"cheers."

"May we become more and more popular," Xiao Zhang said as he drank all the orange juice in the cup.

This is a celebration "ritual" that the two started recently. Whoever takes the role will treat the other person to a good meal.

Xu Rong wants to invite him three times in a row, and now is the first one to celebrate his signing of "The Ming Dynasty".

The remaining two meals were due to changes at the annual meeting.

Guo Si did not choose to speak out. After the annual meeting, he left the hotel with a disappointed look.

Xu Rong thought about it afterwards. From Guo Si's perspective, he would not dare to say it even if he was unwilling to do so.

The only thing the chairman cares about is who did the thing.

It's not about who had the thoughts and ideas of helping me up.

No matter how wonderful the process is, as long as the result is unsatisfactory, no matter how fancy the description is, it means nothing.

Xu Rong's experience was exactly the opposite. He saw the sign that had fallen on the ground, but he never had the intention to help him up.

What about Hairun? What does it have to do with him?

He's just a little guy being beaten by the big guys.

However, he was the one who helped her up in the end.

This is what the chairman sees, although it is not the truth.

On the third day after the annual meeting, the company proposed an early renewal of the contract.

Xu Rong was quite hesitant at first. At the annual meeting, he only had a vague feeling that things would be better next, but he didn't expect anything more.

The reason for hesitation was that he was still not sure about Chang Jihong's attitude and how he viewed him.

The county official is not as good as the current manager. The chairman is indeed the head of the group, but when it comes to execution, Chang Jihong is the actual manager of the brokerage company, which determines his life and death during the contract period of the next two years.

Along with the contract, there are two scripts, one male first and one male second.

This not only disrupted Xu Rong's plan, but also made him doubt his firmness. He had already planned not to renew his contract with Hairun after the contract expired.

While waiting for the start of school three months ago, he made a rough plan. Before the annual meeting, he was still meticulous and implemented the plan step by step.

He expressed his "thank you" to Guo Si in private and also inquired about some information. According to Guo Si, an assistant named "Xiao Zhang" in the group called and arranged the matter.

As for Mr. Chang, he has not made any statement from beginning to end.

Xu Rong actually understood that having no attitude was the most obvious attitude.

However, the conditions were too tempting. If he missed this time, he didn't know when he would get such an opportunity in the future.

Although he knew he shouldn't and that he was not capable enough, he signed the contract extension without much thought.

He would rather be beaten to death by pie than starve to death.

Moreover, there is no choice per se, right?

After Xu Rong renewed his contract in advance, Hairun's internal newspaper also quickly published the incident, and required all branches, subsidiary managers and above to write a review of no less than 2,000 words.

At Guo Si's suggestion, Xu Rong also wrote a short essay of 3,000 words, which was used as material for the next issue of the newspaper.

The article first expressed its admiration for the chairman's hard work and laid the foundation of the company, and expressed his sincere gratitude to the chairman and the company for his cultivation.

Xu Rong stated many times in the article that in the future, he will regard the company as his home, unite more closely around the Hairun leadership group with the chairman as the core, more firmly safeguard the group leadership with the chairman as the core, and be more conscious in his work.

Ideologically and in action, I maintain a high degree of consistency with the company's leadership group with the chairman as the core, and implement the chairman's decisions and deployments more solidly. His words are sincere, and the true feelings revealed between the lines make people cry.

Classmate Xiao Zhang lowered his head, carefully peeled a shrimp, put it on the plate between the two of them, picked up another one, and asked: "Teacher Xu, why did you receive so many plays at once?"

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"Would you believe me if I said I was lucky?"

Xiao Zhang doesn’t like to eat shrimps, but she likes to peel them. She will carefully remove the heads and tails, peel the skin, and then carefully pull out the threads of the shrimps.

Xu Rong is just the opposite. It takes a lot of effort to peel, but it is really delicious.

Seeing Xiao Zhang peeling another shrimp and putting it on the plate, Xu Rong said nothing.

Her eyes are round and energetic. The seagull line under the bridge of her small and delicate nose is quite obvious. The lip line of her mouth is clear and full. Even if she is quiet and does not make any expression, she seems to be smiling when she looks at it.

Quite a gentle feeling.

It suddenly occurred to him that she was probably the first girl to be so nice to him in eighteen years.

Although it was just a plate of peeled shrimps.

"Hey, why does Teacher Xu look at me like that? His eyes are so strange."

Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Xu Rong made a half-laughing joke and said: "You remind me of the mother I have never met."

