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Chapter 462 Ning Hao's New Idol
It's better to talk face-to-face than on the phone.

The Yonghui Qiming Building and the Yabo.com headquarters are directly opposite each other, so after He Daqi came out of Yayue, he went straight out of Yonghui Qiming and crossed the road to the Yabo.com headquarters building.

He Daqi couldn't understand why Wang Rui always liked to stand by the window and smoke. He had met Wang Rui about ten times, and five or six of those times he was standing by the window smoking.

What does this mean? It can only mean that Wang Rui has a severe smoking addiction.

"Daqi? What brings you here?"

He Daqi usually calls to let Wang Rui know he's coming to see her, but this time he just showed up without saying a word, which surprised Wang Rui.

"Brother Rui, do you know about Brother Zhong's business of wholesaling film and television copyrights?"

“I know, I was the one who came up with this idea for him. He has channels to extract the copyright value again in Southeast Asia, and he's acquiring all the copyrights, including the online copyrights. Once the online video platforms in mainland China are stable, he can make a fortune again, and it might even be a continuous source of income.”

Holy crap! He Daqi clicked his tongue.

Wang Rui had discussed the issue of online copyrights with He Daqi before. Later, Asia Pacific did indeed enter the market and acquire the online copyrights of many mainland films and television dramas. However, Hong Kong was not He Daqi's home turf, so only a small portion of the copyrights from there were acquired.

This involvement in Love Apartment is actually He Daqi's first step in igniting the value of the online copyright of the TV series. Now, after hearing Wang Rui's explanation, He Daqi feels that Gou Chuzhong did nothing but rely on luck to follow in his footsteps and reap huge profits.

He Daqi's eyes became somewhat suspicious.

Could it be that Wang Rui discovered his operation and leaked the information in advance, allowing his buddy to make a fortune?
Even He Daqi started to become paranoid. Could it be that Wang Rui orchestrated the Hong Kong incident? Did he bribe Zeng Aizi and Du Gou to stage a charade and expose them, so that Gou Chuzhong could appear and subtly criticize them one by one, and then acquire the copyright at a rock-bottom price?

He Daqi always felt that Wang Rui was capable of doing this.

"Brother Rui, you really didn't throw your money into Hong Kong?"

Wang Rui was slightly taken aback, then chuckled, looking at He Daqi with interest, and asked with a smile, "You didn't find out who threw the money? Interesting. This matter is all over, yet no one has come forward to claim it and ask you to be grateful. Don't overthink it, it really wasn't me."

He Daqi was also quite worried, realizing that he had started overthinking again. Wang Rui had already said twice that it wasn't him, so it wasn't Wang Rui who did it.

He pulled up a chair and sat down, deciding to skip the topic. If he kept thinking about it, he would start getting stuck on trivial details, and he couldn't let it interfere with important matters.

"Brother Rui, let's not talk about this anymore. I have something important to discuss with you. Could you contact Brother Zhong and talk to him about how I'm planning to give him all the Southeast Asian copyrights for my works, without asking for a single penny?"

However, Brother Zhong needs to do me a favor. Could he create a compilation of my works and make it popular in Southeast Asia, especially in India? Something like a compilation of He Daqi's films or songs. And could he also help promote it?
For example, he should be handsome, kind-hearted, peace-loving, animal-protecting, a vegetarian, and a champion for women and children—basically, whatever is righteous. If possible, I'd like Brother Zhong to deduct a small portion of the profits and use it for local charity work in my name.

Wang Rui gasped, his eyes twitching for a moment before he cautiously asked, "Da Qi, have you received a mission?"

He Daqi quickly shook his head and explained, "No, I just love doing charity."

Wang Rui looked at him with a half-closed gaze, as if he believed him to be hiding something.

You like doing charity? Why don't you do it in the country?

If He Daqi were to do this in China, he would probably have people coming to chat with him by the afternoon after he started promoting it that morning.

Having known each other for so many years, and seeing that He Daqi wasn't the type to do this kind of thing, Wang Rui quickly realized that he had been overthinking things.

So he changed his approach and began to think about what benefits He Daqi could gain from this.

"Are you trying to gain a good reputation over there first, and then make money there when the economy has improved in a few years? That's really not the case. You'd be better off focusing on China."

“I know, Brother Rui, don’t try to persuade me. I’m really not going there to make money later. I just can’t stand seeing people suffer. By the way, Brother Rui, when you’re promoting this in India, you can say I’m some kind of reincarnation of a holy child or a Buddha. I’ve heard there are quite a few religious sects there. Anyway, whatever sect’s territory you’re in, you can say I’m some kind of holy child. As long as I don’t go there, I believe there shouldn’t be any problem using this name to do charity. I can even pay Brother Zhong to help me out in India.”

