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Chapter 248: Confused by the Heat
Seeing that neither He Daqi nor Zhou Huimin cared much about the box office, Liu Ying hesitated for a moment before speaking, "...Actually, I think it would be best to wait until Ning Hao finishes editing before inviting people to watch it. The sooner we get the distribution company to come, the longer we can preview it, which might help boost the box office."

There are a lot of video websites online now, so we could try putting trailers there. I've noticed a trend lately: the public's preferences are starting to align with the aspirations of commercial film directors. Based on the response to the trailer, we could temporarily decide whether to slightly alter the editing style to make it more appealing to the public."

"That's all right. Just do as Sister Liu says. I don't care. I thought people in finance were shady enough, but I didn't expect people in the film industry are no less evil. An investment of less than eight million yuan can be turned into more than forty million yuan after being traded back and forth." He Daqi was still a little immersed in the news just now.

"Go away, go play your game." Zhou Huimin pulled He Daqi's body and pushed him towards the bedroom.

She could see that Liu Ying had other things to say, otherwise she wouldn't have kept bringing up the topic of the gift from Room 7.

When He Daqi stopped the mountain bike and played with the child, Zhou Huimin turned to look at Liu Ying and asked, "Xiao Liu, is there anything else?"

"Yes." Liu Ying nodded, pulled out two documents from her bag, handed them to Zhou Huimin, and said, "This is the total revenue from your album and peripherals for the first half of this year, calculated by Huanya. The other is the revenue from your ringtones this year. Thanks to the marketing efforts of Shanghai Bund and Penguin, there was a significant increase in April and May."

"So fast? How did they get together? I remember last year's earnings for Ringtones were just settled two months ago. How come they settled the first half of the year so quickly?"

Zhou Huimin took it and looked through it with a frown. Sometimes giving money too quickly is not necessarily a good thing, so she was a little confused at the moment.

"I've inquired about this in detail. The mobile operator has changed the settlement method, and the ringback tone business is unexpectedly good. If the settlement is made on an annual basis like last year, the amount will be a bit high and cause too much trouble. Because of this income, many singers have had conflicts with their agencies. I know of several cases where the operator settled the money, and the singers and the agency went to court and froze the funds." Liu Ying explained.

Zhou Huimin looked at the high download count in the file, her left eyelid twitching. She sighed and shook her head in bewilderment. "Just now, my mom said that technology is advancing too fast and she can't understand it now that she's old. Now I can't understand it either. Sigh... I feel like in a few years, this song will earn more than my entire album."

Liu Ying disagreed, shaking her head. "That's not the case, Vivian. You're talking about your left eyelid twitching, right? The download rate for this song has been slowly slowing down. The revenue is unlikely to exceed that of your album from last year, and it might not even reach half of that."

Zhou Huimin rolled up the document and tapped it casually. Without saying whether she agreed or disagreed, she asked Liu Ying, "Anything else?"

"Huayu Group asked if you're still going to hold the concert today. They need to prepare in advance."

"Yes, but it's different from before. Just two events a month is enough. I don't want to run more than that."

Liu Ying nodded: "Okay, I understand. That's all. If you don't have any other instructions, I'll go back first."

"Ah."

Zhou Huimin sent Liu Ying out the door, came back and took a casual look around, but did not see He Daqi.

She walked over with a smile and teased the child, then went into the bedroom. Sure enough, He Daqi was already sitting in front of the computer.

He put the documents in his hand into the cabinet, then dragged a chair and squeezed in next to He Daqi. After looking at it for a while, he felt bored, so he started to talk to He Daqi about something else: "What do you think of those two remote control cars I bought? When your uncle's child is born, we can give him one of these, how about that?"

"It's pretty good. I think my uncle will have a lot of fun playing it." He Daqi replied without turning his head while staring at the screen.

Seeing He Daqi's fixed gaze, Zhou Huimin was a little unhappy. She pushed He Daqi's shoulders a few times to distract him. After He Daqi looked at her with disgust, Zhou Huimin said with a smile: "Didn't you say you would teach me how to play this game? Teach me now."

“Tsk!…Okay!”

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In early July, Beijing was already a bit like an oven.

He Daqi carried two large boxes and climbed to the fifth floor. When he arrived at He Bing's house, he felt like someone had poured a basin of water on him.

Zhou Huimin, who was following behind, was not in much better condition. She was holding a fruit basket in her left hand and a box of eggs in her right hand. She felt stuffy and pulled the mask off her face.

He Daqi knocked on the door, but no one responded for a long time.

He put the box down, took out his cell phone and called the old lady. "Grandma, I'm at my uncle's door. Didn't you call the day before yesterday to say you were back from the hospital? I knocked on the door, but no one answered."

