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Chapter 295 The End and the Beginning

He Daqi didn't have the time to think about whether the crew of The Host was anxious or not, since it wasn't him who was in a hurry.

His main task now is to complete the gift roadshow for Room 7.

The domestic roadshows have almost been completed before the New Year. The remaining two days are in South Korea, two days in Hong Kong, and one day in Macau. Then I will return to China and continue the roadshows until the tenth day of the New Year. However, after returning to China, I don’t have to rush around every day like when the film was first released.

He Daqi politely declined Li Changchang's request for lunch, said a few polite words, and then led the Longhu brothers and the brothers Lin Jie and Chen Shuangxi out of the Seagate headquarters and drove around to find some special food.

"Brother Hu, we have raw octopus here. Do you want to try it? Oh, and we also have raw beef! I saw a lot of stores with special offers in front of them."

He Daqi looked out the car window at the shops on the street, carefully examining the sign at the entrance of the restaurant while chatting with Qin Hu.

"Da Qi, why don't we eat something cooked? To be honest, I don't think our stomachs can handle it. It's better to leave such hard dishes to the Koreans."

Qin Hu had been to South Korea several times and had seen the two dishes that He Daqi had just mentioned. But just thinking about it made him feel that it was not worth it, so he implicitly refused.

"Let's go eat barbecue. I remember we had some delicious Korean beef and marinated pork chops once. What do you think, Daqi?" Qin Long, who was driving, interrupted with a smile.

"Okay, let's find a barbecue restaurant close to Myeongdong. After eating, we can take a break and then go to the Myeongdong Cinema."

"Then Daqi, please show me the way. I can't understand the map here."

"it is good."

It’s different from yesterday. It was not easy to find a restaurant open yesterday. In South Korea, most shops are closed on New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year.

Today, many diligent businesses have already started opening, most of them organizing Spring Festival activities, so He Daqi was dazzled by what he saw in the car just now.

Two hours later.

The car slowly stopped in front of the cinema.

This cinema in Myeongdong is currently the largest cinema in South Korea. To be more precise, it is the largest single-screen theater.

Knowing that He Daqi was here for a roadshow today, the screening room that could originally seat 2,000 people was now packed, with many people even crowding into the aisles.

He Daqi was quite surprised when he came in from the employee passage.

This reminded him of the origin of the Korean Spring Festival period that Liu Ying had explained to him two years ago.

What else did they say at the time? They seemed to have said that the Spring Festival box office in China wouldn't be able to take off in the next few years.

So now, can it be said that The Gift in Room 7 has boosted the domestic Spring Festival box office?
He Daqi didn't think too long during the few steps he took. As he appeared, the noise from the girls in the audience became louder and louder.

"Hello everyone, I'm actor Ho Tai-kai. Thank you for coming to support my film on the second day of the Lunar New Year."

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It was fine when it came, silent and without any sound.

It stopped when I left.

The fans here were so enthusiastic that He Daqi had to work very hard to leave the cinema.

I didn’t go back to the hotel, but went straight to the airport.

Fortunately, the Korean airport has its own set of procedures for fans chasing stars, so He Daqi didn't delay too long at the airport and got on the plane relatively smoothly.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

Since there were not many schedules in South Korea these two days, He Daqi used the time to catch up on sleep, and he did manage to adjust his sleep schedule quite well.

At 10:30 in the evening, after He Daqi finished signing for the Korean flight attendant who was blocking the door, he walked out of the waiting hall of Hong Kong Airport wearing a hat, mask and sunglasses.

As soon as I walked out of the lobby, a warm feeling hit me in the face. Compared to South Korea, February in Hong Kong feels like early summer.

Before I boarded the plane, the temperature in South Korea was minus five degrees Celsius, while here it was over ten degrees Celsius even at night.

He Daqi quickly took off his down jacket. If he hadn't been wearing a thermal shirt underneath, he would have wanted to take off the sweater as well. Hong Kong is surrounded by the sea and the humidity is extremely high. After just a short while, he, who was used to living in the north, felt a little stuffy.

Jingle Bell!
"Hey, why are you calling so late? Go to bed early."

"Look ahead you idiot! Come here now!"

Zhou Huimin replied with a smile and hung up the phone.

He Daqi understood what was going on and looked up. Sure enough, not far away, there was Zhou Huimin wearing a T-shirt, cropped pants, and slippers. She was also wearing a hat, a mask, and sunglasses, and was waving at him.

"Why are you here?"

