Chapter 70 Dinner


    The Beijing Film Studio is very large. The front door is the factory area, and the back is the living area.


    There are several tube buildings in the living area, and there is a long corridor on each floor that connects more than a dozen households. Each household is small, and pots and pans can only be piled in the corridor. When it is time to eat, the smell of oil smoke fills the building.


    It''s pretty good now, but in the 1980s, there were more and more employees in the Beijing Film Studio, and there simply wasn''t enough housing.


    Single people can sleep in the office, but those who are married or have children have no choice but to fight over each other for housing. There was an actress named Gai Lili. She had been at the Beijing Film Studio for a few years. At that time, another actress was getting married. He took a photo of her single dormitory and pried open the door while she was out filming, threw her things out, and openly occupied it.


    All I can say is that a house is important at any time.


    After finishing filming that day, in the evening, the four main creators Tang Guoqiang, Gong Xue, Zhang Jinling, and Chen Qi gathered in Tongzilou.


    "Come in, come in, you guys are just in time, I just finished buying groceries!"


    "Sit wherever you want, don''t see anyone outside, eat sweets, eat sweets, there are also melon seeds!"


    Wang Haowei greeted the couple warmly, and Chen Qi looked at the house. It was almost a dozen square meters, very cramped, but it was neatly packed, and most of it was books.


    Needless to say, Tang Guoqiang''s wife has energy. Zhang Jinling just got married and got a similar set. Gong Xue was a little envious. She still lived in a dormitory in the army and did not have her own house.


    As for Chen Qi, he is a prostitute who can do it forever.


    After chatting for a while, Wang Haowei said: "You guys sit down first, I bought meat specially and made some side dishes for you."


    "How can I let you do it? Let''s do it! Let''s do it!"


    "Don''t mention it, you are guests."


    Being a worldly person, Gong Xue took the initiative to strike, and Chen Qi could do it too, but he was lazy.


    He walked outside and saw that every household was cooking. The smells were mixed, fragrant and strange. Gong Xue turned over the ingredients and said in surprise: "Did you buy hairtail?"


    "It took a lot of effort to grab it. It''s a serious winter-flood hairtail fish, produced in Zhoushan. Have you been to Zhoushan?"


    "I went there twice when I was a kid. The hairtail is really good. Look at the size. Is it the most expensive one you bought? It''s only 380 pounds per pound."


    "Look at it!"


    In order to get the emotional value she wanted, Wang Hao hugged Gong Xue''s shoulders and praised: "This is called a person who lives a good life. Jin Ling, you can''t do that, you are careless!"


    "Yeah, yeah, I know how to eat!" Zhang Jinling didn''t care.


    In 1957, there was a great harvest of hairtail in the south. The capital purchased 150,000 catties of fresh hairtail, and more than one million catties the following year. This product has large output, high quality and low price, and is very suitable for promotion.


    Cadres from all streets and communes went out to promote it, saying that hairtail fish contains high iodine and can prevent big neck disease. It is delicious and should be bought quickly.


    Just like that, the people in the capital began to eat hairtail from the south. The hairtail in Zhoushan is the best. The bigger the fish, the more expensive it is.


    "What do you want to do?"


    "Stew, we all stew."


    "Stewed? In fact, the braised ones are also delicious, as are the sweet and sour ones."


    Gong Xue suggested with a smile, but someone was like a ghost behind him, looking for trouble: "Hey, your Shanghainese food is rich in oil and red in sauce. We can''t do it. Our taste is light. Director Wang''s seasonings don''t cost money?"


    "Then fry it before stewing it, it will taste better."


    "There''s no charge for oil?"


    Tsk!


    Gong Xue turned around and glared at him, why was he so annoying?


    "Go inside and poke this obstruction!"


    Wang Haowei threw him into the house and said, "Xiao Gong, let''s stew. The soup and water will be cooked in one pot, and we will have a fun time eating."


    "Well, it''s up to you."


    Gong Xue nodded, picked up a basin of hairtail, and quickly packed it away.


    Although the oil is expensive, it is a treat today. After a while, she lit the briquette stove, put the ingredients in, and simmered slowly. After a while, the aroma filled the air.


