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Sure enough, Shen Qiao's house was empty on Christmas Eve, but there was a sumptuous Christmas dinner on the dining table: "The butler told me before he left that the restaurant would be set up on time at seven o'clock."

"Why is there no Christmas red wine (1)?" Zhao Wenyan looked at the table, wondering if he had made a mistake.

"I'm not used to drinking red wine. I drink other things every year. Wait a minute."

Then Shen Qiao rummaged through the cabinets and tossed out two bottles of Moutai.Zhao Wenyan suddenly felt a stomachache when he thought of the two bottles of wine that were detained at the customs.

"I brought it to the United States with great difficulty, just two bottles." Shen Qiao stroked the bottle lovingly, "Do you want to try it?"

"I'm allergic to alcohol," Zhao Wenyan said.

Shen Qiao felt a little regretful, but soon said happily again: "Well, let's eat first."

There are a lot of meals on the table, but the portions are not large. I think it is because of the food intake.Zhao Wenyan noticed that the place where Shen Qiao used the most knives and forks had a little more weight. If the butler was specially arranged for him, it would be too much for him.

It was past nine o'clock after dinner.Maybe it was the heating in the room, Shen Qiao's face was very red, he seemed to realize it, and suggested, "Sit on the window sill?"

Zhao Wenyan was also a little hot, so he naturally agreed.

The window sill of Shen Qiao's house is a semi-circular open-air arch, overlooking the entire back garden.At the beginning, Shen Qiao enthusiastically told him about the origins of each forest and flower, but then she suddenly became weary: "It's a pity that Sizhaohua (2) can't be moved here. When I was young, I set up a special place for planting at home, but If you go to the UK, you won’t be able to plant them.”

Zhao Wenyan's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly asked curiously: "Why did your family go to England?"

"It's not our family, it's my sister and I." Shen Qiao looked at him, "My father passed away when I was seven years old, and we were adopted."

Zhao Wenyan was taken aback.

He remembered that Shen Qiao said that he changed his nationality because of the law, but he didn't expect it to be because of the adoption law.And he suddenly remembered that before tonight, Shen Qiao had never mentioned "father" in front of him.

He looked at Shen Qiao, his eyes were a little distracted, and his face was abnormally red --- he was not hot, but drunk.

"Stop blowing the hair." He said, "Go back to your room and sleep."

Shen Qiao shook her head stubbornly, grabbed the railing, and expressed her determination to talk freely about her ideals in life.

Zhao Wenyan was helpless.

"Let me show you my father's photo." Shen Qiao said, "I have never dared to show it."

"why."

"My adoptive father might care." Shen Qiao lowered her head, "He treats me very well, and I don't want him to be unhappy."

He took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out a photo inside with great care.The young man was sitting on the rattan chair, his facial features were that kind of handsome and sharp, with a strong mixed-blood aura, but his temperament was extremely gentle and refined, reducing the coldness between his eyebrows and eyes by seven points.

He looks a lot like Shen Qiao.He glanced at Shen Qiao and thought to himself that he might look like this in a few years.

Intuitively, he felt that he should be a good father.Shen Qiao was very lucky.

It's just...he never felt that Shen Qiao was a child of an adoptive family.Not one's own flesh and blood, no matter how good it is, it should be worse. "Does your adoptive father have children?" he asked.

"There are two older brothers." A hint of disgust flashed across Shen Qiao's brows, "Philip is very good to me, but I don't like Christopher, and he doesn't like me either."

"How did your adoptive father treat them?"

"Not nice to me."

Zhao Wenyan had never seen such a family relationship before. Just as he was about to add a few words, Shen Qiao suddenly said, "Why do you want to learn from being a director?"

"I can only learn this." Zhao Wenyan's tone was habitually cold. Thinking that it was Shen Qiao who asked, he softened his mouth again, "What about you, why did you come to the United States to learn acting?"

If Shen Qiao is because she loves acting, she can learn it in England, and the drama culture in the British Isles is more developed than that in the United States.

Moreover, in the field of culture, theater has always been less worthy of film (3).

"Britain is too small." Shen Qiao shook her head, "I love acting, but a large part of what I love about it is because it brings respect."

"respect?"

"It's not respect for me, it's respect for my country." Shen Qiao breathed out, "This world is made of movies, and culture is spread by movies. I want to be the best actor and act in the best movies, so I Come to America."

"I'm proud to be Asian. One day, this sentence will be recognized by everyone."

Zhao Wenyan was taken aback.

He suddenly remembered that before he came, Shen Qiao was the only Asian in the academy.Tom Hodge is by no means alone.

And before he went to university, he was in the UK, hadn't he been discriminated against?

He has a good enough family background, a pure enough accent, and his talent is superior to others, but his black hair and black eyes are his original sin, and no matter how hard he works, he can't change this prejudice.

Because his country is not strong enough.

If you want a country to stand up, what do you rely on?

It divides by force.When it is weak it depends on politics.It thrives on culture.

Only a country that is culturally strong is truly powerful.The strength of culture is largely due to communication.

The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys.You have nothing but cultural treasures, but you can only cherish them if you are unable to display them.And to show everything depends on the film.

It's just that things are not that simple.

Zheng Yaoguo once told him that he can make all the films he wants to make, but not all the films he makes according to his wishes will win international awards.Foreigners are prejudiced against China, and they are even unwilling to agree with movies that go beyond this cognitive range.Only by obeying this rule can he win the prize, prove his talent, and establish the initial reputation for Chinese culture.

But when that day came, his image was fixed.He became famous internationally for his countryside and old China, and became a symbol of Chinese movies.He can't jump out of this framework, because as long as his new works can't fully surpass his previous works, he and the Chinese movies behind him will be immediately labeled as "exhausted talent".

To inherit all this, he can only rely on him.Zheng Yaohui left him the network of international film festivals, the domestic greenhouse environment and the team he has followed for many years, and let him be the one who truly promotes culture.

His life was concluded early, and there was nowhere to turn around.No one asked him if he would like it. In their eyes, you are already lucky enough to be content and grateful, and you shouldn't have the slightest complaint about it.

If he had been given his choice, he might have chosen this path too.But from the beginning, he was not qualified to choose.

Before this, before tonight, he had never been happy with this future.But it's different now.

Shen Qiao was lying on the balcony, her face was flushed red from the alcohol.Zhao Wenyan looked at him, and suddenly felt satisfied like never before------

If the world is unfair, you should resist it; if the world is unclear, you should clear it up.

He has been treated unfairly, so he will use his talents and talents to change everything.

He poked his head out quietly, kissed Shen Qiao on the forehead, then hugged him, and carried him back to the bedroom with some difficulty.

This will be a very important night for him. What he was missing and what he was looking for was finally found in this little madman------

Your whole life is for movies, and my whole life is for you.

(1) A Christmas drink, made by adding brown sugar, orange peel, almonds, raisins and other condiments to the wine, then heating and stirring on the fire (be careful not to boil the pot), and finally pouring a little vodka.

(2) A plant mainly distributed in the Yangtze River Basin, once thought to be unique to Hong Kong.

(3) I am deeply moved. Every time I take a drama class, I will hear the teacher’s diss about the movie, but the host is still firmly not interested in drama (￣▽￣)~*