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Chapter 247: Losing Money to Gain Prominence

The plane landed at Sijiucheng Airport.

After getting off the plane and picking up their luggage, He Daqi smiled and said to Lin Jie and Chen Shuangxi, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard. This is what we should do." Lin Jie nodded slightly and replied lightly. Chen Shuangxi next to him also nodded but said nothing.

They had to wait at the airport to pick up the checked luggage.

Zhou Huimin did some shopping in the afternoon and bought a lot of things, which could not be put into the suitcase, so she chose to check them in.

The city of Beijing was exceptionally quiet late at night, and the convoy running on the empty road looked quite spectacular.

He Daqi and Zhou Huimin were both a little listless. They snuggled together and talked in low voices. Neither of them wanted to close their eyes to rest, for fear that they would accidentally fall asleep and be woken up when they got home. It would be very uncomfortable to be unable to fall asleep even though they were sleepy.

Fortunately, there were not many cars on the road and the caravan returned quickly. After a while of talking nonsense, it stopped in front of the villa.

After entering the door, they didn't have time to think about anything else. They went into the bathroom together, rubbed each other dry, then came out with drooping eyelids and crawled into the quilt.

The air conditioner was turned on to a very low temperature. In the hot summer, there was a strange sense of comfort in turning on the air conditioner and covering the quilt. In addition, they were very sleepy. The two of them went to bed without saying a word, and fell asleep slowly in the quilt on each other.

When Zhou Huimin opened her eyes again, it was already half past ten in the morning.

He Daqi was not in the bedroom. Zhou Huimin stretched, went to the bathroom to wash up, then casually put on a large T-shirt and pajamas, and walked out of the bedroom with her hair loose.

There was a pile of cardboard boxes in the living room. Two large ones had been unpacked, and the others were stacked together in a mess.

There was no one in the living room, and the laughter of two little guys could be heard outside the villa door.

Just hearing the child's laughter, a gentle smile appeared on Zhou Huimin's face.

When I opened the door, I found He Daqi, three Filipino maids, Zhou's mother, and two children were all in the yard.

The two children were each sitting on a mountain bike, and He Daqi was turning the remote control left and right, and the two cars were running around in the villa yard.

This thing was very novel to the three Filipino maids and Zhou's mother, and they all stood by and watched with a smile.

"Don't you feel the sun?"

Although Zhou Huimin saw the two children dancing happily in the car, she still chose to be the bad guy.

Children's skin is too delicate, and she was afraid that He Daqi would let the two little ones get sunburned and peel off again if he continued to control them for a while.

"I just came out for a walk." He Daqi responded, but he still held a remote control in each hand, controlling the two cars and started running back. When the cars stopped at his feet, he turned to Zhou Huimin and said, "Push the door open, I'll control the cars to go in."

At this time, the two little guys at He Daqi's feet felt that the car had stopped. They looked up anxiously in the car, staring with their big eyes, waving their arms and kicking their legs. Because they couldn't speak, they kept mumbling in their mouths for a long time, meaning to ask He Daqi to start the car running again.

Zhou Huimin pushed open the villa door with a smile, and then urged He Daqi, "Come in with the remote control quickly, let me try too. Look how anxious they are, they are almost learning to speak."

He Daqi controlled two small cars into the villa with the remote control, then handed a remote control to Zhou Huimin and taught her how to operate it after a few simple steps.

The couple drove the car with remote control in the villa for a long time.

They were both happy and the child was also very happy. This remote-controlled mountain bike was definitely a good purchase.

Mother Zhou came over and fiddled with it for a while but couldn't figure it out. She said helplessly, "Technology is becoming more and more advanced nowadays. I'm too old to keep up with the times."

She stopped fiddling with it, but the three Filipino maids were quite happy to learn it. This thing was really a great tool to coax children, and it saved them a lot of trouble when using it to entertain them.

Liu Ying heard the children's cheerful laughter before she entered the yard. The children's voices were so penetrating, and as they got closer to the villa, the sound became louder and louder.

"These two little guys are so happy today."

When Liu Ying pushed open the door, the Filipino maid happened to be driving a car near the door. She lowered her head and pinched the faces of the two little guys. They were chubby and very cute.

Zhou Huimin saw the car stop and came over to play with the child, then looked up and asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Liu? Is there something wrong?"

Liu Ying didn't usually come over, and she'd usually call to discuss anything. Today, she suddenly came from her villa. Zhou Huimin guessed she had something to say, but she couldn't explain it over the phone. "Uni Asia has found four companies to jointly distribute 'The Gift of Room 7': Huayi, Guangxian, Bona Film Group, and China Film Group. They're planning to hold a seminar to review the final product and then discuss distribution."

After Liu Ying finished speaking, Zhou Huimin raised her eyebrows and muttered to herself, "So many..."

"What's wrong?" He Daqi saw the two people starting chatting at the door, so he walked over. He had the same concerns as Zhou Huimin. He also thought that Liu Ying didn't come here usually, so she came here specially for something.

