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Chapter 296 Fantasy of a New Home
"You want to go to the fan support management department?"

He Daqi looked at Yan Jiu who was laughing in front of him and asked with a bit of surprise.

Yan Jiu nodded sincerely: "Yes, Mr. He, I have been working in purchasing for more than a year. This time I want to change my position to enrich myself."

He Daqi himself is a master at pretending to be stupid and dumb, and Yan Jiu's level can't scare him.

However, Yan Jiu was arranged by Wang Rui to help after all. At that time, Yonghui Qiming and Fengyu Tonglu had no trustworthy people available, and Yan Jiu's last-minute purchase was considered a great contribution, so He Daqi did not want to get to the bottom of the matter and continued to ask.

"Is that so...Okay, I'll let Sister Liu know when the time comes. You're in management now, so if you want to transfer over...we'll have to discuss it with them."

"Mr. He, whether I'm in management or not doesn't matter to me. I can be a consultant there, just like our new Korean employees. I can speak a little Korean, and unlike the translator who just joined, I'm familiar with all the employees in the company, so I can help the new employees integrate more quickly."

Yan Jiu seemed to be making a very confident argument, but unfortunately He Daqi's words ruined his argument.

"You don't have feelings for Li Yixin, do you? Believe me, you two are not suitable. She... I really don't know how long she will work at Yonghui Qiming."

"Ahem... ahem, Mr. He, you're overthinking it. I just want to contribute to the company." Yan Jiu smiled awkwardly.

"Okay, I understand." He Daqi nodded.

Probably because He Daqi had disrupted his rhythm, when Yan Jiu said hello and left, his pace was a little unnatural, almost slipping.

He Daqi raised his eyebrows as he looked at his back, and without thinking much, he turned back and continued discussing with Ning Hao.

Ning Hao is now in high spirits, as if he has finally let out all the frustration he has accumulated over the years. Although he was not the main director of Gift in Room 7, it did not prevent Ning Hao from making a big splash in the circle.

In the past, when He Daqi described the movie scenes in his mind to him, Ning Hao never argued much, but just drew the scenes described by He Daqi on the manuscript paper.

It's different now. If he feels that the plot is inappropriate, he will argue with He Daqi. As Ning Hao's first commercial film as the lead director, he puts more effort into Crazy Stone than he did in The Gift in Room 7.

Jingle Bell!
He Daqi stopped describing and took out his cell phone to take a look.

"Hey, uncle, what's going on?"

"Daqi, didn't you ask me if we could build a Siheyuan? I found out that it can be renovated or built. If it's renovated, there's no problem. The Housing Authority will remind you of the precautions. If it's built, the approval process will be more complicated, and it can't be too close to the city.
There's a new real estate project opening recently that's centered around a Chinese courtyard. I'll send you the name and address later, so you can check it out yourself. If you really want to build your own, it's best to work with a developer who can design the project in a Chinese style. Then you can buy one or two plots of land and build a large courtyard within their development.

He Bing started talking a lot, and He Daqi listened carefully without interrupting.

"Okay, thank you uncle, I'll go take a look when I'm free."

After hanging up the phone, He Daqi did not continue to discuss the script with Ning Hao. He said hello and turned to go to Zhou Huimin's office and told Zhou Huimin the news he had just heard.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huimin held her chin with her hand and fell into thought.

After a long while, she said to He Daqi, who was also thinking, "Must it be built in the same style? Then the courtyard house, villas, and high-rise buildings we were thinking of before will probably not be developed. Oh! How annoying! The same style... the same style... Daqi, do you think it would be okay to build a Chinese-style villa mixed with a Chinese-style courtyard?"

"Is there such a thing?"

"Yes, I've seen something similar in Hong Kong before, but they built it this way for aesthetics. We can learn from them."

"Okay, if we do as you say, we don't have to develop it into a mixed-use development. At worst, we can just buy an old one and renovate it."

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The celebration party for Room 7's gift was held in late February.

The box office has stopped growing. At the beginning, the momentum was similar to that of Kung Fu Panda, but compared with Kung Fu Panda, the quality of The Gift in Cell No. 7 was just so-so, so there is still some difference in the box office in the later period.

According to estimates, the final box office of "Miracle in Cell No. 7" in mainland China is about 150 million, which is lower than "Kung Fu Hustle" but higher than "A World Without Thieves".

