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Chapter 449 Another Year's End

The show "Where Are We Going, Dad?" has aired ten episodes, two episodes a week. As time goes by, the popularity of these kids has not decreased, but has instead increased.

Needless to say, the most eye-catching ones are He Daqi's two kids. No matter what He Daqi's fans think, they will always sneak a peek. The more people see them, the more they like them. So, by extension, these two little guys have quite a few fans now.

Unfortunately, Vivian Chow's attitude towards her children is different from her attitude towards He Daqi. She often posts photos of herself and He Daqi on Yabo.com, but never posts photos of the two children. Especially after the "mother" joke came out, Vivian Chow paid more attention to this aspect.

The pictures of the two children circulating online are screenshots taken by netizens from variety shows, as well as photos taken by reporters at the press conference that day.

The less you can see it, the more it seems appealing. Netizens often visit Vivian Chow's Yabo account, asking her to post some photos of her children. Vivian Chow always ignores these requests.

The two little guys that netizens have been longing for are currently having a little showdown with a giant teddy bear.

This teddy bear was custom-made; it's over two meters tall and over one meter wide.

They were laid flat on the thick carpet in the hall, and the two little ones were running and jumping around on it like they were climbing a sand dune, shouting and yelling.

Seeing them having so much fun, He Daqi and Zhou Huimin exchanged a strange look, clearly hiding something.

Last night, the couple had a long talk and thoroughly discussed the education of their two children.

How can a happy childhood be complete without joy?
So the two of them discussed it and decided that after the Spring Festival next year, they would send the two little rascals to kindergarten.

It's obvious that they can't be educated at home anymore; grandparents are more affectionate towards their grandchildren, let alone grandchildren.

These two little ones are especially good at making the elderly happy. If they make a mistake, they can act cute, shake the old lady's hand, and casually call her "great-grandmother," and then the mistake they made will be attributed to He Daqi.

These two mischievous kids weren't spoiled rotten; it's just that Ho Tai-kai and Chow Wai-man are genuinely lazy and couldn't stand the constant antics of four- or five-year-olds.

They moved into their new home too early, so He Bing wasn't in a hurry to move in, and the old lady didn't come with them either. After only half a month of coaxing the child, the couple started thinking of crooked tricks.

"Mom and Dad, could you come over and take a picture of me and my brother?"

The little girl sat on the big bear's belly and waved happily at Ho Tai-kai and Chow Wai-man.

"Of course, no problem, my little one!"

Zhou Huimin walked over with a smile, holding her phone. She was now using a second-generation smartphone, which had a faster processing speed, more memory, and clearer photos.

He Daqi followed along happily, watching his two kids posing for photos on the teddy bear. He Daqi casually remarked, "Huanhuan and Lele, do you still want to play with a bunch of kids every day like you did on that variety show last time?"

"Yes!" X2
"You're in luck! Your parents have decided to send you to a place full of children after the Spring Festival. You'll have a group of children to play with every day. You can eat together, play games together, and teachers will give you tasks. When you're tired from playing and finishing your tasks, your parents will pick you up and you can go again the next day."

He Daqi described the kindergarten as if it were paradise, and the two little ones listened with sparkling eyes.

He stopped bothering Vivian Chow for photos, quickly jumped off the giant bear, and stared longingly at Ho Tai-kei, wanting to hear more about his sacred place.

Vivian Chow was also ruthless, providing excellent supporting performance on the side. She even exaggerated He Daqi's story to make it more enticing.

Now the two little ones are so eager to celebrate that they've started asking He Daqi and his wife about the time, counting on their chubby little hands to figure out how many more days until Chinese New Year.

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I was patted on the shoulder in my sleep. I opened my eyes groggily and found that the plane had already landed.

The flight from the bald eagle to South Korea took thirteen hours. He Daqi was still a bit dazed from playing in the simulation training space, and he yawned slightly in a daze.

He took off his headphones, but didn't rush to get up and leave. He waited until most of the other first-class passengers had left before slowly getting up and following at the back of the line.

As usual, when he got off the plane and walked to the waiting room, he smiled and signed autographs for several flight attendants. Seeing how excited they were, wanting to scream but holding back their excitement, He Daqi chuckled and shook his head before quickly entering the waiting room.

The trip to the bald eagle went quite smoothly, without any major setbacks, and all the necessary discussions were completed.

