Assistant Li's suggestion was exactly what Jiang Se wanted, and the contract was quickly finalized. Before leaving, Jiang Se originally wanted to treat Assistant Li to a meal to thank her for her previous advice, but Assistant Li was busy and couldn't get away. However, she accepted Jiang Se's kindness and personally sent her to the elevator.
After signing the contract with Shangjia Company, Shangjia Company transferred one-third of the agreed salary on Monday.
After Jiang Se got the money, she first made a phone call and paid three months' rent. She had classes on Saturday morning, so she went back to the Du family in the afternoon and visited Zhou Hui once.
Although she has no feelings for the Du family, since she was reborn as Jiang Se, Jiang Se naturally will not evade her obligations.
After being away from home for some time, Jiang Se's previous room in the Du family had long been dismantled and the steel bed inside had been pulled out. When she learned that Jiang Se had now entered the No. 1 institution of higher learning and didn't have to live back home, a look of relief appeared on her face.
She found that she didn't know her eldest daughter very well. Perhaps it was because after her remarriage, the focus of her life was entirely on her new family, which inevitably alienated her from Jiang Se.
If it were in the past, when Jiang Se always talked back to her and didn't listen to her, she would still give her daughter a lesson.
But now her daughter has changed a lot, so naturally she can no longer say anything to her daughter.
She remembered that Jiang Se moved out of the Du family because Du Honghong secretly threw away Jiang Se's admission letter. Zhou Hui also thought that Jiang Se would not be able to pay the university tuition at the time, and did not agree with Du Honghong's behavior.
But in order to avoid a quarrel between the two sisters, she did not tell anyone about it at the time.
When Zhou Hui saw Jiang Se again, she felt a little embarrassed when she recalled the situation at that time.
Jiang Se sat for a while, and the two had nothing to say. Zhou Hui looked at the clock hanging on the wall in the room frequently, and after a long while, hesitantly said:
"Your uncle Du will be off work soon..."
She looked a little uneasy, and Jiang Se could naturally understand the meaning behind her words.
"He doesn't know you're coming today." Zhou Hui rubbed her hands, and Jiang Se said:
"I just came here on a whim. I have something else to do at school and I have to go back later."
When Zhou Hui heard this, her heart suddenly fell back to where it was.
Du Changqun didn't like Jiang Se. After she moved out, he rarely smiled. Now that Jiang Se suddenly came back, if he saw one more person at the dinner table, there was no guarantee that her husband would not start quarreling again.
When Zhou Hui heard that Jiang Se would not stay, she smiled and nodded:
"Then if there is something going on at school, you should go back early and don't delay."
Jiang Se nodded, with an uneasy look on her face, and said goodbye and left the Du family.
The Du family was not living well, and Zhou Hui was also having a hard time, but Jiang Se had no intention of subsidizing her with money. For one thing, Jiang Se was still young and not yet of legal adulthood. Regardless of her mental maturity, she would legally turn eighteen next month. Logically, Zhou Hui still had certain obligations to support her. She was not planning to ask Zhou Hui for support, so naturally she would not give her money at this time.
Secondly, she knew that one should not show off one's wealth. She was not sure whether Zhou Hui would ask her to use money to subsidize the Du family after knowing that she was rich. Therefore, she only came back to see Zhou Hui for a while and left early.
What Jiang Se said to Zhou Hui before was just a random excuse. There was nothing to do at school right now, so she planned to go back to her rental house and stay for one night.
On the way, she received a call from an unfamiliar number. As soon as she answered the call, Hou Xiling's voice rang out from the other end of the line:
"Xiao Jiang, can you tell who I am?"
"Teacher Hou?"
Jiang Se was a little surprised. She had met Hou Xiling once in the audition room that day. At that time, Hou Xiling said that he would ask his old friend Chang Yuhu to help guide her acting skills.
But when he left Shangjia Company that day, he never had the chance to meet Hou Xiling again, and the two did not exchange phone numbers. Jiang Se originally thought that Hou Xiling was busy, so he just mentioned this matter casually and didn't take it to heart.
But I didn't expect that a week later, Hou Xiling would call me personally.
"Haha, the little girl has a good memory."
On the phone, Hou Xiling seemed to be in a very happy mood:
"Didn't I ask Teacher Chang to give you some pointers on your acting skills the other day? But as we age, we forget things. After I finished talking to Xiwen about business that day, I forgot to leave you my phone number."
He did not take advantage of his age, but admitted his mistake straightforwardly:
"I found someone from Shangjia Company and asked for your phone number before calling you."
During the audition that day, he had already said a few good words for Jiang Se, and Jiang Se was grateful to him in his heart. He didn't expect that although he didn't take this matter to heart, Hou Xiling wrote down his promise and took the initiative to call him.
"Teacher Hou, thank you for taking the time to think about this matter of mine."
Hou Xiling smiled and said:
"I've been busy lately, but no matter how busy I am, I still have to do things one by one." He said a few words before stating the purpose of the call:
"It's like this. I've already contacted my old friend. She's going to the Imperial Capital National Theater this weekend afternoon. I'll go with you then. Can you spare some time?"
When Jiang Se heard about such an opportunity, he was naturally happy and agreed immediately.
After discussing with Hou Xiling, they decided to go to Hou's house early tomorrow morning. He would then invite Chang Yuhu to join them. Jiang Se would accompany them for lunch, and then they would go directly to the Imperial Capital National Theater in the afternoon.
After Jiang Se hung up the phone, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and a smile appeared on his face.
There were not many people on the subway at this moment, but many people were secretly looking at Jiang Se. A few young people were looking at Jiang Se and whispering to each other, wondering if she was a star of some entertainment company. They looked like they wanted to come over and talk to her but didn't dare to.
When they returned to the rental house, it was still early, so Jiang Se took out the script of "Peking Events" to read first.
After she signed the contract with the crew, the people from Shangjia Company not only prepared a partial script with separate lines for her for "Doukou", but also gave her the complete script that had not been given to her before.
She watched half of it while at home and hasn't finished it yet.
When she only watched the "Doukou" part of the play, she lamented for the fate of "Doukou", but when the entire script was in her hands, the scale suddenly became grander.
The hero of the play, Xiao Ci, was born into a wealthy family in his early years. His parents had high expectations for him. They taught him the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child and arranged a wife for him who was of equal social status.
At that time, the old forces had already weakened and the country was in trouble. He was worried about the backwardness of the nation. During his time at school, he was very active and worked hard for the country and the nation. (To be continued)