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

Chapter 395: Creating a Heroine Script for My Wife (Please Subscribe!)
"Pudong Economic News: Today, our company JD.com successfully listed on Nasdaq with an issue price of US$19."

"Beijing Entertainment News: JD.com's President Liu Xiaodong proposed to Milk Tea Sister, who is 19 years younger than him, on the day of the IPO. Attached are a lot of photos of the proposal on the spot."

“Sina News: Surprised, Chen Dong is actually the second largest shareholder of JD.”

"The richest director in the country - Director Chen Dong."

"..."

When the news of JD.com's successful listing on NASDAQ reached China, Chen Dong and his wife had already flown back to Los Angeles.

Because their son was very obsessed with going to the amusement park, their plan for the next day was to go to Disneyland.

"Dad, let's go on a pirate ship."

"Dad, that bumper car should be fun."

"Dad, the jet ski is so cool."

"dad……"

Although Chen Dong was just playing with his son at the beginning, he eventually began to enjoy it.

It’s a pity that my daughter is still too young, otherwise it would be happier for our family to experience these projects.

For the next week, Chen Dong completely put aside his work and devoted all his energy to spending a happy vacation with his family.

During this period, Alice, Leonardo and Marion Cotillard all came to visit, and I also received many calls from other acquaintances and friends.

There are no travel plans today, because after a whole day of playing, they are actually very tired. Moreover, they have been playing for a week and are ready to take a break.

"Both children are still asleep?"

"Of course I am. I am exhausted these days."

There was a hint of fatigue in Liu Yifei's tone, and it was obvious that she was not only talking about the child, but also herself.

However, she saw that Chen Dong's energy seemed unaffected, so she tried to find a topic to talk about: "Didn't Alice come over a few days ago and ask you to go to the company so that she could give you a work report? I happen to have nothing to do today, so you can go."

"Why rush? It will be the same if you listen to it again when you are ready to go back."

In recent years, although Chen Dong has appeared in Future Pictures less and less frequently, he would regularly send people to check the accounts, so he was not worried at all that the company would have any major problems.

Liu Yifei continued to find a topic: "Then you can go and watch the post-production of The Revenant. Director Nolan has invited you over the phone a long time ago. Or you can also ask Director Paul out for a cup of coffee, and then talk about the investment in Resident Evil 6."

Chen Dong pulled the woman into his arms, stared into her eyes and said, "You think your husband doesn't know how to be tired, right? You insist on finding a job for me."

"Yes, I'm afraid you won't be able to use up all your energy."

"It's okay, I can use it on you tonight."

"Bah, driving the yellow car again."

Liu Yifei spat and looked back at Chen Dong's computer desktop. She saw that the world had been opened, but there was not a single word left. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing?"

Chen Dong did not answer directly. Instead, he took up the hands that were around his wife's chest, no, around her waist, and placed them on the keyboard. After hesitating for a moment, he typed out a title.

"The Legend of Nuwa, is this... a script?"

When the word "script" was mentioned, Liu Yifei's voice obviously increased by three points.

Chen Dong did not deny it either, because he was planning to write an original script with a female lead for his wife, and this task could not be completed overnight, so even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't.

In this case, it is better to show it openly from the beginning.

However, although it is an original script, the story he wants to write is not just imagined out of thin air.

Because he had conceived of this idea in his previous life, but the scene was too grand, and with his ability and capital at the time, he could not produce the effect he wanted in his mind, so he had to settle for the second best and wrote a castrated version of the script.

Unexpectedly, the castrated version cannot be released yet...

"Husband, are you writing?"

When Liu Yifei saw that Chen Dong stopped typing the three words "Nuwa Ji", she couldn't help but urge him.

Chen Dong's somewhat helpless voice rang in her ears: "How can I continue writing if you sit on me?"

Because Chen Dong was writing the script for her, Liu Yifei didn't care that it was this man who pulled her into his arms just now.

After getting up, she made a cup of coffee for Chen Dong and added two spoonfuls of sugar to the coffee, while usually only one spoonful was added.

