Chapter 46 That Year's Words (Additional Chapter 2)

  After dinner, Huang Haibo and Gao Yuanyuan stayed at the hotel, while He Laoshi also returned to the TV station, as they still had a rehearsal tonight. Guo Xiaoyu expressed his apologies, but He Laoshi just shook his head and smiled, saying: "I hope that one day I can go anywhere and hear people discussing you."

  Guo Xiaoyu originally thought it was just a joke, but looking at He Laoshi's sincere eyes, Guo Xiaoyu couldn't laugh. In the end, Guo Xiaoyu only said three words: "You watch."

  After parting with He Laoshi, Guo Mama decided to walk home with Guo Xiaoyu, after all, it's only half an hour away from home.

  Walking on the neon-filled streets, blowing in the summer evening breeze, watching the endless stream of cars, listening to the cicadas that belong only to summer, Guo Xiaoyu felt his heart very calm. At this time, he suddenly discovered that he was not as resistant to acting as he thought, and for some reason, he even looked forward to it a little. Just like when he first organized "Dad, where are we going?", at the beginning, he was doing it all for his dad. But later on, he found himself starting to enjoy this feeling of rushing around, watching one by one as the dads accepted his invitations, Guo Xiaoyu felt a great sense of accomplishment.

  "Xiao Yu, since you dropped out of school, I haven't had a good talk with you yet."

  Guo's mother interrupted Guo Xiaoyu's thoughts, so he said: "Mom, what do you want to talk about?"

  "Talk about your ideals." Guo's mother said softly: "Remember when you were young, the composition topic in your school was 'My Ideal'. Some kids wrote about being a scientist, some about being an astronaut, and some about being a big star. But what did you write... sleeping until waking up naturally, counting money until hands cramp."

  "Mom, what's the point of bringing up old things?" Guo Xiaoyu may seem like a decent person on the surface, but he had actually done many despicable things in his youth and still took pleasure in them.

  "Do you know if your teacher came looking for me afterwards?"

  "Did she look for you? What did she say?" Guo Xiaoyu couldn't help but be a little curious, he only remembered that the teacher asked him to rewrite an essay last time, didn't remember her looking for his mom!

  Guo's mother smiled and said, "Your teacher told me that your way of thinking is different from others. If you can keep this unique way of thinking, you will definitely achieve something when you grow up."

  "You listened to her nonsense, at that time I just didn't want to do my homework, so I casually scribbled a few words on it." This sentence is true, the last time was probably running to the internet cafe to play games, as a result of the time being up, and also wanting to sleep, so he casually dealt with it.

  "Haha, now you're willing to tell the truth?" After laughing, Guo's mom said seriously: "Then do you still remember what you said in front of the whole family during Chinese New Year the year Xiaoyi was born?"

  What's up?

  "Xiao Yu, this is a red envelope, for you."

  "Thank you, Grandpa."

  "Xiao Yu is so handsome, when he grows up, he will definitely make many little girls fall in love with him."

  "Grandpa, you're talking nonsense again."

  "How could it be? Your grandfather has said such a reasonable thing in his entire life."

  "Grandma..."

  "Xiao Yu, you've grown up, what are you going to do now?"

  "Grandpa, I haven't thought about it yet. I'm still in high school now, let's talk about it when I grow up."

  "That won't do, we must set a firm goal from an early age."

  "That's right, your grandfather is absolutely right."

  "Okay, I grew up wanting to be a star, I wanted to act in TV dramas, movies, release albums, make music videos, I want every corner of the world to hear my voice and see my shadow."

  Right! That's exactly what I said!

  "Mom..."

  "You still remember." Guo's mother said with nostalgia in her eyes, "That time was the first time I saw you so serious. From childhood to adulthood, you have never shown such determination in your eyes. At that moment, I felt that you could really do it, and I believed in you unconditionally!"

  "Mom..." Guo Xiaoyu didn't know what to say anymore. He also didn't know if this sentence was his true feelings or just something to appease the elders, he had already forgotten. But this sentence he remembered clearly, before it was just intentionally forgotten, now that Guo's mom brought it up, the sentence instantly appeared in his mind again.

  Halfway through, Guo Xiaoyu let out a sigh and said, "Mom, I understand."

  "Alright." Guo's mom smiled and said, "Then let's go home and sleep."

  ……

  Two days later, Mango TV editing room.

  When Guo Xiaoyu and Hong Tao faced the messy pile in front of them, they were both stunned. From the beginning, they knew that the content to be filmed was a lot, but they didn't expect it to be so much!

  "Hong Shu, are you sure you're not joking? We have to produce the first episode of 'Where Are We Going, Dad?' within a week?"

  "That's right, to be exact I only have four and a half days left because this Friday we're going to rush to Sha Po Tou in Ningxia. By then it'll just be you and Qin Feng and those few kids doing subtitles, I need to follow the crew over."

  "Can't you just stop making trouble?" someone said. Why can't we just follow the previous life's editing? However, the editing of a variety show is different from others. First, we need to go through this messy pile of footage, then pick out the parts we need, and remove the repetitive and boring parts from those needed parts. This process is already very troublesome. After that comes the editing, followed by post-production subtitles and dubbing. What Hong Tao said was to complete the editing work within five days, leaving two days for post-production. Once it's done, it will be submitted to the TV station for review, and after passing the review, it will be broadcast.

  After hearing Guo Xiaoyu's complaint, Hong Tao said: "What am I making a fuss about? It must be edited within five days. Then after I go to Ningxia, you will be in charge of doing the post-production well, and when I come back on Sunday night, I'll take a look, and if it's okay, send it for review the next day."

  Seeing that Guo Xiaoyu hadn't moved, Hong Tao hurriedly urged: "Don't dawdle, quickly watch the footage. I'm telling you, when editing, there are people to help, but watching the footage is just us two, it must be done before tomorrow night." After all, only the two of them knew what shots were needed, so after speaking, Hong Tao ignored Guo Xiaoyu and went to watch his own footage alone.

  "It's definitely because he's too handsome, envied by heaven. Done admiring myself, work still needs to continue."

  All the videos have been categorized and put away, Guo Xiaoyu is in charge of Guo Xiaoyi, DY, and TianTian's part. He needs to find all the ones that are not shot clearly, too noisy, or problematic. For those with only a small segment of problems, he also needs to manually cut out that segment himself.

  It was late at night, and Guo Xiaoyu and Hong Tao had been working for a whole day. Hong Tao's side was progressing faster, and the second child's work was almost done, while Guo Xiaoyu's side had only half-finished the second child's work. If they wanted to finish it within tomorrow, they would have to pull an all-nighter tonight.

  Two people didn't say a word, both wearing headphones and staring motionlessly at their own screens. Only the two boxed lunches placed beside them were telling everyone that they were still alive.

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