Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1114 Princess' Ring
Nan Yi received a phone call as soon as he walked out of the teaching building. After hanging up the call, he came to the school gate and saw a Camry parked on the side of the road. A not-so-young young man was waving at him.
Nan Yi walked forward, walked around the car and came back to the young man, "Zhenhua, why are you so fashionable? Is it the top model?"
“The cheapest regular model.”
"The price has increased?" Nan Yi patted the roof of the car.
"No, the owner of the 4S store is an acquaintance of mine. I have sued him before."
"Why are you thinking of buying this car? It's so popular this year. It's everywhere on the streets. It doesn't have any personality. Why don't you buy a more unique one?"
"Uncle, I'm almost 30, and I'm past the age of pursuing individuality. It's better to have more cars, so that it's more convenient when I need to repair them."
"Uncle didn't treat you unfairly, so there's no need to be so calculating, right?"
In 1996, with the return of Fan Hongdou, Qian Haohui instructed Jin Daosheng to leave the legal advisory office and open a Haidongqing Law Firm. Over the next ten years, branches were established in several cities where Nan's industries were concentrated.
After graduating with a master's degree in law, Yan Zhenhua joined Costin and within a few years, he rose from a legal assistant to a partner. His annual salary was no less than 600,000 or 700,000 yuan.
"How could my uncle treat me badly? It's just that I'm planning to buy a new house, so I have to spend money sparingly."
Nan Yi asked in surprise: "How big are you planning to buy?"
"There's a 500-square-meter apartment in the upper courtyard on Dongzhimen Inner Street. Mengmeng likes it. The price is a bit..."
Before Yan Zhenhua could finish, Nan Yi shouted angrily, "Little bastard, do you understand that good things should be kept within the family? You went to buy an apartment worth tens of millions from someone else. Do you believe I will kill you?"
Yan Zhenhua smiled awkwardly and said, "Mengmeng's father came with me to see the house, and he also agreed to pay for half of the money for us, and I can pay the remaining half by myself."
"Is that so? Your future father-in-law is not bad." Nan Yi said calmly, "The location of the Upper House is good, but it is an apartment after all. With a budget of 10 million, you can pick any single-family villa in Beijing. And with your current income level, it is too much for you to live in a house worth 10 million."
"Uncle, Mengmeng likes it, and her father gives her money, so I can't say anything."
Nan Yi patted Yan Zhenhua on the shoulder and said, "I understand. Uncle can't let you lose face in front of your father-in-law. How about this, after the house is bought, you discuss the decoration plan with Meng Meng, and then take out 200,000 to pay the workers' wages, and the rest will be given to uncle."
"Uncle, this is not good, right?"
Yan Zhenhua was a little hesitant. After all, it would not be possible to decorate a house worth tens of millions with only 100,000 or 200,000 yuan. Even if he agreed, his father-in-law would not agree. He had to budget at least 2 million yuan.
"Don't be so pretentious. Uncle has high-end building materials and wood. It won't cost much to go at cost price. Don't worry. Let Mengmeng feel free to design the cottage of her dreams."
Yan Zhenhua hesitated for a while before nodding.
"Get in the car and go to Cuan Village."
More than an hour later, at the fishing platform in Cuan Village, Nan Yi and Yan Zhenhua sat around the stove, eating iron pot stewed swan (farmed) while chatting about secret matters.
"Uncle, I helped him win the lawsuit against Lan Shushan."
"Well, keep in touch with him, and when the time is right, invite him to the capital for a cocktail party."
Yan Zhenhua hesitated and said, "When I was investigating Lan Shushan's background, I found out that he had been to prison before. It was because..."
"Human trafficking." Nan Yi interrupted Yan Zhenhua, "Don't worry, Lan Shushan is not my benefactor, he is my enemy, and he almost kidnapped my son more than ten years ago."
"Uncle, if that's the case, why do you still let me help him?"
Nan Yi laughed, "It's very strange, isn't it? If I tell you that I arranged for someone to give him his first pot of gold, would you be even more surprised?"
"Uncle, revenge doesn't have to be so complicated, right?" Yan Zhenhua was a little confused.
