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Chapter 380 I Need to Calm Down
Opening his eyes, He Daqi pushed Zhou Huimin's arm, which was draped over his chest, to the side, probably because she was uncomfortable. Zhou Huimin groaned and put her arm back on He Daqi, shifting her position and pressing her leg over as well.

"Move aside, I need to get up."

"No! Let me hold you and lie here a little longer!"

Zhou Huimin vaguely refused, and while speaking, she hugged He Daqi tightly like an octopus.

With no other option, He Daqi could only lie on the bed with his eyes half-closed.

It was almost 10:30 when the couple finally got up reluctantly, yawning as they changed their clothes.

They were still in the old villa, not having moved to a new house. The two children had left with Grandpa He and Grandma He early in the morning, so the villa was very quiet at the moment.

Zhou Huimin went into the kitchen and casually opened a pot lid. Inside was pork rib soup that her mother had stewed last night. Looking at the white oil floating on top, Zhou Huimin was too lazy to heat it up. Pretending to have no appetite, she lazily walked out of the kitchen and saw He Daqi slumped on the sofa. She went over and nudged He Daqi twice: "Daqi, let's go out to eat. I want to eat pig's trotters."

"Okay, everything is okay."

He Daqi replied without looking up from his phone. Perhaps because the two were talking a bit noisily, the kitten peeked out from the second-floor stairwell. After seeing Zhou Huimin, it gracefully strolled down from the second floor, meowing as it approached Zhou Huimin's legs and rubbed against them.

He hadn't seen it since he got off the plane last night, and now He Daqi was intrigued. He bent down, grabbed the kitten by the scruff of its neck, and started teasing it mischievously, rubbing its face and scratching its chin.

The kitten was being played with so much that it couldn't resist. It rolled over and let Da Qi rub its belly, meowing pitifully at Zhou Huimin, hoping its owner would save it.

Fortunately, Zhou Huimin had some conscience. After letting He Daqi have his fun for a couple of minutes, she rescued the kitten from He Daqi's lap and held it in her arms with great effort.

This cat is huge, two years old this year, and as big as a small wolfhound. It eats all day and doesn't move, so it's incredibly fat, weighing at least 30 pounds. It doesn't even look like a cat; it's as fat as a seal.

He was feeling grateful to Vivian Chow for rescuing him, so he curled up comfortably in Vivian Chow's arms and rubbed his neck against the back of Vivian Chow's hand.

"This little thing is quite intelligent," He Daqi commented with a smile.

After saying that, she took out her phone and called Ning Hao. Upon hearing that he was at Yonghui Qiming, she stood up, gestured to Zhou Huimin, and then led him out of the villa.

I haven't ridden in my own nanny van for almost a month, and I kind of miss it.

Half an hour later, the couple appeared on the third floor of Yonghui Qiming.

Once at the company, Zhou Huimin stopped sitting next to He Daqi and went to her office with the fat cat in her arms. He Daqi waved to Ning Hao from afar and walked over with a smile.

At this moment, Ning Hao was like a lackey, following He Daqi around and constantly asking him about the screening of "After My Flowers Bloom, All Other Flowers Wither" in Baitouying.

"Daqi, do you think those Hollywood companies now have my information too?"

"The box office has reached 1.3 million. Have any fans come to the film set to look for you?"

"Hehe, I really didn't expect to accidentally become a director with a hundred million dollars in Hollywood. I don't think there are many directors who have made hundreds of millions in box office revenue, right?"

He Daqi was smiling and greeting his employees in front, while Ning Hao chased after him, asking questions.

After walking around for a while, He Daqi suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Ning Hao with a half-smile: "Senior brother, are you thinking of developing your career in Hollywood?"

“No, that’s not it…” Ning Hao chuckled and scratched his head. Noticing He Daqi’s teasing look, he said embarrassedly, “These past two days, someone told me that I am now the highest-grossing Chinese-language film director in Hollywood. I was just showing off a little.”

Ok?
Upon hearing this, He Daqi immediately opened the film library, searched for box office figures before 07 using keywords, and then exited the site with a mixture of amusement and disbelief.

This is unbelievable! "When My Flower Blooms, All Others Wither" is actually the highest-grossing Chinese-language film right now.

"Senior, you should know that there was an element of cheating in these results, right?"

He Daqi was afraid that Ning Hao would get too cocky, so he quickly poured cold water on him.

"Hey! Who cares about taking shortcuts or not? Results are everything."

Alright, let's not try to persuade her anymore.

He Daqi pursed his lips, thinking it was best to let things take their course.

"Daqi, are you free now?" Wang Jinghua interjected, saving He Daqi from the awkwardness of communicating with the arrogant Ning Hao.