He Daqi even happily attended two cocktail parties, but after the parties, unlike the others, he didn't leave with his golden-haired foreign horse.

This time, instead of going directly back to China, I made a special trip to South Korea to talk to Seagate about the distribution and copyright issues of "Wild Chrysanthemum".

This project was actually a side project that Seagate put together to attract experienced actors; they didn't expect to make money from it.

However, He Daqi has now made a special trip to the Bald Eagle to meet with the Coen brothers, which means that the "Wild Chrysanthemum" project is sure to win the award, and the copyright should sell well. Therefore, He Daqi plans to ask Chairman Li to use his hard work again to find a way to reimburse part of the expenses incurred in pulling strings.

This is easy to discuss, because He Daqi knows what Chairman Li wants.

Although Chairman Li is now able to sit at the table and even at the head of the table, he is already getting tired of the people sitting there.

The people sitting at this table right now are either representatives of Seagate's shareholders or senior executives of the group. To put it nicely, it's like having a meal together; to put it bluntly, it's a gathering of puppets.

Chairman Li clearly didn't want to be a puppet anymore; he wanted to change the table.

You can't change tables without money; how to turn the group's money into your own is a skill in itself.

"Daqi, I feel like you're getting younger and younger."

"Really? I don't think so myself. On the contrary, Chairman Li, I think you look much better than before."

Chairman Li didn't make a big fuss when he met with He Daqi this time. He only brought one subordinate, who was also his personal driver. It was clear that he understood what He Daqi had thought up before he boarded the plane yesterday and called him to meet him under the pretext of the copyright of "Wild Chrysanthemum".

After exchanging a few casual pleasantries, the two found a small restaurant to talk business.

They chatted for two hours straight, mostly just talking and drinking barley tea. They didn't order any food, but they were quite full from the water. Judging from their cheerful expressions as they came out of the private room, the barley tea at this little restaurant must be quite authentic.

For He Daqi, making a detour to South Korea, chatting for a couple of hours, and saving several million dollars was quite a good deal.

Of course, for Chairman Li, his gains were also very worthwhile.

He Daqi didn't stay in South Korea for long. After the chat, he rushed to catch a flight back to Beijing. This time he was quick because he had booked his ticket in advance and arrived at the airport just in time. From boarding to disembarking, it took less than three hours. When he returned to the manor villa, the sun hadn't set yet, and Zhou's mother was leading the two little ones on the slide in the manor.

Upon seeing He Daqi return, the two mischievous boys rushed over, shouting and yelling. They got covered in dust and, ignoring He Daqi's calls, ran over and rubbed his white casual pants until they were all grimy.

Standing at the villa entrance, Zhou Huimin watched as He Daqi angrily grabbed the ears of the two mischievous boys and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the evening glow red, and the evening glow made Zhou Huimin's face rosy, her eyebrows and eyes curved. Especially when she saw He Daqi waving to her, the smile in Zhou Huimin's eyes became even more irrepressible.

"Are you done with your work on the Bald Eagle's side?"

"Ah."

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"Daqi, do you remember the movie I told you about a while ago?"

"remember."

"Filming will begin in early February next year. Could you come to the launch event?"

Early February? Isn't that right after the Lunar New Year?

He Daqi didn't even need to look at the calendar to know that early February was right after the Spring Festival. It wasn't that He Daqi was good at mental arithmetic, but because his two little ones kept pestering him to calculate the calendar every day during this period. In addition, He Daqi was going abroad in early February, so he was very sensitive to this time period.

"Chairman Han, I'm not making excuses. I really had something to do in early February. I had to attend the Berlin Film Festival."

"You won an award? That 'Wild Chrysanthemum'? By the way, you didn't even submit that film for censorship. What, are you trying to get into the underground film business?"

Although he thought it was impossible, Han Shanping still gave He Daqi a hint. He seemed to have heard Ning Hao mention this movie before, saying that it was quite explicit. Han Shanping was also afraid that He Daqi might really do something rash to win an award.

It's one thing for someone else to do this, but for He Daqi to do it is simply not worth it. At his level, there's nothing that can't be discussed.

"Haha, Mr. Han, you're overthinking it. This movie wasn't even planned for release in China. The production company is South Korea, and their censorship standards are different from ours. The content is much more explicit than ours."

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. I'll ask around and see if anyone can help out at the launch event."

