Chapter 1176: The Princess Arrives

Zhao Fusheng agreed to go to Xichuan on behalf of Yu Feihong, but before he could set off, he had to cancel the trip.

The reason was simple: Fan Beibei had arrived.

Fortunately, Zhang Qian was available. Zhao Fusheng simply sent Zhang Qian instead, and also had Zheng Yao assign a few more people to accompany him. After all, he planned to let Future Group handle the foundation's funding from now on.

No one knew better than Zhao Fusheng the importance of reputation to a company. He didn't want his company to be labeled as a shady enterprise one day.

Living is a process of constantly searching for answers.

Only some people realize early on that the problem has no solution, or that the process of solving it is too tiring, so they give up early. Many others, however, keep searching for answers.

Zhao Fusheng searched for many years in his previous life, right up to the final stage of his life, but he never found the answer.

He thought he would never find the answer, but unexpectedly, heaven gave him a chance to start over. In this life, he naturally wanted to strive to find the correct answer.

Although he didn't know whether the path he was taking now was right or wrong.

But at the very least, Zhao Fusheng could be sure that his direction was not wrong.

Since the direction was not wrong, he would just charge ahead in the right direction.

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"Brother, is this your and sister's home?" Fan Beibei, now six years old, sat on the sofa like a little adult, curiously examining the apartment that belonged to Zhao Fusheng and Fan Baobao.

"Yes, sister and I live here. Brother Zhang Qian and Sister Panpan live across the hall." Zhao Fusheng smiled and patted the little girl's head, saying to her.

Fan Beibei had come with a deputy general manager from the company who was on a business trip.

Though called a deputy general manager, he was actually one of his father's old comrades. They had met at home before, so he was one of their own.

"Not bad. When will sister come back?" Fan Beibei asked curiously.

"Sister is filming a movie; she won't be back for a month." Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to Fan Beibei, "Beibei, you watch TV first. Brother needs to make a phone call, okay?"

"Okay." She nodded obediently, turned on the TV herself, and sat there watching like a proper little adult.

Zhao Fusheng went to his room alone and dialed home.

Of course, he called Li Yuan.

"Auntie, it's Fusheng." Zhao Fusheng said once the call connected, "Beibei has arrived at my place."

"Good, she's arrived." Li Yuan's voice sounded a bit tired, "I didn't call you beforehand because your mother wanted to surprise you and Baobao."

Zhao Fusheng was speechless, then shook his head with a wry smile. No surprise there—that was just like his mom.

His mother was definitely the type to do something like this.

"Baobao isn't home. She took on a movie and won't be back for a month." Zhao Fusheng explained, "Is Beibei about to start elementary school?"

Li Yuan nodded: "Yes. She's been missing you and Baobao lately, and since she'll be busy after school starts, your mother and I discussed it and sent her to you. If you don't have time, I can have someone bring her back."

Clearly, she was worried that Fan Beibei might affect Zhao Fusheng's work in the capital.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "It's fine. I'm free lately and can spend time with her. After New Year's, the three of us will go home together."

The three of them naturally referred to Zhao Fusheng and the sisters Fan Baobao and Fan Beibei.

He chatted with Li Yuan a bit more, asked about the health of the elders, and then hung up.

As for his parents, he didn't feel the need to call. Li Yuan had already said it was a decision she and his mother had made together, so there was no point in him saying anything else.

Besides, Zhao Fusheng did miss the little girl.

In recent years, since moving to the capital with Fan Baobao, neither of them had much time to go home. Even when they did, their stays were short, mostly busy with their own affairs. They had indeed neglected the little girl somewhat.

Now that he had the chance to spend time with Fan Beibei, Zhao Fusheng was more than happy.

After thinking it over, Zhao Fusheng sent a text message to Fan Baobao. After all, such a big matter needed to be communicated to her.

But shortly after sending the message, just as he reached the living room to watch cartoons with Fan Beibei, the phone rang.

He picked up the phone and was about to speak when Fan Baobao on the other end asked bluntly, "What's going on? How did Beibei end up in the capital?"

Helplessly, he repeated what Li Yuan had told him, and finally said, "Anyway, the elders want Beibei to stay here for a while. I said we'd go back together after New Year's. How about that?"

Fan Baobao thought for a moment and nodded: "No problem."

