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Ma Congrong hired a Chinese-Western cooperative film company from Shanghai to make a documentary film for Huo Xiangzhen.The film company went directly north to Tianjin, because Tianjin is the seat of the Governor's Office of Zhili, and in order to reflect the power and majesty of the Governor, the shots of the military parade are naturally indispensable.Ma Congrong took the initiative and allocated tens of thousands of oceans to purchase troops and renovate the venue. All the troops participating in the military parade had their old appearances changed into new ones.An Rushan acted as the commander-in-chief of the military parade enthusiastically. Not only did he specially hastily make a brand new military uniform for this purpose, but he also asked the photographer to take more photos of himself before the military parade started.

After filming the military parade, the troops returned to their respective positions. Huo Xiangzhen and others also returned to the Governor's Office and continued to film the heroic appearance of the Governor's daily affairs.The season of late summer and early autumn is unreasonably hot.Huo Xiangzhen not only wore a knee-length thin woolen military uniform, but also wore a medal ribbon.Wearing a frock hat on his head, he was so hot that he was out of his body and two souls ascended to heaven. He really suffered a foreign crime.

The photographer laid out tracks and set up machines in the courtyard of the office.After taking the scene carefully, a young man in a suit shouted, "Camera!"

Huo Xiangzhen, who was standing at the gate of the office, immediately held his head high and led a large group of heavily armed officers to the front.The young man followed them from a distance, and at the same time reminded in a low voice: "General Huo, smile, smile again... Adjutant, please don't laugh... don't laugh..."

General Huo was so hot that he was on the verge of tears, his thick eyebrows were wrinkled together, but he tried his best to smile, looking like a very wronged child.The deputy chief tried desperately not to smile, but the corners of his mouth were twitching up, and he couldn't help smiling no matter what.So they all retreated to the gate of the compound and had to walk again.

The second time, the deputy chief laughed again, beaming with delight, but was expelled from the team by General Huo and replaced by the secretary-general.The secretary-general was indeed dignified, but General Huo was really wronged. The more the photographer made him smile, the more wronged his expression became.The British director had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He didn't dare to close-up Huo Xiangzhen's face, but only took a macro shot of his figure.

After five full days of filming in Tianjin, Huo Xiangzhen and others returned to Beijing.The filming has not been completed yet, because in addition to handling official duties, the governor also has a rich and colorful private life.The shooting location was moved to the yard where he lived, and the machine was set up outside the open study window.Huo Xiangzhen was wearing a light-colored robe, looking like a literati, standing in front of the desk and splashing ink.The camera zoomed in on him and zoomed out, but he lowered his eyes as if he was facing an enemy, concentrating on writing and drawing.As if at odds with the camera, he is resolute neither smiling nor looking up.

After an unknown amount of time, someone outside the window yelled "Ka".Huo Xiangzhen stopped writing in relief, and when he looked up, he found that the machine was still parked in front of him.Leaning out with his hand on the window sill, he looked at the camera carefully and curiously, and at the same time finally smiled involuntarily.

The filming came to an end temporarily, Huo Xiangzhen didn't leave the study, and sat down at the table to rest.Ma Congrong came in with a pot of Longjing and was about to pour him a cup of tea.Unexpectedly, when the door curtain was lifted, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old modern girl entered without invitation.It is said that a modern girl can be regarded as a small movie star, but it is a pity that Beijing is not as modern as Shanghai, so when a star comes here, no one knows her.The girl was born with bright eyes and bright teeth, her head was covered with curly hair the size of an egg, and her clothes were even more liberated. It was almost just a layer of gauze over the petticoat, and her shoulders and thighs were all looming.Holding a small flat box of rouge cream in her hand, she walked up to Huo Xiangzhen generously, and said with a lively smile: "General Huo, don't move, I'll paint you some color."

While talking, she rubbed her ring finger painted with bright red Kodan in the box, and then stretched out her hand to Huo Xiangzhen.Huo Xiangzhen shook her head and hid: "What is it?"

The girl giggled and laughed: "It's rouge! Just put on a little bit, otherwise your lips will lose color."

Huo Xiangzhen knew that she was westernized to the extreme and did not avoid men, so she closed her eyes and raised her face, allowing her to gently smear her lips with her fingertips.When the girl stopped, he opened his eyes, first nodded solemnly to the girl: "Thank you." Then he said to Ma Congrong: "Take Miss Mo to the living room to rest."