"Sister Hua, please speak."

"In January, Chairman Han from China Film Group came by and said that China Film Group had a Three Kingdoms project and wanted you to play a role. They specially invited a director from Hollywood. I later found out that the project is called Red Cliff and the director is Wu Baige. You didn't want us to call and bother you, so I haven't told you. Since you're here today, I'll tell you about it."

Red Cliffs? Borrowing arrows with straw boats?

To be honest, He Daqi seemed quite interested at first glance. He had quite a few characters he wanted to play in Red Cliff, such as Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and if all else failed, Gan Ning would be good too.

"Did they say when filming would start?"

"Probably in April."

That's good, the timing is quite good, because He Daqi's preparation time for Painted Skin is at least two months after the New Year, so the timing doesn't clash.

"Let me think..." He Daqi said, his mind returning to the film library, where he pulled up the reviews of Red Cliff.

Hmm? What does "Don't Cry, Cute Girl" mean?

Is it too hard to think about 25,000?

I need to calm down.

Looking at the comments in the film library, He Daqi suddenly felt that something was off about the style of this film...

"Sister Hua, let's put this matter aside for now, let me think about it and then we'll talk about it."

"Okay, you can make the decision yourself, but you also need to communicate with Chairman Han yourself."

"Of course." He Daqi nodded with a smile.

“There’s something else…” Wang Jinghua hesitated as she spoke.

He Daqi waited a moment but heard nothing more, so he pressed on, "Is there anything else? The celebration banquet for 'When My Flowers Bloom, All Other Flowers Wither'?"

"Oh? Right, right! A victory celebration banquet! When do you think would be a good time to hold it?"

It was obvious that Wang Jinghua was being somewhat insincere, but He Daqi wasn't a very curious person, so he didn't press the matter and answered in the same tone, "It's before the Lunar New Year, so the employees can get together before the holiday. By then, they'll all be done with their work."

……

...Once I'm back in China, I'll have to endure this drafty environment.

Even though he deliberately took a Bald Eagle flight back, the news of He Daqi's return to China still couldn't be concealed. No one knows where it leaked out, but the whole country knew about his return the very next day.

He Daqi's phone has been ringing non-stop these past few days. Fortunately, after returning to China, Liu Ying handed over her work phone to Yan Jiu, so Yan Jiu is now helping He Daqi respond to people in the industry.

This guy is even more outrageous than He Daqi himself; his mind is never on his work.

She went to Baitouying with He Daqi right after getting married, and stayed there for almost a month. Now that she's back, she has no interest in caring about anyone else. She spends her days wandering around Yonghui Qiming and whispering sweet nothings to Li Yixin.

He Daqi didn't expect him to be reliable. What company doesn't have a few people who got in through connections? Besides, it's perfectly normal for the young couple to be so lovey-dovey after a short separation. Yan Jiu himself is quite capable at work, so He Daqi couldn't be bothered to care.

Invitations from work phones can be declined, but invitations from personal phones are harder to refuse. Whether it's a congratulatory message or a question about something else, personal phones are never idle.

He Daqi and Deng Chao exchanged a few insults, then hung up the phone with a smile. He straightened his suit in front of the full-length mirror, turned his head and saw Zhou Huimin preparing to leave with the cat, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Why are you still holding this pig at the victory celebration banquet?"

Meow! ! !
The kitten meowed pitifully and buried its head in Vivian Chow's arms.

"You're the pig!" Zhou Huimin quickly patted the kitten's head and glanced sideways at He Daqi.

However, He Daqi was right. Bringing a cat to the celebration banquet was indeed a bit outrageous. So Zhou Huimin walked out of the bedroom and put the cat in her mother's arms, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

Zhou's mother is all bark and no bite. At first, she was very disapproving of Zhou Huimin's plan to raise a cat, but now that the kitten has been at home for almost two years, Zhou's mother is more concerned about it than Zhou Huimin is.

Otherwise, given Zhou Huimin's current short temper, she probably wouldn't even last half an hour of brushing the kitten in the spring before getting tired of it. It's only thanks to her mother that she's been able to keep her grounded.

Half an hour later, in the Zijin Hall of the Sijiucheng Grand Hotel.

As the hosts, He Daqi and Zhou Huimin arrived late. Fortunately, Liu Ying, Wang Jinghua, and Wu Nannan arrived early and were smilingly greeting the guests.

The box office performance of "When My Flowers Bloom, All Others Wither" is a major event worth celebrating, whether it breaks domestic records or reaches 1.3 million in the United States.

Moreover, this film wasn't just released domestically and in the Bald Eagle region. Now that the Bald Eagle is doing well at the box office, the European rights have also been purchased. Combined with Asia, which is a stable box office market for Ho Tai-kai, the global box office has now reached $3.5 million, which is quite impressive.

