"No more fun." Lily threw away the Rubik's Cube and exclaimed in an American tone: "Tianbao, you are so magical!"

Tianbao smiled on his face, his chin was upturned, and he was proud as if he was dressed up, but he was modest, "I'm not that powerful. Sister, you will be better than me if you play a few more times."

Chen Chong sat on the other side of the sofa, reading the script, and said with a smile: "Tianbao, your chin is so tilted that it is about to penetrate the ceiling."

Tianbao snorted loudly, turned his head and ignored him.

Lily snickered aside.

It's summer vacation now, Shen Chong went to Boston. She was trapped at home to learn calligraphy. She immediately turned into a young follower, went around the United States for a long time, and then came to Hong Kong.

"Tianbao, is it fun to shoot advertisements?"

"Not fun at all." Tianbao jumped off the sofa, picked up an apple, and said, "I always let me play with the Rubik's Cube in front of the camera. I played for several days and was so bored."

"But it was very good. You are so beautiful on TV and very popular." Lily leaned against the sofa, blinking her eyes, and said, "The whole United States is discussing you, saying that you are a magical and cute little beauty in the East."

"Really?" Tianbao pursed his lips, his face tense, and suppressed his smile. She sat back on the sofa, handed the apple to Lily, and said, "Sister will give you food. What else do they say?"

"You are smart and beautiful, you are an elf, a little fairy from the sky." Lily took the apple, clicked her forehead, and said with a smile: "It's as charming as Xiulan Deng Boer."

"I'm not that good." Tianbao's eyes were bent, and he pretended to be reserved, pretending to be careless, and asked, "Sister, who is Xiulan Deng Boer?"

Tianbao's cute little adult looks so funny that Lily laughed. She rolled around on the sofa with her pillow in her arms, laughing non-stop.

Chen Chong also laughed. He put down the manuscript, walked over, patted Tianbao's little head, and said, "Shulan Deng Boer is a big American star, everyone loves it, as cute as a Barbie doll."

Tianbao shook his head hard and broke free from his claws. She was a little angry with a smile, ran into her bedroom, and then closed the door vigorously to show her dissatisfaction.

"Have you offended her?" Lily smiled and asked with a smile: "On the first day I came to Hong Kong, I saw that you were still very close, and there was a cold war the next day. What's wrong?"

Chen Chong also picked up an apple, took a bite, and said, "I blacked her private money, so she always disliked me."

"What private money?"

"The reward for shooting advertisements." Chen Chong said vaguely: "The reward for books is also the royalties."

"You are so unscrupulous. The advertisement that Tianbao shot is well-known in the United States. It can at least make you more millions of dollars, but you won't even pay her." Lily despised her, then turned her head and shouted to the bedroom: "Tianbao, Chen Chong is a stingy man, right?"

"That's it!" A muffled voice came from the bedroom, "He's a big bad guy!"

Chen Chong nibbled the apple with a big mouth, shrugged his shoulders and made an indifferent move.

"I'm so thick-skinned." Lily gave him helplessly and asked, "Tianbao has written a book?"

"Yes, "You can also play Rubik's Cube like me", written by Tianbao."

"You also hacked the royalties?"

"certainly."

"Cousin, that's her legal income." Lily said seriously: "You won't be really greedy, are you? This is an illegal act."

"I'm not that shameless." Chen Chong threw away the core and said, "I'll give her a little girl a few hundred thousand dollars, who can rest assured?"

Lily was surprised and asked subconsciously: "Hundreds of thousands of dollars?"

"Yes." Chen Chong smiled proudly and said, "This book was launched at the same time as the Rubik's Cube Advertisement. It has been on the New York Times' non-fiction bestseller ranking for two weeks."

Lily grew up in the United States and naturally knew the value and influence of the New York Times bestseller rankings. She looked unbelievable and stayed for a while. Finally, she sighed in English: "It's so amazing!"

Since discovering Tianbao's amazing talent for Rubik's Cube, Chen Chong has planned to use her as an image spokesperson and made arrangements early. When the new Rubik's Cube was launched, he arranged for Tianbao to shoot commercials and then put them on major American TV stations, and claimed that he would hold the "Million Dollar Cube Speed ​​Competition", deliberately highlighting the high-end and professional image of the new Rubik's Cube, and pouring another spoon of oil on the already popular Rubik's Cube market.

The book "You can also play Rubik's Cube like me", Chen Chong completed the sample draft as early as May. He was responsible for the text, Tianbao was responsible for the image, and pictures and texts. It was said to be a Rubik's Cube teaching book, but in fact, most of the content was Tianbao's cute photo photos...

As soon as the advertisement was released, Tianbao's smart and cute image immediately attracted the attention of many children and parents. At this time, books were launched simultaneously, and it was difficult not to sell well.

This is also a killing of two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it promotes the Rubik's Cube, and on the other hand, royalties also offset the investment in advertising.

Chen Chong went to the United States this time and settled the first issue's remuneration. After he came back, he showed off the check that Tianbao deserved, and then handed it to Aunt Liu...

So Tianbao had a cold war with him every day.

"Lily, when will you go back to the United States?"

"Next week, I'll go back before school starts, otherwise my dad will be caught by practicing martial arts and learning calligraphy again, and I'll be bored."

"You have been traveling around these days, and have you visited all the attractions in Hong Kong?" Chen Chong said with a smile: "Do you want to go to the mainland to see?"

"Can you go to the mainland?" Lily said in surprise, "Go to Huangshan?"