After all, "Nuwa Ji" is a story that has been conceived before. Although Chen Dong does not intend to copy it one-to-one like other people's movies, and may even change it beyond recognition, overall, this story has mature characters, worldviews, and timelines, which can ensure that Chen Dong's inspiration will not run out when he is doing "second creation";

Therefore, the creative progress is still quite gratifying.

It's just that there is someone who would run over and take a peek from time to time, always interrupting his thoughts. But this person would always do some small favors to please him, making it impossible for him to get angry even if he wanted to.

"Honey, are your shoulders sore? Let me massage them for you."

"Honey, have you overused your brain? Let me massage your temples."

"Hubby, don't stop, keep writing."

Chen Dong felt a mixture of pain and happiness at this moment.

I wonder who understands?
Since Chen Dong started writing the book "Nuwa Records", his family no longer lived in a hotel.

Instead, he moved into a sea view villa with a garden in a wealthy area of ​​Los Angeles. Of course, this villa was rented.

In addition to facing the sea and having pleasant scenery, quietness is also a key factor in choosing to rent here.

After all, Chen Dong's creation this time is his original work, which requires a lot of brain cells, so a good environment is very important.

Liu Yifei has been married to Chen Dong for seven years. She used to see him being calm and relaxed whether he was writing scripts or songs. But this time, it suddenly felt so difficult that she was a little uncomfortable with it.

But she was the first reader of "The Story of Nüwa". Although the story had not been completed yet, she could feel the greatness of the story and the shock it brought to her just through the words. So she felt that it was natural for her husband to take longer and have more difficulty in creating this time.

Chen Dong doesn't create all the time except when he eats and sleeps. Occasionally, he takes his family out to see a movie, goes shopping with his wife, takes his daughter to the beach to watch the sunset, plays football with his son on the lawn, or helps his mother-in-law cook... His life is simple and fulfilling.

Before I knew it, the second weekend was here.

Chen Dong has already written one third of the story of "The Legend of Nüwa". Is that slow?
On the contrary, this progress is not slow at all for an original script, especially one that is comparable to a Hollywood S-level blockbuster. It can even be said to be very fast.

……

"Phew, that's all for today."

After writing a short story, Chen Dong stood up and stretched, then looked out the window into the distance. He saw rolling dark clouds rolling on the sea level.

This is a sign of the coming storm.

"Dad, Daddy..."

At this time, Liu Yifei walked in, holding a cute baby in her arms, and imitating her mother, calling "Dad, Dad".

Chen Dong came forward to take his daughter and kissed her pink cheek, but he was not satisfied with that and put his forehead against hers, making the little girl giggle. After Liu Yifei handed the little girl to her husband, she sat directly in his seat and began to perform the duties of the first reader.

The reason why it is called a responsibility is that she is also given the right to check for typos and grammatical issues.

Chen Dong doesn't create much content every day, so Liu Yifei reads it word by word, for fear of missing out on any details or highlights.

"Is there a problem?"

Seeing his wife shift her eyes away from his computer screen, Chen Dong asked at the right time.

"Did not see it."

"That means no."

Chen Dong added in his mind: "Writing a script is not like writing a million-word online article. What I pursue is not speed, but quality. Therefore, every word and sentence I type is carefully considered and I will not easily give people the opportunity to find faults."

Liu Yifei didn’t know what Chen Dong was thinking at the moment, but she didn’t care about it.

Listening to the sound of big raindrops hitting the glass, the couple both looked outside.

"Where's your son? He's not playing outside, right?" Chen Dong asked with concern.

"No, she was helping her grandma cook when I came up."

Chen Dong nodded, and seeing that his daughter shrank into his arms because of the thunder, he hugged her tighter.

She said to her mother, "Yueyue is afraid of thunder, I'll take her downstairs to have a look." After that, she left the room with the best viewing area, which had glass walls on three sides.

Liu Yifei responded. She knew that dinner would take some time, so she was not in a hurry to go downstairs. The main reason was that she just saw a pop-up window appear in the lower right corner of her computer, which seemed to say that the winners of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival had been announced, and the biggest winner was a Chinese-language film. This aroused her curiosity, so she prepared to search on the Internet.

