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Text Chapter 13 Dispute between father and son

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    On February 15, 1999, the last day of the lunar calendar year 1998, Zhang Chengyuan's father Zhang Donghu finally returned home, nearly a month later than Zhang Chengyuan expected.  However, Zhang Donghu, who was concerned about his son, asked his colleagues to send back a sum of money early on for Zhang Chengyuan's living expenses and the cost of buying old supplies.  ??Jiuzheng, also known as the Lunar New Year, is called the Spring Festival by the Chinese orthodoxy of the Han nation.  It is said that the people on the Korean Peninsula copied the Spring Festival from the Tang Dynasty, the suzerain country, from the Silla era until the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.  Since Japan implemented the "Japan-Korea integration" assimilation policy in North Korea and wanted to eliminate the entire Korean nation from its cultural roots, it banned Koreans from celebrating their own festivals, and the Spring Festival disappeared on the Korean peninsula.  After Japan surrendered, South Korea did not resume the Spring Festival at the national level. It was not until forty years later, in 1985, that it appeared again under the name "Folklore Day."  This year¡¯s Old Orthodox Festival is the first Old Orthodox Festival since the Korean government officially restored the Old Orthodox Festival.  Therefore, it has received great attention from the Korean people who highly respect traditional culture.  How could Zhang Donghu, who claimed to be a direct descendant of South Korea's Zhang family and extremely upholds family traditions, miss such an important festival? Even though he was far away across the ocean, he still arrived home in time.  If he hadn't been too busy with work and couldn't get away, he would have come back long ago.  According to Zhang Donghu, the ancestors of the Zhang family in South Korea are the descendants of an official named Zhang who married a Mongolian princess from the Yuan Dynasty to Goryeo. The family was also a member of the two aristocrats of the Joseon Dynasty, with a family far more noble than ordinary Koreans.  Unfortunately, time has changed and circumstances have changed, and now it has long been in decline. Today, only two of the Zhang branch of Zhang Donghu¡¯s lineage, father and son, are left. Even the tombs of their ancestors were destroyed in the war. It is impossible to offer sacrifices to them.  Can't find it.  Zhang Chengyuan has great doubts about this, because the memory left to him by his predecessor clearly told him that both his parents came from an orphanage. How could his father, Zhang Donghu, know so much about the origins of his ancestors?  Since Zhang Chengyuan was not interested in learning about this for the time being, he put his questions to the bottom of his heart.  The father and son finished dinner on the last day of the lunar calendar in silence. Zhang Chengyuan took out the contract he had negotiated with Park Byungyeol and handed it to his father.  Zhang Donghu originally thought it was something like a report card issued by the school. When he took a closer look, he was immediately shocked and asked: "This is an artist contract. Why are you showing it to me? Do you want to be an actor who entertains the public?"  ?¡± Although Korean stars are beautiful on the surface and are enthusiastically sought after by young people, their status is not very high in the adult world. Some more traditional people even look down on celebrities, especially those from families who think they are famous.  I despise it even more, because it is precisely because of this that it is difficult for top female stars with both talent and beauty to marry into wealthy families!  And it has become an almost impossible task for male celebrities to marry wealthy women.  Zhang Chengyuan said calmly: "Yes, I want to be a star." Hearing Zhang Chengyuan's affirmative answer, Zhang Donghu was very angry and objected without thinking: "No! I never agree with this!" Zhang Chengyuan's expression did not change.  , calmly but very firmly said: "Father, this is my choice after careful consideration. Please consider it carefully." If more than half a year ago, Zhang Donghu would have picked up the spoon beside the bowl and smashed it on Zhang Chengyuan's head.  Now seeing Zhang Chengyuan's calm and serious expression, I don't know why, but I just couldn't reach out to teach my son. I stared at Zhang Chengyuan for a few times and suddenly realized that my son has finally grown up. Compared with his previous submissive appearance, his current appearance is more embarrassing.  He was relieved.  Zhang Donghu sighed and said: "Chengyuan, have you thought it through? It's not easy to become a star?" "I know this very well and I am fully mentally prepared." Zhang Donghu said: "In that case,  Then we, father and son, will have a good talk tonight. As long as you can convince me, I will sign this contract." Zhang Chengyuan: "Please state the reasons for your objection first." Zhang Donghu said, "You are still young.  It¡¯s easy to be fooled by the superficial prosperity, but you don¡¯t know that celebrities are just glamorous on the surface, but actually live a very hard life.¡± Zhang Chengyuan said: ¡°I know this, but if you gain something, you must lose something. If you want to get something, you have to pay something.  The price. However, your son and I are now strong and energetic, and I can bear it no matter how hard it is. Besides, haven¡¯t I been suffering for so many years?