Chapter 469: The World is So Big 2: This is my first time writing a screenplay myself...

After returning to the villa, Yao Taotao finished her meal and took a shower. She stared at herself in the mirror and pondered for a long time.

To be honest, she was very confident about the looks of her sisters, but unfortunately they were all middle-aged women in their thirties now. No matter how beautiful they were, they would inevitably have a few wrinkles in the face of time.

If you go to film at this age, you probably won’t get any leading role. Even if you can put on makeup, you will probably play a supporting role, such as the protagonist’s sister-in-law or mother, or a divorced single woman with children?

In short, the scope of the play will not be too wide, and it is basically limited to those possibilities.

However, this is also an opportunity, especially for the eldest sister. She has no diploma, no caring man, and has to raise two daughters. Compared with doing tailoring work day and night, her potential for filming is naturally much greater. If that doesn't work, shooting commercials is also a good idea, such as daily necessities, such as household supplies. The persuasiveness of a good wife and mother is always greater than those female stars with exquisite makeup and no fingertips.

Oh, if only I had come to Hong Kong ten years earlier, a beautiful person like my elder sister would have been made the protagonist.

Thinking of this, Yao Taotao couldn't help feeling regretful and subconsciously touched her face.

She takes care of her elder sister's affairs, but what about her own affairs?

Although Zhizhi took her in, she didn't want to leave such a difficult problem to Zhizhi. She still had to make the decision about the child herself.

Go to bed early. I will go to Huai Ming Clinic tomorrow and I will naturally get the conclusion.

Downstairs, Yao Zhizhi looked at Qi Changxiao who had just returned from outside, put down the newspaper in her hand, stood up and brought him a cup of cold tea. He had called before dinner and was eating outside with the real estate agent.

So the family didn't wait for him to eat.

Yao Zhizhi asked, "How is it going? Have you found a suitable office?"

"The location and floor are both suitable, but the rent is a bit too scary." Qi Changxiao took the cold tea and sipped it. He then took the tissue Yao Zhizhi handed him, wiped his mouth, and sat down before saying, "I heard there might be a Sino-British Joint Declaration being signed soon. Real estate prices have skyrocketed recently, and rents have more than doubled compared to the past two years. Even a tiny office costs tens of thousands a month."

"How many square meters are there on each floor? How many people can work there?"

"Don't mention it. Here they don't call it ping (square feet), they call it sq ft (foot). It actually means square feet, but they omit the word square in everyday conversation. The real estate agent told me it was over 900 square feet, and I thought it was spacious, but when I walked in, wow, it's so small."

"Well, I just noticed this unit when reading the newspaper, but I don't know how much it translates to in square meters."

"I asked, and one square foot is equivalent to 0.0929 square meters. Nine hundred feet is about eighty square meters, which is only slightly larger than a nine-meter by nine-meter square."

"Nine times nine, that sounds a bit small. The art department at our Yicheng Publishing House is much bigger than this, right? Does it have a separate office?"

"There are two, and there's a tea room. The collective office areas are all cubicles. According to their current layout, they can accommodate about 15 to 20 people."

Yao Zhizhi was not disappointed. She was planning to set up a publishing house here with Qi Changxiao. In fact, if they were just starting out, fifteen or sixteen people would be enough. They could consider moving when the business grew bigger.

Then he asked, "How much is the rent per square foot?"

"It's in Central. The monthly rent is 31 square feet. It's on the sixth floor. The other rooms on the same floor are all rented out."

"What are they doing? Will they disturb us?"

"A law firm, a detective agency, a travel agency, and another place that I don't know what it does. It's so secretive that it doesn't even have a sign. The glass door is covered with newspapers, as if they're afraid someone will see inside."

"Isn't he doing some illegal business?"

"It's possible. Maybe it's some kind of cult. It feels weird."

"Let's ask third brother to go and take a look together tomorrow." Yao Zhizhi stood up. The couple lived on the first floor, so they took a shower and went to bed early, as they still had some important work to do tomorrow.

