Su Pei was busy the next day.
He finally packed all his luggage and simply packed the house.
Then he called the screenwriter studio he knew, complained about the unpleasantness in the crew this time, and asked them to help pay attention to the reliable crew. He specially emphasized "reliable!". Acquaintances suggested that he could write something first, and they could help recommend it.
Su Pei wanted to quickly finalize the next job, but what worried him more was the settlement of the "Rongcheng Confidential" crew.
If the crew has been dragging his final payment, he has been busy for a few months this year.
Su Pei has always disliked "chasing money". It is obviously his deserved remuneration, but he has to keep asking, it is easy to wear down one's self-esteem and emotions.
He called the crew producer and asked about the settlement.
The producer promised Su Pei "wait a few days", and it will be arranged soon.
Su Pei was suspicious and could only wait and see.
After thinking about it, he called Li Yan, the editor of the publishing house he had been working with before, and asked if the publishing house could reprint several of his previous novels.
Li Yan is less optimistic because of the downturn in physical publishing. Publishers are now very cautious about every book. However, the editor said that he would suggest to the editor-in-chief and consider this matter.
"Su Pei, have you finished writing your new novel?" Li Yan asked. He is an old editor, much older than Su Pei. Back then, Su Pei's first novel was written by him.
Thinking of He Yiming's evaluation of the new book last night, Su Pei said, "Only half of the content... still needs to be changed."
Li Yan said: "I will try to help you with the reprinting of the old book. In fact, it is better that you finish the new book as soon as possible."
Su Pei chatted with him for a while, and made an appointment to meet and talk about the new book.
After contacting the work, Su Pei went to a private car repair shop. There was a small problem with his car before. Before going to the set, he left the car there for repair, and it should have been repaired by now.
He is an old customer of this car repair shop, and the price boss can make him cheaper. Even so, Su Pei still felt a pain when he heard the cost, and went to a few thousand at once.
Su Pei paid by credit card. He thought to himself that he really wanted to urge the crew to pay him the final payment quickly.
After paying the payment and taking the car, Su Pei stepped on the accelerator and drove his Cadillac to Little Cookie's school.
After three o'clock in the afternoon on Friday, the gate of the private school was already full of luxury cars. The BMW 7 Series seems to be an ordinary nanny car, and there are several parked sports cars. Su Pei's Cadillac, which had been driven for several years, just barely held up his face, so as not to look shabby.
When Little Cookie saw Su Pei from afar, he immediately became excited. She carried a schoolbag and a bag in her hand, and trotted.
"Daddy Daddy!"
Su Pei laughed. Little Cookie's face looks like his mother, but his facial features are very similar to him, especially his eyes, which are his eyes. Seeing such a little girl's version of herself, Su Pei always felt cute and incredible.
Little Cookie ran to him and threw both bags to him: "Why did you come back so early? I thought it was grandma who came to pick me up today."
Su Pei put her bag in the car and said with a smile, "I miss you, I miss you so much." He talked to Little Cookie like a kindergarten baby, but he also noticed it, and he hadn't seen you for more than a month. , the little cookie seems to have grown a little taller.
Little Cookie hadn't seen Su Pei for more than a month, so she didn't get in the car and go home immediately. She pestered Su Pei and talked for a while at the school gate. Not just because she missed her father, but because of a desire to show off. She accidentally heard a classmate's parent say: "... Su Yao's father is so young, I thought it was her brother... He looks a bit like an actor... "
The little cookie took it to heart. She told her classmates that her dad was a screenwriter! Still handsome and young! Now is the best time to show off. Whenever a classmate passed by her, she beckoned and said, "My dad is back from the crew!"
Of course Su Pei saw through his daughter's scheming. He was a little funny, but his character really didn't look like anyone.
He took the little cookie to a large newly opened shopping mall, went to eat desserts, and bought the Internet celebrity milk tea. Little Cookie's grandma usually doesn't drink milk tea for her children. When Su Pei came back from a business trip, of course she wanted to bribe her daughter.
Su Pei was eating the durian layer while asking Little Cookie how he was doing at school and how he was doing at grandma's house.
"Have you received the clothes and toys I bought for you?" Su Pei asked.
"I got it!" Little Cookie said simply, "Dad, don't buy me Lego again."
Su Pei asked, "What's the matter? You don't like Lego anymore?"
Little Cookie said: "A set of Lego is too expensive..."
Su Pei's heart warmed. He didn't expect that the little girl was only a few years old and already started thinking about saving family expenses, which was better than him.
"…Dad, you can save me a few Lego sets and buy me a new phone. I want a smartphone." Cookie finished.
Su Pei almost choked, and Little Cookie quickly patted him on the back intimately. Su Pei immediately rejected her: "You are only in the third grade, what kind of smartphone do you want. Don't think about it, no."
Su Pei categorically rejected Little Cookie. He said: "Wait until you go to junior high school to think about it, not now."
Little Cookie was lost for a while, but he didn't make a fuss. She is a smart child. She knows her parents divorced and her father's work outside the home.
So she just buried her head and ate, feeling sullen and unhappy.
Su Pei teased her: "Don't be angry, you don't want to go home and see what dad brought you back?"
Children always like celebrities. When Su Pei said this, she regained her energy and asked, "Is there Qiu Ruoyang's autographed photo?"
