1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 46 Returning to China
A plane slowly landed in Hong Kong.

After returning from the Venice International Film Festival, Chen Fusheng and his entourage stepped out of the cabin. They still needed to transfer to another plane to reach Beijing.

“I saw it from the plane just now, and Hong Kong’s prosperity is no less than that of Venice,” Siqin Gaowa said quietly as she walked up to Chen Fusheng and Han Sanping after they got off the plane.

"It'll come back sooner or later," Han Sanping replied somewhat sourly.

Chen Fusheng smiled and gave a positive explanation: "Hong Kong now has five or six million people, and that's the official figure. Given its advantageous geographical location and historical reasons, it's not surprising that it's so prosperous today. However, I also agree with what Lao Han said: this place will return to China sooner or later."

Seeing that Chen Fusheng agreed with his point of view, Han Sanping reached out and gave him a high five, then asked a question: "Can our movie still be shown in Hong Kong now?"

“Theoretically, it is possible.” Chen Fusheng personally drafted the contract with Bob. As a Chinese person who had traveled from the future, he considered both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong to be Chinese territory, so he deliberately removed these places from the contract.

However, given the current conditions, his films can only be shown in Hong Kong at most; they definitely won't be shown in Taiwan.

After all, relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are still strained.

After receiving a positive answer from Chen Fusheng, Han Sanping turned to Deputy Director Shi and asked, "Director Shi, I heard that Hong Kong uses a box office system. If our film can be shown here, how much box office revenue do you think it could generate?"

"Comrade Xiao Han, are you targeting me?"

Deputy Director Shi smiled and pointed at Han Sanping, then explained: "This part of Hong Kong is under the jurisdiction of the Information Bureau, not our Film Bureau."

"Ok."

Han Sanping was just asking out of curiosity. He felt it would be good if their movie could be shown in Hong Kong, but he wouldn't lose anything if it couldn't.

However, his question inadvertently planted a seed in Deputy Director Shi's heart.

Deputy Director Shi thought to himself, "If I see Director Liao when I go back to report, I can mention it to him."

They waited at Hong Kong airport for more than two hours before boarding a plane to Beijing.

As they set foot on their homeland, a beautiful, colorful sunset appeared on the horizon, as if welcoming them back.

Despite the beautiful scenery, Chen Fusheng felt homesick at that moment.

If he buys the ticket himself, he can only buy a train ticket, which will take a long time.

It's not that the trip was long, but the main problem is that he bought a lot of gifts on this trip, and with his own luggage, it was really inconvenient.

So he followed in Deputy Director Shi's footsteps, hoping that this department-level leader could help him get a plane ticket.

"Comrade Fusheng, don't rush back yet, I still have something to discuss with you."

Chen Fusheng asked, somewhat puzzled, "What is it, Director Shi?"

"Stay at the guesthouse for one night. I'll contact you first thing tomorrow morning. But don't worry, I'll take care of your return flight."

Seeing that Deputy Director Shi was keeping him in suspense, Chen Fusheng didn't press for details, but he figured it must be a good thing.

After all, they did accomplish something on this trip.

Afterwards, Deputy Director Shi took Chen Fusheng and the other two to the guesthouse, gave them a few instructions, and then left in a hurry, as if he had something urgent to attend to.

As for Wang Tao from China Film Group and the two comrades from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, they parted ways after getting off the plane.

The then director of the Film Bureau and Chen Fusheng were from the same family.

Just as Director Chen was about to leave work, he bumped into Deputy Director Shi, who was walking by in a hurry, and his expression showed slight surprise.

"Old Shi, when did you get back?"

"just."

Deputy Director Shi walked into Director Chen's office, poured himself a glass of water and gulped it down. Then, under Director Chen's curious gaze, he gave a brief, evasive account of his trip to Venice.

Director Chen grew increasingly shocked as he listened. Finally, when Deputy Director Shi mentioned that the overseas rights to "Cow" had sold for $100 million, he jumped up from his chair. Staring at Deputy Director Shi with disbelief, he exclaimed, "How much? Old Shi, you're not kidding me, are you?"

"Would I dare joke about this with you? The overseas rights to 'Cow' did indeed sell for $100 million."

"Sigh~"

Director Chen also gasped as if he were catching a chill from Venice.

Then he said excitedly, "Old Shi, why didn't you send this news back sooner? If you had sent it back earlier, I would have personally gone to the airport to pick you up."

"I was just thinking of giving everyone a surprise," said Deputy Director Shi.

"Does the higher-ups know?" Director Chen asked immediately.

"I came to see you as soon as I got back."

"Come on, while the boss is still at get off work, I'll go with you to report on our work."

As Deputy Director Shi continued his work report, it eventually reached the lake.

Liao Gong also received the news and came in to tease Deputy Director Shi: "You, Comrade Shi Fangyu, it was I who helped you make the arrangements for your trip to Venice, and you didn't even tell me you're back."

"It was my oversight," Deputy Director Shi quickly stood up to apologize, though he knew that Director Liao was just joking with him.

"I heard that Comrade Shi, you sold your film for $100 million in Europe, is that true?"

"it is true."

"Good, good, good." When Liao Gong first heard it, he thought the messenger had made a mistake. Now that the person involved had admitted it, he not only said "good" three times, but also patted Deputy Director Shi on the shoulder as he spoke.

"Tell me in detail how you managed to get that... movie called 'Cow,' right?"

"Yes, Lord Liao."

"How did you manage to sell that film 'Cow' for so much money?"

Deputy Director Shi had already given several work reports, so doing it again was a piece of cake for him.

"So, that young comrade named Chen Fusheng made a great contribution to this?"

"Yes, Lord Liao."

"I've wanted to meet him ever since I saw him in a movie last time. By the way, why didn't I invite him along this time?"

Deputy Director Shi thought to himself that he hadn't expected that a simple work report would lead him all the way here.

However, these are thoughts that cannot be spoken aloud.

"Comrade Chen Fusheng is currently at our Film Bureau's guesthouse. If Mr. Liao wishes to see him, I can have the driver pick him up right now."

"Forget it, it's too late, and you must be tired after just returning from Venice. Let's not disturb your rest any longer, young comrade. We can meet again another time."

Liao Gong paused, then asked, "By the way, what about that other ten thousand dollars you mentioned earlier?"

Other high-ranking leaders in the room also cast curious glances. In fact, some of them had wanted to ask earlier, but Liao Gongyi's arrival suddenly interrupted their conversation.

"That ten thousand dollars was earned by Comrade Chen Fusheng for shooting an advertisement for an Italian businessman who was in the milk business for a day."

"That young man earned ten thousand dollars just from shooting an advertisement for one day?" Even though he held a high position of power, he was still a little surprised by the speed at which he made money.

"Because Comrade Chen Fusheng had the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice Film Festival, and the character he played in the film happened to fit the milk merchant's expectations, he got this opportunity," Deputy Director Shi explained.

"Hmm." A leader with a slight Sichuan accent nodded, then asked the other leaders in the room a question: "Everyone, what do you all think we should do with the 10,000 yuan that this young comrade earned through his own abilities?"

(End of this chapter)