"Come and open the windows of the house to let some air in, so it won't get moldy if you don't live in it for a long time. And my mom's villa needs to have the windows open for a few days. If I assign this to you, I'm afraid you'll be careless and forget to close the windows when you leave."

"...I'm thinking of just staying in a hotel. I don't want to go back to Kowloon."

"Let's go. If you want to talk, let's go to the car. I'll have someone clean the house and prepare a big meal for you. We'll have a drink tonight." Zhou Huimin took He Daqi's arm and pulled him out of the airport.

after an hour.

He Daqi wanted to get another steamed oyster, but he couldn't reach it after stretching his arm. He couldn't help but sigh.

Turning his head to look at Zhou Huimin who was hugging him like an octopus, He Daqi asked helplessly, "Didn't we agree to have a drink?"

"Just drink yours."

"Get out of the way! I can't get any food like that!"

He Daqi held her head, ignored Zhou Huimin's ferocious struggle, and pushed her to the other end of the sofa.

Then he controlled her with one hand and kept shoveling food into his mouth with the other hand. When he ate in a hurry, he used beer to suppress the sip. Soon, several cans of beer were finished, and He Daqi finally let go of the hand that was controlling Zhou Huimin.

"You greedy pig only knows how to eat!" Feeling that He Daqi was no longer exerting effort, Zhou Huimin suddenly stood up and hugged He Daqi's neck, complaining angrily.

He Daqi laughed, wiped his mouth with a tissue, then put his hands behind his back and carried Zhou Huimin back to the bedroom.

"I remember we put a tasseled whip here."

Zhou Huimin also remembered this incident when she heard it, and immediately said stubbornly: "I threw it out when I was cleaning today."

“I don’t believe it.”

The next afternoon, He Daqi knew why Zhou Huimin came.

The creators of Gift from Room 7 gathered together again.

But Ning Hao is missing this time.

Unlike the roadshow in mainland China, the main creators were obviously much more relaxed after returning to the base camp.

Of course, it could also be because I don’t have to run around anymore and my body is well rested, so I feel relaxed.

He Daqi was finally able to take it easy. Here, he usually just perfunctorily answered any questions, then subtly pushed the topic to other people and hid aside to slack off.

Although most of the questions were still about him, he was unwilling to talk more and others could not force him, especially since there was another person sharing He Daqi's pressure today, that was Zhou Huimin.

He Daqi finally came to his senses. This was because Zhou Huimin had casually complained about being too tired before the New Year, so she came to the roadshow with him to help share the burden and cheer him up.

It's really weird. I don't know when it started, but everyone has intentionally or unintentionally forgotten that Zhou Huimin is also one of the main creators of "The Gift of Room No. 7". Even during the busy roadshow schedule before the New Year, no one wanted to mention that Zhou Huimin was responsible for a few cities.

It was clearly Zhou Huimin who revealed a big piece of gossip before the release that suddenly ignited the popularity of the gift in Cell No. 7.

It is obvious that the first female lead of this movie is Zhou Huimin, because logically speaking, apart from the young actress who plays He Daqi's daughter, Zhou Huimin has more parts.

It’s amazing…

Thinking of this, He Daqi chuckled and turned to look at Zhou Huimin who was talking casually beside him.

As if they were connected, Zhou Huimin immediately locked eyes with He Daqi after answering the question, smiled, and whispered, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly turn to look at me?"

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about what to have for dinner later, and whether I should get up early tomorrow morning and play some games at home. I haven't played games in many days."

"No, you have to go with me to Wong Tai Sin Temple to burn incense tomorrow morning. There are too many people on the first, second and third days of the Lunar New Year, and we can't get in line. That's why I didn't call you this morning. Tomorrow, on the fourth day, we should go early and we will definitely get a spot."

"Okay, as you say." He Daqi said with a smile.

……

I don’t know if it was Ho Tai-kai’s illusion, or if Chow Wai-man really shared Ho Tai-kai’s pressure by accompanying him on the roadshow. During the three days in Hong Kong and Macau, Ho Tai-kai felt much more relaxed than before.

Even though he and Chow Wai-man arrived at Sik Sik Yuen to queue up for burning incense before five o'clock the next morning, then wandered around until the afternoon, and then went on a roadshow until the evening, He Daqi did not feel tired.

Time quickly arrived at the third day. The roadshow at Haojing Cinema had just ended, and the sun had not yet set. He Daqi might have really felt relaxed and actually wanted to go to the lighthouse to watch the sunset.

Unfortunately, Zhou Huimin did not agree. She urged He Daqi to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Logically speaking, the box office in Macau would not be much lower than that in Hong Kong this time, but the main creative team only came for a day to show their appreciation and then left quietly.

