Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Chapter 561 Family Status at a Glance

This weekend after returning to Taojia Village, the rape flowers in the fields bloomed more vigorously. Liu Wangxue took the time to play with the three little ones and several other children for most of the day. She also took some videos, edited them and uploaded them to her own account, and also sent them to Wang Junpeng for promotional purposes.

She was away last weekend, and Xu Qingsong worked another day, so he went to Beijing on Sunday. It was only after they came back that they heard from Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan that the publicity had worked, especially on Sunday, when many tourists came, mostly families.

This weekend, Liu Wangxue witnessed the "effect" with her own eyes. Unlike last week, there were a lot of people on Saturday and Sunday, including families of three generations, young couples, and groups of friends.

When Liu Wangxue took the three little ones out with the children, she was recognized. During the chat, she learned that many of them came from the urban area of ​​the city, and many came from neighboring cities, and some even came from other provinces to play.

The general argument is that the popular rapeseed flower viewing spots on the Internet are all overcrowded, and here there are fewer people, the area is more open, and except for the lack of mountains and clouds, the scenery is similar. Anyway, it's all for taking pictures, as long as it can be filmed, there's no place not to take pictures?
Wang Junpeng had been mobilizing villagers to prepare for the upcoming tourists. Everyone in the village cooperated and everything was maintained in order.

Many grandparents in the village have some skills, such as straw weaving, rope weaving, cotton rope embroidery and bamboo weaving. Some people have learned carpentry from Xu Qingsong's second uncle before, and some small wood carvings they made are quite beautiful. Wang Junpeng has long since started to mobilize them to make some, and set up a small stall at the door to sell them, earning a little money to supplement the family income.

Tao Huayu also came back on the weekend and helped his family set up a stall at the door to sell biscuits, cakes and other things, as well as some drinks.

As soon as the weather clears up, the temperature rises, especially at noon when it is hottest. Other families also cook some drinks such as mung bean soup and sour plum soup and sell them at the door, as well as some homemade snacks.

All items are priced uniformly and clearly marked. This was what Wang Junpeng had agreed with the villagers in advance. After all, long-term development requires a good reputation, and overcharging is not an option.

After nearly half a month, the script of "The Halo Effect" was finally completed. On April 15, Liu Wangxue left for Haishi, and the crew was about to start casting.

During this period, Xu Qingsong also asked Liu Wangxue about her preference for wedding dresses several times in a seemingly casual way. Liu Wangxue pretended to be confused, and answered Xu Qingsong's questions casually. Her acting was very natural, and Xu Qingsong didn't notice it at all.

Xu Qingsong and the three little ones sent her to the airport, and both the people and the pets were very reluctant to leave. Fortunately, the place was not far away, so Xu Qingsong decided to visit her if he had time on the weekend. In addition, there were still a few days of rest after the casting, so Liu Wangxue could come back.

After arriving in Haishi, all work started without stopping.

Meng Luoqiu is different from Jing Yujun. She is not a contracted director of Yunxi Entertainment and has her own studio. Du Yunxiang knows her personality and work attitude and gave her a lot of authority, so the casting of this drama was open to the public from the beginning. This puts pressure directly on the actors of Yunxi Entertainment. They not only have to compete with people in the same company, but also with external competition.

Previously, Liu Wangxue invited Shen Xun and Ran Anyu to play the male and female protagonists in one of the stories. Ran Anyu readily agreed, but Shen Xun had some concerns about the male protagonist and did not express his opinion on the spot.

Because nowadays, when watching a drama, the audience will attach importance to the actors themselves. There are many precedents. Some actors or actresses played villains in the drama, and because of their strong acting skills and played the villains so well that people hated them, they were collectively insulted and attacked by netizens, and some actors even suffered from depression because of this.

Shen Xun thought it was too scary and violent, but when he read the script and the whole story, he was attracted by this perverted character. As Ran Anyu joked at the time, this role is not only a challenge, but also an opportunity, an opportunity for him to take his acting career to the next level.

So as soon as the casting was announced, Shen Xun came for the audition.

