Dad Academy

A car was coming from the airport. The driver was a company-run driver arranged by Zhang Tan, who took these people directly to the Little Red Horse Academy.

There were a total of 5 people in this group, 3 men and 2 women, all foreigners. After getting on the car, they said thank you to the driver in broken Chinese, and then communicated in English.

[To make it easier for everyone to understand, I directly translated it into Chinese for you]

The five people looked at the scenery of Pujiang through the car window.

The leader was a middle-aged woman named Lucy. While looking at the viaduct outside the car window, she asked: "Has anyone of you been to Pujiang before?"

"This is my first time in Huaxia." Someone responded.

"It's my first time too." Another woman said.

"I've been to BJ before, but this is my first time in Pujiang." This is a man with slightly dark skin, probably a mixed-race, named Hassan.

...

Several people talked a lot, from the scenery of Pujiang to the purpose of this trip. The most discussed was the award-winning work "The Other Shoe" and the more concerned creative team.

The mixed-race youth Hassan said, "I still can't believe that the main creative team is a group of seven or eight-year-old girls, and one of them is three and a half years old. My God, this is crazy. In fact, there is no need to come here. I can conclude that they must have the help of adults, or even that they just signed their names. This situation is not uncommon."

Another woman in the same group said, "Hassan, don't say that. This work is recommended by Little Red Pony Film and Television for the review. They know the risks involved. Are they willing to gamble on the company's reputation?"

Hassan shrugged and said, "Who knows?"

Lucy, the leader of the team, said to him seriously, "This topic ends here. I don't want to hear you mention it again."

No words were spoken along the way, and they soon arrived at the Little Red Pony Academy.

The car stopped at the entrance of the academy. As soon as the group got off the car, they saw two rows of little girls standing on both sides of the entrance, applauding them and shouting something.

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!!!!"

The honor guard organized by Xiaobai was warmly welcoming the arrival of Lucy and others. Everyone had a bright smile on their faces, making people feel at home.

Seeing such a group of cute and beautiful girls, anyone would be in a good mood.

Lucy and others were all smiling and waved to them to express their gratitude.

Zhang Tan came forward to welcome them, shook hands with Lucy, and introduced himself in English.

Lucy and others then knew that he was Zhang Tan, the producer of the "Matrix" series of movies.

She introduced her team members to Zhang Tan and others, and then Zhang Tan also introduced Xiaobai and others to them.

"This is Xiaobai, my daughter, and the director of "The Other Shoe."

Xiaobai nodded to them, maintaining the dignity of the director.

Before that, she specifically asked the old man how to prevent these foreigners from looking down on her as a director.

Her old man said that she should just be herself.

But Xiaobai felt that she should act like an adult, or in Liuliu's words, be steady.

So she tried her best to make herself look very steady, holding her airs, speaking slowly, and doing things slowly, learning from the steady and stable Lao Li.

Xiwawa acted as a part-time translator and played a polishing role.

After Zhang Tan introduced Xiaobai, she also added: "Lost Bai of Lisi."

Everyone looked at her strangely.

Zhang Tan took the opportunity to introduce Xier to everyone, and Xier then introduced herself.

"Hey, lost Xi."

"Lost Xi?" Lucy asked with a smile.

Xier nodded: "Yes~ Oil Alette."

She took the initiative to introduce Liuliu and Dudu, saying that they were lost Liu and lost Du respectively.

Lucy and others only then knew that these little girls were the main creators of the shortlisted work "The Other Shoe".

Although they knew in advance that they were a group of very young girls, they were still amazed when they really met.

Especially there was a little carrot head among them, who was so small when standing close to them, but was actually one of the main creators.

Seeing a big black guy staring at her, Robin grinned at him, showing a friendly smile, and confidently introduced herself: "My name is Robin."

"Robin?"

"Yeah~"

Robin was overjoyed and proudly boasted: "Look, little aunt, this big black guy understood what I said. I said my name is Robin, and he understood it."

Old Li was not far away, watching them communicate with foreigners with interest. If he were one of these foreigners, he would probably be a little crazy. What the hell is going on.

Fortunately, the introduction session was finally over, and Zhang Tan took them to the office on the third floor of Building No. 2. This was once Zhang Tan's office, and it is still preserved today. He usually receives guests here. Sometimes he has to take work matters back home to deal with them, and he will also come here.

Tan Jin'er was already there, and prepared tea and fruit for them in advance.

She stayed and prepared to act as a translator.

Although there were enough translators on site, not many of them could be used. Except for Zhang Tan, the others were not reliable.

