Bai Xiaoyu felt that everything had returned. She sat on a chair in the restaurant and swung her legs happily.
The food in this restaurant is really delicious.
In the past, her mother would often take her to eat at such high-end restaurants on weekends.
So Bai Xiaoyu is tired of eating all the dishes in these restaurants, such as steak, foie gras, caviar, Boston lobster, king crab, matsutake mushrooms, puffer fish, etc.
She was so tired of eating that she couldn't be tired of it anymore.
But it's different now. Bai Xiaoyu has been eating instant noodles for almost half a year. If Bai Ya hadn't cooked some nutritious porridge for her every day when she came back, Bai Xiaoyu would have developed stomach problems from eating instant noodles.
After eating instant noodles for so long and then looking at these high-end and delicious Western foods, Bai Xiaoyu didn't care about her ladylike behavior. She picked up the fork and ate as much as she could. Her whole cheeks were bulging and her lips were greasy.
But the biggest reason why she can eat so much is that she is happy because finally someone is willing to invest in and film the new script written by her mother.
And these people are also big guys in the industry.
Just listening to director Lu Yusheng bragging about the script's box office and the awards he might win in the future made Bai Xiaoyu feel like the comfortable life she had lived before was back.
Finally I don’t have to eat instant noodles every now and then and I can finally go to school!
While chewing lobster, Bai Xiaoyu kept looking at Liang Zhengrong and director Lu Yusheng who were talking to her mother.
The two of them were talking about the scene, and they were also preparing in advance for the filming of the movie, such as the selection of actors and how to shoot this scene better.
After the screenwriter writes the movie script, the director will make some modifications based on the filming process.
After all, words are words, and the movie images presented are movie images, so it is normal for a script to be changed beyond recognition by the director.
But director Lu Yusheng carefully studied the script of "Not the God of Medicine", and every time Bai Xiaoyu heard him sigh...
"It's amazing. I really can't think of anything that could be changed during the actual shooting. Just reading this article makes me feel like the picture is coming to life before my eyes."
"Teacher Bai Ya, you really should stop writing works that are so literary and artistic. This is just a commercial film, and the script has an excellent rhythm. It has all the highlights, tears, and depth!"
Liang Zhengrong listened to Director Lu Yusheng's boasting, and there was an uncontrollable smile on his face.
As an actor, he is not as professional as Lu Yusheng in reading scripts, but he can still participate in discussions on this topic, for example...
"Teacher Lu Yusheng, how much box office do you think this work will earn after it is finished?" Liang Zhengrong's voice sounded impatient.
"If I were to shoot the total box office, I would conservatively estimate it to be upwards of 2 billion. The first-day box office...if it collides with Director Xu's new film, it should be 100 million."
Lu Yusheng said a surprising figure that made the surrounding actors and other industry insiders look sideways.
"Teacher Lu Yusheng is very impressed." Bai Ya said quickly.
What is the concept of a total box office of 2 billion? This domestic historical movie’s box office performance ranks among the top 20!
This is an achievement that Bai Ya never dared to imagine.
Bai Ya was busy humiliating herself, while Bai Xiaoyu was enjoying herself while listening. The more she listened, the happier she became.
Because Bai Xiaoyu knew that the total box office of his mother's peak work "My Friend from Away" was one billion, which was already the pinnacle of domestic literary films.
The following works have a box office of 300 million yuan, a box office of 100 million yuan, and the last one "Train to Winter" has a box office of only 10 million and 5 million yuan.
If his mother's new work can earn 2 billion at the box office, Bai Xiaoyu's life will not only return to normal, but also live a better life!
I can finally say goodbye to those damn instant noodles from now on.
Bai Xiaoyu picked up a piece of sturgeon steak with a dinner fork and ate it happily.
But before she had eaten much, the screen of her phone suddenly lit up.
Bai Xiaoyu rarely looks at the phone screen during meals.
Even if it's a message from a friend, Bai Xiaoyu will finish eating what she's holding and read it.
But perhaps it was fate, so Bai Xiaoyu's eyes subconsciously glanced at the message that popped up on her phone.
The moment she saw this message, she couldn't take her eyes away. The sender of this message was 'the Shiba Inu who gave you the umbrella that day'.
This is Bai Xiaoyu's default comment to Qiu Yuan, because this is the comment Qiu Yuan added to her friends.
What's important is not Qiu Yuan's note, but the message from Qiu Yuan...
'Did your wish come true?'