Liu Wangxue had already talked to Meng Luoqiu about Shen Xun and Ran Anyu, and Meng Luoqiu admired these two actors. Besides, they had just worked with Jing Yujun and Liu Wangxue, so Meng Luoqiu only needed to ask Jing Yujun a little bit and he would know everything about their character and acting skills.

However, the contrast between these two roles and the actors themselves and the roles they have played before is too great, so Meng Luoqiu has doubts. She fully respects Liu Wangxue's opinion, but did not give a precise answer. She only said that if possible, she should audition first.

Shen Xun and Ran Anyu are both professionally trained and have been in the industry for more than 20 years. Their skills are only high but not low. At the audition, in order to fulfill Shen Xun's dream of "renewing the relationship" with Shen Ran Anyu that day when they ate Tongguo Shabu-shabu, Meng Luoqiu chose a clip for them to act together.

Liu Wangxue was holding a small notebook and sitting next to Meng Luoqiu, reading very attentively. When Shen Xun's acting skills broke out, his ferocious and complacent expression as he "violated" Ran Anyu really scared her.

She leaned back slightly and hid behind the calm Meng Luoqiu. After this audition was over, she whispered to Meng Luoqiu, "Director, I suggest that you put a message in the opening credits saying "Children and young people please watch with caution." Otherwise, Teacher Shen is likely to become a childhood shadow for this generation of children."

Meng Luoqiu smiled after hearing this: "This is enough to show that Teacher Shen's acting skills are perfect."

Naturally, the male and female protagonists of the third story were decided to be Shen Xun and Ran Anyu.

Ni Jia also came to audition.

Thanks to the hit of "Moon Rising over Spring Creek", she as the female lead has also become familiar to the public. As a new generation actress, she is both beautiful and talented, and won a good reputation as soon as she debuted.

On March 29, the finale of "Yuyue Chunjian" came to an end, and the ratings rushed to the first place, far surpassing other TV series of the same period. After the finale, several other TV stations immediately purchased the replay rights, and Shenghai Entertainment also purchased the exclusive online broadcast rights.

Ni Jia's value skyrocketed, and the director of the crew she had just finished filming was overjoyed. Since they were all Yunxi's own family, he immediately called her back to add more scenes.

After the finale, Ni Jia received many acting offers, but she did not accept any of them, waiting for the casting of Liu Wangxue's drama. Her agent Li Zhaonan let her do what she wanted, and even reminded her overtly and covertly that the status and position of the screenwriter and director were there, and the competition for roles would be very fierce. Since she had a good relationship with Liu Wangxue, it would only take a word to get a role.

Ni Jia did not respond. She felt that no matter how good the relationship was, it was not the right way to use it. It was about ability that mattered. Besides, they had already worked together on a play, and she knew Liu Wangxue's temper and personality very well. Not to mention that there was no shortcut, even if there was, it would be like putting an end to their friendship in advance.

There is also Meng Luoqiu. Jing Yujun and she are from the same school and have the same attitude towards work. Ni Jia plans to treat her the same as Jing Yujun. He sighed and decided not to mention it anymore.

After the audition, Ni Jia successfully got the female lead in the second story. She was young, beautiful and naive, which was very suitable in terms of age.

In addition to Ni Jia, Lou Rui also came to audition. Liu Wangxue joked, "It seems that this play will become a familiar one."

Lou Rui felt very embarrassed. He had never submitted his resume with the hope of being selected. He just wanted to broaden his horizons.

Sure enough, after the audition, Meng Luoqiu was visibly dissatisfied. But he didn't let Lou Rui go, and stared at his face from left to right.

Logically speaking, Lou Rui is a top idol and has been in the circle for many years. He has seen all kinds of people, especially those big-name music producers. He was also nervous when he first started working with them, but his mentality has been trained later. However, at this moment, he still felt his scalp numbing when being stared at by Meng Luoqiu.

Lou Rui was trembling inside and looked at Liu Wangxue for help.

Liu Wangxue signaled him to be at ease. She could probably guess what Meng Luoqiu was thinking, but she hadn't made up her mind yet, so she said to Meng Luoqiu, "Why don't you let him try?"

Meng Luoqiu turned back to look at Liu Wangxue and smiled: "Do you know what I'm thinking about?"

