Chapter 386

Xi'an Mansion, a street whose name I don't know.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the street was already full of traffic, and the shops on both sides of the road naturally opened for business very early.

Bai Yujing was wearing a long jade-white linen dress. She turned out of the alley on her bicycle and passed by different shops along the way. People kept saying hello to her, and she responded with a faint smile.

"Yo, Xiaobai is here?"

"Sister Jing, can you make money by opening a shop like this?"

"Haha, Yujing doesn't want to make money by opening a store, does she?"

"Yujing is a standard nine-to-five, much more comfortable than us!"

Bai Yujing smiled and responded, but the bicycle didn't stop, she rode leisurely all the way, and finally stopped at the door of a shop. Then she parked the car, took out the key, unlocked it, and rattled the shutter door.

The signboard of this store is just two words: flower shop.

The glass doors of other people's shops are pasted with various large characters, which can be regarded as a kind of publicity to passers-by, but the glass door of Bai Yujing's flower shop is blank.

Pull aside the bead curtain, push open the door, and the fragrance is tangy.

The shop is not big, only 30 to 40 square meters, and the types of flowers are limited, 10 to 20 kinds, but the shop is either hung or potted, and she takes care of it very quietly. Walking in in the hot summer will definitely make people feel There is a sense of refreshment.

The rolling shutter door is closed, the door is opened, and only a bead curtain hangs down, which is considered to be open for business.

Bai Yujing pushed the bicycle into the store, hid it behind the flower stand, and then cleaned it up on a daily basis. It was already half past nine, and after a while, a customer really came to the door.

This is a small commercial street. It is not considered prosperous, but there is a large commercial office building not far away, and after leaving the office building, walk along this street, and there is a restaurant a few hundred meters away. Street, this street, is right on this road, so no matter what you do, it is not easy to make a fortune, but you can always make some money.

There are four flower shops in this street. Other people's houses open before eight o'clock in the morning, and open until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Bai Yujing doesn't, she opens the door at nine twenty. I want to take a nap at home, open the door on time at 2:00 pm, and open until 5:30 pm.

Of course her business was not much better.

But although it is not better than others, her shop has been open all the time in the past few years, and there are really many repeat customers who are willing to come to buy flowers.

There was only one reason, she was pretty enough.

At 9:40, a young man in his early twenties drove a motorcycle tricycle, stopped at the entrance of the flower shop, and shouted: "Sister Bai, your flower."

When Bai Yujing opened the bead curtain and went out, the young man had already moved a bamboo basket out of the plastic boxes full of cars. When he saw Bai Yujing, he grinned, his teeth were snow-white, and he still had the strong Xi'an accent when he spoke. , "Sister, it's too heavy, I'll put it in the store for you!" While talking, he took a few steps to move the bamboo basket into the store.

Bai Yujing thanked her with a smile, and then entered the door.

The young man said, "Sister, you count, is it right?"

Bai Yujing smiled and said, "Don't count, I know you won't lie to me." While speaking, he went back to the counter, took out one hundred and fifty yuan, walked out and handed it to him, "One hundred and fifty, right? "

The young man put away the money without looking at it, and said, "What's wrong!"

After collecting the money and about to leave, the young man couldn't help but look back at Bai Yujing, a little shy, but brave enough to say: "Sister, you look really nice today!"

Bai Yujing smiled when he heard the words, and pretended to be angry, "Yo, that's fine, I dare to joke with my sister!"

The young man saw her in a state of fascination, and he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, his face was flushed, and then he smiled embarrassedly, and pointed to the bamboo basket as if to relieve his embarrassment, "Sister , Er, I personally choose the flowers for you, and I guarantee that they are the brightest and best-looking ones, and you must sell them better than them!"

Bai Yujing smiled, "Okay, thank you, come over to get the basket at night, sister treats you to ice cream!"

The young man agreed, and then reluctantly pushed aside the bead curtain, started the car, and drove away.

Next, she opened the top cover of the bamboo basket, took out the flowers inside one by one, put them away, and then wiped her hands. There were no customers in the store for a while, so Bai Yujing went to turn on the stereo, put on a CD, and turned the volume down slightly, then took out the book that he hadn't finished reading yesterday from under the counter, and leaned back on the recliner in the center of the store, Look at the book.

Only today, she felt a little abnormal.

