This actor has something

Chapter 350 Unofficial decision
Prioritizing warmth over style, He Daqi was bundled up like a giant rice dumpling, standing next to the van with his hands in his down jacket pockets, the steam rising rapidly from his mouth.

"Hurry up, why are you taking so long to get off the bus?"

"What's the rush?" Zhou Huimin rolled her eyes at him, but quickened her pace, putting her phone in her bag and getting out of the van with the cat in her arms.

She wore a black mink coat over a white fitted knit top, paired with skinny jeans and brown knee-high boots, perfectly showcasing Vivian Chow's tall and slender figure.

The kitten jumped off the car behind her. This cat had grown incredibly fast recently, and its fur had grown longer in the winter. Although it was not yet a year old, it was already much larger than an average adult house cat.

These days, Zhou Huimin no longer holds it every day. It's too heavy, like holding a child. She's never held her own child like that every day, let alone a cat.

So as the kitten grew bigger, it gradually left Vivian Chow's arms. She would only hold it in her arms and stroke it a few times when she was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

The kitten was meowing and circling around Vivian Chow's feet. As Vivian Chow and Ho Tai-kai walked slowly and awkwardly, the kitten followed them into the elevator.

This time, the couple didn't go to the third floor of Yonghui Qiming first, but instead went directly to the higher floor, Fengyu Tonglu.

He Daqi greeted the employees with a smile as he stepped out of the elevator, then led Zhou Huimin to Wang Rui's office without stopping.

"You're here." Wang Rui looked up when he heard the door open and saw He Daqi. He smiled and said.

"Ah."

"Go pour yourself some hot water, drink a couple of sips to warm yourself up. I still have some things to take care of, I'll be done soon."

"It's alright, Rui, you go ahead with your work."

He Daqi pulled over two chairs, and then he and Zhou Huimin each sat down in one.

He casually picked up a document from the file box on Wang Rui's desk, glanced at it, found it uninteresting, and haphazardly put it back.

Wang Rui noticed this and chuckled. He typed faster, replied to the work assignment, closed his laptop and pushed it aside, then moved his chair to face Mr. and Mrs. He Daqi.

"Daqi, didn't you say you had good news to tell me in person?"

He Daqi nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Rui, we may have already decided on the investors for our third round of financing before the IPO."

"What do you mean by 'maybe it's confirmed'?" Wang Rui raised an eyebrow.

Yabo.com's first round of financing came from funds represented by Wang Rui, which have been burning through cash ever since, and have even stopped burning through cash now. However, if Yabo.com's shareholders are only He Daqi and his wife and Wang Rui's side, it will be difficult to continue expanding, so negotiations for a second round of financing are underway.

The second round of financing is currently being negotiated with Tencent, involving a share exchange between the two companies. To be precise, it's not really financing, but rather a deepening of cooperation. The negotiations are currently in their final stages. Once the share exchange with Tencent is completed, Yabo.com will no longer need to rush and can proceed with the third round of financing at its own pace.

There are too many potential investors, and Wang Rui doesn't have a clear target yet, nor is he in a hurry. So when he heard He Daqi say that the third round of investors had been finalized, his first reaction was that He Daqi must have been fooled.

"What I meant by 'maybe' is that an elder of mine talked to me, and he was a bit vague, but it was something like the best investors you mentioned before would come in before our IPO."

"Daqi...you...what kind of elder would tell you this?"

He Daqi thought for a moment, took out his phone and searched on Baidu Encyclopedia, then slid the phone off the table and in front of Wang Rui.

Wang Rui picked it up with a puzzled look, then hissed and asked in surprise, "Is this your elder?"

He Daqi shrugged and offered no explanation.

"How confident are you?" Wang Rui pressed.

"Didn't I say I wasn't sure?"

“…Well, you really have brought me good news.” Wang Rui said somewhat speechlessly. He pressed his temples, thought for a moment, and then continued, “If we’re not sure…then let’s hold an investment intention negotiation meeting, open to all interested investors. That way, we can have two options for the third round of financing. If they come, we’ll choose them; if they don’t, we’ll pick suitable ones from other investors.”

“That works too. Anyway, it’s still a long way from the third round of financing. Rui, you keep working. We’re going downstairs.” He Daqi nodded, got up, and said goodbye.

"Daqi." Wang Rui called out to He Daqi, who was walking out.

"Brother Rui, you go ahead."