The Hong Kong box office was about 58 million, which is also lower than Kung Fu.

Here comes the awesome part, Miracle in Cell No. 7 broke the record in South Korea, with over 14 million viewers, which is something that cannot be compared with Kung Fu movies.

Also, the usually unnoticed Macau also achieved an impressive result this time, with the box office reaching over 50 million. However, this result was rarely mentioned, and everyone seemed to have collectively forgotten it. Even in the reports, it was just mentioned casually, and no one explained how impressive this result was.

In this situation, a celebration banquet had to be held, and it was divided into two sessions.

One was held in Hong Kong to celebrate with Unigroup and the film’s creators.

Another one was held in Sijiu City, where several publishing companies and employees of Yonghui Qiming celebrated.

It was held on two days, one after the other, first in Hong Kong and then in the Big Apple. The reason for this was to take He Daqi's time into consideration.

After all, if we only hold one show, it would be inconvenient no matter where we are. If we hold it in Hong Kong, it would be inconvenient for the mainland distribution companies to come. If we hold it in New York, the Hong Kong creators would probably find excuses not to come, so we just held two shows and let He Daqi run back and forth.

He Daqi is going to accept the favor this time.

When filming Gift in Cell No. 7, because it was a two-part series, the main creators didn't get much pay. Later, even when they went on roadshows, the mainland distribution company didn't give them much.

He is making others restless during the Chinese New Year and running around every day, so He Daqi has to take the blame for this.

He is the leading actor, and the box office of the movie is linked to his future status. The higher the box office, the more he will thank others for giving him face, and he will be willing to come out to help promote the movie during the New Year.

So at the celebration party in Hong Kong, he held a glass and toasted everyone like a brother, and was so generous that he looked like a gangster. He learned this posture from Cheng Long, and it really worked.

A group of Hong Kong creatives looked at He Daqi and felt that their efforts were worth it, so they followed suit and drank the wine in big gulps.

Although their goals are different from He Daqi's, the reason these people are willing to work so hard is definitely not for the reward.

The Hong Kong film market is actually not that good right now.

Don’t underestimate the fact that Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu and Ho Tai-kai’s Gift in Cell No. 7 together grossed over 110 million, which is several levels higher than last year.

However, anyone with an eye can see at a glance that the Hong Kong film market is continuing to decline.

A big part of the reason for sparing no effort in helping He Daqi with the roadshow this time was to stimulate investors and boost the confidence of the film investment company, so as to avoid the situation of a poor start but a poor finish. Of course, this was not something He Daqi needed to worry about.

After a hangover, he was woken up by Zhou Huimin the next day before he sobered up and caught an early morning flight back to Beijing.

There is still a celebration banquet to be held in Sijiu City today.

Zhou Huimin, who was beside him, was disgusted by his mumbling after drinking too much last night. It was like a hypnotic drug, and He Daqi fell asleep in a daze as soon as he got on the plane.

When I opened my eyes again, I felt much better, but a little thirsty.

Fortunately, there are always drinks in the refrigerator in the nanny car. Having an iced drink in the middle of winter made He Daqi, who was still a little groggy after getting off the plane, shiver and wake up.

"What do you think of the property I showed you yesterday? Is it the Chinese-style architectural mashup you imagined?"

I don’t know what Zhou Huimin’s habit is. Every time she gets in the nanny car, she likes to put down the armrest of the back seat, then hug He Daqi’s arm, rest her head on his shoulder and chat.

Hearing Zhou Huimin's soft question, He Daqi denied it without much thought.

"It's neither fish nor fowl, not very good. I'm more interested in the multi-story private villas on the top of the mountain over there. Why don't we learn from them and build a six- or seven-story house with an indoor swimming pool? To be honest, I don't have any high hopes for courtyard houses right now. I'd rather do what Big Brother Cheng Long did and buy a few connected ones in the city and renovate them to look similar to the one he saw when we went to dinner last time."

"It's up to you. I don't mind. If we build it as you say, it will indeed be better than a courtyard house. We can then directly make a large indoor children's entertainment room. The glass can be replaced with frosted or one-way colored glass to better protect privacy."

The couple snuggled together and discussed quietly, each imagining the appearance and functions of the new house in their minds, and then asking for each other's opinions.

The nanny car slowly drove into the community.

He Daqi saw at a glance that Mr. and Mrs. He were taking their children for a walk.

