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

Chapter 197 Mom, Do I Have a Tail Now? (Please Subscribe!)
"Hello, this is Baihua Recording Studio."

"Hello, I'm Chen Fusheng. I recorded two songs at your recording studio last week. I'd like to ask how the progress is?"

"Please wait a moment, I'll call our manager..."

Ten seconds later, another voice came from the receiver in Chen Fusheng's hand.

"I am Wang Jinshan. I apologize to Director Chen for keeping you waiting."

"It's nothing." Chen Fusheng then repeated his question into the receiver.

"As per your original requirements, Director Chen, we first completed 'Good Fortune and Prosperity,' which is now finished. However, 'I Believe' is still in production and will take about two to three more days."

“Then I’ll come over later to pick up ‘Good Fortune and Prosperity’.”

"OK……"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fusheng's gaze fell on the documents in his secretary's hand, and he asked, "What is this?"

"A fax sent by Director Qian from the United States."

The Director Qian that Tong Jiang mentioned is the finance director of their Oriental Company, named Qian Jiang.

Last week, Warner Bros. sent a message saying that "The Man from Earth" had been pulled from North American theaters and asked them to send someone over to settle the box office revenue.

Chen Fusheng didn't need to make the trip himself, so he sent the finance director instead.

At this moment, he took the fax from Tong Jiang and immediately grasped the key information.

First, the film grossed $1616 million in 35 days. Although Chen Fusheng had predicted this before returning to China, it was still a pleasant surprise to see such a good result.

However, this surprise vanished by half as soon as the box office revenue was distributed.

Because after taxes, revenue sharing with cinemas, and revenue sharing with the distribution company, only 26% of the total box office revenue remains.

This is 4 percentage points lower than Chen Fusheng's estimate of 30%.

The good news is that even with only 26% of the revenue share, the box office still reached $420 million.

Including revenue from videotape rights, this ultra-low-budget film has already earned $620 million in the North American market alone.

If the rights had been sold overseas from the beginning, even if the global rights to "The Man from Earth" had been sold, it would never have fetched such a high price.

This is the key and the source of the irresistible attraction that Hollywood's film market holds for filmmakers worldwide.

This also solidified Chen Fusheng's 'ambition' to enter Hollywood.

At the same time, he has set even higher standards for his next film, "Die Hard".

"Director Chen, are you going to the bureau to report on your work now?"

After Chen Fusheng finished reading the fax, he was about to leave. Tong Jiang assumed he was going to the bureau to report the good news.

Little did he know, Chen Fusheng was still only planning to go to Baihua Recording Studio to pick up his daughter's birthday present for tomorrow.

However, Tong Jiang's question did remind him.

"Oh right, it also needs to be reported."

Chen Fusheng thought for a moment, looked at Tong Jiang, and handed the fax back to him: "Just send a report of good news to the bureau."

"Huh? Such a big thing, is it appropriate to only send a report to the bureau?"

"Nothing inappropriate."

After saying that, Chen Fusheng went downstairs, got into his car, and drove away.

He had barely left when the call from the station came in...

"Ahh~"

Chen Fusheng suddenly sneezed while sitting in the car.

I immediately guessed that it was Director Shi talking about himself after receiving the good news.

However, he still doesn't plan to go to the Film Bureau today; he'll go for tea another day when he's thirsty.

Soon, the car brought Chen Fusheng to the Baihua Recording Studio.

Manager Wang, who had been on the phone earlier, had been waiting for a long time.

Chen Fusheng listened to it several times and found no obvious flaws, so he considered it a successful test.

When they left, they took with them the multi-track cassette tape and master tape of the song "Good Fortune and Prosperity".

"Dad, what are you holding in your hand?" As soon as Chen Fusheng got home, his daughter rushed towards him, her eyes also fixed on what he had brought back.

But Chen Fusheng didn't want to lie to his daughter, so he chose to tell the truth:

"This is a birthday present from your mom and dad."

"What gift is it?" Chen Qian's eyes lit up, and she reached out to take it.

However, her father avoided it.

Then her clear eyes were filled with great confusion.

Chen Fusheng bent down and picked up the little cutie, explaining as he did so:

"I won't give it to you for now. I'll give it to you on your birthday tomorrow."

When the topic of birthdays came up, a look of fear and grievance flashed in Chen Qian's eyes. "But Dad, I don't want to celebrate my birthday."

"Why? Because on their birthdays they get to wear pretty new clothes, eat good food, and receive gifts. Kids love their birthdays."

"But...but you have to grow a tail for your birthday, Daddy, I don't want to grow a tail."

When Chen Fusheng heard this reason, he was first taken aback, and then he was both amused and exasperated.

"Who said that?"

"My aunt said so."

"Your auntie is just teasing you. You won't grow a tail on your birthday."

"really?"

"Of course it's true, do you believe your dad?"

"Believe."

"If you believe me, give your dad a kiss."

As soon as Chen Fusheng finished speaking, his daughter kissed him without hesitation.

mua~
Although Chen Qian had already believed her father's words by then, the first thing she did when she woke up the next morning was to touch her own buttocks.

"Xixi, what are you doing? Have you pooped?" Liu Xiaoli noticed her daughter's actions and couldn't help but misunderstand, so she hurriedly went over to check.

But it turned out that it didn't.

The next second, she was also left speechless, both amused and exasperated by her daughter's question.

"Mommy, do I have a tail now?"

"Don't worry, it hasn't grown."

Liu Xiaoli comforted her daughter and then asked, "Xixi, who taught you this?"

Chen Qian noticed that her father was awake, so she called out, "Dad!"

"..." Chen Fusheng: Did I get too excited? How come I saw a big black pot flying over?

"Honey, this is a misunderstanding..."

Before he could explain, Liu Xiaoli interrupted him, saying:

"Never mind what it is, honey, get up quickly, we promised to take everyone out to play today."

"Where should we go?" Chen Fusheng admitted that he did say that, but he hadn't made any plans at all.

Liu Xiaoli knew this would be the case, but luckily she had done her research: "It's too hot to visit tourist attractions. My suggestion is to go see a movie in the morning, go shopping in the afternoon, and then come back to eat cake."

"Honey, what movie would you like to watch?"

"The Herdsman, I heard that the male lead's emotional scenes in that movie are particularly simple and delicate."

“Okay, then I have no objection. What do you think, honey?” Chen Fusheng looked at his daughter again.

"I don't have any objection either."

"Then it's such a happy decision."

Just then, her son woke up and started crying as soon as he opened his eyes.

Chen Fusheng and his wife exchanged a glance and immediately realized a headache-inducing problem—what to do with the little guy if they were going to watch a movie?

(End of this chapter)