    "Hey, here''s a treat!"


    "It smells like a thirty-eight hairtail fish. Can you give one to our family?"


    "Your family didn''t even give us a piece of their big elbow yesterday. Come on in!" The neighbors came out to make fun of her. Wang Haowei bid farewell to her role as a director and became a homely lady. The more she watched Gong Xue, the more she liked her and said: "Xiao Gong, when will you return to the army?"


    "I''ll go back tomorrow."


    "You are such a good kid. You don''t have to choose anything. If a role suits you in the future, we will cooperate again."


    "Well, thank you, Director Wang!"


    Gong Xue smiled.


    Due to her upbringing, she is actually a bit of a pleaser. She is afraid of offending others and is very concerned about what others think of her. Of course, there is a purposeful side to acting in front of Wang Haowei, which is normal, but it is different from a fierce woman like Liu Xiaoqing.


    Liu Xiaoqing can risk everything just to climb up.


    Not long after, the food was served. Of course, there was a large pot of stewed hairtail, surrounded by several plates of side dishes, rice and steamed buns, and a bottle of wine.


    "Is anyone drinking?"


    "There are mostly lesbians, so I won''t drink." Tang Guoqiang said.


    "It''s hard to explain when you get home, isn''t it?"


    Tang Guoqiang rolled his eyes at him and was too lazy to pay attention. Chen Qi said happily: "Old Tang doesn''t drink, and I don''t drink either."


    "Then let me say a few words first..."


    At first glance, Wang Haowei is the one who calls the shots at home, and he said without hesitation: "It took more than half a year for Xiao Chen to write the script for "Romance in Lushan Mountain", and finally the filming was completed.


    It was a very pleasant experience, everyone got along very well, and there wasn''t a lot of nonsense. You guys don''t do much filming, so you may not know how difficult it is to have a peaceful crew.


    So I would like to thank you, let’s have tea instead of wine! "


    A few people touched each other and then started eating. It is not easy to have a good meal these days, so they respect food very much.


    Chen Qi picked up a piece of hairtail, which had been stewed until the bones were crispy and the meat was rotten. He picked off the thorns on one side with his hands, then followed the middle section of the thorns, opened his mouth and said, "Wow, that smells so good!"


    After eating two pieces, he quickly scooped up the soup and said, "Drink the soup. The soup is the most nutritious. All the hairtail essence is in the soup."


    "You just eat, don''t keep talking, who doesn''t know how to drink soup?" Tang Guoqiang was dissatisfied.


    "I want soup with rice, this is so delicious!"


    Chen Qi made a bowl of rice, and it was gone in the blink of an eye. He was too embarrassed to add another bowl, so he picked up a steamed bun and looked at it for a long time.


    "What''s wrong with you?" Tang Guoqiang asked.


    "I''m thinking, if I cut it into steamed buns, fry it, wrap it in a thick layer of sesame sauce, and sprinkle it with a thick layer of soft white sugar, then take one bite, hey!"


    Everyone was happy. Zhang Jinling''s big face trembled with her plate as she smiled and said, "Xiao Chen, you always act like a little adult. You only act like a child when you are eating."


    "What kid? Have you ever seen a kid my age?"


    "You are like a child sometimes, and you are very naughty." Wang Haowei confirmed.


    "This is called childlike innocence, you don''t understand!"


    Without the filming task, everyone was relaxed and had a good time chatting all over the world. They all have their own purposes. Wang Hao''s treat is also to win favor, but it does not prevent them from having friendship.


    "Xiao Gong, will you return to the army tomorrow?"


    "Um!"


    "Then Xiao Chen''s mission has been completed. Do you want to leave too?"


    "I''m not leaving. I''m writing a new script. I''ll stay in the guest house and eat and drink for free."


    He was shy and unashamed.


    Wang Haowei also said something from the bottom of his heart: "It doesn''t matter if you live in the factory as a screenwriter, everyone will treat you as an outsider. Once you come in, I mean if you want to come in, you will face another story. A sight.”


    "I understand, I already feel that some people don''t like me." Chen Qi said with a smile.


    (End of chapter)