The two little guys were wrapped tightly, walking tremblingly on the grass, and squatting down awkwardly from time to time to pluck a handful of grass.

The old lady stood by with a smile on her face and didn't do anything. Only when she saw the two little guys about to put the food in their hands into their mouths would she take two quick steps over to stop them.

On the cement path beside the grass, Mr. He was slowly pushing a baby carriage. He Daqi didn't need to guess to know that the person in the baby carriage was most likely He Bing's son.

At this moment, in addition to the two little kids from He Daqi's family, there were other children in the community on the grass. It was obvious that the grass had become a children's playground.

In the nanny car, the couple huddled behind the window to look at their two little kids. Because there were many outsiders present, it was not convenient for them to get out of the car to hold the children and caress them, so they could only sit in the nanny car and watch them.

After the exchange group returned from South Korea last year, He Daqi has been very busy. In the blink of an eye, his children can run and jump, which makes He Daqi feel very complicated.

The nanny car drove past slowly, and He Daqi didn't look away until he could no longer see the grass.

"Being a celebrity is really inconvenient sometimes." He Daqi muttered in an ambiguous tone.

Zhou Huimin didn't respond. When the nanny car stopped at the door of the villa, she spoke, "I've decided. When the time comes, we'll build the new villa in a high-end building. That way, those who move in will be from wealthy families, and we won't have the troubles we have now."

He Daqi was slightly startled, then immediately understood what Zhou Huimin meant. He chuckled and pinched Zhou Huimin's face: "You are quite smart. You have learned to create comfortable living conditions."

"Screw you!"

Before getting off the car, He Daqi was punched in the chest.

……

In the evening, at the Sijiucheng Hotel.

A sign reading 150000000 was frozen in the middle of the ice.

The four publishers are now happier than He Daqi himself.

If the profits from other regions had nothing to do with them, the numbers on the sign might be even more exaggerated.

He Daqi went up and casually swung the hammer as a gesture, and then the four publishers happily started shaving ice.

Originally, they wanted to hold the celebration banquet at Dongxing Building, but after Liu Ying contacted all parties, she found that there were too many people, so she quickly changed it to the Sijiucheng Hotel, which had a larger banquet hall.

At this moment, Han Shanping also happily went up and swung the hammer. Seeing He Daqi talking and laughing with Feng Kuazi, he also walked over with a smile.

"Daqi, why do I see you've just launched a project this year? And you're even making a cameo appearance in Crazy Stone? What's going on? Are you planning to take a break this year?"

The success of the Spring Festival box office has made Han Shanping smile particularly friendly, without any of his usual airs.

It started with A World Without Thieves, then Kung Fu, and then The Gift of Room 7. After this, last year's and this year's KPA instantly became much better looking. Han Shanping felt very happy when he thought that there would be another "The Promise" to be promoted in the middle of the year.

He Daqi didn't believe that Han Shanping didn't know that he had taken on the Host, but since he was willing to pretend, He Daqi pretended along with him.

"Boss Han, I've accepted a Korean movie. I'll probably be in Korea most of the year, so I won't even have much time left for Crazy Stone to make a cameo appearance."

"Really? You're the lead actor in that Korean movie, right? Can't we make it a co-production?"

"...The plot doesn't seem to fit in." He Daqi came to his senses a little.

Han Shanping was just doing his homework. If he could make money, he would earn it. If he couldn't, it didn't matter. When he heard that the subject matter was not suitable, he casually changed the subject: "What a pity, but a movie can't be shot in a year, right? Do you have any plans for the second half of the year?"

He Daqi was shaken. He was still thinking about how to explain why the subject matter was inappropriate, but then something drifted over there.

Seeing Feng Kuazi's eyes light up when he heard that he might have a schedule in the second half of the year, He Daqi quickly replied to Han Shanping perfunctorily, "That movie over there relies heavily on special effects, so the filming time is quite long. I don't think it will be finished by the end of the year."

In fact, according to He Daqi's estimation, The Host would only take about three months to shoot, and it would most likely be completed before the end of summer vacation. However, Feng Kuazi next to him obviously wanted to drag him into shooting that so-called ancient costume palace movie, so He Daqi exaggerated the time.

"What a pity!" Han Shanping smiled and said nothing.

"Yeah!" Feng Kuazi really felt it was a pity and couldn't help but respond.

(End of this chapter)