Chapter 311: The Braised Egg Boy
【Evening 2】
It's early morning.
After Xu Kun got up and washed up, he rinsed the clothes he wore yesterday. When he was carrying the basin to go downstairs to dry them, he found two people standing on the left and right of the door.
The one on the left is Huang Bin, and the one on the right is Yin Tao.
"Director Xu!"
Seeing Xu Kun, Yin Tao hurriedly and cautiously said: "I want to talk to you about what happened yesterday."
Xu Kun handed the wash basin to Huang Bin, then leaned on the railing and said, "Just tell me what you want to say."
After Huang Bin came downstairs with the basin, Yin Tao rubbed his hands and said awkwardly, "Director Xu, I'm sorry. I, I didn't expect that President Sun would come to our house, and I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to provoke you."
Xu Kun said nothing and waited for what to come.
Yin Tao became more and more panicked, and quickly said: "Don't worry, I have already told him that he will definitely not come to the crew again!"
"Is it really settled?"
Xu Kun was a little surprised. This was not what he expected. It seemed that the woman in front of him was not simple either. At least her skills were much better than that of Li Xiaoran.
"Really! If he dares to come again, I will cut off all ties with him." Yin Tao said, and added: "Director Xu, I can sign a supplementary agreement with the crew and voluntarily give up all the salary - in the future, whenever you need me, I can get paid to make a cameo appearance!"
This woman is quite willing to invest.
Xu Kun didn't really care about what she promised, he just felt that it was pointless to vent his anger on a woman.
"The pay is another matter. I'm just worried that it will affect your performance..."
"Don't worry, I will perform well and will never let you down!"
Seeing Xu Kun's words soften, Yin Tao's heart finally relaxed. Although she heard Xu Kun say "the remuneration is another matter", she still said firmly: "I will go to producer Dong to discuss the supplementary contract!"
'Producer Dong' refers to the producer sent by the movie channel.
Xu Kun watched Yin Tao hurriedly run to the opposite side - the hotel was U-shaped and surrounded by a courtyard - and knocked on the producer's door. Turning around, he saw Huang Bin carrying an empty basin upstairs.
"Director Xu, the actor who plays the book boy Xiaolai has arrived."
Huang Bin shouted from a distance, and his expression looked quite strange.
Just when Xu Kun was confused, he suddenly saw a bald "boiled egg" appear behind him, followed by a face full of resistance.
As I was staring at the 'braised egg', I suddenly heard someone beside the braised egg laughing: "Haha, Director Xu, we meet again~"
"Director Zhang?"
Xu Kun had some impression of this man. At the premiere of "Lost on Journey", this man came over and chatted with Feng Xiaogang and Ge You.
I heard that this man was an investor in the early 1990s, and he also married Ge You's old partner Liu Pei, and he was quite successful for a while.
However, his career started to go downhill around 00. He divorced Liu Pei in 02, and his career went from bad to worse. He gradually changed from an investor and producer to a TV drama director and screenwriter.
Of course, no matter how poor you are, you are still much better than ordinary people.
Seeing Xu Kun recognized him, Zhang Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly pointed at the 'braised egg' next to him and introduced: "This is my son Zhang Ruoyun - what are you standing there for? Hurry up and call someone!"
As he spoke, he reached out and pressed his son's head down hard.
Zhang Ruoyun shook her head in dissatisfaction, trying to break free from her father's control.
"You little brat!"
Zhang Jian was furious and raised his hand to attack.
"cough~"
Xu Kun interrupted him with a dry cough and asked in surprise, "Sister Liu Pei's son is already this big?"
Zhang Jian was very embarrassed when he heard this, and hesitantly said, "This is the son left by my ex-wife... uh, ex-ex-wife - why don't you hurry up and call someone!"
Seeing that he didn't force himself this time, Zhang Ruoyun hesitated for a moment, but still lowered his head and said, "Hello, Director Xu."
"The young man is quite energetic."
Xu Kun praised casually, and then asked curiously: "Your head..."
"Freshly shaved!"
Zhang Jian quickly answered: "It's more convenient to wear a hood after shaving it."
"Then the mouth..."
Xu Kun pointed at the corner of his mouth again. He had just noticed two black and red spots on Zhang Ruoyun's lips. At first he thought it was the same as Yin Tao's, but when he looked closer, it was obviously not the same thing.