None of the distribution companies were unhappy. They arrived at the venue early with their invitations, and even those who didn't usually get along were able to chat and laugh for a while.

The box office success of "When My Flowers Bloom, All Others Wither" has given this group of people a sense of shared destiny.

Of course, the happiest person was China Film Group.

With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, China Film Group has almost finished all its busy work. This year's report is particularly easy to write. The film "When My Flower Blooms, All Other Flowers Wither" will keep them entertained for a long time. So today, apart from the employees of Asia Pacific Film Group, the number of people from China Film Group is the largest.

As soon as He Daqi entered, he saw Han Shanping grinning like a bear that had just eaten bee droppings, his mouth stretched all the way to his ears. He was now holding a cup and chatting with people everywhere, as if this were his home turf.

"Daqi!!! Hahahaha! You've finally decided to show yourself!"

From a distance, Han Shanping grabbed Ning Hao and came over to greet them, then put his arm around He Daqi.

happy!

Looking at Ning Hao on his left and He Daqi on his right, Han Shanping had the illusion that the whole world was under his control.

"I just heard Xiaoning say that Crazy Stone 2 hasn't even started preparations yet?"

"No preparation? I really didn't know about this. But 'When I Bloom, All Flowers Wither' just finished its run in theaters, and the New Year is almost here. If there's no preparation, then there's no preparation."

He Daqi was used to playing dumb, but after asking a question, he realized that China Film Group was an investor in Crazy Stone 2, and that was something people should ask. So he immediately changed his story and made up two excuses.

"We need to get this done quickly. You're still young, this isn't the time to be lazy. You should prioritize your careers."

"Yes, yes, Chairman Han is right." Ning Hao had been dawdled by Han Shanping for a long time, so he was quite natural to give a perfunctory reply now.

Han Shanping wasn't drunk yet. Hearing this, he glanced at Ning Hao with a half-smile, realizing he had been pushing him too hard, but he didn't intend to change his mind.

If he had a choice, he would love to have Ning Hao and He Daqi make seven or eight movies a year, but unfortunately that's impossible, so he still has to keep pushing them.

"Oh, right, what about the Painted Skin project? I heard they haven't even found a director yet? Isn't that a delay? Do you need me to put in a good word for you and find one?"

"No need, no need. This project is mainly to train the company's special effects team, so there's no rush to film it. It's better to take it easy."

How could He Daqi ask Han Shanping to help him find a director?

One of the leading actresses in this movie is Vivian Chow. Vivian Chow hasn't acted in a long time, so she definitely wasn't suitable at first.

If Han Shanping were to find a director, and as an investor, specifically instruct him to film it quickly, and then problems arise during filming that make Zhou Huimin unhappy and start arguing with the director, then that would be quite a spectacle.

Should we change directors then? If we do, where will Han Shanping's reputation be?

So it's better to find one yourself. At least you can discuss things with the director you find yourself, and you won't have to rush things because of someone else's urging.

Seeing that Han Shanping was about to say something, He Daqi quickly cut him off, saying, "Chairman Han, I just arrived and haven't greeted everyone yet. Why don't I go take a look around first? You can go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll talk to you later."

"Don't rush, don't rush, there's something else I need to talk to you about. I'm afraid you'll get drunk later and we'll have to postpone it until after the New Year."

Han Shanping grabbed He Daqi, who was trying to slip away. Having known him for so long, Han Shanping had witnessed this brat's ability to make excuses several times. If there was something to say, it had to be said in person, otherwise He Daqi could come up with countless excuses on the phone.

"Please speak." He Daqi had failed to slip away, so he could only stop and give Han Shanping a cheerful smile.

"I visited your company in January. Did Wang Jinghua and Liu Ying mention this to you?"

He Daqi clicked his tongue. This was his fault; he had forgotten to give Han Shanping a clear answer.

"Chairman Han, this matter... it's not that I'm refusing, the key is that Painted Skin will also be busy around that time. As you know, my wife is one of the female leads this time, so I really can't go to Red Cliff."

He Daqi spoke quite sincerely, but Han Shanping didn't quite believe him. He couldn't read anything from He Daqi's face, and he wasn't sure if He Daqi was making excuses. So he probed again: "Can't the Painted Skin project be postponed a little? The Red Cliff project is something that Film Group plans to focus on developing in the next two years. You should understand what that means."

"No, that's not possible. Painted Skin is a key project for our company, and the filming process is all planned out."

Han Shanping's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but frown.

It's confirmed, this little brat just doesn't want to be photographed, but why?

(End of this chapter)