"Lost Zhang, first of all, congratulations, your movie "The Matrix" is sweeping the world, it's amazing." Lucy was the first to compliment.

These words were sincere. "The Matrix" refreshed the worldview of foreigners and showed them a whole new world.

It can be seen that Lucy was really impressed.

For filmmakers, "The Matrix" is a groundbreaking work. They have studied it and concluded that it is a genius work.

Unfortunately, "The Matrix" did not participate in the selection of this year's Golden Bear Awards, otherwise it would definitely be a hot favorite.

Another purpose of Lucy's visit was to invite Zhang Tan to bring "The Matrix" to participate in the next Golden Bear Awards.

Although it was a little late, they were still looking forward to bringing more attention to the Golden Bear Awards.

Zhang Tan thanked her for her kindness and praised the Golden Bear Award as one of the most influential film awards in the world, but he did not give a positive answer.

He did not think it through and it was not appropriate to make a hasty decision.

Then the topic naturally turned to the short film "The Other Shoe".

This time, Lucy and others came mainly to shoot the award-winning VCR for the main creative staff.

But this was just an excuse on the surface. In fact, it was to confirm whether the main creative staff of "The Other Shoe" were really Xiaobai and others.

Because it was too shocking for a seven or eight-year-old girl to shoot such a short film. Not only would they doubt it, but the judges would also doubt it.

So we have to confirm it in person.

Zhang Tan quickly understood what they meant and explained the situation to them seriously.

"Lost Zhang, you are a senior filmmaker who has created works like "The Matrix". We admire you very much, but if you give too much guidance to "The Other Shoe", it should be considered your work." Hassan said.

Zhang Tan said, "I understand, but in fact, I participated very little. I just played one of the roles."

Hassan shrugged and said directly, "I mean, maybe your name should be written on the script."

Before Zhang Tan spoke, Lucy was already unhappy. She glared at Hassan and scolded, "Hassan! You don't need to speak here. Lost Zhang knows more about what you said than you."

Hassan shrugged and stopped talking.

Liuliu asked Xiwawa in a low voice: "What are these foreigners talking about? They are chattering and seem to be arguing. Are they cursing?"

Xiaobai pricked up his ears and asked: "Cursing?"

Xiaoxiaobai also came over and asked: "Who is cursing?"

Dudu looked serious: "Why are they cursing?"

Xiaomi: "A little angry."

Chengcheng: "..."

Everyone was asking Xier.

It's time to test Xier to see if she has the real talent.

If she is just a sham and translates randomly, then this meeting may turn into a diplomatic incident. The children will not indulge these foreigners. If they dare to curse in front of them, they will definitely jump up and curse back!

Fortunately, Xiwawa understood. She shook her head and assured her girlfriends that the foreigners were not cursing them.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Liuliu said, "They are foreign friends."

But in the next sentence, Xier said, "They said Cheng Cheng copied the script."

"What?!" Liuliu's face changed instantly, and she was indignant: "These foreign black guys!"

Even the good-tempered Cheng Cheng was unhappy and frowned.

"It's too much, too much!" Xiao Xiaobai was also angry.

Xiaobai said to her old man, "Old man, what do you think we can do?"

Zhang Tan signaled them to stay calm.

Tan Jiner was comforting them.

Zhang Tan glanced at Hassan and said to Lucy, "I understand what he means. To be honest, the script was not written by me. I have not participated in any creation of this work. The script was actually written by this little friend Meng Chengcheng."

He pointed at Cheng Cheng.

Tan Jiner whispered to the children on the spot. Robin, who was sitting next to Cheng Cheng, understood it. She immediately sat up straight with a proud look on her face, thinking that he was praising her.

Lucy and the others looked at Cheng Cheng and were all surprised. Was this little girl the screenwriter of "The Other Shoe"?

Robin collapsed instantly. It turned out that he was not praising himself.

At this time, Zhang Tan pointed at her, and Xiao Bai poked her and reminded her, "Robin, I'm talking about you."

Robin sat up straight instantly, her little face shining.

Although she didn't understand what her uncle was saying, she believed that he was praising her.

What Zhang Tan said in English was: "Actually, this story is true. It's this little girl..."

He told the story of Xiao Xiaobai losing her shoes, and the eyes of several foreigners looked at Xiao Xiaobai differently.

In their eyes, Xiao Xiaobai had wings on his back and a halo on his head, and he was promoted to a little angel.

Xiao Xiaobai listened to Tan Jiner's translation and said happily, "Yes, I lost the child! That's my child!"