"Before exchanging shares with Tencent, I want to separate Fengfeng Voice from Yabo.com. I think Fengfeng Voice has great potential. Lin Jie and Chen Shuangxi have been by your side for a while now. I'll choose one of them to manage Fengfeng Voice."

“No problem, Rui, you can arrange it.” He Daqi agreed without hesitation.

Wang Rui watched as He Daqi and his wife led the cat out of the office. He got up, went to the window, lit a cigarette, and looked at the bustling traffic below. He couldn't help but clench his fist, hoping that what He Daqi said was true. If it was really as He Daqi said, then getting his ticket would be effortless.

When the time comes, the sky will be high and the sea will be wide, and who will care about my past? Back then, I chose to become He Daqi's agent just to climb out of the quagmire and find a way out, and strive to live a stable life. I never expected that the world would change and the road ahead would become brighter and brighter.

Wang Rui took a light puff of his cigarette, and a wisp of smoke slowly escaped from his mouth, drifting into the ventilation duct through the exhaust vent.

At this moment, He Daqi, who was waiting for the elevator, turned his gaze away from the ventilation ducts and muttered to Zhou Huimin, "It's one thing that we've been too busy to renovate the roof before, but now we're still not renovating. When Tencent comes to sign the contract in a while, do you think they'll laugh at our makeshift team? I heard they've built another new office building. Does Tencent have that many employees? Is it going to be one department per floor?"

"You're envious? Building an office building doesn't cost much these days. If you're envious, you can fund a building for Fengyu Tonglu yourself. I reckon it won't cost more than 300 million." Zhou Huimin said as she entered the elevator.

He Daqi blocked the elevator door and followed in. After Xiao Mao came in, he withdrew his hand, pressed the button for the third floor, and said, "Forget it, let Rui Ge handle it himself. Anyway, Yabo.com will definitely build its own office building before it goes public."

The elevator slowly descended and stopped on the third floor. The elevator doors opened and He Daqi stepped out first. He looked up and glanced around, about to greet the employees, when he paused.

A long line had formed in the corridor of the Yonghui Qiming small conference room. It seemed that Ning Hao was auditioning actors in the small conference room. But that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that several women were standing at the door of the small conference room, chatting and laughing, while everyone else kept their distance from them.

Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing, and Liu Ying and Wang Jinghua were beside them.

"Why don't you go and talk to them?" He Daqi turned around and asked Zhou Huimin.

"Am I bored?" Vivian Chow glanced over there and asked lazily.

He Daqi shrugged, ignoring Zhou Huimin, and strode towards the small conference room. He was afraid that if he walked too slowly, he wouldn't have time to tell Ning Hao that Ning Hao had really decided on the female lead. "Daqi's here," Wang Jinghua greeted He Daqi with a smile.

"Um, Sister Hua, Sister Liu, please keep an eye on things. I have something urgent to discuss with Ning Hao. I'll come out and chat with you all after I'm done. Sorry, ladies." He Daqi said hurriedly, looking honest and simple, and then, without waiting for their reactions, pushed open the door to the small conference room.

Ning Hao was inside, head down, organizing documents. To his left was Wu Nannan, and to his right was Lu Yang.

"Let me first introduce myself. We're currently missing a key member..."

Hearing the door open, Ning Hao started making arrangements without even looking up. He Daqi interrupted him, saying, "Senior brother, it's me. Wait a minute, come over here, I need to talk to you about something."

Upon hearing He Daqi's voice, Ning Hao finally raised his head. He subtly glanced at Wu Nannan and Lu Yang beside him, wondering what He Daqi couldn't say in person, since everyone here was one of their own.

He didn't ask the question aloud, but got up and walked to He Daqi with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"what's up?"

"Xu Jinglei will play the female lead," He Daqi said in a low voice.

"Are you out of your mind? Any one of those four outside is more suitable than her. You're going to choose her? She didn't even come today."

"The investors chose it."

"Investors? Aren't we... Huayi Brothers or China Film Group?"

"Can Huayi make decisions for us?" He Daqi said calmly.

"What about the four outside? How do we explain that?"

"You can decide for yourself. Just make up an excuse that it's not suitable. Zhang Yimou's excuse was pretty good: it doesn't meet the requirements of the role," He Daqi said nonchalantly.

"When did the investors tell you this?" Ning Hao asked, frowning.

"...yesterday morning."

