“Oh…I think 1 get it!” Lin Xiaoxiao nodded as if she partly understood. After a little while, she asked, “Uncle Yihua, is Nezha the most powerful person? I like her the most, and i want to become a strong girl just like her!”
Nezha is a girl?
The adorable remark made Lin Mo and Li Jinwen smile at each other
involuntarily.
Nowadays, children’s studies are so intensive, they know nothing about those traditional mythological stories.
Even if they watch cartoons, they tend to be the very childish ones.
That’s not necessarily a good thing.
Lin Mo decided that when he had time, he would cultivate his daughter’s interests more.
Our country’s mythological stories are many treasures!
“Xiaoxiao, Nezha is actually a male. This is beyond doubt. However, once he transformed into the lotus, gender wasn’t really important. Buddha has a hundred forms; he could be a boy or…even a girl…”
Zhang Yihua patiently explained the story of Divine Enthronement to Lin Xiaoxiao, along with many more tales about Nezha.
Lin Xiaoxiao listened with rapt attention, asking all kinds of bizarre questions from time to time.
The two of them were like kindred spirits.
It must be said, Lin Xiaoxiao’s personality was quite good; she wasn’t overly clingy to her parents.
Unlike some children who become utterly lost without their parents around.
As long as someone was there to play with her and tell her stories, she was
happy. Her eagerness to learn was also very strong.
This trait made her easy to take care of, without needing her parents to revolve around her all the time.
The downside was that she could be prone to getting lost.
The celebration banquet was held in a large room on the ground floor of the studio building.
This area was originally a motion capture shooting site, but due to limited funds, to save money, they simply decorated the place a bit.
After all, being in the animation business, the setup was quite decent and had a good vibe.
As soon as Zhang Yihua walked in, he was surrounded by lots of people: those congratulating him, others who came to toast, and some recommending voice acting teachers to him.
“Director Zhang, you’re sure to become famous now!”
“Haha, I’ve always had confidence in Divine Enthronement,’ and after today,
I’m even more confident!”
“If you put it on Bilibili, it will definitely go viral!”
“Director Zhang, congratulations!”
Everyone was very polite.
But it was hard to say how many truly believed in the success of “Divine Enthronement.”
If “Divine Enthronement” were personified, today would be equivalent to a daughter’s engagement party, and Zhang Yihua, the ‘father,’ was naturally very busy.
And as the angel investor, as soon as Mr. Lin walked in, he also attracted much attention, with some even more enthusiastic than they were with Zhang Yihua. Their reasons were uniform: to introduce to Mr. Lin potential TV or animation projects they were shooting.
Though he wasn’t an expert in the field, listening didn’t hurt,
Maybe he could pick up some information during their conversations and invest in a couple of hit projects – what a coup that would be!
This way of making money while lying down, without any risk, was something Lin Mo quite enjoyed.
Seeing Lin Mo chatting away with a bunch of animation ‘masters,’ Li Jinwen couldn’t help feeling a bit emotional.
Sometimes, she even wondered if her husband had been possessed.
The changes over this period had been so profound, it was as though he had become a different person.
However, talking about possession was just a joke. She could feel that Lin Mo’s affection for her hadn’t changed a bit.
And that was enough for her!
After finishing his chat with the ‘masters,’ Mr. Lin finally had a breather and was about to grab some food with Li Jinwen when an artist from Yihua Animation Studio came over and politely asked, “Mr. Lin, Director Zhang specifically asked me to draw a comic of your family of three as early promotional material for ‘Divine Enthronement.’ Do you have time now?”
Lin Xiaoxiao overheard this conversation and, before Lin Mo and Li Jinwen could respond, she excitedly exclaimed, “1 want to be drawn, 1 want to be drawn! I want to be Nezha!!!”
Li Jinwen had carefully applied beautiful makeup today and worn new clothes. With her naturally good foundation, she certainly wanted to capture her most beautiful side.
What woman doesn’t like to look beautiful?
But as someone who had been a housewife for so many years, her mentality was no longer that of a little girl, and she felt somewhat shy, responding with a bashful smile, “Why don’t we just let our daughter be drawn? We shouldn’t get involved and spoil the promotional poster; viewers might be turned off by the ugliness and lose interest in the animation.”
“Haha, their loss if they don’t look!”
Lin Mo could see Li Jinwen really wanted to have the comic drawn, and he teased her with a laugh before saying, “And besides, I want to ask, where’s the ugly part? Is there a woman more beautiful than my wife in this world?”
Saying this, he took Li Jinwen’s hand and with a smile said to the artist, “Handsome guy, thank you. Where should we go to get drawn?”
“Please follow me.”
The family of three followed the artist into the adjacent room.
They struck a pose,
and then the artist began to draw, meticulously and with great care.
Finally having a moment to himself, Mr. Lin suddenly remembered something and, without changing his pose, asked, “By the way, honey, how’s the design for our yard coming along? I think we should have a room as big as the one we’re using today for the banquet, so family gatherings will be more convenient in the future.”
“And it would be great to have a personal cinema so we can watch movies at home, lying down if we want.”
“Also, remember to include a swimming pool.. It must have a big pool in the yard, a really big one, with heating too so we can have hot spring baths in the winter!”