1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 158: Those who knew clearly it was for a movie shoot might have thought it was a preemptive takeover. (Please subscribe!)

"Sisi, do you miss your dad?"

"think."

How much do you want it?

Liu Xiaoli answered this question for her daughter: "After you left, she would ask me many times every day—Where's Daddy? Where did Daddy go?"

Chen Fusheng was both pleased and somewhat guilty upon hearing this.

Looking down at her daughter, she kissed her on the forehead:
"Really, baby? Daddy misses you too."

"Zha, Dad, what are you doing..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Dad hasn't shaved for days, so his beard is a bit itchy."

As he spoke, Chen Fusheng freed one hand to rub his daughter's forehead.

To his relief, the little guy wasn't angry at all; instead, he clung tightly to his neck, as if afraid that he would disappear at any moment.

After calming his daughter down, Chen Fusheng finally had time to greet the others.

"Director Yang Jie, what content did you film for this episode of 'Journey to the West'?"

"Since we've already filmed the story of being imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, then of course we should finish filming the story of the havoc in Heaven."

Director Yang Jie continued, "Fortunately, the episode that aired was quite successful. It received praise from many leaders and was also highly praised by the people. As a result, the factory allocated another sum of money to our production team, so we don't have to worry about funding for the time being."

"This is a good thing!"

"Yes, that's definitely a good thing." Director Yang Jie nodded, then changed the subject and inquired about Chen Fusheng and the others' results at the Berlin Film Festival.

"I thought Director Yang Jie knew."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come to ask you today," Director Yang Jie said, staring at Chen Fusheng with annoyance.

"It seems to make sense."

Chen Fusheng nodded, and then, without keeping anyone in suspense, he recounted the brilliant achievements he had made leading his team at the Berlin Film Festival as casually as eating and drinking.

After he finished speaking, he noticed that everyone in the courtyard, except for the daughter in his arms, had expressions of shock on their faces.

So he took the opportunity to praise his daughter: "Not bad, my daughter Qianqian is just like her father!"

Before long, Director Yang Jie realized what had happened, confirmed their achievements with Chen Fusheng again, then declined the Chen family's dinner invitation and left the courtyard house in shock.

Actually, Director Yang Jie isn't that particular. The reason she didn't want to stay for dinner wasn't because she was upset, but because she noticed that Chen Fusheng looked very tired, probably because he hadn't rested well these past few days, so it wasn't convenient to bother him any further.

After Director Yang Jie left, Liu Xiaoli immediately said to her husband, "Sheng-ge, you must have been working very hard these past few days! Give me our daughter, you eat first, then take a shower and go to bed."

"It's not that it's too hard, but I haven't had a good rest these past two days."

Chen Fusheng continued, "I won't eat. The ministry hosted a welcome banquet for us, and I just got back from eating. My stomach is still full. You guys take your time eating. I'm going to take a shower and then get some sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow."

"Are you really not going to eat?" the mother-in-law asked her son-in-law again to confirm.

"I'm really not eating anymore, Mom. You guys eat slowly. I'm too sleepy. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."

"Alright then, give me Sisi."

Director Yang Jie noticed the fatigue on Chen Fusheng's face, and his mother-in-law couldn't have missed it either, so she didn't try to persuade him further and reached out to take her granddaughter Chen Qian from her father's arms.

After all, her mother was pregnant, so it wasn't convenient for her.

The little guy refused.

She clung tightly to her father's neck and wouldn't let go; she cried whenever her grandmother hugged her.

Liu Xiaoli also tried to coax him, but it didn't have much effect.

Seeing this, Chen Fusheng could only coax his daughter to eat first. After the little one finished eating, he quickly went to take a shower.

But in those few minutes while he was taking a shower, his daughter started crying again because she couldn't see him.

Chen Fusheng hadn't expected his daughter to be so attached to him. Although he was already feeling tired and sleepy, and the warm water had made his eyelids droop, he still mustered his energy and held the little one in his arms to comfort her, as she was afraid he would disappear again.

"How about Daddy tells you a story? One sunny morning, Mother Rabbit was going to the forest to pick mushrooms. Before leaving, she repeatedly told Little Rabbit, 'Baby, never open the door to strangers, especially the Big Bad Wolf. His voice is rough, and his claws are sharp!' Little Rabbit nodded vigorously and then obediently waited at home for Mommy to come back..."