"Wait." The old lady replied and hung up the phone. He Daqi vaguely heard a child crying from the phone.

After a while, the door opened, followed by the sound of a child crying.

The old lady leaned over to take a look, then glanced at He Daqi and found that he was not missing any limbs. She then looked at Zhou Huimin behind He Daqi and saw that Zhou Huimin was holding something. The old lady uttered an "ouch" and hurried out to take it. "Xiaomin, come in quickly. You look so hot."

The old lady led Zhou Huimin into the house and closed the door casually. Just as she was about to turn around, she remembered that she had locked He Daqi outside. She put her things down and opened the door again.

Looking at He Daqi who was standing at the door with a confused look on his face, the old lady said cheerfully, "I've been a little busy these past two days. Your uncle's child cries every day and drives me crazy."

He Daqi curled his lips, said nothing, opened the door a little wider, and then moved the boxes in two trips.

"The sound insulation of our uncle's house is really good. You can hardly hear the children crying unless you open the door." Zhou Huimin waited until He Daqi finished his work, then leaned over and whispered in He Daqi's ear.

After Zhou Huimin said this, He Daqi finally realized that this was indeed the case.

Before he could think it over, He Bing came out of the bedroom with a haggard face. Seeing He Daqi carrying two large boxes in, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing with these two boxes?"

"This box contains a remote control car, and this one contains milk powder. This milk powder is imported from the watch country and is not available in China now." He Daqi pointed at the two boxes and introduced them one by one, and was ready to open them for He Bing to see.

He Bing quickly came over to stop him: "Alas, only after having a child did you realize there are so many things to pay attention to when it comes to milk powder. Okay, don't open it, sit down and take a rest."

He Daqi was indeed hot, and upon hearing this, he went over and collapsed on the sofa. He watched Zhou Huimin follow the old lady into the bedroom to see the child. He Daqi turned to He Bing, who was making tea, and asked, "Uncle, why is the child crying like this?"

"It's hot!" He Bing said with a frown and drooping eyes.

"Hot?" He Daqi repeated in surprise.

"Your aunt's mother insisted that turning on the air conditioner is not good for children and that they will easily catch a cold. The key is that your grandmother and your aunt believed her. Now, they are secluded in the bedroom on such a hot day, it's like incubating eggs. How can it not be hot?" He Bing complained angrily.

It can be seen that he was really angry. He probably couldn't convince his mother and mother-in-law. In addition, his wife was there to help the two old ladies. At this moment, He Bing was so anxious that his forehead wrinkles were deep.

"It's not good to cry every day like this, right?" He Daqi didn't know what to say, so he could only ask again.

He Bing poured himself a sip of tea before beginning to complain, "Isn't this certain? My child has a heat rash and their face is red from crying all day. I tried to reason with them about science, but they said I was young and naive. I'm already in my thirties, and yet I've been labeled young and naive."

He Daqi laughed so hard upon hearing this that He Bing almost wanted to slap him. He then stopped and saw He Bing's anxious look. He Daqi smiled and said:
"If that doesn't work, then move to the place where Sister Zhou and I used to live. There's central air conditioning there, and the ventilation fans are on the ceiling. When the time comes, don't say it's air conditioning, just say it's a ventilation fan."

"Are you talking about the villa? Isn't it now occupied by Zhou Huimin's assistant?" He Bing asked with a frown.

He Daqi explained with a smile, "You've never been inside before. You always dropped me off at the door and left, so you don't understand. There are three houses in that townhouse. The one on the west side is for the assistant. The one in the middle has been empty since we took it away. The one on the east side is for the artists under the company. But my aunt should know about central air conditioning, right? Don't be unhappy when the time comes. If she explains it to the old lady, then there's really nothing we can do."

He Bing pondered for a long time before saying, "She's not happy at all. She just follows the two old ladies in disliking me. She's worried when the child cries. Come on, take me to see it. If possible, move there quickly. It's just close to where you live in the future. Your grandparents can come and visit if they want to."

After saying that, he stood up, and it seemed that he was going to go and take a look.

"Okay." He Daqi also stood up and went to the bedroom and knocked on the door. When the old lady poked her head out, He Daqi said, "Grandma, my uncle and I are going out for a while and will be back soon. Please tell Sister Zhou for me."

"I understand." Zhou Huimin heard what He Daqi said at the door in the bedroom and responded casually.

Before He Daqi could say anything else, He Bing pulled him out the door: "Come on, come on, don't waste time, hurry up and see if you can move quickly. If not, I'll think of another way. Anyway, we can't suffer here anymore. Don't you think this house is very hot?"

(End of this chapter)