Daddy Academy

Chapter 2749 Yes, I lost the child!

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

There were five people in the group, three men and two women, all foreigners. After getting on the bus, they said thank you to the driver in broken Chinese, and then communicated in English.

[In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, I will translate it into Chinese for you]

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

The leader was a middle-aged woman named Lucy. She looked at the viaduct outside the car window and asked, "Has any of you been to Pujiang before?"

"This is my first time in China." someone responded.

“It’s my first time too,” said another woman.

"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 about everything from the scenery of Pujiang River to the purpose of this trip. The most discussed topic was the award-winning work "The Other Shoe" and the creative team that attracted more attention.

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, one of whom is even three and a half years old. My God, this is too crazy. In fact, they don’t even need to come here. I can conclude that they must have adults to help them, or even that they just signed their names. This situation is not uncommon.”

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

Hassan shrugged. “Who knows?”

Lucy, the leader, said to him seriously, "Let's end this topic. I don't want to hear you mention it again."

There was no conversation along the way, and we soon arrived at the Little Red Horse Academy.

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

“Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!!!”

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

Anyone would be in a good mood seeing such a group of cute and beautiful girls.

Lucy and the others all smiled and waved to them in thanks.

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

Lucy and others then realized that he was Zhang Tan, the producer of "The Matrix" series of films.

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

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

Xiaobai nodded at them, maintaining his authority as a director.

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

Her old man told her to just be herself.

But Xiaobai thinks that he should behave like an adult, or in Liuliu's words, be steady.

So she tried her best to make herself look steady, put on airs, speak slowly, and do things slowly, trying to imitate the steady and calm Old Li.

Xiwawa acts as a part-time translator and helps to polish the text.

After Zhang Tan introduced Xiao Bai, she also added: "Lost Bai from Liz."

Everyone looked at her strangely.

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

"Ahhh lost joy."

"Lost joy?" Lucy asked, trying not to laugh.

Xier nodded: "Yes~Oil Alette."

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

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

Although I knew in advance that they were a group of very young girls, I was still amazed when I actually met them.

In particular, there is a little carrot head among them. He looks very small when standing up close, but he is actually one of the main creators.

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

"Robin?"

"Yes~"

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

Old Li was not far away, watching them communicating with the foreigners with great interest. If you put yourself in their shoes, 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 used to be Zhang Tan's office, and it is still preserved today. He usually uses it to receive guests. Sometimes he would bring work matters back home to deal with them, and would also use it here.

Tan Jiner was already there and had prepared tea and fruit for them in advance.

She stayed behind to act as an interpreter.

Although there were enough translators on site, not many of them were usable. Except for Zhang Tan, the others were unreliable.

"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 are all true. "The Matrix" has refreshed foreigners' worldview and shown them a whole new world.

It was obvious that Lucy was truly impressed.

For filmmakers, "The Matrix" is a groundbreaking work. They have conducted special research on it and concluded that it is a work of genius.

It's a pity that "The Matrix" did not participate in this year's Golden Bear Award selection, otherwise it would definitely be a hot favorite to win.

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

Although it is a bit late, they are 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 response.

He has not thought it through and is not in a position to make hasty decisions.

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

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

But this is just an excuse on the surface. In fact, it is to confirm whether the main creative staff of "The Other Shoe" are 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 they would 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 very carefully.

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

Zhang sighed: "I understand, but in fact, I participated very little, I just played a role in it."

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

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

Hassan shrugged and said nothing.

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

Xiao Bai pricked up his ears and asked, "Are you cursing?"

Xiao Xiaobai also came over and asked, "Who is cursing?"

Dudu looked serious: "Why are they swearing?"

Xiaomi: “A little angry.”

Cheng Cheng: "..."

Everyone was asking about Xier.

The time has come to test Xier to see if she has the real talent.

If she was just filling in the gap and translated randomly, this meeting might turn into a diplomatic incident. The children would not tolerate these foreigners. If they dared to curse in front of them, they would definitely jump up and curse back!
Fortunately, Xiwawa understood. She shook her head and assured her girlfriends that the foreigners were not scolding them.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Liuliu said: "They are foreign friends."

But in the next sentence, Xier said: "They said Cheng Cheng's script was plagiarized."

"What?!" Liuliu's expression changed instantly, and she was filled with indignation: "These foreign black guys!"

Even the good-tempered Cheng Cheng was unhappy and had a stern face.

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

Xiao Bai said to her old man, "Old man, what do you think we should 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, I didn't write the script. I didn't participate in any creation of this work. The script was actually written by this kid Meng Chengcheng."

He pointed at Cheng Cheng.

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

Lucy and others looked at Cheng Cheng and were 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 Xiaobai poked her and reminded her, "Robin, I'm talking about you."

Robin sat up straight instantly, his face lighting up.

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

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

He recounted the story of Xiao Xiaobai losing his shoes, and the foreigners immediately looked at Xiao Xiaobai differently.

In their eyes, the little white boy grew wings and wore a halo on his head, and was promoted to a little angel.

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