Chapter 470

"This world is very wonderful. There are many things waiting for you to explore in the future. This world is also very dangerous. Interpersonal communication and self-cultivation often determine a person's future. You may not understand these things now, but as you grow older, you will face them sooner or later. What Dad wants to do is to let you know what you want to do and what you can do. "Stroking his daughter's little face, Adriaan said in a gentle tone.

Lily, who was lying on the bed in her checkered pajamas and ready to fall asleep, blinked for a while before she closed her eyes and snorted, "Dad still doesn't give up."

"Lily!" Adriaan was amused and angry at the same time.

"All right, all right." The little girl giggled. "Don't be so serious, dear Dad. I will take care of my affairs. I'm not a two-year-old child anymore. And don't forget, I'm Super Lily!"

As she spoke, she raised her arms and made a pose of Hercules on the bed. That cute and serious look made Adrian laugh, but then he sighed.

"Of course I know. You're smarter than most of your peers. Lily, I've always been proud of you." He stroked the little fellow's head. "So, sometimes Dad is a little naggy. If I don't nagge now, I won't have a chance."

"Why?" Lily's eyes widened with curiosity.

"Because in a few years, when you stay in school for a long time, you will begin to refute Mom and Dad. You will begin to have your own ideas and find ways to prove that they are right. For this reason, you will not hesitate to quarrel with Mom and Dad." Adriaan said in a gentle tone.

"Well …" The little fellow pursed her mouth and thought for a long time. "Will it come to that? Will it … "

Although she didn't say it out, the puzzled look in her eyes was enough to explain everything. Adriaan couldn't help laughing again and increased the strength of his hands. "It's inevitable, dear. Everyone is an independent individual. They see the world from different angles and ways. Maybe some people will be similar, but not 100% the same. Sooner or later, you will observe and analyze the world from your own point of view. You will also have your own interpretation. This can't be changed by any will. What Mom and Dad need to do is to guide you on how to correctly understand the world, not to impose their own worldview, outlook on life, and values on you. "

"Wow, Dad is so serious." Lily stuck out her tongue.

Adriaan smiled. "So, if this happens again, remember to remind Dad when it's appropriate, okay?"

Although the little girl was very smart, it was still too early to say this. However, this didn't mean that she couldn't feel her father's intention. So she immediately stretched out her arms to hug her father, propped up her body, and seriously kissed his face. "Got it, Dad. I love you."

Of course, it was impossible for this clever girl to maintain this state for a long time, so she immediately said seriously, "Even if I have many aunts and sisters in addition to Mom."

"Okay, go to sleep!" Adriaan said, rolling his eyes. After kissing his daughter's forehead, he turned off the bedside lamp and left.

"Is Lily asleep?" As soon as he left the bedroom, he met Kate.

"She is asleep. Where are the other children?" Adriaan asked.

"They are all asleep, including Emma." Kate nodded, with a mischievous look on her face. "Do you want me to thank you for your hard work?"

After Adriaan and Lily "seriously" discussed her school affairs in the evening, the little girl chased the aunts all night to ask about her school affairs. She also asked her mother very seriously about how much she could get paid for what she helped to do. She naughtily said that she would be self-reliant in the future and not argue with her stingy father. She would strive to pay for her school fees in the future. This made everyone very happy, but it also gave Adriaan a headache. He chased her and nagged her until she went to bed.

"It's not enough to comfort me with words." Adriaan reached out and put his arms around her waist.

Kate snorted and put her hands on his shoulders. She hesitated before saying, "Isn't five dollars a month a little too little?"

"It's already quite a lot, dear." Adriaan rubbed her waist. "She is still a child. Five dollars is enough at this stage. It won't be too late to increase it after she goes to junior high school and high school. I hope she understands the meaning of making money from how she spends her pocket money, just like Yini. So don't worry, it's not good to spoil her too much."

Having said that, Adriaan did not think that it was a good way to be educated like Ivanka from an early age. Freedom was needed, but so were rules. The key was whether the parents could deal with various problems flexibly. In a sense, Trump's education was a failure. Without his intervention, Ivanka would only gradually become mediocre and then find a man to marry.

Although the free-range education could make a person independent quickly, it would also make them lose their edges quickly. Adriaan did not want the smart and naughty Lily to become mediocre in the future. If a person wanted to succeed, they had to wrap their edges with a sleek appearance. They had to be able to conduct themselves well and stick to their goals without wavering. They couldn't be the same inside and out.

Take Ivanka as an example again. Although the price to get the position of secretary assistant was not small, it fully exerted her talents and what she had learned. As mentioned before, this position was often equivalent to half of the chairman of the board of directors of AC Media. Those who could do it well were quite capable. Charlize, who had already gone to work at ABC, was the best proof.

