The world of film and television begins from childhood

Just with this house, he has more than 90 percent of the people in the country, not to mention that he currently has more than one million in savings in his card.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he does not get married, with this house and this money, he can live a comfortable life even in Shanghai.

But if you want to start a family and a career in Shanghai, then this amount of assets is really nothing.

Suddenly, a cell phone rang. Zhou Chen was stunned for three or four seconds before he realized that it was his cell phone.

I walked over, picked up the phone, and took a look. The caller ID showed it was Manager Li, the head of their department.

As soon as the call was connected, an anxious voice came from the other end.

"Zhou Chen, it's already time to go to work, why haven't you come yet? And you haven't asked for leave, is there a traffic jam on the road?"

Although his tone was urgent, it did not mean he was angry or scolding. Instead, it revealed a bit of concern.

Manager Li is Zhou Chen's immediate superior, who is five years older than him. Manager Li has been guiding Zhou Chen since he first joined the company. It has been seven years now. The two of them can be said to be both teachers and friends, and they have a very good relationship, which is very rare in the cruel workplace.

Zhou Chen thought about it for a while, then said, "Lao Li, I'm not feeling well today, so I want to take two days off."

"Ask for leave?"

Manager Li's voice on the other side was obviously a few notes higher, but after a while, he asked with concern: "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you need to go to the hospital for a check-up? It just so happens that our previous project has just been completed. It's okay for you to take a few days off. The most important thing is to take care of your health first. In our industry, it is really hard on the body."

"It's nothing serious, I just caught a cold. No need to go to the hospital. I'll just take some medicine and rest for two days. I'm sorry to bother you with asking for leave, Lao Li."

"Okay, then you should have a good rest at home. I'll have a morning meeting first. Bye."

Hearing the busy tone coming from the other side, Zhou Chen smiled casually, threw the phone aside, and lay down on the sofa in the living room.

He doesn't have the energy to continue doing this programmer's job. If he wants to make money, he has many ways to do it. There is no need to be a programmer.

So even though he doesn't know which film or television world he has traveled to, it doesn't affect his plan to quit his job as a programmer.

I stayed at home for a while, then walked out and wandered around.

Because it is an old house, the community where his house is located is an old community. It cannot be said to be too old, with a house age of about 15 or 16 years. There are both high-rise and multi-story buildings in the community. The environment is not good, but it is not very bad either.

In the minds of many Chinese people, Shanghai is a first-tier city that can be compared with the capital, so many people think that Shanghai must be very prosperous and full of rich people.

But in fact, this is not the case. There are many old and dilapidated communities in various urban areas of Shanghai. The community where he lives now is not bad even in Shanghai.

In two days, Zhou Chen quickly figured out the surrounding situation. This is the JA area of ​​Shanghai, which is considered to be a relatively prosperous area in Shanghai and also a well-known wealthy area. However, the community where he lives cannot be regarded as a so-called wealthy area, but the surrounding construction is also very complete.

Early in the morning of the third day, Zhou Chen dressed neatly and prepared to go to the company. The company was not in JA District, but in Pudong New District, so he needed to take the subway to get there.

Because Zhou Chen was preparing to resign, he did not arrive on time. While he was sitting on the subway, he received a call from Manager Li.

When Zhou Chen arrived at the company, it was already ten o'clock.

The Internet company he works for mainly makes games, but also takes on some other projects. Overall, it is a relatively diverse company.

There are not many members in the company, only a few dozen in total, and the office covers an area of ​​several hundred square meters. Companies like this are really numerous in Shanghai.

As soon as Zhou Chen arrived at the company, Manager Li found him.

"Why did you come only now?"

Manager Li is a man in his thirties, but he looks like he is in his forties. His shiny forehead has shown severe hair loss.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Chen couldn't help but sigh that his hairline was a natural gift. Fortunately, he was not like Lao Li, otherwise it would be difficult for him to find a partner.

"Lao Li, I'm not here to work today, I'm here to resign."

"What?"

Manager Li didn't react and looked at Zhou Chen in surprise.

"Resign, are you kidding me?"

For a middle-aged man with elderly parents and young children to take care of, a stable, high-paying job is many times more attractive than a beautiful woman.

Although Zhou Chen is not married, he is now considered a small leader. With monthly salary plus performance, he can earn more than 20,000 yuan.

More than 20,000 yuan is nothing to those rich people, but for working people like them, it is considered a high salary even in a first-tier city like Shanghai, and it took Zhou Chen seven years to achieve this.

