Writing about entertainment was approached by a female villain archetype

Chapter 161
The human relationship chain is a very interesting thing.

You help me, I help you, and everyone builds a complex network together.

Xu Chuan gave Li Fei help.

Similarly, Xu Chuan is also receiving help from others.

When the recording of "I Am an Actor" was coming to an end, Xu Chuan stood at the door of Shen Huajin's house alone, carrying a carefully prepared gift.

The old man said at the beginning that Xu Chuan would come to the house to take notes.

Because Xu Chuan has too many things to do, he has been procrastinating until now. Seeing that he is about to leave the program group and go to the production group, he can't leave.

So this time I took a day to come and chat with the old man.

To be honest, although Xu Chuan has risen rapidly, his background in the industry as a whole is still a bit weak, and there are still a bunch of old artists occupying a niche who are not happy with Xu Chuan.

Although everyone has nothing to do with Xu Chuan now, who can say for sure what will happen in the future?
With the support of an old man like Shen Huajin, Xu Chuan would be in a much better situation, not to mention completely different.

There is also a chain of contempt for those who come from the entertainment industry. The professional ones look down on draft picks, and the draft picks look down on online debuts.

And at the top of this chain of contempt is the "national team".

Many well-known artists are in the unit.

For example, the male actors Li Xuejian, Tang Guoqiang, Zhang Fengyi, etc. on the earth, Zhang Kaili among the actresses, including Xu Zheng's wife Xiaolongnv Tao Hong, are all first-class actors of the National Theater.

There are also Feng Yuanzheng, Song Dandan, Hu Jun and others in Renyi.

Naturally, Blue Star also has such people. These people have no contact with Xu Chuan for the time being, and they can only learn about Xu Chuan through some information on the Internet. Let's think about it from their perspective.

Looking at Xu Chuan probably wouldn't be too pleasant.

Of course, Xu Chuan didn't really care if these people thought he was happy or not.

The biggest reason why he came here was because he felt the old man's heartfelt appreciation for him, and he really wanted to learn something from Shen Huajin, this is a master.

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan knocked on Shen Huajin's door.

Soon, there was a slight sound of footsteps inside, and the door was opened by a kind-hearted old lady.

As soon as he saw the old man, Xu Chuan hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Zhu, hello, I'm Xu Chuan. You can call me Xiao Xu or Xiao Chuan. I made an appointment with Mr. Shen to visit."

It was Zhu Lanyun, Shen Huajin's wife, who opened the door. Of course Xu Chuan consciously searched for Shen Huajin's situation before coming.

But on Baidu, there is only information about Shen Huajin and his wife.

According to Baike, Zhu Lanyun should be 70 years old this year, three years younger than Shen Huajin.

It's not as simple as being on the encyclopedia because she is Shen Huajin's wife.

It's because she is a well-known playwright and children's literature writer, and has created and adapted many well-known works, some of which are popular folk tales.

The earliest "White Snake" and "Blessings of Love" broadcast on Blue Star TV are her compiled and adapted works.

She also wrote many fairy tale works, which were adapted into many animation works in the 80s, the most famous of which should be a work called "Fairy Boy Tale".

If this work has to be compared, its status is similar to "Calabash Brothers" on earth.

The old couple is better than the other.

"I know you, come, come, come in." Zhu Lanyun hurriedly welcomed Xu Chuan in after hearing the words.

Before Xu Chuan could speak, he heard the old man blamed with a smile: "You said you, come here as soon as you come, why bring such a thing."

"I don't know what you two like, so I bought some casually, with a little thought, don't mind." After Xu Chuan changed his shoes, he smiled and carried the gift to the coffee table in the living room.

"Sit down, I'll cut some fruit for you. Old Shen heard that you were coming, so he took Ping An out to buy vegetables early in the morning, and he'll be right back. You sit first." Zhu Lanyun greeted and ran to the kitchen .

"Mr. Zhu, don't be too busy, no need." Xu Chuan quickly waved his hand and said, although the old lady is 70, she looks very healthy.

"You sit down." Zhu Lanyun continued to beckon Xu Chuan to sit down, and then ran to the kitchen to cut fruit.

Seeing this, Xu Chuan naturally didn't want to sit down, but stood in the living room and waited.