Liu Wangxue turned the script on his knees to the fourth story and pointed to a paragraph: "The way he looks now really fits this character."

Meng Luoqiu glanced at Lou Rui again and asked him to try out the segment that Liu Wangxue pointed out. He also called an actor who had been auditioning and had chosen him to play with him.

The character Liu Wangxue refers to is the protagonist's younger brother, who is timid and cowardly, living under the high pressure of his family. A stern look from his parents can make him tremble. He accidentally saw the protagonist killing his mother and removing her bones, and was so scared that his soul left his body.

Lou Rui didn't need to use his acting skills at all. It was already very good for him to play his true self under the pressure of being overwhelmed by the other actor.

Liu Wangxue and Meng Luoqiu laughed at him together. In the end, Meng Luoqiu told him to go back and wait for news, because there would be a reversal in this role later, and Lou Rui might not be able to grasp it well.

During the break, Liu Wangxue also mentioned the "Shabu Shabu Song" written by Lou Rui to Meng Luoqiu. The more complete demo was already in her mobile phone, so she plugged in headphones and asked Meng Luoqiu to listen to it.

After listening to it, Meng Luoqiu said it was not bad and could be considered for use as an interlude.

Near the end of the month, the weather suddenly became hot. This weekend, Xu Qingsong brought his three little ones to Hai City to see Liu Wangxue and gave her some clothes for the changing season.

Liu Wangxue didn't want him to come over. She was already busy with work and had to work overtime from time to time. She finally had some time on the weekend and hoped that he could rest more.

Xu Qingsong insisted on coming: "Sanxiao only misses you, and most importantly, I miss you too, don't you miss us?"

Of course I do, especially when they video chat at night. Liu Wangxue no longer refuses and admits it generously.

To take the three little ones with him, Xu Qingsong had to drive himself. He set off right after breakfast and it took him more than four hours to get there.

Liu Wangxue didn't go anywhere in the morning, and waited for them in the hotel. The hotel was the one near Yunxi Entertainment. After receiving the information that Xu Qingsong had arrived, Liu Wangxue immediately went out to the underground parking lot and found his car according to the location sharing sent by Xu Qingsong.

Xu Qingsong was already waiting for Liu Wangxue by the car door with the three little ones. When he heard the footsteps, Pengpeng reacted the fastest. He ran towards her and threw himself into her arms.

Liu Wangxue had not been exercising recently, and was knocked back two or three steps by its huge weight, and almost fell into the trap.

The last one to come was Gu Gua. It had the ability to fly, and even though Peng Peng occupied Liu Wangxue's entire embrace, it could not be affected. It still landed on Liu Wangxue's shoulder, rubbing its head against the side of his face, and muttering new words: "Xu Xu, I miss you! I miss you! I miss you so much!"

Little Fatty Ci was the last one to run over and raised his paw to pull at Liu Wangxue's trouser legs, but Liu Wangxue was holding the older one in her arms and the younger one was standing on her shoulders, so she didn't notice the second one at her feet for a moment.

Xiaoci sighed, she had to fend for herself! So she took a few steps back and ran back, then jumped up and climbed onto Pengpeng's back, stepped on its head and squeezed into Liu Wangxue's arms. Xu Qingsong came over with a large suitcase, on which there was a travel bag and a bag for the three children to carry. He sighed, "Alas, my family status is clear at a glance. Is there anyone who wants to hug me?"

Pengpeng had enough fun with Liu Wangxue, so he got down from her arms, turned around, picked up the leash dragging on the ground, and let Liu Wangxue lead it for a while.

Gua Gua was obviously taught by Xu Qingsong, and he was chanting on Liu Wangxue's shoulder: "Hug Qingsong, hug Qingsong——"

Liu Wangxue was laughing so hard that she wanted to put Xiaoci down and hug Xu Qingsong, but Fat Ci started to act coquettishly and refused to give in. She hugged her neck with her front paws and refused to let go no matter what.

Liu Wangxue had no choice but to hold Xiaoci's butt with one hand and use the other arm to hug Xu Qingsong.

Xu Qingsong lowered his head and kissed Liu Wangxue, then patted Xiaoci's head gently: "Since you are so young, I won't bother with you for now."