With a little smile on his face, Ma Congrong took the girl away.When he came back after a while, he laughed in a low voice and said, "Master, you are really too. Miss Mo came to you on her own initiative, why did you close your eyes?"

Huo Xiangzhen drank the chilled Longjing, and asked confidently: "She is already dressed like that, can I see it?"

Ma Congrong said with a half-smile: "Master, I dress like that just for you to see."

Huo Xiangzhen put the teacup to his hand: "You, you are smart about these things!"

Ma Congrong picked up the teapot and refilled him a cup: "Actually, it's not impossible for you to make friends with her for fun. If you're tired of playing, you can send her back to Shanghai for two dollars, no trouble at all."

Huo Xiangzhen picked up the teacup and took another big sip: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense!"

Ma Congrong walked to Huo Xiangzhen's side, pressed the table with one hand, leaned on the back of the chair with the other, leaned over to look at him: "Master."

Huo Xiangzhen looked up at him: "Huh?"

Ma Congrong smiled slightly, and his voice was very soft and low: "You don't like anyone, but me alone?"

Huo Xiangzhen looked at him, speechless.

Ma Congrong stopped asking questions with a smile, and instead stretched out his hand to wipe his lips with his thumb: "Master, this little rouge, eat it all with tea."

Huo Xiangzhen took a breath: "You—"

Ma Congrong laughed one step ahead of him: "I'm just playing around with the uncle!"

Huo Xiangzhen looked straight into his eyes: "You bastard, are you itchy again?"

Ma Congrong twisted the rouge on his thumb, met his gaze and smiled without saying a word.The rouge cream between the fingers is slightly sticky, like the body of the uncle who is sweating slightly.

Three days later, the movie was shot.On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ma Congrong brought all the film and projection machines into Huo's residence.He transformed a flower hall in the garden into a projection hall, and he respectfully invited the uncle to see it first.

Huo Xiangzhen never watched movies, but he had dinner early today, he was one step ahead of Ma Congrong.When Ma Congrong entered the flower hall, he was standing in front of a half-wall-sized screen, reaching out to touch the rough screen.

Ma Congrong closed the door tightly, and directed the projectionist to close the curtains of several large windows, and the flower hall immediately became dark night.Reaching out to gently support Huo Xiangzhen's arm, he said, "Master, what's there to touch? Please sit back!"

Huo Xiangzhen followed him and replied as he walked, "I haven't touched it."

Ma Congrong stopped talking, just smiled secretly.A row of chairs is placed in the center of the flower hall, imitating the pattern of a movie theater.Ma Congrong asked him to sit down first, and then stood behind the chair himself.He is the secretary-general outside, but he is still Huo Xiangzhen's slave at home.Huo Xiangzhen was sitting while he was standing.Putting one hand on the back of Huo Xiangzhen's chair, he thought, stand still!

The film began to be screened, because the film has not been edited, so it is a bit of a no-brainer."Kaiser Wilhelm's Military Training" suddenly echoed in the flower hall, and amidst the sound of the music, An Rushan's face appeared on the screen.People who are used to seeing them suddenly appear in the movie, which makes people laugh in amazement.Huo Xiangzhen put both elbows on the armrests of the chair, and leaned forward slightly.Ma Congrong tilted his head to look at his profile, he saw his eyes wide open, staring at the silver screen without blinking.

The military parade began under the command of An Rushan, and the camera was shining on the parade platform from time to time. Huo Xiangzhen suddenly raised his hand and pointed: "Me!"

Ma Congrong put his hand on his shoulder calmly: "Isn't that the uncle?"

Huo Xiangzhen asked again: "Is Yuan Man so short?"

Ma Congrong patted him lightly: "The deputy chief was compared by you. If he is short, then I will be a fool."

Huo Xiangzhen patted the armrest of the chair: "Look how tidy my little soldiers are walking!"

Ma Congrong spoke with him one by one: "Yes, it looks good."

Huo Xiangzhen stopped talking, and looked at the silver screen with great interest.After the lengthy military parade, the scene shifted to him shooting from horseback surrounded by officers.Ma Congrong stared at the screen with one eye and him with the other.He was obviously happy to see it, and would laugh out loud from time to time.He was happy, and Ma Congrong was also happy, because he came up with the idea and hired the company.He wanted to make the uncle happy, so the uncle could really be happy, and he was happy like this.

