"Have you bought all the gifts I told you?"

On February 4, 2008, three days before the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, on the way to attend the Oscar nominee's lunch with Christine, Xiahou Zhongying asked He Jinxi.

When Juno was released, it received a lot of very positive reviews from critics. According to 204 reviews of Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of critics gave the film a positive review, making it the site's best film of 2007. According to the statistics of the 38th review article on Metacritic, the average score of the film is 81 points.

In addition, "Juno" was selected as one of the top 10 films of 2007 by many critics, magazines and organizations, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Paste magazine, which selected "Juno" as the first of the top 10 films of 2007. With such achievements, it is only natural that "Juno" is eligible to compete for the Oscars.

Unsurprisingly, after nearly a month of screening, "Juno" received four nominations at the 80th Academy Awards, namely Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Although there are not many projects nominated, "Juno" participates in heavyweight awards. Regardless of whether the film can win the trophy in the end, this achievement has already made director Xiahou Zhongying and actress Christine, as well as screenwriter Diablo. Coty's reputation has increased exponentially.

ZX Group is also very excited about this. The Oscar is the world's most famous film award, not only because of its popularity. It's also about the huge benefits it can bring to the film itself.

According to insider estimates, if a film is nominated for an Oscar, it will add about $30 million to the box office, and if it wins, it will increase its box office revenue by $20 million. Moreover, after the film won the award, the return to the actor was also quite rich, not only did the value climb, but he could get substantial material returns, and he could even leave a strong mark in the history of the world film with the authority of the Oscar.

After Juno was nominated for four Academy Awards. The already strong box office of the movie has once again climbed to another peak. As of yesterday, "Juno" has grossed more than $130 million in the United States, $120 million overseas, and a total of more than $250 million. Among them, the top two overseas box office contributors are China and South Korea. Such a result. Naturally, the ZX Group will rejoice. Know the way. The total investment in "Juno" is only $6.5 million.

"Bought it, young master." He Jinxi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and replied.

"What about Uncle Ge and Mother He brought back to his daughter?"

"I bought it too."

"Is the ticket booked?"

"It's been booked, a flight at 4pm. Direct flight to the capital. You and Uncle Ge and Aunt He are in first class, and the four of us are in economy class. ”

"Hmm." Xiahou Zhongying nodded lightly.

"That's right, young master." He Jinxi suddenly thought of something, secretly glanced at Christine sitting next to Xiahou Zhongying in the back seat, and said in Chinese: "The master said that Miss Xiuyan and Miss Xiujing will also go to China for the New Year. ”

"Damn." Xiahou Zhongying shuddered, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, depressed, "What the hell is going on?" Those two girls want to go to China for the New Year? Isn't that adding to the chaos? ”

"Say, what are you talking about? Do you have to talk in Chinese? Christine had an angry expression, knelt on the seat, pressed Xiahou Zhongying's shoulders with both hands, leaned her body on him, stared at him with both eyes, and said angrily.

"Alright, don't make a fuss." Xiahou Zhongying patted Christine's back and motioned for her to sit down.

"It's okay if you don't let me make trouble, I want to go back to China with you."

Xiahou Zhongying couldn't help but have another headache, and rubbed his temples with his hands.

"Justine, it's really not appropriate for you to go back with me." Xiahou Zhongying said helplessly. It's okay for the two sisters Zheng Xiuyan to go to China for the New Year, at least the two of them are his sisters in name, and the Li and Yu families won't say anything, but if he brings Christine back, it will be difficult to explain to the Yu family.

"What's wrong with it?" Christine asked puffed.

"If you go back with me, the world will be in chaos."

"I don't believe it."

"You explain it to her." Xiahou Zhongying was helpless, and it was not easy to tell Christine, so he had to point at He Jinxi and order.

"Me?" He Jinxi was taken aback, pointed at himself with his right index finger, and asked in horror.

"Yes, it's you."

"Young master, you can't favor one over the other." He Jinxi said sadly and angrily: "It's always me who hurts for what? All the bad things are on my head? Why don't you let the eagle eagle explain? ”

"Explain it to you." Hao Dadiao looked grinning, and said gloatingly: "Don't you see, I'm a driver, I have to focus on driving, and I can't be distracted, otherwise it's a trivial matter if something happens to us, can you afford it if something happens to the young master?" ”

"Where did you two get so much nonsense, hurry up."