When Lily came to Hong Kong and saw many pictures of Huangshan Mountain taken by Chen Chong, she immediately fell in love with this famous mountain and wanted to go on a trip.

"It's not Huangshan, it's Shenzhen, just across from Hong Kong."

When Lily heard that she was not going to Huangshan, she felt a little regretful and asked in a low mood: "What's there to be fun?"

"China has a vast territory and a large population. It doesn't have to be famous mountains and rivers for fun." Chen Chong explained: "There are different winds in ten miles, different customs in hundreds of miles, and different sympathy in thousands of miles. There are some things to be seen everywhere. You grew up in the United States since you were young, and after you come back, you will look around and have a unique interest."

"So." Lily's eyes lit up and she said, "Then I must go and have a look."

"Then let me decide. Give me your passport tomorrow. I'll find someone to help you with the entry procedures."

After discussing, Chen Chong looked at the time, then knocked on Tianbao's door and said, "Tianbao, it's time to leave. The movie is about to be released later."

After a while, Tianbao opened the door. She changed into a light yellow dress with a bow tied around her head. She was pretty and charming, but her little face was still tight.

"Tsk tsk, so beautiful."

"snort!"

"Tianbao." Chen Chong had no choice but to surrender: "Tell me the conditions, how can I forgive me?"

"Buy me a big doll." Tianbao immediately offered the conditions, and she gestured and said, "It's bigger than me, so long and so tall, I can hold it to sleep at night."

"Okay, no problem." Chen Chong agreed and said with a smile: "If you want a doll, you said it earlier. I don't have anything else. There are more dolls, and you have as many as you want."

"Tsk." Tianbao didn't believe it, "boasted again."

"When your sister comes back, I will know if she is bragging." Chen Chong smiled, then greeted Lily and said, "Let's go, it's really too late if you don't leave."

They are going to attend the preview of Wang Jing’s new film tonight.

"Crazy Job" held a trial conference and responded well. After its release, the praise and praise from major film critics promptly contributed to the box office.

So after Wang Jing's "Chasing Girls" was confirmed, she also followed suit and held a preview. As an investor, Chen Chong naturally had to attend and support the show.

The shocking box office results of "Crazy Joe" made Shaw deeply understand the benefits of screening a third-party independent film company. Wang Jing is Shaw's own family, so the screening contract was signed very readily.

Last time, he held a trial at Broadway Theater, and then he left the box office of "Crazy Raid" of at least one million yuan, which made Shaw Brothers feel very painful. This time he held another trial, Shaw Brothers immediately took the initiative to show his goodwill, saying that there is a screening facility in Shaw Brothers Cinema in Qingshui Bay, so there is no need to bother Broadway Theater anymore.

Wang Jing and his son have deep connections in Shaw Brothers and TVB, so although the budget of this "Chasing Girls" is limited, the actors are not vague at all. The men include Shi Xiu, Wang Yu and Chen Baixiang, the women include Huang Xingxiu, Cheng Yuling, Li Siqi, and the guest star Zhao Yazhi and Michelle, who are starring and have a strong lineup.

Shi Xiu played Hua Wuque in "The Twins", which just set a new record in Hong Kong ratings, and is a popular young actor promoted by TVB.

Wang Yu is the star who is second only to Fu Sheng among the new generation of Shaw Brothers actors. The box office of "The Legend of the Strike" and "Kung Fu Boy" starring him is extremely impressive. He is the most popular comedy kung fu star before Jackie Chan.

In Shen Chong's memory, these two people did not develop well in the future. Shi Xiu gradually became a supporting role. Wang Yu died in his 50s because of Fu Sheng's death.

As for Chen Baixiang, this guy looked stupid, but he was extremely smart. He not only brought a beautiful woman like Huang Xingxiu home, but also did both business and acting, and was able to eat and play. Although there were ups and downs, his life was very comfortable overall.

Several female celebrities are mainly engaged in their TV careers. In the future, only Cheng Yuling has achieved success in her film career. However, at this time, she was still a host of TVB who switched from the bankrupt Jiayi TV station to the bankruptcy.

"Chasing Girls" is not beyond the expectations of the sun. It is a relaxed and funny urban comedy, similar to the movie of the same name produced by Xinyi City in the previous life. In this movie, Wang Jing's specialty jokes first appeared. This comedy style was quite innovative in 1979, and laughed constantly at the preview.

"Lily." Seeing halfway through, Chen Chong asked sideways, "What do you think?"

"The production is rough, with a lot of vulgar scenes, typical Hollywood low-cost comedy style." Lily replied softly, saying, "There are so many places that I don't think are funny, why do they laugh so happily?"

"This is a cultural discount." Chen Chong replied: "Many of the funny points in this movie are related to the current Hong Kong pop culture. You come from the United States and don't know these cultural backgrounds, so you don't find it funny."

"Oh, so that's it." Lily suddenly realized, and she asked again: "What does cultural discount mean?"

"Don't you know?" Chen Chong was a little surprised. This was common sense knowledge in later generations. He explained: "Due to cultural differences and cultural awareness, audiences will have discounts on their interests and understanding abilities when accepting unfamiliar cultural products, so they are called cultural discounts." (Note 1)

"I've never heard of this theory," Lily shook her head and said, "But it sounds very reasonable, and the word cultural discount is quite vivid."

Chen Chong was not talking, watching the movie absent-mindedly, thinking about something.

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Chapter completed!