In fact, Kate should understand this point. It was just that as a mother and a woman, coupled with the various entanglements between her and Adriaan, she couldn't help but be biased towards her child emotionally. After knowing that Monica and Sophie were pregnant at the same time, she was very depressed for a while. It was also because of this that she firmly opposed Lily going to a public school.

However, there was another reason why Adriaan agreed. The reason why he wanted to arrange for Lily to go to a public elementary school was mainly because he thought that she should focus on enjoying her childhood at this stage. How to describe the education in the United States? There was actually not much difference between primary schools. Although the top few universities were all private, there were also many well-known public schools, such as UCLA and the University of Michigan. Therefore, the watershed of elite education was secondary education from grade 7 to grade 12.

Generally speaking, public high schools were basically a mix of good and bad people. Most young people just squandered their youth in them. Private high schools were relatively stricter. Perhaps the teaching content was not as perverted as the China high schools in his previous life, but it paid great attention to the cultivation of comprehensive qualities, and the cultivation of interpersonal relationships also began from this time.

Adriaan's original plan was to let Lily experience the school atmosphere in a public elementary school first, try to communicate with more people, and slowly find her own direction. She was very smart, and she could basically read newspapers smoothly now. Those elementary school courses were not difficult for her. However, the children in public elementary schools were also uneven, and her identity was also a troublesome matter. If someone's big mouth exposed it, it would be very troublesome. Private elementary schools were much better in this regard. A large amount of sponsorship was transferred to them, and the principal had to make good arrangements.

Out of this consideration, Adriaan finally gave up the idea of sending Lily to a public elementary school, and chose Horrisman Elementary School with Kate.

"Okay, okay, I got it." Although Kate sighed, she kissed Adriaan, and the two then lingered in the corridor.

"You always arouse my desire, dear Kate." After they separated, Adriaan held her face and said with a smile, "But this is still not enough."

"Then what do you want?" Kate snorted. "You want to call Charley? Sarah? Or Yini? Or two of them? "

"Why … not together?" Adriaan said with a smirk.

Kate narrowed her eyes.

"Don't push your luck, Eide!" She warned. As soon as her voice fell, he picked her up and strode to the end of the corridor.

"Damn it, Eide! Put me down, you bastard! "Kate screamed and struggled to her feet.

"Be quiet, dear. Everyone is sleeping." Adriaan unceremoniously slapped her on the butt, making a crisp sound. Although Kate cried out in pain, her voice and struggle were much quieter, and her face was slightly red. Then, she was carried into the room.

However, what they didn't know was that at the other end of the corridor, little Emma, in her pajamas, was leaning against the wall. She crossed her arms in front of her chest, and one of her legs was behind her. Her slippers kept tapping on the ground as she stared at the wall in front of her. She squinted her eyes and raised her eyebrows, seemingly very dissatisfied.

That night, with the help of Charlize, Adriaan once again achieved the great feat of one versus four. Before this, although Kate, Sarah, Charlize, and Kate, Charlize, and Ivanka had been separated, because Sarah and Ivanka weren't familiar with each other, even if Adriaan had the idea, he couldn't act on it. However, this kind of estrangement would disappear with the passage of time, so the situation of one versus four was a matter of course. Therefore, when the four women woke up the next morning, they didn't complain about it.

Of course, Kate couldn't help but mutter, "Looks like I should order a bigger bed." Adriaan pretended not to hear the women's laughter. However, if it wasn't for certain reasons, he really wanted to drag Ji Hui into the next challenge. Well, in that case, it was indeed necessary to prepare a bigger bed.

Well, this was just a small interlude. After dealing with the matters in Los Angeles, Adriaan immediately went to London. First, he sent little Emma home, and second, he spent a few months. A total of more than 5,000 Asian girls signed up for the casting of Harry Potter's first love, Zhang Qiu, was about to be announced. He had to make sure the result was what he wanted to see.

"I choose this one." In the conference room of the production company in London, in front of director Michael Neville, J.K. Rowling, and several other people in charge, Adriaan picked out the picture of the most well-behaved Chinese girl. Other than Liu Yifei, there couldn't be anyone else.

"This one?" Rowling frowned. Of course, she wasn't satisfied. She had already set her eyes on the other one.

Unlike the one from Hong Kong in his previous life, although this was a Chinese girl, she was the child of second-generation immigrants. She lived in Liverpool and didn't even speak Cantonese, let alone Mandarin. However, there was one thing that was very similar to the one from his previous life: they both had big faces.

"Of course, she immigrated to England two years ago. Her mother runs an art gallery and is a dancer. Her grades in school are also good, and she has acted in some small roles on stage. She's very suitable." Adriaan said in a relaxed tone, then made a gesture before Rowling could speak. "Don't worry, Qiao. I know what you want to say, but I have a good reason for choosing her."