Su Pei asked, "Who is Qiu Ruoyang?"
Although he is a screenwriter, he really does not know everyone in the entertainment industry.
Little Cookie told him: "He is the most popular idol right now! All the girls in our class like him."
Su Pei only remembered when he heard that, Qiu Ruoyang is a member of an idol group, famous for his looks. Most of the fans are between the ages of ten and twenty-five.
He felt a little bad, his daughter started chasing stars at a young age
"You like him too?" he asked.
Little Cookie shook his head: "I don't feel it. But chatting with other people always has to be a topic. Having Qiu Ruoyang's autographed photo will make them envious."
Su Pei couldn't stop laughing. He asked, "How about having Fang Ziling and Xu Xi's signatures?"
Little Cookie nodded, like a powerful appraiser, and said, "That's not bad. They're quite popular now, enough to fool children."
Su Pei went home in the evening and made pork rib soup and cooked shrimp according to He Yiming's recipe, but it was still not as good as He Yiming's recipe.
The little cookie is very satisfied. She has always praised her father for his good craftsmanship, which is much better than the school cafeteria.
After dinner, Little Cookie showed Su Pei all the homework she had done. Su Pei was looking at her composition when someone called.
When Su Pei saw the caller ID, he immediately picked it up, and it was Xiaoyan who called. She told Su Pei that she lost her job now and dared not go back to her hometown to tell her parents, so she temporarily went to a classmate and lived with her classmate. Her classmate worked under a famous emotional blogger. Just be a shooter.
"You can find a place to stay." Su Pei comforted her a few words. He thought that Xiao Yanruo was really Mrs. Bai Wenchen's "eyeliner", how could she be so abject.
Xiaoyan is also worried about the final payment. Her remuneration is not as much as Su Pei, but there are tens of thousands of yuan.
Su Pei told her not to worry too much, "Rongcheng Confidential" is not an ordinary grass-roots team, and it should not default.
After he and Xiaoyan finished chatting, when he turned around, he saw that Little Cookie had fallen asleep on the sofa. He walked over, touched his daughter's little head, and whispered, "Little Cookie, take a shower and then sleep."
Little Cookie responded inarticulately: "Good night Dad... Are you still there tomorrow..."
Su Pei paused and said, "I'm here."
On Saturday, Su Pei sent Little Cookie to dance class, and then went to his mother's place to eat.
As soon as Little Cookie saw her grandma, she immediately reported to her: "Dad made pork ribs soup yesterday! It's very delicious!"
Su Pei's mother Wen Lan knew her son too well. She smiled and said, "Why do you have so much leisure to start a party yourself?"
Su Pei said, "A friend brought some dishes over, and he taught me how to make them."
When Su Pei's mother heard it, she felt that there was a scene in it. She put her arms around Little Cookie and asked, "Did you see the aunt who delivered the food?"
Little Cookie said, "No. But I heard Dad talking to an auntie on the phone!"
Wen Xinlan smiled and said, "Really..." She was in her fifties, but she was well maintained, her voice was still very young, she spoke in a prolonged tone, and she had the softness of her youth.
Su Pei explained: "It was my former assistant in the crew who called me and asked me some work questions. The person who delivered the food was really a friend, a former classmate of mine, a man."
He emphasized, friend, gender male. In fact, his mother also knew about He Yiming, but he didn't want to say it was He Yiming. After all, He Yiming was so famous now that Wen Xinlan thought they didn't communicate much anymore.
Wen Xinlan expressed regret: "It's a pity."
Su Pei pretended not to understand what Wen Xinlan was regretting, and asked Little Cookie to eat fruit.
Su Pei's mother didn't live in a small place, but it was elegantly furnished.
The snow-white walls are clean and free of paintings, and the sofa is covered with a small bohemian-style colorful rug. There is a large crystal bottle with a bouquet of roses next to the TV cabinet.
There are several family photos on the bookshelf. The most conspicuous one is On Xinlan when she was young. She is wearing a crimson dress and a pearl necklace. She has smooth skin and beautiful eyebrows. The cute little boy in her arms is Su. Pei.
Every time Su Pei sees this photo, she will feel that her mother has never changed. No matter how many things she has experienced, she is immersed in her own world and never gives up her pursuit of beauty and delicacy.
So after her father's death, she did not fall down, she still lived the same life as before, dancing, practicing calligraphy and painting, and traveling when she was free.
As he got older, Su Pei admired his mother more and more.
After eating, Little Cookie leaned against Su Pei to watch cartoons. Looking at the colorful picture, Su Pei became distracted without realizing it. He unconsciously took out the cigarette case and suddenly came back to his senses. This was at his mother's house, and the little cookie was still by his side.
He put away the cigarette again.
Wen Xinlan asked, "You failed to quit smoking again? Haven't there been any problems recently?"
Su Pei immediately smiled and said, "No problem, I'm preparing a new script recently."
After the weekend, Little Cookie went back to school. Su Pei finally had time to work quietly at home. He thought about revising the new novel, and he had to find a suitable topic for writing the script.
On Wednesday, he invited He Yiming to go to Yao Zhicheng's house together. They reconciled thanks to Yao Zhicheng. He hadn't seen Yao Zhicheng in the past few months and wanted to see his old classmate.
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