While waiting, he began to look at the layout of the living room.

The house is an old house, and the decoration can obviously feel the traces left by time, but it is very clean.

In the living room, a lot of shelves are built along the wall, and books are the most placed on them. In addition to books, there are various honorary medals, trophies and certificates.

Xu Chuan walked to a shelf next to the TV cabinet and looked it up. Various awards filled the entire shelf as if they were free of money.

Looking to the side, there is a family portrait with a sense of age.

The old couple sat in the middle, with Zhu Lanyun holding a baby in his arms, and four people, two men and two women, stood behind them.

The one in the arms is probably the grandson of the old couple, and the one behind should be their two sons and daughter-in-law.

Not to mention, the old man is quite handsome in the photo, and he was probably a handsome young man from all over the world when he was young.

Seeing this, Xu Chuan couldn't help but smile.

Xu Chuan's smile deepened when he saw the photo with the commemoration of 95 written on it.

Because I am also 95 years old.

After watching and watching, when Xu Chuan glanced at the single photo next to the family portrait, his smile slowly disappeared.

Because one of Shen Huajin's sons, who was still smiling brightly in the colorful family portrait just now, turned into black and white in his single bust photo.

Family portraits can be taken in color, and there is no reason for his son to only take black and white photos. This is not when Shen Huajin was young.

Who would put such a serious black and white photo at home?

It looks like a posthumous photo.

What made Xu Chuan even more unable to laugh was that next to this black and white photo, there was also a black and white photo of Shen Huajin's other son.

The two brothers look very similar, as if they were carved out of the same mold. If there is one biggest difference between the two photos, it is that one is wearing a military uniform and the other is wearing a police uniform.

This made Xu Chuan couldn't help frowning, and his eyes became a little searching.

No way? ?

Not so much, right? !
Did I think a little too much?

"Xiao Chuan, don't stand still, come and eat some fruit." A voice brought Xu Chuan back to his senses.

He turned around, quickly adjusted his expression, and said to Zhu Lanyun with a smile: "Mr. Zhu, I grew up watching your TV series and cartoons. I never expected to meet you one day. It's such an honor." up.

In fact, I also brought your "Fairy Tale Collection" in my bag. You can sign it for me later, so I can take it back as a family heirloom. "

"They're all obsolete things, what kind of family heirlooms." Zhu Lanyun smiled and waved his hands.

"Hey, you can't say it's outdated. Classics are never out of date. If I have a child in the future, I'll show him your fairy tales and cartoons of your plays. These are much better than the current ones." Xu Chuan said with a smile.

"Hahaha." Zhu Lanyun couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Xu Chuan likes to chat with the elderly since he was a child, and he has developed a good ability to coax the elders. With this childhood, he can have snacks wherever he goes.

Although Zhu Lanyun is a well-known playwright, the content of chatting with Xu Chuan is actually no different from ordinary old people.

He won't be like a certain director who eats peanuts and writes a prose with his wife, and asks his son to sit down with Arthur.

That's too pretentious.

Most of the old lady's questions were about the family's short-sightedness, did they fall in love?What kind of girl do you like?When are you going to get married?How are you doing with your work lately?

He neither put on airs of his own nor regarded Xu Chuan as a star.

When Xu Chuan answered, he naturally treated her like an ordinary grandma.

There is actually a very important skill in chatting with the elderly.

That is, you have to ask her to talk more, be a good listener, keep asking questions with an interested attitude, and let her talk more about ancient times, so that she will be in a good mood and think you are so nice.

Xu Chuan has mastered this method since he was a child.

Therefore, the living room was soon filled with the laughter of the two.

While chatting, there was a sound of opening the door, and Shen Huajin and a girl with a clear appearance who looked about eighteen or nineteen walked in.

Seeing this, Xu Chuan hurriedly got up and said hello, "Mr. Shen."

"Sit down, sit down, what are you talking about, I heard you two laughing as soon as you entered the door." Shen Huajin stretched out his hand to signal Xu Chuan to sit down, while helping the cabinet to change shoes.

"Let's talk about the love story between you and Teacher Zhu back then." Xu Chuan said jokingly.