"Your notification came at just the right time!" Ning Hao looked at He Daqi speechlessly. Does this bastard even have a human being?

"I don't care anymore. Anyway, I already told you, you keep going. I just came in to tell you that I have something to do this afternoon, so I'm leaving now." He Daqi turned and left, completely ignoring Ning Hao's resentful gaze behind him.

As He Daqi was about to open the door to the small conference room, he suddenly remembered something. He pretended to take out his phone, put it to his ear, and made a phone call, saying, "Okay, okay, fine." He then opened the door and went out.

As he left, he pointed to his phone, gave an apologetic look to a group of actresses vying for his attention, and then turned and headed straight for Vivian Chow's office, projecting an image of someone who was incredibly busy, walking with lightning speed.

Seeing He Daqi like this, Wang Jinghua followed him with some surprise. After only a few steps behind He Daqi, her eyes turned strange.

As soon as He Daqi pushed open the door to Zhou Huimin's office, Wang Jinghua followed him in and said, "Alright, stop pretending, there's no sound on your phone."

He Daqi was startled: "Whoa! Sister Hua, when did you get behind us?"

"I followed you out of the small conference room. What, are you shy? Afraid to talk to so many beautiful actresses, using phone calls as an excuse to avoid it?"

Hearing Wang Jinghua's teasing, Zhou Huimin, who was sitting in a chair petting a cat, looked up at He Daqi with a smile, wanting to see how he would respond.

"Hey! Sister Hua, you're overthinking it. I'm really busy. I have to go to two places today. I was just worried that chatting would take up too much time," He Daqi said innocently.

Wang Jinghua scrutinized He Daqi carefully, but unfortunately, she couldn't see anything. He Daqi's acting skills were entirely due to the system's efforts, and they were incredibly refined. It would be strange if Wang Jinghua could see anything.

"Daqi, tell me the truth, is it okay to let Fan Bingbing be the female lead?"

He Daqi was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. He had guessed that Wang Jinghua had come to recommend actors, but he hadn't expected her to recommend Fan Bingbing. Didn't Fan Bingbing not leave with her for Huayi Brothers? Was she still showing her some courtesy? Or... did Fan Bingbing have a knack for charming people?
"Sister Hua, do you really want to hear the truth?"

Wang Jinghua's heart skipped a beat, and she nodded, saying, "Go ahead."

"The female lead has been decided, and those other actresses have no chance. I was just talking to Ning Hao about this."

"Who made the decision? Who made the decision?" Wang Jinghua asked the same question as Ning Hao.

"The investor is Xu Jinglei."

Upon hearing He Daqi's answer, Wang Jinghua thought much more deeply than Ning Hao. She frowned and pondered for a moment, then a look of realization dawned on her, and she murmured, "It's her...that makes sense..."

Ok?
He Daqi's curiosity was piqued, and he asked mysteriously in a low voice, "Sister Hua, do you know why the investors chose her?"

"You don't know? Haha, then I won't tell you either." Wang Jinghua shook her head with a smile, turned around and left the office.

He Daqi cursed inwardly: What kind of hero hides things away!
At this moment, Zhou Huimin, sitting in the boss's chair, said with a grin, "Oh my, our young master Daqi's hobbies are really one-dimensional, he only likes big ones! What? You don't even glance at those four pretty girls outside?"

"You already know, why are you asking?" He Daqi glanced at her sideways.

"You just said you were going to two more places today. Where are you going? Why didn't you tell me when you were in the car?"

“I sent scripts to Jackie Chan and Deng Chao. I can leave Deng Chao with just a few words and a quick chat, but I made plans with Jackie Chan to have a good drink together.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huimin pursed her lips in disgust. She wanted to argue with He Daqi to stop drinking, but then she thought better of it. She knew without a doubt that He Daqi wouldn't listen to her.

With a sullen face, she angrily stroked the cat before finally saying, "Drink less, come back early, and Qin Long and Qin Hu will take you there later."

Seeing Zhou Huimin's expression, He Daqi chuckled and came over, pulling out two scripts from his desk. He then pinched Zhou Huimin's puffed-up cheeks and said, "I didn't say we'd leave now. We'll go this afternoon, and I'll go home with you for lunch. Let's go. Think about what you want to eat for lunch, and we can pick it up on the way. I just told Wang Jinghua that I'm quite busy, so let's not stay here any longer, lest she suspect I'm lying to her."

(End of this chapter)