As a gathering place for Chinese time-honored brands, the birthplace of Beijing’s early commerce, the birthplace of the Chinese film and television industry, and a concentrated carrier of traditional Beijing culture, Dashilan is already very prosperous. And now that the spring breeze is everywhere, development will naturally become more prosperous.

On the side near Qianmen Street, it was the three-story Chapiaoxiang Restaurant that opened in 1981. It has been seven years now. It only went through a major renovation in 1986. The exterior walls were painted, the interior layout was changed, all tables, chairs and benches were replaced with new ones, and a revolving glass door was installed. In terms of style, it can still keep up with the times, but it also retains Chinese characteristics and has some ancient meanings, which is pretty good.

Because of its good taste, large portions, and excellent service, it has developed a good reputation in seven years, with many repeat customers, and it has become the most popular restaurant in the area. Every day when the meal arrives, it is guaranteed to be delicious. It's full.

But today at lunchtime, there was a sign saying it was closed, but there were still many people coming in. Someone didn't know why, so they came closer to inquire. It turned out that an old man had booked the venue for his 80th birthday...

Su Meng skillfully drove the white Beetle to the side of the road and parked it. Wang Yan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, got out of the car and got into the trunk. He took out a wrapped gift box and took it with him from the back seat. He was already twelve years old. Wang Bin, who turned off the engine, and Su Meng, who locked the car door, walked toward the hotel together.

Han Chunming and his son and daughter-in-law stood at the door to greet the guests. When they saw Wang Yan's family coming, they hurriedly took two steps to greet them: "The prince is here, Su Meng, you brat is here too, hurry in." , Han Yi is eating in the kitchen, and has been talking about it for a long time. After eating, I will send you two to school. Su Meng, Teacher Su, Teacher Liu and Grandma Su haven’t come over? "

Su Meng patted her son on the head and motioned for him to go in first: "If you haven't come, it's not like you don't know. They can't stand the commotion, so why not take a good rest at home."

Seeing Wang Bin saying hello and running inside, Lao Guan's son, Guan Ziqing, politely stepped forward to shake hands with Wang Yan: "Mr. Wang, just come over. There is no need to bring anything else."

"Come on, Mr. Wang, just give me this." Liu Hongmei, his wife at the side, stretched out her hand very naturally, wanting to take the box Wang Yan was holding in one hand.

"That's right. My relationship with the Admiral is probably better than that of my own son. He has been serving wine for over eighty years, so he has to get something decent."

Wang Yan responded to Guan Ziqing's words with a smile. Regardless of his embarrassed expression, he let go of his hand very naturally. At the same time, he brushed away Liu Hongmei's hand that wanted to take the thing, and looked at them both with a smile: "This thing, let Chunming Just take it and find a place to display it at home, it’s auspicious.”

Of course, this couple is not a thing. Not to mention whether it is for money or not, whether they sell antiques abroad, and their disgusting attitude towards Han Chunming later on asking for Laojun's inheritance. Just for being unfilial, these two people are already in trouble. ,nothing to say.

It's not that Wang Yan is dissatisfied with Lao Guanguan, it's just that he simply doesn't like these two things.

Seeing Guan Ziqing and Liu Hongmei acting awkwardly together, Han Chunming felt relieved. As a filial son, of course he had objections to these two people, but it was hard for him to express them. Now, although my good brother said it politely, he basically scolded them in person for being unfilial, and he was still very happy to see what happened.

He laughed very naturally, but the smile was directed at Wang Yan. He blinked and stretched out his hand to take the box handed over by Wang Yan: "Your Majesty, what do you always give me?"

"It's not a good thing. It's just a Shoushan stone ornament from the Qing Dynasty. The material is a bit different, but the carvings are green pines and green cypresses. How about I ask you to put it back for the admiral later? This has a good meaning."

"Brother, you are here to greet me now. I will send the prince and his wife in." Han Chunming said, turned around and led Wang Yan and the others inside: "Pony and Shashahou are here, and they are all here." It’s just a decoration. Didn’t the three of you discuss it?”

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Isn't this what we talked about at the wine table last year? I guess they both listened to it and are looking for something this year."

While they were joking, several people entered the hotel through the open door next to the revolving door. Compared to the bustling traffic outside, the hustle and bustle inside is not bad at all.

Lao Guantou was wearing a dark red embroidered Tang suit and was sitting at a table inside. The people at the table were all elderly people with white hair and wrinkled faces.

These people are all friends of Lao Guanguan, most of them are old people and young people with the same status as him. Except for those at that table and those scattered throughout the entire first floor, except for half of the neighbors, most of the remaining people have never been seen before. They are probably old friends or from his brothers and sisters. Juniors and the like. Looking at it this way, Laoguan is also the boss of the family.