Looking at the boastful He Daqi, Wang Rui felt like he was dreaming. If things were going to go like this, He Daqi really wasn't just trying to make money there when the economy improved.

However, Wang Ruining is now willing to go to He Daqi so that he can make money in the future, because he is afraid that He Daqi will ruin himself.

"Are you serious?"

“I’m very serious, Rui. Please help me out. I have my own reasons.”

Having no other choice, He Daqi could only try to scare Wang Rui, because if he didn't do it this way, Wang Rui definitely wouldn't help him.

Sure enough, Wang Rui's expression changed immediately upon hearing the words "unavoidable predicament".

Has He Daqi really accepted the mission?

After trembling for a while, Wang Rui still couldn't voice his doubts, and finally just nodded dryly in agreement.

"alright."

"Thank you, Rui."

"……hehe."

He Daqi knew that Wang Rui's imagination was probably already out of this world, but there was nothing he could do but try to fool him like this.

Feeling rather guilty, he didn't feel comfortable staying with Wang Rui any longer, so he said goodbye and got up to leave.

After leaving the Yabo.com headquarters building, He Daqi went directly to the Yonghui Qiming underground parking garage. Not long after, the convoy left from the underground garage.

He Daqi, sitting in the car, looked at the scenery flashing by outside the window, seemingly lost in thought.

When the convoy was almost at the manor villa, He Daqi took out his phone and made a call.

"Hey, Sister Han, this is Da Qi."

"I know, is the sun rising in the west today? You actually called me. What, have you thought about the charity performance I asked you to do last time?" Han Hong on the other end of the phone was very surprised, not expecting He Daqi to call her.

"No, how could I possibly go to do charity performances? I have something else to contact you about. I heard that Sister Han is doing charity work now? I'm planning to donate several hundred million to build primary schools in China. I don't know what the process is, and I'd like to hear Sister Han's opinion."

Upon hearing about this, Han Hong became very interested, and her tone became much more enthusiastic as she began to explain things to He Daqi.

The phone call continued for another half hour after He Daqi returned to the manor villa and sat on the sofa.

At this moment, Zhou Huimin looked at him as if he were a fool. As soon as He Daqi hung up the phone, she asked, "Why did you donate so much money?"

"I can't bear to see people suffer."

"Can't you just close your eyes if you can't stand it?" It would be strange if Zhou Huimin believed He Daqi's lies. Now that the child was at kindergarten and not at home, when she heard that He Daqi wasn't telling the truth, she directly started to pry open He Daqi's eyelids.

She discovered that He Daqi had been defying the heavens lately, doing all sorts of fancy and nonsensical things that she couldn't understand. Now it was even more outrageous; he had actually donated hundreds of millions of dollars all at once. He Daqi didn't have a penny to his name, so she was the one who had to pay for it.

This money is meant to be left to our children as a family fortune, so He Daqi needs to explain the situation clearly today.

Zhou Huimin was in a bad mood, and He Daqi was also not very happy. The couple started arguing on the sofa, something they hadn't done in a long time.

……

……

Generally speaking, if He Daqi has nothing to do, he's lucky if he can come to Asia and Vietnam twice a month.

I just came here yesterday. I originally planned to stay home and direct others to do things over the phone, but I didn't expect to have to come here again today.

After arriving, I realized that I hadn't done the thing Wang Jinghua had asked me to do yesterday.

As He Daqi stepped out of the elevator, he couldn't help but slap his forehead. Instead of heading to the company, he took out his phone and called Wang Rui to explain the situation.

Compared to what He Daqi had discussed with Wang Rui yesterday, this was a trivial matter, and Wang Rui agreed without hesitation.

He Daqi breathed a sigh of relief, put away his phone, and went into Ya Yue.

From a distance, you could see the three directors from the Asian and Vietnamese side who were suppressing the luck of the world huddled together smoking.

It seems that Lu Yang also heard about this matter and specially left the crew of "After the Flowers Bloom, a Hundred Flowers Kill 2" to come and comfort Ning Hao, who is both his mentor and friend.

He Daqi was quite surprised that Zhang Yimou could come. Old Zhang had suffered from fighting alone in the past, so now he had learned to form cliques.

To be honest, when Asia and Vietnam were fighting in the new city, Ning Hao raised the flag and Lu Yang charged forward, which really gave Old Zhang a lot of trouble.

If He Daqi had the choice, he would definitely make the same choice as Zhang Yimou. He joined a new company, especially since the new company was his former rival. He knew who was capable in the company and would definitely be willing to show goodwill.

Besides, if they weren't rivals, Zhang Yimou had a lot of connections with Ning Hao and Lu Yang, and even with He Daqi and the entire Asia-Pacific region, since Zhang Yimou was also a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy.