As for how the box office here went up, everyone actually knows what happened. Didn’t you see that neither the newspapers nor magazines in Hong Kong even mentioned the box office explosion in Macau?

The group of people parted ways after leaving the cinema. After that, the actors from Hong Kong no longer participated in the roadshow in the mainland. In the next five days, He Daqi and Ning Hao only needed to run around in the roadshow in the mainland. The next time they meet this group of people from Hong Kong might be when Huanyu holds a celebration banquet for the gift of Room No. 7 in Hong Kong.

"Da Qi, we helped you so much this time, but you have to pay us back next time Dragon City Years is released."

"No problem, Director Du. I will definitely not be vague when the time comes."

After watching the group of people from Xiangjiang leave, He Daqi immediately breathed a sigh of relief after getting into the nanny car.

"It's finally over!"

"What do the Koreans say? When are you going there? This morning, before you got up, Liu Ying called me and said there were some changes over there, and they might have to ask you to join the crew early."

"Not in advance. I'll join the crew when we agreed to do so. I need to take a good rest this time." Feeling Zhou Huimin's head resting on his shoulder, He Daqi gently stroked her hair twice.

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Forty-nine cities, three levels of eternal wisdom and enlightenment.

Today is February 21st, the 13th day of the first lunar month.

He Daqi started his roadshow on February 1st, the day of the Little New Year, and ended on February 18th, the tenth day of the first lunar month. After being lazy at home for two days, he finally decided to go out for a walk today.

Of course, the most important thing is that Yonghui Qiming starts work today, and he and Zhou Huimin are coming over to show their faces and introduce the new colleagues to Yonghui Qiming’s employees.

"Clerks, logistics management, and members of the assistant team, please go to the small conference room for a meeting. Those in post-production can just get started. This meeting has nothing to do with you."

Following Liu Ying's order, the employees who had just received their red envelopes for the start of work split into two groups. One group went to the small meeting room, and the other group returned directly to their seats to start working.

He Daqi, Zhou Huimin and others had almost left and also entered the small conference room.

"Today's meeting is about one thing. Everyone should have seen the success of Daqi's new movie. To be honest, Gift in Cell No. 7 is not a top-tier movie. It can only be considered above average.
There are many factors that contribute to its current success. Among these factors, the biggest one is that Daqi's fans are willing to contribute to his box office revenue.

Therefore, the company decided to set up a fan support management department. For this department, we specially invited a fan support club manager with rich experience from South Korea.

Next, the company will select key personnel from the clerical, logistics, and assistant teams to form this new department. Those who are interested can apply. After an assessment, you will be given a one-month trial period. If you are a good fit, you will stay in the new department. If not, that's fine, you can return to your original department.

Liu Ying paused here. Seeing that many of the employees seemed unconcerned, she continued, "The new department's salaries are quite generous. Basically, everyone earns at least 1.5 times what you earn in logistics management, not to mention the clerks and ordinary members of the assistant team, whose salaries already differ significantly from those of logistics management. This opportunity is truly rare, and I hope everyone will take it seriously and work hard for it."

It doesn't work if you talk about other things, but it works quite well when it comes to salary. As soon as Liu Ying finished speaking, the eyes of everyone who originally didn't care much suddenly brightened up.

At this time, Wu Nannan stood up and pulled Li Yixin over, introducing her. "This is the manager we invited from South Korea. She will serve as a consultant for the new department. I will be the head of the new department for now. Once the new department is stable, we will discuss it with the company and select a new head and deputy head. If you have any ideas, be sure to seize this opportunity."

Salary increase and promotion!
Now not only did everyone's eyes light up, they were all eager to try and wanted to raise their hands to sign up.

When the meeting was over and they were walking out, employees gathered in groups of three or four and excitedly discussed with each other.

Li Yixin had originally thought she would be asked to explain the new department today, but she didn't expect it to be so simple. She looked at the materials she had compiled after staying up late for several days and couldn't help but chuckle. It was much easier than she had imagined...

Seeing that everyone in the conference room had not left yet, she didn't want to squeeze in, so she turned around and wanted to talk to the translator. At this time, a figure walked over.

"Are you from Korea?" Yan Jiu asked in not very fluent Korean.

"Yes, hello." Li Yixin greeted calmly, and the meaning of alienation was obvious. However, she did not expect that besides the translator and He Daqi, there was also someone who could speak Korean here, so she looked at Yan Jiu seriously.

(End of this chapter)