"That's not possible, I'm not married yet." Xiao Zhang's eyes suddenly opened wide and he said decisively: "I can't be your mother."

Xu Rong suddenly felt that the shrimp peeled by classmate Zhang was not delicious.

Classmate Xiao Zhang seemed to have enlightened himself recently. He actually saw that Xu Rong's pulled face meant he was unhappy. He laughed twice and said, "Let me tell you something interesting."

"Well, let's eat first."

"Don't we always eat together?" Xiao Zhang took the tissue handed over by Xu Rong, wiped his hands and said, "Shanshan asked us a few days ago if we were in love, and I said no, you

Do you know what she said?"

"What did you say?"

"She said: 'Xu Rong is so handsome. He has filmed several movies since his freshman year. What a good boyfriend.' Haha, she said you are handsome. Do you think it is funny or not?" Xiao Zhang finished.

I cried out in joy, but after a while, I saw Xu Rong's face turned even more ugly. She blinked her almond-shaped eyes and wondered: "Teacher Xu, isn't it funny?"

Xu Rong put one arm on the table, tilted his body slightly, glanced sideways at her, and said, "I think you are pretty good at everything."

"Hehe, Teacher Xu is quite discerning."

"It's a pity that I just have a mouth."

Xu Rong discovered that classmate Xiao Zhang has become much more confident since receiving her first role, and she even talks a lot more than before.

But no matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem to be a good thing.

After eating and drinking three times in a row, exam week came.

Xu Rong didn't take it too seriously. Even if he was asked to take the sophomore exam at this time, even if he couldn't get a high score, there would be no problem if he passed.

But he was not relaxed at all. From the day he signed the contract, he had been feeling heavy in his heart.

After the New Year, it has been a torturous year. Among the three dramas, except "The Ming Dynasty", the rest are all important characters.

He knew very well that his current business level could not support a drama, but he really couldn't bear to refuse.

However, since the company dared to throw resources at him, he was not afraid of complaining afterwards, and it was not something he asked for.

But if possible, he still wants to be as popular as Li Youbin, and he doesn't want to make half a lifetime's worth of money in one month.

Just a quarter will do.

Therefore, he has considerable expectations for the filming of "The Ming Dynasty".

The first point is of course the improvement of his acting skills, otherwise he is really afraid of ruining his reputation when filming subsequent scenes. The company should set an example, but it is not a charity. Thousands of dollars to buy horse bones, whatever the idea is.

In addition, there were many actors in this group who he felt were better than him in acting. Based on this, he set a small goal in his mind.

In the early stage of filming, he focused on learning, and when his professional skills improved, he directly improved his eyesight, because through the script, he discovered that most of Shen Yishi's scenes did not rely on lines and body expressions.

Later in the filming, I had to let them feel the helplessness they felt when they were acting together. They obviously felt better than me, but they just couldn't catch up.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully young people into poverty!!!

After the school holiday, Xu Rong returned home early. He had been out for half a year and had to go back and take a look.

When he returned home this time, he had another plan, which was to contract out two acres of land at home.

Nowadays, my grandfather is older and his legs and feet are no longer convenient.

He is now in college, far away from home, and considering that he will become busier and busier in the future, he will not be able to make it back in time for the harvest season. Grandpa is an old man and cannot take care of him without even thinking about it.

It's okay for neighbors to help you once in a while, but you can't point to someone to help you every year, otherwise people will talk about you behind your back.

He knew that his grandfather might not agree easily. Rural people who spent half their lives digging for food in the fields would not be doing their jobs properly if they gave the land to others for farming.

But he had made up his mind to do this. If it didn't work, he would find an uncle in the village, give them some money, and ask them to help tend to the crops every year.

To his surprise, after he mentioned it, his grandfather did not object. He just told him that he could let people grow the land, but no matter how rich he was, he could not sell the land.

If you sell it, the root will be broken.

The old man is a sensible person. When he was young, he attended private school for several years, and later joined the army and traveled around the world. Compared with most of his peers who have stayed in that small county all their lives, he has seen a lot of the world.

He understood what Xu Rong was thinking, and knew that he would always be thinking about it if the land was not contracted out.

Before the new year passed, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Rong rushed to Zhejiang Province.

The crew announced to assemble and try on the makeup.

Every actor in the Ming Dynasty crew has signed a contract for the whole process. In theory, from the start of filming in the first month to the completion of filming in the middle of the year, the actors must stay on the crew.
To be continued...