"Is it complicated?" Nan Yi shook his head. "Not complicated at all. When Lan Shushan and his wife were trafficking children in a village, his wife was beaten to death on the spot by angry villagers. He was lucky to have escaped.
So I had an idea and asked someone to investigate whether he had any children. It turned out that he did have a daughter who was sent to an orphanage because no one was taking care of her. I took some effort to find an American couple to adopt her. Now she has grown up and returned to China to become an actress. "
Yan Zhenhua's eyes widened and he cried out, "Xu Xiaohan?"
Nan Yi nodded, "Yes."
Yan Zhenhua digested the shocking news for a while, then thought of a possibility, "Uncle, you don't want them to be together, do you?"
"Don't make blind guesses. You just need to do what I tell you to do. The rest has nothing to do with you. There's no need to carry a moral burden that you don't need to carry." Nan Yi pointed at the swan meat in the iron pot, "Eat it while it's hot. The meat of this batch of swans is good. Come to my place for dinner next Tuesday night. When you leave, take a few and bring them back to honor your father-in-law."
"OK."
After eating and drinking, Yan Zhenhua went fishing on the fishing platform, while Nan Yi patrolled along the pond embankment with a hoe on his back.
The pond in front of us is still under Nan Yi's contract period. It has been peaceful all these years and no villagers have come to cause trouble. This is because Nan Yi is relatively tolerant.
You can pump water from the farmland if you want to use it, you can catch fish as you like, you can even cast a net with your bare hands, as long as you don't use new energy fishing rods. You can fish as you like. In the fishing forum section in Beijing, many anglers call this place "No Empty Hands". If you have been empty-handed for a long time, you can come here to restore your confidence.
Walk around and chat with a few familiar anglers. Friendship is mutual. Nan Yi can do it, and most anglers can do it too. Most of them do it to kill time and enjoy the pleasure of lifting the rod with all their strength. Only a few do it to purchase goods.
Nan Yi adds fish fry to the pond once a year and asks the villagers to come and pull the nets before the Spring Festival. He never asks what happens to the catch.
After passing one fishing spot after another, Nan Yi came to a pond embankment covered with dense green grass. He put down the hoe on his back, dug up the floating grass, and threw the dug grass onto the surface of the pond. After a while, grass carp smelled the scent and came over to eat, bubbling.
After a round of inspection, I returned to the fishing platform. Just as I was thinking about chatting with Yan Zhenhua, the cell phone in my trouser pocket started buzzing.
I took it out and saw that it was a call from Gong Xue.
"Sister Xingfu, what's up?"
"Something happened on the set of 'Bei Drifting'. You'd better come over."
Nan Yi frowned when he heard this.
Normally, if something happens on the crew, even if someone dies accidentally, Gong Xue does not have to show up, Wangbei Film and Television can handle it internally. Now it seems that not only Gong Xue has to show up, but he has to show up as well. Either the matter is extremely serious or it involves very troublesome people.
"Tell me about it."
"Bai Feifei's ring is lost. She bought it in Paris for 200,000 euros."
"Any suspects?"
If valuables are lost, the normal procedure is for the crew to look for them first. If they can find them, that's the best. If not, call the police and don't tell him.
"Wang Le has been here."
"Wang Shuodi's son?"
"Um."
"Then what?"
"The crew searched around and found it in Lin Sha's bag."
"Got it, I'll go over now."
Lin Sha, an unknown little actress, had mediocre acting skills and an ordinary family background, but she was pretty. She was regarded as a beauty by a man named Zhang Yuquan, who spent a lot of money to pursue her and finally won her heart.
The ring was found in Lin Sha's bag. This matter could be a big deal or a small deal. Lin Sha is nothing, but Zhang Yuquan is very important. In the eyes of outsiders, he is a coal boss, but in the eyes of Wangbei Film and Television, he is a representative of the best investor group.
In the past two years, domestic coal prices have soared, and coal miners have gone from being small to extremely wealthy. They have so much money that it will get moldy under their beds. They go to 4S shops to buy cars to match their clothes, and they give five centimeters of tip at nightclubs. If they meet someone they don't like, they can get into a fight and tip more than ten centimeters.
