Chapter 10 second quarter

The first time I met Wang Shuo was one afternoon in the summer of 1986. I have read two of his novels, "Floating from the Sea" and "Half Sea, Half Fire". The praise issued is also: What a fucking grandson! This kind of sentence used to express admiration is widely used by our generation, but it cannot be written into the textbooks and passed on to our future generations.My daughter's compliments for things she loves are: Wow, that's cool. The feeling of comparing these two sentences together is: "Fucking grandson" is like a beautiful radish sticking to the soil, rubbing it, and taking a bite is crispy and sweet; "It's more like the varnished fake dishes in the Japanese restaurant window.

Like many readers, I am very familiar with the characters in Wang Shuo's novels, their lives and the language they use.The faces and faces of the characters in his works are exactly like many classmates and friends who get along with each other day and night, including me.And these daily life, and the language used in daily life, through Wang Shuo's seemingly careless description, become so vivid and fascinating.This vision of keeping pace with the times and the angle of observing life had a profound impact on my future director career, and became a programmatic document guiding me to shoot New Year films.

I'm really sorry, but I learned the sentence pattern above from newspapers and TV, and it's not my creation, but I think it's very appropriate to use here. When I was writing this article, I turned on the TV in the break room, and almost all the channels were saying the following words in unison: advancing with the times, building a strategic plan, looking ahead, and programmatic literature. Such words surged repeatedly in my mind, ready to come out, and finally I used them for Teacher Wang Shuo. That afternoon, Wang Shuo came to me according to the address Zheng Xiaolong gave him.

At that time, I lived in Building No. 14, District 3, Sanlihe, located in Muxidi Section 1, Chang'an Avenue. The downstairs was the exit of the subway station.Because of the convenient location, friends who come from east to west often come upstairs in a flash of thought.I think Wang Shuo just happened to drop by when he had nothing to do.At that time, he was not as important as he would be in the future.When I'm not writing novels, I'm still at home. Of course, it has to be said that Zheng Xiaolong has a big face.To this day, Wang Shuo seldom shows his face in public, but as long as it is something about Xiaolong and Zhang, Master Shuo will still take the time to attend.

Wang Shuo is here. As far as appearance is concerned, it is quite different from my expectations.He has a crew cut, a baby face, rosy skin, a large area is white, a small area is red, all the facial features are full, the shoulders are very broad, he is wearing a pullover short-sleeved shirt, and he has a pleasant expression. A trace of indifference flashed in his eyes.I don't need to describe it, everyone is familiar with him.What you see him now is what he will be then.All the looks are basically healthy, but not as delicate as before. Wang Shuo and Xiaolong were laughing and joking. Xiaolong was the leader, but whenever he saw Wang Shuo, he would always smile.

To this day, I don't know what it's like for the two of them to talk seriously.What did Xiaolong and Wang Shuo say at that time? What did Wang Shuo tell me again?It's been a long time and I can't remember.I just remember that as soon as I came up, I hugged my head and covered my face and praised Wang Shuo, making Wang Shuo's face red and white, and I had no choice but to respond with a smile. I later learned that he was very shy in front of strangers. This is very similar to Faye Wong, who is also well-known. They both feel that the two of them are very arrogant and unreasonable, but in fact they are naturally stage fright.Now some actors and singers also imitate them. They don’t look at the audience when they go on stage, and they speak rudely in interviews.But the proportion is not as good as they grasp, which often leads to a violent meal by the media.

What Wang Shuo said that day is still fresh in my memory. He said: I got my ID card, my brother is now a person with ID. Before that, he had no documents on him.Every time I went out to check in at the hotel, I often tried my best to prove my legal existence.It's all right now, with an ID card as proof, I can leave early and return late at leisure. Wang Shuo said: I hope every day that the police will stop the road for interrogation, and then show their legal identity as a citizen in a nonchalant manner. The three of us had dinner that night that I cooked, and there were two dishes that I still remember.

One is two sauced pig's trotters, chopped, returned to the pot, and cooked with soy sauce, white sugar, monosodium glutamate and shredded green onion; the other is shredded chicken with pepper.The method is: the first step is to boil the whole chicken in white water, then drench it and let it cool.The second step is to manually tear the chicken into toothpick-thick chicken wire along the texture of the chicken.This process is very time-consuming, and it can be operated while chatting without making mistakes in entertaining guests.In the third step, you need about one or two raw peppercorns, crush them with a rolling pin, add salt, white sugar, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate, and mix with shredded chicken.

This dish was taught by Xiaolong's ex-wife Ding Dan. After copying it, it was praised by friends.But I know that the taste is not as pure as hers. The reason is that the peppercorns she uses are brought from Sichuan, and mine are from Beijing. Since then, Wang Shuo and I have become friends. More than ten years have passed, and Wang Shuo's daughter must have grown up now, slim and graceful.My daughter's stature has also exceeded my chin. Although she looks like me, she is not ugly.They only met each other when they were very young, and Bai Yuncanggou is unpredictable. Maybe they will be lucky enough to meet each other in the next few months.

Hope they hit it off and become friends.