This actor has something

Chapter 410 Industry Leader
He Daqi was dragged out of bed by Zhou Huimin, and no matter how unwilling he was, he had to quickly get dressed, wash up, and tidy himself up.

I had originally planned to finally have some free time and take the two kids out for a stroll, but now that's out of the question. After tidying myself up, I got into the nanny van without even having dinner.

I first called Grandpa He and Grandma He to tell them that I had something to do today and couldn't take the two children out to play, and asked them to come and pick them up. Then I called Liu Ying to hear what was going on.

After hanging up the phone, He Daqi sighed. He had felt something was wrong when Zhang Yimou led the Olympic Committee people to visit the company. Sure enough, it had caught the eye of some people with ulterior motives.

It seems that this time it must be a high-ranking leader, otherwise Liu Ying would not have specifically contacted Zhou Huimin because she couldn't get through to him on the phone. She couldn't explain who it was on the phone either, so He Daqi is a little unsure right now.

The van sped along, thanks to the fact that it was just past New Year's Day and the Lunar New Year was approaching, so there weren't many pedestrians or cars on the road, but there were quite a few tree-planting workers.

Trees are planted everywhere on both sides of the road, even in the dead of winter. The ground beneath the Chinese scholar trees is now covered with holly and juniper, adding a touch of green to the desolate winter landscape.

In Beijing, there's not much else to say but that people are good at pulling strings. Now that the Gregorian New Year has just passed and the Lunar New Year is still a month or so away, it's a rare time for things to be quiet.

He Daqi's gaze was deep as he looked calmly at the roadside, seemingly lost in thought.

He didn't look away until the convoy was almost at the Yonghui Qiming Building. The light dimmed slightly as the convoy entered the underground parking garage.

This time, Vivian Chow did not accompany He Daqi. He got out of the car by himself and hurriedly entered the private elevator. Inside the elevator, he even used the shiny metal surface of the elevator box to check his clothes.

After adjusting his expression for a short while, his demeanor became honest and simple, and he finally smiled with satisfaction.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, his deliberately displayed smile froze for a moment, so brief that it was almost unnoticed unless you were staring intently.

At the same time, I felt a sense of relief.

The person who came was Uncle Li.

Uncle Li followed behind Wang Jinghua with a smile, listening to her introduction. Behind them was a group of middle-aged and young people, also dressed in black jackets, looking around with curious eyes.

They were walking towards the special effects department when Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang took over from Wang Jinghua to give the introduction.

The group led by Uncle Li became noticeably serious, with many even pulling out notebooks and professionally asking Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang questions.

I didn't see Liu Ying. I guess she called me at first, and then went to arrange lunch.

He Daqi, with a smile, jogged over and, without calling him Uncle Li, greeted him cheerfully, "Boss, what brings you here?"

"Haha, Daqi, you've been hiding it well. I didn't know until I looked into it that our domestic special effects are already so good. Last year, in preparation for the Olympics, we even organized a meeting to contact top special effects production teams in the industry. When we saw that there were domestic companies on the list, we thought they had submitted the wrong list."

When facing Uncle Li in person, He Daqi didn't need to hide anything. He chuckled and scratched his head, saying, "Hey! It's just that the special effects department has been quite busy, always on the go, and we haven't had time to communicate with our peers, so it's normal that we're not well-known. Besides, we're embarrassed to even show off our skills, they're not as good as you've praised them, boss."

"If your skills weren't good, how could you be so busy every day? If I didn't take a close look at all the projects your company has produced, I really wouldn't have known that you've hidden an industry leader right under my nose." Uncle Li patted He Daqi's shoulder with a smile.

"Not at all, it can't be called a leading enterprise," He Daqi quickly denied.

Wang Jinghua looked at He Daqi with some surprise. She never expected that He Daqi would be so familiar with the leaders who came to visit this time.

However, they probably aren't very close. They've probably only met a few times and exchanged greetings. If He Daqi were truly powerful and well-connected, he wouldn't be in the entertainment industry.

At this moment, Uncle Li turned around and waved. A young man wearing glasses took out a laptop from his bag, opened it, and started playing a video on a loop. He then placed the laptop on the table next to Uncle Li.

"Daqi, come over here and take a look. Can your company do this special effects?"

He Daqi didn't even need to look at it. He personally taught the special effects department of Asia-Pacific to their level. To put it bluntly, if others can do special effects, Asia-Pacific can do them too. And if others can't do special effects, Asia-Pacific can do them as well.

