Chapter 81

Soon after arriving in the classroom, Chen Mo saw that the few little brats he had beaten yesterday subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look at him, as soon as they saw him enter.

Meanwhile, the girls still had eyes full of light, looking at him with faces full of adoration.

"Hey, morning."

Chen Mo greeted some classmates whose names he still didn't know with a familiar air, then walked to his seat and sat down.

Before long, the class bell rang.

The teacher came in to start the lesson.

However, before beginning, the teacher called up the few students Chen Mo had beaten yesterday and had them read their letters of repentance and apologies one by one in public.

Only after they had all finished apologizing did the teacher begin the lesson.

Time passed bit by bit.

After experiencing this small disturbance, no one in the class bullied Chen Mo anymore.

At the same time, Chen Mo's fame spread out from the classroom.

The entire first grade knew that there was a newly arrived transfer student who had single-handedly beaten down several people!

And this transfer student was also Chinese!

Kung Fu!

Chinese Kung Fu!

The story was told with increasing exaggeration, and some little boys began to idolize Chen Mo.

And it wasn't just the little boys; the girls idolized Chen Mo even more!

After all, Chen Mo's looks were right there!

Although Chen Mo was only six years old and just in the first grade, in this country where children's thoughts were more mature, Chen Mo received many love letters every day!

Some were from within his class, while others were from little girls in higher grades.

Regarding these love letters, Chen Mo felt both excited and helpless.

He did not accept any invitations to be friends, but instead proceeded bit by bit according to his own plan.

Every day, he attended classes normally, and after school in the afternoon, he would set aside two hours to practice techniques in music theory and acting.

Besides that, when he was free, Chen Mo would write two letters and then have Mother Chen help mail them to Yang Mi and Liu Fei, who were far away in Jingcheng.

Soon, the time arrived at February 4th, 1992, in the solar calendar.

This day was the Chinese festival, the Spring Festival.

Jingcheng...

Yang Mi and Liu Fei both received the letters mailed by Chen Mo at the same time.

The content on the letters was not much, just a simple drawing.

In the drawing were three relatively abstract children holding hands.

Seeing this drawing, Yang Mi and Liu Fei immediately burst into laughter.

The smiles revealed the two girls' teeth.

At this moment, both girls were at the age of changing teeth; when they smiled, their missing teeth were revealed, making them look very cute.

In their memories at this moment, Chen Mo's appearance still remained.

It was just that over this year's time, the image of Chen Mo in their memories had become somewhat blurred.

Over in Los Angeles...

The sample footage for *Home Alone* had finished editing; what needed to be done next were the soundtrack, subtitles, and dubbing parts.

After seeing the sample footage, the senior executives of Fox Film Company immediately arranged to send the film to the Film Association for review, while simultaneously starting to make a promotional plan for this movie.

Chen Mo, on his side, was still attending school as usual.

Foreign countries did not have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival.

February 7th.

*Home Alone* passed the review and the movie was rated PG, which meant Parental Guidance.

It meant that children must watch it under the accompaniment of adults.

After the review passed, Fox Film Company scheduled the movie's release date for March 1st.

Then, they began to carry out promotions according to the promotional plan!

Under their promotion, some people noticed this film.

Or rather, they noticed the lead actor in the film, Chen Mo!

"This child is so cute!"

"A Chinese child as the lead? Is this invested in by some rich Asian person?"

"He looks so cute, let's watch this one when it's released, shall we!"

"Such a cute child!"

Just like that, time passed day by day.

March 1st.

*Home Alone* officially landed in major cinemas.

Cinemas under Fox.

At this moment, all the crew members, including the actors, were sitting in the front row of the screening hall, while behind them were some well-known film critics invited by Fox Company.

Five minutes later.

The lights in the screening hall were turned off, and then the screen displayed the image.

What came into view was the logo of Fox Company, followed by a slightly pleasant soundtrack.

Accompanied by the soundtrack, the plot officially began!

In the plot, Chen Mo is a Chinese child staying at the home of his father's colleague.

Because Christmas was coming, the colleague's family went abroad for a trip; they originally intended to take Chen Mo along too, but an accident occurred, and they left Chen Mo behind.

And the Chen Mo who was left behind transformed from initial fear into excitement, and then turned back into fear.

On the day before Christmas, two stupid thieves set their sights on this house.

And after discovering these two stupid thieves, Chen Mo went from initial panic to gathering his courage, using various things in the house to create props to play cat and mouse with the stupid thieves.

Watching the pitiful state of those stupid thieves being handled by Chen Mo using his props, bursts of laughter came from the screening hall.

The laughter continued without stop until the film ended, and everyone stood up to applaud!

Hearing the applause from the crowd, director Chris Columbus had a smile on his face.

As it looked now, this movie was going to be a hit!

The next day.

The film critics who attended the premiere yesterday published their reviews in the newspapers one after another!

*Hollywood Daily*

"*Home Alone*, an excellent children's comedy film; Chinese actor Chen Mo conquered all the audience with his cute looks and astonishing acting skills!"

*Entertainment Daily*

"The comedy *Home Alone* released yesterday, a rare film that makes you burst into laughter; I can guarantee that when you watch this film, you will absolutely fall in love with little Kevin (the character played by Chen Mo) inside."

"Exaggerated and funny slapstick actions, a perfect and cute face, and a tight plot make the story both exaggerated and interesting!"

Looking at the reviews in the major newspapers, Fox Company immediately became excited at this moment.