Los Angeles Chinatown, from the street to the end of the street are hung with red lanterns, the lanterns are written with the words of New Year's good luck and other blessings, this is a place where Chinese people gather, this is also a place of cultural exchanges between China and the West, of course, this is still where Huo Que's family lives.

On February 16 of '07, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve.

Although it is in the West, the flavor of the New Year does not seem thin at all, probably to let this culture erode into Western culture, but it is more intense.

Lion dancers, buying New Year's paintings, buying couplets, pinching candy people, selling rock sugar gourds, gongs and drums are noisy, so lively.

In the middle of the streets of Chinatown is a not-so-large restaurant, which is decorated in a Chinese style, with carved porches, old signs, and of course, two red lanterns hanging at the door, and couplets dancing on the door frames.

"A plate of fish-flavored shredded pork, a plate of braised eggplant, and a husband and wife lung slic......es at table No. 2" A crisp voice sounded in the lobby, and then I heard a leisurely voice from the kitchen: "Gotcha!" ”

It was Huo Que, who is now in the limelight in Hollywood, who reported the name of the dish, returned to Chinatown, returned home, and ate that familiar meal, Huo Que could be regarded as finding himself, and found himself who was eating steamed buns in the basement.

No matter how successful he will be in the future, this place will always be his most longing and obsessed with it, and this is his home.

"Oh my God." A white woman with eyes lifted her glasses, patted the white man next to him, and asked in some surprise, "How do I feel about this waiter, where have I seen it?" ”

"The last time I came to dinner." The white man casually agreed.

The woman knocked on the table with her chopsticks, and suddenly roared as if she had found a baby: "God, I know who you are, you are the young director in the Sundance film industry, Huo Que." I've seen your movies, I've seen "This Man Is From Earth", your movies are so good, why did you come here to be a waiter? I'm looking forward to your next movie. ”

Holding a plate and wrapping an apron, Huo Que couldn't cry or laugh, this week after going home, his father wanted him to stay longer, but he was bored and still came to help, but he helped this like a disservice, today this is the fifth batch of diners to recognize his identity, Yan zhòng affected the normal eating order of the restaurant.

"Sorry, you recognized the wrong person, right?" Huo Que, who had been looking forward to being in the limelight, suddenly felt the feeling of being a celebrity, but found that the feeling was not as good as he imagined, and he wanted to go home An Ansheng for the New Year was not clean, and he really had no choice, so he had to find this far-fetched reason to prevaricate.

"He made at least a few million dollars in that movie, how could he come here to be a waiter?" The man next to the woman said angrily. Although he also felt that Huo Que was really like the Huo Que who appeared on TV, he would never believe that such a celebrity would come to this restaurant as a waiter.

"Impossible." The white woman stood up and walked towards Huo Que, and as she walked, she still thought in pieces: "I can't admit my mistake, and a woman's keen sixth sense can't be wrong." ”

Looking at the woman who was getting closer and closer, Huo Que was helpless, so he had to say: "The owner of this restaurant is my father, he is very busy during the Spring Festival, I am bored and come to help, you are full of food and drink." ”

The woman laughed, grabbed Huo Que's arm and shouted at his husband: "I said that he is the director, take a picture of us, quickly." ”

At four o'clock in the afternoon, there were no more customers in the restaurant.

Huo Que and his father were sitting in a box on the second floor, looking at the street with a grand scene outside, Huo Que suddenly spoke: "Dad, if you don't open this hotel, I think I can let you live a good life." ”

Huo Que immigrated to the United States with his father when he was seven or eight years old, and he didn't know who his mother was, but his father had told him that his mother had died in childbirth when she gave birth to him.

Huo Que really hadn't seen his biological mother, and he thought his mother was dead all these years. When the two fathers and sons first came to the United States, it was still very difficult, but then his father finally settled in Los Angeles with his fluent English and superb cooking skills, and now even Huo Que is living a comfortable life without making money.

Huo Xun smiled and shook his head: "Idle is idle, I'm not tired of opening a restaurant, what's more, what can I do if you let me close the hotel?" ”

Huo Que knew his father's temper and didn't persuade him much.

"Although we are Orientals, we follow the local customs, and we should not shoot the kind of works that will cause controversy in the future."

