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Chapter 95 Liu Haochun Contacts Parents

"Hmm~!" Xiao Tian replied without hesitation, "He's handsome, talented, has a good temper, and is reliable. Look at how he signed the contract today. Even though he's only just turned 18, he's more composed than my dad when it comes to getting things done."

As Tian's mother watched her daughter count a boy's good points on her fingers, a complex feeling suddenly welled up inside her.

I feel relieved and happy!

Before I knew it, my daughter had grown up and was now a young woman who could look at others with an adult's perspective.

There was also a hint of inexplicable bitterness and a bad premonition.

She thought about everything she had seen during the day, and then she thought about the girl named Zhou Ye.

The wary look in Zhou Ye's eyes as he followed behind Wang Zi'an at the airport; the sudden tension in Zhou Ye's shoulders as he overheard Tian Xiwei and Wang Zi'an chatting in the car; and the way Zhou Ye's gaze kept drifting towards Wang Zi'an at the dinner table.

She, with her experience, understood perfectly what that girl meant to him in less than three minutes.

As for her own daughter, she is only listing her good points now, but when she rushed past him at the airport today and almost bumped into him, there was clearly a light in her eyes.

Sigh!

I don't think anything good will happen.

She suddenly remembered how her husband had tossed and turned in bed the night before, unable to fall asleep.

At the time, she laughed at him for being unambitious, saying that his daughter was just going to Yanjing for a visit, not to get married.

At that moment, she suddenly realized!

"Since you think he's a good person, then get along with him well; but... don't suffer the consequences!" Mother Tian said meaningfully.

"Okay, okay!" Tian tide sat up slightly, puffed out her chest, and said proudly, "Do you think I'll let others bully me!"

Around 8 p.m., Tian's mother took the contract to her old classmate.

Tian Xiwei lay on the bed, burying her face in the pillow, the smile still lingering on her lips.

She typed a line on her phone, thought about it, deleted it, and typed a new line.

The screen light shone in the quiet darkness, illuminating her still smiling, eighteen-year-old face.

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The dormitory of Beijing Dance Academy.

Liu Haochun, holding the contract, pushed open the dormitory door, reached out and pressed the switch on the wall. The fluorescent light flickered twice and then steadily lit up, illuminating the entire room.

Four beds, four desks, four chairs, three of which were empty, just like yesterday.

But she's gotten used to it.

From the day the holiday started, she was the only one left in this dormitory.

She took off her shoes, walked barefoot onto the cool tile floor, sat down at her desk, a faint smile on her lips.

She placed the neatly bound contract on the table, opened the first page, and reviewed it from beginning to end.

The terms are very clear: salary, commission, working hours, and confidentiality obligations are all marked in bold Song typeface.

However, she still didn't quite understand some of the technical terms, such as the specific scope of "ownership of film and television rights" and the boundaries of "non-compete agreements."

She picked up her phone and called her mother.

"Mom, today..."

She recounted what had happened that day, including some details about the contract, after which there was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

Liu's mother carefully considered every word her daughter had just said.

My daughter looks small, very well-behaved, and obedient. She always says "okay" to whatever the teacher says and never causes trouble for others. But she is actually very opinionated.

"DouDou, there's something Mommy hasn't told you yet!"

"What's wrong?" Liu Haochun keenly sensed his mother's emotions.

"You mentioned auditioning with Director Zhang. Actually, our family has some connection to Director Zhang, it's just that we live a bit far away!"

Liu Haochun held his phone and suddenly fell silent.

"Your grandfather only recently told me about this relationship!"

"You know your grandfather used to work in film, but he quit after some trouble. But he knew Director Zhang, and it wasn't just a casual acquaintance!"

The fluorescent light buzzed above Liu Haochun's head. Her gaze fell on the cover of the contract in front of her, but her focus wandered, and she didn't take in anything.

"So?" Her voice was very soft.

"If you really want to act in Director Zhang's movie, your grandfather said he could ask Director Zhang to put in a good word for you," Liu Haochun's mother said. "There's still a good chance."

Liu Haochun thought of her very old grandfather. She remembered the last time she visited him before the start of the winter break. He was sitting in a rattan chair in the yard, an old blanket covering his legs. His cloudy eyes looked at her as she walked in, still shining with that familiar, stubborn light.

My grandfather suffered a lot when he was young, and his back was bent by the years, but he never asked anyone for help.

She still couldn't bear to let her grandfather bear that face.

"mom."

Her voice was still very soft, but it suddenly became very clear amidst the hum of the fluorescent lights.

"You can make money by making short videos, and this company will also produce TV series and movies in the future, instead of just focusing on short videos."

"But this isn't an easy line of work for you!" said Mrs. Liu. "Your grandfather back then..."

Liu Haochun suddenly remembered that afternoon in the sales hall, Wang Zian pulled the long card swipe slip back from the POS machine and casually tucked it into the contract, just like he was signing a takeout receipt.

He didn't even blink at the mention of nearly twenty million.

She was standing to the side when Zhou Ye and Xiao Tian were both exclaiming in shock, "It's too expensive!" Only she noticed Tian's mother's gaze.

It's not the kind of disdainful look an elder gives to children playing house, but rather an adult acknowledging the seriousness of another adult.

"Mom, that's not something I need to think about; we're all young people. Wang Zian is about our age, Nan Jie is two years older, and Zhou Ye is the same age as me. There aren't many messy things going on. It's clean and pure."

As she spoke, her tone shifted from the cautious softness of before to a more confident one. "I want to give it a try first."

"What about Director Zhang?"

"My audition this time..." Liu Haochun lowered her eyelashes, turned to the last page of the contract, and gently smoothed a curled corner of the page with her finger.

"I knew I definitely wouldn't be selected. They said 'wait for news,' but it wasn't easy to refuse them directly."

"Let me wait two years. Mom, that's impossible. I want to earn money now, I want to help you now."

Her voice was still soft and gentle, but every word was like tightly packed cotton wool, soft and dense, without a single gap.

As Liu's mother listened to her daughter's voice on the other end of the phone, her heart felt like it had been clenched tightly.

"You don't need to worry about things at home. Your father and I will handle it..."

"I've grown up now!"

Liu Haochun interrupted her mother for the first time.

Her lips were slightly pursed, and the nervous, timid light in her doe-like eyes was no longer the same as when she stood at the school gate waiting for the bus in the morning. Instead, there was a quiet, firm, and resolute look in them, something that had been decided without room for discussion.

Mrs. Liu was silent for a few seconds, then let out a soft breath.

"Alright! I'll book a ticket to Yanjing tomorrow and take a look at the contract for you."

Remembering Wang Zi'an's instructions, Liu Haochun said, "No need, the ticket company will buy it. Just wait for tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Liu's mother sat on the sofa in her living room, still clutching her phone.

The night outside the window was already deep, and occasionally a motorcycle would drive by on the street in the distance.

After thinking for a moment, she dialed Mr. Liu's number.

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