Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Ling Qiqi has been secretly counting accounts in the house these past two days. She has been running her business for a while and the business is booming, but it is still a long way to get a payback, so she has to keep working hard.

She would have to give Du Jingshan a lesson someday, telling him not to use the most expensive medicine during the free clinic. If he continued like this, he would have to lose money and close down sooner or later.

In addition, she has already started preparing for her next drama. She has given the new story outline to Du Jingshan, which this time is a tribute to "New Dragon Inn".

After reading it, Du Jingshan couldn't help but wonder how the Seventh Princess, at such a young age, could have so many love and fighting stories.

Now Ling Qiqi and Du Jingshan have become more and more in sync in their creations, and Ling Qiqi has also learned a lot from Du Jingshan. For example, in the creation of lyrics and music, Ling Qiqi originally thought that this kind of thing was difficult to overcome. Later, she found that it was not as difficult as she imagined. The tunes were originally those fixed ones, and all you had to do was write the lyrics, and if you wrote the lyrics, all you had to do was rhyme, which was not difficult for Ling Qiqi. When she was in school, she created a lot of doggerel and tampered with the lyrics.

What surprised Ling Qiqi was that Du Jingshan could play the guqin, which was very nice. She had only heard it in TV dramas before, such as Ye Hua in Eternal Love and Lan Zhan in The Untamed, but she was not too obsessed with it at the time. But now that she was there in person, it was different. The guqin's ethereal and profound sound seemed to penetrate time and space, making people concentrate and calm their minds, which was very healing.

Ling Qiqi once asked Du Jingshan why he had such high attainments in playing the guqin. Du Jingshan just said two words, "diligent practice", and took the opportunity to teach her another lesson.

What about the five tones corresponding to the five elements? When Cangjie created the word "medicine", his original intention was medicinal herbs and music, both of which have healing effects.

Ling Qiqi didn't like listening to him talk about these "profound and mysterious" principles, but it did inspire Ling Qiqi's dream of mastering a musical instrument, which she had long ago.

She had tried keyboard, guitar, guzheng, and violin, but except for the violin, she ended up only being able to play one song.

She really couldn't stick with the violin; it was too harsh, and the sound of the wood seemed better than what she was playing.

She herself is well aware of how lazy she is. Studying hard is simply not suitable for her as a modern woman. She is more accustomed to fast-food learning, pursuing only speed but not depth.

In other words, the bottle doesn't need to be full, just enough for her to sway halfway.

So she thought of the recorder. Thanks to the nine-year compulsory education, she learned the recorder in music class every week in elementary school. She still remembers the fingering very clearly.

However, she remembered that her music teacher once said that China has been using transverse flutes and vertical flutes since ancient times. As for when and where the recorder originated, she could not remember clearly.

Ling Qiqi still remembers that her music teacher once said that modern music consists of seven notes: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, and xi, while ancient Chinese music consists of five notes: gong, shang, jue, zhi, and yu, which is equivalent to do, re, mi, so, la, but without fa and xi.

Ling Qiqi naturally couldn't brag about those Western musical instruments. Although the guzheng was ready-made, it was too easy to be exposed. So she spent a long time bragging to Du Jianshan about her recorder talent, including the structure and fingering of the flute, explaining the difference between the fifth and seventh notes, and what fa and xi are.

Ling Qiqi was so dry-mouthed at the end of her speech that she felt like she was talking to a deaf person.

The recorder issue was ultimately left unresolved, but Ling Qiqi turned her attention to discovering and cultivating future idols, a more meaningful endeavor.

When she thought that it would not be long before the idol she personally trained would appear on stage and attract fans, she suddenly felt the joy coming from the 18th floor.

She asked Lu Cheng to put up posters outside the theater, publicly recruiting trainees for the theater. She would personally conduct the auditions on the day she left the palace next month.

When she thought that it wouldn't be long before there would be a bunch of handsome young men waiting for her to pick and choose and give her instructions, she suddenly felt as energized as if her whole body was filled with electricity.