Liu Ying repeated what she had just said.

"With so many families, how will we divide it up? How much will we get?"

Liu Ying said, "Huan Ya wants to calculate the investment amount first. There are two methods. One is to give you two cash, including the film salary and Da Qi's script fee. When the time comes, Huan Ya will count this fee into the investment, and Yong Hui Qi Ming will have nothing to do with it when the revenue is split. The other method is not to calculate the film salary and script fee for you two, but to increase the amount and settle it according to the profit sharing."

"How much in cash?" He Daqi asked.

"The total cost of the drama "Miracle in Cell No. 7" was less than 8 million. Huan Ya is planning to double it. The doubled amount will be your salary."

He Daqi was amused and said with a smile, "So our salary alone is equivalent to that of an entire crew?"

Zhou Huimin shook her head and said, "You're overthinking it. This is because the Hong Kong market is bad, and everyone's lowering their prices to take the role. Plus, since Huanya is willing to pay, they're deliberately raising our commission. If the investment is 16 million, I estimate the distributor will have to spend at least the same amount. No wonder Huanya found four distributors, and they only invested less than 8 million each. They're planning to lose money to gain publicity, so they can boost your box office first."

"This is such a shady account..." He Daqi said with a sigh.

Seeing that Zhou Huimin and He Daqi understood what she meant, Liu Ying turned to Zhou Huimin and asked, "How do we choose?"

Zhou Huimin said without hesitation: "Let's include it in the profit sharing. The copyright will be returned to us anyway. Even if we lose money temporarily, we can earn it back slowly. Besides, it's not much money in total, so the loss is lost."

This nonchalant look is like someone who is ready to throw millions of dollars away to make a splash.

He Daqi touched his chin, eager to hear some gossip, so he asked Liu Ying, "If we do this, will the distribution companies do the same?"

Liu Ying understood what he meant and nodded, saying, "Of course they will, but the specific amount must not be too different, otherwise their reputation will be ruined and no one will come to cooperate with them. Especially for a company like ours that can produce films and has a small market, if we really don't want to play with them, there are many ways to replace them.
The simplest approach is to film their upcoming releases in Hong Kong, find veterans there to produce rubbish, and crank out one a week, then release them simultaneously. Any company that encounters them will be utterly disgusted, but this approach is somewhat offensive, so it's generally not done that way."

"You guys really have studied movies thoroughly." He Daqi joked with a smile.

"This is not something I have figured out. This is the routine that Wang Rui mentioned before at Huan Asia. I am just repeating it. He is a very sinister person and can think of all kinds of tricks." Liu Ying said that she was a non-stick pan, and she put the blame on Wang Rui and stepped on Wang Rui by the way.

He Daqi knew that Liu Ying was unilaterally at odds with Wang Rui, so he just smiled and didn't respond.

Zhou Huimin didn't know what she was thinking. After pondering for a long time, she asked, "Did Ning Hao edit out the general story?"

"It's been edited, but the special effects and sound haven't been done yet. It's just a rough edit. I've watched it, and the picture is very textured, with just a little bit of Du Qifeng's style, and it's quite warm. It feels like Ning Hao used a lot of his experience in shooting children's dramas." Liu Ying replied.

"Is that so... a family-friendly theme..." Zhou Huimin muttered something to herself. Her voice was too soft for He Daqi and Liu Ying to hear clearly. They just watched her thinking.

"Daqi." Zhou Huimin suddenly looked up at He Daqi and asked, "When did Feng Kuazi mention that his and Stephen Chow's movies would be released?"

"At the end of the year, one in early December and one at the end of December." He Daqi remembered it after a quick thought.

"Then there's no rush. We definitely won't be able to catch up this summer, and we'll have to stagger our releases with the other two. It won't be released until next year anyway, so there's plenty of time." Zhou Huimin turned to Liu Ying and said, "Let Ning Hao take his time and work on it with more care. When the companies come together to review the finished film, maybe we can get a better distribution quota."

"Ning Hao has been very dedicated. He is working day and night and almost living in the company. Don't forget that he also has four children's dramas for Daqi on hand. I guess he wants to finish editing the movies before July." Liu Ying said with a chuckle, covering her mouth.

"There's no rush. It won't be released this year anyway. If it doesn't work out, we can just wait until he finishes filming those four movies and then come back to revise it. He's not needed for post-production on a children's drama, so there'll be plenty of time."

After Liu Ying thought for a moment, she nodded in agreement: "That's fine."

He Daqi tutted his words, "It's coming out next year... Dragon City Age is also coming out next year, so it won't clash with the summer box office, right?"

"Don't worry, it's okay even if we collide. Dragon Age: Age of Ultron definitely didn't do well at the box office. We just need to avoid a collision with Stephen Chow. He's still working on the special effects for that movie, and it's been going on for over half a year."

He Daqi smiled and said, "I know, I'm just afraid that we'll ruin Dragon City Times too much."

(End of this chapter)