Money is worthless, it’s just a matter of digging a few more shovels of coal.
A life of luxury and dissoluteness will get boring after a while. It's so empty, lonely and cold. It's lonely at the top. No, you have to have something to pursue.
As a result, at the sales offices of various real estate projects, people folded thousands of paper cranes, tied red belts, sang and danced, and sang "Good Luck Comes".
Although there were already real estate speculation groups from southern Zhejiang coming from Vancouver, they were big clients, definitely big clients, but these guys could do both literature and sports as soon as they got in touch with them, they were too damn smart, it would take a lot of effort to take them down.
They are nothing like the three armies in the north, who drop coal dust as they march, and look a bit dirty, but as soon as they open their mouths, we can't help but treat them as our own fathers.
Those in the northernmost part will point to the property sand table and say "this row, and this row", and buy them one by one; those in the northwest will say "these pieces", and buy two or three buildings at a time; those in the north are a little more complicated, they buy one house in the east and one in the west, and all they want is a community with a fragrant smell.
After buying the golden house, even if the coal is mined all day, there will be an inheritance to pass on to the family. However, that is something to be considered decades later. What should be done now is to stuff a few Gillians into the golden house.
Now, coal bosses have set their sights on the film and television industry, and bringing money into production has gone from being a legendary story to being commonplace.
In the past, people in the circle had to beg for investment from others everywhere. Now they are shaking it up. They accompany the coal boss to a nightclub for a drink, go to Akane Miko to wash her feet, and immediately get millions of dollars in investment. The story that has been conceived for several years can finally be filmed.
At the beginning, the original intention was still there. Although the crew spent money like water, the money was indeed spent on production.
As time went on, everyone figured it out. These coal bosses were not in it for the money. The film and television industry was experiencing inflation limited to the industry, with prices of everything doubling. At the same time, there were many more expense items. The production team had to spend 80% of their energy on working on the accounts, and only 20% on polishing the script.
It is also in these two years that many film and television dramas have appeared that were not intended to be adapted for the screen or broadcast from the beginning, and there are also some actors who have filmed more than a dozen dramas but are still unknown to the audience.
In this chaos, there are also some clear streams, and Wangbei Film and Television is one of them.
Since 2002, Wangbei Film and Television's entertainment marketing division "Street Angels" has been in contact with the coal boss group. Through its keen sense of smell, it has discovered the real needs of the coal bosses, vigorously developed the business of bringing in capital, and diversified its business.
A crew can be formed according to the coal boss's budget. If the budget is large, the film can be carefully produced and big names can be hired. When going out for publicity, the "investor" can also be brought along. If the budget is small, a "film crew filming" scene can be performed, which is guaranteed to make "Ah Jie" laugh and fall in love with the sponsor.
Wangbei Film and Television has many TV dramas labeled as "web dramas" thrown in the warehouse. If any of the actors in the dramas becomes popular later, they will go to the video platform to discuss authorization. If not, they will package them and sell them all at once.
In recent years, Wangbei Film and Television has had a very pleasant cooperation with the coal bosses. With the idea of investment and the willingness to spend a lot of money, Wangbei Film and Television not only made room for the other party to "win the beauty", but also respected the other party's investment and filmed the movie with heart, so that the other party could get a not-so-generous return and bring honor to the company.
One can imagine a scene where two coal bosses have a small gathering with their "investors". One of them says that he spent 20 million to win the heart of a beautiful woman, while the other one gives an unfathomable smile and says that he didn't spend a penny and even earned several million.
You can tell which is higher and which is lower at a glance.
Based on the idea of not treating the coal bosses as suckers, Wangbei Film and Television is very popular and sought after by them. Most of the coal bosses are willing to cooperate with Wangbei Film and Television. This business not only saves Wangbei Media a lot of costs, but also improves the efficiency of capital utilization - someone helps to pay the money that should be paid, and their own money can be used to invest in good dramas outside.
This alone can bring rich returns to Wangbei Film and Television every year.
Since the TV series and movies produced by Wangbei Film and Television all have special purposes and only revolve around urban dramas, the box office champions and ratings champions have always been around Wangbei Film and Television. Simply speaking from the TV series and movies themselves, the revenue of Wangbei Film and Television is very average, and no drama has ever reached the level of being snatched up by several TV stations.