Before turning off the lights, she told Qi Changxiao about her encounter with the scout. Qi Changxiao had already lain down, but upon hearing this, he immediately sat up and asked nervously, "You agreed?"

"No, my second sister recommended Yao Yingying. She might give it a try too. I'll just take her there the day after tomorrow." Yao Zhizhi smoothed her hair that was pressed down by him and said with a smile, "What are you doing? You're so nervous. Why are you so excited?"

Qi Changxiao said angrily: "Nonsense, look at those dramas broadcast on TV, which heroine is not making love and kissing with men?"

"Oh, Teacher Qi is afraid that I will kiss another man." Yao Zhizhi laughed and couldn't help tickling him, "Are you jealous?"

"No? Will you eat me if I kiss someone else?" Qi Changxiao didn't hide. He suppressed his smile and tickled her with his backhand.

If a gun goes off accidentally, it is inevitable.

Afterwards, Yao Zhizhi sighed, "My teacher Qi is indeed still strong and energetic. He's in his thirties, but he's still so full of energy."

"Thirty plus is old?" Qi Changxiao immediately protested her wrong choice of words.

Yao Zhizhi laughed and said, "Thirty plus, aren't you old? The stars are reaching your shoulders."

"Don't tell me, our Xingxing has grown so fast in the past two years. Fortunately, we didn't let him suffer from food shortages, otherwise he would have cramps at night, right?"

"I asked, and I didn't have any cramps. Don't worry."

"It's strange. The stars are constantly jumping up, but why is the moon so slow and not changing much? Could it be that our daughter is just like you?"

Yao Zhizhi was upset and sat up immediately: "What do you mean? You want to say I'm short? I'm only about 1.6 meters tall! I'm not short!"

"That depends on who you compare it with." Qi Changxiao started to brag.

Yao Zhizhi was so angry that she started to tickle him again. Qi Changxiao couldn't dodge in time and was pressed on the bed by his wife. She punished him severely before she gave up.

After laughing enough, he said seriously, "It's nothing, after all. The moon is smaller than the stars. In two years, it will be her turn to grow taller. And I have great confidence in our daughter. She will definitely be taller than you."

"Okay, okay, you are all tall, so I will be the shortest in the family from now on, okay?" Yao Zhizhi rolled her eyes. If she had not been stolen by Yao Erdan and Wang Fang, she would have grown a lot taller if she had followed her biological parents. After all, the food was very poor during the more than ten years in Yaowangzhuang, and she almost starved to death.

It’s a pity to think about it.

However, these are established facts and cannot be changed. As long as the child can grow taller, I as a mother will have no regrets.

She turned off the light, lay down calmly and went to sleep.

*

The next day, Yao Taotao followed Chen Shanni to Huai Ming Clinic. When they came back, her face was ashen and her lips were pale, as if she had suffered a lot of trauma.

Yao Zhizhi was not at home, and the maids did not dare to ask too many questions. Only a concerned gardener went upstairs to call the two children down to see what happened to Yao Taotao.

The brother and sister sat on Yao Taotao's left and right. After exchanging glances, Yueliang spoke up and asked, "Second Aunt, if you're really afraid of having problems during childbirth, you can ask my third uncle to tell your horoscope. He's very accurate. During the Chinese New Year, he went to the Northeast to visit my eldest uncle, and we went with him. At that time, he said that my parents wouldn't stay in school for long. Now, my parents really resigned. He also predicted that my eldest uncle's career would be mediocre, not as smooth as my eldest aunt's. Look at my eldest aunt now, she's a team leader and she's leading students and projects herself, while my eldest uncle is still working as an accountant in a state-owned shopping mall, and his salary isn't increasing as fast as my eldest aunt's."

Yao Taotao looked at the two children weakly and forced a smile: "Thank you, I'm fine, I will think carefully about it."

"Second Aunt, then you go upstairs and rest. We will help you." The moon quickly stood up and lent a hand. The stars beside her also quickly took away the pillows on the sofa so as not to block the way of the second aunt.

