wave of water.

Ouyang Nannan went ashore first, Xiaohong and Xiaolu handed her a towel to keep her from catching a cold, then picked up another one and waited for Xie Lansheng to climb up too.

But who knows, after more than ten seconds, the two of them didn't wait for Xie Lansheng to appear again. The water surface was calm, not even a ripple.

Nothing is normal.

Xiaohong and Xiaolu became anxious immediately, and started to shout: "Thank you! Thank you!!! Xie Lansheng!!!"

"..." Xinye's heart tightened, and he immediately walked to the shore, his heart was full of pandas, and he was a little flustered like never before.

What about Xie Lansheng? ?

He actually felt a sense of delusion, suddenly worried that everything was a hasty dream, and before he had time to get drunk, he suddenly woke up.

Just when Xinye wanted to go down, there was a sound of "wow", and a dazzlingly white hand grasped Xinye's ankle. Xie Lansheng's head was exposed. He brushed his hair back, looked up at Xinye and smiled. : "Hi! Are you startled?"

He's fine, he's just trying to scare the crew.

Xin Ye looked down at the other party, and his heart fell back to the original place, but after he calmed down, he realized how chaotic its rhythm was just now. It was very violent, and it hurt a little when it hit the chest, and there are aftermaths until now.

He thought of two words: false alarm, lost and recovered.

Weird.

Thinking about it, he probably didn't want to see a rebellion end like this.

Mischief paid off.Xie Lansheng's hair was wet, a little messy, a little sexy, and it was the first time Xin Ye saw the other's smooth forehead.His lips were also wet, and he was smiling, showing tiny white teeth.Drops of water flow down the neck and merge with the river surface.

He was grabbing his ankle, hanging his eyes, looking up.

Xinye was startled again.

Fortunately, at this time, Xiaohong and Xiaolu jumped together and shouted: "Thank you, director!!! You scared us to death!!!" "We must not do this again!!!"

"Hahahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," apologized, Xie Lansheng propped himself up with both hands, and rushed ashore, "Woohoo, it's so cold."

Before he stood up, Xiaohong covered his back with a towel, and Xie Lansheng wrapped it around with his left hand, but Xin Ye didn't see anything, although he didn't know what he wanted to see.

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On the way back from work, Xie Lansheng had been discussing photography with Luo Dajing.The two of them went on and on, to the exclusion of everyone else.

Xin Ye recalled the scene just now, and he didn't know exactly what he was panicking just now, but at this moment, seeing that Xie Lansheng only wanted to watch movies, and he didn't notice his thoughts at all, he felt inexplicably unhappy.

When Luo Dajing was lighting a cigarette, Xie Lansheng finally remembered that he should socialize with others. He took a step back and asked casually, "Xinye, can you swim?"

Xinye glanced at Xie Lansheng, and suddenly said, "All Harvard students can swim."

"...Ah??? Why???" Xie Lansheng's curiosity was really aroused, and he didn't go any further.

Xin Ye picked out an ending sound: "Want to hear it?"

"Well," Xie Lansheng said, "I want to hear it."

"Okay." Xinye said in a tone of "since you want to hear so much, then I will tell you mercifully": "The largest library in Harvard, Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, was built by the mother of Harry Elkins Widener. Harry Elkins Widener is a graduate of Harvard, majoring in history. Five years after graduation, in 1912, he returned to the United States from England on the most luxurious Titanic known as "unsinkable" at that time. As a result, the broken ship sank on its maiden voyage. , more than 1500 people were killed, and it was also the largest maritime disaster in American history. Harry Elkins Widener could have escaped, but he went back to get a book, saying that he could not abandon his favorite book, and died in the sea."

"……what?"

"He loves books, so his mother wanted to build a library to replace the old broken building. His mother said, she can donate 100 million US dollars, but the library must be named after "in memory of Harry Elkins Widener", and flowers are presented every day, Harvard I don’t agree, I feel ashamed. My mother said again, let’s add another 100 million. Harvard replied sternly, ‘This is not a question of money, but a question of principle, um...can really give 200 million dollars Is it?” After getting an affirmative answer, she finally gave up the so-called dignity and said, yes, yes, we will build it, and we will also offer it. Then, his mother made two more requests, one is that the appearance cannot be changed, because she will ask A famous architect is in charge of the design, and the second is that all first-year students must learn swimming lessons and pass the unified exam-she believes that if her son learns swimming at school, he will not die. His mother said that if she breaches the contract, she The family will immediately move out all the donated books and send them to Cambridge."

Xie Lansheng loves to listen to stories, so he opened his mouth slightly at this time, feeling a little unbelievable: "...Really???"

Xin Ye continued: "Harvard agreed to all three items, and the library was built. The first book Harry Elkins Widener's mother gave to the library was the one his son took back, his favorite Bacon. Since then, Harvard lays flowers every day, and every expansion is dug underground, never built on the ground. Plus... we all have to learn to swim."

"Really??" Xie Lansheng still didn't believe it, "Are you talking nonsense?"

Seeing that Xie Lansheng finally stopped talking with Luo Dajing about filming, Xin Ye was a little happy to follow behind his own buttocks: "Follow me later to see, I'll say it's true or not."

"..." No, Xie Lansheng thought, why should I go to your school?

The author has something to say:

The Harvard one, yes.However, because compulsory swimming is too inhumane, it was forced to be canceled after one or two years of implementation, and the remaining two have always been in effect, and they are still in effect now.