Liu Wangxue praised him: "Mr. Xu is magnanimous!"

"No, it's not." Xu Qingsong held her with one hand and pulled the suitcase with the other hand and walked towards the elevator with her. "What I mean is that I will settle the matter with its owner."

Liu Wangxue raised his eyebrows and smiled wickedly: "Then how do you want to make this matter happen?"

Xu Qingsong lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "I'll kiss you unconscious first, and then I'll do this..."

Liu Wangxue burst out laughing: "How scary——"

Xu Qingsong laughed out loud with her.

The two of them walked on, chatting, leaving behind a dog, waiting eagerly with the leash in its mouth. The dog finally made a sound similar to a sigh, and followed them. Forget it, it's better to hold its own leash.

It was not convenient to go out for dinner with the three little ones, so Liu Wangxue called the hotel and asked them to deliver the meals.

During the meal, Xu Qingsong talked to her about Richard and said, "He came back yesterday."

Liu Wangxue calculated the time and found that Richard had just returned to Country M for a month: "How is he? Is he okay?"

After Richard got the news about his family search, he asked Du Yunkai for half a month's leave to go back. They kept in touch. Du Yunkai knew the progress of the matter and would mention it to Xu Qingsong during their chats. Liu Wangxue was also always concerned about him.

The private detective that Richard hired at a high price this time was indeed very capable. Based on the few clues provided here, it took him nearly a month to find Edward Williams, and then he investigated all his interpersonal relationships.

Edward Williams is now married and has a son and a daughter with his wife. He also has an unmarried sister, a sick mother, and a stepfather. He is not a resident of the eastern state of F, but went to work in F after graduating from graduate school. After returning to F after a trip to T, he returned to his hometown in the central state of M due to a job transfer.

The orphanage where Richard was born is in a small town in State M.

After Richard arrived in State M, he first went for a paternity test. While waiting for the test results, he accompanied the elderly woman, Susan Williams, in the ward for the last time. Susan talked to him a lot, including how he was lost.

At that time, M State banned abortion for women. Susan did not dare to go to a black clinic and had to give birth to a child out of wedlock. Susan's father thought she was a disgrace and in order not to affect her future marriage, he and her mother separated the twins who had just been born and threw them away. With the help of her friends, Susan only found the older brother of the twins, and the whereabouts of the younger brother Richard were unknown.

Susan searched for another year without success, and the rift between her and her parents became more serious, so she took Edward and left the country, but she did not leave State M, because she still wanted to continue looking for her child. A few years later, Susan met a good man, got married and had a child, who is now Edward's sister. It was not until her parents were old and seriously ill that Susan and her husband returned with their children to inherit the property.

Many years have passed, and Susan has been looking for the child who was abandoned by his parents. Her husband supports her, but she has never found him.

How could they find it? In those days, communication was not well developed. Susan's parents never told her where they left their child until they died. And Richard was adopted by a couple when he was five years old...

Susan, who was almost skinny, held Richard's hand with her dry hand. The last ray of light made her cloudy eyes look unusually bright. She said to Richard, "I have been looking for you for many, many years. One day, I suddenly saw that you have grown up and are living such a good life. I am really happy for you. Now that I see that you are safe and I can see you again before I die, I have no regrets in my life."

The results of the paternity test have not come out yet, and Richard's heart is torn when he faces Susan.

On the one hand, he was worried that Susan had recognized the wrong person, because he and Edward looked nothing alike - of course, this might have a lot to do with the environment, diet, and lifestyle habits, but - he might just not know how to respond to the emotions expressed by Susan, and could only listen to her quietly with the mood of seeing an old man off for the last time.

On the other hand, there seemed to be a voice in his ear urging him, telling him that this was his biological mother, and he should at least call her "Mom" before she died.

Susan smiled and looked at him quietly for a while, then said to him, "Son, you must live a good life in the future."

This was the last words Susan said to Richard, and also the last words she said in this world.

When Richard received the appraisal report, he didn't dare to open it and finally asked Edward to look at it for him.