Upon hearing that the copyright was from South Korea, Han Shanping instantly lost interest in talking. He had originally wanted to ask about He Daqi's cameo appearance, but now he was too lazy to ask and hurriedly hung up the phone.

Hearing the dial tone on his phone, He Daqi couldn't help but chuckle.

Old Han still has quite a temper. After putting down the director's microphone for so many years, he suddenly picked it up again, and before he could adapt to anything else, his temper was the first thing he adapted to.

I took the phone from my ear to my face and checked the time; it was already 2 PM.

The afternoon sun in winter feels like a massage, gentle and soothing, making you feel sleepy without even realizing it.

He Dayi used his index finger to hook Zhou Huimin's chin, who was dozing off while holding the big fat cat. After she looked over in a daze, he smiled and said, "Let's go. Didn't we agree to go to the company?"

"Hmm~" Vivian Chow stretched, a little reluctant. She was feeling sleepy and really didn't want to move.

The big fat cat stayed home and continued to lie in bed, while the couple leisurely got into their nanny van and headed to Yonghui Qiming.

It's the end of the year, and it's an exceptionally busy time of year.

The employees in the company were all in a hurry, each with a document in hand, rushing to hand over and fill in files with each other.

Today was just a management meeting, and with so many projects being launched at the company, I didn't see a single director or actor.

He Daqi and Zhou Huimin walked directly to the small conference room after exiting the elevator. They had already been notified on the way there, and most of the management team was in the small conference room at the moment.

After Asia Pacific went public, these management members rose in rank and became much busier than before, but they all had smiles on their faces.

There's no way I'm not happy now that I've received the incentive shares and my salary has increased significantly.

"Alright, Daqi and Vivian are here. Everyone, please be quiet."

The meeting was chaired by Wang Jinghua. Sister Hua is actually much more ruthless than Liu Ying. Although she is always smiling, the way the department heads communicate with the two of them and the level of their confidence are still different.

For example, right now, Wang Jinghua's words immediately silenced the small conference room, clearly demonstrating her strong deterrent power.

"Today's meeting is to summarize the year-end. In 08, our company took another step forward and finally went public before the end of the year. Our work this year had its good and bad points, but the good outweighed the bad."
The bad points, the areas where everyone fell short, have already been criticized. Now let's talk about the good points and our plans for next year.

Wang Jinghua paused here, picked up her water glass, took a sip of jasmine tea, and then began to speak, holding the prepared manuscript paper:
"In 08, our company, Asia-Pacific, successfully produced three TV series and seven movies. The TV series are self-explanatory, but let's talk about the movies. We only had two big-budget films: *Crazy Stone 2* and *Painted Skin*. The rest were low-budget films, so I won't go into detail."
Crazy Stone 2 nearly reached 400 million yuan at the box office, while Painted Skin broke 700 million yuan. In an era where even a box office exceeding 100 million yuan is difficult, our Yayue is leading the way; otherwise, it wouldn't have had such a smooth listing.
Of course, the most successful was the variety show produced by Daqi, "Where Are We Going, Dad?". This show pioneered the genre in China, and now many companies are trying to replicate it.

However, we were the first to try this new approach, and we reaped the rewards the most. Therefore, next year our company will establish a new variety show department, specifically responsible for variety show production.

All deputy managers, supervisors, and even deputy supervisors should take this seriously. The new department has everything except a shortage of personnel; a fantastic opportunity is before you, so please work hard to seize it.

He Daqi and Zhou Huimin came here today just to act as mascots; they didn't listen to a single word seriously, just sat there smiling.

These year-end meetings will probably happen every year from now on, since we've gone public and the requirements are different now, with many more rules.

After finally finishing the meeting, He Daqi immediately stood up and greeted Wu Nannan, whom he hadn't seen for a while.

"Sister Wu, you're back from Haojiang? Are you done with things there?"

"No, I'm just back for a meeting. I'll go back after the meeting. It will probably take another two or three months to sort things out completely over there. I'll be able to go back to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year this year," Wu Nannan replied with a smile.

After He Daqi's conversation with Gou Chuzhong, he arranged for Wu Nannan to go to Haojiang to help. Wu Nannan was an old hand who had followed Yonghui Qiming since then, and had watched Yayue rise step by step. It would be easy for her to help Gou Chuzhong set up a film and television company.

(End of this chapter)