With a "rebellious" daughter present, Ankang felt unhappy and could only give up his intention to target Chu Xuan. Otherwise, he would continue to target Chu Xuan and his daughter would continue to help Chu Xuan target him, which would make him even more unhappy.
The next topic was on the right track. When it came to the marriage between the two parties, they discussed several points at grandma's house yesterday. Wang Jinhua mainly went over them again to see if the An family had any objections.
"Buying a house and getting married in Shenzhen..."
"It's not bad. Since we have the financial conditions, we should make early plans for having children in the future and give our children a more comprehensive environment for their growth. This is quite thoughtful."
Ankang agreed with this consideration and immediately asked a question.
“Then should you buy the house in Shenzhen from you, or from us?”
Buying a house from Chu Xuan's side is equivalent to a betrothal gift, while buying a house from their side is equivalent to a dowry.
Whether it is a bride price or a dowry, this is an inevitable problem in weddings across the country.
"I'll buy."
"I'll buy."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said in unison, they looked at each other and looked at each other.
The uncle laughed, and even Ankang, who saw Chu Xuan deliberately showing off his displeasure, couldn't help laughing.
For these two little guys, are houses in Shenzhen very cheap? If you buy it and he buys it, have you considered the feelings of their parents? You can be willful if you have money, right?
Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua couldn't help but laugh. They really didn't expect that these two couples would come together and compete to buy a house.
In fact, the issue of the house has been determined, and Liu Xiaoli, the mother-in-law, is the real buyer, but Xiaoxuan and Qianxi don't know it yet.
Liu Xiaoli has her own little thoughts, which come from Chu Xuan's sky-high betrothal gift.
In the days after Xiaoxuan's proposal on Sissi's birthday last year, Xiaoxuan's idea of buying a complete set of imperial purple jade jewelry worth hundreds of millions, through the entrustment of the jewelry store proprietress, had already asked an agency to help keep an eye on the goods at major auction houses.
As long as a store has goods, they will call Xiaoxuan to bid or pay for the auction, so Xiaoxuan’s idea is currently in the process of being implemented.
Xiaoxuan may just want Sissi to be the most beautiful and noble bride at the moment of her wedding. She never thought of using this sky-high price set of jewelry as a bride price. This may be just the romance in Xiaoxuan's heart.
However, Liu Xiaoli acquiesced that this was Xiaoxuan's betrothal gift, so she came up with the idea of buying a sea-view house to get married and give it to Sissi as a dowry, and also to give Xiaoxuan's betrothal gift as a return gift.
So, it is obvious that Xiaoxuan's betrothal gift is sky-high, and the value of the sea-view house Liu Xiaoli wants to buy will never be low.
With Shenzhen's current highest-end housing prices of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, it would cost at least 2,000 to 3,000 square meters to buy a sea-view Dabieye as a wedding venue. Including decoration and decoration, it would cost 100 million yuan.
This money... It's not that the couple looks down on the An family. Judging from the situation of all the officials in the An family, if they are all upright officials, they will definitely not be able to come up with this money, and even the officials with problems will not dare to
Use this money to buy such a big villa, otherwise you will be invited to tea the next day if you don't keep it.
At this point, regardless of the situation of the couple competing to buy a house, and regardless of what the An family is currently thinking, Wang Jinhua chose not to talk about this issue for the time being: "How about discussing the wedding ceremony with Sister Li tomorrow after meeting?"
Liu Xiaoli wants to buy a house for the couple, or a house worth 100 million yuan. It is not good for her husband to say this on the home ground of Anjia. Once it is said, it means looking down on Anjia. It is better to let Liu Xiaoli and Anjia go there tomorrow.
Let’s talk.
"Okay, let's talk together tomorrow, and today we'll discuss matters." Ankang had no objection.
He knew that his daughter was currently living in a large villa of 2,000 square meters in Beijing, and he also had a hunch that the house he wanted to buy in Shenzhen would definitely be quite big.
Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua thought that the An family could not afford it, and he had also expected it. The details would have to wait until everyone met tomorrow to decide the tone. They should clarify the wedding matters first, and wait until Chu Xuan and the others left in the evening.
, they Anjia internally considered a countermeasure to prepare for a meeting tomorrow to finalize the wedding.