When Mr. Shen heard this, his expression turned awkward, and then he said: "Hey, what's there to say, in the words of your young people, I was handsome at the time, and she chased me."

"Bah, it's so shameless. When you jumped in line, you were dark and thin, like a monkey, and you were handsome." Zhu Lanyun immediately retorted when he heard this.

"Hahahahaha." Xu Chuan couldn't help laughing as he looked at the two people who looked like old children.

And the girl who came in with Shen Huajin tilted her head and looked at Xu Chuan curiously.

Seeing the girl looking at him, Xu Chuan greeted with a smile, "Hi, I'm Xu Chuan."

Seeing this, Shen Huajin stretched out his hand to stroke the back of the girl's head and said, "This is Shen Ping'an, the second child of my family. Ping'an, don't stand still, say hello to Brother Xu Chuan."

Xu Chuan was taken aback when he heard the words, the girl's name is Shen Ping'an?
This is rare.

"Hello, brother." Shen Pingan greeted Xu Chuan with a smile after hearing Shen Huajin's words.

"Hey, hello, hello, I'm sorry, it's the first time I came here, and I didn't bring any greetings. Next time, I will definitely make it up next time." Xu Chuan quickly replied before he had time to think about it.

He really didn't know that Shen Huajin had an eighteen or nineteen-year-old granddaughter living at home. If he knew about this, he would definitely come here with a gift.

"No need." Hearing this, Shen Ping'an suddenly opened his small backpack and looked through it, then came out with an album and shook it, tilted his head and smiled, "Grandpa has already given it to you."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan took a closer look, and it turned out that it was the signed album he gave to Shen Huajin last time.

Of course, the album came second, mainly because what the girl just said was actually "relief" for Xu Chuan.

She is a little girl with emotional intelligence.

"You two are chatting, I think it's almost time, safe, come and help grandma choose dishes." Zhu Lanyun said after looking at the clock hanging above the TV.

Hearing this, Shen Pingan obediently hung up his small backpack and followed him to the kitchen.

Shen Huajin walked to Xu Chuan and sat down, looked at Shen Ping'an's back and said to Xu Chuan with a smile: "I just finished the college entrance examination a few days ago, I was going to go crazy.

I heard that you were coming, so I stayed at home patiently, and even flipped through the album you gave me, saying that I was going to show off to my classmates. "

"Having grandparents like your elders is enough to show off for a lifetime. What's there to show off about my album." Xu Chuan answered with a smile.

"The preferences of young people are different after all. Don't belittle yourself."

"The grades are coming soon, which school is she going to apply for?" Xu Chuan continued.

"Then who knows, I said let her go to the south to experience the differences in different regions of the motherland, and she said she would stay in the capital to accompany me and her grandma." Shen Huajin said with a smile.

Xu Chuan couldn't help but smile when he heard the words: "Little girl is filial, you should be gratified."

"When the chick grows up, it should fly out. How can it stay by the side of us two old guys?" Shen Huajin shook his head.

Without waiting for Xu Chuan to reply, he got up and said, "Don't talk about this anymore, let's go for a walk, go to the study, my notes are all in the study."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan hurriedly got up and walked to the study with the old man.

The study is not big, it is full of things, and it is a bit messy. It looks like the kind that is often used, and it is different from many people's studies that are used for facades.

The old man walked to a bookcase and opened the door, and kept holding the notebook from the inside, Xu Chuan hurried forward to help.

After a while, I put all these things on the desk.

The old man flipped through a copy casually, and said with a look of reminiscence in his eyes: "There are three copies of 130, and there are still manuscripts I created before, of course, many of them are waste manuscripts.

When you read, you have to look at it selectively, don't learn everything at once, learn from things by doing things, and look at problems dialectically. "

Xu Chuan couldn't help pursing his lips when he heard the words.

These should be published in a book. Now people and ghosts dare to publish books, and shit, urine and fart can be sold as poetry collections. Why can't these be published?
Thinking of this, Xu Chuan said, "Old man, why don't I ask someone to sort it out for you and publish a few books, which can be regarded as providing more basic teaching materials for the music industry."

"Forget it, I don't have a system for these things, and the experience of one hammer here and one hammer here is not suitable for teaching materials. I originally planned to pick out the useful things in it. I am old and don't have the energy.

