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

Chapter 188 Liu Xiaoli: Then you'd better not be! (Please subscribe!)

"Sisi, Mommy is going to work today. Be good at home and listen to Grandma, okay?"

"I also need to go."

“I’m going to work and don’t have time to take care of you. You stay at home with Grandma and be good. I’ll give you White Rabbit milk candy and canned food when I come back this afternoon.”

"Why should my younger brother go too?"

"Your younger brother is still young."

Chen Qian's emotions were relatively stable at first, but after watching her mother carry her younger brother and disappear from sight, she suddenly felt wronged.

Holding the half-eaten bowl of breakfast, large tears fell into it.

When Yang Hongmei turned around and saw this scene, she was heartbroken and quickly picked up her eldest granddaughter to comfort her.

"Oh dear, my darling granddaughter, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly crying?"

Chen Qian was just crying silently at first, but after being comforted by her grandmother, she seemed even more aggrieved and started crying sadly.

"Did Mom go to work and only take your younger brother with her, not you?"

"Ah."

"Look how wronged my granddaughter is! When Mom comes back, Grandma will talk to her for you. Now, Qianqian, let's stop crying, okay?"

"Grandma, I miss Dad."

"I miss my dad. He'll be back soon."

"Really? When is Daddy coming back?"

"Dad will definitely be back soon after he finishes his work, and he'll bring Xixi a gift too."

"what gift?"

"We'll know when Dad gets back."

Seeing that she had comforted her granddaughter and wanted to prevent her from getting upset again, Yang Hongmei decided to use some delicious food to distract her.

"Sisi, do you still want to eat breakfast?"

"full."

"Would you like Grandma to open a can of food for you?"

"want."

"Haha, your little mouth is just as honest as your dad's when he was a kid."

"Grandma, I want to eat White Rabbit milk candy again."

"Children shouldn't eat too much sugar, it will ruin their teeth."

"Just one."

"Okay, one it is."

"Thank you grandma."

No wonder they say a child's mood is like the weather in July, changing in an instant.

Just now, Chen Qian, who was very sad, has already brightened up and even smiled at her grandmother, revealing a pair of cute dimples. She is absolutely adorable.

……

"Hey, Xiaoli, what brings you here today?"

On CCTV, during the filming of "Journey to the West," director Yang Jie was surprised to see Liu Xiaoli carrying a child on her back.

"I'm here for work. If I don't come soon, I'm worried Director Yang Jie will fire me," Liu Xiaoli joked.

"If I dared to fire you, your Director Chen would come after me for an explanation."

Director Yang Jie walked over and teased Chen Guo on Liu Xiaoli's back.

The little guy was amused by director Yang Jie and kept laughing, which was different from his sister when she was a child, as his sister was a bit shy around strangers.

"You brought the small one, so where's the big one?"

"The older one and her grandmother are at home."

Why didn't you bring it along?

"I'm here to work, not to visit," Liu Xiaoli said.

Director Yang Jie chuckled and then changed the subject.

"By the way, where's your Director Chen? I haven't heard from him since he came back from the Golden Rooster Awards. What has he been up to lately?"

"He went to America."

"What? You went to America? When did that happen? What are you doing in America?"

"He went there at the end of last month after returning from the Golden Rooster Awards because his new movie is going to be released in the United States." Director Yang Jie was surprised again: "He can even send a movie to be released in the United States? Has your Director Chen become that capable now?"

"What's so great about it? It's just his job."

After talking about her husband, Liu Xiaoli then inquired about the news at the factory.

"Did you know that Director Dai has retired?"

"Ah? When did it happen?"

"That was last month."

"So who's the new factory manager now?" Liu Xiaoli asked with a gossipy look.

"The former deputy factory director, Wang."

Director Yang Jie then said mysteriously, "Xiao Li, guess what our Factory Director Wang's first big move will be after he takes the stage?"

"what?"

"Reform to Welcome the Spring Festival Gala"

Liu Xiaoli thought for a moment, then said, "Like the Spring Festival Gala that you put on in 79, Director Yang Jie?"

"That gala was something that director Deng Zaijun and I put together. It was our first time doing something like that, and we didn't have much experience, so we made a lot of mistakes and were criticized a lot. But it was pretty much our style: a live performance that was then broadcast live to viewers in front of their TVs."

"That's quite difficult. What if you make a mistake because you're nervous when you go on stage? Wouldn't you lose face in front of the whole country?"

"So you need to practice more in advance."

“That’s true. Practice makes perfect, and you’ll develop muscle memory.” Liu Xiaoli nodded, recalling the days she spent practicing dance at the Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater.

"Oh right, it's what you mean by developing muscle memory." Director Yang Jie suddenly remembered something and asked, "Xiao Li, you're a dancer, right? Do you want to sign up?"

"I gained a lot of weight after giving birth to my second child, and now I can't even jump."

"But you don't look fat at all now."

"I just don't look fat."

"See? If I were still the director of the Spring Festival Gala, I would definitely hire you."

"..."

Liu Xiaoli thought to herself: You'd better not be one!

……

Los Angeles.

The box office figures for the second week of "The Man from Earth" have been released today.

The total is $413.3.

Add to the $101.8 million earned in the first two days of the first week.

A total of $515.1 million has been raised.

Given the film's strong box office performance and promising potential, coupled with the lackluster performance of Blade Runner, Warner Bros. has decided to upgrade the film's marketing resources to A-level starting next week.

To be precise, the number of theaters showing the film increased from 58 to 319, and an additional $100 million was allocated for advertising.

The effect was immediate; the box office in the third week almost broke ten million, and with an excellent performance of $767.4 million, it surpassed Blade Runner's $465 million, taking the second place in the last week of June 1982 in North America.

what?
Who is number one?

Of course, it's still "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".

Moreover, this movie has been released for almost a month and is still making waves.

This week's box office revenue exceeded 20 million, a rare occurrence.

The cumulative box office has exceeded 60 million.

Historically, it raked in $3.9 million at the North American box office in just six months, and given the current trend, it's unlikely to do too badly.

As for Chen Fusheng's "The Man from Earth," although it attracted many viewers to the cinema in the past three weeks with its imaginative plot and gimmicks, its reputation has become polarized and it is not as good as "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." So, in fact, the box office potential of his film had already reached its peak in the third week. Unless a large amount of promotional resources are invested in it, the box office data will not be very good.

Of course, this film was just a preliminary step for Chen Fusheng, and to be honest, he never expected it to achieve a box office of tens of millions of dollars.

More importantly, his film cost less than $50,000. Based on Hollywood media's prediction that his film would eventually gross $16 million, the return on investment would be as high as 260 times, and in fact even higher.

But this is enough to break the record of 146 times return on investment set by the 1973 film "American Graffiti".

Next, Chen Fusheng planned to go to Warner Bros. to discuss the videotape rights to "The Man from Earth," and then prepare to return to China.

As for the special effects collaboration and casting issues for "Die Hard," he had already settled them within the previous month.

In fact, if "The Man from Earth" hadn't performed so well at the box office, far exceeding his expectations, he wouldn't have waited until now to negotiate with Warner Bros.

(End of this chapter)