Seeing that the elders stopped talking about this issue, Liu Yifei gave up, but then raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Xuan, as if to warn Chu Xuan not to argue with her about buying a house.
When she bought that big villa in Beijing, the moment Chu Xuan wrote her name on the property certificate, she said that she would also buy a big house for Chu Xuan in the future.
Last year, Chu Xuan had to spend a sky-high price to buy jewelry for her, which further deepened her desire to repay Chu Xuan's love. Now the matter of buying a wedding house gave her the opportunity to realize this idea. She was determined not to let Chu Xuan
Xuan spends more money.
Chu Xuan understood her eyes, secretly held her hand, scratched her palm, and expressed that he understood what you meant, and there was a spiritual transmission.
This small act of intimacy was a normal behavior in ordinary times, but it was the first time in the current situation, and Chu Xuan felt a little excited in his heart.
What's even more exciting is that Liu Yifei opened her fingers slightly and locked hands with Chu Xuan openly and openly, and gave Chu Xuan a teasing look: If you want to be bold, why are you doing this secretly? Are you a man?
Chu Xuan understood the meaning of this look. He pursed his lips to suppress the smile that was ridiculed by his fiancée. He just wanted to pretend that nothing happened, but inadvertently met Ankang's glance.
They looked at each other.
Chu Xuan's heart trembled violently, but he wouldn't let go of his clasped hands. His fiancée was so stubborn, so he had to be brave. No matter how murderous his father-in-law was, he pretended to put on a layer of iron cloth for himself and ignored his father-in-law.
human gaze.
Ankang silently took a deep breath, turned to look at Wang Jinhua, out of sight, out of mind: "What about the wedding date, do you have any ideas?"
Wang Jinhua shook his head: "The issue of the wedding date is still unclear."
She glanced at Liu Yifei: "Mainly on Sissi's side, Sister Li's idea is that she hopes that Sissi will return to her nationality before having a wedding, but Sister Li doesn't know when Sissi can return to her nationality, but no matter when
When we discuss the transfer of nationality back tomorrow, we will also decide on a wedding date, it just depends on what time it is."
Ankang nodded, understood the situation, and said: "One of the criteria for transferring nationality is whether there are direct relatives who have settled down stably in the country, so your mother's plan is right."
"I have been abroad all year round and do not meet this criterion."
"Your mother is the one who took the initiative to help you cancel your citizenship, and she does not meet this consideration standard."
"After checking with Chu Xuan, Chu Xuan is your direct relative. He meets this criterion."
Liu Yifei nodded. When she heard the argument with Chu Xuan, she subconsciously tightened her clasped hands.
Ankang saw this scene out of the corner of his eye, and was a little stimulated. He sighed imperceptibly: "Your career is all in China, and there is no stain on the record. You also have a permanent residence permit from China. The basic conditions are
Satisfied, if nothing else happens, with Chu Xuan as your significant other, even if your uncle and I don't help, your application should go smoothly."
"But everything goes smoothly. The procedures here are very cumbersome. We need to trace you and everything related to you, such as tracing your personal circumstances in the years you have held foreign nationality, tracing your personal circumstances to Wuhan, your birthplace, and tracing your personal circumstances.
Your grandpa’s hometown in the northeast, trace the situation of our family, etc.”
"This requires the cooperation of local police and police stations. In short, it will go smoothly but it will take time. I called my friend at the consulate in Beijing in the evening to ask about the specific details of this aspect in China and see how long it will take to trace and review. I will meet tomorrow.
I'll tell you about it when the time comes, and then we can determine the wedding date accordingly, okay?"
"Okay." Liu Yifei responded. She was very happy when her father said that the change of nationality would go smoothly.
Chu Xuan, Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua were also very happy. As an official of the consulate, Ankang's words were naturally convincing. If the matter of Sissi's nationality could be resolved smoothly, it would be the best thing for everyone.
The uncle lit a cigarette and said: "The basic matters for the current marriage are to apply for a change of nationality after obtaining the certificate in the past few days. It is clear that the key issue for getting married in Shenzhen is the wedding date, followed by the betrothal gifts and return gifts from both parties.
things, and what to do about the wedding.”
"Yes." Wang Jinhua nodded.
"It's time to eat!" The auntie poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted.