The sharp intuition in her body that far surpassed ordinary people made her feel that something was wrong.

Between reading, she couldn't help but put down the book several times and looked out the door.

There was a lot of traffic and people outside the door, it was a bit noisy, some people stopped, some people asked the price, some people walked and talked and laughed with their shoulders crossed, everything seemed normal, but when she sat down again and picked up the book, she could really feel It seemed that someone was watching him.

After ten o'clock, a customer finally came to the door.

This should be a new customer, because no accident, the moment he saw the owner, the young man was obviously taken aback, and he was stunned for half a minute before he came back to his senses under the owner's greeting.

"You are... Bai... Bai..."

Bai Yujing smiled and asked, "What flowers do you need, sir?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I want a bouquet of lilies."

Bai Yujing naturally showed an expression of "understanding", which made the young man startled again, but at this time, Bai Yujing had already got up to fetch flowers for him.

Pick the freshest lilies with dewdrops, assemble them into a bouquet, wrap them in colored paper and purple ribbons... She did this set of procedures in a leisurely and calm manner, and the young man just stood there blankly. In situ, it was dazzled to see.

After about a minute or two, the bouquet was wrapped, she turned around, her eyes brightened, "Sir, is this okay?"

The man froze for a moment, and quickly took it, "Oh, yes! Yes!"

Bai Yujing smiled and nodded, "Do you need anything else?"

The man shook his head.

So Bai Yujing said: "Very well, this bouquet of lilies will cost you thirty-six yuan."

The young man hurriedly took out and paid the money, Bai Yujing took the money and went to find the money, and then said indifferently: "Thank you for coming, welcome to come again next time." After she finished speaking, she ignored the customer and walked back on her own , sat down on the recliner, and picked up the book.

The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to find an excuse to say something, but in the end he walked away with a little embarrassment.

In the past few years, Bai Yujing has experienced scenes like this too many times. It can even be said that as long as she opens a shop to do business, such things will happen countless times almost every day.

One morning, five or six bunches of flowers were sold piecemeal.

From the beginning to the end, she treats every customer who enters the store with the same smile on her face, but she never accepts any chatter. For her, selling flowers seems to be just doing it incidentally. Homework is more like listening to music and reading a book.

It was approaching half past eleven, when the light at the door dimmed, the bead curtain fluttered, and someone came in again.

Bai Yujing put down the book calmly and stood up, "Hi sir, what flowers do you need?"

The person who came was a young guy, he looked to be more than 1.8 meters tall, a head taller than Bai Yujing, which brought her a great sense of oppression, but his smile was very gentle. At this moment, he stretched out his hand, from He took out a stack of documents from his backpack, and at the same time took out a business card, attached it to the document, handed it over, and said, "Hello, Miss Bai, my name is Li Qian, and I came here from Shuntian Mansion on purpose. chat with you?"

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The casting of "Legend of the New White Snake" encountered a problem.

For this TV series, if the two roles of Xu Xian and Xiaoqing can still be dealt with, and the selection requirements for actors are not so strict, then the first heroine, Bai Suzhen, the White Lady, absolutely cannot tolerate the slightest deal of.

In the depths of Li Qian's memory, as far as he watched movies and TV shows in other time and space in the past years, if judged from the perspective of an audience, the entire domestic movies and TV shows have experienced nearly forty years of development, and there are countless movies and TV shows. Now, there are two characters who can really leave an eternal impression on him and are indeed the most classic characters in the Chinese film and television industry. First of all, there are two: one is CCTV's Monkey King Monkey King, and the other must be White Snake.

It may be a bit exaggerated to say, is the classic Cao Cao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" classic? Mr. Bao Guoan, how awesome is the character creation? Is Zhuge Liang classic or not? Prime Minister! The professor of the excavator department is there! In Li Qian's opinion, he is even more brilliant than the Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in this time and space! Then, is Lin Daiyu classic or not? The king of the daughter country?

Otherwise, is Weng Meiling's version of Huang Rong a classic? Little Dragon Girl? Nie Xiaoqian? The coquettish proprietress in the murderous black shop deep in the desert? Or, the person who shouted, "A lifetime is a lifetime, and a year, a day, an hour, and a minute are not called a lifetime"?

Of course they are all classics!

In terms of classic level, they are all hall-level figures and hall-level presentations.