Huo Xun is talking about the part in "This Man from Earth" that describes the protagonist as Jesus, which was turned upside down on the Internet after the movie won the award, but was later blocked by a sentence, this is a movie, there can be no people who have lived for 14,000 years in this world.

"Dad, isn't this making a movie!" Huo Que said helplessly.

"You and Josie grew up together, and helped you when you were in the most difficult time, and you didn't go home during that time, saying that you were at work, but in fact, you were pulling investment, and she told me everything. Such a good girl graduated from the acting department, you kid has to tell some favors to make a movie for her. Huo Xun said angrily.

Huo Que smiled slightly: "I will ask her to be the heroine of my movie, but now is not the time." Dad, I'm going to make movies again after the New Year. ”

"That's your business, do what you should do, I'm not even fifty, don't treat me like an old man." Listening to this long-lost and familiar tone, Huo Que couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart.

"By the way, that girl called me at noon and said that she was going to come over to eat my dumplings in the evening, and you kid should prepare it." The girl Huo Xun said was Josie.

Josie's parents were in the seafood business, and they worked with several restaurants in Chinatown when they didn't have a career in their early years. Later, the business became bigger and bigger, and the direction of development was changed, but the family never moved, so every time it was the New Year or the traditional Chinese festival, the gluttonous Josie would come to Huo Que's house to eat delicious food.

She has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she likes Huo Xun very much, and sometimes treats her as a suicide daughter.

Huo Que was about to go home to change his clothes, but the phone rang.

It was Alex who called, thinking that he had something to say to Huo Que. Huo Que returned to Chinatown a week ago, because there was nothing to do in the company, and the Spring Festival was approaching, as a Chinese, how could he go home for a reunion, otherwise the Spring Festival in China would not be so congested?

"Hello!" The phone was connected, Alex's mellow voice came, and then he said to Huo Que in broken Huaxia language: "Wishing you prosperity, bring the red envelope." ”

It took even listening and guessing to understand what Alex said, Huo Que said with a smile: "This is what our hometown said for the New Year, it was said by the juniors to the elders, or the younger to the elders, you are older than me, and you are telling me this to break my life." ”

The other end of the phone was obviously choked, Alex smiled and embarrassed, and said in a brisk tone: "Anyway, it's auspicious." You're living your biggest holiday comfortably at home, and we're working hard, and "This Man is from Earth" is all offline. ”

Listening to Alex's tone, Huo Que knew that the purpose of his call was definitely to report the good news, although Huo Que was always at home, but he was always observing the direction of this movie.

"Are the box office results out?" Huo Que, who is both a director and a boss, cares about his interests.

"Yes." Alex said with a smile: "The box office in the United States is 58 million, as your debut film, the movie is so niche This is already a good result, and the overseas distribution rights of this film have also been sold, the network broadcast rights, and the TV channel broadcast rights have been sold." We've already contacted the audio-visual company, and the DVD should be on sale in March, and I'm most optimistic about the sales of the DVD for this movie, which will surprise you when the time comes. ”

There is such a housekeeper under his hand, Huo Que is really lucky, he doesn't have to worry about anything, he just needs to answer the phone when the results come out: "I'm bothering you over there, I'm going to come over for the New Year." ”

"I'm not your employee, so I'm in trouble. By the way, have you finished writing the storyboard plot of your next movie, and when are you going to start filming? Alex asked.

"Let's start filming after the New Year, and I'll give you the script for reference when the time comes." Huo Que replied.

"Okay."

The two talked for a while and hung up.

Huo Que walked downstairs and saw a girl in a goose yellow coat and a beanie hat clumsily wrapping dumplings in the hall.

"You've been studying for several years, why haven't you made progress yet?" Huo Que walked briskly towards the girl.

Qiao Qian raised her head and glanced at Huo Que: "The dumplings you make are food, and the dumplings I make are art." ”

"Don't be artistic, hurry up and pack some food, otherwise we will be hungry today for the New Year." Huo Que joked.

Josie smiled and asked, "When is your next movie going to start?" Is there anything I can help with? ”

Huo Que knew the meaning of her words, although it was not a day or two since she graduated, but Ren Ran had not played any roles, of course she was a little anxious.

"Josie, I'm working on a movie for you just about you, but I won't be able to make it this year." Huo Que said directly.

A hint of joy suddenly flashed on Josie's blank face: "Did you direct it?" ”

"Of course." Huo Que smiled slightly, and a new plan appeared in his mind.