Rowling chose the Chinese girl from Liverpool because she felt that her lifestyle was completely British. After all, Zhang Qiu wasn't a girl who had transferred from an Eastern magic academy. If she changed her name in the novel and didn't point out her Chinese heritage, then she would be a Western girl. How could a girl who had only immigrated two years ago and behaved like a Chinese girl?

However, Adriaan had enough reason to convince her, and he only needed to convince her. From the beginning to the end, director Neville and the other people in charge didn't say anything. Liu Yifei had been taken care of all the way to this point. Even those who didn't know at first had now vaguely realized it. Why would they argue with the big boss?

"I need her to open up the China market." Adriaan said lightly. Although it was simple, Rowling also frowned, but she didn't say anything else.

Why add a character with Asian ancestry to this novel? In addition to showing the tolerance of British culture, it was more to attract Asian readers. If a novel could do this for sales, then why couldn't a movie do the same for the box office? When "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released in China at the beginning of this year, the box office had exceeded 5 million US dollars. The total box office of a Chinese movie last year was only 100 million US dollars. Moreover, this was when pirated copies of the movie were already everywhere, and the novel had only been officially released in China in 2000.

Anyone with a brain would know that the movie market in China was far from being developed, and the potential of the Harry Potter series in China had not been fully developed. Therefore, it was not a problem to open up the movie market in China.

"If you're not afraid of trouble, Qiao, you can do an experiment," Adriaan continued with a smile. "Take the photos of these two girls to China and conduct a random survey on the streets. Ask them which one of the two girls is prettier. If we want to open up the China market, we have to cater to their preferences. If we choose a girl who looks very ordinary in the eyes of Asians to play this role, will they like it? I'm sure you've heard about the sensation this casting has caused in China. "

Although the casting this time was not as sensational as the previous three, it did attract a lot of attention. There were also a lot of shameless self-hype. For example, a mixed-race British-Filipino girl who had won the audition and made it through several rounds, boasted in front of the reporters that she was likely to get the role. Similarly, this casting also caused a lot of discussion in China. Many people were excitedly guessing whether a girl from the mainland would be invited to audition. The netizens, who were hungry for information through the Internet, were especially excited. There were several threads about the casting on a large community forum that had thousands of replies.

After the embassy incident, the South China Sea incident, and many other incidents, they finally breathed a sigh of relief because of 9/11. The power of the country began to slowly rise, and the people were naturally eager to be recognized by other countries. Although it was naive, if they showed kindness at this time, they would definitely be rewarded handsomely.

"I have some investments in the mainland, and I've also built some connections. I've also introduced a film company to North America. It was released at the beginning of this month. Although it's not big, the box office has exceeded two million. It's a very good figure. Through them, we can try to strive for the simultaneous release of future movies in China to reduce the risk of piracy. It can also boost the sales of the novel. If we use this girl who is very close to them to make a fuss, the future is completely predictable! "Adriaan spread out his hands." That's why I chose her. "

Rowling frowned and did not speak. She seemed to be a little unwilling.

"Don't worry, Joe. Some things can be made up for through a series of means such as learning, but some things are brought by oneself," Adriaan finally said.

"Okay." Rowling let out a long breath and chose to compromise. "That's it."

She really couldn't say no to this person who could be said to have given her a new lease on life.

"Soon we will announce the results. You have to be prepared. There will be a lot of reporters coming here, so I won't be staying here for the rest of the time. All your previous experiences and your current life will be exposed to the media. I hope you are all ready. "Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Adriaan sipped his coffee after dinner.

"No problem, I'm ready. Qianqian is also ready." Liu Xiaoli said with a shining face. She looked very excited. She should be imagining the expression of the An family after the news was sent back to China and was seen by the An family.

"Is that right, Qianqian?" She said to her daughter sitting on Adriaan's lap.

"I have carefully read the resume and talking points that Miss Lin arranged for me. I won't make mistakes in front of the media. Don't worry, Uncle." Although these words were prepared under Liu Xiaoli's instructions, Liu Yifei appeared very obedient and serious.

"Very good, good luck." Adriaan smiled and pinched her little chin.

Before this, he asked Lin Xilei to find a team to design all kinds of resumes for her, trying to create an image of her as a girl next door. With a professional team to take care of it, in terms of credibility, the things that Liu Xiaoli fabricated for her daughter in her previous life were not comparable to the current one.

"Qianqian." Liu Xiaoli gave her daughter a look.

"By the way, Uncle, I saved some pocket money to buy a new dress and left it here. Can you help me appraise it?" In the end, Liu Yifei blushed slightly. Although she was used to sitting in the man's arms in front of him, she was not used to giving sexual hints so blatantly.

"No problem." Adriaan did not hesitate. He laughed and carried her upstairs.

Then, when they walked to the stairs, Liu Xiaoli obviously gave Adriaan a flirtatious look when her daughter wasn't paying attention. It seemed that they were going to take turns tonight.