944 Strange Stray Ca (1/2)
Feng Xuan was the center of attention and there were constantly people whispering into his ear. Obviously there were some movie companies that had seen how Dog Warrior was garnering success, and there were crew members who were familiar with both parties that could act as a go between.
They wanted Feng Xuan to direct their movies; however, Feng Xuan kept a constant, slight smile on his face. He didn't agree, but he did not reject them, either. He was hesitant because he was already quite old, and after filming one movie, he needed sufficient rest before filming the next one. Also, he wanted to sell to the highest bidder, so he wanted to wait for the box office success of Dog Warrior.
As a special effects movie that had low funding, due to not having any big celebrities in it, Dog Warrior's production and advertising costs was the equivalent to the money a famous celebrity would earn from filming a movie. With the current momentum of the movie, earning enough to cover the costs and earn profits would not be a problem. What was vital, however, were the box office ratings.
Zhang Zian had found some employees he was well-acquainted with to reminiscence about the past. He had specially reminded the makeup artist, Xu Junyu, that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the mosquitoes were starting to move around. The hairless cats that she had at home would likely have a lot of red bumps from mosquito bites, but even then she should not burn mosquito repellent incense, as there were ingredients in the mosquito repellent incense that were harmful to cats.
Xu Junyu shared the photographs of her cats after she helped them put on their makeup. Every photo could be used as a sticker, and it caused the rest of the cat owners to be so amused that they laughed loudly.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Zian saw that the sky outside had started to darken. He came up with a reason that he needed to walk the dog and said his goodbyes, then left with Famous.
When he returned to his room, he released the rest of the elfins besides Sihwa and made them invisible. He did not release Sihwa because he was scared that when he was out, the hotel staff would enter the hotel room for some reason. They would see the empty part in the bathtub, and that would be troublesome… She could make her body invisible, but the dent in the water's surface could not be hidden.
In the past, when he went to America, he had stayed in Tim and Laurin's house, and when he went to Germany, the hotel he had stayed in was ordinary. Old Time Tea observed the exquisite and luxurious decorations in the room and could not help but be left slightly speechless.
Galaxy jogged to the window and stuck its face onto the glass to look outside.
”This is what they call a five-star hotel? It looks quite ordinary.” After Fina appeared and turned around to look at the decorations in the room, it could not help but be very disappointed. It looked at everything in disgust and commented, ”The cups are made of glass, the lights are made of glass, the dishes to hold the fruit are also made of glass… There is a cheap feeling to everything. There are no gold utensils, no jeweled tassels… How is it worthy of being called a five-star hotel? You humans have such low expectations of a five-star hotel. To think that I had some expectations at first.”
”You probably have some misunderstanding of what five-stars means.” Zhang Zian could not stop himself from complaining. ”Even if it's a five-star hotel it is still a hotel, not a five-star palace!”
Fina did not pay attention to his complaints. It jumped onto the bed and surprisingly found that the mattress was very soft and elastic. It jumped on the bed a few times; it was like it had springs inside.
”Eh? This bed is very soft!” it said happily.
”Your Majesty, that's because this servant is under the bed sheet… Step on this servant a few more times!” Snowy Lionet had unknowingly wriggled under the bedsheets and had been stepped on a few times by Fina. It had not felt pain, but instead seemed to be enjoying it a lot. Its head popped up from under the bedsheets, giving Fina a soft glance.
Fina: ”…”
Even when it was not stepping on Snowy Lionet, the bed was still very soft, and Fina declared its ownership of the bed.
”From the ancient times to the present times, this bed belongs to me!” it said, unreasonably.
No one fought with it.
Fortunately, there were two beds in the standard room, and if they squeezed a bit they could still fit. Famous did not like sleeping in too soft a place; it preferred to sleep on the carpet instead.Galaxy liked to lie by the window and sleep; Pi was used to sleeping on the basket hammock chair and liked to sleep somewhere that it could be sheltered. The sofa was a pretty good option for it. Old Time Tea was able to sleep anywhere… so Zhang Zian did not have to go to the extent of sleeping on the floor.
He took some clothes out from his luggage and hung them up in his closet, then placed the laptop on the desk.
Pi looked at the time and anxiously wanted to open the computer to write his stories.
”Pi, don't be too anxious. We rarely come out, and now that we are staying in a luxurious hotel that we did not need to pay for ourselves, why don't we go downstairs to take a walk? You can brainstorm your plot, and it would not be too late to start writing after we come back,” Zhang Zian persuaded. ”When you enter a treasure mountain, how can you return empty-handed?”
”Ga ga! Is it Babaoshan?” Richard flapped its wings and said. ”After coming to the capital you have quite a lot of awareness! But don't worry, you don't have the qualifications to enter Babaoshan!”
Zhang Zian looked around the surroundings. There was one thing that was not good about a luxurious hotel: They did not have a feather duster for the guests.
He did not bring much on the trip, and he did not have a lot of things in his luggage. He had packed very quickly.
”Let's go. Let's go downstairs and take a walk around the garden––take in the capital air,” he suggested.
Fina could not really bear to leave the soft bed, but it unwillingly followed behind.
Zhang Zian led Famous, and brought the invisible elfins to the elevator. They entered the elevator with no one inside, and reached the lobby on the first floor. He asked the hotel staff about the directions to the garden before they all left the hotel lobby.
In the capital where every inch of land was worth an inch of gold, it was already extremely extravagant and luxurious for a hotel to have such a large garden. When Zhang Zian reached the garden, he was shocked to realize that there was no one there at all. Obviously, there were more fun things in the hotel attracting the guests, like the gym, the billiard room, the sauna, the indoor swimming pool, and so on.
Actually, if it was only Zhang Zian alone, he would have been more willing to go to the gym or the indoor pool to look at girls, but the elfins were definitely not interested in those things.
”Meow. Zian, shall we play hide-and-seek?” Galaxy excitedly suggested, seeing that there was no one around. Even though it would never be bored of playing hide-and-seek in the pet shop, it was very happy to come to a new place to play, as well.
”All right. It's been a long since I've exercised my joints. Today, I'll let you witness the product of my hard work and training. Stealth Cloak!” Zhang Zian was very confident.
”Meow! Zian is boasting!” However, Galaxy had seen through his lies a long time ago.