Chapter 97 Butterfly Wings
Late April, Zhang Yong’s home in RY County.
Looking at the game completion screen on the laptop, Xu Kun felt satisfied but also a little lost.
After the filming of "The Young Emperor" was officially completed, he returned to his hometown with his newly bought laptop and started his "vacation" life.
A lot of things happened during this period. For ordinary people, the one with the greatest impact was naturally the epidemic. Other provinces and cities might not feel it as strongly, but as a moat, they must be on high alert.
For the entertainment industry, the most explosive news was Zhang Guorong's suicide on April 4.
But unlike others, Xu Kun was influenced by Lü Liping and had a mediocre impression of Zhang, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter.
These days, he is staying at home, and his biggest entertainment is computer games. First, he replayed "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to complete the animation, and then "The New Swordsman", "Qin Shang", "Feng Yun", and "Sword and Fairy".
Because most of my time was spent on practicing and honing my acting skills, I only managed to complete these five games in two months.
After finishing the text story of "Sword and Demon Sealing Record", Xu Kun flipped through the remaining "Xuan-Yuan Sword" parts 2 and 4, as well as "Diablo " and "Taikou Risshiden ", but he was not interested for a while.
So he simply went to the yard to stretch his muscles while watching TV for the latest news.
Zhang Yong bought this TV specially and placed it in the corridor outside. It was usually covered with a cloth and was only turned on as background music when Xu Kun was practicing martial arts in the yard.
It was late April, and reports of the epidemic were already flooding Beijing and Taiwan. According to feedback from Baoqiang, Chen Xuebin and others, people in the city were already in a state of panic.
In order to prevent the further spread of SARS, news of local blockades spread like wildfire, and many migrant workers left Beijing one after another - because the inspections in Hebei were stricter than in Beijing, many people could only walk back home along the railways and roads.
Bao Qiang especially regretted not listening to Xu Kun's advice. Now no film crews had started production around Beijing, and he hadn't been able to get any work for seven or eight days. He could only sit around in the rental house and eat out his savings.
Deng Chao did not return to Beijing early, but it was not because of Xu Kun's advice, but because of an accident at home - Deng Chao did not reveal a word, Xu Kun heard it from Hao Lei.
Hao Lei was not quite sure what the accident was, she only vaguely guessed that it was related to her eldest sister who supported Deng Chao's schooling.
Xu Kun was now out of reach and could only wait until they met in the capital to find out the truth.
He was exercising his strength with a stone lock while listening to the news on TV when he saw Zhang Yong rushing in from outside and said excitedly, "Kun'er, Kun'er, the suggestion you made was approved by the county, and the county leaders even asked us to be consultants!"
Because he successfully invited Ge You and his son to be the spokespersons, Zhang Yong is now like a fish in water in his hometown county.
After Xu Kun returned to his hometown, he entrusted Zhang Yong with two tasks. One was to convey a message to his parents and relatives on his behalf, asking them to behave themselves.
Sometimes having a bad reputation is not a bad thing. At least Xu Kun is very intimidating among his relatives.
After hearing that Beijing might be locked down a few days ago, Xu Kun asked Zhang Yong, a newly elected NPC representative, to propose to the county that if there were signs of a partial lockdown in Beijing, a fleet of vehicles should be organized to deliver "safe vegetables" to Beijing.
There is probably no shortage of rice, flour, grain, and oil in Beijing, but there will definitely be a shortage of fresh vegetables.
This was not only a way to show political achievement to the county leaders, but also a good opportunity to promote the greenhouse vegetables in my hometown. Naturally, the county would not miss it and immediately mobilized at an unprecedented speed.
Xu Kun and Zhang Yong, who proposed the initiative, were also brought in and given the title of "consultants."
Xu Kun's job as a "consultant" is not for nothing. Having experienced three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, he is more familiar with epidemic prevention measures than most people of this era. Under his advice, the epidemic prevention standards for the food delivery fleet are higher than those currently implemented in Beijing.