"Come on, Xiaoxuan, Qianqian, you two, go eat first." Grandpa got up from the sofa.
Ankang got busy, supported the old man, and greeted everyone: "What should be discussed will be discussed tomorrow. Let's eat first and chat while we eat."
After the family members who were playing mahjong came out, the aunt said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my husband has to take my son to catch a flight to visit them for New Year's greetings. I'll have an early dinner and didn't take you into consideration. I'm really sorry."
Feel sorry."
Chu Xuan looked at the time and it was only around four in the afternoon. No wonder he was eating so early. It turned out that his uncle and second brother had to catch a flight.
Wang Jinhua smiled and shook his head: "You are too polite. It is an honor for us to come to visit you, and it is even more honored to have a meal."
"That's how polite you are. Whether it's an honor or not, you can come here often in the future." The aunt walked out of the kitchen with the dishes and said to Chu Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, come and take a look when you have time in the future. I will always stay at home."
You have a pair of chopsticks and a bowl."
"Okay." Chu Xuan agreed happily.
Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua once again determined that the An family must have had a plan and approved the marriage of Xiaoxuan and Qianqian. Otherwise, the eldest daughter-in-law of the An family, who has never cooked in the kitchen, would not have recognized Chu Xuan so openly.
The stone in the couple's hearts fell completely.
Liu Yifei was also excited. Just seeing the attitudes of her grandfather and uncle, they obviously agreed with her marriage to Chu Xuan. Although her father didn't look too good, it was because he was jealous of Chu Xuan. In fact, he set off fireworks last night.
Then she understood her father's attitude of supporting them.
Now that the auntie also recognized Chu Xuan, she felt even happier. She couldn't help but find fault with the auntie's words: "What about me? Do you have my chopsticks and bowl?"
The aunt was greedy and took a piece of crispy meat to eat: "You are saying this as if you are not a member of the family, and you will treat yourself as an outsider when you get married?"
"That's right." Grandma sighed: "My daughter doesn't even recognize her family when she grows up."
"No way!" Liu Yifei hurriedly sat down next to her grandma, took her arm and shook her, and said coquettishly: "Grandma, I was joking."
After saying this and comforting grandma, she stood up and sat down next to Chu Xuan. Grandma nodded and shook her head, and the family members all looked at her jokingly, saying, "When you have a husband, you forget about your family."
Based on the fact that the An family recognized Chu Xuan, Wang Jinhua, Dong Zhihua and Chu Xuan all dispelled a lot of strangeness towards the An family.
At this moment of dinner gathering, you can also blend into the atmosphere of family reunion harmoniously.
"Welcome Xiaoxuan, welcome Jinhua, Zhihua and Zijian, happy New Year!"
"Thank you all for your warm hospitality and Happy New Year!"
The two parties exchanged cups and glasses, which opened up the atmosphere of the dinner.
Compared to grandma's house, where they were all familiar with each other, the dinner at An's house was more like a welcome ceremony for Chu Xuan after the marriage was approved. The toasts from the oldest to the youngest were organized in an orderly manner, which made Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua secretly sigh that this was too formal.
.
For Chu Xuan, there was less freedom, but more feeling of having a new home. He just needed to slowly get used to this new home.
The topic of marriage was discussed at the dinner. Wang Jinhua, uncle and Ankang recited the results of the afternoon discussion intermittently while drinking. The uncle, aunt and other family members listened, supported, and expressed their thoughts with approval. There was no
Any opposing views.
Obviously, it is the grandfather, uncle and Ankang who make the decision in the An family. With their approval, the rest of the family members are very obedient, which to a certain extent reflects the family tradition of the An family being dominated by men.
We briefly chatted about the marriage, and both parties put more details on it tomorrow. The topic continued in the direction of daily life and the world.
Everyone in the An family has a far-reaching vision, and the issues they discuss are all somewhat international and political. Chu Xuan, Wang Jinhua and Dong Zhihua are also good at picking up some topics, making the atmosphere of the dinner very lively.
As a politician in the field of international culture, Ankang, entertainment, film and television are also closely related to the word culture. While chatting, a topic was raised: "Western countries and our country are different in nature. Capital in the West can control the entire industry and can unite
To create a monopoly, just like Hollywood, where several capital groups join forces to control the global media and entertainment industry through Hollywood, but this is not feasible in our country."
