Global Movie Emperor

"When do you plan to go to my house? Before or after the new year?"

"Is it okay to be twenty-nine?"

"Okay, then when do you plan to take me to your home? After the New Year? Or in the next few days?"

A glass of water was gently placed on the table. The smoke was exhaled from his mouth, slowly sinking and flowing slowly on the table. Lu Ze pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and twisted it twice. Lu Ze thought for a while and decided on the day.

Of course he understood what Gao Peiling was anxious about. She just wanted to settle the marriage quickly and hoped that after Lu Ze got married, he would live with her honestly in Lu Hua and live an ordinary life without worries about food and clothing.

Lu Ze is still very serious about his love life. It cannot be denied that Gao Peiling is indeed the best candidate for his marriage now, regardless of the comprehensive consideration of various factors such as family, personal ability, and the relationship between the two parties. Moreover, The two of them have indeed reached the stage of discussing marriage. Since they want it, he must give them an explanation.

"How about the third grade of junior high school?"

"Okay, give me some time to think about what gifts to bring to my uncle and aunt. It's already twelve fifteen. Isn't Nan Nan's bus at twelve forty? Lame, follow mom."

She slapped the car keys on the table a little coldly, picked up the lame man and walked out of the wine house first. The lame man, who was not close to Gao Peiling, was now fluttering in her arms. Finally, he found a position and lay on her shoulders. Look at Lu Ze.

Since when did the relationship between the two start to become a little cold? It should have started when the videotape from England was sent to Lu Hua. At that time, the two were sitting on the sofa, and she was lying in Lu Ze's arms, but she was watching Lu Ze kissing a beautiful blonde on TV. Kissing me, that scene... is very embarrassing just thinking about it.

In the past few months, Gao Peiling has not given Lu Ze a good look, but this is not her fault. Just think about it, it is inevitable for anyone to have a grudge. In the end, no matter what the reason is, No matter what reason he gave, at least in terms of feelings, Lu Ze was indeed sorry for him.

An ordinary girl would probably fall out on the spot if she saw her boyfriend kissing someone else. But Gao Peilin is a mature and thoughtful woman after all, and she can understand what Lu Ze did. After all, it was necessary for work.

She doesn't mind her boyfriend's physical "cheating" due to work, but she does mind Lu Ze's job. Only by asking him to give up this job can we prevent such things from happening again. As for whether he will cheat in real life , based on what she has learned about Lu Ze’s character in the two years of dating, she believes that Lu Ze would not do such a thing.

He picked up the water glass with a bitter expression and took a sip. The clear warm water swayed in the wall of the glass. He looked out the door and saw that she was already waiting by the car. He glanced at the time on the watch, put on his black coat, and took a sip. He picked up the key and walked out of the room, only the hanging wind chime swayed gently.

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Speaking of which, Lu Nan, who graduated from graduate school, also officially started working this summer. From now on, he is no longer a student. Lu Ze feels somewhat melancholy when he thinks that Lu Nan has now become a white-collar worker.

Watching your children grow up step by step and finally leave the ivory tower, you can't help but sigh that you will no longer be able to relate to your children at such a young age, and worry about the hardships your children will encounter in the future. This feeling should be shared by all parents, or people of all ages. Brothers with big differences will have this, and Lu Ze is no exception.

At first, Lu Ze wanted to help Lu Nan find a job in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou that would pay well and would have a master who would help her grow rapidly. With his relationship, as long as Lu Nan worked hard, she would soon be able to become her own boss. However, this proposal was rejected by Lu Nan. No matter how Lu Ze tried to persuade him, he refused on the excuse that he did not want to be too far away from home and would be homesick. In the end, he submitted his resume and found a job in a law firm in Fengtian. Got a job.

Although the overall economic situation in the three northeastern provinces is not good, her salary is naturally not as high as the price offered by Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. However, because her academic qualifications are quite impressive and her boss values ​​her very much, she can still learn a lot.