Therefore, at the end of April, the vegetable transport team organized by RY County became the first team allowed to enter Beijing to provide assistance.
Xu Kun also volunteered to escort the car.
This was done in the hope that he could improve his reputation in his hometown through his performance, and also to gain some benefits for his friends and acquaintances in the capital, both in terms of public and private interests.
The first one is naturally the Ge family. This was not decided by him, but was planned by the county from the beginning. After all, the Ge family father and son are the spokespersons of greenhouse vegetables in the county, and they must be taken care of both emotionally and rationally.
Xu Kun personally delivered a truckload of vegetables to the door, which moved the old man so much that he even said they were still relatives from his hometown.
Friends and relatives in the Beijing Film Academy community also benefited from it, and some caring people also remembered Xu Kun, the "younger generation" of the Ge family.
In addition to the Ge family, Xu Kun also sent some to Baoqiang. However, with the help of Boss Lin and his wife, Baoqiang was not short of food.
Then there are Chen Xuebin, Lü Liping, Gao Qunshu, Li Yang, Li Yixiang, Li Fazeng, Li Jianyi, Hao Lei and others who have a good relationship with me.
Gao Qunshu and Liu Weiwei live together. When he met Xu Kun, he told him with mixed feelings that "Conquer" had already started preheating on Tianjin Satellite TV and would be officially broadcast on May 5.
You can tell that he was both happy and frustrated. He was happy that his hard work had not been in vain, but he was frustrated that he had worked in vain and didn't make much money at all.
Huo Siyan had already joined the crew of "The Ignition 2" at this time, but because of the YQ incident, the crew was forced to stop work and could not disband; they could not shoot.
Xu Kun specially allocated several hundred kilograms of vegetables to do Huo Siyan a favor in the crew.
Li Xiaolu happened to be out of town, so she missed Xu's highlight moment.
When contacting director Liu Heng, Xu Kun originally wanted to leave a hundred kilograms of vegetables for Director Liu as a token of his gratitude. However, when Director Liu answered the phone, he suddenly became excited and asked how much power Xu Kun could have.
From the tone of his voice, I know that what he needs is definitely not a small amount of money.
Director Liu wouldn't be trying to be a middleman, right?
Xu Kun didn't dare to guarantee it, and only said vaguely: "How much power I can have depends on the specific situation."
Liu Heng then calmed down a little and told him about the troubles he had encountered recently.
It turned out to be just as Li Xiaolu had inquired about. Because it slandered the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, "The Young Emperor" was boycotted, either overtly or covertly, on CCTV, Beijing TV, and even Tianjin TV.
Liu Heng's connections are all in the Beijing circle. If there is no way to break the deadlock, "The Young Emperor" may have to choose a local TV station for its premiere - originally, according to the historical line, this drama was broadcast on the public channel of Guangdong TV.
If this is really the case, whether or not the investment can be earned back is secondary. The main thing is that Liu will lose face.
"Is it that serious?"
Xu Kun wondered, "Don't I see similar plots in other dramas?"
"It's mainly about the scene with Wu Liangfu and Tong Layue. The Manchus admired Kangxi the most..."
When Director Liu said this, Xu Kun's mind suddenly reappeared Li Jianyi's obscene lines, "My queen, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch my queen~"
Thinking about it this way, it is indeed the first time in "The Young Emperor" that Kangxi saw his biological mother having an affair with the old eunuch.
Xu Kun was also a smart guy, and he immediately understood what Liu Heng meant: "Do you want to get a few truckloads of food and knock on the door of CCTV or Beijing and Taiwan?"
Liu Heng said: "Forget CCTV, but there should be hope for Beijing and Taiwan."
"That works!"
After confirming that the food was for the TV station, Xu Kun readily agreed: "But I'm afraid we won't be able to spare that much in this first batch. I'll discuss it with the county and use it from the second batch - this can also be considered as advertising for the county, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
(End of this chapter)