Wang Yan and Su Meng arrived at Lao Guan Guan together and said a few auspicious words with a smile. Han Chunming beside him took out his things and gave Lao Guan Guan a look.

Lao Guanguan hummed and said, "You are still generous, Bashahou and Xiaoma are far behind you."

Some Shoushan stones are valuable, and some are not. Even though this stone is from the Qing Dynasty, it is just like Wang Yan said, it is an ordinary material, and its value is actually relatively average, not worth a few dollars. At this moment, it is almost equivalent to just over a thousand yuan. If you look at the courtesy alone, it must be a lot more casual. But Lao Guanjun is also a person with bad luck. Although this old boy always wants to take advantage of him, when he can exchange things, the value is actually a bit unequal. I got two famous calligraphy and paintings, but he still took advantage of Lao Guanjun. It's cheap.

The main thing is that it depends on your intentions. It’s meaningless to say how much it costs.

"As long as you like it." Wang Yan said with a smile, "I won't bother you. You are always busy."

After saying that, he turned around and took Su Meng away. Han Chunming took him and found Han Mu's table. Su Meng sat there with them, while he went to sit at another table where Poshahou and Ma Du were. Come on, these are all for drinking.

"Here you come, Your Majesty." Ma Du greeted with a smile, poured a cup of tea and pushed it over: "Drink some tea. I asked just now. Dinner will be ready in half an hour."

Bad Hou asked nonchalantly: "What did you give the old man?"

"A Qing Dynasty Shoushan stone sculpture of green pines and cypresses." Wang Yan picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea: "I heard Chunming said that the two of you presented it as an ornament?"

"There's nothing to give as a gift, but it's just a suitable ornament. Not only is it expensive, we won't be able to part with it, and the Admiral is also having a hard time with it. It would be nice to get a ornament to show your appreciation."

"What the Marquis said is right, as long as the decoration is appropriate."

Wang Yan smiled and asked, "How is that boy Wang Shuo doing lately? He hasn't moved for a few days."

Mentioning Wang Shuo, Ma Du couldn't help but smile: "Aren't you filming a movie? You are busy with the release. He called me a while ago and said that the filming was good and he might release it. I think When it is released in Beijing, let us go and see it if we have time."

Wang Shuo's fate changed because he met Wang Yan. In the past, Wang Shuo, as a contemporary editor, must have had a high status. Again, if the literati at this time wanted to be published, those who were already famous would be ignored. After all, they would talk directly to the editor-in-chief, but most of them were those who had not yet made their mark. The editor decided their fate. When the status is high, the mood is good, the creative enthusiasm is surging, the quality of the output will be high.

It was also because of Wang Yan's instructions and the occasional drinking party together that Wang Shuo's cultural level improved somewhat, as did the spiritual level. The output is very high. The short stories and novellas mentioned earlier are published, and there are also some that are unpublished and those that are being conceived.

Perhaps it’s because we met relatively late and didn’t have many exposures. People’s writing style is actually fixed and it’s difficult to make major changes because it’s a habit of thinking, which is very difficult to change. Therefore, although Wang Yan had a significant impact on Wang Shuo's life, his writing style changed a little, but not significantly.

These changes were enough to make his works of higher quality and more famous than during the same period.

Also influenced by Wang Yan, his works changed. Except for one book, which is basically the same, the others may have similar contents, but the titles are all different. Because people's ideas are wild and unconstrained, the reason why Wang Shuo can write another "Stubborn" is because of the unruly nature of his character.

Wang Yan's influence is the above. Although it is very significant, it has very little impact on other things.

As Madu said, Wang Shuo's work was adapted into a movie. But instead of the original four, there are only three. But the quality of these three works is much higher than the original ones. It's just that it hasn't been released yet, it will take some time. Directors and actors are just those people, Mi Jiashan, Ye Ying, Ge You, etc. This is because Wang Shuo likes to play and make friends, and he knows a lot of people. Overall, it's pretty good...

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Okay, you can call me when the time comes. You have nothing to do anyway. Let's go and take a look."

Instead of talking about this topic that the ragtag Hou couldn't interrupt, the three of them turned to talk about some antiques. Today is just a small gathering. Among them, Popohou, who has known each other for the shortest time, has been drinking together for seven years. Ma, who has known each other for the longest time, is basically the same as Han Chunming and Lao Guanjian. They have been together for thirteen years. They are serious drinkers. friend. It happened to be Lao Guan's 80th birthday, and everyone who hadn't seen each other for more than three months regarded this as a gathering place.

They were at a separate table, and someone had arranged where they should sit, so no one disturbed them. More than ten minutes passed while talking and laughing.