However, if we talk about the influence on all levels and age groups of the entire Chinese society, and the transparency, popularity, and popularity of the image, there is no doubt that in front of the Monkey King and the White Lady, all The characters must all bow down!

Frankly speaking, it is not surprising that a "Legend of the White Snake" was filmed in 1991 and premiered in 1992. It was introduced into China the following year and won the ratings champion in various places at that time, but this drama continued until 2004 , in the rebroadcast of the central one and the eighth program, they still won the ratings championship of the channel that year, and they replayed it again in 2006, and still won the championship... This is simply a miracle among miracles!

This achievement, this enduring charm, is the only one in the country for 40 years!

And the soul of this TV series is Bai Suzhen and White Snake.

It can be said that as long as the actor is selected well and performed well, then the film will be ready. Even if the other characters are weak, the film will still be of high quality. With that kind of charm... this drama is blind!

However, it is not easy to choose an actor for the role of Bai Suzhen.

Because the image of the white lady deeply rooted in Li Qian's mind is too classic.

First of all, she must be beautiful, and she must be very beautiful, then she must have a quiet, gentle and elegant temperament, and then, if she can still have a little fairy spirit and a little heroic spirit... then it will be perfect !

To put it simply, what this role requires is to be a virtuous person and a wife, plus a certain amount of wisdom, heroism, and a hint of immortality!

She is able to enter the kitchen, go to the hall, work as a mistress, beat a hooligan... She is the best and most beautiful example of the image of a wife in the minds of all Chinese people!

Although such an actor is difficult to find, it is not impossible to find such an actor.

Feng Yumin, Yu Bojun, Zhao He, Cao Zhan, and Jin Han each recommended candidates. Li Qian first wrote off all those who were younger than 30 years old... Before the film was made, even though Li Qian had given But in the minds of the other main creators, the white lady, the thousand-year-old snake demon, of course has a good face, young and beautiful, but no, Li Qian knew very well in his heart that what he was looking for was definitely not a beautiful actress , and at the same time, it must not be a Da Tsing Yi who has excellent acting skills but is not beautiful enough.

Acting skills and beauty are both important, but neither is the most important!

That elegance, the charisma and demeanor of a good wife and loving mother are the most important!

As for actresses, they usually have to be at least 30 years old to show that gentle and virtuous temperament.

No matter how beautiful Huadans are in their twenties, Li Qian will not use them.

Again, the fundamental reason for the ultimate success of this drama lies in the unique temperament of the white lady! And this kind of temperament, young girls who have not experienced the precipitation of life, cannot show it!

Then, if the temperament does not match, it will be deleted with one stroke.

Some actresses are beautiful because they are beautiful, but when they look at their facial features, they feel too three-dimensional and too hard, which obviously does not meet the requirements.

Well, even with such strict candidate criteria, there are still three left on the shortlist.

And none of them are ordinary people.

Appearance, figure, acting skills, temperament, and age are all basically up to standard.

However, when I really started contacting, I realized that none of them could be taken down.

The first one was to refuse directly. He didn't even read the script. As soon as he mentioned it, the other party's agent asked if it was a movie or a TV series. Li Qian said it was a TV series, and the other party replied directly: No TV series.

The second one has always been a mess in the TV drama circle, and his compulsion is not that high for the time being, but he has no schedule.

It wouldn't be impossible if the filming was postponed for a while to wait for her, but the problem was that she was very popular, and the film appointment had already been scheduled until the middle of next year. Moreover, according to Zou Wenhuai, an inquirer from the entertainment industry, said: Her salary is now the most expensive!

So, I had to give up.

Then, the third candidate once gave Li Qian some hope, because before Li Qian approached her, she had already rested for more than two years because of having a baby, and it is said that she is now preparing to choose an opportunity to come back.

After receiving the invitation from the crew, the other party really expressed a lot of interest at the beginning. After reading the script, she was even more enthusiastic, and it was even said that she was eager to talk to the director about her views on the role. But before she asked to see the director, her agent told her that the director of this movie was the singer Li Qian.

Then, leave it at that.

Of course, people have their own considerations. For the current entertainment industry before 2000, female stars, especially actresses, once they get married and have children, they themselves will not be able to raise their prices. Therefore, a comeback work is for them. , is extremely important.