Moreover, Wangbei Film and Television has received mixed reviews online. Many male netizens have attacked Wangbei Film and Television with the most vicious language. In the community of female netizens, there is no shortage of malicious discussions about a certain female character in a certain drama, filled .
No matter how strong the wind and rain are outside, Wangbei Film and Television will continue to go its own way, stick to the chick flick and remain committed.
The coal boss is a very important strategic partner of Wangbei Film and Television. Not to mention that the ring may have been framed by Wang Le with the purpose of making Bai Feifei uncomfortable, even if it was really stolen by Lin Sha, this matter should be handled in a low-key manner.
Tangjialing is a typical urban-rural junction, only one stop away from Zhongguancun Software Park. Since the late 1990s, a large number of migrant workers have gathered here. After entering the new century, it has also become a gathering place for college graduates. The media calls college students living in such places "ant tribe".
"Beipiao" tells the story of foreign university graduates who were in their prime in the late 1970s and early 1980s struggling in Beijing. Most of the scenes in the whole drama were shot in Tangjialing.
When he arrived at Tangjialing, Nan Yi did not go to the Kissing Building where the crew was located, but came to the relatively empty South Market. He looked around and saw many people in the small restaurants and snack stalls. He did not get out of the car, but called Gong Xue in the car.
"South Market, let Lin Sha come over."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi continued to look around.
It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon, and quite a few people were out looking for food. They were all in their prime, but they did not look very energetic. Most of them were the result of the expansion of university enrollment. The dazzling halo of college students has dimmed. Not to mention that they have no job assignments, even employers regard them as ordinary workers.
A three-month probation period is popular among companies in Beijing. During the probation period, the salary can be as high as eight hundred or as low as two or three hundred. Tangjialing is the urban village with the lowest rent in Beijing. Even so, the rent for a house with partitions and no toilet is two or three hundred yuan a month, and the rent for a house with toilet is double that.
For most workers, the monthly rent for house and utilities is 300 yuan, the monthly phone bill is 50 yuan, and the minimum for three meals a day is 15 yuan. Bus, subway, daily necessities and other miscellaneous expenses cost nearly 100 yuan a month. All in all, if you want to survive in Beijing, you need at least 900 yuan a month.
If you are a smoker, Xiao Nan Hai costs 3 yuan, Dian Ba (Zhong Nan Hai) costs 5 yuan, and you spend nearly 100 yuan a month. If you are not alone, you have a few friends in Beijing, and on average, you can have a meal every month...
Nan Yi was just calculating when a face suddenly appeared on the car window. The face raised its hand to cover its eyebrows and looked into the car in the usual posture of the Monkey King.
Nan Yi glanced at her face, lowered the window a little, and smiled outside, "Big sister, don't bother. I'm too old compared to the younger ones, and too young compared to the older ones. I'm neither the older nor the younger. Try harder on another hill."
"Brother, brother, don't rush to close the window. I like guys your age." The girl outside saw the glass rising and quickly knocked on the window and said.
Nan Yi lowered the window again, and looked around. There were two girls standing not far behind the car, their eyes fixed on his car.
"Big sister, what are you betting on?" After seeing the girl's face clearly, Nan Yi's smile became even more intense.
The girl leaned over the car window and smiled at Nan Yi, "Uncle, you are awesome. You saw through me. Please do me a favor and give me your phone number. If I win the bet, I will buy you bowling next time."
"Xiaolan, give her a business card." Nan Yi said to Miao Xiaolan, and then said to the girl outside the car window: "Go to the front."
The girl smiled sweetly at Nan Yi, "Thanks, uncle, nice to meet you, Wen Yuanyuan."
"My last name is Nan, the Nan in Nan Wuwei."
"Nan in Nan Wuwei..." Wen Yuanyuan chewed the words in her mouth, and her eyes instantly turned into radars, scanning Nan Yi's face up and down, left and right. Then, her face turned red, and she stammered, "Nan... Nan, uncle, why are you here?"