Then she hesitated and said, "How about you two come watch me film?"

Zhao Fusheng chuckled: "The environment there isn't good. Why take Beibei there? Besides, if we're there and you mess up a take, Old Jiang will scold you, and you'll be embarrassed..."

"Get lost!"

The answer Zhao Fusheng got was Fan Baobao's furious roar.

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Though they couldn't meet for now, Fan Baobao was still very happy about her sister's arrival. She insisted that Zhao Fusheng hand the phone to Fan Beibei so she could chat with the little girl.

Fan Beibei also missed her sister, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and the two sisters talked on the phone for a long time.

Zhao Fusheng didn't mind; he sat to the side, eating washed fruit and watching cartoons on TV.

To be honest, the cartoons of this era were quite disappointing to Zhao Fusheng. Not only were domestic animations relatively backward in production, but most importantly, there was nothing impressive to show.

"Hmm, I think I have a comic studio," Zhao Fusheng suddenly recalled.

He had apparently set up a comic studio before and handed it over to Dong Chenxi to handle. He wondered how it was doing.

That was back when Dong Chenxi was still in charge of Future Film and Television.

He had even told them the general plot of One Piece, and the studio later recruited the son of a colleague of Fan Baobao's.

But nothing had happened for so long that Zhao Fusheng himself had forgotten about it.

Now that he remembered, he felt he needed to check on it.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; having something secure is most important.

Such a thought flashed through Zhao Fusheng's mind.

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On the set of A World Without Thieves.

Fan Baobao put down the phone, handed it to Yang Panpan, and walked back to the set to sit down and rest.

She was one of the supporting actresses. There were no scenes for her today, but Fan Baobao insisted on coming to watch. In her own words, if there was a chance to learn, there was no reason to miss it.

Today, they were mainly filming Yu Feihong's scenes. Yu Feihong was getting her makeup done and when she saw Fan Baobao sit down, she smiled and said, "What, was that your man?"

Fan Baobao nodded: "Yeah, my little sister was sent to the capital by the family. He's home alone with the kid."

"Really?" Yu Feihong was a bit surprised, then laughed: "No wonder he agreed to go to Xichuan for me, but then changed his mind."

Fan Baobao smiled: "Can't help it. My sister is too attached to him. I've said since she was little that she's closer to him than to me, her own sister. Might as well call her Zhao Beibei."

Yu Feihong burst out laughing, causing the makeup artist to have to reapply her makeup. She said in surprise, "Really? I never noticed that Fusheng was so popular with kids."

"Yeah, since childhood, he and Beibei have been closer than she is to me." Fan Baobao said with a smile.

Yu Feihong smiled. It was the first time she had heard Fan Baobao talk about this.

Because of Zhao Fusheng, she and Fan Baobao had a decent relationship. They would occasionally go shopping or have tea together, but since there was a significant age gap, they rarely had the chance to chat about family matters.

Now, sitting together and chatting, she found it quite interesting.

"By the way, sis, what do you think the box office for this movie will be?" Fan Baobao sat next to Yu Feihong and asked.

Yu Feihong was taken aback, then laughed: "What, worried for your boyfriend? Afraid he'll lose money?"

A shy expression appeared on Fan Baobao's face. She shook her head: "It's not that. I just think, with such a big investment, if the movie loses money, it would be a waste."

Having been in the entertainment circle for a while, she knew quite a bit about the industry. In her view, Future Film and Television, together with Xinbaoyuan and Huayi Brothers, had invested tens of millions. If the movie ended up losing money, the time, manpower, and energy wasted would be too much.

In short, she just didn't understand why Zhao Fusheng had agreed to this collaboration and even written the script himself.

Yu Feihong laughed, looked around, shook her head, and said, "Well, I can't say for sure. You'll have to ask your man about that."

Fan Baobao said "Oh" and didn't ask further.

Seeing her disappointed expression, Yu Feihong sighed inwardly.

Some things, she couldn't tell Fan Baobao directly in public. Fan Baobao would have to figure them out on her own.

In fact, Yu Feihong knew very well that the main reason Zhao Fusheng agreed to this collaboration was to open up Future Film and Television's position in the industry.

But she couldn't say that now.

After all, with so many people around, loose lips sink ships. Yu Feihong had enough experience to know that.