This work may have to be entrusted to you, and you can consider writing this book based on your own experience in the future. "Shen Huajin shook his head.

Xu Chuan smiled wryly when he heard the words, old man, you really think highly of me.

When I have this ability, maybe 30 or [-] years have passed.

Just when Xu Chuan was about to speak, Shen Huajin said again: "There are still some things, you also take them away."

After finishing speaking, Shen Huajin opened another cabinet.

Xu Chuan looked around and saw more than 100 notebooks of different sizes.

"These are the notes and manuscripts of the old lady. They are outdated. No one wants them anymore. Some people want them to be some kind of artwork to hype the price. It's meaningless.

Aren't you a playwright? Take it and have a look to see if there is any reference value.There are also books in this room, if you want, take them away together, and my wife and I have also written comments on some books. "Shen Huajin said as he took out a book and flipped through it.

"This...isn't it appropriate, Mr. Zhu..." Xu Chuan didn't know what to say anymore. I don't dare to take your more than 100 old notebooks anymore, and now I have to take other things away together ?
To put it bluntly, these original documents will be regarded as inheritance after a hundred years by these two teachers, and some manuscripts may be really valuable.

How can I want these things by myself, just make a copy and take the copy away, the original should be left to the descendants of the old couple, don't make it too ugly if there is any conflict in the end.

"It's okay, I told her, and she agreed, we're old, we don't have any students, and Ping An doesn't like these things, they're almost ruined here, and it's helpful if you take them away. "Shen Huajin turned around, patted Xu Chuan on the shoulder with a smile and said.

"Mr. Shen, I'll find someone to scan these things into electronic versions some other day. I'll take them back and print them out. I'd better keep the originals with you. If you're afraid it won't be easy to keep them, I'll find someone to seal them with acrylic for you.

Also, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't bought a house yet, I live in a rented house, and I usually run around because of work, so don't let me lose it in the end. "

Shen Huajin was taken aback when he heard the words, then he nodded and said, "That's right, you just graduated from school last year, so it's really too late to buy a house."

After saying this, the old man sighed again: "Oh, when I think that you just graduated last year and you have made such a big name this year, I really think there are successors in our industry."

"You really deserve it."

"By the way, I took a closer look at your information later, you are from 95, aren't you?"

"Correct."

"Then you told me last time that you were 25 years old. 25 years old should be in 93. The eldest child of my family is the same age as you." Shen Huajin looked at Xu Chuan and said with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

"Our hometown is used to being two years younger." Xu Chuan explained nonsense, there is no way, 23 years old is too young, and sometimes it is really disadvantageous to talk to some people.

If he didn't want to be too outrageous, Xu Chuan would have wanted to tell people that he was 30 years old.

"Your hometown is Ganxi." Shen Huajin continued to ask.

"Correct."

"My ancestral home is also from West Jiangxi. My father joined the army in West Jiangxi at the age of 16, and stayed in the capital after liberation." Shen Huajin said.

Xu Chuan didn't speak when he heard the words, but waited for Shen Huajin to continue.

Shen Huajin did say something to Xu Chuan.

How should I describe it, the old man's family and country feelings are really strong.

After a while, the old man suddenly seemed to think of something and said: "Next year is the 70th anniversary, and also the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Australia. The higher-ups are looking for me, hoping that I can write a song suitable for all ages.

I have written some, but I am still not satisfied, just come and give me advice. "

After finishing speaking, the old man walked to the desk and sat down. While opening a new notebook, he put on his reading glasses.

Xu Chuan could only step forward and stand beside the old man.

"You sit, you pull a stool to sit on." The old man pointed to the plastic stool next to him and said.

After Xu Chuan sat down, the old man pointed to the lyrics on the notebook and said, "Let me show you the ones I wrote..."

To be honest, if other composers said something to Xu Chuan, Xu Chuan might not be able to fully understand it.

But Xu Chuan really understood what the old man said.

Works that are suitable for singing by all ages are themselves doing subtraction.

Although Xu Chuan doesn't have much creative ability to speak of at present, it doesn't matter, he has the background of those similar songs on earth, so he can give some insights.

This surprised the old man even more.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the study room was opened, and Shen Ping'an poked his head in: "Grandpa, the meal is ready, grandma is calling you to eat."