She has asked Lu Cheng to directly acquire the drama troupe they are currently working with, one so that he can continue to rehearse and perform, and the other so that he can serve as a mentor to the trainees.

The process of acquiring the troupe was very smooth. After all, the previous cooperation only gave the troupe a package fee for the performance. After the acquisition, there are not only appearance fees, tips from guests, but also full house bonuses and tutor subsidies. Not only does everyone get more money, but their future life is also guaranteed. After all, most actors only make money when they are young, and have no one to rely on when they are old. Now that they are tutors, they are more popular as they get older.

The owner of the troupe, whose surname is Qiao, is happy to be a hands-off boss, leaning on a big tree for shade. Not only can he continue to be the owner of his troupe, but he also no longer has to worry about his group of people going out of business at any time. He also doesn't have to worry about whether the play is popular or not. If the attendance rate is high, he gets dividends, but if the attendance rate is low, the boss loses money. He can make money regardless of the weather, so why not?

Therefore, the troupe was not opposed to the recruitment, but welcomed it and became more motivated.

A month later, Ling Qiqi finally waited for the day to leave the palace for the audition.

She was greatly disappointed as a result. Not only were there only a few people who showed up, but they also looked sparse.

She had a quarrel with Lu Cheng because of this. She thought Lu Cheng had poor vision, and Lu Cheng thought she didn't hold her fart well. After the quarrel, the conclusion was that both of them were right.

So they decisively adjusted their strategy, as the chances of waiting for outstanding talents to come to them were slim. So they asked Mr. Qiao to be a part-time talent scout and set a KPI for him: to discover ten malleable stars within three months. Mr. Qiao patted his chest and accepted the performance target.

In fact, their business has not been smooth sailing for such a long time. Because their theater is so well-known during this period, it may have attracted the envy and jealousy of some people, so local tyrants of all sizes have emerged to collect protection fees.

Ling Qiqi would not indulge them. She told the guard brothers in the martial arts arena that she, in the name of the captain of the guards, had booked the VIP box in the most famous Yuehua Tower in the capital for a whole year. She had already informed the owner of the theater that anyone wearing a guard uniform could enter the box freely and no one was allowed to stop them. In addition, the theater tickets were free, and tea and snacks were all included. It was a little reward for her brothers.

The guards were so happy that from then on, guards who had finished their shifts could be seen coming in and out of the theater almost every day. It wasn't long before the local tyrants heard the news and scattered.

The theater enriched the people's leisure life, promoted the development of cultural entertainment, stimulated regional consumption, and increased the GDP of the capital.

The surrounding land prices also soared, and the other five stores they had previously purchased all appreciated in value.

Ling Qiqi felt very regretful. She was reluctant to spend money and bought too little.

She discussed it with Lu Cheng and decided that except for keeping the pharmacy and one to open a pawnshop, all the other shops would be rented out to earn rent.

In fact, Ling Qiqi originally wanted to open another casino, but Lu Cheng did not agree.

So she settled for the next best thing and opened a pawn shop. Her main purpose was not to get the pawned items, but to exchange information with the people who came to pawn their items. She felt that anyone who could come to pawn items must be a poor family with some wealth. People with wealth must have stories. The poor must be eager to turn their lives around and are more willing to buy and sell information in exchange for opportunities.

Ling Qiqi knew the value of information, so she wanted to set up a dark web for information, so that it would be convenient for buying and selling information in the future. She had thought about it, and the starting price for finding out a piece of information was ten taels of silver. If you didn't want people to know that you found out a piece of information, the starting price was one hundred taels, and the starting price for finding out a piece of blocked information was one thousand taels. She opposed violence, but she definitely yearned for such huge profits.

Lu Cheng was also impressed by Ling Qiqi's greed and profit-seeking nature, so for the sake of money, he agreed.

Everything was developing in the direction Ling Qiqi hoped for. She was very satisfied. When she thought that making a fortune in the future was no longer a dream, she could wake up from her dream with a smile.