China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 394: Going to Nasdaq again, sweetness in the rain (Please subscribe!)
"Lost in Hong Kong" ultimately failed to apply for an extension, so it was officially taken off the theaters on New Year's Eve yesterday.

However, because the staff who collected the statistics also had to go home to have New Year's Eve dinner with their families, the final box office of "Lost in Hong Kong" was not counted until the next day.

The total is 16.13 billion.

This is an undisputed new box office record!

Even during a festival like the Spring Festival, which is full of topics and traffic, it was on three hot searches.

Just imagine, if "Lost in Hong Kong" had gotten an extension, then the daily box office on that day might have seen a rebound.

The reason why it is only possible is that the Spring Festival period is becoming more and more important to filmmakers. Last year, there were only three films competing for it, but this year the number has increased directly to five.

They are "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", "Ex-Files", "Where Are We Going, Dad?", "A Chinese Odyssey", and "The Man from Macau", which was released during the Spring Festival due to a change in schedule.

Just like when "Police Story 2013" was released, the star-studded cast once again bought a hot search for Jing Tian because she was the heroine of "The Man from Macau".

But the amazing thing is that her resources, which would be top-notch for any other female star, seem to be wasted on her... Well, it can't be said to be a complete waste, but it just doesn't have the desired effect.

I feel like no matter how much I promote it, it won’t become popular!
It's like I don't have that fate.

Many netizens also joked -

"Adou who cannot be helped cannot be promoted, and Jingtian who cannot be made famous."

"Isn't there a popular saying in the entertainment industry that minor success depends on promotion, while major success depends on luck. Obviously Jing Tian doesn't have that kind of luck."

"But this girl has really good resources. She just starred with Cheng Long and now with Zhou Runfa. I heard that Director Chen still owes her a female lead. I wonder if Director Chen can make her famous."

"Who is Director Chen upstairs?"

"I should be talking about Director Chen Dong. I also remember that at last year's Bazaar Charity Gala, Jingtian spent 5000 million to buy a starring role from Director Chen."

"..."

When the five movies released during the Spring Festival were being sold out in theaters and on the Internet with bloodshed and widespread grief, Chen Dong had already taken his wife, his lovely two children, and his mother-in-law and flew to Los Angeles a day in advance.

The "advance" here refers to the departure time of JD.com's listing on Nasdaq.

"Dad, are you and Mom going to leave us and go play by yourselves tomorrow?"

"Who said that."

"I heard you and grandma say on the plane that you and mom would go to Nashville after we were dropped off in Los Angeles."

"Yes, but we are going to work, and we are leaving tomorrow, and will be back the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Then can't we go together? My little sister will cry."

"I told you, we're going to work. Apart from the work time, the rest is all about the schedule. Bringing you along will only make us suffer."

Liu Yifei added: "If your sister cries, you are the older brother, you have to remember to comfort her, okay?"

"Okay... then you must come back the day after tomorrow."

"of course."

The next day!

Nasdaq Airport.

A flight from Los Angeles landed on the runway, and then a young couple walked out of the first-class cabin. They were Chen Dong and his wife.

"Honey, is this your second time here?"

"Yes, I was there once when Weibo went public last year."

"Did you have a good walk last time?"

"How could I have the time? I came a little later last year, just in time for the Academy Awards ceremony. And your husband and I happened to have another movie nominated, so we came and left in a hurry."

"That's perfect. We came here in a hurry and left in a hurry again this time."

Because they were abroad, Chen Dong and Liu Yifei dressed relatively casually. At least, it was not like in China where they had to dress themselves up tightly when traveling.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they left the airport, they were recognized by two foreigners here.

"Oh, are you the Chinese director Chen?"

"Oh my god, it's really you. I really like your film "The Night the Comet Came". It's so well shot."

"Are you here in the U.S. to promote your new movie?"

"I guess this beautiful lady must be your wife, right?"

"I wonder if I'd be lucky enough to take a photo with you?"

What is certain is that these two foreigners were chatterboxes, and Chen Dong just listened to them without even having the chance to interrupt.

After meeting the fans' demands, Chen Dong and his friends got on a special car that came to pick them up.