If the comeback work can have a certain brilliant performance and reawaken the audience's love for them, then there is still something to play in the future, if not, it will be a serious injury, and even have to rest for a period of time before they can continue to come out to take on the show, and what's more What's more, basically you won't be able to play young heroines in the future, you have to start transitioning to play "mother-level" roles early, and for actresses, it will mean that the golden period is over early.

As for "Legend of the New White Snake", the script is of course very good, but the new director is still a singer who came to play after making a fortune. Although he is studying film, please, he is still in college. Where can the standard go?

Although there are Feng Yumin and Yu Bojun on the list of producers, and even the assistant director is Zhao He, but it is said that they are only here to protect him, and they will not interfere with the actual shooting at all!

So, before Li Qian could meet with the other party and hand over his big weapon - the storyboard script, the other party's manager flatly refused: I'm not feeling well recently, although I'm very interested, but, I'm sorry!

Li Qian called Feng Yumin and asked Feng Yumin to contact him, hoping to get a chance to talk, but that time, the other party only needed to come up with a statement, and Feng Yumin couldn't even open his mouth: It is said that Li Qian is a playboy type of character, I don't want my husband to misunderstand anything because of a play!

So... the candidate list for the role of Bai Suzhen became blank again.

When he was about to scratch his head, Li Qian also thought about it, or let He Runqing come? In fact, her image is quite in line with the requirements of the white lady, but after thinking about it, I still give up. For a cameo role as Guanyin Bodhisattva with limited roles, He Runqing is probably competent, but if you want to play a big role like White Snake, which requires a lot of roles and requires acting skills... forget it!

Then, he also wanted to process the plain bottle.

But he just thought about it, and then shook his head.

Cheng Suping's demeanor is very unique, majestic, calm, but slightly cold, the majesty is majestic, but the first impression is definitely not the kind of character who is a good wife and mother.

Moreover, she is too young.

As a result, Li Qian's casting work had to be temporarily suspended.

Until he took the time to go to Hangzhou to see the location and choose the scene, one day, Zhu Mingyu called suddenly, and then drove from Suzhou to Hangzhou by car, and handed Li Qian a newspaper.

And it's an entertainment gossip newspaper.

At that time, she seemed to have a lot to say and a lot of ideas to say, and she even felt that she couldn't speak clearly on the phone, so she insisted on meeting in person, and asked Li Qian to speak in person after reading the newspaper.

However, after Li Qian took a look at the newspaper, she didn't need to say anything.

On the fifth page of the newspaper, two photos were published in an unobtrusive place.

One is a woman appearing in a flower shop, wrapping flowers seriously, and the other is a girl riding a half-new bicycle with fluttering long hair.

The moment he saw these two pictures, with a quick swipe, the white lady in Li Qian's mind was frozen.

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The photo was fairly clear, but Li Qian didn't know the person in the photo.

Only after reading the report did he know that this person was called Bai Yujing.

"The former China's most beautiful woman, Bai Yujing, appeared in Xi'an. It seemed that she was running a flower shop. The reporter asked for an interview, but she refused. According to the reporter's observation, the business of the flower shop she was running was very low. Going home with an old bicycle, remembering the past with its infinite scenery, seeing today’s dim starlight, it’s embarrassing.”

Li Qian looked at the raised eyebrows, roughly flipped through the entertainment newspaper, and understood: Huang Yuqing recently held a small fan meeting in a hotel in Xi'an Prefecture. These two photos are probably from interviews in the past A bonus for journalists?

Bai Yujing.

It happened that the location had already been seen and selected. Li Qian asked someone to book a plane ticket to fly directly to Xi'an. At the same time, he started calling to find a relationship. He quickly contacted the newspaper and found the person who took the photo.

Although the address is not exact, because the reporter can't remember it clearly, but there is still a rough range.

So, after Li Qian flew to Xi'an Mansion alone, he quickly found that street and that flower shop.

Her name is Bai Yujing.

Li Qian had never heard of her name before, but after reading that newspaper, he remembered it the first time.

Then, before going to Xi'an Mansion, and after arriving in Xi'an Mansion, he called a few people to find out a little bit, and based on what they said, he probably had a good idea of ​​her ins and outs in the film and television industry.

She is a native of Xi'an Prefecture. She was discovered at the age of fifteen and starred in her first TV series. At that time, in 1983, at the age of fifteen, she relied on a character in that TV series that was originally not The not-too-excellent role became an instant hit. At the time, she was quickly dubbed the "Jade Girl" by the media and audience.