Lu Ze also asked his friends to contact the boss of the law firm. The circle of lawyers in China is really not big and everyone knows each other. The second day after Lu Nan joined the company, the boss called Lu Ze back and promised that he would Take extra care of Lu Nan. Of course, all of this was done without Lu Nan's knowledge.

Because the care was relatively hidden, Lu Nan was only asked to be taken over by the best lawyer in the firm so that she could learn things as quickly as possible. The boss was not a nanny and would naturally not care about other matters, so Lu Nan arrived when she arrived. I don’t know now that it was her brother who said hello to her boss, and her colleagues also think that this is because the boss pays attention to this trainee with the highest academic qualifications in recent years, so there is no rumor.

In this way, Lu Nan would enrich herself at an extremely fast speed every day. A month ago, she also called Lu Ze and told him that she had won the first case she took over in her life, even though it was just a small case. A civil lawsuit was filed, but it was worth her fun for several days. Until today, the little bird who had been wandering outside for a year was finally going home.

If his relationship with Gao Peiling hadn't cooled down a bit recently, Lu Ze must have been happy today. At Gao Peiling's request, he played a soothing song. While waiting for the red light, a message suddenly came to his phone. Lu Ze glanced at it, He was a little happy at first, but suddenly he couldn't be happy anymore.

There was something he had never told Gao Peiling, not because he was hiding it from her, but because the two of them had rarely talked on the phone in the past few months. At the same time, he knew in his heart that after telling her about this matter, the two of them would still quarrel. , maybe people are like this, wanting to delay the bad things until later, but after receiving Mickey's urging text message, Lu Ze knew that he should confess this matter to Gao Peiling.

It’s not a good idea to talk about this now, but thinking about it after picking up Xiaonan and telling her, if she changes her face, Lu Nan will be a little embarrassed, and arguing on the phone is the most unwise choice, so Lu Ze decided to Now make things clear to her.

"Um... Mickey asked me to go to Germany."

"Why go?"

""The Effect" participated in the selection of the Berlin Film Festival and is expected to win an award this year."

Gao Peiling was squeezing the cripple's little paw and was having a good time. However, after hearing what Lu Ze said, her face instantly turned gloomy. Lu Ze looked in the rearview mirror and saw that her expression was so unkind, and he couldn't help but 's sigh.

"Why does he say you should go if he asks you to go? If you don't go, if you go to Germany, you won't be able to survive this year? I don't agree with you going."

"The New Year can be celebrated. I'll leave on the eleventh day of the first lunar month and be back in two weeks..."

"I said I don't agree with you going!"

Lu Ze didn't expect her reaction to be so violent. He glanced at the rearview mirror, turned and stopped on the side of the road. It was about five minutes' drive from the train station, and Lu Nan's high-speed train would arrive at the station in fifteen minutes. In other words, they still have ten minutes to talk about this matter.

"Lu Ze, have you ever thought about what we will do if you really win the award? Will we still have time to get along? If you really are not at home all year round, how will you live in the future! I shouldn't Putting family and career together for you to choose is not what a good girlfriend should do, but do you know how much I fucking hate your job!"

"I'm not that generous! I'm not that tolerant! I just want to have a stable home and a husband who cares about my family. Do you know how anxious I felt when I watched your movie? I know you like filming, This is your career, but look at what we have now and think about it, is your career really a necessity in life?"

Lu Ze was silent, without any excuse, and he didn't know how to defend himself. Do you mean that there is something in my mind, and if I don't make a movie, I have to make up for it until I go crazy? Will she believe it? Believe it or not!

He could only look out the window and listen to Gao Peiling's angrily, until several teenagers passed by them laughing and riding bicycles. Lu Ze suddenly felt envious of these children, envied their age, envied that people could tolerate them and said in the words of a middle school student Give them what they want, instead of being like him now. In middle age, even the word dream has become too shy to speak.

This is a very real problem. As we get older and older, society's constraints on people become tighter and tighter. If we think about it carefully, it seems... The last right of choice given to us by this era is in you. When you choose a major after the college entrance examination, you have to choose the path you will take in the future and what kind of person you will become. Even your job is chosen by your boss, not by you choosing a job you like.