That's why Li Zhen didn't understand why Zhou Chen suddenly said he wanted to resign.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I'm already 29 years old and have been in this business for seven years, but I still don't even have a girlfriend. If this continues, my life will really be hopeless. I think it's time to change the way I live."

Li Zhen reached out and touched Zhou Chen's forehead, and said in confusion: "You don't have a fever, Zhou Chen, you also said that you are already 29 years old. Do you still think you are a young man who just graduated? If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. Even if you don't care about yourself, you have to..."

At this point, it stopped abruptly.

Because he realized that Zhou Chen was different from him. Zhou Chen had no old people above him, no young people below him, and no spendthrift women in between.

"That's right. You are a local. You have a house and a household registration. You have made a lot of money in the past few years. There is really no need for you to work as hard as I do."

But Li Zhen felt bitter when he heard these words. Yes, the other person was different from him. He worked so hard to make money in the hope of having a home in this Magic City, but Zhou Chen was originally from Magic City and had a house. What he lacked now was just a woman.

"Have you really thought it through? After all, you've worked here for seven years and finally made it this far. If you work harder, you can take my position."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Your seat is still for you. I won't take your job. I plan to resign and take a break for a while, then start my own business. If I succeed in the future, I will invite you to work in my company, and I will definitely give you a position as vice president."

"Haha, I'll remember your words then."

Li Zhen laughed a few times and didn't take Zhou Chen's words to heart. Instead, he advised: "As for starting a business, I think it's better to forget it. It's not something that people like us can handle. I'll treat you tonight and invite Hu Yidao and the others to give you a farewell party."

"You can have a farewell party, but I'll be the one paying for it. That's settled."

After Zhou Chen reminisced about the past with Li Zhen, he went straight to the HR manager and explained his intention to resign. Later, the general manager of the company came to persuade him a few words, but seeing that Zhou Chen was firm in his attitude, he finally had to process Zhou Chen's resignation.

The resignation process went relatively smoothly. There was no trouble and the salary will be paid in full next month.

In the evening, Zhou Chen invited Li Zhen and five other people from the same department who had a good relationship with him. They had a good meal together and sang for two hours before each other went home.

Li Zhen, who had the best relationship with Zhou Chen, held Zhou Chen's hand and talked a lot, but in the end Zhou Chen sent him to his doorstep.

After resigning, Zhou Chen took a good rest for a few days, and then started his own money-making plan.

If it were in the past, he would have to make money and accumulate funds step by step, but now it is different. He has a magical skill to make money. Although the way to make money from this skill is not very legitimate, he also earns money based on his own ability.

So he went to get a passport, first went to Macau, and then flew to Las Vegas.

With the skill of losing nine times out of ten in gambling, it was difficult for him to lose money in a casino, so he only chose formal and legal institutions, and only brought the money back to the country after paying taxes.

Of course, he did not spend all the money he earned from gambling on himself. Instead, he took out most of it and started a charity enterprise dedicated to charity.

Three years later!

In a park in the capital, Zhou Chen set up the painting supplies he was carrying, took out his paintbrushes and fuel, and began painting.

He came to the capital half a month ago to rescue a child. Now that his work was done, he was not in a hurry to return to the Magic City. Instead, he wandered around the capital.

This park is not far from the hotel where he stayed. He passed by here before and happened to have nothing to do today, so he brought his painting supplies here to paint.

Three years have passed, and the mission of this dog system has still not been activated. He has gone from being anxious in the beginning to being indifferent now. There is no point in being anxious. It is better to let nature take its course. Sooner or later, this dog system will activate its mission.

Zhou Chen glanced around and saw an arch bridge not far away. After observing it for a while, he picked up the paintbrush and started painting.

He learned painting from her disappeared world, and after going through the evolution and learning of the two worlds, his painting skills have now reached a very high level, surpassing Li Muzi who taught him painting.

However, when it comes to painting, what matters most is not how good your painting is, but how famous you are. Therefore, a painting by an unknown master painter often cannot sell as well as a painting by a lesser-known but less famous half-baked painter.

Zhou Chen never paints for fame or money, he just paints for his own hobby and for nostalgia.

For him, painting the people he cares about is a very meaningful thing.

"Hongdou, look, there's someone drawing over there, let's go over and take a look."

Not far away, two young women were walking slowly. The one who was talking was wearing a woolen hat and wrapped herself tightly.

Next to her was a tall, fair-skinned, beautiful woman with a ponytail.

At this time, the woman wearing a woolen hat was pulling her companion towards Zhou Chen who was painting.

The woman called Hongdou was pulled forward, saying helplessly and lovingly: "I'm walking, don't pull me, slow down, slow down, I can't walk, why are you in such a hurry?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1178 Meeting Xu Hongdou

"Xu Hongdou, you are too slow."