At this moment, Baolanhou stared behind Ma Du. Wang Yan turned his head and saw Liu Jinyou and Hou Su'e talking to Laojun. Wang Yan looked at Baolanhou with a smile: "You are taking care of yourself in old age. The money is in his hands."

"Hey, I get angry when I say this. I'm not blaming you. I can't stand the way my girl looks at men. The one before was the son of my enemy, and now I have found such a fat man who is older than me. Big. I really regret that I let Su'e do business with him in the first place."

Ma Du yelled: "Master Hou, why don't you regret investing your pension money in the prince's uncle?"

"Nonsense, it's really profitable. If you look at it this way, I'll have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life." Baolan Hou shook his head and sighed: "Of course it's not because of money. Then my girl is attracted to me. What else can you two think I can do? In the past It’s not like you don’t know what’s going on, but with her dog-like temper, she doesn’t care whether I agree with her or not. I’m so old, but I still care about her so much? I don’t want to look at her because I love who I hang out with.”

"How about pity for the parents in the world." Ma Du laughed: "That's alright, Lord Marquis, at least you still have money."

"Bullshit. I said I'd give you the money, but you don't want it? Give it to Chunming, but Chunming doesn't want it? I've given up my face, but you are the only capable people, who can't make money with me?"

"Then it's the prince's fault. If you hadn't always brought uncle here, this wouldn't have happened."

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "The most wonderful thing about fate is that even if they don't do business together, we are in the same social circle. There is no guarantee that we will meet at any time. Who knows if we can see each other? Want me? He said, you can’t control it anyway, so don’t think too much about it, it’s good to be comfortable on your own.”

Baolanhou glanced at Wang Yan, ignored him, and lowered his head to drink tea.

Wang Yan didn't mind and waved to Liu Jinyou who came over. This old fat boy knew only a few people, so he must have come to sit with them. But just as he was waving, out of the corner of his eye he saw Father Cheng, Mother Cheng and...Cheng Jianjun coming in from the door!

Father Cheng and Mother Cheng who were walking in front had smiles on their faces, very happy smiles, because they felt that the hard times were over and the good times had begun.

In the past year, Cheng Jianjun, who had just been released from prison, took off directly. Although there was no housing reform yet, he still spent money to buy a building. Cheng's father and Cheng's mother moved from the courtyard to the upstairs. All the neighbors, relatives and friends knew about this. Likewise, Cheng Jianjun's reputation quickly turned around, from being unpromising to being capable.

Cheng Jianjun said it himself. He opened a factory there and had hundreds of people under him. Every day when the machine was turned on, Huaxia coins came in loudly. Of course, his statement was much more low-key, but that was basically what he meant. The life in prison did not make him remember things for a long time. Now that he has achieved some results, he is shaking again.

Wang Yan saw Cheng Jianjun raising his head to greet him somewhat frivolously. Perhaps he felt that he was already thirty-six and sitting in such a high position, so he was already a mature social person and followed the principle of maintaining superficial relationships in society. , not the original gangster who should be caught like him, or even sentenced to a longer sentence.

The valuable quality that people should have is not to use their own ideas to trap others. It is absolutely impossible to succeed by imagining the development of some things in order to get the results you want. To put it another way, we need to learn to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes and not ‘I think’. Because 'I feel' is just 'I feel'.

Ignoring Cheng Jianjun and watching Liu Jinyou sit down next to him, Wang Yan asked with a smile, "How are you doing lately? Everything is going well, is there no problem?"

Since the old fat boy moved out to live alone, relatively speaking, the interactions between the two parties have dropped sharply. Moreover, this old fat boy also runs a business. In the past two years, more and more chain stores have opened, and he has become busier. Although he is in the same city, he sometimes cannot be seen for two or three months. That is to say, Su's mother was thinking about this lonely old brother, and occasionally called to ask about his situation and take care of his health.

"Don't worry, everything is fine. If I have any questions, why don't I come to you?" Liu Jinyou laughed and waved his hands. He was now very proud, his business was getting better and better, he was receiving a lot of money every day, and his relationship was also rejuvenated. Chun also has a capable nephew and son-in-law, who guarantees that he will not be in trouble. In fact, of course he encountered a lot of troubles, but he didn't need to go to Wang Yan. He just mentioned Wang Yan's name to indicate his identity, which was useful most of the time. On the rare occasions when things didn't work, he didn't need to bother Wang Yan. Su Meng could basically solve the problem by calling him.

These are all good, but there is one thing that is not good about it. Looking at Bao Baohou, who was staring at him with an angry look on his face, his haha ​​smile turned into an embarrassed smile...

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