So this is the importance of learning. It is not about how much money you will make in the future or how much power you will have, but to grasp your last right to choose in this life. Otherwise, dropping out of school prematurely will mean that you give up your right to choose and your future life. We can only think about how to fill our stomachs, how to support our families, and struggle to survive on the line of food and clothing, at least in this era.

The most terrifying thing about this society is not the pressure of life, but the ability to control people, subtly influence them, and imprison their thoughts. The age at which you should do it and what kind of things you should do are all determined by the times.

We can only go along with it, otherwise we will become despised and become an alien in people's mouth. But no one wants to be such an alien, not even Lu Ze, so it is difficult for him to clear his face and say, I I want to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, I want to pursue my dream, I just want to make movies!

I don’t know since when, dreams have become synonymous with the second grade. Even when children talk about it, they will be laughed at. Such a world seems to be... carefully designed by others.

To use the words of the guy who writes online novels, the black-hearted match guy: "Adult life is like a pile of shit. We can't decide whether to eat or not to eat. All we can decide is to eat more and less."

The conflict between the two is clear to everyone, who is right and who is wrong? In fact, everyone is right and everyone is wrong. Both of them are selfish, but they both have their own difficulties, so it is impossible to explain.

Lu Ze actually doesn't have much ambition. Without the system, he would probably give up his dream and choose to live a small life with Gao Peiling. He even returned to Shijiazhuang with Yang Dan nine years ago. This may be the system. Design flaws, it will only help you continue to become stronger. As for the negative effects of becoming stronger...what does this have to do with my system?

So now Lu Ze doesn't know whether to thank the system for changing the trajectory of his life, or whether to hold grudges against the system for bringing him so many hardships. He can only remain silent and move on, because from the beginning to the end, he They are fighting against the whole family.

"Yes, I know I'm selfish. I'm restraining you. I'm the daughter of a small boss in a small city and I'm really not worthy of a world-famous star like you. But at least when you're down and out, I'm willing to be with you. I I want to marry you, even if all your property is worth less than one of my cars."

"From the beginning to the end, what I value is you as a person. It has nothing to do with how famous you are. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind you making movies. If you...if you want to go, just go. I won't stop you. It's just that I will reconsider our relationship. Whether we are suitable or not... It still takes some time to think about it, Nan Nan... I won't pick it up and tell her I'm sorry. It's my fault. I'll just talk to my company. If something happens, don't tell her that we had a quarrel. The same goes for uncles and aunts. I shouldn't be able to go to your house this year. Tell them the same, don't let them get angry. You drive the car first, and I leave first. Cripple, say goodbye to mom..."

She carefully placed the lame man on the car seat and was about to open the door and get out of the car, but Lu Ze grabbed her arm. She looked at Lu Ze and the two stared at each other.

"I'll take a taxi. It's too cold. Peiling, please... pay attention to your safety."

The originally hopeful eyes dimmed after all. She did not refuse Lu Ze's proposal, but her arm slipped down and dangled in the air, like a dying person who had completely given up his breath...

She got into the driver's seat, stretched her arm out of the window, and touched Lu Ze's face. It was not smooth, but the stubble on her chin was a bit prickly. Finally, she closed the car window and the car film blocked Lu Ze's sight outside. , and she, with her head leaning against the car door, watched Lu Ze hugging the lame man, reaching out to stop a taxi and leaving...

Her nose was a little sore. She pulled down the sun visor, pulled out a few tissues, faced the mirror of the sun visor, and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She didn't want the tears to become muddy. She had carefully drawn the eyeliner to see her sister-in-law, and exhaled tremblingly. After a breath, finally... I couldn't hold it back anymore and leaned on the steering wheel.

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"elder brother!"

Because of Lu Ze's previous incident, Lu Nan sold all her luxury goods second-hand. Now she is wearing an ordinary windbreaker and carrying more than 200 CK. The suitcase is quite expensive, mainly because it is second-hand. Unable to sell.