Zhang Jian rushed to say: "He's getting angry. This kid has been getting angry lately!"
What's the point of getting angry? It's obviously a lip piercing. I guess he had some kind of surgery on his head, so he was forced to shave his head like a boiled egg.
Xu Kun secretly cursed Liu Haibo for betraying his father by bringing him such a rebellious teenager. At the same time, he said seriously: "I will definitely use the person introduced by Brother Liu if I can use him, but I have to say something in advance. If he is really not suitable..."
"Don't worry, don't worry!"
Zhang Jian rushed to make a promise and said, "I will stay in the crew and keep an eye on him. I promise to help you train him well!"
"I don't need you to teach me!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ruoyun stiffened his neck and gritted his teeth, "When have you ever taken care of me in all these years?!"
"You little brat!"
Zhang Jian was furious and swung his arm to slap him.
Xu Kun quickly raised his hand to stop him, and looked at Zhang Ruoyun who not only did not hide but also raised her face to greet him, and said to Zhang Jian: "Director Zhang, how about I talk to the child alone first?"
"This……"
Zhang Jian was a little worried, but it was natural for the director to communicate with the actors, and he had no reason to stop them.
So he could only scold in a harsh voice: "You bastard, talk to Director Xu properly, otherwise... I will skin you alive!"
Zhang Ruoyun tilted her head, looking as if she was ready to take action.
However, when Xu Kun took the washbasin from Huang Bin and turned to walk into the house, the boy still followed him in obediently.
Xu Kun put the wash basin in the bathroom, and when he came out he saw Zhang Ruoyun standing in the middle of the room, looking around curiously, so he casually said, "Find a place to sit."
Seeing that Zhang Ruoyun didn't make any move, he added, "What are you doing? Are you standing in front of the floor-length mirror to feel sorry for yourself?"
Zhang Ruoyun then moved and sat on the wooden sofa in the corner.
Just when Xu Kun was thinking about how to start, he suddenly said: "You are more pitiful than me!"
"Ok?"
Xu Kun looked over in confusion, and he quickly changed the subject: "I mean, Director Xu, you were more pitiful than I was when you were a child!"
That’s what it meant.
Xu Kun changed into a relatively relaxed posture: "Since we all share the same pain, you should not mind telling me your own story, right?"
Seeing Zhang Ruoyun hesitate, he added: "You already know everything about me."
Only then did Zhang Ruoyun start talking.
In fact, there is nothing special about his experience. His parents divorced when he was two years old. Zhang Jian resolutely fought for custody of his child, but then he did not fulfill his obligation to raise him and simply left him to be raised by his grandparents.
For more than a decade, he was living a carefree life without anyone paying attention to him, but in the past two years, he was suddenly arranged to be an actor again...
"You don't want to be an actor?"
"That's not true."
Zhang Ruoyun scratched his bald head and said, "I just don't want to listen to him, but...Brother Kun, do you know what I admire most about you?!"
This kid just talked a lot and felt that he and Xu Kun had become closer, so he changed his address without permission.
Xu Kun didn't bother to argue with the middle school kid about this, and asked curiously, "Which point?"
Zhang Ruoyun said excitedly: "What I admire most is that you dared to rebel against your own father at the age of 13, and beat him so hard that he had to be hospitalized, and then he never dared to do it again..."
“Wait, wait!”
Xu Kun stopped him speechlessly and said, "Who told you this? How come I didn't know that I did this when I was 13?"
"what?"
Zhang Ruoyun was dumbfounded and said, "I saw it on the Internet. Could it be fake?!"
"Of course it's fake!"
Just when Zhang Ruoyun showed a look of disappointment, Xu Kun seriously corrected her, "I beat my stepmother's brother. My cheap father didn't dare to provoke me again because he saw with his own eyes that the always domineering brother-in-law was beaten to his knees and cried for grandpa. "
"Uh~"
Zhang Ruoyun didn't know how to comment for a moment.
"There are many pitiful people when you are young, but if you are stuck in it and can't get out, then you are really pitiful and sad."
Xu Kun said, standing up and saying, "Okay, I'll go send your father away, you stay and act well - as the old saying goes, 'money brings confidence, power brings face', if you can't stand firm on your own, there's no point in thinking about so many messed up things."
(End of this chapter)