Chen Fusheng was telling the story of the little white rabbit and the big bad wolf. Of course, while telling this story, he was also carrying his daughter into the bedroom and lying down on the bed.

As soon as he lay down, his voice grew softer and softer as he told stories, and he fell asleep before he had even finished a single story.

In the living room, Liu Xiaoli quickly finished the rest of her meal, and then went to the bedroom to check on the father and daughter. To her surprise, her husband was fast asleep, while her daughter was in his arms with her eyes wide open, not making a sound, and playing happily by herself.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but mutter to her daughter:
"You really are your dad's little darling!"

Chen Fusheng slept very comfortably and even had a sweet dream in which his family of four was on vacation on the beach in the summer.

Unfortunately, after waking up, she couldn't remember what her second child looked like, or even whether he was male or female.

Immediately, he saw that his wife had gotten up and was putting on makeup, and his daughter had just woken up, rubbed her eyes, and then snuggled up to him.

After quietly enjoying the sweet moment between the father and daughter, Liu Xiaoli finally spoke up, "Have you rested enough?"

"Fully recovered." Chen Fusheng lifted his daughter high in the air with both hands, responding to his wife.

"So, are you still going to work today?"

"I'm not going. I'm taking the day off today."

Liu Xiaoli nodded, then picked up three envelopes from the dressing table and tossed them onto the bed.

"What is this?" Chen Fusheng put down his daughter, picked up the three letters, and looked at his wife.

Liu Xiaoli explained:

“You were too tired last night, so I didn’t have time to tell you. These three letters are a thank-you letter from Fangcao magazine, an invitation from the second Golden Rooster Awards, and that Golden... Golden something award in Hong Kong.”

"The Hong Kong Film Awards?" Chen Fusheng remembered that Hong Kong only had one film festival in later years.

“Yes, yes, it’s called the Golden Image Awards.” Liu Xiaoli nodded.

Chen Fusheng didn't rush to deal with the three letters, but instead continued to play games with his daughter, who was engrossed in the game.

The bedroom was soon filled with childlike laughter.

Of course, Chen Fusheng didn't interrupt his conversation with his wife while playing games with his daughter.

"Honey, you've taken the day off, right?"

"Yes, I invited them last week."

"That's good."

Liu Xiaoli countered with, "And you, what are your work plans for the future?"

"I'm going to Hong Kong next week to promote the movie, and I also need to communicate with the local government about the filming permit for 'Die Hard'."

"Do we need government approval to film movies in Hong Kong?" Liu Xiaoli asked in surprise.

“Normally, we don’t need that, but my movie will have a lot of gunfight scenes and even require tanks. Without the support of the local government, we can’t just ship them from the mainland, can we?”

"We'll transport the weapons ourselves? The Hong Kong government won't agree to that."

"Of course we can't agree to that. People who know we're making a movie will think we're going to take over the territory ahead of schedule."

Liu Xiaoli nodded in agreement, and after a couple of seconds, asked again, "What if the Hong Kong government doesn't agree to lend you weapons to make a movie?"

"If they really don't agree, I'll just have to find another place to shoot. I can't keep putting all my eggs in one basket."

"Too."

Liu Xiaoli nodded again, and then asked about Chen Fusheng's next movie.

"Have you found an actor for your foreign language professor role yet?"

"I asked an American film distributor to help me get in touch with her. She just returned to her country and I guess she'll contact me later."

When do you plan to shoot this movie?

"I've mainly entrusted Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and a few others to prepare. I'll go to the company tomorrow to check on their progress before we discuss anything further."

Chen Fusheng continued, "This movie is actually very easy to make. As long as the actors' acting skills are good, I can finish filming it in a week."

"So fast?" Liu Xiaoli was surprised.

“You’ve read the script. Most of the plot is driven by the dialogue between the main characters indoors. This kind of film doesn’t require changing locations or acting skills. As long as the actors are in good condition, we can shoot a lot of scenes in a day.”

As soon as Chen Fusheng finished speaking, there was a knock on their bedroom door from the outside.

Then the mother-in-law's voice rang out from the doorway: "Xiaoli, Fusheng, are you up yet? Come out for breakfast."

"Okay, Mom, I'll be right there."

(End of this chapter)