"Damn Lu Chuan!" Ning Hao cursed through gritted teeth.

It wasn't easy, really not easy. Li An, whose ancestors for eighteen generations had been visited by Ning Hao, can finally let the old man in the family rest. It's clear that Ning Hao now has a new idol, replacing Li An, whom Ning Hao has been talking about for a year.

He Daqi touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly, chuckled awkwardly, and leaned over to pat Ning Hao on the shoulder.

"It's not that bad, senior brother. There's still room for maneuver. Maybe 'No Man's Land' will be released in a few years."

Ning Hao is now finding fault with everyone, especially He Daqi.

"It's all your fault! You jinxed me!"

Seeing Ning Hao's irritable appearance, He Daqi felt quite guilty, as this matter was indeed somewhat related to him.

If He Daqi or Han Shanping had intervened earlier and helped Ning Hao get No Man's Land approved, it's possible that No Man's Land would have already been released by now, and there wouldn't have been so many twists and turns.

Who would have thought this would happen? We thought that after Han Shanping intervened, the no-man's land of the national trial would be safe and sound, but now it has been hit by AoE damage and is lying dead.

"Senior brother, you should give up now. Why don't you take a break and then work on another project? I think Crazy Stone 3 is pretty good, or you could help Lu Yang out and help him produce My Flowers After Blooming 2."

He Daqi's advice was useless; Ning Hao remained irritable.

"What are those idiots after? Why don't they just make movies honestly? Why make such a fuss? Are they trying to improve the regulations for censorship of domestic films and television dramas?"

Clearly, this incident made Ning Hao very upset, as everyone's attention had previously been focused on Lu Chuan's film "Jinling Jinling," which was released on April 22nd.

At that time, most of the public's attention was still focused on the incident caused by Ho Tai-kai's one-minute interruption of the Golden Horse Awards live broadcast.

Who would have thought Lu Chuan would come with such a big surprise?

Now look what happened! His film ruined a whole bunch of movies that were under review. Some could still be released after changing the plot and pulling some strings, while others were completely doomed, like No Man's Land, which ran right into the crossfire.

If it weren't for the consideration of Han Shanping and He Daqi, Ning Hao might have been subjected to even more trouble.

It must be said that Li An before Lu Chuan have truly made a great contribution to the mainland's film censorship system.

Ning Hao is really something else, running into both of them; most people don't have that kind of luck.

"Xiao Ning, you're just unlucky. Here's what we'll do: I've almost finished preparing the Painted Skin 2 crew. I'm using all the staff from Ya Yue, and you're familiar with them. Why don't you be the director of Painted Skin 2? You really were wronged by this movie, Jinling. I happen to have a script for The Flowers of War. I've already done a lot of research with someone, and I'm going to make this movie."

Looking at Zhang Yimou's upright and dignified appearance, He Daqi narrowed his eyes, feeling quite suspicious.

He Daqi's suspicions were correct. Zhang Yimou took this opportunity to dump the mess of Painted Skin 2 on Ning Hao. Apart from Zhou Xun, none of the other actors in this sequel satisfied Zhang Yimou. They were all people that Wong Jinghua had brought in. And that wasn't all. He Daqi also brought in two newbies. It was as if he didn't treat Zhang Yimou like a human being.

The timing is perfect. If we hand over Painted Skin 2 to Ning Hao, Zhang Yimou will be happy to go and make The Flowers of War. The reason why Painted Skin 2 is in preparation for so long is because Zhang Yimou is playing tricks and is preparing two movies at the same time.

Old Zhang's words seemed to awaken Ning Hao. He clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, "Director Zhang, I won't be making Painted Skin 2. But you've reminded me that I'm also planning to make a movie with Nanjing as its theme, so that some people know that it's better to make movies properly."

He Daqi scoffed inwardly, "Seriously filming? Then what's the point of setting up a no-man's-land?"

However, He Daqi couldn't say these words out loud, otherwise Ning Hao would probably be so angry that he would jump three meters high.

Ning Hao is already so angry he's about to lose his mind, and He Daqi doesn't want to irritate him any further.

And Zhang Yimou... This old man is definitely trying to get out of this mess!

Upon realizing this, He Daqi's expression immediately changed, and his bright and cheerful demeanor surprised Zhang Yimou, Lu Yang, and Ning Hao.

"Senior brother, isn't it a coincidence? I also happen to have a script about Jinling. I'll bring it to you tomorrow. Take a look and see if you're willing to film it."

As soon as He Daqi finished speaking, Zhang Yimou's face darkened. It was too obvious, which made He Daqi secretly amused.

Want to get out of this mess? No way! You'd better get back to grinding grain!
(End of this chapter)