After getting in the car, Liu Yifei muttered quietly: "Why didn't any fans recognize me?"

Although he spoke quietly, Chen Dong still 'accidentally' heard it. He comforted him, "This is because the way we Asians look, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, if we are not acquaintances, basically we all look the same, just like we see them the same way."

Liu Yifei thought about it and replied seriously: "It also has something to do with the fact that I haven't had any works released in a long time."

'Honey, are you picking me up? Or are you picking me up?'

Chen Dong retracted his gaze and looked out the window. After a while, he spoke: "During this vacation, I will definitely come up with a script for you."

"Honey, that's not what I meant."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"I mean, that's not what I meant, but now that you've said it, that's what I meant."

"..."

Liu Lidong and his friends arrived at the hotel earlier than Chen Dong and his wife.

But they did not rest. To be exact, they did not rest for too long, and they came to the hotel restaurant one after another.

A banquet is being held here, which is both a welcome party and a banquet for JD.com's listing tomorrow.

The banquet had just begun when Chen Dong and Liu Yifei walked into it.

"Look who's here! Let's give a round of applause to welcome Director Chen and his fairy-like wife, Miss Liu Yifei."

The sudden applause caught Chen Dong and his wife off guard, but fortunately they were already used to it and did not seem shy or embarrassed.

When the applause stopped, Chen Dong also came to Liu Lingdong. After a simple handshake, he glanced at a girl standing next to him who was younger than his wife, nodded to her, then looked away and gave Liu Lingdong a mysterious smile: "Why? Don't you want to introduce yourself?"

From the moment she came in, Liu Yifei's attention had been attracted by the young and beautiful girl next to Liu Lingdong, and she had no idea how many times she had looked at her.

At the same time, he was guessing her identity in his heart.

"Zhang Zhetian, my girlfriend."

"She's really my girlfriend!" Although Liu Yifei had some guesses in her mind, she was still a little shocked when she heard Liu Lingdong confirm the girl's identity with her own ears, but she maintained the politeness of a first meeting on the surface.

Chen Dong's behavior was exactly the opposite of his wife's, as he was calm inside and pretended to be surprised on the surface.

"Of course, President Liu, you are definitely an old cow eating young grass."

While teasing Liu Lingdong, Chen Dong also reached out his hand to Zhang Zhetian and shook hands with her, "Hello, I'm Chen Dong."

"Hello Director Chen, I'm your fan."

The arrival of Chen Dong and his wife made the atmosphere of the banquet even more lively, but because they had to go to witness the listing of JD.com early tomorrow morning, no one dared to get too drunk. After the party, Liu Xiaodong approached Chen Dong alone and said that he was going to take advantage of the listing to propose to Zhang Zhetian tomorrow, "... I hope Director Chen and your wife will cooperate."

"Sure, you guys are pretty quick."

Chen Dong also agreed on behalf of his wife and familiarized himself with the process and preparations for Liu Lidong's proposal tomorrow.

She also found out that the reason this man was so anxious to propose was because Zhang Zhetian was already pregnant.

"What? Liu Lingdong is going to propose tomorrow? Haven't they just known each other for half a year? Why are you in such a hurry?"

The reason why Liu Yifei was so surprised was that she subconsciously was not optimistic about the love between the two. The reason for her pessimism was very simple: the age difference between them was too big.

To exaggerate a little, the man can be the woman's father.

Chen Dong could understand his wife's shock, but when he told her that Zhang Zhatian was pregnant, this shock went through an evolutionary process in front of him, from being magnified to shrinking and finally recovering.

"It turns out that the matter has been settled."

"You can understand it that way."

The couple didn't discuss this topic for too long as they were distracted by a video call from the mother-in-law.

"Yueyue, don't cry, mom is here."

During the day, my sister's emotions were actually relatively stable, but at night, she started looking for her mother. The more her grandmother and brother tried to comfort her, the louder she cried. In desperation, they had to call her parents.

The effect was immediate. Even through the screen, Liu Yifei easily stopped the tears of this little crybaby, whom even her grandmother and brother couldn't understand. But her aggrieved look made the old father next to her mother feel heartbroken.