¡± Zhang Donghu thought: ¡°If you can really bear it,  Then he won't go and commit suicide." Although he complained in his heart, he knew that the present was different from the past, and he didn't know where his son had learned the ability to train his body and will. He was indeed much stronger now, so he reluctantly nodded, and continued.  Said: "Even if you work very hard as a star, what you get is far less than what you pay. Not only do you have to pay high taxes on the money you earn, but you are also arbitrarily squeezed by economic companies. You often work for five or six years, and you don't get enough."  Can't afford a cheap setson.  " Zhang Chengyuan said calmly: "Compared with ordinary white-collar workers who can't afford a house even if they don't eat or drink for ten years, celebrities can still buy a house after at least a few more years of hard work.  As for the fear of being exploited by an economic company, it depends on the person. I am still very clear-headed and will not blindly sign an unreasonable agreement and entrust my destiny to the hands of evil people just to be a mere star.  .  If you are worried, just check for me and take a careful look at the contract in your hand to see if I have been deceived.  " "Even if everything you say is right, so what? Being a star is not something you want to be. Every year, countless people sacrifice everything to be a star, but none of them succeed. You, what else is this Logosfilm?  How can an advertising agency ensure that you become a star?  If you can't become a star, then being in the entertainment industry is worse than selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street!  Seeing that Zhang Chengyuan could not be persuaded, Zhang Donghu became a little angry and pointed at the contract and yelled. Zhang Chengyuan said: "Father, since an advertising company can sign a contract with me on preferential terms, it means that I have the potential to succeed in the advertising industry.  .  I am also confident that my current external conditions are not inferior to those of most film and television stars. The only thing I lack is acting skills and experience.  However, I am still young and I believe that through unremitting efforts in the future, I will succeed sooner or later.  ¡± Zhang Donghu: ¡°Do you really want to be a star?  Is it because being a star is very glamorous?  ¡± Zhang Chengyuan: ¡°Father, I don¡¯t care how famous celebrities are. What I care about is that being a celebrity makes money faster and easier than other legitimate ways of making money, and it doesn¡¯t require us to invest original capital ourselves.  " Zhang Donghu shouted: "Did I tell you to make money?  Just make enough money to use it. Happiness in life is not just about money.  " Zhang Chengyuan secretly complained: "If you give me enough money, whoever has nothing to do will go to work. I have such a big appetite, and I will starve to death if I don't go out to make money.  Also, without money, how can I have enough travel expenses to return to my hometown and go to Wangwu Mountain to investigate the situation in the door; without money, how can I gain a foothold in this world I really need money, although I also  I really want to say noblely like in my previous life, "I regard money as dung," but now without this dung, I would have withered long ago.  Zhang Donghu, my dad, you have to understand me, a miserable person!  " After pondering for a long time, Zhang Chengyuan said: "Father, in today's world, if you don't have enough money, you don't have enough strength, and you can only be bullied by others.  In the past, I had a cowardly personality and was thin. I was often insulted and beaten. I have endured enough humiliation for a long time. Although no one of my age dares to be rude to me now, there is no guarantee that it will be the same in the future.  Now I just want to take a gamble to change my future destiny, and ask my father to make it happen.  "In order to impress his father, Zhang Chengyuan did not hesitate to use the tragic events of his predecessor as examples, hoping that Zhang Donghu would be soft-hearted. Zhang Donghu sighed: "Chengyuan, my father and mother never expected you to be successful. They only hoped that you could grow up in peace.  Live a normal life like the people around you.  However, now that you have grown up and have your own ideas, I can't force you. Since you have chosen this path so firmly, I can only support you.  However, I have a condition.  " Zhang Chengyuan: "Please speak!  " Zhang Donghu did not state the request directly, but first asked: "I remember the results of the monthly exams in the past few months were: September, 53rd place in the whole grade; October, 21st place; November, 5th place  ;So where is your final score?  " Zhang Chengyuan said nonchalantly: "First place, why are you asking this?  "Zhang Chengyuan has no interest in school exams at all. If it were not to give his father a comfort, he would not have the heart to do the trick of "gradually improving academic performance through hard study." If he is willing, he can pass the first monthly exam.  A first place. Relying on the power of Yuan Shen, if Zhang Chengyuan wants to become the top student in an ordinary high school, it is not as simple as searching for something. Zhang Donghu said in surprise: "First place?  First?  My son actually ranks first in the school. It¡¯s really an ancestral manifestation. God bless him!  "I was ecstatic for a while, and then continued: "If you want to shoot an advertisement, I will support you for the time being, but you must ensure that your academic performance will never fall below the top ten in your year. Can you do this?  " Zhang Chengyuan chuckled in his heart and said solemnly: "It's a deal!  "For Zhang Chengyuan, Zhang Donghu's conditions are almost the same as no conditions.
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