Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 889: Daughter rehearses the play "Sense and Sensibility"

There is no need to go into details about the two of them's affectionate relationship that night.

The next afternoon, his daughter Fang Rui, who was studying at the San Francisco High School for the Arts, also returned to the manor to spend the weekend. The driver Annie picked her up and was of course very happy to see her father.

Fang Rui wore a Carhartt pink T-shirt and Alice + Olivia white skirt today, with a pair of white Nike sneakers on her feet, revealing her slender legs. She had the same tall figure as her mother, and had two pigtails, making her look youthful and cute.

He sat down next to Fang Minghua, took two washed blueberries from the fruit bowl on the coffee table, put one in his own mouth and the other in his father's mouth, then spoke.

"Dad, Xixi is coming to my house tomorrow too, with Aunt Liu. The flight is at 11am."

"What is she doing here?" Fang Minghua asked curiously.

"She's participating in the play I'm rehearsing, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. She plays the lead role of Marianne," Fang Rui said.

This is just nonsense.
Fang Minghua was both angry and amused. Liu Yifei is now a household name in the United States, and you actually asked her to rehearse a play directed by you, a middle school student?!
I also heard my daughter talk about this in Xijing when she was chatting with her. Liu Yifei was also willing. Now the two girls have a very good relationship. Often on weekends, either Fang Rui flies to Los Angeles or Liu Yifei comes to San Francisco.

After hearing his daughter say this, Fang Minghua said, "You chose Xixi as the protagonist of the play because of her popularity?"

"That's what I meant," Fang Rui said without disguising, "She'll play the leading role. Of course, many people in school will come to watch my play, but that's not the most important thing. The important thing is to improve Xixi's acting skills! The teacher said that drama is the best way to test an actor's acting skills!"

Looking at her daughter's confident look, Fang Minghua smiled.

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't force Sissi, you can do whatever you want. Just don't go to your school and pay attention to Sissi's safety!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Annie will follow."

Annie was a security guard hired by the manor and now he is Fang Rui's driver and part-time bodyguard.

"Dad, when I perform a drama, I'll invite you to come to our school to watch it." Fang Rui also said.

"Sister, sister, I want to go and see it too." Xinxin, who was sitting next to her, came over immediately.

Fang Rui glanced at her and said, "You don't understand, you'll just cause trouble if you go there!"

"Dad and my sister won't let me go." Xinxin immediately complained to Fang Minghua, looking aggrieved.

Fang Minghua quickly held his little daughter in his arms and said softly, "Dad will take you there."

Xinxin smiled and looked towards Fang Rui demonstratively.

Fang Rui snorted and said nothing.

It seems that these two sisters sometimes have conflicts.

But it's normal.

Ruirui and Lele didn’t fight often when they were young.

The next day, around noon, Liu Xiaoli and her daughter flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Nick drove to pick them up at the airport. As soon as they got out of the car at the manor, Fang Rui rushed over to Liu Yifei and said, "Xixi, pack up quickly. We'll go to school for rehearsal later!"

"Okay." Liu Yifei agreed and smiled sweetly at Fang Minghua: "Hello, godfather, hello, Aunt Li, hello, sister Xinxin."

Today, Liu Yifei was wearing a T-shirt, jeans and a ponytail. She and Fang Rui looked like a pair of sisters standing together.

When Li Li heard Rui Rui's words, she quickly said, "You guys aren't going to have lunch?"

"It's too late. Let's buy some hamburgers and eat in the car." After saying that, Fang Rui took Liu Yifei's hand and quickly went upstairs. A few minutes later, they both changed their clothes.

They were all wearing T-shirts, denim shorts and sneakers, looking particularly cool. Each of them had a backpack on their back. They said hello to Fang Minghua and the others, got into the Mercedes-Benz, and soon disappeared on the road outside the manor.

"This Ruirui." Fang Minghua couldn't help but shook his head.

Perhaps she inherited a lot of genes from her mother Song Tangtang, and she does things decisively and efficiently, sometimes even in a rush.

In comparison, Liu Yifei looked much more quiet. "Xiaoli, let's go in." Li Li next to her called out to Liu Xiaoli.

"Ok."

Since Fang Rui came to San Francisco to study, Liu Yifei sometimes came over to play, and Liu Xiaoli naturally followed her. She also got to know Li Li and knew the relationship between her and Fang Minghua.

I couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

I didn’t expect that Li Li and Song Tangtang are actually cousins, and Song Tangtang would be so generous.

Liu Xiaoli went upstairs to her room. Since she came here often, Li Li reserved a room for her and her daughter.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, he came down and everyone had dinner together. After dinner, Fang Minghua took a nap and got up. Standing at the window, he saw Li Li and Liu Xiaoli drinking tea and chatting in the pergola built under the shade of the trees in the manor. Just as he was about to go over, the American mobile phone on the bedside table rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Phillips calling, so he answered the call.

"Mr. Fang, do you have time now? I would like to come to your manor to report to you on the recent investment and financial management situation."

This guy is so dedicated that he doesn't even take a break on weekends? !
"Okay, come on." Fang Minghua agreed. There was nothing else to do anyway.

Half an hour later, a white BMW 7 Series drove into the manor. Williams, dressed in a suit and tie, got out of the car, and the butler Lucas was waiting at the door.

"Mr. Williams, Mr. Fang is waiting for you in the study on the second floor, please." Lucas made a gesture of invitation.

"Thank you."

I followed Lucas up to the second floor, knocked on the door and entered the study, where I saw Fang Minghua sitting in the study drinking tea.

Lucas went out and closed the door behind him.

"Williams, what would you like to drink? Herbal tea or iced coffee?" Fang Minghua greeted with a smile.

Seeing that Fang Minghua was drinking tea, Williams said, "Tea."

Fang Minghua stood up and took the initiative to pour a glass for the other party. Williams looked flattered and hurriedly took it.

"This is the West Lake Longjing tea I brought from China. It tastes good."

Hearing Fang Minghua's words, Williams took a sip.

I don't feel anything special.
In his mouth, all tea leaves tasted the same.

Of course, I couldn't say that. After praising him repeatedly, I put the teacup on the tea table and got back to the point:
"Mr. Fang, I have good news for you. We have successfully bottomed out. Now the Nasdaq has been on an upward trend for six consecutive months!"

Fang Minghua smiled slightly, took a sip of tea and said nothing.

Williams took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Fang Minghua.

"Here are the bonds, gold, and original stock holdings we own, as well as the book surplus. Take a look."

Fang Minghua took it and took a look.

All are profitable.

Yes, now that the US economy has entered an upward channel again, it is a good time to invest.

Fang Minghua didn't buy many stocks, only six, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia, and the only Chinese stock, NetEase. Basically, they are all technology stocks.

Last year, Fang Minghua bought the bottom and invested about half of his 15 billion US dollars in the stock market. After only one year, he had a paper profit of nearly 100 billion US dollars. His total wealth has reached an astonishing billion US dollars.

But Fang Minghua no longer has much interest in it.

When wealth reaches a certain level, it becomes a string of data.

(End of this chapter)