This is also the reason and bond why Chen Dong promised to fly back immediately after witnessing the listing process of JD.com tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Chen Dong and his wife were recognized by fans outside the Nasdaq airport, and their photo was reported in the local news.

So they were still video chatting with their children when Chen Dong's phone on the table started ringing.

"Who?"

"Leonardo."

Although Chen Dong didn't know how this guy knew he was in the United States so quickly, he still stood up and walked to the side to answer the phone.

“I’m on the news?”

"It's not you, it's you and Crystal. Don't you remember taking pictures with people outside the Nasdaq airport? Oh, by the way, what were you doing there?"

Chen Dong finally understood why he was on the news, and replied: "Come and witness a company going public here."

"Really? It's not your company in China, is it?"

“No, but I have shares.”

"Congratulations……"

After exchanging pleasantries and agreeing on the next meeting time, Chen Dong hung up the phone.

Looking back, he saw that his wife's video had not ended yet, so he walked over to help coax the child.

Only after coaxing the daughter in the video to sleep did the mother-in-law whisper good night to the couple.

After hanging up the video, Chen Dong looked at his wife tacitly, and they both sighed at the same time, and then chuckled.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. If I had known this would happen, I would have brought this little guy with me."

In response to his wife's complaints, Chen Dong nodded in agreement.

Soon, the lights in the room went out, and the moonlight outside the window had already reached overhead.

The next day the couple was awakened by the alarm.

"I'm so sleepy. Honey, I should have stayed in Los Angeles."

"Since we're here, who said we wanted to see the listing bell?"

"Then pick me up."

"You're so lazy."

Although he expressed disgust, Chen Dong was quite honest with his body.

I don’t know if it was because I didn’t eat anything in the morning, but I couldn’t pick him up all of a sudden.

"Have you gained weight again?"

"No, it's you, husband, who is weak."

"You're just fat."

"Not fat."

After a quarrel, my mind soon became clear.

But Liu Yifei seemed to have heard what Chen Dong said about her gaining weight, and she refused to eat breakfast before leaving. Even when Chen Dong fed food to her, she refused to open her mouth.

The weather today is actually not very good. The wind is a bit strong, it is drizzling, and the weather is relatively cold.

Liu Yifei was not very resistant to the cold at the moment because she had not had breakfast. Also, because the Nasdaq bell ringing location was outdoors, she shivered as soon as she got out of the car.

Just when she thought she was going to suffer from hunger and cold, a cloak was thrown over her from behind.

Without waiting for Liu Yifei to ask when this cloak was prepared, Chen Dong grabbed out another handful of milk candy.

"I was wrong, eat it now."

Liu Yifei actually regretted not having breakfast out of spite, because she was really hungry at the moment.

Seeing Chen Dong actually apologized proactively, she felt warm inside, but her damned pride made her retract her outstretched hand, and she said coquettishly with a heavy nasal tone: "Feed me."

Chen Dong hadn't seen this feminine side of his wife for a long time, but he didn't feel impatient at all. Instead, he thought it was cute. He couldn't help but reach out and scratch her nose, then peeled a piece of candy and fed it into her mouth with his own hands.

Today's weather will not cause much of a problem for JD.com's IPO bell ringing, but it is not good weather for Liu Lidong to propose to Zhang Zhatian.

However, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Even in the rain, Liu Lingdong still went according to the plan and completed the proposal ceremony to Zhang Zhatian in the presence of everyone.

Seeing Zhang Zhetian smiling and taking the flowers and ring from Liu Chendong, Liu Yifei couldn't help but lean into Chen Dong's arms, and then was fed a piece of candy.

"What is the taste?"

"sweet."

"How sweet?"

“Very sweet.”

"Let me have a taste?"

Liu Yifei turned around and gently offered her red lips.

Chen Dong also unconsciously lowered the umbrella in his hand.

Everyone around was cheering and shouting for Liu Lingdong and Zhang Zhetian, who had successfully proposed, to kiss each other. No one noticed that they had been kissing quietly under an umbrella.

"How is it? Isn't it sweet?"

"Yes."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but smile at Chen Dong's silly look. She took out a tissue from her backpack and wiped off the lipstick marks she left on him.

(End of this chapter)