Everyone nodded and listened to Ankang's speech.
Ankang glanced at Chu Xuan and the others: "So, if you want to industrialize film and television, you must involve the film and television standards of the entire industry. Each standard is equivalent to a chain of interests. All standards concentrated in the hands of one person will be a monopoly. You must have
You must make a judgment on how to avoid monopoly. You must also be mentally prepared. Only by sharing can you gain the support of the state."
Industrialization has only just begun in the Brilliant Era, and there is a long way to go before the word "monopoly".
However, Bright Times has a unique advantage in having a huge capital chain, and in his opinion, sooner or later it will move towards "monopoly".
In China, sharing a piece of cake and eating it is called socialism. If anyone wants to enjoy it all, someone from above will slap him into pieces.
When the topic came up, he gave Chu Xuan and the others a vaccination to remind them not to take the wrong path.
"Uncle An, I understand." Chu Xuan nodded.
Hua Wei's path is to share, share interests and technical standards with the entire industry, and then drive the overall development of the country's related basic industries.
That's what Ankang meant. If he didn't understand, he wouldn't let Brilliant Times follow Hua Wei's path.
Wang Jinhua nodded in agreement, feeling that Ankang thought too highly of them. At present, the company has just started to industrialize, and she is crossing the river by feeling the stones, not to mention whether it is a monopoly or not.
Seeing that Chu Xuan understood, Ankang looked at Chu Xuan inwardly, and said: "The industrialization of film and television requires state support, and cultural communication also needs to cooperate or keep up with the needs of the country. Last year, when I hosted traditional Chinese cultural activities at the Confucius Institute in France,
, an international student asked me a very funny question, "It is better to have no books than to have all the books. Does this mean that people will not read?"
"Nonsense!" Grandpa scolded.
Ankang looked at Chu Xuan: "Xiaoxuan, how do you understand?"
Liu Yifei looked at Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan knew a lot about some ancient books and ancient sayings. She wanted to see how Chu Xuan would answer this question.
Chu Xuan took a mouthful of rice and said: "The 'book' in this sentence refers to the "Book of Documents" in the Four Books and Five Classics. "Book of Documents" is recognized as the most difficult ancient book to understand since ancient times, and is even more complicated than "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
For one thing, no one has been able to decipher what it specifically expresses."
Chu Xuan looked at Ankang and said: "As early as the Western Han Dynasty, there was a saying, which roughly means that it is better not to read the book to interpret "Shangshu", so there is the saying 'It is better to have no book than to believe in the book'.
This sentence can only represent "Shang Shu", and it is completely a misinterpretation to make people think that reading is useless."
"Is that so?" Liu Yifei blinked. If Chu Xuan hadn't said it, she really wouldn't have known the origin of this sentence, which was a boost of knowledge.
Ankang nodded to his daughter and glanced at Chu Xuan with satisfaction. In this impetuous era, it is rare to understand such an unconventional history.
He said: "It's such a small thing. I checked the past newspapers and periodicals. Good guy, when those well-known professors in China spread this sentence, they didn't say where it came from. Overtly and secretly, they deliberately made our country's young people tired of studying and reading.
Do you think the idea of futility is scary?"
"Ah." Liu Yifei was surprised.
Dong Zhihua stretched out his hand to pick up the vegetables and said: "I used to feel that something was wrong when I read some articles in newspapers, until Zijian bought a children's book when he was a child. The book said that the earth was created by God and that Chinese people migrated from the west.
I completely understood what was wrong with the articles I read before. Specially crafted words to make people unable to see the problem can actually distort a person’s thinking.”
"Yes." Ankang nodded: "The subtle distortion of Chinese people's thinking. The West's bribery of domestic public knowledge has been going on since the 1970s and 1980s. It has continued for decades and is getting worse now. With the development of the Internet, it will become more and more serious in the future.
serious."
"These people should be shot!" Grandpa said.
Everyone shook their heads and smiled, Ankang said to Chu Xuan and the others: "This is the real cultural invasion. The invasion of film and television culture is just a small incident, but with the infinite expansion of the film and television market, the invasion of film and television cannot be underestimated.
."