Bai Xiaoyu was stunned. The fish steak on her fork slipped from her hand and she didn't notice it.
She stared at the message blankly for a long time, and then when she picked up her phone, a burst of anger suddenly emerged from her heart.
Does whether my wish come true has anything to do with you, a lackey of Cloud Media? My mother obviously wrote the new script!
Bai Xiaoyu became angrier as she thought about this, and she also sent a message to Qiu Yuan according to her own thoughts.
'Does my wish coming true have anything to do with you?'
After this message was sent, Bai Xiaoyu put her phone on the table and didn't want to read Qiu Yuan's reply.
When she picked up her fork and was about to continue eating, Liang Zhengrong's voice suddenly came to her ears.
"Teacher Bai Ya, is your assistant, the young man named Qiu Yuan, not here today?"
"Qiu Yuan, he's still in college and has classes this morning, so he couldn't come over."
"The person who can write a script with this theme is actually a college student? Could it be that you, Teacher Bai Ya, inspired him?"
"It can't be said that it was advice. All I did was guide him to write out his ideas, and then I polished it into a script that met the specifications. But that kid Qiu Yuan is indeed very talented, I must admit it.
"
Bai Ya said it very cleverly. Although it was clearly stated that the core of the script was written by Qiu Yuan, many people here still believed that the script was written by Bai Ya.
But Bai Xiaoyu heard it very clearly! She stayed where she was again, and the fragrant delicacies on the table suddenly no longer smelled at all.
Although she hadn't eaten much yet, she couldn't work up her appetite at all, as if the saliva secreted in her mouth just now didn't exist.
Was that script written by Qiu Yuan? Qiu Yuan completed it with his mother?
Why! Qiu Yuan is obviously a lackey of Cloud Media...
Bai Xiaoyu was stunned on the spot. She felt confused for a moment, and her thoughts went blank.
A hand grasped her heart, making her unable to breathe at all.
But Bai Ya did not notice anything unusual about her daughter and continued to answer some of Liang Zhengrong's curious questions.
"I saw that Ms. Lin from Cloud Media was also very optimistic about Qiu Yuan and offered many generous conditions to invite him to join Cloud Media." Liang Zhengrong's words seemed to make Bai Xiaoyu grab a life-saving straw.
Yes! Qiu Yuan is from Cloud Media, so he must not have good intentions when he comes to us!
Bai Xiaoyu thought so, but Bai Ya's next answer made her suffocate.
"I also asked Qiu Yuan about this, but he refused." Bai Ya said.
"Why refuse? I don't mean to offend. If the young man named Qiu Yuan is so talented that Ms. Lin comes to recruit him personally, his future will definitely be bright." Liang Zhengrong said in a somewhat exaggerated tone.
"I don't know why he refused." Bai Ya said in a joking tone, "My daughter has always hated Cloud Media. Maybe he didn't want to make my daughter sad."
But no one sitting here believed this joke.
Liang Zhengrong also joked, "Your daughter is indeed very beautiful, but that boy is really too infatuated to make your daughter happy with his own future."
Bai Xiaoyu was stunned and felt that her voice was a little hoarse. People around her were laughing in agreement with the joke, but Bai Xiaoyu couldn't laugh at all.
Because Bai Xiaoyu knows this is true...
'I will grant your wish.'
'But it comes at a cost.'
'The price is my kindness to you, my feelings for you, all my feelings.'
I don’t care about your feelings! Not at all!
Bai Xiaoyu kept emphasizing in her mind, even if Qiu Yuan is not a lackey of Cloud Media, what if he is really good to her?
She... doesn't need to care, even if Qiu Yuan is risking her own future.
With this thought, Bai Xiaoyu picked up her phone and looked at Qiu Yuan's note: 'The Shiba Inu who gave you an umbrella that day'.
She put her fingertips on the screen and wanted to send some message to Qiu Yuan, but her hands were cold and kept shaking until the phone suddenly fell to the ground and made a loud noise.
Only then did the eyes in the restaurant focus on Bai Xiaoyu. When Bai Ya turned to look at her daughter, she found that Bai Xiaoyu had already cried with red eyes.
Bai Ya quickly ran to her daughter with a handkerchief.
"What's wrong with Xiaoyu? Have you suffered too much recently? It's okay. Mom has talked about the movie today. You can go to school and eat whatever you want every day. Everything will go back to the same as before."
Bai Ya comforted Bai Xiaoyu, but this made Bai Xiaoyu cry even harder.
She held her mother's wrist with a choked voice, and then cried out...