After so many years, Lu Nan no longer had the same enthusiasm at that time. She no longer jumped into Lu Ze's arms like a rabbit and enjoyed his brother's hug. She just smiled and waved to Lu Ze in the distance, and then Slowly walked towards Lu Ze and took Lu Ze's arm.

The girl from the old Lu family, without the luxury goods, her temperament was not bad at all. She looked like a wealthy family, but she looked around twice, picked up the lame man, and quietly looked at Lu Ze's face, carefully asked.

"Brother... didn't Sister Ling agree to pick me up today?"

"She had something to do at work and couldn't leave. Let me say sorry on your behalf."

"What's wrong with this? Just give me her phone number and I'll give her a call."

"Let's go back first."

Without refusing, the two got into a taxi and prepared to return to Lu Ze's store. Lu Ze also followed his usual practice and asked her how her working life had been in the past six months and whether she had any discomfort.

Speaking of work, she was really unhappy, but it had nothing to do with the office. Her boss took great care of her, and her master worked tirelessly to guide her. She was not a picky person, so it was not too late to thank her.

But in this business, you will inevitably have to defend those who you despise. You can't always take the plaintiff's case, and how bad some defendants are can really refresh people's perspective. Yes, anyone can take up the law. Weapons defend oneself, but lawyers are not weapons. They are also human beings and naturally have their own likes and dislikes.

In the past six months of working, she has actually defended more cases for the defendants than for the plaintiffs. This made Lu Nan once doubt whether what she did was right or wrong, and she felt a lot of guilt. What made her most angry was that, The plaintiff's child suffered from acute meningitis. After being admitted to the ICU, he was waiting for the defendant to pay back the money for medical treatment. However, the old man refused to pay back the money, and his arrogant attitude made Lu Nan really intolerable. I won't serve you anymore. I will go to jail. Come on, you idiot!

But just because of this, she was complained and had a lot of wages deducted. When talking to Lu Ze this time, she still felt a little aggrieved.

Regarding Lu Nan's grievance, Lu Ze could only comfort him. He touched Lu Nan's hair and couldn't help but sigh. This girl has grown up and started to worry about work. This must be a good thing. After all, this is growth. Well, he couldn't find someone to deal with the old scoundrel who complained about Lu Nan, because she would have to face more such people in the future. He couldn't deal with them one by one. He could only rely on Lu Nan to overcome the difficulties by herself, and so on. Only after you truly adapt can you be considered a qualified elite lawyer.

He didn't know much about Lu Nan's work. After reading so many contracts over the years, he could figure out whether there were any pitfalls in the business terms in the entertainment industry. Others were completely confused, so he also She couldn't give much advice, so she could only give Lu Nan the phone number of Li Yong, who now runs a law firm in Foshan, and told her that if she encounters problems in the future, she can seek help from this old man.

After arriving home, the two of them had a casual meal. Lu Nan threw his luggage at Lu Ze's place and left. He wanted to go home to help his mother with some farm work and prepare food for the New Year. Lu Ze didn't stop him. I was told that he would close his business and go home two days before the Chinese New Year.

After Lu Nan left, the store became quiet. It was almost the Chinese New Year, and there was a lot of drinking. The business was not bad, but they were all buying wine to take away, and no one was sitting here, which made Lu Ze look a little bored. I watched some idiotic programs on TV, but I didn’t actually watch them. I was preoccupied with things and kept wandering.

It was not until 9:30 in the evening that he prepared the goods and delivered the last order to the rider, closed the online store, and was about to close the door and go to bed. Just when he was about to press the remote control of the rolling shutter door, he found an extra-long, carriage-style two-door car parked. At the door, on the front of the car, the crystal Rolls-Royce logo was reflecting the neon lights by the window, which was brilliant and eye-catching.

The driver wearing white gloves opened the rear door unhurriedly, and a middle-aged man who was not tall and somewhat bloated got out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth, threw the cigarette butt into the snowdrift, and wore brown calfskin shoes. He raised his feet and stepped on them casually, exhaled a cloud of smoke from his nose, lifted up his belt, looked around, and strode into the store.

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