"Wait, wait." Shen Huajin shook hands at Shen Ping'an, chatting happily about what to eat.

"You don't want to eat Xiao Chuan, what are you waiting for? Come out to eat!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Lanyun's voice came in.

If it weren't for the decades-old couple, Zhu Lanyun would have known the character of the old man in the family.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Huajin's neck shrank, and then he stood up slowly and walked out.

It's pretty obvious who's in charge of the family.

Xu Chuan followed the old man and heard him muttering: "Eat when you eat."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Shen Pingan outside looked at Xu Chuan's unstoppable expression, and made a weird face at Xu Chuan, which was very cute.

Needless to say, this family is quite interesting.

Soon, Xu Chuan sighed again, his grandparents were just like them.

Grandpa was seriously ill and didn't want to eat, so grandma yelled like this: "Eat, how can you get better if you don't eat?"

Grandpa obeyed, what a pity.

Since then, grandma's hands and feet seem not to be as sharp as before.

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan's mood became depressed again.

"Xiao Chuan, you are welcome, treat it as your own home, and pick whatever you want to eat."

"Come, come, let us have a drink."

"Grandpa, you can't drink."

"How about it? Is the dish still to your taste? Eat more, you're welcome."

"Come home if you have nothing to do in the future. It's okay for the two of us to be idle."

"Brother, when will you hold a concert? Can you give me some tickets then? My classmate really likes you."

The short words of various parents rang in Xu Chuan's ears.

A simple home-cooked meal is the most delicious meal that Xu Chuan has eaten here for so long.

In the afternoon, the old man took Xu Chuan to continue studying the song.

Zhu Lanyun was also in the study, and Xu Chuan took advantage of the opportunity to ask her for some advice on the play.

The old lady was very happy to tell Xu Chuan a lot of things. When she talked about Xingqi, she would show Xu Chuan her own work as a case, telling how she created.

As for Shen Ping'an, he was originally in the study, but it was too boring, so he invited his classmates to hang out later.

It was after 8 o'clock in the evening that Xu Chuan left Shen Huajin's home.

Sitting in the car that Cai Cai came to pick him up.

"Brother Chuan, have you stayed so long?" Cai Meng asked curiously. He thought Xu Chuan would come out soon after a visit, but he didn't expect to stay for a whole day.

"Yes." Xu Chuan nodded.

"What did you talk to the two teachers about?"

"There are too many things to talk about." Xu Chuan shook his head and said, for a moment he really didn't know what to say.

However, starting today, I have two more teachers, serious teachers.

One for music, one for drama.

Because just now in the study, Xu Chuan expressed his desire to learn from the two old men, in other words, he wanted to recognize the two as teachers.

The two agreed, and they took the initiative to call their good friends in the industry to have a meal in a few days to announce the matter.

In fact, the music and playwriting industries do not require such serious apprenticeships as opera and quyi do.

The two old men are not doing something like feudal dross.

They just want to find an opportunity to tell the people around them, "This is my student, please take care of me in the future"

The favors accumulated over the years were directly given to Xu Chuan this time.

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan took a deep breath, flipped through the address book, and finally found Su Chenwei's number and dialed it.

This sister loves to post on Moments.

Sometimes Xu Chuan would like and comment on her when he saw it.

After going back and forth, in just over ten days, the two became acquainted.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hey, what's going on today, call me." Su Chenwei's pleasant voice came from the phone.

"Sister Weiwei, there is something I would like to ask you about, Teacher Shen..." Xu Chuan wanted to ask Su Chenwei about Shen Huajin's family situation.

To be honest, seeing those two black and white photos, Xu Chuan was full of doubts.

Also, today only Shen Huajin mentioned his grandson who is the same age as him once.

This doesn't make sense.

It is reasonable to say that I am the same age as his grandson, whether it is the two old people or the younger sister Shen Ping'an, they will mention it.

For example, the words "You are as old as my brother" should come out of Shen Ping'an's mouth, because it is a natural sentence.

However, Xu Chuan never heard it.

After more than ten minutes, Xu Chuan hung up the phone with Su Chenwei.

He squeezed his phone and didn't know how to describe his mood. After a while, he rolled down the car window, and the wind outside the window made him feel less hypoxic.