"Yes." He Jin was happy to see that Xiahou Zhongying was showing signs of anger, so he could only sigh secretly and quickly agreed. Turning his head to Christine, he said, "Justine, it's really inappropriate for you to go back with the young master, it is likely to hurt you and put the young master in trouble." ”

"For what?"

"You know the ...... of the way" He Jinxi avoided Christine's direct gaze, lowered his head slightly, his eyes flickered, "The young master's uncle has already helped him make a marriage contract with another family." The young master is with you in the United States, and they can treat it as if they didn't see it, but if the young master takes you back to China, it will slap the two families in the face, and it will anger them. At that point, they are likely to do something drastic. ”

"What excesses can they do in broad daylight?" Christine retorted unconvinced.

Christine knew that Xiahou Zhongying was going back to China for the New Year, so she pestered him and wanted to go back with him, so she naturally had her own small plans.

One is the demonstration, it is best to make the girl who has a marriage contract with Xiahou Zhongying angry, so she takes the initiative to dissolve the marriage contract, and then she can rightfully enter Xiahou's family, which is the best result.

Second, it is to meet the parents. His man is Chinese, and if he wants to integrate into their family, he must understand the habits of the Chinese, so Christine is also very knowledgeable about Chinese customs. She knows that in China, meeting parents is a very important part, and if she gets the approval of the other party's parents, then the next thing between her and Xiahou Zhongying will be much easier.

"That girl comes from a big family." Seeing Christine's unconcerned look, He Jinxi had no choice but to nod again.

"I know, you told me." Christine smiled and said, "Even if their family is a big family, it can't be nonsense, it's a legal society now." ”

Law ghost, He Jinxi secretly complained, don't talk about those big political families, even if they are ordinary big business families, they also have ways to avoid the law, don't think that Christine is an American, they don't dare to move.

"The young master's marriage contract is a political marriage, whether the young master wants it or not, whether he likes the other party or not, he must marry that girl. Because this marriage is related to the future political development of the whole of China, if someone stops it, the two families will not mind letting the troublemaker disappear. ”

Seeing that he couldn't convince Christine, He Jinxi couldn't care so much, he knew what kind of little calculation Christine was playing, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't change the outcome of the matter. Li Yu's family can turn a blind eye to Xiahou Zhongying's raising of women outside, as long as he acknowledges this marriage contract, and then treats Yu Yuerong well on the surface, after all, political marriages will only consider the interests of the family, and generally will not consider the feelings of their children, so it is not surprising that this kind of thing is very common in people from big families. But if he goes too far and openly brings other women home, it will be a slap in the face. The two families must not be able to stand it, and in a fit of rage, wanting Christine to disappear is as simple as killing an ant.

He Jinxi knew that Xiahou Zhongying still liked Christine, and several of their bodyguards didn't want her to have an accident, so they had to bite the bullet and make it clearer, and the warning meaning of his words was very strong, that is, he was worried that Christine would not be able to figure out the situation and secretly run to China by herself, and then it would be a big trouble. According to He Jinxi's understanding of Christine, she would really do this kind of thing.

"Political marriages? What is at stake in China's political development? Christine was stunned.

When she asked He Jinxi and Hao Dadiao before, because the answers of the two were ambiguous, she only knew that the girl was from a big family. And when she inquired about Xiahou Zhongying that night, he only said that it was about the property in his father's name, so until just now she didn't know that her man's marriage contract would have such a deep impact on Chinese politics.

"Now I know that I can't take you back for anything." Xiahou Zhongying gently stroked Christine's delicate face, sighed slightly, and said, "That girl's family can now be said to be the number one family in our country, and it has great influence in both the political and military circles, if they get angry, I have no way to protect you at all." ”

"Then I can only be your lover for the rest of my life?" Christine was so aggrieved that tears couldn't help but fall.

"If, I mean, if you want to leave one day, I won't stop you."

"They want my body, and when they get tired of playing, they want to kick me away, and there is no door." Christine was furious and bit Xiahou Zhongying's shoulder fiercely.

"Ah......h

A terrible scream came from Xiahou Zhongying's mouth, and the two bodyguards sitting in front of the car couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly sat down, pretending not to see anything. (To be continued......)