"Just take last year's "The Mummy 3" for example. Li Lianjie starred in Qin Shihuang's resurrection from the dead and turned into a monster. Qin Shihuang's cruelty and indifference was revealed everywhere. There were remarks on French social networking sites that China was a barbaric land. Che Tongrailshu
The glorious history of Tong Van has been completely ignored.”
"Not only in France, but also in China, there are many people on your micro-entertainment who only saw Qin Shihuang's brutal speeches."
"Based on the national conditions of cultural invasion that distorts people's thinking, you must also need state support for industrialization. Then you must think about and consider the issue of cultural export, so that the country can see a media that truly belongs to China's film and television
Brand, then your road will be smoother."
Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua looked at each other and nodded after exchanging glances.
Ankang talked about several topics, and there was a hint of political confirmation in and out of his words. This could be regarded as a reminder to them from the upper leadership. It also gave them a higher level of ideological inspiration and understanding of film and television.
Culture includes thoughts on the development of variety show cultural output.
"Dad is great and I have learned a lot. If we have any questions in the future, please ask you. Chu Xuan also has his own ideas in terms of culture and thought. You will have a common language." Liu Yifei challenged her father.
The lowered brow gives a very naughty look.
Wang Jinhua, Dong Zhihua, their uncle, and their aunt laughed. The girl was talking well at first, but then the conversation changed and her purpose was revealed. She was helping Chu Xuan, the son-in-law, to please his father-in-law.
Chu Xuan lowered his head to eat the food, looked at Liu Yifei slightly at an angle, and gave her a big thumbs up in his heart.
Ankang didn't have a good expression when he walked in today. It was probably because he was unhappy, but he had no way to save it. Marrying his daughter was a sure thing. Ankang had been stuck in the mentality of wanting to kill him when his daughter got married.
He could only bear Ankang's murderous intent.
Fortunately, his daughter-in-law is facing him, helping him to beat up his father-in-law in the afternoon, and helping him to please his father-in-law in the evening, which is a wonderful feeling.
Ankang looked helpless, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are like this before you get married. After you get married, I am really afraid that you will completely forget me as your father."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene was very happy.
"How could that be? You are my father." Liu Yifei put her elbows on the table, her chin in her hands, and shook her head.
Ankang picked up a radish stick and said while eating: "How many days will you stay in Wuhan?"
Liu Yifei glanced at Chu Xuan and said to her father: "I'm not sure, but our crew is about to start work and we probably won't be able to stay for a few days."
"That's it." Ankang looked at his daughter: "On the third and fourth day of the lunar month, my father's friends came to visit. As for you, you will stay at my father's place these days and meet the uncles and aunts you knew before. Xiaoxuan also
How about coming over and meeting me?"
Chu Xuan was a little confused and hadn't figured out Ankang's words yet.
First of all, Liu Yifei stayed here for a few days in Wuhan, and met some uncles and aunts by the way.
Then, he also came to meet me, but only during dinner time.
In other words, he cannot spend the night with Liu Yifei and can only come when eating. Is this trying to separate the two of them?
No matter how long it takes to separate, how many days can it be separated, right?
do you mean this?
Liu Yifei covered her mouth, looking overjoyed.
The parents also found it very interesting and looked at the couple happily.
The uncle also realized that Ankang was a bit targeted at Chu Xuan this afternoon. It turned out that he was jealous of Chu Xuan, and now he deliberately prevented the couple from spending the night together in the past few days, at least not under Ankang's eyes. This is the face of being a father.
How do you feel about your daughter getting married?
This is actually quite funny.
"Okay." Liu Yifei agreed, satisfying her father's ideas.
Ankang looked at Chu Xuan: "Chu Xuan, do you have any objections?"
"How can there be any objection to this?" Chu Xuan shook his head.
Ankang looked him over and said, "Don't go against your will."
"It's not against my heart, it's not against my heart." Chu Xuan shook his head repeatedly.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yifei thought it was so funny, and she couldn't stop laughing on Sister Hua who was lying beside her.
Chu Xuan is helpless. His father-in-law wants to mess with him. What can he do?
Do you still want to apply for a certificate? Do you still want to let your daughter-in-law transfer her nationality?
If you think so, you have to endure it.
Chu Xuan was speechless, but he also made a plan in his mind for his father-in-law: When your daughter and I get married, if you can, cancel the wedding ceremony.