What Su Chenwei said had a great impact on Xu Chuan.

Shen Huajin and Zhu Lanyun have only two children, Shen Xiawen and Shen Xiawu. One is a soldier and the other is a policeman. The elder brother died in the flood fighting in 98.

In 02, the younger brother also died on duty.

As for the grandson who was the same age as her, Su Chenwei didn't know his name, but she knew that he was born in 95 and died in 97, only two years old.

The eldest daughter-in-law was mentally tortured because of the child's death, and finally divorced the eldest son. In fact, after the divorce, the eldest daughter-in-law would still visit the second elder.

But a year later, the eldest son died, and the eldest daughter-in-law never appeared in the old couple's home after learning the news.

Obviously, the eldest daughter-in-law couldn't face this reality.

Four years later, the sad news of the youngest son's sacrifice reached the ears of the elders again. It was said that he died under the gun of a drug dealer, but it was not known whether it was true or not.

The youngest daughter-in-law was heartbroken, and was later persuaded by the old couple to remarry, forming her own new family and gradually starting a new life.

Shen Pingan, who was born in 99, was three years old. She just started living with her mother for a while, but she didn't seem to like the new family very much, so she lived with Shen Huajin and Zhu Lanyun all the time.

When he got here, Xu Chuan finally understood why Shen Pingan, a girl, was called "Ping An".

I also understand why the old couple gave all their notes to an outsider like themselves.

I understand better why Shen Huajin had that look in his eyes when he said his grandson was the same age as him.

But what Xu Chuan couldn't imagine was how the old couple survived the pain of bereavement, twice, and before these two times, they had already lost a grandson.

Omg.

Did God treat them too viciously?

"What's wrong, Brother Chuan?" Cai Meng noticed something strange about Xu Chuan.

"It's nothing, oh yes, in a few days I will be a teacher, you all come to participate."

"Apprentice?"

"Well, Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhu, one teaches me music, and the other teaches me drama."

"Wow, brother Chuan, this is incredible. You will be a famous master and apprentice in the future." Cai Cai said with some excitement.

Isn't he just a famous master?
There is basically no one with more prestige in the music industry than Shen Huajin.

In the world of playwrights, Zhu Lanyun is also a patriarch and grandma.

Xu Chuan worshiped that the two teachers had different positions in the industry, and no one would dare to show their qualifications in front of him in the future.

Xu Chuan didn't reply when he heard this, but stared blankly at the scenery outside the window.

Three days later, under the witness of a crowd, Xu Chuan was officially accepted as a student by the two teachers.

There were a lot of people here, beyond Xu Chuan's expectation.

The face of these two teachers is really great, especially within the system.

Leaders of various related units, masters in various fields such as literature and art, and many national first-class actors in the unit.

Come as long as you have time.

I didn't have time to come, so I sent a blessing video to the two old people.

In fact, many people here are aware of the family situation of Shen Huajin and Zhu Lanyun, so they also know what a student like Xu Chuan means to the two old people.

Xu Chuan knew what role he would play in the future.

Among other things, Shen Ping'an, the younger sister, needs to be taken care of properly.

The old couple are willing to accept themselves on such a big occasion, not necessarily because they are worried that Shen Ping'an will have no one to take care of them after they pass away.

She can't count on her mother. It's not about her mother's personality. Think about it realistically. After remarrying for so many years, she has a new family and a new child.

The apprentice banquet ended with a burst of congratulations and noise.

Xu Chuan's mobile phone has a bunch of contact information.

Another day later, Xu Chuan printed out several novels he had written and handed them to Zhu Lanyun, hoping that she could read them for him.

In fact, the elderly have to find something to do, otherwise they will easily get sick.

For Teacher Zhu, helping students revise or script the novels handed in is undoubtedly the best way to pass the time.

Moreover, after scripting, she can use this as a case to teach Xu Chuan how to write a script, which is a very effective way of learning.

After dealing with the matter in the capital, Xu Chuan flew directly to Xiamen.

"The Beginning" will be filmed in Xiamen.

Of course, this time Xu Chuan also had a small follower by his side.

Shen Pingan who wanted to follow along to watch the excitement.

(End of this chapter)