However, he still pretended to take a look and nodded without hesitation: "This is not difficult, I can do it."

"How much would this special effects cost?" Uncle Li's eyes lit up as he asked.

"Just this short section?"

"Correct."

The technical requirements for the segment that Uncle Li asked to demonstrate weren't too high, at least not for Asia and Vietnam, so He Daqi replied nonchalantly, "Around ten thousand yuan, at most thirty thousand. We can find any team leader here and have them make it in half a day. It's too short, so we can't charge a high price."

"How is that possible!" the bespectacled young man who had placed the laptop on the table exclaimed in a low voice.

Uncle Li raised an eyebrow in surprise. After thinking for a moment, he gestured towards Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang to signal He Daqi and asked, "Daqi, are these the two you mean by team leaders?"

"No, these are the head and deputy head of our special effects department. Each of them has five teams under them."

As soon as He Daqi finished speaking, the group of people who came with Uncle Li all hissed.

"I see..." Uncle Li's eyes brightened considerably.

He clicked his tongue as he looked around the Asia-Pacific Special Effects Department, his smile growing even more gentle.

"Since we have some free time today, Daqi, didn't you say you could just find a team leader and a group of people and make it in half a day? Let's arrange for someone to make it on-site and see if you're just talking big."

Just as Uncle Li finished speaking, a middle-aged man stepped forward and said, "Boss, lunchtime..."

"It's alright, it won't take much time," Uncle Li waved his hand, interrupting his subordinate.

He Daqi was not exaggerating; he had trained the special effects department, so how could he have miscalculated the timing?

However, he understood what had just happened and figured that Uncle Li probably had something to do at noon, so he signaled Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang to personally lead two groups of people to start making special effects.

During this time, Uncle Li and the people he brought stood behind Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang with great interest, watching. He Daqi also came over quietly and asked Uncle Li if he could sit in the office first, but Uncle Li refused outright.

As the two most technically skilled individuals in Asia-Pacific's special effects department, Zhou Ning and Sun Fangfang are definitely much faster at producing effects than ordinary team leaders, let alone when two teams are working on the same project simultaneously.

Two and a half hours later, Uncle Li and his subordinates looked at the two identical special effects on the computer and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

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awkward.

He Daqi was extremely embarrassed.

Since graduation, he had gradually lost contact with Ma Yingjun, and they didn't even exchange phone calls anymore. It's no wonder He Daqi felt awkward when they met again.

To put it nicely, you could say that He Daqi is too busy and neglects his respect for his teachers. To put it bluntly, He Daqi is the kind of guy who uses people only when he needs them and then discards them when he doesn't.

"You're an international superstar now, it's truly an honor to meet you."

“Brother Ma, with our relationship, if you wanted to meet me, it would just be a matter of a phone call, right? If you give me a call, wouldn’t I be running over here like a puppy?” Hearing Ma Yingjun’s sarcastic remarks, He Daqi quickly defended himself.

"Do you think I believe you or not?" Ma Yingjun glanced at He Daqi with disdain.

"Then you absolutely have to believe it!" He Daqi said righteously, his upright and imposing appearance making him perfect for playing a righteous character.

"Alright, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. I hate seeing old Beijingers these days. They just keep going on and on." Ma Yingjun waved his hand dismissively.

"Brother Ma, didn't you also grow up in Beijing?" He Daqi asked with a smile.

"That's why I hate myself so much now." After saying that, Ma Yingjun lit a cigarette with a melancholy expression.

The reason I came to Beijing Film Academy to meet with Ma Yingjun today has to start from the day Uncle Li visited Yonghui Qiming.

After assessing the quality of Asia-Pacific Special Effects Department that day, Uncle Li chatted with He Daqi for a while. They ate lunch at Yonghui Qiming. It was the first time He Daqi had ever seen that boxed lunches could be made so high-class.

They talked a lot back then, so He Daqi is here today with a mission.

Because of He Daqi's previous thesis, the Beijing Film Academy has been applying to add a course on special effects production.

Uncle Li wanted to create a major boom in the special effects industry in China. After consulting with He Daqi, he learned that He Daqi didn't care about the small amount of money that Asia-Pacific Special Effects Production was currently making, so he went back and made some arrangements.

This led to He Daqi's trip to Beijing Film Academy today.

Knowing that Ma Yingjun wasn't very talkative, He Daqi stopped wasting words and simply took out a stack of CDs from his bag and handed them to Ma Yingjun.