Ten minutes passed, and the scene turned to the Superintendent's Office.Huo Xiangzhen looked at herself in a cumbersome dress on the screen, and couldn't help but said again: "It was very hot that day."

Ma Congrong bent down, smiled calmly and said, "Master, can you let me sit next to you? The film is long, and it's tiring to stand all the time."

Huo Xiangzhen nodded absently, her eyes never leaving the screen.So Ma Congrong quietly walked around a row of chairs and sat beside him quietly.His body leaned towards Huo Xiangzhen's shoulder, and Ma Congrong decided not to watch the movie, but only him.Huo Xiangzhen always seemed to have nothing to say to him, but from the beginning of the movie to the present, this old man has almost finished talking to him for a week, and every sentence is stupid.Suddenly there was another sound, Huo Xiangzhen didn't look at people, but she must have said to him: "It's our home!"

Ma Congrong smacked the word "our family" and smacked a slightly bitter smile.The uncle didn't have a good temper with him, if he said he was playing a live donkey, he would play a live donkey, but he threw the whole family property to him, so he was not afraid that he would run away in a hurry.

Huo Xiangzhen's daily life is staged on the screen.In the end, Huo Xiangzhen was standing in the study, writing and drawing.Seeing this, Huo Xiangzhen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the screening of the movie was about to end.But at the moment when he was about to lean back to rest, Huo Xiangzhen on the screen suddenly put down the brush and leaned out from the window sill.A face suddenly enlarged to fill the entire screen, and one eye almost covered the lens.Immediately, his head retracted halfway, and he smiled at the camera on the screen, his neat teeth almost reflecting the sunlight.

This scene was beyond Huo Xiangzhen's expectation.Holding the arm of the chair and turning his head, he smiled at Ma Congrong in surprise, the same smile as on the screen: "What's going on? The machine was not turned off at that time?"

Ma Congrong laughed along with him: "It should be okay."

Huo Xiangzhen raised his hand and patted his thigh, almost with a little joy: "This is too funny. Tell the people in the film company not to cut this part!"

Ma Congrong immediately replied: "Yes."

The screening was completely over, and the lights were turned on in the flower hall.Huo Xiangzhen stood up, looking at the faint shadow on the screen with unsatisfactory thoughts: "Okay, it's a bit interesting."

Ma Congrong also stood up: "The British want to take the film back to Shanghai for editing. Let's keep a copy first, and let them do the rest slowly!"

Huo Xiangzhen nodded, then turned to go out.Ma Congrong followed a step, but said again: "Master, there is one more thing."

Huo Xiangzhen looked back at him: "What's the matter?"

Ma Congrong said with a smile, "Before Miss Mo left, I asked me to send you a photo."

Huo Xiangzhen raised her head and thought for a while, then turned back to the front with a blank expression: "I don't want it, you keep it."

Ma Congrong caught up with him: "They didn't give it to me, so it's shameful for me to keep it!"

Huo Xiangzhen didn't look back, but just waved his hand: "Courtesy girl, I don't want to provoke you."

Ma Congrong felt itchy when he heard this, and wanted to laugh, but it wasn't funny: "Master, isn't a courtesan better than the Secretary-General?"

Huo Xiangzhen gave him a silhouette: "Nonsense, are you crazy?"

After walking a few steps forward, Huo Xiangzhen suddenly stopped and turned backwards with his hands behind his back: "Do you want something from me? Just say what you want, don't beat me up!"

Ma Congrong blinked his eyes, and was a little dazed: "I don't want anything."

Huo Xiangzhen turned around and continued walking: "Then shut up."

Ma Congrong followed him for a few steps in silence, but he spoke again: "Master, I'm a little confused."

Huo Xiangzhen looked down at the road under her feet: "What are you confused about?"

Ma Congrong asked: "Master, what do you think of me?"

Huo Xiangzhen raised her head, seeing that the scenery far and near was covered with red light by the sunset: "You, it's okay."

Ma Congrong nodded and smiled, feeling dazed.Huo Xiangzhen's answer is fine, so isn't he just "okay"?Not good, not bad, no credit, but hard work.

Walking side by side with Huo Xiangzhen, Ma Congrong decided to really shut up.He is confused, and the uncle is also confused. He is confused, and there are some truths that cannot be explained to the uncle.