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Chapter 244 Liu Xiaoli: This younger sister is so shy! (Please subscribe!)
"Xiao Li, the crew of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' just called and asked you to come over for a costume fitting."

"Now?" Liu Xiaoli looked at Director Yang Jie and asked her for confirmation.

"Yes, right now."

"Ok."

More than ten minutes later, Liu Xiaoli appeared at the preparation office of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" production team.

I just realized that there were a lot of actors trying on costumes today.

"Director Wang." She walked over and greeted Director Wang Fulin, who was talking to the costume designer.

When Wang Fulin turned around and saw that it was Liu Xiaoli, he quickly greeted her warmly.

Seeing that she had come alone, someone asked curiously, "Didn't Comrade Zhulin come with you?"

“Zhu Lin is the female lead in ‘Die Hard,’ and she’s gone to the United States with my husband to promote the movie,” Liu Xiaoli explained.

"Oh, that's great. You get to finish your work and also get to travel abroad."

"Yes." Liu Xiaoli smiled.

"By the way, do you know how long their trip will take?"

"I'm not sure about that."

Wang Fulin nodded, "Alright, then I'll have someone take Comrade Xiaoli to try on the clothes first."

"Okay, thank you, director."

After Liu Xiaoli finished speaking with Wang Fulin, she was about to walk towards the costume and makeup artist under the guidance of the costume designer when she suddenly noticed a shy-looking girl staring at her. So she politely smiled at her.

I never expected that my smile would give the other person the courage to come up and say hello.

"You are..." Chen Xiaoxu had watched this year's Spring Festival Gala and knew that this was the lover of the famous director and writer Fusheng, and that they also had a very lovely and beautiful daughter...

Well, none of that matters.

The important thing is that she has the opportunity to act in the film "Under the Hawthorn Tree," the lover of the other person. She thought it was fate that they met here, so she decided to go up and say hello.

As a result, after speaking, Chen Xiaoxu suddenly realized with embarrassment that she had no idea what the other person's name was.

Her face flushed red instantly.

Fortunately, just as the company was about to fail, he suddenly remembered that the other person had played Chang'e in "Journey to the West".

He immediately had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Are you Sister Chang'e?"

"I am not Chang'e, my name is Liu Xiaoli, but I did play Chang'e."

As Liu Xiaoli explained, she looked at her younger sister, who blushed shyly even when she spoke to her. She found her sister very cute, so her tone softened a bit: "Little sister, what's your name?"

"My name is Chen Xiaoxu."

"Chen Xiaoxu... What a nice name! Both of us have the character 'Xiao' in our names."

As she said this, a faint smile appeared on Liu Xiaoli's lips.

Because she's going to play Jia Yuanchun, she's been catching up on "Dream of the Red Chamber" these past few days.

Upon closer inspection of the girl in front of him, he realized that she looked very much like a character from the book—Lin Daiyu.

The reason Liu Xiaoli had this feeling was because she observed that:
Chen Xiaoxu's skin was very fair, with a slightly translucent porcelain white color, like the finest white glaze.

Her neck was slender, outlining a timid curve, like a tender willow shoot in early spring, as if it dared not bear any weight.

What is most endearing are her eyes and brows. Her two slender eyebrows are slightly furrowed, naturally shrouded in a light sorrow like smoke and mist. When her eyes move, they are clear and bright, yet they seem to be covered with a layer of moisture, as if she wants to say something but doesn't.

This tranquility and sensitivity were inexplicably in line with the phrase she had read in the book: "eyes that seem to be happy but are not, eyes full of affection."

Liu Xiaoli had seen many beauties on CCTV, some bright and beautiful, some dignified, but few with such temperament.

With a fairly certainty in his mind, he blurted out, "Little Xu, you're here to play Lin Daiyu, right?"

She spoke softly, but everyone in the space heard her.

This included director Wang Fulin, who was about to leave. However, he decided not to leave now and instead walked over to Chen Xiaoxu, giving her a thorough once-over.

Seeing the young girl blush again, Wang Fulin finally nodded and said, "She does resemble her; she does have a bit of the spirit."

Historically, although the role of Lin Daiyu was also played by Chen Xiaoxu, she had several competitors at that time.

However, with Liu Xiaoli's words, Chen Xiaoxu has now become Wang Fulin's first choice.

……

Oriental Company, guardhouse.

"Young man, who are you looking for?"

"Sir, I'm looking for Comrade Fusheng."

Who is Comrade Fusheng?

"Uh, it's director Chen Fusheng..."

"Looking for Director Chen? He's not here."

"Not here? Do you know where he/she went?"

"who are you?"

"I am Zheng Yuanjie, an editor of the magazine 'Oriental Youth'. This is my work ID, please take a look."

After glancing at Zheng Yuanjie's work ID, the security guard looked her over again, asked her what she wanted, and then explained:

"Director Chen has gone to the United States. Young comrade, do you think you should come back another time, or give this manuscript to Director Chen's secretary?"

"You went to America?"

Zheng Yuanjie asked with a mixture of surprise and curiosity, "Grandpa, what is Director Chen going to America for?"

"Of course, we'd send the movie to the US for release."

"I see... Do you know when he will be back?"

"How would I, a mere gatekeeper, know?"

"Okay, thank you, sir. I'll come again next time..."

……

Los Angeles, USA.

After leaving Warner Bros., Chen Fusheng glanced back at the group of people who had been following him around for five days of promotional events and looked quite tired. He first comforted them, saying, "You've all worked hard these past few days."

Then he asked, "We're all free until tomorrow morning. Would you like to go back to the hotel to rest early, or would you like to go see a movie to relax?"

"Let's go see a movie. I won't be able to sleep if we go back to the hotel now."

"Seconded."

"plus one."

After some questioning, apart from two elderly comrades from the Film Bureau and the Foreign Affairs Bureau who were too tired to continue and planned to return to their hotel to rest, everyone else followed Chen Fusheng to a nearby cinema located inside a large supermarket.

They bought tickets for the movie "Gandhi".

This film is a British-Indian co-production distributed by Columbia Pictures.

It tells the story of a man named Gandhi who used nonviolent non-cooperation as a weapon to lead the Indian people in resisting British colonial rule, fighting for national independence, and advocating social equality and religious harmony.

However, the reason why people chose to watch this movie instead of other films showing at the same time, such as Mystery, The Sting 2, The King of Comedy, and Local Heroes, has nothing to do with what story Gandhi tells. The main reason is that it topped the North American box office last week with $1034 million in weekly box office.

Tomorrow, their "Die Hard" will officially open in 517 theaters across North America. If they want to take the box office crown this week, then "Gandhi" will be their biggest competitor.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

Since they are the biggest competitors, everyone naturally wants to know more about them first!

(End of this chapter)