director of the millennium

"Yes, I'm going to be a father!"

"Hahaha, we were already trying to get pregnant, but we didn't expect it to go so smoothly!"

"Then I'll take your advice. Well, it's the same for both men and women. In fact, I prefer girls. They will definitely inherit Sissi's beauty."

Wu Yuan smiled so much that his mouth reached his ears. He made phone calls one after another to inform his friends of the good news.

The main purpose was to notify a few friends in the circle and several senior executives of the company.

At the same time, right next to the study, Liu Yifei was also calling relatives and friends to share the good news.

In fact, the couple are not the kind of people who have a strong desire to share, but it is still necessary to share such an important event as the addition of a new baby to the family with relatives and friends. They can't wait until Liu Yifei is pregnant in a few months before relatives and friends see the news!

Liu Yifei was not feeling well while filming a commercial in the afternoon. She kept feeling nauseous and vomiting, so she went to the hospital for a check-up. Unexpectedly, she found out that she was two months pregnant.

Before this, although her "relative" was indeed late for a while, due to the work and rest schedule of an artist, she just thought it was just some irregular menstruation and didn't think about pregnancy at all.

After all, it had only been two or three months since they decided to have a child, and they didn't expect it to be so soon and so smoothly.

Liu Yifei didn't even have time to tell her mother the news. It was only after she had told Wu Yuan that she called Liu Xiaoli.

Since their relationship became stable several years ago, Liu Xiaoli no longer lived with Liu Yifei, but lived alone in a villa in Yanjiao. The mother and daughter usually got together every now and then.

Although Wu Yuan has no elders on his side, Liu Xiaoli does not want to be too involved in the couple's private lives, and she is happy living alone.

"After my mother knew about this, she planned to move in tomorrow to take care of me." At this time, Liu Yifei, who had informed relatives and friends before Wu Yuan, walked into the study, hugged Wu Yuan from the back, and leaned her cheek on his shoulder, saying with deep emotion: "My mother was so happy on the phone."

"She has been urging me to have a child for the past few years. Now she has finally got her wish and can't wait to take care of her grandchildren."

"A granddaughter is better." Wu Yuan said with a smile.

After the excitement and surprise passed, he was finally able to calm down and accept the joy. "I still prefer girls. With our genes, we can definitely give birth to a beautiful girl. Besides, a daughter is a father's sweet and caring little cotton-padded jacket, but a son is not like that. He is a naughty and mischievous boy."

"That won't work." Liu Yifei wrinkled her pretty nose, "The Wu family still needs an heir, otherwise, would you be willing to hand over such a large business to your son-in-law?"

"Hey, you're really thinking ahead." Wu Yuan laughed, "The child hasn't even been born yet, and you're already thinking about inheriting my property."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I don't really care about these things. Anyway, the money we earn is enough for the two of us to spend in ten lifetimes. As for what will happen to the company in the future, I don't care."

"However, if I give birth to a daughter, I would be very sad to think that a bastard would kidnap my daughter in the future. I definitely cannot accept it."

"It turns out there is no such thing as having the best of both worlds in this world!"

Liu Yifei patted Wu Yuan's shoulder and scolded him for being greedy.

Just as this happened, the phone Wu Yuan had just put down rang again.

"Hey, Sister Xiaoping?" Didn't he just call her? Thinking to himself, Wu Yuan picked up the phone: "What's wrong? Did you forget to say something?" "Director Wu, I just heard the good news and was so happy for a while." Li Xiaoping's steady voice came from the other end of the phone: "But there is one thing, I think we should re-plan."

"Xixi is already two months pregnant, right? That means in four months at most, she will no longer be fit for work."

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Wu Yuan was a little confused.

"Cai Wenji!" A confident voice came from the other end of the phone: "The Cai Wenji directed by Zhang Yimou!"

"Originally, the company planned to premiere this film at the Cannes Film Festival, but by that time, Sissi should be seven or eight months pregnant, right?"

"This won't be very convenient for walking the red carpet and promoting the movie, right?"

If it were an ordinary actress, it would not be impossible for her to go to Cannes even if she was seven or eight months pregnant. After all, pregnancy is a common thing. However, walking the red carpet at Cannes and having a high probability of winning an award may only happen once in a lifetime.

But Liu Yifei is different. She is the boss lady of Light and Shadow Times. Her pregnancy must be treated with caution. How could she go to Europe to promote a movie with a big belly?

Therefore, the film "Cai Wenji"'s road to awards and its subsequent release schedule must be revised.

Wu Yuan understood it immediately. He didn't want his wife to be busy with movie promotion when she was pregnant. He also knew that Liu Yifei hoped to win the award with a perfect image instead of going for it with a big belly. This might be a commendable thing in Hollywood.

"I understand." Wu Yuan thought about it and immediately decided: "Then let's go to the Berlin Film Festival instead."

"The Berlin Film Festival is in February, and Sissi will only be four months pregnant by then, so her belly won't be very noticeable."

"Is it too late?" Li Xiaoping on the other end of the phone was a little hesitant.

"There's still time!" Wu Yuan said firmly.

It would definitely be too late to change other directors, but he could use his connections to force "Cai Wenji" into the list of candidates.

Generally, the Berlin Film Festival will announce the list of films shortlisted for each unit from the end of December to the beginning of February, but it will be announced in batches, and the number of films selected for the main competition unit each year is not fixed, so Wu Yuan still has room for maneuver. He only needs to contact the Berlin Organizing Committee immediately and ask them to expedite the film review and put "Cai Wenji" into the final batch of shortlisted films.

This is not a difficult task.

After all, "Cai Wenji" is a film by Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou's films are still very prestigious among the top three in Europe.

As long as he wants to, and his film is indeed a qualified art film, his film will be shortlisted, but whether it can win the award in the end depends on the choice of the judges during the Film Week.

"I'll contact him now." Without waiting for Li Xiaoping to say anything, Wu Yuan hung up the phone, found the phone number of the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival, and called him without caring about the time difference.

Fifteen minutes later, Wu Yuan hung up the phone and waved to Liu Yifei casually: "Done!"

"Cai Wenji will be selected as a work in the main competition unit of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival and will compete for the awards of this year's main competition unit!" (End of this chapter)