It is said that although she was still immature at that time, her pure and glamorous appearance conquered the whole of China almost overnight. After her, she was recognized as the only "Jade Girl" in the whole country at that time, so she has the reputation of China's No. 1 Jade Girl.

Her beauty has amazed the whole country, and her acting career has been smooth sailing!

In terms of acting skills, maybe her level is not too high, but her beauty is enough to ensure that she can become the most beautiful and beautiful super big vase in China at that time.

What's more, it's not true that they have no acting skills at all.

Because it is said that she is a very clever little girl!

However, she is just too beautiful and too red.

In 1988, in Nanchang Prefecture, when she used to participate in commercial performances, she was blocked in a hotel by a local powerful person. The other party asked her to "be friends" with her. Just grab someone.

It is said that she, her assistant, and another entourage pressed against the door of the house, while the broker who was left outside was beaten to the point of bleeding. They even called the police, and the local police passed I didn't arrive for an hour, and then, even the telephone line in the room was cut off, and at that time, there were no mobile phones.

Fortunately, she had a staff member accompanying them who did not go upstairs with them. After realizing something was wrong, she wisely chose to run out and call Shuntian Mansion.

Then, with the degree to which she was so popular at the time, the news was quickly uploaded to the ears of the relevant people. When the other party called, no matter how awesome the local powerful people were, they could only bow their heads and dodge others.

But then, her agent, agency, and even her friends, the directors she worked with, all advised her not to expose this matter, anyway, it's fine and there is no loss, just let it go.

But she refused. After returning to Shuntian Mansion the next day, she only rested for one day. At the age of twenty, she held a sensational press conference to denounce the matter, which aroused great social repercussions at the time.

Under the strong pressure of public opinion, it is said that the relevant departments of the central government took action directly, picked up the radish and carried the mud, and followed this matter to investigate, that something happened to the powerful person, and the local bureaucrats in Nanchang Prefecture, even more A large area was rotted, and the case of Nanchang nest once again shocked the whole country.

From then on, with the words Bai Yujing, no matter how powerful he felt, he would not dare to provoke him easily.

However, since then, it is said that she has been under more and more psychological pressure, and gradually became tired of her acting career. Finally, in 1991, at the age of 23, she announced her retirement from acting and officially quit the showbiz.

In the eight years since her debut, she has filmed a total of six TV series, including two heroines, three movies, and all supporting roles. At that time, she was almost the dream lover of most men and boys in China. Jade girl, it is better to say that she was the first generation of idol actors born in China at that time.

Considering her age, her appearance, and her talent, it may not be easy for her to win honors such as actress and actress in the future, but to be a good actor and a popular superstar is destined to be smooth sailing of.

However, at only twenty-three years old, she retired bravely.

And since then, she has really disappeared completely, and her whereabouts remain a mystery.

Some people said that they met her in Singapore, others said that she had already settled in Hainan, bought a piece of land in a place near the sea in Sanya County, and built a bamboo house, some said that she had immigrated to Canada, and some said that she I am studying at a university in the United States... In short, there are different opinions and no consensus.

The only more accurate news is that she is said to have been in touch with some of her friends in the showbiz after her retirement. In 1994, a reporter received an insider report and photographed her and several people in front of a hotel. In the picture of people in the showbiz walking out together, in that photo, she still looks beautiful. And walking beside her are all directors and actors who have worked with her in the past and are said to have a good relationship.

However, in seven years, this was the only reliable news she had.

Until this time, a reporter discovered Huang Yuqing by accident because she went to attend Huang Yuqing's fan meeting in Xi'an Mansion.

Of course, seven years have passed, and the outside world has long since changed.

Even though she was already popular to that extent back then, after seven years, when her photo appeared on a gossip tabloid again, perhaps those people who saw her as the lover of their dreams would still feel nostalgic after seeing her. years, but the entire domestic entertainment industry has almost forgotten about her.

The appearance of this report and those two photos hardly aroused any response in the domestic entertainment industry, and there were no newspapers that even reprinted it or briefly mentioned it.

Perhaps, there is only one Li Qian, who flew over thousands of miles away.

And after finding the place and the person, he stood on the street and sized up the person for a whole morning!

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