After reading it, Edward hugged him, cried and laughed and called him "brother", and said: "I knew that my mother's intuition would not be wrong. You may not believe it, but about five years ago, my mother saw a game advertisement on TV, and she recognized you at a glance, and then asked me to go to T State to see you..."

Richard then realized that Edward went to State T not for tourism but to visit him.

The game that Richard was in charge of developing became an instant hit once it was released online. In order to promote the game and also to "create stars", the company put him and several other main players in the team in the advertisement, and Susan saw it by accident.

Richard asked Edward in a hoarse voice, "Why didn't you come to find me when you went?"

Edward said, "Mom doesn't want to disturb you - don't get me wrong, it's not that she doesn't love you, on the contrary, she loves you very much. You've seen our family situation, you were already a celebrity at the time, and our family barely made it into the middle class. Mom feels guilty about you, and she doesn't want you to think that she is looking for you for your fame and fortune. She just asked me to take a look and make sure you are doing well, that's enough."

Richard felt as if he was lacking oxygen. He thought, he had spent a lot of money looking for his relatives over the years, and he didn't care about this at all...

Edward went on to say, "But then, last year, you encountered a career crisis. My mother and I saw it on the news. She fainted from excitement at the time, and then she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The first thing she said after waking up was for me to go find you. I went, but I couldn't find you. I couldn't get any news about you anywhere..."

The news report Edward and Susan saw was a replay, and when they found out, Du Yunkai had already contacted Richard. After Richard lost the lawsuit, he almost lost contact with everyone he knew before, so Edward naturally couldn't find out about him.

Susan's condition worsened for a time, which was also due to this. She was worried all day long, fearing that the next thing she would see on the news would be news of Richard's suicide.

After the funeral, Richard seemed to feel the reality, and the sadness spread endlessly. He recalled what Susan said, no wonder she said "one day I suddenly saw you grow up", no wonder she said "now I see you are safe", and she did not forget to tell him to "live well" before she died.

Seeing Richard's condition, Du Yunkai gave him an extra half month of vacation, allowing him to travel and relax, or continue to stay in State M and try to spend some time with his family.

Richard chose the latter and stayed in State M, living in the house that Susan inherited from her parents. Together with Edward's stepfather, he learned a lot about his biological mother whom he had only met once.

As Susan herself said, she never gave up looking for Richard. Every year she would prepare two identical birthday gifts, one for Edward and one for him. After recognizing him on TV, she began to pay attention to the gaming industry and cut out reports and photos about him from newspapers and magazines and pasted them in a notebook, each of which was filled with blessings for him.

The stepfather is a kind and humorous man. He comforts Richard in his own way and also fulfills Susan's wish when she was young. He takes him to do the meaningful and memorable things that he did with little Edward.

In half a month, Richard not only got over his grief, but also became friends with his stepfather.

Xu Qingsong said to Liu Wangxue, "I saw him yesterday and he seems to be fine. He even talked to everyone about his experiences over the past few days. He also placed several children's toys on his desk. They were all birthday gifts from his mother."

"That's good," Liu Wangxue put the meat bones, fish and shrimp that they ordered without any additional ingredients into Xiaoci and Pengpeng's bowls as a snack, and said, "Although it's a pity, it's a happy ending."

Xu Qingsong stayed here for one night and drove back to Taojia Village the next morning. He also took Liu Wangxue's thick clothes with him and said that he would bring the three little ones here again when he had time next week.

The casting for this drama took a total of one and a half months. Considering Meng Luoqiu's usual working style, this time it was considered relatively fast.

Liu Wangxue had three days of free time at the end of May, so he returned to Taojia Village and then went directly to the filming location.

"The Halo Effect" consists of five stories, each shot in a different location.

The filming locations for the first two stories were the closest to Xi City, namely Huai City and Hangzhou City. Xu Qingsong would often take the three of them to visit the crew on weekends, and sometimes Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan would also go along.

The filming locations for the last three stories are quite far away, so they can’t go there often. The young couple can only make video calls to comfort each other.

Liu Wangxue originally told Xu Qingsong that the filming would probably end by the end of the year, but the fact is, it is approaching the Spring Festival and the filming has not been completed, while the game "Halo Effect" can be tested after the Spring Festival.