"The winner of the Golden Bear Award for Best Film is Black Coal, Thin Ice... I remember Chen Dong also said that this film had a high chance of winning the award, but I didn't expect it to actually win, and it was the Golden Bear Award."

Liu Yifei continued watching and was surprised to find that this movie also helped the male lead Liao Fan win the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award.

This means that this year's Berlin International Film Festival no longer follows the one-film-one-award system, but it is different from the one when she won the Best Actress award.

Because there were no double yolk eggs this year.

In addition, Lou Ye's "Massage" also won a trophy, but it was awarded to photography.

As for Ning Hao's "No Man's Land"...it was not selected.

Downstairs, restaurant.

Chen Dong saw that dinner was about to start, but his wife hadn't come downstairs yet, so he gently kicked his son on the butt and said, "You're still eating when dinner is about to start. Go, call your mother down to eat."

"Mom is here."

The son, who was facing the door, just happened to see Liu Yifei appear at the door of the restaurant.

"Hurry up and wash your hands. Really? You're already a mother of two children, and you still have to yell for food."

Liu Yifei pouted at her mother who was scolding her, feeling a little aggrieved, because no one called her, she just came down by herself smelling the aroma of food.

But seeing that his mother had worked hard to prepare such a large table of food, he did not talk back but just glared at the man who was laughing.

At the dinner table, Liu Yifei couldn't help herself and gently kicked her husband.

"what?"

"This year's Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony ended last night. Did you know about this, husband?"

"Well, I know."

Chen Dong sits in front of the computer all day long, but he is not a machine. Of course, he needs to relax after writing the script, and surfing the Internet is one of his ways to relax.

When Liu Yifei heard Chen Dong say that he knew, the desire to share in her eyes suddenly dimmed.

But at this time, the two children's grandmother asked curiously: "Oh, it's curtain call, what's the result?"

After hearing this, Liu Yifei's desire to share, which had originally dimmed, was revived.

She talked incessantly about the news she had just read upstairs at this cozy dining table.

"Mom, is 'Fireworks in the Daytime' so great? Then how about we go to the cinema to watch this movie tomorrow?"

The little girl in the stroller also imitated her brother and said, "Kang movie, Kang movie."

The next second, their father dampened their enthusiasm with one sentence: "You can't watch it yet. The movie hasn't been released yet."

Perhaps not wanting to dampen his son's interest, he added: "You can watch it when you return home."

"So, Dad, how long will it take us to return home?"

"The end of the month, or early March."

I just saw my son counting with his fingers. I don’t know how he calculated, but the number he reported was quite accurate.

"That means only half a month."

"Yes."

"Can't you stay a few more days?"

"No." Liu Yifei replied.

"why?"

"Because you're going to start school in March."

Seeing that their son was as wilted as a frosted eggplant after hearing these words, parents Chen Dong and Liu Yifei looked at each other and smiled.

"You still can't finish writing the story of "Nuwa Ji" in the remaining half month, right?"

That night, after Liu Yifei coaxed her daughter to sleep, she did not go to bed, but chatted with Chen Dong in private.

"I wrote slowly at first, building the framework as I went along. Now that the framework is built, I will fill it with content, which will be faster. Of course, it doesn't matter if I can't finish it. I can just go back and write it again."

Liu Yifei turned around, hugged Chen Dong's waist, and naturally put one leg on his leg. She had a lot of questions, but Chen Dong chatted with her for a long time without getting a response. When he listened carefully, he found that the woman had fallen asleep in his arms.

Early morning in the United States is noon in China.

The results of last night's Berlin International Film Festival awards ceremony were reported back to China, and indeed caused quite a stir online.

All major media outlets also gave it enough attention, reprinting and reporting on the film, but unfortunately, "Fireworks in the Daytime" did not take advantage of this wave of popularity to be released directly, but instead set the release date early at the end of March.

There is still a full month left until the end of March. Things are different now. The Internet is flooded with a lot of news every day. After a month, the news will be gone.

Of course, it is also possible that Diao Yinan was imitating Jia Zhangke, who did not care about the box office from the beginning and cared more about the value of copyright.

(End of this chapter)