The situation and setting caused the staff to forget about whether they should disturb or not disturb her. They went directly to Teacher Qin Wei to ask for advice.
After all, everyone would have to deal with this little devil for a period of time afterwards. If possible, they all wanted to know how to subdue the devil.
"Teacher Qin, please be so kind as to impart the method to save us."
"Yes, yes..."
Although this child could not commit any major wrongdoings, his antics were annoying. Especially after he was energized, with the high intensity of work every day, no one could withstand his disturbances on set and then back at the hotel.
But they could not scold him either. He was only two and a half years old. He might not understand even if they said anything. Anyway, he was the child of the financier dad, who was like the big boss to everyone.
"Oh..."
Qin Wei smiled helplessly,
"What life-saving method could I have? I just used my superb drawing skills to win over a fanboy."
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Li Yao stroked his chin. He thought to himself that it was not surprising for someone who had designed limited edition graffiti T-shirts for Dior before to have a child with talent in drawing.
...
The next morning at 5:30am, right after Qin Wei had washed up, someone knocked on her door. When she opened it, there was no one in sight. Lowering her head, she saw Hong Dou standing at the door holding an A4 paper. Seeing Qin Wei, his eyes lit up:
"Sister, good morning. Let's draw!"
Qin Wei stood still for a good few seconds, then mercilessly rejected him and turned to exit the room.
Hong Dou's eyes turned red and he pouted at Qin Wei's disappearing back.
The auntie standing nearby knew things had gone bad. Hong Dou could not stand any grievance at all. He was about to throw a tantrum now.
A good day had ended before it even began.
"Sister, sister! Wait for me!"
Under the auntie's watch, Hong Dou scampered after Qin Wei!
...
As usual, she went out for a morning jog at 5:30am since she had nothing to do. This time, the hotel she stayed at was the same one as when they were filming in the Republican era city last time. But there were huge changes after a period of time —
Firstly, the weeds in the wasteland were cleared. The scarecrows that had frightened Qin Wei into yelling for her dad were all gone too. The shops along the street had opened for business. In short, it was not as desolate as last time she came.
In addition, the hotel had specially laid a rubber track for guests who needed to exercise. Surrounded by the garden at the back of the hotel, the environment was good and safe, suitable for morning and night runs.
The hotel was completely booked by the crew so there were no outsiders to disturb them. At this moment, no one else was running, just perfect for Qin Wei's needs.
After running one round, she heard "Sister, sister" behind her.
Turning around, she saw the boy chasing her on a children's electric off-road vehicle. Two bodyguards ran behind him, one of them even holding a remote control for the electric vehicle.
The car was not fast. At this moment, it happened to be parallel to Qin Wei.
Hong Dou sat properly holding the steering wheel, shifted his bottom to the side, then craned his neck to ask Qin Wei:
"Running is tiring. Sister, you should take the car!"
Qin Wei: "..."
The bodyguard running behind shouted:
"Teacher Qin, don't worry, this car can carry 440 pounds. It's fine even if both of you get on!"
Qin Wei: "......"
...
At 6:30am, she returned to the hotel for breakfast.
Qin Wei did not eat in her room. Instead, she went to the Chinese restaurant to eat with everyone.
Breakfast was self-service. She took fruit juice and corn potato salad, intending to find a seat, when she saw a table surrounded by people in and out.
Driven by curiosity, Qin Wei quietly went over.
"This was drawn by my sister for me!"
Hong Dou's tender voice sounded from within.
"Ah?"
Everyone let out sounds of incomprehension.
"She drew Ultraman for me!"
"Ah????"
Everyone was even more confused.
"Cool, right?"
The tender voice asked.
"Oh..."
The staff mumbled softly:
"Where's Ultraman... Is this a Picasso? What is this... Oh, Teacher Qin!"
He turned and saw Qin Wei, scaring him half to death.
It was still better not to talk behind someone's back.
Hearing Qin Wei had arrived, everyone else dispersed immediately.
Only Hong Dou was left sitting on a chair at the table, head lowered enjoying the drawing Qin Wei had given him yesterday.
It was Ultraman, just not drawn in much detail.
But Hong Dou seemed to really like it, gleefully looking at it over and over.
He had cried so badly yesterday when Qin Wei ignored him. She just sat there waiting for him to calm down, while drawing on paper. The child's attention was quickly drawn to the artwork. As he wiped away tears, he pointed at Qin Wei's creation:
"What's this?"
"Ultraman, Di Ka."
Hong Dou froze for at least ten seconds, temporarily forgetting to cry. He looked left and right, his expression complicated:
"Why can't I tell?"
"You're not skilled enough."
Qin Wei finished speaking, then pointed it out to him,
"This is the head, these are the eyes..."
Her drawing was not great but she elaborated eloquently, leaving out the fighting scenes and just describing Ultraman's characteristics.
After listening, Hong Dou was stupefied. He had seen Ultraman before, but did not expect someone could describe Ultraman so well!
But just as she got to the critical part of the story, Qin Wei suddenly stopped. Hong Dou nudged her arm:
"Keep talking!"
Qin Wei: "The rest of the story can only be heard by well-behaved little friends."
Without hesitation, Hong Dou dragged over his little froggy chair to sit next to Qin Wei:
"Sister, tell me the story, okay?"
It seemed he knew what being "well-behaved" meant, he just did not want to do it.
Qin Wei continued the story, then abruptly stopped again.
"Only little friends who eat properly can listen to the next part."
Hong Dou turned to look at the auntie. Understanding immediately, the auntie came over to feed him.
Although it was unclear which point got to Hong Dou, he was utterly convinced by Qin Wei.
And now too, upon seeing Qin Wei come for breakfast, Hong Dou was extremely delighted:
"Tell story!"
"Eat."
Qin Wei just said those two words, then sat down to enjoy her breakfast.
...
It was still the training phase now, some time away from the official start of filming. Other actors had also gradually arrived, but everyone had their own training items, so it was difficult to gather everyone together.
Qin Wei's tasks for this period were to read the script and interact with Hong Dou. Other things would be arranged by the director later.
She had been reading the script the whole day. Hong Dou was quite cooperative initially, playing by himself. The auntie even heaved a sigh of relief. Ever since this child was six months old until now, periods when he was so cooperative were not many.
In other words, most of the time he was kicking up a big fuss. Not many could placate him.
It was just great that there was one more per...
"Wah... Wah..."
He cried again, bawling uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?"
Qin Wei went over to see him. He did not bump into or knock against anything. He was playing well but suddenly cried???
"I... You... Don't... I... Wah wah..."
Even his speech system collapsed from the crying.
Listening to his disjointed words between sobs and his aggrieved looks at Qin Wei, after hearing it over and over, she finally understood -
He had been waiting the whole day, but sister did not play with him at all.
Oh, the child's breakdown came in an instant.
Inconsolable bawling.
Ten minutes later.
"Oh! Shall we draw? Don't cry, okay? Don't cry..."
Another ten minutes passed.
"Hong Dou, don't cry. Wah wah... Your crying is giving me a headache... Brother Dou, stop crying... Wah wah..."