The brother and sister supported Yao Taotao upstairs. After Yao Taotao lay down, Yueliang went downstairs and ordered the kitchen to stew soup. Xingxing lagged behind and turned back to persuade her, "Second Aunt, think about it in a positive way. At least now you know all the pros and cons. You just need to choose the one you care about most. In life, it is impossible for everything to be perfect. Just like Yueliang and I, we finally made some friends over at the Siheyuan, but now that our parents resigned, we have to start all over again. But we don't regret it. We are willing to follow our parents because they are more important to us than making friends. Second Aunt, think carefully about what is most important to you, and then make a choice. This way you won't suffer."

Yao Taotao smiled. These two little guys were quite good at comforting people. The solutions they proposed were practical and effective. That was great.

She nodded: "Okay, Second Aunt understands, you can go and do your thing."

Xingxing closed the door and sighed silently. He and Yueyue had been in Hong Kong for several days, but neither of them was willing to go out and make friends. There was no other way. The cultural customs here were too different from those in the mainland, and they needed time to adapt.

Treat things you don't like with a normal attitude, and try to pretend you didn't see or hear anything you dislike - for example, some children think they are British, which is simply forgetting their roots.

It would be great if Hong Kong could return to the embrace of the motherland. Then even if he refutes these people, he will have some reason and evidence.

It was almost time for dinner when Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao finally came back from outside. The couple asked Yao Weihua to go see the office building together, paid the rent, and arranged the decoration. The decoration would be completed at the end of the month and the office would open the next month. During this period, all the registration and application procedures needed had to be done one by one according to the process. There was no need to rush, so they could just treat it as half rest and half work.

It’s also good to combine work and rest.

After dinner, she went upstairs to check on Yao Taotao: "Sister, do you have no appetite?"

"In the afternoon, Yueliang brought me a bowl of abalone soup and a bowl of yam and pork rib soup. I was too full." Yao Taotao was sitting in front of the bed reading a book. Hearing this, she put down the book in her hand and looked towards the door with a smile.

Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised. Seeing Yao Taotao's expression, she seemed to have calmed down a lot. She walked over and sat down: "How is it, have you thought it through?"

"I've thought it through." Yao Taotao raised her head and looked at the crescent moon that had just climbed up outside the window. She felt an unprecedented peace in her heart.

Yao Zhizhi didn't ask any further questions. She stood up and said, "Then you should go to bed early and go to the film and television company tomorrow morning."

"Yeah." Yao Taotao hasn't called Yao Yingying yet. She has to see it in person before deciding whether to call her elder sister over to develop the relationship.

Fortunately, Shao Zhendong was a man who kept his promises. He was waiting at the door of Yaoji Pharmacy just after 8:40 the next day.

Yao Taotao was wearing a goose yellow cheongsam with her long hair tied up, looking particularly bright and charming. Yao Zhizhi, standing next to her, was wearing a professional woman's suit and skirt set, as white as the ice and snow on the Tianshan Mountain.

These two sisters are breathtakingly beautiful, each with her own beauty.

Shao Zhendong was stunned. After getting in the car, he couldn't help but ask Yao Zhizhi again and again: "Miss Yao, are you really not going to consider it? If you are short on time, I can arrange some likable supporting roles for you, such as the male protagonist's favorite white moonlight."

"Really, no thanks, Mr. Shao. I'm not interested in this." Yao Zhizhi rejected him again, but she continued, "However, it's rare for Mr. Shao to be so kind. When the script in my hand is ready, I will definitely show it to you first."

"What?" Shao Zhendong was extremely surprised. "You are a screenwriter?"

"Not yet. I've only published a few books so far, and this is my first time writing a screenplay." Yao Zhizhi stated objectively, "I hope Mr. Shao can introduce a great screenwriter to give me some guidance."

Shao Zhendong was very excited and responded, "Sure, sure!"

When they arrived at the film and television company, the sisters quickly caused a sensation. When Shao Zhendong took them to the studio to observe, the famous director who was filming immediately pushed up his glasses, dropped the work in his hands, and walked quickly towards them.