Ma Yingjun took it and looked at it. He noticed that the CDs were numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. He casually picked up CD number 1 and put it into the computer's CD drive.

When Ma Yingjun saw that He Daqi was giving a lecture in the video, he was also taken aback. After listening attentively for a while, he looked at He Daqi with a strange expression.

"Brother Ma, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Don't tell me you taught all the classes here."

“...That’s true.” He Daqi shrugged.

"Are you bored?"

"I wish I were just bored."

Tsk! Upon hearing this, Ma Yingjun lit another lonely little cigarette.

"I heard that Asia-Vietnam has taken on the Olympic work?"

"Sigh! If I hadn't answered, none of this would have happened today," He Daqi replied with a sigh.

"Hey kid, this is a good thing, why are you still worried? When you were in school, the school supported you so much, now that we're asking you to do something for the school, are you really unwilling?"

Did the Beijing Film Academy help me when I was in school?

It seems, perhaps, or maybe, one could say I did contribute...

At least he wasn't expelled for years of skipping classes, and everything he did was to bring honor to the school; he didn't just eat foreign steaks casually.

Seeing He Daqi lost in thought, Ma Yingjun asked with a smile, "What do you mean? Are you coming back to be a teacher?"

He Daqi immediately shook his head like a rattle drum, refusing without even thinking: "No, someone else will come to teach me. They're from Beijing Film Academy, and they're my seniors. They're currently the head of the Asia-Pacific Special Effects Department, and their skills are top-notch. It would be a waste of their talents for them to come back and teach their juniors."

Just kidding, how could He Daqi possibly go back to Beijing Film Academy to be a teacher? The school would probably be besieged by his fans. Right now, he goes out every day like he's doing a spy rendezvous, hiding himself so thoroughly.

"A department head at your company? That's fine too. Our teachers at Beijing Film Academy can work for other companies, and they can also be specially appointed, so it's not a problem."

"Well, I'll be going now, Brother Ma. I have a lot of things to do. We'll chat again when I have time."

Seeing that everything was arranged, He Daqi got up and prepared to leave.

Normally, he should have come to the Beijing Film Academy to meet with the president, since Uncle Li had already made arrangements. But since he was familiar with Ma Yingjun, he just strolled over to Ma Yingjun's place.

"Get lost!" Ma Yingjun didn't even bother to look at this bastard, and waved his hand without even raising his head.

Before leaving, He Daqi bundled himself up tightly, hurriedly left the Beijing Film Academy, crossed the scenic area and the bridge, and jumped into the van in a flash.

"Brother Long, let's go back to the company."

"it is good."

He Daqi wasn't lying to Ma Yingjun; he really had something to do.

Lin Jianyue was almost at Yonghui Qiming by now, so He Daqi had to hurry over.

With twenty minutes to go before the agreed time, He Daqi took the elevator to the third floor of Yonghui Qiming.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jianyue arrived early, and was strolling around the company with his pregnant belly. Liu Ying and Wang Jinghua followed behind him, smiling as they introduced him to the company.

In recent days, besides Uncle Li, many people have come to visit Yonghui Qiming. Even Han Shanping organized a trip for China Film Group. So Liu Ying and Wang Jinghua are now quite familiar with the place when introducing it.

"Qi-zai! You're handsome again!"

"Mr. Lin, you flatter me."

"I really didn't expect that a single department of Asia-Pacific could achieve such results. When I received my bonus in Hong Kong, I thought it was because the film's performance was good that I received so much money." Lin Jianyue smiled happily, after all, no one would complain about having too much money.

"This is all thanks to Daqi, because the special effects department was founded by Daqi," Liu Ying said with a smile.

"I've always had high hopes for Qi Zai, and now he's even more impressive, he's become an international superstar." Lin Jianyue patted He Daqi's arm with a smile, her eyes practically disappearing from her laughter.

The reason I specifically called him to the mainland this time was to discuss the Asia-Vietnam Special Effects Department. The various preparation projects for the Olympics are open to the public, and now the Asia-Vietnam Special Effects Department has received a big job, and its reputation has spread all of a sudden.

Previously, only directors and production companies in the film and television industry knew how amazing Asia-Pacific Special Effects was, but now more people know about it.

Expansion is definitely necessary. Now we need to discuss how to expand. Currently, Lin Jianyue, Liu Ying, Wang Jinghua, and Zhou Huimin are all thinking about spinning off the special effects department into a separate, independent company.

This is something to talk about today.

(End of this chapter)