Nan Yi opened the door and got out of the car, looking Wen Yuanyuan up from head to toe, "Girls really change a lot when they grow up. I couldn't recognize her just now. Nuan Nuan has grown into a big girl. Her little face is so pretty. She must have eaten too much delicious food at Uncle Nan's house next door when she was a child, so she grew up like this."
"Puchi!" Wen Yuanyuan couldn't help laughing, "Uncle Nan, you are bragging about yourself."
"What are you talking about? Our two houses are less than a hundred meters apart. I haven't seen you for many years, and you don't even think of coming to visit me. I think my love for you is in vain."
Wen Yuanyuan was very embarrassed and speechless. When she grew up, she would not play with little boys anymore. As time went by, the memory of some things faded, including Uncle Nan in front of her.
Put yourself in his shoes. Nan Yi also went through this as a child and has experienced similar situations. He never thinks that he is special. It is normal that Wen Yuanyuan doesn't take him seriously.
"Little girl, don't play this kind of game next time. You won't always meet someone who's easy to talk to." Nan Yi said, taking out a business card from his pocket and handing it to Wen Yuanyuan, "This is my number. Call uncle if you have anything."
Wen Yuanyuan took the business card, took a look at it, and asked shyly, "Uncle Nan, is Nan Wuwei still in the military academy?"
"He has already gone to the army for internship..." Nan Yi saw Lin Sha walking towards him, so he said to Wen Yuanyuan: "Nuan Nuan, let's talk next time. The person uncle is waiting for is here."
"Okay, Uncle Nan, goodbye Uncle Nan."
After Wen Yuanyuan left, Nan Yi waved to Lin Sha.
When Lin Sha saw Nan Yi waving at her, she did not walk over directly. Instead, she followed the predetermined route and glanced at the license plate before walking up to Nan Yi. "Mr. Nan?"
"Ms. Lin, the ring was not taken by you, right?" Nan Yi asked instead of answering.
"No, I was framed." Lin Sha said innocently, "I can't afford that ring, but I won't steal it either."
"I understand. Don't worry about what happened today. In the next play, I mean the play that has nothing to do with Mr. Zhang, there will still be a role for Miss Lin. That's it for now. Please call Bai Feifei when you go back."
The gloom on Lin Sha's face disappeared, replaced by joy. She thanked Nan Yi and left happily.
"Xiaolan, what do you think?" Looking at Lin Sha's receding back, Nan Yi asked thoughtfully.
"Not like someone who would steal."
"No, he looks very smart, but I'm afraid he might be too smart and do the opposite."
"North Drifting" is the big drama of Wangbei Film and Television this year, with a budget of 24 million, all of which was funded by Zhang Yuquan, who was dealing with him for the first time. Nan Yi heard from Gong Xue that Zhang Yuquan was not a horny person, but rather a scheming man. To let such a person spend so much money on her, Lin Sha naturally couldn't be simple.
It’s just that he had never met her before, so Nan Yi couldn’t judge how complicated Lin Sha was.
Bai Feifei's basic situation has been reported in magazines. In addition, there are many gossipy people in the crew, so her background has long been exposed. It is also logical for Lin Sha to take advantage of Wang Le's arrival to perform a big drama of "The Injustice of Dou E".
Nan Yi has seen most cunning people, and apart from those in the officialdom, they are mostly concentrated in the film and television circles. Those who can make a name for themselves are all worth dealing with.
After waiting for a long time, Bai Feifei finally came over.
"Mr. Nan."
Bai Feifei's voice is very soft, and sounds a little pitiful.
"Mrs. Wang, please get in the car. Let's find a restaurant and talk while eating." Nan Yi opened the car door and made a gesture of invitation.
"Thanks."
The two got in the car, and Nan Yi asked Miao Xiaolan to drive to Mingzhu Banquet. On the way, he called Gong Xue to inform her.
Mingzhu Banquet has not changed much over the years. It is still opened in the same location and has the same scale. Under the influence of Nan Yi, Liu Qinglong and his wife did not think about expansion, but directly developed in the direction of a time-honored brand. All the money they earned was used to buy houses. They bought one when they earned enough money. The couple now owns more than 20 houses.
"Sister-in-law."