"You're too fast, Chen Nanxing."

The two girls pulled each other as they walked towards Zhou Chen who was painting. When they got closer, they couldn't help but slow down their pace and stopped talking, for fear of disturbing Zhou Chen who was painting.

The two came behind Zhou Chen and quietly watched the painting that was slowly taking shape on the drawing board.

Since he came to the capital to do some work, Zhou Chen just bought a set of painting supplies. He came here today just to paint sketches and did not bring any paints or anything like that.

Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing had just come to join in the fun, but when they saw Zhou Chen's painting skills, they couldn't help but stop and carefully watch the completion of a painting.

Soon, a simple arch bridge pattern appeared. Although it was just a simple sketch, it looked lifelike. The most important thing was that it was drawn very quickly.

Chen Nanxing's eyes sparkled, and his gaze shifted from the painting on the drawing board to Zhou Chen.

Just one look at him, and he was immediately surprised. This painter turned out to be a neat, handsome and charming man.

If she had met such a handsome man who could paint in the past, she might have approached him and chatted with him.

But when she thought of her current situation, her originally bright eyes dimmed instantly.

Xu Hongdou, whose attention was mostly on Chen Nanxing, noticed her friend's mood changes and gently pushed her.

Chen Nanxing then revealed a brilliant smile. Even though his face was pale and bloodless, the smile was still very familiar to Xu Hongdou.

"Handsome guy, can you paint a portrait here? I can pay you."

Zhou Chen raised his head when he heard the voice. In fact, he just knew that someone was standing behind him, but he was immersed in painting and didn't care.

Now that he heard the other person talking to him, he slowly turned his head.

When he saw the two people behind him, especially Xu Hongdou, his expression became obviously stunned.

Having experienced so many film and television worlds and lived for so many years, in this ordinary modern society, there are very few things that shock him.

But at this moment, his heart was really shocked, because the woman in front of him looked so much like Zhao Paner.

At the same time, a prompt appeared in the system, awakening Zhou Chen from his trance. He instantly understood why the system reacted. It seemed that the two women in front of him must be the main characters in the film and television world he traveled to this time.

"Handsome guy, I want to ask you a question."

After adjusting his mindset, Zhou Chen came to his senses and looked at Chen Nanxing who was speaking.

"You can draw, but forget about the money. Who among you wants to draw?"

Chen Nanxing immediately smiled: "Can we two go together?"

"of course."

Zhou Chen nodded, then pointed to a pavilion in the park: "Let's go to the pavilion, is that okay?"

"No problem, no problem." Chen Nanxing nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that she agreed, Zhou Chen stood up and put away the easel and bench. Chen Nanxing said very perceptively: "I'll help you get it."

As he spoke, he helped Zhou Chen pick up the stool and backpack, while Zhou Chen took the easel, and they walked towards the pavilion together.

Chen Nanxing, who was walking behind, nudged Xu Hongdou and said, "Hongdou, did you see that handsome guy staring at you just now? He must be mesmerized by your stunning beauty. Do you want to leave your contact information later? Maybe we can have a sweet love relationship."

Xu Hongdou said unhappily, "I am not a beauty, I am just an ordinary working woman of advanced age, stop talking nonsense."

How could she be in the mood to fall in love right now? Her biggest concern right now is Chen Nanxing, who is in the advanced stage of pancreatic cancer and may die at any time. She just wants to spend more time with Chen Nanxing.

"Tsk, you're so boring."

Chen Nanxing looked unhappy. She knew that her friend was concerned about her, but she wanted her friend to be happier.

"He's going to paint our portrait later. Remember to smile. I don't want to see you looking sad."

"I know." Xu Hongdou replied.

When they arrived at the pavilion, Zhou Chen asked them to sit in a place with good lighting. Then he sat not far away opposite and looked at the two women carefully.

"Handsome, please tell me, how long will it take? Can we move?"

"You have less than ten minutes. You can move. Just point your face towards me."

A simple sketch that doesn’t require any coloring is really a very simple thing for Zhou Chen.

He hadn't originally thought of painting portraits, but these two women were so special.

Looking at Chen Nanxing and Xu Hongdou carefully, perhaps it was because Zhou Chen's gaze was too direct. Looking at Zhou Chen's angular and handsome face, both women felt a little uncomfortable.

Especially Xu Hongdou, she always felt that the way the painter looked at her was very strange. There was an indescribable feeling, as if they were friends who had known each other for a long time and had a very close relationship, and it was like they were meeting again after a long separation.