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

Chapter 81 Housewarming Celebration (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
At the end of April, Chen Fusheng brought his wife and daughter to the capital.

For the first few days, because his courtyard house hadn't been furnished yet, Chen Fusheng arranged for his wife and daughter to stay at his workplace's guesthouse.

The good news is that we finally moved into our new home today.

Moreover, today is May Day, a good day. Chen Fusheng deliberately chose today to move in; otherwise, they could have moved in a couple of days ago.

Moving to a new home is an important traditional custom in China.

Going back several decades, or even ten or twenty years, it's all a good time to hold a banquet and receive gifts.

But in this day and age, who dares to be so flamboyant?
Moreover, Chen Fusheng had few relatives in the capital, and the number of people he knew could be counted on one hand.

So on this day, he only invited three or five friends to help with the cooking and then planned to have a meal together. That would be a perfect ending to his housewarming.

But he didn't expect that quite a few people would come that day.

The people who came included Han Sanping, Ling Zi, Li Jun's family, Zhang Xingyan, and Chen Huaikai and his son.

Yes, Chen Huaikai brought his son, Chen Kaige, along with him.

"Comrade Fusheng, congratulations on your housewarming."

"Thank you, thank you." Chen Fusheng accepted the blessings and the gift from Chen Huaikai, and said a few polite words in return.

"This is my son, Chen Kaige. He is still studying at the Beijing Film Academy, majoring in directing. I thought you were all around the same age, so I brought him here today to introduce him to everyone. I hope that Kaige can learn more from you all in the future."

"Director Chen, you're being too polite. You're a great director, and we still need to learn from you."

Chen Fusheng exchanged a few polite words with Chen Huaikai, then turned to Chen Kaige and shook hands with him.

"Hello, Comrade Kaige... I hope we can exchange ideas more often in the future."

"Okay, thank you."

"Don't be shy, everyone here today is a friend."

The young poet was indeed a little uncomfortable at this moment.

The reason I feel uncomfortable is that even though we are all the same age, others are so much more outstanding than me.

This made him, who had been proud since childhood, feel suppressed by an inexplicable aura.

I feel uncomfortable everywhere.

Then, Chen Fusheng and Chen Huaikai talked about his movie.

Chen Huaikai is skilled at making opera films. This time, he has been preparing for more than half a year and is still preparing an opera film called "The Broken Jade Gate".

"My story revolves around the succession rights within the Chang Prince's Mansion, telling the tale of a human tragedy that unfolds after the old prince's death, when the emperor grants the old lady the privilege of choosing her own son-in-law..."

Chen Fusheng had never seen this opera film in his previous life, but after listening to Chen Huaikai's description, he felt that only Chinese people, and even only a portion of them, could understand this film.

In other words, it will be very difficult for this movie to go overseas after it is made.

Of course, Chen Fusheng couldn't say such things directly to the old comrades, and it wasn't his place to say them anyway.

Perhaps they know perfectly well what's going on.

Around noon, Deputy Director Shi also had his secretary deliver a congratulatory gift.

As for why Deputy Director Shi didn't come in person...

Firstly, his status makes attending such an event somewhat sensitive.

Secondly, Chen Fusheng's courtyard house was also somewhat sensitive in that era.

"The script for the next installment of 'Floating Life' has already been written, right?"

Lingzi inadvertently learned from Liu Xiaoli that Chen Fusheng had written another suspense story for his next film, so she cast a curious glance at him.

Others were also interested in this topic.

Chen Fusheng nodded in response to everyone's curious gazes, and didn't mind sharing it with them.

After all, he had already shown the script to Deputy Director Shi when he returned a few days ago. And it was Deputy Director Shi who helped him contact the judge.

Therefore, the script already provides the sentencing results for Shi Hongzhe and Chen Jing at the end.

It is authoritative.

Because it was a real judge who made the ruling.

I estimate that once he returns from Cannes, he will be able to begin preparations.

"I only have the original script here. Some of the handwriting may be a bit messy, but please bear with it."

The story is quite complex, and it's impossible to describe all the details verbally, so we'll just show you the script for you to read.

This will save him a lot of trouble.

"The Devotion of Suspect X, the title you chose has a suspenseful feel to it, but why use the X?"

yes?

Why use X?
Chen Fusheng had not thought about this issue in detail before.

Because he was too lazy to come up with a new name, he simply used the one from the original work.

But now that someone has asked, he actually fell into a period of thought.

However, he didn't think for long, answering after about two or three seconds:
"My protagonist this time is a mathematical genius, and X is often used in mathematics to represent an unknown. So X here actually represents multiple layers of hints, but I won't spoil it now. You can keep this question in mind and look for the answer in the script."

Unbeknownst to everyone, Chen Fusheng's excuse of not giving away spoilers was merely a pretext; in reality, he was still pondering the matter.

Seeing everyone gathered around and continuing to read the script, Chen Fusheng quickly went through the plot in his mind.

Then he roughly summarized the answers to the questions he had just posed to everyone.

First, X echoes the protagonist's identity as a mathematician.

Second, X symbolizes the core mystery of the case, such as the real time of the crime, the confusion of the victim's identity, and Shi Hongzhe's true motive. These are all like X waiting to be solved.

Third, the hidden sacrifice is implied. Shi Hongzhe did everything for Chen Jing and her daughter, but he didn't want them to know. This unknown sacrifice is also implied through the unknown nature of X.

Based on this analysis, the use of the letter X here is indeed a clever design by the author.

'Now it's mine.'

After Chen Fusheng 'cracked' X's secret, he couldn't help but feel a little satisfied.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Until everyone finished reading the script...

"Fusheng, the Shi Hongzhe you wrote about is too obsessive. Why would he go to such lengths for two complete strangers? Even at the cost of committing a second crime and sacrificing himself to protect them?"

"There are hints in the script, for example, when Luo Ming asks him if it's worth it, he uses a useless formula to describe himself, which shows that he has become so pessimistic that he thinks his life has no value. However, the kindness of Chen Jing and her daughter brings a ray of light to his life. Now even this only ray of light is about to be extinguished, so of course he has to protect it, even if the result is to sacrifice himself."

Chen Huaikai summarized, "Although the behavior of such people is extreme, it also carries a tragic purity."

"Is such that."

"It seems that your scripts, Comrade Fusheng, offer very vivid analyses of human nature. Niu Er is like that, Chen Mo is like that, and Shi Hongzhe is like that too. I really don't know how you, at such a young age, managed to write such distinctive characters," Zhang Xingyan exclaimed.

These words of praise made Chen Fusheng feel a little guilty.

He could only return a humble smile.

When the young poet first arrived, he was a bit arrogant, but after watching "The Devotion of Suspect X," he had to admit that the guy in front of him, who was a few years younger than him, was indeed impressive!

……

Three days after moving, my mother-in-law came to Beijing.

Chen Fusheng, who was about to head to Cannes, felt much more at ease.

(End of this chapter)